Aurelia dropped her hands from Ben Solo's head and opened her eyes. "I did it." She breathed before collapsing. Ben caught her around the waist before she tumbled off of the edge of the hill.

Ben's hand immediately went to Aurelia's neck to check for a pulse, as he supported her by her shoulders. It was there. Weak, but there. That experience took a lot out of her, but it didn't kill her. He scraped the tears that had started after Aurelia had said that she loved him with the back of his hand, and forced himself to inhale through his nose, before hoisting Aurelia easily up over his shoulder and getting to his feet.

He thought about what she had did as he moved across the meadow towards her small stone hut. He could feel Aurelia's powers move through his consciousness. It was like an earthquake in his skull. He tried to keep his breathing even as things that played before him were starting to make sense. Things that Aurelia showed him. Truths that have now been revealed through the Force. One thing in particular: his uncle Luke, when he was very young, holding Darth Vader's body as the room around them was threatening to collapse. He understood it. Darth Vader came back to the Light. It was in him, as it was in Kylo Ren. No. Not Kylo Ren. My name is Ben. Ben Solo. I am the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa.

Tears threatened to spill again as he entered Aurelia's hut. The fire was dead, making the room dark, but he managed to gently lay Aurelia down on her bed. Her white, silvery hair splayed on her pillow and Ben watched her eyelids flutter softly.

It nauseated him how many lies he told himself. He didn't want to stay on Somewhere because he wanted to seduce her to the Dark Side. He wanted to stay because he fell in love with this powerful, selfless girl. He didn't join the First Order to do anything other than to find solace in the Dark away from his mistakes in the Light. Snoke was using him for his power, feeding, him delusions to keep him controlled and subservient. He was a slave to his own lies. And that should've made him mad. It should've filled him with rage, but watching Aurelia's chest rise softly with each breath it just made him sad thinking about all the hurt he had caused because of his blindness to the truth.

He was going to fix this. He was going to make it better.

He was going to destroy the First Order.


General Hux paced back and forth of the large cockpit slowly, making his steps deliberate and precise. There was a dull murmur as his highly-trained crew talked over communication devices to their respective departments. It had now been over two weeks since the Starkiller base had been destroyed and Kylo Ren went missing.

He rolled his eyes slightly and sighed through his nose. His loathing and detestation for the Supreme Leader's little pet went all too deep. He did not even understand why the Supreme Leader was going to all this trouble of finding him. He should have left him to die. He had obviously proven himself weak against the Resistance. And the First Order had no tolerance for the weak.

"General, the detachment has now entered the Fondor III belt."

"ETA to the coordinates?" He asked, making himself sound as bored as possible with this mission.

"Less than twenty-four hours, sir."

"Summon me as soon contact with Kylo Ren is made." He said and spun around towards the exit of the cockpit.

"Yes, sir."