Masro was tossing and turning, sweat was dripping from her face. She was having a terrible vision, but it wasn't as clear as her others. There was screaming, pain, she saw a glimpse of some sort of explosive flying through trees, then it felt like her heart was ripped from her chest. She sat up with a small scream, realizing the vision was done. Kylo was immediately there holding her.

"What's wrong my love?"

"It was….," she touched his arm that wrapped around her to share what she saw. Having to relive the vision made Masro break down into Kylo's chest.

"I see," Kylo was very disturbed by what he saw. Though it wasn't explicitly shown he knew it meant one of them would die in battle.

"Ky, do you know what type of explosive that was?" He stiffened next to her causing her to pull back. "You do don't you?"

"The worst kind the rebellion has, a plasma bomb. It can take out a quadrant of Yavin on its own. If they're using those they don't plan to return there. Ever."

They held each other trying to get some rest for their battle. Each lost themselves in thought, knowing one of them would not be returning. After a sleepless night, Masro and kylo heard the children waking up. They left their room to see them and hold them. Anakin and Padmé ran to their parents.

"We want to go with to the battle, we have been training hard. We're knights to now," Padmé stated. Kylo looked at his young children in shock, than to Masro.

"My loves, it is because you mean everything to us that I say no. You will stay here and train with Shim," Masro ordered.

"We want to protect you, if we don't go one of you won't come back," Anakin chimed in fearfully. Masro sighed, they had the same vision as her, of course they would.

"I saw the vision as well. It is because I see the greater picture that I can't let you come. You are our future, the most important children in all of the galaxy. We need you to keep our people here safe."

The children sadly nodded, there was a buzz to indicate someone at their door. Kylo was happy to move away from the conversation at hand went to answer it. Their guest was Shim.

"Master," she bowed her head. "I am here for the young master and mistress."

"I must talk to you in private before you take them. Maze, I'm going to speak with Shim for a Moment," he led Shim towards the bedroom, Masro nodded heading to retrieve young kylo.

"Shim, my wife has had a vision of our battle. Let's just say for sure one of us won't make it back. If both of us are lost, we want you and the rest of the surviving knights to take the children to Naboo. Alert the elected queen of your presence she will help protect the children. They need to survive at all cost."

"Master, I'm honored you place this trust in me. I will give my life for them if I have to," she crossed her arm across her chest with a fist at the end and pounded it to her chest. It was meant as a sign of respect, kylo nodded. They returned to the living area, Masro made eye contact and kylo nodded.

"Children, we must ready ourselves for battle. Please remember how much we love you," Masro pulled Anakin and Padmé in for a tight hug kissing both their cheeks. She picked up young Kylo while kylo came to say goodbye to Padmé and Anakin.

"Padmé, please watch over your brothers always. You're strong and will be a great leader," kylo hugged her and kissed her forehead. He turned to Anakin, "You are named after my grandfather, one of the greatest military leaders in our history. I want you to always help and protect your siblings. You will make an amazing leader."

"I love you both very much," kylo turned towards their youngest. Masro handed him to kylo. "Kylo, our son. We know you're destined for great things, listen to your older siblings they will protect you," kylo was having a hard time holding himself together. He didn't want to leave the children.

"We love you," Masro kissed his cheek and kylo leaned down to kiss his other cheek. Shim took Anakin and Padmé, and kylo handed young kylo to the droid. They retired to their room to dress for battle. Masro let the tears out she was holding back.

"It's ok to cry, it's not a weakness."

"It sometimes feels like it is. Even in my anger I cry. I hate having emotions in times like these."

"My love, it's because we feel such passion that our abilities are what they are. They are never a weakness."

Masro nodded as she attached her lightsaber and blasters. She added a second blaster in a lower thigh holster. Masro had even convinced kylo to wear one. After all they were going into the unknown.

"I think we need to fully release our force for this battle. No holding back," Masro broke the silence as they headed towards the hanger.

"I agree," they boarded the command shuttle knowing this was the last time one of them would be doing this and headed to their suite. They held hands closing their eyes pushing their force out, feeling their bodies change with the released power. Masro and Kylo took their place on deck and were met with looks from the small crew. Their ties caused enough distraction for them to make it to the surface.

Masro took a deep breath as the ramp lowered. It felt like the past repeating itself and she was hoping to break her vision. The troopers on board with them ran off first, expecting shots to be fired at them but it was eerily quiet. Masro and Kylo followed radiating power, they knew every force sensitive would be able to detect them. Their strategy was to encase the base with the knights landing in a large circular radius around and working their way in. What they hadn't planned for was that the rebels would start with bombardment of pulse bombs.

"How'd they get so many? We have a treaty with Naboo?" Kylo asked as they raced through the forest.

"It's not the Naboo, it's the Gungan's that make these. Perhaps we should have made a treaty with them."

Their soldiers disappeared as they closed into the base. Masro saw Rey, giving orders before heading back inside. They could tell they were still vastly overpowered, the troopers with them were all but dead.

"The knights, I can't detect them," Kylo was worried. He grabbed Masro's arm and headed back into the forest. The flashes of her vision hit Masro hard and she faltered. Kylo spoke in Masro's mind, "What's wrong?"

"My vision. It's going to happen, soon."

"We need to get out of here faster!"

"I'm going as quickly as I can!"

There was a change as if the life around them knew it would perish. Kylo turned to see the plasma bomb heading towards them. Dropping Masro's hand he turned to push out his force to hold off the bomb as it was detonating. It was more powerful than anything he had fought before. Masro screamed and sent her force out to help. They thought for a moment they would be able to contain the blast but were steadily losing grip as they had fully exhausted their force abilities.

"It's not working, I can't hold it,"Masro said through gritted teeth trying to keep the bomb from exploding with the force. Kylo was also losing grip on it as well and was worried about his family. His life flashed before his eyes', all the wonderful moments he had with Masro. Seeing the twins for the first time, watching his youngest be born. He had tears streaming down his face as he knew what he would have to do. Kylo force pushed Masro far out of the way of the incoming bomb, so that he could sacrifice himself.

"No!" Masro screamed with all of herself trying to get to him before the blast went off. Tears were streaming from her eyes as she ran, the branches from trees cutting her face. "Kylo!"

He mouthed I love you just as the bomb went off, he used the last of his force to block as much of the blast as he could, saving Masro in the process again.

"No, no, no," Masro was having a hard time processing what just happened. Kylo can't be gone, not yet. She stopped a few feet from Him, the force shield he used had preserved his body. Masro came to sit by him, shaking with holding back her tears. Angry that he left her alone, angry she couldn't save him. She turned his face towards hers, he looked like he was sleeping. Masro shakily lowered herself to kiss him. She half expected him to wake up.

"Please," Masro whispered. "Please don't leave me, my sky. I need you." Some of the knights had finally arrived, to late to save him. Zol and Qua ran off their ship. Qua grabbed Masro, trying to drag her away.

"What are you doing?!" She screamed.

"You're in the line of fire. You will die unless we get you out of here,"he said.

"I'm not going anywhere,"Masro said angrily. "If you had arrived when you were supposed to, this wouldn't have happened."

Masro did something they had not expected she or any force sensitive was capable of, she froze them all and drained them of their force abilities and life force causing them all to die instantly. She turned towards kylo, laying so still.

"Please let this work," Masro whispered to herself. Shaking she pushed everything into kylo's body. After several minutes she was almost done with the forces that she had taken and he had not moved. She started crying while continuing to push life into him. Masro dropped to her knees as she started to push her own into him but had to stop before she killed herself. Their children would need her, but how could she live with out him.

She crawled over to his head and put it in her lap to hold, he had already grown cold to touch. She bent over, tears dropping off her face onto his, and kissed him one last time. Masro hugged him and gently placed him down so she could use the force to move his body. The firing had stopped, she knew Rey had felt his release back to the force.

She would pay, for what had happened here today. Masro walked back towards their command shuttle, with the weight of the galaxy upon her shoulders. Upon entering the pilot stood to honor his fallen leader. She laid him on the bed, crossing his arms and kissed him. She closed her eyes and let her forehead touch his and broke down again.

"I love you more than words can describe," Masro said to him. She tried to regain composure and left the suite. "I want you to fly back to the finalizer, I will summon you when I need you. Have them bring my children to say goodbye to their father." Masro rushed off the ship. Heading to fight Rey.

The command ship landed on the finalizer; all the high-ranking officers were already there to give respect as the pilot radioed ahead. The children were there with their droid and Shim. Anakin and Masro held hands looking solemn as kylo's body was carried by. They followed directly behind towards the medical bay. The children were left alone with their father to say their farewells.

Anakin and Padmé placed their hands on their father, and pushed their ability into him, trying to reverse what had happened. There was something they hadn't expected to find, a spark. They realized they were not strong enough together so each of them grabbed a hand of young Kylo so their abilities channeled through all three of them. They lit with the force, their hair moving and pushed that Force out to their Father. kylo's fingers twitched on one hand and then the other. His internal injuries healed, the color of his skin was returning to normal, and he was nearly normal temperature. The droid went to summon an attendant, who came running in.

"What happened? He's alive!" The attendant yelled reading the systems. Several others ran in and moved the children, but they had done what they needed and brought their father back. Suddenly kylo gasped for air on the table and tried to sit up.

"Masro, Masro!" He called out. "She needs me."

He used the force to push away the attendants and sat up seeing his children. He knew what they had done and went to them pulling them into his arms.

"I love you, thank you for pulling me back," he said with tears in his eyes. Kylo set off back to his command shuttle, shocking many people that he had risen from the dead. Many people dropped to their knees at the miracle. He reached out for Masro but he couldn't find her.

Masro was force shielding herself, running on adrenaline filled with Hatred and the worst pain imaginable. She tried not to think of kylo, for fear she wouldn't be able to complete her task. She ran through the forest, towards where she last felt HER. It was because of kylo she had built up an endurance for running, tears fell from her eyes. She wiped them away and slammed her hands in the shape of a fist into her legs. The pain helped her clear her mind.

Masro would have to drop her shield soon to start checking for Rey. She made it to their base and saw that it was heavily guarded. Masro force jumped into a high trees and watched. She dropped her shields to fight and be able to use her force. She would have to make it through at least thirty soldiers to get in. Masro lit her lightsaber splitting it into two. She jumped down from the tree, drawing the attention of all of the soldiers. They readied their blasters.

"You sure you want to go against me?!" Masro yelled out taking a fighting stance. They started shooting and advancing on Masro. She blocked the blasters with her lightsabers as she moved on the soldiers that were heading her way. Using one hand she turned off one lightsaber and reconnected it so it activated the double lightsaber to continue deflecting blaster fighter, then used the force to start throwing soldiers. She wanted to save her more violent abilities for the fight with Rey. She moved the lightsaber to her other hand to rid herself of more soldiers. A group of soldiers jumped to tackle Masro, they underestimated her power. Her anger grew and she blasted them off of her with the force. She moved like an animal playing with her prey.

When Masro was down to the last ten she was striking through a solider, when a change in the force happened. It hit her hard and caused her to lose concentration. One of the soldiers shot Masro but only grazed her arm bringing her back to reality quickly disposing of the remaining soldiers. She shielded herself and ran inside knowing Rey knew she was coming but at least she would have a bit of an advantage.

Kylo still couldn't contact Masro, he couldn't find her at all when he reached his force out. He was starting to panic, kylo had the command shuttle land near the rebel base but had them take off after he ran off with the soldiers and the knight Blas, he had brought with him. If she was alive he knew she would be going after Rey, so he would as well. Upon coming through the forest he saw that the base door was clear and saw Masro's signatures all over on the dead.

Masro raced through looking in room after room trying to find Rey. There would be no going back from this, she was going to die today. As Masro made her way through the rebel base her anger grew as did her heartbreak. She was done trying to be balanced, any rebel she saw could have been responsible for kylo's death so they had to go. Masro climbed higher and higher into the base, sliding down rebel after rebel like force lightning.

Upon entering the rebel base, kylo followed the bodies as he knew that would be the direction Masro ran in. He kept pushing his force out for Masro but still nothing for her. Though he felt another presence, Rey. Kylo kept expecting to be attacked but Masro had taken out everything that could move even droids.

Upon reaching the last floor Masro saw her, standing behind Axe and Helix, just waiting for her lightsaber in hand. Masro dropped her shield and they just looked at each other.

"I wasn't expecting you; it wasn't your force I felt," Rey said confusing Masro.

"I'm the only one left," Masro spit at Rey. "Helix, whose side do you fight on today. Those whose killed your Master, or Mine?"

He force jumped in front of Masro taking a stance of attack towards Axe. Masro smiled with her small victory. He advanced towards Axe and they began to quickly strike.

With her pure anger Masro reached out with the dark side of the force, force lightning sprung from her fingers towards hit Rey. She screamed in pain, but Masro just looked down on her as she closed in. Masro stopped and tilted her head looking at Rey. She was a few years older from when she had taken her all those years ago, but it felt like a lifetime of aging. Masro knelt in front of Rey grabbing her chin.

"Where's your husband, Rey? Is he with your child?"Masro asked angrily. "I want you to feel how I feel, experience the loss that I have!"

Rey pushed out with the force and threw Masro, but she caught herself and flipped back in front of her. Their lightsabers clashed, Masro one handedly separated her second lightsaber and began to combat with a double attack. Rey was unaccustomed to being attacked with two lightsabers at once, Masro grazed her arms many times, but only enough to leave pain due to Rey's deflections. Rey was skilled with the one lightsaber she fought with and was able to burn through Masro formal suit attire. Masro flipped back until she was out of range of Rey.

Kylo reached out again as he was nearing the top of the base, his force danced like the sun rising covering all of the land in light on Masro's skin. Masro cried out in anguish and with tears streaming down her face she screamed, "What trick is this? How dare you try to imitate my dead husband!"

Masro ran at full force at Rey, bearing down and intensely attacking blow after blow with the lightsaber. Rey screamed when Masro nearly sliced her hand off.

"I did nothing. Ben isn't dead I felt his force earlier. I thought it was him coming for me," Rey backed up from Masro.

"LIES, all rebels LIE! That's why you all have to die. You have destroyed the galaxy with them,"Masro screamed, unrelenting from her attacks. Rey, although a good fighter, was beginning to tire. Masro reconnected her second lightsaber so that she had a double blade and was about to strike true, when kylo reached the landing. Masro backed up in stunned silence shaking her head, the force told her he was real but her head and heart just couldn't or wouldn't believe it.

Rey took advantage and tried to run Masro through, kylo used the force to stop her freezing her in place. He walked up to masro, put a hand on her cheek and passionately kissed her. Masro pulled back fully breaking down she dropped to her knees and just looked up at kylo. He was really here.

"You're real?"Masro asked. "You're not a ghost?"

"My love, You and the children saved me,"kylo helped Masro to her Feet.

"The rebellion will never die; it will live on because we have hope!" Rey shouted trying to fight the force hold. It caused Masro to tear her eyes away from a Kylo, she reached out and locked her as well.

"It's a shame you put the rebellion before your family, I'll find your daughter and take good care of her,"Masro took kylo's hand. She borrowed his force and with everything in her power she pushed it into Rey. She screamed in immense pain and finally she was gone from their lives. Kylo used his cape to shield them.

Masro turned to kylo, holding his face and just looking into his eyes. She pulled him in for another kiss. When they finally separated she hugged him.

"Helix," Masro said when they separated. "He's fighting Axe, I don't know where they went."

"Blas, search for Helix and Axe. Take charge of the troopers," Kylo ordered. They stood there holding each other alone, neither one wanting to let go. They felt her at the same time and turned. Axe had silently come on the platform they were on. Masro scanned her thoughts, she was thinking about a meeting with Skywalker.

"You did it, you're the one who told Skywalker all those years ago. Aren't you?" Masro accused.

"Yes, but not alone. Helix told him some interesting information to."

Both Kylo and Masro's anger flared. They lit their lightsabers and took a stance.

"Helix is a monster, just like you," kylo said.

"You never seemed to care I was a monster when we were in bed together at the academy, Kylo. In fact you seemed to enjoy joining in on my craziness, that is until she showed up." Kylo's face hardened, and he blocked his mind to Masro.

"What is she talking about, Ky?"

"It doesn't matter right now; we will kill her and then talk about it."

"No, you will kill her while I rip everything out of her mind," Masro's face darkened as she sat down in a meditation stance. Kylo and Axe began to fight, Masro reached out with the force as kylo blocked Axe's attempts to kill Masro.

They were at the academy, Masro recognized Ben to be the same age as when he first proposed to her, fifteen. He was very distraught, angry as He destroyed a tree in the woods surrounding the academy. Eulalie walked up slowly, fascinated by his anger drawn to his strength. He turned and looked at her, walking towards her.

Axe flipped over Kylo and ran her Lightsaber through Masro's Shoulder, had it not been for Kylo pushing her with the force it would have ran true. It brought Masro out of Axe's memory. Masro reached out with the force as Axe was going to strike again and froze her. She nip jumped to her feet and walked up to her, punching her in the side of the face.

"I don't need the rest of the memory, I have him now. Everything you did only made our relationship stronger."

"Well, just remember I had him First."

"You would like to think that," Masro smiled but it was one so sinister it made Axe's blood go cold. Kylo stiffened as he knew what was coming. She pushed the force into her ripping her apart, standing so close Masro shielded so she wouldn't be covered in death. She turned to Kylo, who stood in shock seeing that look on his face She turned away, "I just said that to take her last moment."

"No, the look on your face says different. What did you change, Maze?" He walked up to Masro pulling her into his arms, she stayed silent. Blas and Helix walked on to the platform; helix was worse for wear missing most of an arm. "Get him to the sick bay, have them fit helix for a new arm," kylo ordered. Kylo called the command shuttle back, and they headed to it quickly. It took off as soon as the supreme leaders were on board. When they were behind closed doors Masro was out of her clothes quickly and undressing kylo, they were passionately kissing tongues intertwined.

"I thought I would never feel your touch again," Masro teared up again. Kylo wiped the tears away and pulled her in for a kiss.

"The children told me about the spark, how did you do it," he asked. Masro pulled away from him and turned away.

"I took the life force of Zol and Qua and put it in you. It wasn't enough but I was hoping the children seeing you could help. I guess it did,"Masro said and kylo walked up and wrapped his arms around her. He turned her in his arms and kissed her again.

"You kept me alive so that they could reverse all the damage, just like they did with you. I know if you wouldn't have done that it would have been too late when I got to the kids," kylo picked up Masro and laid her on their bed. He laid down on top of her, she spread her legs for him. Masro pulled his face down to kiss. Kylo started kissing her neck and then pulled back to watch her as he push him self inside her. Masro kept eye contact and gasped as he pushed in. She reached for him to lower him self again so they could kiss while he brought them both pleasure. As they reached climax their hands were going everywhere, lips connected and moans of ecstasy. When they separated Masro came back to the reality of what she just did.

"Kylo, I killed all those people and I killed HER, does that make me evil?" She looked him in the eyes searching them for honesty.

"You could never be evil. You did it out of anguish, but Rey needed to die. To pay for taking you and tearing our family apart. Axe, well she was disposable," Kylo continued to look into her eyes, searching her soul for answers.

"What happens now?" Masro asked. Kylo laughed.

"We wait for them to rebuild and do it again. Enjoy our lives and each other,"Kylo said. When they had dressed, they had just landed on the finalizer. Masro and kylo walked off to hundreds of people cheering. They turned to each other and kissed so deeply that that their force combined around them like a shining light, a beacon of HOPE.

To be continued…

Stay tuned for the next exciting novel in the Ren family saga. Coming soon.