Chapter XII

Kylo led her down a hallway without any Knights near them. He jumped up flight of stairs, Rey quietly followed him. Suddenly they saw a Knight of Ren running towards them. They continued their dual like with intensity. The Knight knew not to interfere with Kylo Ren and he ran past them quickly down the grand stairs.

Rey watched him go down the stairs and run out of sight. They lowered their Saber and kept running.

Kylo went down a dark hallway that led to a door which he opened.

Rey ran through it and found herself on the roof deck of the Temple. The sunrise glowed on her skin and she breathed in the fresh air.

Ben had removed his helmet and Rey's heart started to beat uncontrollably. She hadn't seen his face for nearly a year. She had not forgotten it in the least bit.

"Why are you here?" He asked.

"Finn and I were assigned to come here to disable your systems and well...blow this place up. There are dozens of explosives in the thermal generator room that are set to go off in a few minutes."

"There are still people in there" He replied calmly, taking in every feature of her face.

"I know, a harmless gas is supposed to go off first to drive them all out."

Ben nodded awkwardly.

Rey just looked at him. Then she finally exclaimed.

"Where have you been?! Its been almost a year, we should have done. Then there would be no need for all this fighting!"

Ben shook his head. "We can't yet. We can't destroy him now, he's too powerful. We need to wait until-"

"Until what everyone in the galaxy is dead?" She asked.

"It's too dangerous. He's capable of anything." He said pleadingly.

"You're afraid you'll die." She said slowly.

Ben shook his head and just looked at her, coming closer and closer to her.

Rey suddenly realized. He's afraid I'll die.

"I will be okay as long as we are together." She said quietly coming closer to him subconsciously.

"Together?" He whispered. Suddenly all his nightmares, and fears disappeared. All the years of being alone were fixed by her words. By her.

She nodded and watched his eyes dart around her face.

"I can't help this." He said as their faces got closer.

"Then don't." She kissed him suddenly. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed back intensely. She kept her hands on his face and traced the scar she made, kissing the edges.

Suddenly, a large blast came from the door. They unlocked and unsheathed their Sabers.

Several Knights kicked through the door, coughing.

Then explosions started going off inside the Temple and the material started to heat up.

Rey ran to the Falcon that had just pulled up to the rooftop. It's gun's were loaded and aiming at the Knights.

Rey backflipped on to the Falcon's platform and yelled to them.

"This building is going to collapse. You need to get on board, we won't hurt you." She yelled desperately.

They all stood their ground looking to their leader.

Ben was torn between revealing his true ground to his apprentices or letting them all day. Fortunately all of them were former Jedi, so he didn't feel so bad when he commanded them to jump on board.

The roof collapsed and they half jumped and half Force pulled by Rey.

The last Knight jumped with Kylo Ren but missed because the ground below his feet was gone.

Rey screamed and thrust her hand out. She held the Knight's body with the Force twenty feet below the Falcon.

"I can't hold him." She yelled.

Ben helped her and Force pulled him up to the platform. Nearly missing the inferno below.

The Knight lay unconscious between them as they both panted in exhaustion and relied.

Neither of them spoke. But they smiled at each other because they were safe and they were together.

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