Rey
While Finn and Rose had their doubts about Kylo Ren, Rey knew Kylo Ren needed their help. He needed Rey, and Rey could not sneak onto the First Order's main ship all by herself. Of course she had done so before, but this time was different. She had no idea what Kylo Ren was planning on doing, and she wanted Finn and Rose to accompany her if anything went wrong. The three of them left the next morning after packing up what little belongings they had, and boarded onto their small transport ship. When they powered up the engines, they were surprised to find hundreds of missed distress signals and messages from the Resistance...Playing each one of the holograms back, Finn, Rose, and Rey were all shocked to have found out the Resistance base had been under attack by the First Order. Where they still there? Had the First Order won? Rey could only hope the Resistance had escaped in time…
Retracting the distressed signals from one of the Resistance ships, Rey was able to make contact with one of the best pilot's in the galaxy, Poe Dameron.
"Poe, what's going on?! We just got your message that the Resistance Base has been attacked?" Rey asked, almost not believing it. How had they been able to find them so quickly?
"Yeah, thanks for finally receiving our distress signal a week after we sent it! Where the hell are you guys anyways?!" Poe shouted, clearly upset, while Rey could hear BB-8 beeping just as equally upset in the background. Sighing, Rey knew it was all her fault the First Order had attacked the Resistance Base...if she had only stayed by Ben's side in the medical facility, he never would have fallen back to the dark side, nor would he have redirected his anger towards the Resistance...she should have stayed by his side, and now, everyone was taking the blame for her mistake.
"I'm truly sorry, Poe, we were...caught up in something….but that doesn't matter now. Tell us what happened, and we will help you now." Rey said, refusing to feel sorry for herself any longer. Yes, she had made a terrible mistake that cost everyone around her greatly, but she was not going to let her past mistakes and failures, consume her. Instead, she would learn, and improve from them, and help the Resistance while she still could.
"It's just like you said, the First Order found our new base, and started to attack. We tried to escape, but the First Order caught us...One ship actually. We asked the General what to do, or if we should go back, but she told us to save ourselves and keep going…" His voice softened as if he was remembering something painful, and sad.
"What are General Organa orders? Surely she must have a rescue plan by now?" Rey asked, knowing Leia wouldn't give up hope so easily.
"That's the thing...General Organa was on the ship that the First Order has captured, as well as five other soldiers." Poe said, while Rey's face turned a ghostly white. Leia, the General of the Resistance, had been captured, and taken prisoner by the First Order...no! That couldn't be possible!...What was the galaxy going to do without her? Without the General of the Resistance, who would support them?
"What are we going to do now?! Without the General, nobody is going to support us!" Finn exclaimed, obviously concerned, and hopeless. But Rey knew there was only one thing they could do...they had to rescue Leia. They were already going to stop Kylo Ren from whatever horrible scheme he was planning, so why not make it a double rescue mission while they were at it?
"Poe, do you have the coordinates of where the First Order tracked the Resistance base?" Rey asked, opening up the control systems, and prepared to launch in a set of coordinates.
"Yes, I have them...wait, don't tell me you three are actually going to go and rescue the General by yourselves?" Poe asked, while BB-8 beeped louder, and equally concerned at what they were going to do. Rey just looked between Finn, and Rose, and smirked at each other, exchanging overly-confident looks at one another.
"That's exactly what we're going to do." Rey smirked, before punching in the set of numbers Poe had sent them. They were going to infiltrate the First Order's main ship, and rescue the Resistance soldiers, General Leia Organa, and stop Kylo Ren from whatever he was planning, with just the three of them...what could possibly go wrong?
…
Once they had tracked down the First Order's main ship, The Supremacy, they flew inside the hanger without any trouble. Without anyone firing at them, or even noticing their presence...It appeared they had made it through as if they were invisible. As if nobody cared who stowed aboard their ship?
Not wasting time to figure out why nobody had bothered checking who was coming in or out of the hanger, Rey flew inside the Supremacy, and landed on the dock. Perhaps the First Order had sensed they were using a Resistance ship, and were planning on ambushing them?...Whenever the trio exited their transport ship, they looked around all over, but did not see anybody. There was not one person, droid, or anything in sight. It was as if they had completely abandoned ship! No...Rey could sense thousands of lifeforms aboard the ship...but where was everyone?
Kylo Ren
Supreme Leader Kylo Ren had gathered every single StormTrooper, officer, and crew member into his vast throne room. Nobody would want to miss what he had planned. The Supreme Leader paced around wildly on the tier that had been raised above the ground level so he had the higher ground from everyone else, his lightsaber activated, and held tightly in his gloved hand, to make him further threatening, and authoritative.
"Today will mark the end of the war! Today we rejoice, and celebrate the death of the Resistance! Today will bring an end to the unnecessary bloodshed of our fallen brothers, and we will finally seek revenge on the Resistance scum that has demolished, annihilated, and crushed everything we have built for years!...and now it our turn to crush them." Supreme Leader Kylo Ren voiced, looking over his shoulder and motioned for someone to step forward. A group of Stormtroopers stepped forward at his signal, each shoving a Resistance prisoner roughly towards the Supreme Leader, before kicking them onto the ground in front of the large crowd that gathered in the throne room. Each of the prisoners bloody, bruised, physically, and mentally abused. While Kylo Ren had not been able to bring himself to kill, or abuse his own mother, he could not say the same thing for the rebel scum he had no interest for...They meant nothing to him, and watching them die would not change his feelings.
Kylo Ren circled around the prisoners, glaring down at their pathetic, weakened, and damaged bodies, as he held his glowing red lightsaber tightly in his gloved hand. "One by one we will kill, and destroy every last rebel scum that exists! Starting with these four…" Kylo scolded in fury, spitting down upon them, his eyes painted in darkness, outrage, and loneliness.
"Prepare your weapons, and fire on my command...Ready...Aim..." Kylo Ren hissed in fury, pulling his lightsaber back, and watched as the StormTroopers on the platform with him, raised their weapons straight at the prisoners. They waited for their Supreme Leader's orders to fire, which would be at any second.
Rey
Rey could feel the darkness rising inside Kylo Ren, and how he was slowly slipping into insanity. He was losing control, resorting back to his violent, hot-blooded nature, and discarded the last bit of light that remained inside him...Without Rey, he was lost, and in pain...so much pain. Rey could feel the rage, and frustration building up inside him, ready to unleash his rage, and she knew it would only be minutes before it was unleashed. He was going to kill any time now, and Rey knew they were running out of time quickly. They had to get to Kylo before it was too late!
"The throne room! That's where everybody is...we don't have much time, we have to hurry!" Rey exclaimed, already starting to run out of the hanger, and towards the elevator, before Finn called out to her. "Rey, wait!" Finn said, causing Rey to stop, and look over at him.
"We can't just run in there, we'll stand out straight away! And what about if someone catches us before we even reach the throne room? We need disguises...and I know exactly where to find them." A suspicious smile crept upon the dark-skinned male's face, before leading the two girls into a large room where hundreds of droids were cleaning uniforms, and repairing damaged stormtrooper suits. Rey gasped in awe, finding the scene before her somehow oddly fascinating, but that moment soon left, knowing they did not have much time to waste. While Finn had slipped into his stormtrooper suit easily, use to putting it on and off so many times in his life, Rose, and Rey struggled with theirs, especially Rey. She had to choose a suit that was big enough for her to fit her swollen stomach, and not crush the baby inside her, but small enough that she could still be able to move, which she wasn't sure she even could! She felt so stiff, and robotic-like...how the hell did the Stormtroopers managed to walk in this, let alone run, and chase down, shooting people?! Seeing Rey's struggle of walking without wobbling, or tipping over, Finn burst out laughing at her, and told her it would take time getting use to. But they did not have time. They needed to get to Kylo Ren, and fast.
When they had finally made it to the Supreme Leader's throne room, that was bathed from ceiling to floor in the color of red blood, the trio blended in perfectly in the crowded room in their heavy armored suits, and helmets that concealed their identity. Even if they hadn't bothered wearing disguises, no one seemed bothered they had shown up out of nowhere...Every single officer, stormtrooper, and crew worker had been too busy cheering for something, or someone at the very end of the throne room. And that's when Rey saw him...in the very same place he had killed his master, and previous Supreme Leader, Snoke, was Kylo Ren...Seeing how the months had changed him for the worse, had caused Rey's heart to shatter. His face was shallow, sunken, and paler then normal. His once beautifully deep eyes, now bood-shot, intimidating, empty, and furious. His body too thin, as if he had been starving himself for months...This was not Kylo Ren...This was someone far more dangerous.
"Are you sure about this, Rey?" Rey heard Rose's soft whisper through her helmet before nodding confidently. "Yes...trust me." Rey answered, peering down at the small girl through her visor. While it was true that Ben was returning back to the darkside, and even stronger this time, Rey also knew that she was Kylo Ren's one, and only weakness...She would be able to pull him out of the darkness, and tame his rage. Only Rey could be able to save Kylo Ren...to save Ben Solo.
"Fire on my command!...Ready...Aim…" Rey heard the familiar sound of her love's voice that made her heart flutter, and she knew what she had to do. Without further hesitation, Rey ripped the suffocating stormtrooper helmet from her face, and called out to him as loud as she could, hoping her voice would carry.
"BEN!"
((Author Note: I just love leaving chapters in cliffhangers :P But next chapter will be extra special, and will be worth the long awaited reunion! Please continue leaving reviews, I appreciate each and every one. Thank you! 3))