THE FATE

CHAPTER 16

KOR

Once we approached Starkiller, I wanted to give her some time to debrief with Snoke. I don't know what's going to happen, but I know that it won't be good for her. There is a reason I wasn't allowed to be apart of the meeting. 

I hate that she ushered me off to go the infirmary. I wanted to talk to her, I wanted to give her a pep talk before meeting with Snoke. I wanted to settle our fight. I wanted to tell her the truth about Tatooine. But I couldn't in that moment with her, it wasn't the right time. 

I wanted to tell her that I had requested Tatooine a while ago when her and Kylo were off and on. I wanted to tell her in a way that I had to move on from her. I wanted to tell her that I haven't stopped loving her. But I don't think she would of understood. 

Now, I don't want to move on from her. I want to tell her I love her. 

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I settled back into my quarters, awaiting any word from her. But it was silent. I haven't heard anything from her yet. It hasn't been an hour, but I would have hoped of something. 

"Lex? You finished with them yet?"

There was nothing on the end of that call to her. Maybe I should head down there and see what is going on. I grabbed my helmet and chucked it onto my head and made my descent to the command center. 

Then I heard it, not even before I entered the hallway. 

Her screaming through the force. 

I ran. I have never ran so fast. 

She is screaming out in pain again, I see her hunched over on the ground. 

What the fuck are they doing to her? I need to save her. I need to stop this now. I will take her back to Leia, and she will be safe from any harm. That's my plan now.

I began typing on my comms watch to ask Cody to prepare our ship. 

I reached the area of the command center but I am met with red troopers. 

"I need to be let through," I demanded. 

"You are not permitted." One of them replied back. 

Fuck this. 

I push through, I shoved the troopers into the wall and into the ground just to reach her. I got close to the door but I was yanked back. I pulled out my blaster and began defending myself. 

More screaming, this time she didn't stop screaming.

There were two troopers standing in the way of the door, I just needed to get past them. 

"Lex, I'm here!" I cried out to her through the doors. I'm completely unsure if she heard me, but I held on to that hope. 

"Major Kor, put the weapon down, now!" a trooper yelled at me. 

"Not until you open this door," I demanded back. 

"You are not permitted, if you do not lay down your weapon, you will be charged and imprisoned."

If I'm in prison, I will be here on Starkiller with her. I won't leave her. 

I aimed my blaster at the troopers foot, just to wound him. And turned to the doors to pry them open. 

Chaos erupted. 

Then I was stunned. I couldn't move. 

"He is due to report to Tatooine in a couple days, see that he is instead to leave now," Hux looked down on me.

"Let me go, she is being attacked in there!" I yelled back at him. 

"Get him out of here," he threw his hand up and walked away..  

Fuck. 

I attempted to reach out to her through the force, but she couldn't hear me. All I could see and hear was her in pain, her crying, and screaming. I wanted to stop this immediately. I wanted to end Snoke's life for hurting her again.  

I was shackled and dragged away from the current scene. I wouldn't leave her without a fight. 

I dug my heels in and attempted to head butt the trooper who was leading me. I was able to stun him and then I shoved the other one into the wall. I made for the entrance of where she was screaming, then I was tackled. 

Hands were grabbing at my head and my arms to stop me. I groaned out fighting off three troopers and shoving them back into the ground. 

I was just inches away from the door, as the door swung open. 

I was met with his helmet. Kylo Ren's helmet. With him carrying her lifeless body. I stared at him and then I saw the blood dripping from her cheek, and I stared back at him with anger growing in my eyes.

"What did you do to her?" I questioned. I couldn't keep my eyes off her. Her soft face, her beautiful face, now streaks of red stain it. I wanted to hold her because I could feel how scared she was. 

"I think you already know," he whispered through his decoder. 

"Tell me what you did to her!" I yelled back. 

He turned and started walking away from me. I attempted to run after her, to take her away from that monster. I was held back. I could no longer hold off the troopers anymore. 

"Why did you hurt her!" I yelled. "LEX! WAKE UP!" I kept screaming. Somehow hoping I could wake her up. I could feel her extremely faint heartbeat, but she was alive. 

"Lex, please, wake up baby."

Nothing. It was empty, it was black. It was like screaming into water. 

I was being pulled the opposite direction, into the hangar to go live my sentence on Tatooine. A request that turned out to be a mistake. I wished nothing more than to go back to that day and trash that request. 

I entered the ship, and was thrown into a seat. I looked up and saw a familiar face running to my direction. 

"Cody!" I yelled. 

"Major, what is happening? I got your request to prepare the ship but I was denied access," he questioned innocently. 

"Kylo has attacked Lex, and I'm being transferred now instead of in a few days."

"What??" he asked. 

"Take care of her, please. I will check back with you in a few days. Please, take care of her. I don't know when I will be back."

"Why are you shackled?"

"I may have attacked a few guards."

"Oh. I will keep an eye on her."

"Take this necklace, give it to her," I reached over my neck and pulled off the small chained necklace with a purple crystal embedded. 

"See you on the other side," I gestured to him.

"May the Force be with you," he whispered to me. 

May the force be with you? Why did he say that to me. I have not heard that word from him in a long time. 

I let out a sigh and watced the stars pass me as we were getting closer and closer to the desert planet. I was to take over this command center here and rid it of that Sun gang. Apparently, they have taken over most of the major cities and the prior commander was paid by them. 

I'm glad I'm here, because I can take out my anger on them. The anger of how much I have grown to hate the First Order, Kylo Ren, and Snoke. The First Order have lost their grip on the war against the Resistance here, and I will make it my duty to work with them. To get Lex out of here, and safe. No matter the cost.