Chapter 5: Vader's Heirs


Finn and Rose were tossed into a cell by a pair of troopers.

"Those Zygerrians are going to be complaining about this for weeks." One said.

"Who cares, they let it happen." The other said before the two walked off.

Finn shook his head as he got up.

"Ok, that could have gone better." Finn said.

Rose sat up against one of the bunks.

"So much for finding DJ." She said before they heard a moan.

The two turned to the other half of the cell and saw another man there. He had long messy black hair with brown eyes and tanned skin. He wore a wrinkled red jacket and black pants with a tattoo of a credit symbol across his face.

The man seemed dazed as he sat up.

"Who said that name." He said.

"No way, there's no way." Rose said.

"DJ, is that you?" Finn asked.

"That , is my professional name yes." He said.

"You've got to be kidding me." Rose said.

"Maybe the force is guiding us." Finn said.

"Who are you, I like having a cell to myself." DJ said.

"My name's Finn, this is Rose. We're agents of the Resistance here to recruit you."

"Really, let me think, no." DJ said before laying down again.

"We were told you could get us into the First Order's flagship and sabotage the axial gun." Rose said.

"Ohhhhh, yeah, I could do that. I can get into any ship, but apparently I can't hack into more than five shot machines at a time to get the max payout without getting caught." DJ said.

"The First Order is on the verge of conquering the galaxy. If we can destroy the Eclipse we can stop them." Rose said.

"First Order, Republic, it's all the same. Why should I care who rules the galaxy."

"It's the First Order who locked you up isn't it?" Finn said.

"Yeah, but I did try to steal from the casino, would your republic do any different?'

"What if we paid you?" Finn said.

DJ got up.

"Any offer you have, the First Order would octuple it."

"We have something the First Order can't give you. We could make you a hero, a real hero." Rose said.

DJ gave an interested look as he turned to her.

"If you helped us destroy the Eclipse your name would go down in history, you'd be loved by the entire galaxy. Think of everything you'd be offered, and once it's over, the new Republic would pay you so much you'd be able to retire three times in style." Rose said.

DJ still looked dazed.

"And we could get you out of here." Finn said.

"Yeah, how do you plan on doing that?" DJ asked before they heard a blaster bolt go off. The three saw a trooper get thrown across the ground with a green bolt in his chest.

BB-8 rolled up and unlocked the door as Chewie came up beside him.

"Well how about that." DJ said as Chewie tossed Finn and Rose blasters.

"Chewie, this is DJ."

Chewie growled as the others followed him.

They heard an alert go off as a trio of First Order troopers ran in.

"Wathin's is down!"

"Open fire!" Red blaster bolts flew by the group as they got to an elevator. Finn, Rose, and Chewie returning fire as the troopers got into cover.

The elevator opened as Finn hit one of the troopers making a gap in the fire allowing the group to get into the lift.

DJ still looked dazed as she shook his head.

"This is exciting." He said.

BB-8 stopped the elevator.

"What are you doing?" Rose asked before Chewie ripped off one of the panels and then kicked the shaft open revealing the exterior with the ocean below and their ship hidden on a rocky island.

"You can't be serious." DJ said.

"Well this ought to wake you up." Finn shouted before he grabbed DJ and pushed him out of the shaft and into the water below, jumping with him.

BB-8 fired a grapple to the rock before pulling himself down onto it.

The other four gasped for breath as they came out of the water and onto the rock.

Finn helped Rose and DJ up onto the rock as Chewie shook the water out of his fur before BB-8 opened up the ship's ramp.

"Let's go before the figure out where we are." Finn said as they got into the ship and quickly took off.

Chewie jumped them into hyperspace as the three humans changed cloths.

Finn got the communicator out and contacted Poe.

"Poe, come in."

Poe's image showed up.

"Finn, geez I thought you guys were dead."

"Sorry, we found DJ."

"You did! Perfect!"

"We'll try to get aboard the Eclipse and sabotage the laser." Finn said as DJ sat back against a cushioned seat.

"The Eclipse was least seen in the Corbunto system." Poe said.

"Chewie take us there." Finn said as Chewie growled.

Rose sat beside Chewie as Finn turned to DJ.

"Alright, we get you to the Eclipse, you get us aboard, we sabotage the axial gun, then get off." Finn said.

"Yeah yeah." DJ said as he laid down.

"I need more than that." Finn said as DJ got up.

"Once we get within sensor range, I'll reprogram this ships signatures to match a First Order shuttle to safely get aboard. After that I'll get to one of the Axial gun's power regulators and install an anti-protocol worm that will work its way through the regulator controls throughout the gun , silently disabling the regulators, the gun will appear to be working but when it tries to fire it will overload." DJ said.

"Ok, that works." Finn said as DJ laid back down.

"So you worked for the First Order before?"

"Yeah."

"You willingly served them." Finn said.

"They paid me well to program their computers and systems."

"Then you're no better than any of those people back there. Profiting off the war." Finn said showing DJ the schematics of the ships.

"Hmm, yes, evil aren't they, selling weapons to the First Order." DJ said taking the projector before switching a setting.

Finn's eyes widened as he saw another ship appear.

"Ohhh." DJ said as he and Finn saw the schematics for the newest X-wing model, the very ship the Resistance used. Another image of a Nebulon-C frigate appeared as Finn looked almost horrified.

"It looks, like he was selling weapons, to both sides." DJ looked at Finn.

"It's all a machine , partner. Live free, don't join." DJ said before laying down.

Finn sighed.

Their ship came out of hyperspace before they saw the ruins of a fleet.

The wreckages of dozens of republic and allied ships and fighters lay before them with over a dozen resurgent class star destroyers backed up by fighters, corvettes, and light cruisers, and a pair of mandator dreadnaughts, all around a monstrous black super star destroyer that dwarfed the rest of the armada.

Finn had never seen the Eclipse before, but had heard stories.

Chewie gave a frightened growl, seeing the ship was bigger than even executor class super star destroyers.

"Uhhh Finn." Rose said as DJ came up.

"Move." He said as Rose got up and let DJ sit down.

DJ began entering in a code as a few Tie fighters flew around them.

However, they moved away as DJ finished, their ship moving closer to the Eclipse.


At the same time, the Millennium Falcon came out of light speed as Rey saw the Eclipse and sensed Ben aboard, she also sensed a dark side presence, stronger than she had ever felt before.

Rey took a deep breath and turned to R2.

"Keep the ship close."

R2 gave a worried chirp.

"I'll come back, I promise." Rey said as she went to one of the ship's escape pods and launched it.

Rey waited inside the pod before she felt something move it.

The Eclipse's tractor beam pulled the pod into one of its many hangers.

Rey saw the pod get opened as over fifty 501st stormtroopers with their blue striped armor surrounded her.

Kylo Ren was also waiting for her, ten Knights of Ren beside him.

Rey looked at her cousin's face as he returned her expression.

Kylo slowly approached Rey.

"Hello, cousin." He said before taking her lightsaber.

Rey was lead through the Eclipse by Kylo, Tratha, Galek , and Marik.

Rey noticed Tratha glancing at her.

"So you're his baby mama." Rey said.

"And if I am?" Tratha said.

"Don't make your daughter a slave to the dark side li-" Rey felt Tratha grab her neck and give a furious expression.

"Don't you talk about my baby!" Tratha said before Kylo guided her off Rey.

Rey was lead further into the ship before they went into an elevator shaft, Rey trying to stay calm as she felt the dark side presence get closer and closer.

When the doors finally opened again, Rey saw she was in a red throne room with a black floor.

Inside were a dozen red armored praetorian guards and a pair of shadow guards beside a throne.

Sitting in the throne was the massive figure Rey saw from the cave. The dark entity in the black hooded cloak with padded shoulders.

Rey felt a shiver of cold inside her, the presence around the figure felt even stronger than the cave itself.

Rey was lead closer and closer before the figure raised its head, she still couldn't see their face behind the hood.

"Well well well, it seems my apprentice has finally come through." The figure said.

Rey shook hearing the dark voice, something seemed off, as if it were multiple voices talking at once.

"Welcome my child, I am Snoke." The figure said as Kylo guided Rey closer, four Praetorians stopping the other three knights of Ren from getting closer.


Elsewhere, the shuttle latched onto the Eclipse as Finn, Rose, and DJ prepared to sneak out.

"Chewie keep the ship ready, we may need to get out of here fast." Finn said as the three snuck inside joined by BB-8. They carefully moved around before seeing they were inside a laundromat chamber. several service dress uniforms being cleaned.

"This could work." Finn said before they put the uniforms on.

BB-8 also activated a projector on himself, making it appear that he was black like imperial BB astromech droids.

The three moved together through the ship passing First Order naval personnel and squads of Stormtroopers from various units.

Finn's heart began to race as he saw two of the stormtroopers had the symbol of his old unit on them. Their armor was no longer just white, it now had black colored areas across the chest, shoulders, legs, arms, and helmets, but Finn knew it was hit unit. FN-3009 and FN-3343 would recognize his face so he quickly lead them down another hallway where they passed stormtroopers from the 501st. A shiver of fear running down Finn's spine.

"The 501st are here." He said nervously.

"Who?" Rose asked.

"The only stormtrooper unit that still exists from the empire and old republic, they're the most highly trained and elite soldiers in the galaxy." Finn said.

Moments later things got worse as they saw a pair of figures wearing black armor, helmets, and cloaks walk by, one a Twi'lek woman with blue skin visible from her lekkus, with diamond tattoo patters wielding two modified blaster pistols, while the other had a pair of lightsabers on his belt.

"And Knights of Ren are here." Finn said sweating.

"Aren't they dark Jedi?"

"Yes, and the one's who aren't are super commandos."

"This just keeps getting better." DJ said as they walked. BB-8 keeping close.

"BB-8 has the ship's layout in his memory, he can lead us right to one of the axial gun's computers." Finn said.

As they walked, another two Knights of Ren were in an adjoining hallway with BB-9 beside them.

BB-9 stopped as the droid looked at BB-8 and zoomed in.

The four got to a security door as DJ got to it and began rewiring circuits.

Finn and Rose waited impatiently as DJ worked.

"Come on man." Finn said sweating as DJ ignored him.

Rose heard footsteps approaching.

"Hurry!"

The door opened as the four rushed inside.

They saw a computer terminal on the other side with a view screen of a massive coupling.

"This is it." Finn said smiling as they moved towards it. However, they saw a black BB droid roll in front of it in a hostile manner before ten stormtroopers rushed in front of the terminal joined by several naval personnel, each with a blaster in hand aimed at the four.

Finn saw the stormtroopers were of his old unit with the new black colorations on the white armor.

"Finn." Rose said as Finn turned to see more stormtroopers behind them.

Finn shook in fear as he saw three more stormtroopers approach.

Two of his unit with black sergeant pauldrons while the third in the middle had chrome armor with a black cape.

"FN-2187, you've come home." Captain Phasma said.

"We missed you." Nines said.

"And you brought friends." Zeros said.


Rey was pulled forward by Snoke, a few feet away from him as the dark force user held her in place.

"The child of Skywalker, at long last your mine. It seems I now have a collection of Vader's grandchildren." Snoke said before he pulled Rey's lightsaber to him and examined it.

"So fitting." Snoke set the saber down beside him.

Rey gave a defiant look.

"You won't win, I can still sense good in my cousin. I know Ben can return, just like Anakin."

"Foolish girl!" Snoke laughed as he lowered his hood and revealed his face for the first time.

Rey's face almost turned white as Tratha, Galek, and Marik looked away, only Kylo looking at Snoke without fear.

Rey saw Snoke's skin was as black as soot. He was humanoid, but twisted beyond comprehension, Rey looked into his eyes which glowed red and nothing else, she saw a void of darkness, suffering, hatred, and fear inside him that went on forever. His face looked almost as if it weren't there, but also there at the same time.

"I know about your little connection, how you have seen each other, talked to each other. Who do you think it was, that created this bridge!"

Rey and Kylo were shocked hearing this.

Snoke's evil smile got bigger.

"I knew that it was the only way to draw you out of hiding. As darkness rises, light must come to meet it. But now with you, I have everything I need." Snoke brought Rey closer.

"You will give me Skywalker's location, so I can end the Jedi, forever."

Rey gave the same defiant look she gave Kylo back at Starkiller base.

"I'm not , telling you anything."

"So defiant, just like your mother." Rey breathed harder hearing that.

"Ahh, I sense it now, your anger, your hatred. Nobody is safe from my influence, I always find a way to turn those I corrupt, even if it through others."

Rey thought about what Snoke said, and then remembered what Luke had told her about his just before confronting Ben he was filled with thoughts of fear and darkness, then his lightsaber ignited on its own. Rey realizing what it meant.

"When I kill your father I will break you down , again and again until there's only the basic building blocks. I will mold you into the perfect servant and will cleanse the galaxy with both of my slaves!"

"Slaves." Kylo started as he faced his master.

"Let her go. I can train her my-"

Snoke blasted Kylo to the ground with force lightning as Kylo grunted in pain.

Rey was horrified seeing this, Tratha and the other knights as well, the praetorians holding them back.

"Insolent cur, you've learned nothing. You are my slave, that is what you always were and always will be, as will your cousin, and your precious daughter! I have been waiting for a millennium, watching the galaxy, the force, now I see my true opportunity to destroy the light side of the force forever. I will build a new galaxy driven only by the dark side of the force, where only the strong can survive." Snoke shouted as Tratha felt her rage boil.

Rey saw Snoke look at her as hatred filled Kylo's face.

"Do you still sense light in your cousin child?" Snoke said as Kylo saw Rey's lightsaber on the armrest of Snoke's throne.

He held his left hand behind his back before the lightsaber started to turn.

"Do you think you can see him better than I can, I can see everything in him. His thoughts, his emotions, I see his fear, his anger, his hatred, and I see him turning your lightsaber to betray his master!" Snoke shouted before he blasted Lightning at Kylo who dove to the side, losing his grip on the lightsaber as Rey pulled it to her hand before slashing at Snoke.

Snoke brought his right hand up, Rey's mouth dropping as her lightsaber bounced off Snoke's hand.

She got down and slowly backed up as Snoke got to his feet.

His guards raised their weapons before Snoke motioned them to stop.

"No, they're mine." Snoke said as he blasted at Kylo and Rey who held their hands up and tried to absorb the force lightning. Tratha and the others were about to join in when Kylo turned.

"No! Allana can't loose us both!" Kylo shouted as his knights looked very afraid for him, Galek holding her back.

Rey was able to force the lightning away from the two as they rushed at Snoke, both slashing at the dark force master who used his hands like before and knocked away each lightsaber strike, smiling and laughing as he did so.

"You have yet to comprehend the power of the force!" Snoke laughed as he unleashed a pulse of black force lightning into the two, forcing them back.

As Kylo got up, he screamed as he thrusted his hand at Snoke.

Snoke was knocked back a foot before Kylo pulled him closer.

Rey joined in, helping Kylo restrain Snoke with force stasis.

Despite this, Snoke blasted them both with force lightning and forced them back.

"You think yourself Vader and Anakin Skywalker, even their powers were nothing to mine." Snoke laughed before raising his hand.

Rey and Kylo's eyes widened as they saw eight dark shadows form around them. The shadows were made of dark force energy and each took the form of none other than Snoke, only their size.

Rey slashed at them, but the figures moved fast , each unleashing a small blast of force lighting at her. Rey tried to use her lightsaber and hand to hold back the lightning, but there was too much and she grunted in pain.

Kylo used his own telekinetic force powers to catch and redirect the incoming force lightning into two of the shadows attacking Rey, breaking them apart into nothing.

Another two came at him , Kylo using the force to pull the shadows into him before slashing them apart.

With only two shadows left, Rey held back their force lightning before leaping forward and slashing the two apart.

Rey and Kylo felt themselves both lifted up by Snoke who began choking them.

As they gasped for breath Rey turned to Kylo who nodded. Together, they thrusted their hands forward and unleashed a combined telekinetic blast that forced Snoke to let go.

They rushed forward, using the force to push his lightning aside before Snoke once again blocked their lightsabers with his hands.

Snoke slammed his right hand into the ground as Rey and Kylo were tossed back.

"I will show you fear, and pain." Snoke said before he held both hands up.

Five more shadow figures appeared.

However, they were not of Snoke. Two were of Luke and Mara Jade, the other two were of Leia and Han, while the fifth was Darth Vader.

The shadow Luke drew a green lightsaber while the shadow Mara drew a violet lightsaber.

The shadow Leia drew a yellow lightsaber as the shadow Han drew a pistol.

Finally the shadow Vader drew a red lightsaber.

Despite the fact that they weren't real, Rey could sense Luke's presence and the presence from the mirror vision in the two. This made it hard for her to fight them. Similarly Kylo found it very hard to fight the shadow Leia, and Han in particular.

As Kylo forced the shadow Leia back he saw the shadow of his father come at him firing the blaster. Kylo deflected the blasts before he began to have flashes of the walkway at Starkiller base.

Rey and Tratha could sense it in him.

Kylo had a very distraught expression on his face as the shadow of his father kept coming at him.

The shadow of Vader lifted Kylo and Rey both up before hurling them back.

The shadow breathed before slashing at the two, Kylo and Rey having to work together to keep up.

As they forced the shadow back together, the shadows of their parents attacked again. Rey having similar problems as she saw the shadow of her mother before her. Rey wanting so much for her to be real, even sensing her, Rey on the verge of tears.

As Kylo nearly broke down with the flashes of him and his father back at Starkiller base, he began to have flashes of his childhood with his parents. Kylo was nearly slashed by the shadow of his mother.

"Kylo!" Tratha shouted , fearful for her love's life.

As Kylo got up again, he tightened his grip.

"Let the past die." He said , his expression changing.

"Kill it if you have to." Kylo said before using the force to hurl the shadow of his mother away.

Rey then saw and felt something different about Kylo as he deflected the bolts from the shadow of Han. She saw Kylo reach him and had to look away as Kylo stabbed through the shadow, a look of anger and hatred on his face as the shadow vanished.

As the shadow of Leia came at him, Kylo knocked its saber away and slashed it apart in one strike.

Rey came to peace and let go of her grief before slashing with two precise counter strikes, the shadows vanishing as they were slashed.

The shadow of Vader tried to blast them back again, however, Rey and Kylo came forward together, Rey knocking the shadow's saber away before Kylo slashed it apart.

"You are not Darth Vader."

"Enough." Snoke said as lightning hit the two and forced them back.

They tried to contain and redirect the lightning, but Snoke's power was too great. They were forced to their knees, the pain so harsh they could barely stay conscious.

"I tire of this game, you are not worthy of being my apprentice."

Rey took a deep breath as she tried to get to her true peace. Closing her eyes as she held her hands up and took in all the lightning, forcing it harmlessly around her as Snoke growled in frustration.

Kylo slowly got back up, Rey now feeling a chilling cold dark side presence even stronger than before, but it wasn't coming from Snoke. The other knights of Ren, and even Snoke felt it.

That was when Rey realized what was different about Kylo, his soul did not seem split anymore. It was whole." He had the feral expression on his face that he had on Starkiller base during their fight.

Kylo began to radiate with red dark force aura as he screamed, raising his hands as a massive bolt of red and black force lightning flew out and crashed into Snoke's chest.

Rey was in disbelief, even Snoke's guards too terrified to react as Snoke cried out in pain.

His own lightning stopped as he tried desperately to force the lightning away, but Kylo was relentless and ruthless. He got up and forced Snoke back into his throne as Rey smelled Snoke's chest melting.

Snoke let out one more cry before Rey saw what looked like four red and violet humanoid figures emerge from Snoke's body. Each one incredibly strong in the dark side and each feeling as if they were part of Snoke.

The lightning enveloped them as they cried out in pain before bursting into nothing. Rey was watching in horror, hearing Kylo scream and feeling his power.

On Tython Luke nearly fell over as he felt what was going on. He had a horrified expression on as Leia and Maz felt it as wel.

As the lightning faded, Rey could hear Snoke groaning in pain, but he sounded different.

His praetorian guards snapped their weapons up before charing at Kylo and Rey.

However, Tratha leapt over and slammed into the ground, unleashing a pulse of dark force energy that hurled them back.

Galek ignited his lightsaber pike as Tratha ignited her double bladed lightsaber, Marik drawing vibrosword as they joined Rey in fighting the twelve praetorian guards, each wielding an echani blade of some kind.

Kylo went for Snoke before the two shadow guards by his throne ignited their lightsaber pikes and thrusted their hands forward, unleashing a combined blast of force power to try and knock Kylo back, but he kept coming.

Rey knocked away both ends of a double vibroblade from one praetorian as another came at her with duel blades.

Rey saw two more coming in and unleashed a repulse of force energy, knocking them away as she came at one, knocking away each of his strikes before slashing back, the praetorian catching her lightsaber before she kicked his face and Rey slashed down across his body.

The other three attacked her from different directions, Rey moving fast to keep up with each before using the force to pull one into another.

She lunged at the third who grabbed her arm and forced her lightsaber out of her hands.

as Rey dodged his slashes, she drew her lightsaber with the force and made it spin, the praetorian not noticing it as the saber cut him in half.

The other did weren't deterred and kept at Rey who knocked away each strike before counter attacking, forcing them back and back before they were at the edge of the drop.

As they tried to move, Rey was able to slash one's side, the last thrusting at her before unleashing a whip around her wrists and pulling Rey in before she used the force to pull his weapon down in front of her, Rey pulling her saber back before igniting it into his face.

Tratha danced around as she spun her lightsaber around, knocking away the four praetorians' weapons before lifting two up with the force, choking them as the other two attacked her.

Tratha hurled the praetorians into the other two before Tratha acrobatically leaping into them while spinning her double-bladed lightsaber as she managed to slash through one.

The other three came at Tratha , the dark Jedi knocking away each weapon before one knocked her saber up and kicked her back.

As they came down, Tratha leapt up and blasted the three with a force pulse before hurling her lightsaber forward, cutting two more down.

The fourth praetorian spun his double ended blade at Tratha who knocked away each strike before moving inside his blade, the man bashing her back with his arm before Tratha slashed up, knocking his weapon away before cutting him down.

Galek used his lightsaber pike to fight off four more praetorians, using the force to pull up some weapons from the dead praetorians and using them to keep two away as he slashed at the other two.

Marik fought off the other four, backing up before dropping something on the ground.

Marik leapt back as his thermal detonator went off, killing two of the praetorians before he dove forward and knocked the other two away, coming back and stabbing one through the back.

Galek slashed up and then to the side, cutting off a praetorian's hand before lopping his head off.

The other three came at Galek who grabbed one with the force and pulled him into the second. Galek blocking the third one's strike before exchanging blows with the guard, coming to the side with a fluid movement before cutting the man down.

He grabbed the remaining praetorians with force grip, the two grabbing their throats before Galek crushed them.

Marik and the last praetorian exchanged more strikes, Galek sliding his vibroblade along the inside of the praetorian's blade before coming down and across his waist, the man falling to the ground with more blood on Marik's blade.

As all of this happened, Kylo exchanged lightsaber strikes with the two shadow guards, the two dark jedi guards showing much more proficiency than the praetorians. Despite this, Kylo knocked away each of their lightsaber pikes as he got closer and closer to Snoke.

Kylo used a repulse of force energy to knock them away.

However, one used the force on the ground to hold Kylo back as the other leapt in front of him.

Kylo's rage built as he began to glow red from force rage. He unleashed a furry, the Shadow guard blocking two of his strikes before Kylo slashed up , across his pike, destroying it and cutting through the man's head.

The other tried to knock Kylo away with force push, but Kylo stood his ground and screamed as he unleashed a massive blast of red force lightning, the blast hitting the shadow guard who convulsed violently before his lightsaber burst apart and he fell to the ground.

Kylo slowly walked towards Snoke, Rey seeing he looked completely different. He now looked like a very old and scrawny human man with pale skin and blue eyes, his face deformed, looking like his left cheek was missing and holes in his neck.

Snoke held his hand up and shook in fear before Kylo lifted him up with the force.

"The heir of Vader never was, nor shall I ever be your slave!" Kylo shouted in hatred as He crushed Snoke's entire skeleton, the deformed corpse fell to the ground with blood coming out as Kylo exhaled.

He slowly turned to Rey who now had an unsure expression on her face.

"He's gone."

"Ben, please, leave this place, come with me." Rey said.

Kylo shook his head.

"No, it's you who must listen to me Rey. He was wrong, the force must be in balance. I can lead the First Order now, we can let it all end, the Jedi, the Sith, no more of it. We can start a new order, the heirs of Vader can rule the galaxy not as master and apprentice, but as equals. We can keep the force in balance, I will control the dark side, and you the light. We can cleanse the galaxy of the corrupt who have lead it to ruin, we can bring order and peace, bring justice to the Resistance and Snoke's cronies, protect the weak, together my cousin." Kylo said as he extended his hand out.

Rey sensed the other three knights of Ren behind her as she nearly broke down, not knowing what to do.

She looked like she was on the verge of tears.

"I'm sorry, but I can't."

Kylo's expression changed as Rey blasted Tratha and the others back.

Kylo pulled Rey's lightsaber away as she pulled it back.

The two struggling to pull the lightsaber back to them.

Kylo and Rey both had intense expressions on their faces, Kylo using the full power of the dark side as Rey used the full power of the light side to pull at Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber.

Tratha, Galek, and Marik got up and prepared to attack Rey when they saw the lightsaber snap in half, the front half flying at Rey as she was hurled over the edge of the throne room and fell.

Kylo got up and sprinted over but saw Rey had vanished.

"Is she dead?" Marik asked.

"I sensed nothing. She's still here." Kylo said before the door opened again.

Thrawn and Hux ran in with a squad of 501st stormtroopers ran in.

"What's going on?!" Hux shouted before he and Thrawn saw the bodies on the ground.

Hux tried to speak but words couldn't come out, Thrawn simply staring at Snoke's body.

"What are you waiting for?" Marik said.

"Kneel before your new emperor." Tratha said as the three moved away from Kylo who stared at the two officers.

Hux hesitated but Thrawn did not, he respectfully bowed to Kylo.

"I am yours to command my liege." Thrawn said.

Hux eventually kneeled.

"I am your humble servant my emperor." He said as the 501st stormtroopers did the same.

Kylo walked towards Snoke's throne and sat down, pulling his lightsaber to him as he took a deep breath, his Knights giving very happy grins under their helmets.

However, that was when Kylo remembered something Rey said earlier in their force connection.

Tratha saw and sensed his fear.

"Allana!" He shouted before sprinting away.

"Lock down the ship!" He screamed.


Elsewhere in the Eclipse Rey used the force to rip open a door as she heard an alert go off.

Rey went inside and saw a crib and carefully stood over it, seeing a crying baby inside.

"Shhh." Rey said carefully picking Allana up.

"It's ok , I'm Rey, your second cousin. I'm going to take you somewhere safe." Rey said before rushing away.

"R2, I need a fast pick up." She said before seeing two Knights of Ren at the end of the hallway, one was a twi'lek with two pistols while the other had a helmet over their head and two orange lightsabers.

"There she is!" The lightsaber wielding one said as they ran at her with a squad of purple striped stormtroopers.

"Don't shoot she has the baby!" The twi'lek shouted.


Elsewhere in the Eclipse , Finn and Rose were taken to a hanger with BB-8.

Finn's old unit surrounded them with Phasma, Nines, and Zeros over them.

Rose saw DJ beside a First Order officer who handed him a suitcase filled with money.

"Hey what are you doing?" Rose shouted.

"I'm getting out of here." He said.

"Your companion has revealed the location of the Resistance base on Crait." Nines said.

Finn gave DJ a disgusted look.

"It's like I said kid, it's all a machine, don't join." DJ got onboard a ship and took off, leaving the Eclipse as Phasma came up to Finn, stroking her hand across his face.

"It seems our family is back together FN-2187." Phasma said before Finn moved his head back.

"Finn, my name is Finn." He said before Phasma smashed her fist into his face.

"I don't care what you want to call yourself, your name is FN-2187." Phasma said before she backed up.

"Sergeant FN-2199, Sergeant FN-2000, remind your brother of who he is." Phasma said as Finn saw his old brothers in arms approach before mercilessly beating him down. Rose unable to watch as Finn grunted in pain.

Nines and Zeros punching, kicking and hurling Finn into the ground again and again.

Finn coughed up some blood.

As Zeros raised him up.

"Enough." Phasma said as they let him go.

"Men, FN-2187 was once our brother, but he has betrayed all of you, on Takodana I saw him kill FN-2322 with no remorse, even after watching FN-2003 get shot down by a Resistance scum, he helped him escape, gave precious information to the Resistance. He has betrayed his family." Nines said.

"Show him what happens when someone betrays the family." Phasma said as Finn saw a pair of stormtroopers pull out electrostaffs as they came forward.

Moments later an explosion happened over them, the stormtroopers scattering as the debris fell down around them.

Finn slammed his cuffs against a dropped electrostaff, breaking them off before he free'd Rose.

"What was that?" Rose asked before they looked up and saw Chewie in the upper walkways.

"Alright Chewie."

BB-8 rolled off and got onto a shuttle before Finn saw Phasma walking forward.

Finn picked up the electrostaff with an intense expression as Phasma drew a long chrome staff.

Finn and Phasma exchanged several strikes before Phasma smashed her staff across Finn's face, hitting him twice as he stumbled backwards. Finn came at Phasma again as she smashed her staff across Finn's electrostaff, forcing it up before bashing her arm across Finn's face, Finn coughing up more blood.

Rose picked up a dropped gun and fired, the blasts bouncing off Phasma's armor.

A shuttle rose up and fired at Phasma, Finn and Rose turning to see Chewie and BB-8 in the cockpit.


"Let's go." Rose said as she helped him inside.

The shuttle flew out as Phasma , Nines, and Zeros walked through the clearing smoke and saw the shuttle jump to hyperspace.

The three staring intensely.

As Rey got further down the hallway she saw three more knights of Ren, one taking out a pair of daggers and two drawing red lightsabers with more stormtroopers behind them.

Rey kept running as Allana cried.

Rey cornered as the Knights of Ren and stormtroopers surrounded her.

The dark jedi with the orange lightsabers came forward.

"I know you're not going to hurt that baby, you've got no where to run. Give her to us , now." He said, he didn't yell, but his tone had more weight behind it then a scream.

"I won't let this child become the next Darth Vader." Rey said before they saw she was in front of an escape pod.

Rey opened the door and went inside as the others rushed at her.

Rey launched the pod as Kylo and his entourage ran over as they looked out the view screen to see the Falcon pick up the pod.

"Get the tractor beam on that ship now!" Kylo roared before they saw the ship jump to light speed.

Tratha began to break down , Kylo grabbing her as he felt his rage grow.

He turned to Hux and Thrawn who had arrived.

"We have located the Resistance's base, it's at Crait." Thrawn said, Hux looking afraid as he saw Kylo's expression while Thrawn seemed calm.

"Get us to Crait now!" He roared, the hallways shaking from the force.

Inside the Falcon, R2 and Rey were in the cockpit, Rey holding Allana who was still crying.

"Shhh, it's alright, R2 let's get to the Resistance."

Finn and the others were inside their shuttle.

"Contact Poe, they need to get off Crait." Finn said as Chewie growled.

On Tython, Luke slowly walked up to the X-wing Rey pulled out of the water.

He climbed inside and tried to start the X-wing, but the circuits were shot from being in the water.

"No, no." He said in frustration.

"R2 can you give me a han-….Oh, right." Luke said as he climbed out of the X-wing and slammed his arm against it.


Author's note:

So I thought the Snoke death needed more than just a lightsaber stab

My idea is to make it hard for you to pick a side to root for, was Rey in the right, you could ask the same about what Obi wan and Yoda did

And yes, I actually did enjoy the part where their plan in the end didn't work, I thought it was a nice twist on the usual star wars formula,

So until next time,

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and merry christmas