Star Wars Post-TLJ Short Stories

Reylo: The Journey

(Takes place mid 35ABY)

The First Order would not be taking Ithor, the Grey Knights of Ren would make sure of it. They're normal mission was settling civil wars and stabilizing individual worlds, however this was personal. Kylo knew what was at stake if Ithor was taken. Rey had only found her family a couple weeks previous, he had never seen her so happy, so the only way Hux was getting this planet was over there dead bodies.

The Knights has split up into two groups, most of them, including Kylo were in the air, fighting the thousands of TIEs and the monstrous Star Destroyer, while Rey and the Pantoran Knight Chi Ren were on the ground protecting the people from ground forces.

When they had heard that Ithor was under attack hours previous Rey had stormed into Kylo's ship expecting to have to beg to get his help, but the second she said it was her family's world he summoned all the Knights to rendezvous at Ithor and to prepare for battle.

They had been fighting for over six hours now. They had taken down over a thousand TIEs and Kylo alone had nearly crippled the Star Destroyer when he noticed a platoon was diving towards Cloud-Mother.

"Rey!"

He dived after them and tried to send a communication to Rey.

"Kira Ren, come in, there is a whole platoon of ships heading your way, where are you?"

"I'm defending the shelter in the centre of the city. I can handle the troops but I'll need help with the TIEs."

"I'm on route."

He started firing at the TIEs bellow him, but when they exploded to his horror he saw that there explosions were three times the regular size of a TIE explosion.

"Kira! They're carrying armed bombs!"

"You got to take them out, I'm not sure how many explosions this shelter can take."

This refilled his determination. He shot down TIE after TIE as he continued to dive. The ground was getting closer and closer. He continued to fire and shoot as many as he could. Then to his horror five of the remaining TIEs released there load.

As he shot the ship's down he breathed a sigh of relief as he saw that Rey was using the force to keep the bombs in the air.

"I'm going to lift these as high as I can and then I want you to blast-"

She was cut off by the bombs exploding in unison, the must have had a timer program into them as well as regular detention upon impact. Having already been using the force on them, Kylo watched as she tried to surprise the blast and push it back with the force, not all of the explosion was diverted and he watched helplessly as she was flung back.

Desperate he landed his ship and exited in a hurry. The air was full smoke and ash, so using the force he pushed all the debris in the air out of the way, making it possible to now see the limp body of Rey. He could feel through the force that she was alive, but just barely.

Gently he picked her up and started heading for his ship when Chi came running towards him.

"Chi!" He yelled, "Make sure her people are safe and then drive the remaining ground forces off world. Kira needs immediate medical attention!"

Chi nodded and turned and ran back towards the battle. Kylo got to his ship and lay Rey down on the med bed. He activated the station which sprouted robotic arms and started scanning her, as it did its job Kylo took to the pilots seat and got them air born and set coordinates for a part of the planet not currently under fire.

After a few minutes he set the autopilot to keep them hovering in that location and when to check on her. The holographic version of the 2-1B medical droid relayed its news.