AN: Hi everyone, I am so, so sorry for the long delay, the inspiration I had for this story petered out for a while, and when I finally got it back, I was obsessed with a new game that I had gotten. But here it is at last! Happy reading ;)

As Caedus is on his way to bring Ben to the Supreme Leader, he passes the entrance of the bridge, and sees General Hux there.

He stops in the entrance and watches him giving commands to the other officers, before he looks toward the entrance and their eyes lock.

Hux gives him a quick smirk, as if to say "Haha you got yelled at", before he turns and begins to climb the small set of stairs leading to a slightly higher level, about to give the order to charge the Starkiller.

Caedus, who had turned to walk away suddenly stops with an idea.

Hux opens his mouth, "Begin charge-" he stops and his mouth snaps shut. He feels as if there are hands closing in around his throat. He begins to choke and doubles over.

"Sir?" he hears someone say.

"General are you alright?"

Caedus smirks, "Don't choke on your ambitions." he mutters, letting Hux go, and continuing his way to the cell.

Hux feels the grip on his throat disappear, he stands up and looks around, the entire bridge is staring at him.

"Begin charging the weapon!" Hux says again, his voice raspy.

After dealing with Hux, Caedus storms through the halls and makes it back to the cell where his brother is being held.

But the guard is gone and the door is open.

"What the..." he says to himself. He walks in.

And Ben's gone.

He feels his blood boil "No..." he jerks his lightsaber out "GGAAAHH!" he screams, practically throwing his lightsaber at the chair.

"GUARDS!" He screams.

Outside, two Stormtroopers round the corner, they both stop as they hear the screams and see the sparks flying out of the open cell door. They look at each other. Out of fear of Caedus coming out of the cell, they slowly back up until they're out of sight.

Back at the Resistance Base, everyone is gathered in the main conference room for a briefing.

"The data from Rey and Snap's reconnaissance mission confirms Finn's report." Poe says.

"They've somehow created a hyper lightspeed weapon built within the planet itself." Snap explains, "We're not sure how to describe a weapon of this scale."

"It's another Death Star." An officer says in horror.

"I wish that were the case, Major." Poe says. He presses a few buttons, "This was the Death Star..."

A small hologram of the Death Star appears.

"And this is Starkiller Base."

A hologram of the Starkiller appears, it's over four times bigger than the Death Star!

Horrified gasps and mutters are heard around the room.

"So it's big." Han says in a 'so what?' voice.

"How is it possible to power a weapon of that size?" Admiral Ackbar asks.

"It uses the power of a star," Finn says, "As the weapon is charged, the star is drained, until it disappears."

"Ma'am." An officer walks up and hands Leia a Readout.

Leia looks around the room, "The First Order, they're charging the weapon again now...Our system is the next target."

Mutters are heard around the room. "Oh my," 3PO says, "Without the Republic fleet we're doomed."

"Okay, how do we blow it up? There's always a way to do that."

"Han's right." Leia said.

"In order for that power to be contained, that base has to have some sort of Thermal Oscillator." U.O Statura says

"There is one." Finn walks to the other side of the hologram, "Precinct 47, right here." he points to a small hexagonal shape on the hologram.

"If we can destroy the oscillator, it might destabilize the core and cripple the weapon." Statura explains.

"Maybe the planet." Major Ematt says.

"We'll go in there, we'll hit the oscillator with everything we've got." Poe says.

"The've got defensive shields that our ships cannot penetrate." Ackbar says.

"We disable the shields." Han says, he looks at Finn, "Kid you worked there." Finn looks up at him, "What do you got?"

"...I can do it." Finn says.

Han grins and looks and Leia , "I like this guy." he says, pointing to Finn.

"I can disable the shields, but I have to be there. On the planet."

Han glances up at Chewie, "We'll get you there."

"Han how?" Leia asks

Han kind of shakes his head "If I told you, you wouldn't like it."

"So we disable the shields, we take take out the oscillator and we blow up their big gun." Poe says.

Chewie lets out a roar.

"All right. Let's go."

"Chewie, check that throttle capitator. Come on. Let's go." Han says to Chewie

He look over at Finn who's fumbling around with a load of detonators, "Finn, be careful with those. They're explosives."

Finn looks at them, "Now you tell me?"

Rey walks up and looks at Finn, "You need a hand?"

"Yes, yes please." Finn says, relieved.

"I'm glad you're coming with us." Han says to Rey.

Rey takes a few of the detonators from Finn, "Why wouldn't I come?" She asks.

"Well it's just...all the stuff that happened in the past..."

"Oh...Han don't worry about that, that was years ago, I'm not upset about it anymore. All that matters now is getting to Starkiller Base, lowering the shields and finding Ben." Rey says with a small smile.

Han chuckles, "Couldn't agree more."

As Han walks off to check on something else, he hears a voice from behind him. "You know, no matter how much we fought..." it's Leia, Han turns to face her, "I've always hated watching you leave."

"That's why I did it," Han says, walking toward her, "So you'd miss me."

Leia kind of nods, "I did miss you."

"...It wasn't all bad, was it?" Han asks, "Some of it was...good."

"Pretty good." Leia says with a nod.

"Some things never change."

"True. You still drive me crazy."

Han doesn't know what to say next, so he just pulls Leia closer and gives her a hug.

"...If you see him," Leia starts, referring to their eldest son, "Bring him home."

As Darth Caedus storms through the halls there's a voice behind him, "Sir," he stops and turns around to face the Stormtrooper, "Sensors triggered in Hangar 718. We're searching the area."

Caedus walks toward her, "He's just beginning to test his powers, the longer it takes to find him, the more dangerous he becomes." he snarls, before turning and walking off.

'I have to admit Ben,' Caedus thinks, 'You're untrained and look at what you've accomplished...you, are going to be very useful.'

Ben, who is hiding behind a large column in the shadows, watches as a bunch of Stormtroopers rush around a corner.

He jumps as a voice comes over the intercom, "All sentry droids, all sentry droids..." He slowly stands up and creeps around the corner, keeping an eye on the small group of Stormtroopers.

"Resynchronize to Galactic Standard time."

"Oh shut up." Ben mutters.

"Offset 473."

Ben dashes quietly through the hallway, 'Come on, come on...where's a stupid hangar?!' he thinks, frustrated.

AN: Rey and Snap's reconnaissance mission is going to be in a future story I'm planning to write. It's going to be very Rogue One-ish. ;)