Author's Note: Sorry to leave you guys hanging. I had a crazy day yesterday, so that's why I didn't update. But hey I am back! And today's my birthday so yay!
She's dead. He thought. She's dead.
"Rey!" he exclaimed. "Rey please wake up! Don't you dare leave me! Not now!"
When he received no response, Ben put his emotions aside, and took abrasive action. He ripped open her black t-shirt, and was horrified when he saw the burns that now covered her torso. Her undergarments were singed.
He thought of force healing her, but he was too distraught to do so. She needed medical attention real medical attention, and she needed it now if there was any chance of saving her. He picked her up then, bridal style, and ran to the nearest medical wing.
Once he got there, a team of medical droids were aiding a Stormtrooper that had bumped his head.
"Take these pain relievers and ice your head," one of the droids informed the trooper. "And try to be more aware next time when you are walking through a door frame."
Ben Solo was growing restless, he felt like shouting to get their attention, threatening to kill them if they did not save her, but instead, he simply exclaimed to the trooper that was still sitting there on the medical bed, "Move! Now! I have someone that actually needs medical attention!"
The trooper stared at him in annoyance, and left the room.
The medical droids then both approached the man with the unconsciousness girl in his arms, they examined her briefly, "Hello sir, how may we-"
"She's not breathing, I can't I can't find her pulse," he told them. "She has been severely burned by force lightening, please," he was begging now, "Please help her."
One of the droids then motioned for Ben to place Rey upon the medical bed. And Ben stepped back as the droids circled around her. He watched as they examined her wounds, "I sense life within this body still," one of the droids informed him. "But, her heart is growing weaker by the second, we must give her an adequate amount of fluids, and heal her wounds or we will lose her."
Ben Solo stared at the droid blankly, Fluids? He thought. Growing weaker?
The droids then circled Rey once more, this time, they each took one of her arms and inserted an IV within each. Ben looked away briefly, for although he was a powerful force user, and has dueled and killed many, he did not like the sight of needles. Ben watched on then as they inserted clear tubes into Rey's nostrils so she may breathe with ease.
As one droid adjusted the tube into Rey's left nostril, the other connected her to a heart monitor. There was life he could see. She was still here.
Ben watched as her chest began to rise, and descend more noticeably. It's working He thought. She's alive. She's alive. She's alive.
"What about her burns? He asked. "Did they damage her internal organs?"
A droid then walked over to Rey, now with a rather large needle in its hand. It abruptly stabbed Rey in her chest, in order to get a tissue sample. It then briefly scanned her body. "I am afraid so," the droid said. "But strangely, her heart is untouched. It is not damaged."
The droid then walked over to the medical cabinet, and pulled out a lotion bottle labeled Bacta.
Ben looked at it with confusion, the droid then informed him of the lotions purpose, "This sir, is Bacta. It is used to mimic the body's fluids and for regeneration, it also aids in burns and severe cellular damage."
He had heard of it before, he remembered his uncle telling him the story of how he had to be submerged in the liquid form when he suffered from hypothermia on Hoth, but he had no knowledge it came in a lotion form.
"Would you care to put it on the girl sir, or shall I?" the droid asked.
Ben nodded and took the lotion from the medical droids hand. "Careful not to use too much sir," the droid informed him. "It only takes a minute amount to sufficiently heal the wound."
Ben gave the droid a side glance, and it slowly began to back away. He then rolled up his sleeves, and squirted three small dots of lotion onto his large hands.
He slowly started rubbing the lotion onto her wounds, and was amazed as the third degree burns started disappearing before his eyes. He looked at her heart monitor, her heart rate was increasing. He was taken back then when she winced in pain.
He handed the droid back the lotion, and slowly walked over to Rey's face, and crouched down so he may have a better view. "Rey?" he asked. "Are you okay? I'm here. I'm right here."
He moved the hair out of her face, there was no still no response. He looked back at her heart monitor. She was stable now.
"I don't understand, why…why is she not awake?" he asked.
The droid looked at him, "It will take some time for the Bacta lotion to fully heal her," the droid informed. "Her exterior wounds may be gone, but her interior wounds are still healing."
"When will she completely come to?" he asked.
The droid then looked at Rey's heart monitor, "About a day's time. She must get a sufficient amount of fluids, and let the Bacta lotion do its intended purpose."
"We will be monitoring her heart rate through the night, and shall update you if anything changes," the other droid said.
Ben exhaled deeply, "Alright." He leaned down and kissed Rey's forehead. "Thank you," he said gratefully.
The two droids simply nodded, and Ben left the room.
As Ben left the room, and stood outside as he watched the medical droids change the tubes in Rey's nostrils, he was greeted by a maskless Captain Phasma. "Sir, what happened? One of my troops informed me you were down here with the girl?"
"It's over," he said. "It is all over, Snoke is dead."
Phasma's eye's widened, she didn't know what to say at that moment, so she simply asked about Rey, "What happened to the girl? Is she-"
"Dead? No. Severely injured? Yes. But she will pull through. I know she will."
He pulled out his comlink then and turned it on, "Will you watch to make sure they do not probe her with anything while I contact my mother?"
Phasma nodded, she had never heard him speak of his mother or his family before, "Of course. Go."
Ben nodded in thanks and walked back to his chambers. He sat down on his bed and ran his fingers through his hair, he then stood up, and entered in the encryption to D'Qar. He was to appear before his mother via hologram.
General Organa was in the assembly room with Poe and Finn, when her comlink began to abruptly flash. She pulled it out of her pocket in confusion, for she had only used it for communicating verbally. As she held it out, a small holographic figure of a man with raven hair, bruised, and battered appeared before her.
"Mother, I am contacting you from the First Order's base. I am calling to inform you Snoke is dead."
Finn and Poe looked at each other in a combination of excitement and horror, "Are you alright?" she asked her son. "Where is Rey?"
Ben paused for a moment and licked his lips, "I am alright. Rey was severely injured during our encounter with Snoke, she is stable, and she is now being held in the medical wing and-"
Finn interjected, "Stable? Stable? What does that even mean?" he asked.
The hologram turned to the former Stormtrooper, "It means she has a pulse, her heart is beating, air is flowing in and out of her lungs. She is alive, but not yet awake."
"She's unconscious?" Leia asked.
Ben nodded, "Yes, but she has been treated for her wounds, and has been given fluids. She is to make a full recovery in a day's time."
Finn, Leia, and Poe all sighed in relive, "Will you be returning here?" Leia asked.
Ben smiled, "Of course, I am certain Rey…" he paused. "Rey and myself would enjoy seeing you once more."
Leia smiled backed, "I am glad to hear that. Come home in one piece will you?" she said with a laugh.
Ben simply smiled, and cut off the connection. As he did so, Captain Phasma came rushing into his room, she looked concerned. "What is it?" Ben asked. "Is she alright?"
Phasma nodded, "Yes, she's awake. And she's asking for you."
Author's Note: Also, I have decided to write only two more chapters to this story. Like I said before, I am still trying to brainstorm ideas for my next one, and will let you guys know!
Love to all x