Chapter 11

"Are you certain this will work?" Thysva nervously asks Hux outside Rey's chambers.

"Of course it will. He's a simple smuggler, not at all powerful like our Empress. You needn't worry about your throat at the moment," Hux replies.

He reaches out a hand and knocks softly on the door as Thysva watches. Then Hux knocks a second and third time.

"What are you doing?" Thysva questions.

"I'm checking to see if this is the same door model as the rest of them here. I wouldn't take any chances with this being the chambers of our Empress. There could be different alarms or defense systems in place. I don't want to trip any of them," Hux responds quickly, still knocking and tapping on different points of the door.

Thysva watches silently, hoping this all goes off without a hitch. His eyes light up when Hux turns to him with a grin. Hux nods at him with a wink, making Thysva blush. He walks over and grabs Thysva's chin and kissing him deeply. They moan into the kiss.

"It's clear. I will meet you in my quarters as soon as my meeting with the Empress is finished," Hux whispers against Thysva's lips.

"Knowing the smuggler isn't powerful like her, it should be easy to bring him to you," Thysva whispers back.

They share one last kiss before Hux leaves to meet with the Empress. Thysva watches until the General is out of sight. He takes his welding tools in hand and begins working on the door. With a whoosh the door is opened and Thysva steps quickly inside. Thysva looks around the room and is shocked when he can't see the prisoner anywhere.

"Strange…I know the Empress wouldn't let him roam freely. Where could he b–AHCK!" the General gasps as his words are cut short from a blow to the back of his head.

He turns around to see Ben standing before him with a hairbrush in hand. Thysva laughs at the sight as he rubs his head.

"You seriously think you can win with THAT? Some rough and tumble smuggler you are!" he teases.

His smile drops however when he sees Ben raise a hand up towards him. Suddenly Thysva is pulled quickly forward until his throat is blanketed by Ben's massive hand. He chokes as Ben squeezes slowly on the General's neck. Thysva tries to speak through splutters and coughs.

"H-h-how?" he manages to choke out.

Ben leans his face close in and stares Thysva down. He is calm as he slowly squeezes the General's throat.

"You'll find that this smuggler is full of surprises," Ben replies with a snide smile.

With a flick of his wrist, he throws Thysva to the floor and watches as the man coughs and spits onto the floor. Thysva looks up at Ben with a mixture of fear and anger across his face. He reaches for his comlink on this belt.

"Hux, I need you! Come quickly!" he quickly yells into it before Ben uses the Force to pull the comlink from his hand.

Thysva watches as the smuggler crushes the comlink in hand and turns around to search for the handcuffs Rey used on him. Spotting them on the bed, he reaches out and smiles as they fly into his hand. He turns to face Thysva still coughing on the floor. Placing the handcuffs on the General, Ben grabs him by the collar and hoists him up.

"Your games are over now. The Empress will come and take care of your treacherous deeds now," he growls.

"We'll…see…" Thysva coughs in response.