Change My Mind

Chapter 7

Handcuffed, the four of us were ushered into a hall where General Pryde, General Hux, and another were standing.

"Allegiant General, the scavenger is not with them."

"Take them away. Terminate them." I looked at Hux as he glared at me. Pryde walked away as Hux approached me.

"Zebediah..." he said. I tried to kick him but the Stormtroopers held me back. Hux then gave me a look before looking at the Stormtroopers. "Follow me." We all followed him into a room where the Stormtroopers lined us up and pointed their guns at us from the back. Poe looked at me as I looked at him, sorrow covering his face. "Actually..." Hux said. "I'd like to do this myself." Poe looked at Finn.

"What were you gonna tell Rey before?" he asked.

"You still on that?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, is this a bad time?"

"Yeah. Sort of is a bad time, Poe."

"Well, 'cause later doesn't really look like an option."

"Don't say that Poe," I said before taking a deep breath. Suddenly, we heard blasts and all flinched, but nothing happened. We turned to see that Hux had killed the Stormtroopers.

"I'm the spy," he said. We were all in disbelief.

"What?"

"You?"

"We don't have much time."

"I knew it!" Poe said. I looked at him.

"No, you didn't." We all ran through the halls when I spotted BB-8, C-3PO, and the other droid approaching us. "BB-8, come on!" Hux opened a door to a catwalk as I peered out the window, spotting the Millennium Falcon below.

"There she is. She's a survivor." Poe and Finn ran out of the catwalk but Hux stopped me.

"Wait. Wait. Blast me in the arm. Quick."

"What?"

"Or they'll know." I went to blast him in the arm but blasted him in the leg instead, causing him to fall to the ground.

"Why are you helping us?" I asked.

"I don't care if you win. I need Kylo Ren to lose." I watched him for a moment as Poe called out my name.

"Take care of yourself, Hux," I said. "Or don't. I could care less." I then ran onto the catwalk and we jumped down the Falcon. We helped the droids on and Poe and I piloted, flying up to the deck. There, we spotted Ben and Rey, Stormtroopers surrounding. All of the Stormtroopers blasted at us as I pulled a lever.

"Hold her steady," I said. Poe then pulled a lever, causing all of the Stormtroopers to fly back.

"Finn! Move fast!" Finn opened the hatch and ran down, calling Rey's name. Rey jumped and soon she was inside, me and Poe piloting away from the Destroyer. Soon, we were in lightspeed. "I don't know why they're not following us, but I don't trust it."

"Poe. The landing gear's busted," I said.

"How busted?" Chewie then groaned. "Rey and Finn are working on it? We're doomed..." We found Exegol, attempting to land normally, but it was a crash landing instead.

"Everyone okay?!" I asked, getting up.

"Yep!" BB-8 chirped as I opened the hatch. We all got out and made our way up the hill. We all stopped at the roaring winds to witness the scene. It was the remains of the Death Star, crashing within a raging ocean.

"What... what is that?" the green droid asked.

"It's the Death Star. A bad place from an old war."

"It's gonna take up years to find what we're looking for," Poe said.