Mon Calmari soldiers surrounded Kylo Ren. He gave them all a look of disdain as they pointed their rifles at him. Poe moved through the crowd of soldiers to confront Kylo. "Where's Rey?" Poe demanded of him.
"I can no longer sense her presence," Kylo admitted. "We must wait until Snoke attacks again."
"That isn't an option," Poe said angrily.
"You are dealing with a power beyond your comprehension. Your flying skills, as impressive as they are, is not match against the Dark Side," Kylo told him.
"So, that's your plan. Wait for another planet to be attacked?" Poe asked skeptically.
"I must seek her out through the Force," Kylo told him and proceeded to walk through the crowd.
"No, you're not going anywhere, Supreme Leader," Poe mocked as the soldiers stopped him.
"If you don't let me go, this planet and the entire galaxy will be controlled by Snoke," Kylo told them all.
The soldiers placed handcuffs on Kylo's hands. "How long do you think this will hold me?" Kylo asked arrogantly. A metal band was then placed on his head. Kylo shuttered as continuous energy went into his head making it impossible to concentrate on anything.
"Welcome to the Resistance," Poe smirked as Kylo was taken away.
Snoke and Rey looked out onto the space fortress of Byss. It was an enormous city floating in the clouds of a large blue gas giant. The blue hue of the sky gave off a dark brooding atmosphere. Looking up, they could see Snoke's super-weapon. Rey stood at Snoke's side with red eyes, completely enslaved by him.
"Fire the weapon," Snoke said to his attendant.
The space cannon fired a missile into space. The missile accelerated to light-speed and went straight for Mon Calmari without stopping.
Kylo was brought to the bridge of Home One still handcuffed. The Mon Calmari admiral glared at Kylo. "I present to you, the former Supreme Leader of the First Order," Poe said.
"Tell us what Snoke is planning," the admiral demanded.
Kylo struggled to speak as the mental band on his head stripped him of his usual focus. "We must reacuire Rey," he struggled to say.
"The Empress?" the admiral questioned.
"Admiral, an object is approaching us at light-speed," a Mon Calmari officer reported.
"Find out where its coming from," the admiral ordered.
"It's too late. It will kill us all," Kylo said as he saw it approach.
"You know what that thing is?" Poe asked him.
"It was only theoretical. It's a light-speed missile. It's kinetic energy can destroy an entire planet on impact," Kylo explained.
"Shoot it down!" Poe said horrified.
"Impossible with our targeting abilities," the admiral said helplessly.
"I can help you, but you have to free me," Kylo said to Poe.
Poe struggled to know what to do. "Alright," Poe said releasing Kylo from his hand cuffs and mental band.
Kylo closed his eyes as he focused on the Force and then reached out with his gloved hand. The bridge stared at Kylo wondering what he was doing. Kylo tensed up as he tried to redirect the missile. So far the missile was still on course to strike the planet.
"The missile is changing course," an officer informed the admiral.
Kylo suddenly released his hold exhausted by the effort. The missile hit one of Mon Calmari's moons in a brilliant explosion. In a flash of light, the moon was blasted to pieces. What remained began raining down onto Mon Calmari's oceans. The bridge crew was stunned by the power of the missile.
Snoke awaited news of Mon Calmari's destruction. "Missile detonated prematurely. The planet remains," his attendant told him.
"Well done, Kylo Ren," Snoke sneered.
"Prepare another missile," Snoke ordered. "I will deal with Kylo Ren myself."
On the bridge of the cruiser, an officer reported new readings to the admiral. "The source of the missile is Byss in the Outer Rim."
"Rally the fleet to Pinnacle Moon. We will resupply there," the admiral ordered. "Make sure our guest is restrained."
Soldiers took hold of the exhausted Kylo and put his restraints back on. He was led away to the brig. Poe eyed Kylo unsure of himself. His most hated foe, who had tortured him for hours and would have killed him, had just saved all of their lives.
The Mon Calmari fleet of cruisers and frigates went to light speed towards Pinnacle Moon.
Kylo was strapped to an interrogation table, his body shaking from the mental stress of the mental band. Poe came to visit him in the brig. "You are all fools. He will find me," Kylo said referring to Snoke.
"We will use you to bring him out," Poe said confidently.
"Only the First Order and I can destroy him," Kylo said.
"Why should I trust you? You were his right-hand man. You betrayed the Jedi to join him," Poe said.
"I joined him to destroy him. The Jedi and the Republic refused to do what was necessary," Kylo said.
"So, you've had the galaxy's interests at heart this whole time while you murdered and tortured people?" Poe asked skeptically.
"I know my soul can't be saved. I did what I had to get close to him," Kylo said.
"No feelings of remorse or guilt?" Poe asked.
"None," Kylo replied.
Poe nodded. "Nice chat," he said leaving Kylo in the brig.
"You're the same as me," Kylo said as his body shook on the table.
Poe hesitated to leave feeling the bite of the attack. He then left feeling confused and uncertain.
The Resistance fleet arrived at Pinnacle base and began resupplying from the moon. Hundreds of ships appeared near the moon as a rally point. On the moon itself, bat-like creatures flew in the sky with larger towers acting as cities. Poe went down to the moon personally as fighters were being refueled and worked on. A familiar ship then descended down and landed on one of the landing bays.
"Could it be?" Poe wondered as he saw the Mellinium Falcon.
Finn, Chewie, and Lando exited the Falcon. "What are you doing here?" Poe said elated and embraced Finn.
"We got the rally signal. Where's Rey?" he asked concerned.
"Snoke took her," Poe said seriously.
"I thought he was dead," Finn said confused.
"We thought the same. We have Kylo Ren on board as our prisoner," Poe told him.
"You sure that's a good idea," Finn doubted.
"He used the Force to save Mon Calmari from destruction. There's more to him than what we know," Poe said vaguely.
Finn wasn't convinced. "So, what's the plan?"
"We're going to send a strike team to Byss to see what's there. Then, we'll send the entire fleet," Poe said.
"Can I join?" Finn asked.
"If you're up for it," Poe agreed.
Finn then went back to Lando. "Did you sign us up for a suicide mission?" Lando asked dryly.
"Yep," Finn replied.
Resistance fighters gathered with Poe's X-wing and the Millennium Falcon leading. "May the Force be with you," the Mon Calmari admiral said as they went to light-speed towards Byss. Upon reaching Byss, the fighter squadron saw the large citidel and the Galaxy Gun.
"Look at the size of that thing," one fighter pilot remarked.
"Like old times," Lando said upon seeing it.
"We're here for reconnaissance. Don't engage unless you have to," Poe ordered.
The fighters accelerated towards the Galaxy Gun with Star Destroyers patrolling nearby. Tie fighter suddenly emerged and began attacking the fighters. "Looks like they noticed us," Poe said as the two sides engaged.
As the fighters fired on one another in a flurry of laser fire, Poe wondered where the Eclipse was.
The Galaxy Gun suddenly fired sending a light-speed missile into deep space. "Alert the fleet," Poe said as he saw the missile shoot out.
"It's headed towards Pinnacle Base," a pilot reported.
"Find me the Eclipse," Poe ordered.
The Resistance fleet started moving away from the moon evacuating as many natives as they could. "Move the fleet away from the moon," the admiral ordered.
The missile hit the moon at its southern hemisphere and easily ruptured its crust. Within moments, the moon glowed red and all of its volcanoes began exploding at once. "That moon doesn't have long," the admiral remarked.
The Eclipse suddenly emerged from hyperspace. While impressive, the Eclipse was alone without an escort. "Snoke," the admiral realized.
Snoke looked upon the massive Resistance fleet with amusement. Even as a Super Star Destroyer, he would never win in a conventional fight. The Resistance fleet came closer to engage him.
"Now, I will show you the true power of the Dark Side," Snoke smiled as the Resistance fleet started firing on him.
Rey watched from Byss as Resistance fighters and Tie Fighters exploded overhead. Her eyes were red and her expression was emotionless. Laser cannons from the citadel fired continuously at the Resistance fighters. "Beautiful, isn't it?" one of the Knights of Ren said to her.
Rey saw the Millennium Falcon struggle to avoid being destroyed as several Tie fighters made it a priority. "Finn," she realized.
Her eyes went back to hazel as she regained control herself. She turned around the Force pushed the knight against the wall. Using the Force, she summoned her light saber. The light saber escaped a locked container and flew through the corridors of the facility until it reached Rey's hand. Igniting the light saber, Rey ran down the halls. The other masked Knights of Ren saw her running past them. They ignited their red sabers and went after her.
Rey Force pushed two Red Guards slamming them up against the wall knocking them out. With her light saber she slashed open the door and found a dozen clone bodies in tubes. As the Knights of Ren came upon her, she slashed each of the tubes killing each of the brainless clone bodies. As she destroyed the last tube, the Knights cornered her with their light sabers.
"Surrender or you will die," the lead Knight told her.