Ch 51

Rey

I ran as fast as I could towards him, he wasn't dead, merely unconscious, but the shock of it almost knocked me off my feet when I felt it.

When I got to the main entrance I saw him being dragged by two men, I didn't recognize them, but I recognized their clothing. They were wearing a resistance emblem on their jackets.

"Stop! Put him down now!" I shouted, when they turned their heads I took advantage and froze them in place.

"Rey! Let them go!" I heard a familiar voice behind me say, I turned around and saw Finn walking towards me.

"Finn what is this? I'm not letting them go until you let Ben go" these odds were not good, right behind Finn were about 10 other people, normally this wouldn't be difficult, but I had no idea where I'd left my saber, so this was a battle I couldn't win, I didn't even have my staff.

"He's under arrest for intergalactic crimes Rey, or did you forget that he literally annihilated entire planets while he was in the First Order?" he asked while pointing a blaster at me.

"Can I please explain what happened? He's innocent, please let him go I'm begging you!"

Poe then stood by Finn as backup and started talking "Rey… you are our friend and you fought with us, you have committed no crime except marrying him, which we are sure he forced you into."

"No! he didn't force me to do anything and I… I love him! Let him go now!" I yelled at them, I could feel my anger begin to rise… why weren't they listening?

"Rey… please… put them down and we can talk…"

"NO!" I shouted, "If you are arresting him, you're arresting me too, I willingly married him and there's more that you don't know! So, if he's going I am too"

Finn and Poe looked at each other, I could sense their surprise and resistance, they didn't want to cuff me, but they knew if given the chance, I would take them all on for Ben.

Finn rubbed his temples, he was getting frustrated, so Poe decided to speak.

"Alright fine, we'll take you both, Rey you are now under custody of the Republic, you will be placed under imprisonment for committing treason against the Republic and you shall await trial along with your… husband… Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren, previous Supreme Leader of the First Order, anything you say can and will be used against you"

Two other people came to cuff me, one was a young looking Togruta woman, the other a human male, Finn had left in the middle of Poe's short speech, I could see this was difficult for him.

He didn't know that this was just as painful for me too.

I hung my head down and tried to find Ben, he was close and had already been dragged away towards the ship they had arrived in.

He was still unconscious, I could feel. I had questions for him, like how was it that we hadn't been able to sense them coming? Had someone tipped them off?

Very probable, especially after Exogol.

Before I left for Tattooine, Poe had convinced me to stay and help him rebuild the Republic, many of the people that came to help us saw me, many had seen the mighty Kylo Ren before his turning.

We should have been more careful, we should have known we would be considered fugitives after Naboo.

Once they loaded us onto the ship they sent us to separate prisoner holdings, his was right next to mine and there were probably 3-4 guards for each one of us.

We would be the most dangerous fugitives they would ever have.

I sat in the cell for hours, I was getting antsy.

I paced for a while, and then I sat down, I laid on the small cot they had, I tried to meditate.

The worse part of it was that Ben was still unconscious, I had so many questions

"That's why I'm here Rey" said a voice as I looked up and saw Master Anakin.

"What is going on? How come we weren't able to see that this would happen?" I demanded.

"I don't know" he answered "One thing is for sure, it had a dark intent, it's why you couldn't see it, someone might have sent a tip to the Republic, you both have to get out of here as soon as possible"

"But we can't Ben's unconscious and I don't know where we are going or how we'd get out of there"

"Patience, you both did well in connecting your minds, you'll have to try and be connected as much as possible this whole time, it'll make things easier."

With that I saw him disappear as quickly and suddenly as when he showed up in my cell. I hung my head and a million angry thoughts filled my mind. This entire time since Ben had been back had been extremely overwhelming.

There was to be more waiting. Waiting to be out of this cell, waiting to be balanced in the Force… Waiting, waiting, waiting.

I sighed in frustration, I was so tired of being pulled one way or the other, why couldn't we just be left alone?

I was good at waiting, I had done it my entire life, but when would I begin to reach my breaking point and not want to wait any longer?