A/N - This global pandemic is doing wonders for my content output.

It wasn't long before Rey and Ben were back in the Millenium Falcon… but this time, with a third person fighting for the pilot's seat.

Ultimately, Luke won out - after all, as he noted, he'd been flying since before they were born. Rey took the co-pilot's seat, while Ben sulked in the back.

They raced across the galaxy towards the planet Mykapo, where Idrosen Gawat, a native leader member of the Resistance High Command, had joined the Resistance High Command and allowed them to establish a base. This was where they would rendezvous with the Resistance.

Where Luke would be reunited with his sister, and Ben reunited with his mother.

For once, Rey was the least nervous person on board.

As they touched down, Rey could spy Leia waiting at the docking bay entrance. She must have sensed they were coming.

"Are you ready for this?" Rey asked Ben softly. He simply nodded stiffly. She took his hand, hoping to ease his nerves, but there was only so much she could do.

Together, they descended the ramp, Luke trailing slightly behind.

Ben tensed as Leia approached, but Rey knew there was no need. The General simply stared in disbelief, tears welling up in her eyes, and she took in the sight of her long lost son and brother, both back in her life.

Reaching out, she pulled the both of them into a long embrace. When she pulled back, she delivered each of them a hard slap to the face, leaving both Luke and Ben shocked.

"Neither of you ever do that again!" She ordered, but the anger didn't quite reach her eyes. Eventually, she broke out in a grin. "It's good to have you back."

Rey took a small step back, smiling as she watched Ben's face light up as he was finally together with his family. A family she hoped that she could one day be a part of.

"Rey!"

She turned, and saw Poe and Rose making a mad dash towards her. She smiled and waved, excited to see them, before she noticed the look of panic on their faces. Rey tried to move towards them, but Ben was immediately beside her, holding her back.

"Wait," He hissed, his voice low and commanding. She frowned at him, but didn't fight against his hold as Poe and Rose approached. She noticed that a few paces behind them was Finn.

"You!" Her friend snarled at Ben. Poe and Rose tried to grab him, but he had already shaken them off and was charging back at them.

Ben released her, pushing her behind him as he used his body to block her from Finn's attack. Terror hammered through Rey. She could not allow this to happen.

Finn was out of his mind; he had been tortured as a First Order prisoner, been abused in ways that she could never begin to imagine. Finn didn't understand her love for Ben because he was convinced that Ben had done the same things to her.

"Wait! Stop!" She yelled.

Ben attempted to push her farther back but she ducked, dodging his arm as he tried to snag hold of her. She thrust herself forward, throwing herself between Finn and Ben.

Unfortunately, she hadn't seen what it was that Finn wielded in his hand until it was too late. His arm was already flung forward, the metal blade whipped through the air even as she rose to her full height.

Ben's hand shot out in front of her, and Finn's arm froze, the knife mere inches from Rey's head.

Rey's heart lumbered in her chest. Her eyes crossed as she stared at the blade before her, the one that would have killed her, the one that only Ben was keeping at bay with the Force.

He reached around her, grabbed hold of the blade, and deftly plucked it from Finn's hand, tossing it to the ground. Rey swallowed heavily, terrified of what was to come, terrified of what Ben's reaction would be. She could feel the deadly tension that vibrated through him.

He was so infuriated that she didn't think she'd be able to stop him from killing Finn.

No one moved, no one even breathed. Even Finn, horrified by the fact that he had nearly killed her, seemed to have regained some control over himself.

"Ben."

Rey could hear the nervous tension in Leia's voice. She understood it completely, though she couldn't see Ben's face, she could feel the murderous intent thumping through him.

Though he was large, temperamental, and powerful, Ben had always been relatively mellow and kind with her. That was who he was with her, but with others, and to others, he could be cruel, brutal, and lethal.

It was the lethal part that she was most frightened of now.

Rey turned to face him.

"Ben, please," She whispered. His eyes flickered to her, but there was no easing of his features. "He didn't know what he was doing."

"He could have killed you," Ben grated.

"I wasn't going for her," Finn retorted.

"Finn, shut up!" Poe commanded.

"Well, I wasn't."

"That's enough Finn," Leia commanded, stepping between the two of them and Rey's friends. "Ben is my son, and now a member of the Resistance. You will treat him as such. I don't expect you to like him, or forgive him, but you certainly cannot make any more attempts on his life. Is that clear?"

Finn blinked in surprise.

"Yes, General."

Leia began to lead them into the base, before she paused.

"Finn?"

"Yes, General?"

"If you do attempt something like that again, it's not punishment from me you will need to worry about," Leia told him firmly. "Because not even Rey will be able to stop him again if you threaten her life again."

Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Will Finn and Ben ever be able to get along?

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