Ch 38

Ben

"Ben Solo, do you wish to take this woman, Rey, as your lawfully wedded wife?"

I nodded a little too excited and smiled as we continued to hold hands. "Yes, yes even after death"

"And Rey, do you take Ben Solo as your lawfully wedded husband?"

We hadn't stopped looking into each other's eyes the entire time. As soon as she accepted this last-minute wedding plan, I had Sage bring the holy man in. I had him wait while I asked her if she would get married now.

It was true though, I didn't want to leave this world knowing we could be apart for any given amount of time. I wanted us to be together even after death.

"Yes! Yes, I do, even beyond death, I take him" she said smiling.

"Then I now pronounce husband and wife, by the power invested in me and given to me by the galactic republic, I pronounce you husband and wife. Mr. Solo, you may kiss your bride"

He didn't need to give permission, before the words were out of his mouth, Rey had already jumped into my arms and our lips joined in a soft, yet passionate kiss.

From behind us, I heard BB8 beep, interrupting the kiss. I was a little bothered, but he sounded impatient.

"Ben! Rey!" we heard Sage yell as she ran through the doors that led towards the inside of the estate.

"Sage what's going on?" I asked her as she approached us slightly breathless.

Do you feel it? Something's here…Rey thought.

Our bond was opened, we expanded our senses and searched for the danger, for any warning the Force might bring.

"There's someone on the other side of shore, two men in a resistance ship just landed and they're looking for Rey." I looked down at her, her expression was blank.

Suddenly she went running towards the door and I instinctly ran after her.

Rey what is it? Who's here?!

Finn and Poe…. I don't know how they found me, maybe they tracked the ship I took, maybe BB8 I… I don't know…

Calm down! If it's them we need a plan, Rey… STOP!

I made her freeze, like the time in the forest of Takodana.

Stop please… I need to talk to them Ben…

I will… let you go but what… how? What will you say?

I don't know… but please… let me try… you can listen through me but let me try…

I sighed

Okay… I'll listen but if things get out of hand I'm coming to you.

Okay. And with that I let her go and felt the wall in her mind lower enough that I could project myself into her world. No one could see me, this was like all the other times we'd connected.

She picked up her skirt again and kept running towards the entrance and I followed after her in full pursuit.

Once she reached the main entrance by the stairs that led to the dock I saw the two she sensed. Poe Dameron and Finn, the stormtrooper that betrayed the Order. I didn't hold it against him, not anymore. I admired him from having left much sooner than I had and sometimes I thanked him.

Following him is what had led me to Rey in a way.

"Rey! What… are you wearing? Is this a dress? What's the occasion?" asked Finn

"It's… a long story um… I'll explain later but what are you guys doing here?"

That's where Dameron stepped in, him I wasn't sure about. My mother came to love him like if he were her son… I envied him.

He took your mother from you, he dared to question your power in that interrogation… what will you do? Whispered the darkness.

Rey stiffened at the cold, drowning feeling that ran through the bond, but continued talking, I could see she kept her hands behind her to hide the ring.

"I've missed you both… how is everything in the new republic?"

"Well that's what we came here to ask you about, we got a call from town saying they saw what looked like Ben Solo. We still have contacts here and there were refugees from the Order who managed to escape us. We know you were connected to him, have you… heard anything?" asked Dameron as he studied her. She should have changed clothes, we should have had a different plan…

"Yea and why are you wearing this dress?" piped Finn in.

"Um well… I uh… Naboo is big on fashion and this is just how they dress for dinner. You should see how we dress to go into town"

"Wait… why are you on Naboo?" asked Dameron

"Just… wait let me explain…" she put her hands up in a cautioning gesture, it was a mistake, whatever sunlight was left made the ring flash and their eyes instantly were drawn to it.

"He's here… you're married to him, Rey… we have to arrest him."

Said Poe pulling out a blaster. Ha, that wouldn't really do much. Suddenly I felt an anger rise from Rey and she force pushed them into the water, it was strong enough that she pushed me out of our link too.

"Rey!" I screamed and ran to her, I didn't have to run far, we ended up running into each other right by the dining room.

"We have to go, grab what you can and meet me in the kitchen, there's a hidden door that leads to a hangar."

She nodded and ran the opposite way that I did, I looked after her, feeling like history was somehow repeating itself.

Rey

I ran as fast as I could to the bedroom and grabbed our prepacked bags, good thing I had taken the time to do that.

I ran as fast as I could knowing that by now Poe and Finn were surely out of the water and looking for us. Thank the Force the estate was huge and confusing.

I made it to the kitchen maybe five minutes after I had talked to Ben, Sage was there

"Here is the food we packed, now go! Through the pantry, there is a hatch on the ground, good luck!" she yelled after me as I kept running in the direction she pointed.

I didn't have to find the hatch, Ben was holding it open.

"Rey! Stop!" I heard someone call behind me, as soon as I began to turn I felt something hot and painful graze my leg and I was suddenly on the ground.

"Rey!" Ben screamed and pulled my body through the hatch and carried me towards the shiny silver ship that was waiting.

"Ben they… found us… the supplies…"

"Don't worry about that now. I need you to keep that hatch close until we can leave" I nodded and looked over his shoulder at the hatch and concentrated.

The pain in my leg was making it hard but I knew they couldn't open it based on the pounding I was hearing. I was grateful it was metal, there was no way they could shoot their way through it.

We were inside the ship in almost no time and by now my leg was extremely numb.

Ben sat me in the co-pilots chair at an angle and he began the flying sequence at an unbelievable speed.

"Where should are we going? We need to hide, lay low for a while..." I said, wincing at the pain in my leg as I tried to readjust myself to sit in a more comfortable position.

He felt my pain and I felt his anger in return.

"Ben I'm fine… just focus on getting us out of here…" I reached out with my hand and rested it on his arm.

I was always surprised at how firm they were, his physique was definitely strong, that of a warrior, but on the inside, he was the exact opposite, he was sweet and tender and loving…

He chuckled. Shoot he'd heard me…

"I love you Mrs. Solo… and we're on our way to Thyferra, it's a very small planet. We should be there by tomorrow. We're taking off so strap in"

I did a salute and did as was told, the ship started to move, and a ramp lowered and led out to what looked like a field.

My hand gripped tighter around Ben's arm and he caressed me with his mind, sending love and care into me.

I knew no matter where we went, that we would be okay.