He felt the icy fingers on her cheek, felt her heart quicken with fear, and the cold sweat on her brow.
The Bond whined, calling him to her so forcefully he winced, his body moving forward to heed its call.
He gritted his teeth together.
He couldn't step through and leave his body vulnerable to Hux, who was stalking toward him as an animal stalks his prey.
"What have you done?" Ben growled.
"I've done what you refused to do." Hux said, proudly. "I found the resistance base. I've sent the fleet to crush them." He wiped his mouth with the back of his gloved hand. "And, I've sent my best soldier to arrest Supreme Leader Snoke's murderer."
Rey swung in the darkness and the intruder easily avoided her blow, roughly grabbing her wrist and locking a stun cuff around it.
His best soldier. Not any trooper. One that was willing to defy their Supreme Leader for him. And there was only one who came to Ben's mind.
Rey felt Ben's fear shake the Bond as the intruder yanked her up out of her bed.
"In the name of The First Order." Ben recognized the voice thought the Bond. His heart skipped a beat, sending chills through him, making the hair on his arms stand on end. "You're under arrest for the murder of Supreme Leader Snoke."
Don't fight her. He begged Rey, and she stopped struggling.
Who is she?
Phasma.
"Call her off." He told Hux through his teeth.
Hux raised his chin in defiance, his blue eyes shining with it. "No." And Ben charged.
He'd told her not to fight but that didn't stop Rey from calling her staff to her. It flew across the room, into her waiting hand and she wretched her arm free of Phasmas' grasp, striking her across the face with all her might, the cuff dangling from her wrist.
Rey, stop! Ben screamed at her with his mind. He grabbed Hux by his collar and punched him with a clenched fist. Hux's head snapped to the side, then to the other as Ben punched him again.
"Call her off." Ben said again. Hux looked up, and spat a mouthful of blood at him.
Rey heard something whistle as it was swung through the air and ducked. She'd salvaged the pieces of crystals from Luke's ruined lightsaber and mounted them on either end of her staff. She flipped the switch, and the distinct sound of the blades igniting broke the silence.
She saw the intruder in the purple grow of her blades. She was tall, nearly as tall as Ben, and pale, with her platinum blond hair slicked back, away from a long face and blue eyes. She stared at Rey with obvious distaste. The armour she wore was metallic, and she wielded a long, narrow baton with spear points on either end.
It's length made the moves predictable and Rey was able to successfully parry her next blow when Phasma spun, swinging wide.
Ben was so concentrated watching Rey's fight that he didn't see Hux's fist until made contact with his nose. He stumbled back, hearing the crunch of cartilage and felt warm blood trickle down his lips.
"Look how distracted you are!" Hux taunted him, raising his fists up to protect his face. He blocked Ben's punch and delivered one of his own in Ben's ribs.
Rey swung for Phasma, aiming to take her head off her shoulders, but Phasma dodged her blade, and brought her baton down, hitting Rey on her back with a painful smack. Rey cried out, falling to her knees, and when Phasma lunged forward, she sliced through the spear with her blade. The severed piece clattered to the floor.
Ben's fist met with Hux's cheek, then sent his boot into his chest, sending him into the wall behind him.
Hux went down, and before he could scramble to his knees, Ben lifted his arm and curled his fingers, squeezing Hux's airways with the Force.
Instead of choking, and gasping for air, Hux met Ben's furious gaze unflinchingly, his face going red, then purple, and then white.
"Call. Her. Off." Ben said, his voice deathly calm.
He saw Hux's lips move, as if he were trying to speak and dropped him, too quickly.
Hux laid on on his back for a moment, his chest heaving as he sucked in several lungfuls of air. "I knew it. " He coughed, and then smiled up at Ben, with teeth stained red with blood. "I knew when you couldn't beat me in a real fight, you'd resort to those parlor tricks."
Ben sneered unhooking his lightsaber from his belt. It sputtered and hissed as he ignited it, gripping the handle with a white knuckled hand.
"Kill me and she'll kill her." Hux reminded him, and coughed again. Ben froze.
Phasma came after Rey in a fury of blows. Left, then right, and Rey blocked her, getting to her feet. When Phasma lifted her baton above her head, Rey copied her movement with her staff, realizing too late, that Phasma dropped her weapon, and wrapped her hand around Rey's throat. She hauled Rey up, snatching her staff away from her grasp and throwing it across the room, then roughly spun her around, grabbing her arm and locking her wrists together with the stun cuffs.
Rey struggled, rocking her body against Phasma's to loosen her grip, then jerked her head back, bashing the back of her skull into Phasma's jaw.
Phasma swore, letting her go and when Rey attempted to flee, Phasma backhanded her, hard. The force sent Rey crashing to the ground, and with her hands bound behind her back, Rey fell onto her shoulder.
Ben stared at Hux in defeat, and sheathed his lightsaber.
Phasma activated a communication link. "General." She reported. "I have the scavenger in custody."
Hux grunted as he got to his knees. "Well done."
Ben. Rey whimpered as Phasma pulled her roughly to her feet.
Rey.
Ben, tell me how to get away from her. Tell me how to fight her. Her panic made her thoughts jumble together as she pleaded with him.
He felt her panic, matching his. The Bond stuttered and whined.
Ben swallowed, dropping his lightsaber. "I will give you anything you want." He said, brokenly.
Hux stood, and looked at him, his thin lips curled into a smug grin, his eyes gleaming with victory.
Rey gasped. Ben, what are you doing? Stop!
"Anything you want." Ben said again, dropping to knees. "Just let her go."