Salvation To My Stars • Kylo Ren [2]

XLIII

Bellamy's Pov

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"What do you want Bellamy?" Jude barked, scrambling to his feet with Nalani by his side. His face was painted with confusion and surprise, something I didn't think would have much of an affect on me.

"News flash kiddo, we are here to kill you," Sebastian turned to the queen. "Both of you."

From behind me, I felt Elwood approach us. Fear flashed across Nalani's face as she realized why he was late. "You killed all the guards, didn't you?"

"You're cornered," Elwood muttered out, his voice shaky. "Don't try and fight your way through this."

Jude reached for his lightsaber, igniting it within seconds. "You don't have to do this."

"Enough with the theatrics," Sebastian raised his blaster and took a shot at Nalani, which was immediately reflected by the saber. "Blast it! Don't just stand there Isidore, do something!"

"Stop this Bellamy," Jude yells at me. "I know that you've been receiving old memories you didn't think happened. Kylo Ren muted your memories to make you a wired killing machine! On the other side, the fallen Jedi, great grandfather, Obi-Wan Kenobi, mother? They are trying to get you to see the Light you are pretending to not feel."

The sudden nausea swirled in my empty stomach. My head swam with half-formed regrets and painful confusion. The heartache was like a red hot coal placed on my chest, it glowed and burnt me at the same time, but it did not cool quickly like a coal in water, it throbbed and tortured me as my fingers trembled to ignite my purple lightsaber.

Frantically, Jude looked around for something he could give to Nalani. Suddenly, the blaster rifle in Elwood's grasp was flung across the meadow and into Jude's hand. He pushed it into Nalani's arms and yelled. "Run!"

They took off in a sprint, into the darkening forest of Gungan territory. Sebastian shoved past me, running after them like a mad man. I felt Elwood touch my shoulder and I turned around. His face was soft and kind, even after he killed innocent people. "I'm with you, no matter what."

I shut my eyes for a second. Thinking, pleading and reaching out to Snoke. Desperately trying to latch onto some kind of darkness that I could find but he did not respond. I even try to call out to my father but all I am given is the cold silence of nothing.

Let me Isidore Ren one more time please.

"Let's go," I begin to run. "I'm not losing him, not this time."

I get in the zone. My tracking instincts kick in and through the force, I lead myself towards Jude Solo. The chase is only sport for me, but means everything to him. For me, taking his life is just a small part of a wider game. I know he believes that I won't kill him but that is of course, a lie to bring hope where there should be none.

Or will I show him mercy?

I weave dangerously in and out of the trees, half blinded by the glare of the morning sun, the sound of never ending rivers distracting my mind, I hear Sebastian's footsteps.

"We're close."

I turn a sharp corner and hit a dead-end cave. Confused, I turn around to find out that I am alone. Elwood is no longer behind me and I am met by a chilled wind.