They boarded the shuttle that would fly them to the Finalizer. Rey and Poe were placed in a holding cell, with one Stormtrooper guarding them.

"Dad, I'm so sorry!" Rey cried through her tears.

"Ssh. Don't cry," Poe whispered, as he embraced his daughter. "I promise you will live, even if I don't."

"Dad, don't do this!" Ben pleaded with Kylo.

"BJ, your mother..." Kylo began to argue.

"What about what I want?"

"If I do not bring Poe Dameron before your mother, she will never speak to either one of us again. Do you want that?"

"No, but..."

"Then it's settled." Kylo felt his son's anger as he turned his back on him. He didn't want to do this. But this was the only way he saw to bring Tessa back to the Light.

"Ben, please do something!" Rey called out to him in his mind. "I don't want my father to die!"

"I'm trying, but my father is insistent on bringing your father to my mother. She hates Poe, and wants him to die," Ben explained solemnly.

Rey's eyes widened when she heard this. Why would this woman hate her father so much, to want him dead?

"I will take my dad's place. Just please let him live!"

"You would do that for your father?"

"Yes, Ben, please help me!"

Ben turned to his father and told him,

"Dad, the girl is willing to take her father's place.

"BJ..." Kylo sighed, knowing what he was trying to do.

"It's my birthday today. I don't want to see either one of them die!"

Kylo had a revelation, and said to Ben,

"You like the girl, don't you?" Ben shook his head in denial, but his father was not fooled. He managed a small smile.

"Don't be afraid. I felt the same way when I met your mother," he admitted to Ben. Kylo sighed and added,

"I will talk to your mother. But I can't make any promises."

"Thanks, Dad," Ben stated, full of gratitude.

"I hope she is worth all this trouble."

Ben nodded his head. Rey was worth it. She was beautiful and powerful. He left his father's side and was about to go check up on Poe and Rey when he stopped. He closed his eyes and meditated.

Ben, like any teenage boy, had dreams of sleeping with girls. But he only dreamt of sleeping with one girl. In his dreams, he never saw her face, but heard her voice. But now, he was in the dream. They were naked and on his bed, and he heard her say,

"Ben, make love to me." He looked down and finally saw her face.

"Rey!" he gasped. Now he understood why she was so familiar to him. She was the girl in his dreams!

"Oh Maker!" Ben moaned. Now it was crucial that he protect Poe from his mother, if he had any chance of being with Rey.

The shuttle docked in the hanger. Kylo and Ben stepped off first.

"Let me go speak to your mother..." he began to say, before they saw Tessa heading towards them. She held a red lightsaber in her hand.

"Dad, stop her!" Ben screamed, as Tessa charged forward.

"I need your help to do so!"

They extended their hands, and Force pushed Tessa to the ground.

"I want him dead!" Tessa shouted, as she quickly rose to her feet. By this time, Poe and Rey were in the hanger. Narrowing her eyes, she darted in the pilot's direction. Kylo stopped her, using his lightsaber to block hers.

"I don't want to fight you, sweetheart!" Kylo tried to reason with Tessa.

"Poe Dameron needs to die!" Tessa growled angrily, as she tried to get past her husband.

"Why does she hate me so much?" Poe nervously asked Ben.

"She thinks you killed her daughter," Ben explained. His eyes widened in horror as Tessa was about to swing at Poe. Rey quickly grabbed Ben's lightsaber, ignited it and battled the woman trying to kill her father.

"Rey, no!" Poe uttered, terrified that the Empress would kill Rey. To Ben, he stated,

"I did not kill her daughter!"

"She thinks you did. You ordered the attack on Corellia, sixteen years ago."

Poe's face went pale. He nervously asked,

"When was her daughter born?"

"Sixteen years old today," Ben responded.

"It's Rey's birthday. She is sixteen!" Poe gasped in shock. Ben's eyes widened when he heard this. He quickly Force pulled Rey towards him, and took back his lightsaber, which glowed a white color. He blocked his mother from striking down Rey.

"Mom, stop!" Ben pleaded with Tessa.

"Why?" she hissed, staring at both Poe and Rey.

"Because she may be your daughter!"

"You're lying! Her birthday would have to be..."

"It is," Tessa said cautiously. "I turn sixteen today."

Tessa was thrown for a loop. She took a step backwards. This enabled Kylo to take away her lightsaber. She glared angrily at Poe and said to Rey,

"You are lying, to save your father. So we will go and get a DNA test done. If the test shows you are lying, you will die along with him!"

"No! You can't do this!" Ben shouted. But Tessa ignored him and stormed off.

"Meet me in the medic bay!" she yelled at them before leaving. Kylo walked over to where Poe and Rey were standing.

"Is it true? Is it your sixteenth birthday today?" he asked Rey.

"Yes, it is," Rey responded, her voice quivering.

"Are you her biological father?" he questioned Poe.

"No. Although I wish I was," was Poe's response, as he squeezed his daughter's hand.

"Come. I will take you to the medic bay. Force help us either way."

They arrived at the medic bay. Tessa was sitting on a cot. She stared coldly at Rey and barked,

"Sit on the other cot. The medical droid will be out shortly to take our DNA samples."

Not having a choice, Rey sat down. Ben and Poe were by her side, while Kylo stayed with Tessa.

"He should be here with me!" Tessa complained to Kylo in the Force.

"Tessa, Ben has compassion for the girl," he admitted to her.

"No! Why?"

"Sweetheart, you know our son."

Tessa sighed . She glanced over at Ben, who attention was focused on Rey.

"I do," she wistfully uttered. "He is like his birth mother in so many ways."

"Who is Rey's biological father?" Ben asked Poe, as the droid came to take Rey's DNA sample.

"That is only for my daughter and I to know," Poe replied. Ben shook his head in frustration.

"I need to know, to try to keep you both alive!"

Before he could tell Ben it was none of his business, Rey moved her hand. Poe could not speak. His eyes pleaded to no avail as she turned to Ben and confessed,

"General Hux is my biological father."

Ben took a deep breath. Rey was telling the truth. She was Tessa's daughter!