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When Rey and Phasma returned Leia was waiting for them and she did not look too happy.
"Took you long enough but at least that armor is gone. Grab anything you don't want left behind and get on the Falcon, we're going home." Leia told Phasma as she and Rey approached.
Phasma nodded,"Yes, General." she replied before walking inside to collect her things.
"Mom, why are you being so harsh on her? I know she was captain of the storm troopers and that you don't trust her but she's on our side now so I don't get why you can't just give her a chance, I mean you didn't flip like this on Finn so why are you flipping out on her?" Rey asked and Leia sighed.
"Rey honey Finn was different, he was little more than a boy when he helped us and left the first order but Phasma has been a part of their ranks for a long time and who knows what kind of tricks the first order could be using her to pull. I just want to be sure she's truly on our side before I trust her completely, that's all. I brought her into this because she can help us keep your brother safe and out of Snoke's clutches and because I know what it is to do what you think is the right thing in order to protect your children even when it might not always be the right thing to do but no I do not trust her yet however with time I will grow to trust her unless she gives me reason not to. I hope I will trust her, she seems like an outstanding person and a woman willing to fight for what she believes in so I want to trust her because a woman like that would make a great ally but for now I must stand my ground and wait. Time will tell if we can truly trust her or not." Leia explained and Rey wasn't happy about it but she wouldn't argue with her mother on this.
"Okay, I get it. She could be a first order spy but I still think you should give her a chance. I'll keep my eyes open for any tracking devices." Rey mouthed off and Leia tried to explain but it was no use.
"Rey-" she was cut off.
"Don't worry about it mom, I'll keep my eyes open but I'm not gonna argue with you. I know better than to argue with the mighty Leia Organa-Solo. Don't worry, I'll watch her like a hawk but I'm sure she's perfectly trust worthy." Rey snapped as she walked passed her mother and onto the Falcon.
Leia sighed,"Great, now both of them are angry with me." she muttered to herself unaware that Maz was standing right behind her.
"Who's angry with you? Not Han, what has that man done now?" Maz asked making Leia jump,"Nothing Maz, Han has done nothing wrong. I think I'm the one who's messed up this time. Ben's angry with me because I made him train with Luke all the time when he was younger and now Rey is angry because she thinks I should give Phasma a chance whatever that means but I don't trust Phasma enough yet." Leia explained and Maz nodded.
Phasma overheard bits and pieces of the conversation while she was packing her things so once she had everything packed and ready to go she went to find Rey.
"Rey?" Phasma called,"She's on the ship which is where you should be unless you've decided that I don't trust you enough and changed your mind." Leia told her coldly.
"I understand your lack of trust General and I haven't changed my mind. I haven't earned your trust yet but I will, with your permission General I'd like to talk to Rey. I believe I can reason with her, get her to see that you only want what's best for the resistance and for her however if you'd rather I didn't talk to her on the subject then I will respect your wishes." Phasma offered and Leia smiled a little too sweetly.
"Thank you Phasma but I will deal with my own daughter and you're right, you haven't earned my trust and won't anytime soon if you're not on that ship in five minutes. So move it!" Leia snapped without being too harsh.
"Yes Ma'am!" Phasma replied seriously and Leia glared at her harshly,"Don't ever call me Ma'am! It's General or General Organa to you, is that understood?!" Leia snapped and Phasma nodded.
"As you wish General, I'll grab my things and get on the ship." Phasma replied trying to sound serious but her voice betrayed her because she was extremely nervous and she could tell that Leia knew it too.
"Good, I'm glad to hear it. Off you go then." Leia said seriously and only when Phasma was far enough away did she let out her laughter.
"Did you see the look on her face Maz?" Leia laughed and Maz nodded,"I did, I think you scared her. Poor girl." Maz laughed along with Leia.
"Which can only mean one thing. I still haven't lost my touch for giving orders! Nobody messes with me because otherwise they get to see my temper and if you don't believe me just ask Han, you don't wanna see my temper." Leia laughed and Maz laughed along with her.
Leia said her goodbyes to Lando and Maz as did Han and Rey and then they were on their way back to base.
"Ugh finally, I can't wait until we're home. Speaking of which, shouldn't we let uncle Luke know we're on our way back?" Rey asked from her seat behind Han and Leia nodded.
"Yes, I'll let him know." Leia replied and Rey nodded but remained silent.
"You two are awfully quiet, everything okay?" Han asked knowing something was off between them.
"Yeah why wouldn't it be?" Rey replied while giving her mother a look which Han noticed.
Han gave Leia a questioning look and she merely shook her head silently saying that everything was not okay but she would tell him later.
Rey got up and went to her bunk where she stayed until they got back to base.
When they landed the Falcon and Leia came down the boarding ramp Ben was waiting to greet them and he was waiting alone.
"Luke, I'm gonna kill you." Leia muttered under her breath but when she heard him reply through the force she was even more angry.
"No you won't Leia and besides he's fine but he wouldn't be if I hadn't let him out of that cell. He was going stir crazy." Luke told her through the force and Leia was furious with her brother.
"Mom! I missed you, I'm glad you're back!" Ben said as he ran up to give her a hug and kissed her on the cheek.
Leia laughed in surprise,"I missed you too honey but I wasn't gone that long. Where's your uncle? I've got a bone to pick with him." Leia asked and Ben looked at her sheepishly.
"He's in the command center but don't be too hard on him, Please Mom? If he hadn't let me out I swear I'd be half crazy right now so go easy on him. For me?" Ben asked and Leia sighed.
"I'll do my best but I make no promises Ben, your uncle needs to learn that not even a jedi knight can save the galaxy." Leia told her son and Ben nodded.
"Now, go say hello to your father and sister will you? And stay away from Phasma!" Leia told him and Ben gawked at her.
"Phasma?! Mom, what is Phasma doing here? I don't know what she told you but that woman is nothing but trouble." Ben told his mother just as Phasma stepped off the ship.
"Nice to see you too Ren or is it Ben now, I'm confused. Anyway, I may have been trouble in the past but I'm on your side now and I'm here to make sure that Snoke dosen't get his claws on you. So do me a favor and play nice." Phasma told him and Leia watched their exchange closely.
"In your dreams Phasma! What did you tell her? No wait let me guess, I did it to protect my daughter and that if I left they would kill her. That's a likely story." Ben accused harshly and Phasma flinched.
"It's not just a story, Ben! It's true! The only reason I stuck around your stupid little friends is because unlike you I actually care about my family! She was just a little girl damnit and your buddies..." Phasma trailed off before she ran off in tears and Ben paled as he realized how true Phasma's story really was.
Ben looked at his mother in shock and made to go after Phasma to apologize when Leia grabbed his arm,"Let her go Ben, she needs time to calm down. If you go after her now, you'll only make things worse. Give her time and when she comes back and she's calm then you can go and make amends but for now let her go."
Ben nodded,"Okay. I'm gonna go for a walk to clear my head. Hey, is Snoke really coming after me?"
"He's coming after all of us but I won't let anything happen to you, Okay? I promise Ben, You never have to be Kylo-Ren ever again!" Leia told him softly and Ben shook his head.
"Mom, you have no idea how powerful he is. He's not like Vader, he is so so much worse. You can't protect me, no one can he's too strong. I don't want you or dad or anyone to die for me like Vader did for uncle Luke. Promise me. Mom promise me you'll stay out of it if it comes to that, usually you're the one giving orders but I'm begging you to save yourself, Rey, Dad and uncle Luke." Ben pleaded and Leia couldn't believe what she was hearing, her son was asking no telling her to let him die.
"Ben Anakin Solo, you listen to me and you listen good! One way or another Snoke is going down for what he did to you but he is NOT taking you with him. Over my dead body, you hear me? We will get through this together but you are not going to die and I will make damn sure of that! Baby I love you and I would die a thousand times over for you if it meant that you would be safe and free of this darkness so don't you dare give me orders because I'm the only general around here and I give the orders. Now go see your father and then go for your walk but stay close to base." Leia said as she wiped her teary eyes and kissed Ben's forehead.
Leia walked away before Ben could try and argue with her and she went to find Luke.
Ben did as his mother had asked and went to see Han before going for his walk.
Meanwhile on the Falcon, Rey was still in her bunk thinking about the argument she'd had with her mother when she heard a noise coming from the bunker next to hers and thought maybe Phasma had forgotten something on board so she went to check it out.
Rey walked into the bunk and didn't see anything out of place but then she heard a voice coming from a small communicator on the shelf.
"Captain Phasma, do you copy? This is General Hux. Phasma report this instant!" came from the little com unit and Rey gasped.
She grabbed the com unit and bolted off the ship and into the command center of the base.
"Where is General Leia? I must speak with her at once!" Rey demanded of one of the techs in the room.
"She said she would be speaking with Commander Skywalker and wished not to be disturbed but if you must, I believe they are in her office." The tech replied and Rey nodded.
"Thank You." she said before she took off down one of the corridors towards her mother's office and knocked on the door once she got there.
"Yes?" Leia called from inside.
"Mom, it's me. You were right not to trust Phasma and I'm sorry for doubting you." Rey told her and the door slid open.
"I see and what changed your mind Rey?" Leia asked seriously and Rey handed the com unit to her mother,"See for yourself. I found it on the Falcon when I heard a noise and someone by the name of Hux is looking for Captain Phasma." Rey replied and Leia sighed.
"Hux? Must be General Hux and if he's been contacting her on this then who knows what she's told him. Damnit! Thank you for telling me Rey, it could be nothing but I'm not about to take that chance." Leia told her and gave her a quick hug before going off to find Phasma.
Phasma was walking back to base when she saw Leia storming towards her and she looked absolutely furious.
"I was beginning to trust you but now I find out about this! What did you tell them Phasma and don't lie to me because I will know if you do! What did you tell Hux?! Answer me!" Leia was done playing nice with this woman.
"Hux? I haven't told him anything, I want nothing to do with that jerk or the first order so why would I tell them anything." Phasma replied as calmly as possible and Leia smirked.
"Oh yes I know that's what you keep saying but then why... do you have this, hm?" Leia asked and showed her the little metallic com unit.
"I got rid of that! I told you I'm not going back to the first order ever again." Phasma explained and Leia shook her head.
"No, you left it on the Falcon. You didn't get rid of it, you left it there for one of us to find. Why? What are you not telling me? You said that this wasn't a setup and that you would earn my trust, well you almost had me fooled Phasma. Almost! You have two choices here, either tell me the whole story of why you're really here and why you haven't destroyed this thing or I'm going to send your metallic ass to a place in this galaxy where not even mynoks will be able to find you!" Leia was through playing twenty-one questions she wanted answers and she was going to get them.
"Destroy it, why?" Phasma questioned in confusion and Leia mentally face-palmed.
"Because it has a built in tracking device, that's why! Honestly." Leia fumed and Phasma suddenly felt very stupid.
"Ugh, I'm an idiot. Of course there's a tracking device in it, how could I be so stupid?! I will destroy it, I promise." Phasma replied ashamed of her own stupidity and Leia nodded.
"Okay but they probably already know where we are no thanks to you and I still want to know what you're really doing here. Why would you want to fight with us against the very army you once led because it dosen't add up Phasma." Leia asked.
"Because... because my daughter is already dead and I know that's not what I told you but it was too painful to talk about. Everything else I told you is true. What I didn't tell you is that when I tried to leave for the first time and they threatened to kill her if I left or if I spoke a word of anything to the republic, what I didn't know is that they had already killed her. They only threatened to kill her so I would think she was still alive and do as they asked. I only found out recently that my little girl was dead and who it was that ordered her execution." Phasma explained glaring at Leia meaningfully.
Leia felt she already knew who had ordered the girl's death but she couldn't stop herself from asking anyway,"And who gave the order?" Leia asked though she already knew the answer.
"Your Son! Ben ordered General Hux and a squad of shadow troopers to track her down and take her out but I don't blame him. I blame myself for being so stupid! If I hadn't been so bloody patriotic this never would have happened and my little girl would still be alive but I thought I was doing the right thing, I thought the first order would be different from the empire but I was wrong. I was just too blind to see it and now I have nothing left to lose." Phasma told her and took a deep breath before continuing her story.
"So I left and I went to Naboo because it's known as one of the systems that are loyal to the resistance and I hoped I would run into you there. I figured I would join with the resistance and-"
"Go after my son?" Leia questioned harshly cutting Phasma off but Phasma simply shook her head.
"No. I was going to say join the resistance and go after Hux and the rest of the first order including Snoke." Phasma replied softly and Leia sighed.
"So that's why you're helping us and you sware you're not out for my son's head on a platter?" Leia asked with a pointed look.
"No, I'm not after him. I'm no jedi nor am I force-sensitive but I know it wasn't Ben who ordered my daughter's death not really. I know that was the dark side and that had he been able to Ben would have never let it happen it the first place but he was trapped inside the darkness that went by Kylo-Ren. So no I don't blame him and I'm not after Ben, I'm not here to kill him or betray anyone within the ranks of the resistance. Ben's a good kid who got trapped in a very bad situation, Snoke and the first order need to pay for what they did to him. You want justice for Ben, you want him to be free and safe from the darkness that took him from you for so long. That's all I want, you still have your children but I have nothing left to lose so if I die it'll be no great loss but if any of you get hurt or worse Ben would never forgive himself. I don't want you to have to go through what I have but I don't want Ben or Rey to lose their parents either. I want to help you General, if you'll let me." Phasma explained.