Chapter 3: Conflict

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Looking to the left we see him, his back is turned. Looking at Han, I can see him fighting with himself about what to do, and all I can think is Ben. How he's right there but it's not the Ben I know, I wish he didn't wear that stupid helmet. We both start to follow him towards the bridge we saw from the upper deck earlier, my heart pounds in my chest and my throat dries. When Kylo Ren is nearly half way across the bridge, Han walks up to the beginning of it with me close behind, "Ben!".

Kylo stops dead in his tracks, I can hear the storm trooper charge up his gun from the top deck and out of the corner of my eye I can see chewie looking down at us. Kylo finally turns around, looking at his father and then I think at me, I stand still feeling the tears start up in the corners of my eyes. A mechanical voice rings through out, "Han Solo... Ara Lunar... I've been waiting for this day for a long time" I want nothing more than to rip that stupid helmet off of him. Han walks forward towards him and I'm stuck in place, I can sense that Rey and Finn just entered through the top deck. I walk to the beginning of the bridge but can't seem to move anymore than that. Han gets closer to his son, "take off that mask, you don't need it". Han said the words you've been wanting to say but Kylo fights back, "what do you think you'll see if I do?", as Han gets closer I think to my self, "the face of my love" I can see Kylo look slightly in my direction knowing he can hear me and see him relax a-little but turn his attention back to his father, "The face of my son".

Han stops walking and Kylo takes off his helmet, seeing his face for the first time nearly brings me to tears. The man I loved standing there face to face with his father, but I feel something bad is about to happen. Feeling Kylo's rage again I see him look at his father, "you're son is gone. He was weak and foolish like his father. So I destroyed him." In that moment I could sense the small amount of light coming from him, he battling with himself inside but Ben was truly not entirely gone.

They continue their argument and I take a couple of steps onto the bridge, knowing what could happen but hoping it'll prevent anything terrible happening. Han is now face to face with his son, trying to convince him to come home, "it's not too late, come home with me and Ara. We miss you". I can feel his inner battle even more as I slowly get closer, he's fighting on what to do. Suddenly Kylo's voice breaks, "I'm being torn apart, I want to be free of this pain... I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it... will you help me?". For a second Kylo let's his guard drop and I can see what he's chosen to do. I instantly push Han behind me and use the force to fling him to Rey, doing so I whip out my lightsaber igniting it in time to stop Kylo Ren's blow.

Now I'm face to face with the man I once loved and still do. Blocking his blade still we make eye contact, I can see the inner battle still ragging in his eyes. Tears come from the corners of my eyes, "please Ben stop..." and with that he pulls back and I hold my lightsaber to the side. Kylo walks towards me putting a hand on my cheek and I lean more into his palm, "please come home...". Kylo's hand moves to holds my chin up with a gloved hand, "Ara...". I look into his eyes and I see Ben shinning through, "I'll always love you...", With that his hand touches your forehead and everything goes black.

*Kylo Ren's POV*

         Picking up Ara before she falls off the bridge I hear a roar as a blast hits me in the side barely missing Ara. Seeing the battle infront of me fills me with rage, knowing what I to do but I can no longer find the strength to kill her like I did with my father before she intervened. An explosion go off shaking the bridge I look up to see the girl and rogue storm trooper. Running to a storm trooper I hand him Ara, "take her to my ship now! Make sure she's restrained!". I watch the trooper take her away and I begin chasing after them in suit rage fueling me to track them through the force. Finding them ignite my lightsaber, "we are not done yet". Rey looks at me infury, "you are a monster, where's Ara!", ignoring her pathetic question, "it's just us now, Han Solo can't save you!". I hit my wound making blood fall out, feeling the tense pain but my rage numbs it all. Rey runs at me but I easily force push her into a free knocking her out, this causes a battle with the rouge trooper.

After beating the rouge I use the force to get Luke's lightsaber, something is causing it not to fly towards me, frustrated I constrain hard and it finally comes out. Seeing it fly near my head, I duck and see Rey had caught it.

"How did she find the strength in the force stronger than me..."

Feeling the rage fill me once again I lunge at her starting the dual. Making it to where I'd push her off the edge, suddenly she finds the strength to push me back and poke me in the shoulder with Luke's saber. Falling back feeling so much rage I spring up and charge at her, she caught me and forced my saber into the ground the fight starts. Feeling the pain of my injuries she over powers me and my saber flys out, she whips her up hitting me in the face. Feeling the skin burn of the hit where no doubt a scar will form, I lift my head up to see the ground breaking in half between us and Rey running away.

*Rey's POV*

After getting Finn on to the ship, Han looks at me, "where's Ara?!?!". Looking down with a sigh, "he's got her! We have to go back!" Han gets a crazies look in his eye, "oh kriff! Leia is not gonna be happy but we have no time the planet is going to explode!". Feeling the ground break away, we sent off into hyper space looking at Han confused, " is Ara and the General close?" Han scoffs and looks back at me, "yes they are, Leia took her in, she was the only survivor of the temple attack, and is a daughter to us! She's not going to be happy...". I sit back fully realizing the gravity of the situation that's going to unfold when we arrive to base.

After we land on base, Han and I walk out to see Leia right there. Han runs to her hugging her the pulling back to tell her the news, seeing Leia start to lightly cry into Han's shoulder I walk up to the couple. Leia notices and pulls me into a hug whispering it'll be ok and that it wasn't my fault but I did feel somewhat to blame for what happened to Ara. May the force be with her...

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