Away

Boom

*Rey's pov

"Luke!" I stumble towards the jedi master fighting a trooper. 

"Rey!" he slashes his saber through the man, and turns to me, leaving the body to crumple to the ground. "Are your alright?" His eyes travel over my shoulder to behind me. "Where's Ben?"

"He went to fight one of his former knights." I say, struggling to hold back the tears sure to follow the prickling behind my nose and eyes.

"No, we've to to go help him." Luke says softly his eyes glazing over in worry.

"I know, let's go!" I grab the sleeve of his robe and begin hauling him towards the black figure emerging from the craft.

*Ben's pov

Ezra Ren lunges at me and I block the red saber with Anacin Skywalkers old one. We fight a dangerous dance of lunging, blocking and swinging around, adding to the chaos around us. I finally, get a good hit to his right leg, and his knees give out.

"Fine," he spits at me. "Finish me."

My eyes suddenly widen as I take in the position we are in. Him kneeling in front of me, my saber to his neck, an inch away from his death.

"No," I stumble backwards. "I can't kill like that anymore."

The knight in front of me starts laughing long and menacingly. 

"You're weak," he says a look of complete disgust on his face. "Like you always have been." With the final word, he activates his red lightsaber and swings it across my saber arm.

I gasp and look down at the black burning gash that runs across my torso, and suddenly my shaking legs won't support me and I fall to the ground, trembling. Through blury vision, I watch as Ezra stumbles up, and towards his ship. A grown emanates from my throat as I anticipate my next action, and I too, stand and begin stumbling toward the big, black, blury ship. 

*Rey's pov

"Nooo!" I come to a stop at where the ship that Ben went into had taken off. "Why?" I scream, tears poring down my face.

"C'mere," Luke's voice came from behind me, and I turned to him, wrapped my arms around my new father-figure and cried.

*Ben's pov

 I knew what I had to do. I'd been on this type of ship many times before, and even through the haze of pain, I knew were the engine room was. The gray walls spoke of unspeakable memories as I made my way down to my destination, but I didn't dwell on them, and kept my focus on the task at hand.

Slowly, I stumbled down into the bottom of the craft, and found the engine right were I thought it to be. For a spit second, my head seemed completely clear of all the fog the pain had left, and I knew exactly what I must do and how I must accomplish it. 

I love you, Rey. I though, hoping she could hear me.

I looked down at my hand, knuckles white, gripping the saber's hilt. The hesitation that hits me is only a fraction of a second before I press the button with now stable hands, activating it, and throw it into the roaring mass of machinery. 

My mission accomplished, I now have to worry for my life. Knowing I have but a few seconds, I race upstairs as quickly as my now shaky legs will take me, towards the escape pods. I hear the uproar upstairs, panicking as something with no back up was damaged. I smile to myself, as I lock myself into a pod, and take a few deep breaths to calm myself. Here goes nothing.

*Rey's pov

The explosion hit me like a brick wall. 

I love you, Rey.

Ben's words bounce around in my head as I sob into Luke's chest. Why? Why does it seem that everyone I learn to love always disappears? First it was my parents, then Han, now Han's own son, Ben. 

The war froze as the fiery pieces of metal rained down over a the battlefield. That was pretty much the end, and one by one, each of the troopers dropped their guns, signaling surrender.

Five days later and the pain hasn't gone away. With Ben gone, it's like a piece of me has been ripped away. I feel hollow.

Two days later, Luke came to my room, which I haven't left unless forced to since that horrible day.

"Rey," he said, kneeling down by my bed. "An escape pod left as the explosion went of."

My eyes widened as he continued.

"And we believe Ben was in it."

THE END OF BOOK ONE

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So, was it as bad as I'd warned you? 

What I think is so suiting right now is that my sister is playing the  Star Wars melody on her violin in the other room! 

So................. I will not be starting the nest book for a month or two, because I have about fourteen million others to write as well. 

Anyways, may the force be with you, and I will be back soon, my young padawans. :)