"This isn't going to work," I say, crossing my arms.

"Focus, Ren," Phasma says, wiping sweat off her brow. The elevator stops and Hux and Caleb step out, then Phasma and I follow. Caleb's plan is to get the armor and guns from the Stormtroopers, which involves me using my Force powers against them, and then we get into Aiden's base and detonate their bombs. I can see a lot of problems with this, but whenever I brought it up during our talk earlier Hux ignored me.

"Are you sure they won't be at the base when we get there?" Hux says to Caleb as they walk side by side ahead of me.

"They're killing all the single players today, that aren't part of groups," Caleb responds. "They won't be back until sleep time, except for the two guarding the doors."

"How are they killing all the single players?" Phasma says.

Caleb doesn't turn around to acknowledge her but answers. "They're surrounding them and beating them to death. Then tomorrow they'll use the bombs on the groups."

"Why can't I just use my Force powers on the two guys guarding the base doors?" I ask.

"It's better to have the armor and guns from the Stormtroopers," Hux says.

Caleb stops walking and I almost run into him. Two Stormtroopers are coming around the corner at the end of the hall and heading towards us. Hux and Caleb move out of the way, making room for me. It's my turn.

"No groups allowed," one of the Stormtroopers says. I stretch out my hands towards them, my heart pounding. This has to work.

"You're tired," I say, "very tired. So tired that you're going to fall asleep." My heart beats even faster. "So tired that you're going to fall asleep right now and stay asleep until tomorrow." I stop, waiting. There is only the sound of my breathing. Phasma and Hux don't move. Caleb fidgets with his fingers. If I get this wrong I could get us all killed. The Stormtroopers begin to move and for a second I think they're going to shoot us, but their guns drop and they fall to the floor in a clatter of armor.

"Nice!" Hux pats me on the back and I let out a sigh of relief. "Ren, you do lookout on one end of the hall and Phasma you on the other."

Phasma and I exchange a glance but don't argue. I crouch down to the Stormtrooper whose armor Caleb is dissembling, and I take the blaster.

"Hey!" he says. I ignore him and walk down to the end of the hall to keep watch.\

"Why do we keep getting stuck with being back up?" I whisper to Phasma as we stop at the end of the hall before turning the corner. Hux and Caleb march ahead in their full Stormtrooper armor, carrying the blasters.

Phasma sighs. "I don't like this."

"Me neither."

"A weapon can always get used against you if it gets into the enemy's hands."

"Well they won't need to use their weapons," I say. "They're telling the guys out front that they're checking the room for anyone hiding-"

The sound of blaster shots echo down the hall along with cries of pain. I run ahead. The boys at the door are dead but Caleb is still shooting. Hux reaches his hand out and grabs his arm. Caleb stops.

"Why'd you kill them?" I ask, coming up to Hux.

"Why not?" Caleb says.

"Because when the others return they'll be suspicious now."

"Go detonate the bombs," Hux says to Caleb. "And hurry."

Caleb punches the passcode into the keypad at the side of the door with his gloved fingers then the door opens. He gives Hux a salute then runs in.

Hux removes his helmet and wipes at his face. His cheeks are flushed and he's breathing heavy.

"Hey!" The yell comes from our left and we all turn. Two Stormtroopers raise their blasters and Hux raises his.

"Stop!" I yell at the Stormtroopers hitting them with my Force powers. They go flying back. I hold them both down and walk over. Hux follows me. "Don't shoot them," he says. "Phasma and I can use their armor."\

The heat inside the Stormtrooper suit is unbearable in the current temperature. Phasma doesn't complain but I know her suit is more uncomfortable than mine, because it has a guy's breastplate not a girl's. Hux leads the way with Caleb and I'm not exactly sure what the plan is, other than shooting anyone we see.

The first guy we come across ignores us completely as he strings a wire trap of some sort from an opening in the ceiling above.

Caleb opens fire on the boy and he cries out. Caleb continues to shoot.

"Stop!" Phasma yells, grabbing his arm.

"Save your gun fire," Hux says.

A group of five guys come running around the corner then stop when they see us. I don't raise my blaster. They look confused and are unarmed.

"Jason!" one of them shouts, rushing over to the boy on the ground. Caleb fires at him as he approaches and the others looks startled. They turn to run but Hux shoots at them and Caleb joins in. The boys are dead in no time and once again Caleb continues to fire long after it's necessary.

"Hux, Phasma, Ren and Caleb." The voice comes into my headset. I turn to Phasma. "This is Commander Klein." We all freeze. "Snoke wants to see you in the gathering space, now!"

I remove my helmet and so do Hux and Phasma. Hux curses and Phasma throws her helmet down. Caleb removes his as well and he has a smile on his face that makes me want to smack him.

"Where are we sleeping tonight?" he says. "We should store these blasters before going to Snoke."

Is he stupid? "We might not need them after seeing Snoke," I say.

"Why not?"

"We should take them to Snoke," I continue. "He'll ask for them."

"Ren's right," Phasma says, starting to remove her Stormtrooper armor. I do the same, pulling the arm pieces off.

"Maybe he won't think to ask," Caleb says.

"Caleb's right, we should store the blasters," Hux says.

"He's not right." I stop removing my armor and stand in front of Hux.

Phasma steps between us and gives us a gentle push in opposite directions. "Come on, Snoke's waiting and he doesn't like to wait."

Phasma's done removing her armor and she picks up a blaster. "We can't leave these here for others to take. We'll take them with us."

Hux runs his hand through his hair. I know how important the First Order is to him and I can see he's worried. Could we get disqualified for breaking the rules?

"I'll take the blame," I say to Hux, but his mind seems elsewhere and he's ignoring me, again.