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"You will not put that in his mouth!"
Hux swallowed, hardly daring to believe his ears. Rey's voice spoke again.
"You will not put that in his mouth!"
The medic blinked, and took a step back. "No, we don't need to put this in his mouth." He shook his head. "We don't need to put this in his mouth."
Phasma was silent. Ren spoke. "Step away from him, Captain."
"I'm just going to step away," Phasma said, her voice steady.
"You will both turn and leave."
"We're going to leave," Phasma repeated. She began walking towards the door, followed dutifully by the medic.
Hux couldn't believe it. He turned his head. "Where-"
"Here."
Out of the alcoves of the medical bay stepped Rey and Ren. He stood by the door, keeping furtive glances. Rey hurried to Hux, and began unbuckling his restraints. "We found you."
"Yes," he said, his voice slightly tremulous. "Thank you." He took a deep breath.
"Don't thank us yet," Rey said, her voice tense. "We need to get out of here." She watched as he began to sit up. "Are you-"
"I can manage," Hux muttered, ignoring how weak his muscles felt. He began to push himself off the bench, ignoring the twinges of pain in his abdomen. "Hand me a blaster."
"Are you sure you can use it?" Ren asked, his brow creasing.
"I'm not as weak as you think, Ren," Hux snapped, drawing himself up. "Now, hand me a blaster."
Rey shook her head. "Come on." Taking Hux by the arm, she began to lead him out of the room. He struggled but then allowed himself to be led. As they reached the door, Ren stepped in front, his sabre burning in front of him.
A group of stormtroopers were marching towards them. Rey also pushed in front of Hux, her own sabre crackling with energy.
"You will turn around and walk away," Ren said, his voice clear and confident.
Hux blinked as the troopers began to halt. "We will turn and walk away," one at the front said, his voice sounding nonplussed. Hux swallowed, wondering where this would lead.
Suddenly, he felt a spurt of anger. The Resistance, he knew, would cage him - so would Snoke.
But with Snoke I would be a General. I would have power again.
He looked at Rey, and shuddered. He could not succumb to that. Turning, he began to run down the corridor, in the opposite direction.
Rey blinked, and shouted after him.
"HUX!"