It had been two whole years since the defeat of the First Order and the rebirth of Ben Solo. These years had been filled with pain, tears but yet so much joy..the pain of losing one of Rey's closest friends..Fin. He couldn't live with the fact that she trusted and loved, in his eyes.. kylo Ren, he couldn't forgive the pain Kylo Ren had done to him, a part of Fin was scared of Ben but he would never admit it. So Fin chose to cut all connections to Rey even though she had cried and begged him not to. It came to a point where Fin had tried to kill Ben. Rey watched as Ben didn't try to stop him one bit, instead he dropped to his knees in front of Fin and surrendered himself, Fin then knew he couldn't kill him, so instead he left...tears of joy when the high counsel decided to forgive Ben and not send him away for eternity like she expected...Joy of starting a New life with her soulmate, her true love. Everyday when she saw his face or felt his presence though the force she couldn't stop herself from beaming with happiness. Now they travel galaxy together at free will, everywhere they go they are welcomed..well sometimes..it took a lot of people and creatures to adjust to forgiving Ben for the crimes he had done. But once they had met him and felt the pure light force flowing though him, their worries and fears where extinguished. So there they remained, drifting though the galaxy visiting planets because they could. They didn't need a reason to, they could do whatever they wanted to do now and they intended to do just that.
Rey sat in the co-pilot seat of the Millennium Falcon, she felt so at ease. Relaxed. Her eyes drifted across the her soulmate, his strong large hands were gripping the controls of the ship as he steered the ship with great ease and elegance. Her eyes looked up his body slowly, taking in every aspect of him. Her eyes landed on his handsome face, she couldn't help herself but smile. Her eyes roamed over every detail of his pale face, her wandering eyes came to rest on the reddish scar across his face that she had given him..a pang of guilt ignited in her stomach but was quickly washed over when his chestnut green eyes met hers. She was now definitely blushing but she couldn't care less.
"Your even more beautiful when you blush." Ben remarked, his voice deep and husky. His words alone made her heart clench. Rey blushed even more and looked away in embarrassment, but a smile couldn't help but tug at her mouth.
"You just like it because it makes me look like a tomato." Rey retorted back her smile widening as she did so. Ben laughed, his real laugh. It was Deep and husky but just like when she hears his voice, it sends small sparks down Reys spine.
"We are nearly arriving at Ithor, love." Ben stated calmly, this prompted Rey to look forward and out the large window at the front of the ship, there she could see a beautiful blue and green planet with flecks of pink and blue. Her breath was taken away it was beautiful.
"Wow.." Rey whispered quietly to herself as she sat forward in her seat.
"It's beautiful, how long until we arrive?" Rey asked gently still in awe of the wonder in front of her. She had seen many beautiful planets in her time but never one this peaceful looking.
"About 15 minutes."Ben replied and started to prepare for landing, when Rey's hand landed on top of his, her touch was warm as always against his naturally colder skin.
"Can we do a low fly by in its atmosphere before we land? So we can at least get a look at the planet from above." Rey suggested staring into Bens eyes with the kindest of gazes, her smile alone lit up his soul.
"Yes of course." He smiled back and reluctantly pulled his gaze away from hers and began to steer the ship in Ithors atmosphere. He looked to his left where Rey was and she was practically pressed up against the windows. As he glided the ship closer to the ground so she could get a good look at the new planet, he slipped into her mind though the force. He smiled as her thoughts where filled with joy and happiness, she said to her self in her thoughts "wow this place is stunning." And Ben couldn't help himself as he remarked "just like you."
She turned around from the windows and smirked, "get out of my head Solo." She sat back down in the co-pilot seat and strapped herself back in for landing.
"How are you feeling?" Ben asked kindness in his voice that some people would still find baffling. Rey smiled and gently rubbed her swollen stomach, which they had recently discovered contained a beautiful baby. She was 3 months pregnant. Ben still beamed every time he looked at her or even thought about the fact he was going to have a baby with the love of his life.
"I feel great honestly, this little one isn't giving me much trouble at all." Rey replied gently rubbing her small but still obviously baby belly. Ben smiled in relief.
"Good, I'm going to try to land." Ben replied and he refocused, he slowed started to glide the ship lower to the ground as Rey made sure she was strapped in securely to protect the baby. Suddenly a massive loud bang was heard at the back of the ship, the controls violently swung to the left and Ben struggled to get the back under his control, various alarms blared about the cockpit. The ship started to violently veer in different directions but the constant variable was that they were headed downwards and fast.
"Ben what's going on?!" Rey yelled out panicked. She tried to read what the controls were telling her but because the ship was shaking so much she couldn't make out the words.
"I don't know! We have been hit by something!" Ben replied equally as panicked as he desperately tried to regain some control of the ship. Rey watched as her husband struggled to regain control but what really grabbed her attention was how close the ground was getting.
"Ben!" Rey called out as the ground rushed to meet them, he had managed to level of somewhat but they where headed to a small forest at such and alarming rate.
"BEN!" she called out louder scared now, she brought her arms around her belly to try protect her unborn child. Tears fell from her eyes as they got closer to the trees. She Curled in on her self but seconds before impact she felt a force go around her, it was warm and calming but it felt familiar, she realised to late..Ben used the force to protect her. Then the ship plummeted and it crashed to a violent halt. Rey was thrown back against her seat and her head hit the back of her chair a little to hard. This caused her vision to blur, she tried to fight the sensation of passing out but the darkness conquered and she fell unconscious , her mind only thinking of Ben..
REY'S POVS
A dull throb was blossoming at the back of my head was the first thing I felt, I slowed started to come to my senses, confused..what happened..where am I..I forced my heavy lids to pry open despite my body telling me to sleep. Everything around me looked destroyed, I smelt smoke and a strange fauna..I looked around myself everything around me was in perfect condition, but everything else was Practically destroyed. I gazed myself over and I was completely unharmed, I gently touched my belly and felt the baby move under my touch which was a good sign at least. I looked over to my left and my heart stopped temporarily. My breath was violently stolen from me like I had just been winded.
"Ben.." my voice came out as a strangled whisper. I unbuckled the straps that held me to my seat as fast as I could and I leapt from my chair and stumbled over to the main pilots seat. Without even realising, I was crying again, I gently pushed my love's dark locks away from his pale face noticing he was unconscious..as I drew my hand back it came away covered with blood, this caused my heart to skip a beat.
"Ben..Ben love wake up.." I whispered as his head lulled against his chest and blood dripped sluggishly down the side of his face. My eyes roamed over his body looking for other possible injures, the first one I noticed was his shoulder was considerably lower than the other indicating it was dislocated, I gently touched it and even unconscious Ben gave a low groan.
"Sorry." I whispered and moved my hands down his chest and rib cage, I definitely felt some damaged ribs, I froze when I felt something ruff and sharp in his lower chest. A large piece of metal had got him deep in the chest and decided to stay there, blood oozed slowly from the wound. Another tear slipped from my right eye as I moved my hands lower to check his legs, his right knee was bent at an awkward angle. I gently touched it which earned me another low moan of Bens unconscious form. I stood back up straighter and gently pushed his head back so his head was leaning against the back of seat.
"Ben, I need you to wake up for me…please Ben" I gently touched over where his heart was relieved to feel his heart beating, I gently reached out with the force wanting to heal him but I knew when I was pregnant this could mean losing the baby and I wasn't about to lose our child. I sighed deeply and slowly slipped into his mind though the force. Immediately I was hit with a wall of agony that made me double over, I let out a groan realising this must be what he is feeling. I called out to him though our bond with the force and I felt his energy weak but steady. I grasped onto it desperately and pulled him as much as I could towards consciousness. I then opened my eyes out of his mind now, hoping he would wake.
"Ben…" I said softly and gently caressed the side of his face wiping some of the blood away with my thumb. I felt him softly lean into my touch as if he craved it.
"Ben wake up, please wake up." I said a little louder and I watched, waiting. His eyes fluttered then opened, immediately he tried to move, I saw his face grimace in pain and he groaned.
"Easy Ben, take it easy." I softly spoke, I saw his eyes finally focus on me after he took in his surroundings and he looked slightly more relaxed.
"Are you alright?" Ben asked, his voice husky and strained. My hand remained on the side of his face cupping his jaw. I nodded and he weakly reached his hand up to wipe the tears from my face that I hadn't realised had started to fall again. I took his hand in my which only now I noticed was cut and bleeding from the controls.
"Where do we keep the med kit on here.?" I asked really to myself as I reluctantly pulled myself away from Ben's soft grasp, but I felt him grip tighter.
"Don't need..medd..kitt-t..M'fine." Ben slurred his grip on my hand firm, not to hold me there but to cope with the pain I suspected.
"Don't you even play the tuff guy act with me mister. It's bad enough you used the force to protect me instead of yourself." I retorted slightly angry that he didn't realise the seriousness of the situation.
"I had to.I-I..the baby-..you.I can't lose you." He struggled to make out a sentence, confused probably from the hell of a concussion he had. I sighed..
"Let me help you Ben..come on.let go.I'll be right back I promise." I cooed to my weakened husband. I felt my heart warm knowing that even he was battling so much agony, that one can only imagine, he still wanted to protect me and the baby..
"M'ok.." he mumbled sluggish and slowly let go of my hand, his hand falling to his side almost instantly. I immediately jogged to the back of the ship to where the medical emergency equipment was normally kept and thank the force it was there. I tore it off the wall and jogged back to Ben, only to find he was somehow standing up leaning heavily on the chair, but nevertheless was still up. Where he stood a small pool of blood was already forming. He looked like absolute hell, I wanted to sob but I couldn't he needed my help. I couldn't be weak now. I saw him stumble and I dropped the med kit, I was by his side in a flash thanks to the force.
"Ben you shouldn't be up." I said kindly but firm, i looped his good arm around my shoulder and I pulled his weight into me.
"Thought-t you had gone…wanted to…make.. sure you ..were ok.." He replied weakly, panting in between words. I sighed and slowly started to help him walk to our bedroom on the ship, this was proving to be quite a task since he was growing weaker by the second and I knew I couldn't carry him, especially with the baby. The guy was 200 pounds of muscle.
"When did you become such as hero." I said smiling trying to lift the mood as I half dragged him along the corridor to our room.
"When I married you." I couldn't help but smile and I could sense he was smiling to despite the situation. We finally arrived at our bedroom that I was now considering moving closer to the cockpit, I kicked open the door and hauled Ben inside. He hit his bad shoulder against the door and let out a clenched teeth groan.
"Sorry love." I whispered and slowly sat him on the end of our bed. He clutched his shoulder teeth still clenched together. I quickly ran and grabbed a plastic sheet so the blood wouldn't go everywhere and ruin the sheets, I lay it out on the bed with growing urgency. Then I gently eased my love back onto the bed, his body was shaking with effort from walking and he collapsed onto the bed, his head hitting the soft pillows.
I gently kissed his forehead and then ran to get the medical kit from where I dropped it before, I sprinted back to the room glad to find he hadn't tried to move. I sat down beside him rather difficulty with the baby, I gently stroked his hair away from his face, a slight sheen of sweat had mixed in with the blood of his forehead.
"How bad is it?" He breathed out, slowly calming down. I looked him over, thinking to myself that this was bad.
"We don't have time to waste, let's just say that ok?" I replied and opened the med kit, he nodded weakly and I could see he was going to lose consciousness again soon. I grabbed a cleaning wipe out the med kit and as gently as I could I wiped away from the source of the blood. There was a deep gash but nothing to serious. I pulled out a bacta pad and carefully applied it over the gash. I decided I would clean the rest of the blood away later. I glanced back down at Ben He seemed to be pretty oblivious and about to pass out, I knew I should let him. But part of me was worried he wouldn't wake up…I shook the thought from my mind and I gently probed his shoulder, this earned me a hiss of pain from Ben. I cringed knowing I was causing him pain.
" Ben.." I touched his face gently to try to get him to focus on me, his bleary eyes slowly focused on me, but I could tell he was trying his best to listen to me.
"Ben your shoulder is dislocated, this is going to hurt a lot, ok?" I spoke slowly and he nodded gently, I could see him get mentally ready and physically. I took his bad arm and held his hand, I slowly moved it into position and he let out a small groan. I put my other hand on his socket to his shoulder holding the limb down. I noticed him watching me, prepping himself, I leaned down close to him and on impulse my lips met his, as he was distracted I slid his shoulder back into place with a loud POP! He broke our tender kiss with a loud groan and arched his back a little. I gently pushed him back down to the bed.
"Easy..easy, breathe just breathe." I said softly my hand resting on his chest, to keep him still but just there for comfort. It broke my heart to see him like this..I took out some scissors and cut of what was left of his shirt and I wrapped his shoulder in bacta patches. I sighed and thought that I would love to get it in a sling but this will have to do for now. I slowly turned my attention to the piece of metal lodged in his lower chest. I cringed knowing what I was going to have to do to get this out, I pulled out a scalpel and some tweezers. I looked up to Ben noticing he had passed out which was probably a good thing, meaning he hopefully wouldn't feel a lot of what his body was about to undergo.. As gently as I could I cut around the chunk of metal, thankfully there wasn't much of a reaction from Ben, I slowly used the tweezers and gently wriggled the piece of metal from his chest, it went deep, I could see down into his muscle tissue. I don't know if it was the baby or me but I felt a whole new spike of concern. I busied myself by grabbing some saline sterilised solution from the medical pack and poured some inside the wound, unfortunately this did cause Ben to let out a groan and I winced. I pulled out a stitching kit and as gently as I could I stitched the skin together, I admired the job I had done but it was far from over yet. I placed a few bacta patches over my stitching just to make sure it healed correctly. I ran my hands delicately over Ben's rib cage which was now slowly turning black and blue. I sighed heavily and I gazed down to his leg which was bent still at a strange angle. I gently slid off his bottoms to get a better look at his knee. There was thankfully no more open wounds but you could see clearly it was most likely fractured or broken. I stood up from the bed and quickly opened one of the cupboards in the walls, I pulled out a large leg splint. I carefully applied bacta patches hoping that would do something. Then I strapped the large splint to his leg straightening it which earned me a painful groan from Ben. I whimpered not wanting to hear his painful groans any longer, I sat down on the other side of the bed, close to his head and I stroked my loves hair.
I felt the baby move inside me, sensing my sadness and distress. Part of me was annoyed at him for being so selfless. For saving me and not even caring about himself. I sigh and didn't even notice my fingers carding though his soft black hair.
I noticed him lean into my touch and I couldn't help but smile, I leaned down and kissed his forehead. I took a cleaning cloth and wiped the rest of his blood from his face.
"I love you….." I hear him mumble weakly though his cut lips. I smiled and I kissed the top of his hair gently.
"I love you to Ben." I gazed at my husband for a minute, my selfless husband.