Leia stood up in bridge of the cruiser. "Rey and I are going to infiltrate the main First Order ship. This is extremely dangerous, and I can't ask for help from you. Since Poe is not here, Lieutenant Connix will be in charge while I am gone. There is a chance we may not return." Leia paused. "May the Force be with You." Leia's voice trailed off.

There was mumbling among the crew.

Rey said "We have a tie fighter we accidentally tractor beamed into our dock. Let's use that to get into the Star Destroyer. It will be a tight fit, are you up for it?"

"I've been in tighter spots before," said Leia with a smirk.

Finn quietly asked that a few Resistance fighters follow him to an adjacent room. When they reached the room, Finn spoke, "Look, I plan on helping Rey and Leia. I need your help. Are you willing to go with me?" A few in the room shook their heads in agreement. "Good. C-3PO, I need you to pilot the escape ship if needed."

"Me? Oh my. I'm not a pilot! Why me?" said C-3PO.

"You can't fight, and you have arms," said Finn.

"I have been malfunctioning lately. My motivator chip is damaged. I'm afraid I cannot go," said C=3PO.

R2-D2 bumped C-3PO and beeped and whirred.

"You want to give me your motivator chip?" said C-3PO.

R2 beeped and whirred.

"Oh my," said C-3PO.

A nearby technician motioned to C-3PO and R2-D2. "Alright then, come with me I'll make the switch."

A few moments later, after the switch, C-3PO looked around. R2-D2 was not moving.

"What is wrong with R2?" said C-3PO.

"He didn't respond after the switch. He appears to be down," said the technician.

"He sacrificed himself for you, 3PO, that's what friends do," said Finn.

"Oh my. Maybe that little droid isn't so bad after all."

Rey and Leia squeezed into the tie fighter and took off. After they came out of light speed, and were half-way to the Super Star Destroyer, a Resistance ship appeared behind them.

"Who is that, and why are they following us?" said Rey.

The Resistance ship started shooting at them.

"They are shooting at us? What?" said Rey.

"Their shots are missing, by a lot." I think I know what they are doing," said Leia.

"Bank and weave, pretend like they are chasing us," said Leia.

Rey and Leia's tie fighter turned and weaved and erratically headed towards the Super Star Destroyer. The Resistance ship followed close behind, shooting. Once the tie fighter entered the bay of the Destroyer, Rey started firing on the troopers in the bay. The Resistance ship behind them also started firing into the crowds. Chaos ensued and troops scattered. Rey and Leia exited their ship, as did the few Resistance fighters behind them.

Rey blocked laser bolts as Leia shot with a blaster. Finn and the other Resistance fighters shot and moved. The initial shots of their ships did some damage to the troops in the hangar, but they still out-numbered the Resistance considerably. Rey saw Ben in the corner. "Leia! Ben's over there!" And they tried to move forward towards him.

About half-way to Ben, Baldaar Ren appeared with two other Knights to block their way. Leia shot at Baldaar but he easily blocked with his axe.

"You go no more," said Baldaar. Rey swung at Baldaar with her double-bladed lightsaber. Baldaar blocked. The other two Knights swung at Rey in unison and Rey backed up a bit and blocked with each side of her saber. Leia shot at a Knight and he recoiled, but recovered, his armor protected him.

Baldaar's axe came down on Rey with great force. Rey blocked from up high, but Baldaar's strength was pushing his axe closer and closer to Rey's head.

Leia saw their predicament. She kept her gun pointed forward but did not fire. Suddenly two shipping containers from the left the right came from nowhere and struck Baldaar and one Knight. They were knocked to the ground, and appeared to be unconscious. The other Knight retreated.

Leia opened her eyes and Rey turned around with a look of astonishment. "Where did that come from?" said Rey.

"I've been practicing," said Leia with a smirk.

Finn, firing at troopers behind the ship, saw out of the corner of his eye, as the kids exited the ship. "How, how did they get on the ship?"

The kids made their way to a corner of the hangar.

A trooper came within twelve meters of the kids. He saw the kids and moved towards them. "Oh no, I'm scared!" said Timiri. The trooper lowered his weapon, considered the kids not to be a threat and turned to the battle again. Suddenly his feet were jerked out from under him and he fell on his face. He got back up to his knees and the kids smiled and looked at each other. The trooper moved towards the kids again, but right before reaching them, Finn shot the trooper.

"Kids, you are… what…! Just stay here and don't die!" said Finn.

Rey and Leia moved forward again, their progress was now stopped by another dark Knight, Sosh Ren.

Rey shouted "You!" Rey swung violently at Sosh with her double-bladed lightsaber. Sosh blocked. Rey swung again even more violently, "You killed Chewbacca!"

Rey moved forward again and rapidly swung with five violent motions, the last Sosh blocked and they were locked next to each other, struggling, with their faces close.

Sosh backed away. "Wrong place, wrong time," said Sosh.

Leia, seeing the rage build up in Rey, shouted "Rey, remember your training! No anger!"

Sosh, seeing Rey leave her side open from another exaggerated swing, cut Rey in her side, grazing her hip. Rey was wounded and backed up to take a breath. Suddenly something exploded near Sosh and she was knocked down.

Leia resumed firing and Rey resumed blocking as they moved closer to Ben. However more troopers were focused on them. More and more shots were fired at Rey and Leia, and Rey was not able to block them all. Leia took a blaster shot to the shoulder. This distracted Rey and Leia took another shot to the thigh and abdomen. She fell on her back, in seething pain.

"LEIA!" yelled Rey. "OH NO. HOLD, HOLD ON!"

Leia was weakening, in great pain and Rey could not reach down to her, she had to block the onslaught of blaster fire still focused on them.

"FINN WE NEED YOU!" yelled Rey.

Finn was too far away and could not hear.

"LEIA, LEIA, ARRGHHH" yelled Rey, frustrated and scared. Rey reached back and created a Force blast at the troopers in front of her, knocking most down. This allowed her to look down at Leia and see that she was barely breathing.

The trooper fire resumed, focused on Rey. Rey felt helpless.

Suddenly Leia's body slowly started to rise, when it rose to about Rey's waist height it started slowly moving towards Ben Solo. Rey saw concern and concentration and on Ben's face.

Rey continued to block shots and move with Leia as she gently floated to Ben. When she reached Ben, she was out of immediate danger behind the shipping containers shielding Ben. Ben lowered her at his feet and leaned over Leia.

"MOM! NO!" said Ben.

Leia looked up at her son. "Ben, I'm sorry. I should have done better. WE should have. Can you ever forgive us?"

Ben did not speak, just stared down at her, his eyes welling up with tears as intense love and concern, emotions he has not felt in decades, welled up inside him.

Leia lifted her hand up to his face ever so gently, cupping his cheek with her hand. She smiled softly, with eyes crinkling. With the emotion of a mother who had just met her newborn child, like a mother who has just lost her child, like a mother who wished more than the world itself that she could bring her child back, she softly spoke.

"My boy."

And then her body grew still.

Ben's face went from fear to panic. Rey's face went from fear to shock.

"NO, MOM, NO!" said Ben.

Rey swung her saber and broke Ben's cuffs.

"WE NEED TO GET TO SAFETY. CARRY HER! GO!" shouted Rey.

With tears streaming down his white cheeks, Ben Solo ran with his mother in his arms to the corner of the hangar behind a large control panel, out of immediate fire. Finn and the other Resistance fighters were keeping this area safe.

Ben looked down at Leia. She was gone.

Ben burst out with emotion and started uncontrollably bawling.

"WHAT HAVE I DONE? WHAT HAVE I DONE?"

More wailing.

"I WAS SO SELFISH SO…SO…SO...!"

Ben Solo could not be consoled.

Finn spoke into his communicator. "3PO! Tell the others we need more help! We can't hold this position much longer!"

"Oh, yes sir Finn, right away!" said C-3PO.

Another tie fighter entered the hangar. Finn thought to himself, "Is that ours?"

The tie fighter seemed to hesitate and look for a proper place to land. Then suddenly before landing it raised up and started firing at the small band of Resistance fighters on the right side of the hangar.

The small band of Resistance fighters scrambled in a panic. One lay killed from the blast.

Finn was stunned, but had an idea. He ran into the tie fighter Rey and Leia used and ignited its engines. The other tie fighter was still firing on individual Resistance fighters. Finn turned his fighter to meet the new fighter. The new fighter saw what Finn was doing and turned to meet him. In slow motion each fighter turned to meet each other, and one fired, blowing up the other!

As the smoke cleared, Finn peeked his head out of his fighter. The small band of Resistance fighters cheered. Finn stayed in his fighter and took a few more shots at the First Order. A crack appeared in the dome of the fighter and Finn decided it was time to exit and fight on foot.

Rey was full of sorrow and regret, but that quickly turned into determination and rage. She walked back into the fight, targeting the Knights. She blocked and weaved and swung and punched, and reached Garmoth and Baldaar Ren, standing near Sosh Ren who was still not standing after the blast.

Garmoth Ren lit the red saber of Kylo Ren.

"So, you are the mighty Rey!" said Garmoth. "You are strong with the Force!"

'You have no idea," said Rey with a violent upward, then downward swing, and a Force push, she knocked the weapon out of Garmoth's hands, though he quickly picked it up again.

Garmoth and Rey continued probing each other for openings. "You would be a great Knight of Ren."

Rey said nothing.

"You should join us, we could show you powers you have never conceived of, more powerful than you could imagine."

Temiri and Haita saw Ben Solo crying in the corner. They looked at each other and slowly approached. He was the mean, dark man, but didn't seem so mean now. As Ben sat there crying to himself, Temiri came up to him and handed him his lightsaber. Ben looked at the saber in shock. It was Luke's lightsaber, the saber that Ben wanted so badly, that passed through his grasp and went to Rey. It was now his.

Temiri smiled and the kids ran away.

"You could have a family, power, status, a purpose. In fact, you could kill her right now and take her place. She killed your friend, we know it would be satisfying."

Sosh looked at Garmoth with a puzzled and scared look.

Rey looked at Sosh. She hated Sosh for what she did to Chewbacca. She did want more power to save her friends. She could not stand another loss, Streak, Chewbacca, and now her mother figure, Leia, all could have been saved with more power.

Rey paused.

"Don't make the same mistake I did," said a voice behind Rey.

Rey flipped around.

Ben Solo looked in Rey's eyes, and ignited Luke's lightsaber.