"Rey. Rey, sweetheart. Wake up. We gotta go."
She barely opened her eyes. Her body just went into sleep mode a second ago.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"I'm not sure. Let's go."
He threw her her shirt.
She sat up, holding the blanket to her chest.
Her vision was blurry but Ben was getting dressed quickly.
"What's going on?"
"Remember that hour I told you about? It's gone. We have to leave. Now."
Poe had the recovered Rose and Finn by his side, while everyone else was asleep or on standby.
"Maybe Finn is right Poe. You could be overthinking it. I mean, we don't know Rey."
"I know Rey. Why can't that be enough?"
"I'm sorry Finn but-"
Poe's gaze went over Finn's shoulder to see a red dot blinking.
"No way."
He ran to it. Several ships were approaching out of lightspeed.
"I knew it! They're here! Dispatch all units immediately!" He yelled into a comm.
He turned to Finn and Rose.
"The First Order is here. Let's go!"
A large boom was followed by a shake to the bunkers.
Rey opened the door, stumbling out with Ben right behind her.
"What was that?"
"I don't know but it's not good."
Rey was still adjusting her clothes as she ran.
Ben was going to put on his gloves and cape but felt the shake before he could. They ran out immediately.
Rey kept tripping on herself. Maybe she should've stayed there and rested a bit longer.
She felt Ben's hand on the small of her back.
"You okay?"
She nodded.
"Come on, my ship is right out there."
They were running into the mess. It's just as she thought. People were yelling and running. Sirens were going off.
The hangar was open once they got there and all the fighters and bombers were gone. The fight has begun. Thank goodness she remembered the blaster she stole. There was a ground battle going on too between troopers and Resistance fighters.
Explosions were going off all around.
"Let's go."
She nodded.
They went straight into the clearing together to get to his ship.
"There they are!"
"Supreme Leader has the girl! Shoot her!"
"Kill him!"
His TIE blew up right in front of them, blowing them both back.
Rey was flat on her back when she opened her eyes. Her ears were ringing and everything was blurry.
Someone was calling to her.
Ben. Where's Ben? Is he safe? Is he alright? was all that was on her mind as she sat up.
Someone grabbed her shoulder and she reflexively reached for the blaster that was next to her.
"It's just me."
He's okay!
She smiled, hugging her lover. Ben helped her up.
"We have to get out of here!" He shouted over the fighting.
"I know a ship!"
She started running and he followed. It was in the woods so the First Order wouldn't see. The hangar couldn't fit it.
"There it is!"
"Aw no. I'm not getting on that ship."
She placed her hands on her hips. "You can."
"I can't."
"You can."
"I can't."
"You can!"
"I can't!"
"You can!"
"I will! Jeez, act like I'm not going to get on..." He started muttering. She rolled her eyes, yet smiling that she won.
He went up the ramp slowly and was greeted with a defining roar.
She forgot! Rey ran up the ramp behind him.
"Chewie! He's with me!"
She was too late.
Ben was enveloped in a overwhelming Wookie hug.
Chewbacca was practically purring, petting his adopted nephew's hair.
"Let's get out of here you guys."
They ran up the ramp.
"Rey get the guns, I can fly this thing."
She folded her arms.
"What? It's... You think I don't know how to fly my father's ship?"
"How many years has it been?"
His face dropped. "A few."
She wasn't taking it.
"Okay, several, I can do it though. Just go to the guns."
She shook her head before turning around.
"Ah, Ben."
"Yeah?"
She grabbed his arm and got on her tiptoes to give him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Good luck."
He turned to her, staring deeply into her eyes. They both closed their eyes, leaning in close...
Chewie roared, breaking them apart.
"Right!" They said in unison, running away from each other.
Rey sat in her chair, hoping he could do it. She could feel the engine rumble and they lifted up.
"You did it!"
"Not yet sweetheart."
He even remembered the headpiece.
They had to get out of these trees and the atmosphere and then-
Someone was already shooting at them.
It was a black Resistance ship.
Poe.
"What are you doing?! Fight back!"
"It's a Resistance fighter!"
"Rey, they're ALL trying to kill us!"
He's right.
She targeted the x-wing and started shooting.
"Can you get us out of here?!"
"On it!"
He started moving, and they really started getting out of there.
He was dodging everyone like it was a child's game.
She started shooting at those following them.
"We have to get out of this atmosphere and then we're off to lightspeed."
They were almost there. TIEs and X-wings were fighting and only a couple of them caught on that they were the rogue runaways yet couldn't decide if they should fight them or each other.
"Rey?"
"Yes?"
"I got good news and bad news. What do you want first?"
"Good..?"
"I forgot we can be tracked through lightspeed so thank goodness that won't be happening because we don't have lightspeed."
She threw off her headpiece and climbed back up, running into the cockpit.
"That was fixed not too long ago..."
She checked the main hyperdrive port. It was disconnected, or more like cut loose.
This was done on purpose.
"They knew we'd take this ship. We don't have lightspeed. We're stuck."
She didn't have a plan other than running away with him.
Now what? Fight until they die?
No, they can't go out like this. Her plan was to save Ben from everything and she won't stop until that mission is complete.
The fight was worse once they got out of the atmosphere.
Bombers, TIEs, x-wings, Destroyers, and almost every ship in the arsenal from either sides were out here.
This is it.
Ben and Rey shared a look of disbelief.
"That's my main ship over there. Let's end this. Now."
"Really?"
"Yes."
