(Ben's View)
(In the Brush)
(5 Seconds later)
He's done it. Done the unforgivable. Ajax slaughtered Keisa, slaughtered her with more damage, more wounds than needed. He slaughtered my world with no remorse, and that's a huge mistake. A fatal one.
Leaping out of the brush, I shout out a battle cry, my lightsaber unsheathed. Ajax turns around and blocks my swinging attack, but our momentum send us tumbling across the forest floor. We both scramble to our feet at the same time before we lock eyes. Ajax grins evilly, his eyes ablaze with excitement. "So…we finally meet." He sneers, spinning his saber to taunt me. I clench my jaw. Ajax continues. "I never thought you'd be the previous apprentice of the Supreme Leader. Figures that an old man like you cannot live to his expectations."
"Does that matter to you?! If you want to fight, stop taunting me and do so you mother*cker!" I holler out, Force Pulling him in with my lightsaber's tip pointed straight in front. He grins, lifting his feet to kick me, but I let him go from my Force Pull and leap over him, sending him onto a tree. I spin around before throwing my lightsaber towards him, but he blocks it with his lightsaber before Force Pushing me away. I, flying through the air, summon my lightsaber into my hand, unsheathe it and stick it into the ground, slowing my momentum. As I stop, Ajax, somehow, is already in front of me and swings to my neck. I bend back, snap back up and grab his neck with my hand. With anger rising, I clench my jaw, increasing the pressure around his neck. He grabs my hands, trying to free himself, but as revenge is sweet, I blast the Force from my hand, severing his head from his body. The head slams onto a nearby tree, blood and brain pieces flying in every direction while his bloody body falls onto my boot. I kick the body off, click my lightsaber to my belt as I run to Keisa, sliding on my knees to her side. Rey soon joins me. "That was something." She comments, her eyes a bit wild. I ignore her compliment, sliding my arms under Keisa's bloody body, lifting her in my arms. As she lies against my body, blood drooling from her mouth onto my gray shirt, I feel her breathing ever so slightly. She's alive…barely. Lifting her as I stand up, I stare into Rey's worried eyes. "She's breathing…barely. We don't have much time."
"Then why talk?! Get your ass on the ship with me!" Rey shouts, dashing to the Falcon. I, after a second hesitation, run behind her to the Falcon. As I enter, Rey apparently already ran into the cockpit, starting up the engines. I walk to a bench in the wall of the Falcon, gently laying my dying Keisa on it before freezing in place. All I could do is watch her breath, watch her fighting to stay alive with blood still oozing out of her body. I knew I needed to wrap her in bandages to slow down the bleeding, but for some reason…I couldn't. I slowly kneel down so that my face was level with hers. I brush a strand of her midnight black hair away from her face. The feeling of her slick hair instantly sends me back when I would hug her, her slick hair brushing against the back of my hand.
"Ben…" Rey whispers. Clenching my jaw, I turn my head around, tears streaming down my face, some of them tinkling onto the metal floor. Rey hands me some bandages. "Here. Patch her up. We're lightspeeding into D'Qar's system." She whispers, turning around to walk to the cockpit. Then, in the corner of my eye, as I bandage Keisa's chest wound, I see Rey wiping her eyes with her arm.
She's crying.
"Rey…You don't have to cry." I whisper, tightening the wrapped bandage. Rey shakes her head. "Ben…I…I just feel bad that you're losing your family like this. I know I lost mine, but not like this. I know they're still alive. I know they're somewhere in this galaxy without me, but losing your daughter like this? It's…heartbreaking."
"Thank you, but you need to do your job to save her…I'll do mine. Then we can discuss other things about her recovery…if she can make it in time." I whisper. Rey nods without a word before walking into the cockpit. Wrapping the last bandage around her wound, I find myself staring at her face. The face I haven't seen in months. Closing my eyes, I gently lay my head on her chest where it's not sliced. Tears stream down my face. "Keisa…I'm so sorry…for everything. I…wish you could hear me…I wish I could see you smile just one more time, but Keisa…please…for everything that is good…hang on…" I whisper, shutting my eyes tighter.
At that time, I feel the Falcon descend onto the Resistance's shipyard. Rey walks to me. "Ben, Master Luke's already here with the medics. Come on, bring her to the medics and they'll take care of everything." She says, pulling me back from Keisa. I shake my head. "I need to be with her…After everything we've went through together, I'm not letting her die without me by her side. You know I cannot bear that."
"We'll ask Master Luke about that. Come on…there's not much time left." She says, taking my arm. I nod, lift Keisa into my arms, walk down the hatch door and give my precious little girl to the medics. Uncle Luke soon walks to us. "Ben."
"Uncle. I know it's asking a lot, but I need to be with her." I say. Uncle Luke shakes his head. "It'd be a danger to her Ben. If she's still alive, she can sense your worry through the Force. You know what that can do. Ben…trust me." Uncle Luke pleads. I turn my head, seeing the medics with Keisa on a medical cart rolling her off into the base. Uncle Ben then says something else. "Ben…if you cannot trust me, then trust the Force. It might be your last hope to save Keisa."