Salvation To My Stars • Kylo Ren [2]

XVII

Bellamy's Pov

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To be completely honest, I'm not really sure how the rest of the trip to Dagobah went. I remember fighting with Elwood, falling asleep while watching the stars and waking up to see that someone had put a blanket around me. Not that I care who did though, I'm just curious.

The silly little argument Elwood and I had is even more so confusing the next day, but he's a man. Men are the reason some women are looked upon as weak and unneeded. They also cause plenty of feelings that nobody truly wants, and do I have to point it out one more time?

He. Is. A. Man.

"General Ren?" Captain Onyx interrupted my train of thought. "We have arrived to Dagobah, I'm not sure what your plan of attack is."

"I don't have one," I reply simply. "I will be attending to this business myself. All stormtroopers are to stay onboard unless I say otherwise. Is that clear?"

"Yes ma'am."

I turn to search for a cloak, noticing how incredibly disgusting and swampy this planet seems to be. Elwood is behind me, also searching for a cloak and I can't help but turn around and face him with a grim expression etched on my face. "And what do you think you're doing?"

"Coming with you, what else does it look like?" He responds, not meeting my eye.

My face twitches and I can feel my heartbeat quicken. "I don't think so."

"Your opinion overrules mine only some of the time, therefore, I am coming with you." Elwood picks up a blaster and shoves it into his cloak. "We don't want to waste any daylight."

"There is no daylight." I grumble.

The forest was ancient. The trees thick and old, with roots that were twisted. It's canopy was so dense that you could only see the occasional streak of sunlight that rarely touched the forest floor. Even its thick vines were slowly taking away the last remnants of the temple that stood in the centre. Everything seemed to be a muddy swamp, peopled by hideous animals wallowing in the green slime, and by millions of mosquitoes swarming amidst humid air.

"Do you have any idea where you are going?" Elwood questioned, looking down miserably at his boots.

"No," I reply with a shrug. "The force will guide me to him."

And I was right. A hut caught my eye and I was merely disappointed. It had the look of a poorly planned project gone badly wrong. The exterior walls had rough sodden planks and were absolutely wonky. Dirt and moss clung to the grooves of the dome shaped roof that jutted out, overhanging the walls by a good two feet on every side.

Elwood began to walk up to the hut but I grabbed his arm. "Wait!" I pull him away. "We could be walking into a trap, I sense something."

I took a deep breath and picked up a nearby stone without touching it and dropped it right in front of the door of the hut.

Elwood watched. "I've got a bad feeling about this."

Click.

We were suddenly flung backwards by a massive explosion, toppling over each other and falling into the net of a trap.

"Great," Elwood mumbled, his foot in my stomach."Just great..."

"Would you stop complaining?" I jab my foot into his head. "We aren't dead."

"Being trapped with you feels like death." Elwood said, sighing . "I think I can grab your lightsaber."

"Try and get it."