The Eclipse super-laser system fired on the Resistance flagship holding Kylo Ren. A corvette moved just in time taking the full blast. The corvette was vaporized and the cruiser was rocked by the impact. The admiral looked at Snoke alarmed.
"By the time we recharge, it will be too late," he said fearfully.
"Have faith," Snoke said to him.
The Eclipse bridge began to shake and electrical discharges filled the room. A black hole appeared behind the Resistance fleet. Small at first, it became stronger by the moment. The Resistance ships modified their engines to compensate and then became overwhelmed. The black hole dwarfed the Resistance fleet and electrical energy sliced into the cruisers.
"Move the fleet away from the storm," the admiral ordered disengaging from the Eclipse.
Snoke tensed up as electricity glowed around. As ships were pulled into the black hole, their hulls were warped and then broken apart. What was left became a string of atoms.
"Take us to hyperspace," the Resistance admiral ordered urgently.
The Resistance ships attempted to go light speed, but the pull of the black hole was too powerful. Even at light speed, they were nearly staying in place. Fighters were the first to fall into the hole and become shredded.
As he continued with his storm, Snoke's hands became shriveled up and his face became that of an old man. His once strong body deteriorate from the stress of the Dark Side flowing through him.
Meanwhile, Kylo could feel the ship break apart. With all of his focus, he used the Force to break his restraints. He then removed the mental band and tore open the brig's containers. Taking his light saber, he escaped the brig. Sensing the Dark Side all around him, Kylo raced towards the docking bay.
Occasionally, a Resistance soldier would try to stop him. As they got close, they dropped to the floor chocking. Kylo managed to get to the docking bay and dropped personal and pilots in his way. Finding an X-wing, he tossed the pilot out and took the controls.
Expertly working the controls, Kylo fired up the engines. A force field went up preventing him from exiting. Kylo found weapon control and fired at the shield generators. Everyone still left in the docking bay was immediately sucked out into space. Kylo flew the X-wing out of the docking bay and immediately saw what was happening.
One-by-one, Resistance ships were sucked into the black hole and destroyed. Cruisers bucked, exploded, and were torn apart. His own fighter struggled with the immense gravity. "Snoke, I'm still alive," Kylo said aloud. "You will need more than this to kill me."
The now elderly-looking Snoke suddenly broke his concentration. Physically weak, he took a seat on his throne. The black hole weakened in strength allowing Kylo to escape. The cruiser he was on had already broke apart.
Kylo inputted coordinates and went to light-speed. Snoke saw the lone fighter disappear in a flash of light knowing it was Kylo Ren. The Resistance fleet was in complete ruins with not one ship surviving. What was left of the grand armada were pieces of scrap metal.
Snoke watched as the moon collapsed on itself and became a molten ball of fire . His admiral was on his knees in front of Snoke in religious devotion.
"Forgive my doubt, Supreme Leader," he said in awe.
"Take us back to Byss," Snoke ordered.
The Resistance fighters continued searching for the Eclipse oblivious to what had just happened. "Commander, the fleet has been destroyed," one pilot informed him.
"The entire fleet?" Poe asked stunned.
"Only a few survivors escaped," the pilot said grimly.
Poe stared off into space as he realized thousands of lives had just been lost. He couldn't believe it. Not even the Eclipse had that kind of fire power. "Regroup at a new rally point," Poe ordered putting in the coordinates.
"Got it," each of the pilots said.
The Falcon and the X-wing fighters retreated from Byss and hid behind one of the gas giant moons.
As soon as Poe's squadron had left, the Eclipse exited hyperspace. A shuttle came down to the citadel. Snoke walked slowly with a cane looking similar to his former appearance minus the scars. The Knights of Ren came out to see him. He eyed them suspiciously reading their minds.
"You couldn't even control a girl," he mocked them.
"The girl is restrained now," their leader said through his mask.
Snoke eyed each one of them. "You think me weak now?" he asked them.
None of them said a word. Suddenly, one of the Knights ignited his red light saber to attack him. Snoke blasted the knight through the chest and out his back with Force lightning killing him instantly. "Any others?" Snoke asked annoyed.
The remaining Knights made a path for him into the citadel facility.
A masked Knight kept watch on Rey as her limbs were restrained. "You don't have to do this. You can resist Snoke if you all work together," she said.
"No, we cannot," he said to her.
"What is your name?" Rey asked attempting to humanize him.
"Jax," he replied.
"Jax, why did you follow Kylo Ren? Why did you destroy the Jedi temple?"
He shook his head as if wanting to forget. "When I was told that Luke Skywalker spared Snoke's life...I felt anger and rage. My family, my word, had been destroyed by your grandfather," he said angrily. "Darth Vader was once a Jedi, but he became like us to destroy the Emperor at the right moment. We will finish what Vader started by destroying the Sith through the Dark Side."
"Darth Vader was the Emperor's slave. He only destroyed the Emperor when he embraced the light," Rey argued.
"That was what Luke said," Jax said uncertain.
"He's not invincible. Destroy his clones, and he can be stopped," Rey said to him.
"Is that what you thought when you destroyed those clones? He has the power to possess the mind and body of anyone. He cannot be stopped," Jax told her. "The only way to survive now is to serve him."
Later, the elderly Snoke looked upon his ruined clone room in disgust. Going deeper into the facility, Snoke looked upon the last clone body. Using the Dark Side of the Force, Snoke's body fell to the floor lifeless. The clone suddenly became awake. Snoke felt his new strong body and sneered at his old body. As he put on his robes, he suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his gut.
"No," Snoke realized.
A lone X-wing exited hyperspace and flew towards the Supremacy fleet at Mon Calmari. The fleet immediately fired on him. Kylo avoided the intense laser fire as he flew towards the Supremacy. Inputting the Supremacy shield frequency, Kylo entered the docking bay. Storm troopers immediately surrounded the craft.
Kylo exited the fighter and immediately the Storm troopers lowered their weapons. "Supreme Leader, we thought you were Poe Dameron," the admiral said stunned.
"Don't compare me to that amateur," Kylo replied annoyed and made his way to the bridge.
The Supremacy detached its left wing giving it a more narrow look. Kylo watched out the window as his Star Destroyers moved into position. "Did you recover my ship?" Kylo asked his admiral referring to his Tie Silencer.
"Of course, Sir," he replied.
"Take us to Byss," Kylo ordered.
The Supremacy fleet then entered hyperspace.
Poe was the first to see the Supremacy fleet arrive. "They're here," he shouted over the radio.
Finn also saw the large fleet. "I didn't think this could get any worse," he said grimly.
"No, there's someone familiar on the ship. It's Kylo Ren," Poe sensed.
"How do you know?" Finn asked.
"I just know. They're here to fight Snoke," Poe said enthusiastically.
"How can he know?" Finn wondered to Lando.
"He's got the gift, kid," Lando smiled. "He reminds me of Luke."
The Supremacy admiral approached Kylo Ren. "There is a Resistance squadron nearby. Should we destroy them?" he asked.
"Let them be. Focus our fire on the Galaxy Gun," Kylo ordered.
The Supremacy fleet began firing on the Galaxy Gun but its armor was too strong. A fleet of Star Destroyers came forth from Byss' dark blue clouds to join with the Eclipse.
"Keep one of our Star Destroyers in front of the Supremacy at all times," Kylo ordered.
The Eclipse fired its super-laser system towards the Supremacy. A Star Destroyer moved into position just in time and was hit. The green beam blasted the Star Destroyer to pieces but the Supremacy was saved. Kylo sighed with relief as the Star Destroyer became debris in front of him.
"I leave the fleet to you. I will end Snoke, personally," Kylo said leaving the bridge.
The Tie Silencer left the Supremacy and shot off towards the citadel. The citadel's towers fired continuously at him and Tie fighters gave chase. Kylo used the Force to find Rey's location. He went low going through the citadel's towers. Tie fighters got too close and hit towers exploding. The Tie Silencer fired missiles at the floor creating an explosion that obscured the vision of the Tie fighters that were chasing him. The Tie fighters went through the flames but then hit towers and buildings exploding on impact.
Finally, the laser cannons hit the Tie Silencer sending it into a spin. Kylo put on his mask as he shot out of the Tie Silencer. It fell and crashed landed.
The Supremacy admiral gave a look of disgust. "Contact the...Resistance squadron," he said. "Resistance squadron: knock out the Eclipse's shield generators," he said.
"Copy," Poe replied.
"I can't believe we're taking orders from the First Order," one pilot said repulsed.
"You're not. You're getting them from me," Poe corrected. "Target the shield generators. I have an idea," Poe told the group.
X-wing fighters led by Poe fired on the Eclipse's surface cannons and headed towards the shield generators. Firing torpedoes, they managed to blast the shield generator apart.
"Alright, Finn, I have something for you to do," Poe said and began to detail his plan.
Kylo Ren was confronted by the Knights of Ren. "Stand aside," Kylo said through his mask.
"You failed to kill him. You had us kill Skywalker and the others for nothing," the leader said through his mask.
"We can take him together," Kylo said to them.
"No, he cannot be destroyed. If we kill you, Snoke promised us eternal life," the leader said.
"What good is eternal life if you're in pieces," Kylo said igniting his light saber.
The Knights of Ren ignited their own sabers. Whirling his light saber, Kylo took command of the Force chocking one and then throwing another in the air. Kylo's open hand became a fist as he crushed one of the knights in mid-air. He then engaged a few of them at a time as one knight fell to the floor chocked to death. Kylo sliced though one of the knights. Mortally wounded, the knight took hold of Kylo's light saber. The remaining knight went to cut him down. Kylo withdrew his hand from his light saber and dodged the saber strikes of the last knight. As the stabbed knight died, Kylo summoned his light saber to his hand and sliced off the last knight's hand off. Kylo then sliced off the knights head.
The Falcon went underneath the Eclipse and flew into the docking bay. Lando and Finn readied blasters, Chewie took his crossbow, and R2D2 followed them to the exit. As soon as they exited, they were fired upon by Storm troopers. The three of them fired at the Storm troopers and made their escape from the docking bay and entered a computer room. They quickly locked the door.
"Now what?" Lando said as he took a seat.
Finn looked over at Lando and saw that he was bleeding from the gut. "I think my luck just ran out, kid," Lando smiled painfully.
"No...father, you can't die. I'll patch you up on the Falcon," Finn promised.
"No time," Lando said weakly. "I'll protect the droid."
R2D2 went to work plugging into terminal.
Finn reluctantly went back with Chewie to fend off Storm troopers coming from the rear. Lando readied his pistol for Storm troopers about the breach the doors.
