The Force Between Us // Kylo Ren

Chapter XXIII

I STAND I THE SAME SPOT and stare at the point where Poe disappeared. I find myself hoping that Poe gets to the rebel base safely. All of the hatred I held for him is now gone. The pain and misery that once held me captive is slowly being replaced by a familiar warm feeling that only just resurfaced when Poe said he loved me. I realized that what I was doing was wrong and I was not born to be seduced by power. It was like a blanket of peace floated over me and finally I feel at ease.
     I heat from the nearest sun begins to make me sweat. I know Kylo can find me where ever I go so I am not worried. I was about to sit down on the hot sand when I here a voice. I quick run and duck behind a small dune. I peek over the mound to see a storm trooper taking off his gear muttering to himself. I had never seen FN2187 with out his gear but I know that is him. I begin to follow him. I see him cast glances over his shoulder from time to time but he never sees me. Though I had forgiven Poe betrayal burned with in my gut as I stalked the ex-storm trooper.
By the time we reach the nearest village I can see that FN2187 is parched but the dry heat doesn't seem to bother me much because I have been in worse conditions. FN stumbles into town as I lumber on the outskirts nervous that someone might recognize me and raise an alarm. I know I shouldn't be scared knowing I can take anyone but I wanted to see what FN was doing.
The sun's heat finally catches up to me as I begin to sweat. I strip off my cape as a long sleeve shirt with a vest lies under it. I see a girl start to chase FN I immediately trudge towards the two when I stop in my tracks. Infront of me lies a BB8 unit but not just any droid a white and orange one that I would know anywhere. This is Poe's droid and the one the First Order is looking for. I duck behind a market stall and rap my cape around my head letting it cover all my face except my eyes the rest hangs off the shoulders. Now fully disguised I step out in the open keeping a safe distance away from my targets. I pretend to be interested in some beads in a stall as I observe the girl. She has brown hair and wears tan clothes that seem to drape around her. She carries a long pole that reminds me of the weapon I used to fight Poe. I see the girl take FN's hand as they look at something behind me. At first I think they are staring at me but i look over my shoulder and see two storm troopers. The two troopers spot the couple and begin firing. Everyone runs for cover but me. I stand in the open as I watch the scene before me. Blasters go off all around me as I see people drop. I begin to smirk admiring the power that the First Order has but then I see an elderly person trying to hobble away but is shot down right in front of me. I stare at the lifeless figurer as sorrow for him builds up. Those troopers shouldn't have killed a defenseless man.
My eyes snap up and I jump aside just before a laser zooms right where I was standing. I locate the source of the fire and see it was one of the, now, many storm troopers. They must not recognize me so I begin to run with the crowd trying to find FN and the girl. I hear an ah to familiar screaming sound as I look up to see TIE fighters racing towards the helpless village. I spot Poe's droid and his acquaintances running towards the junk yard. I quickly pull off my cape from my head and place it back over my shoulders hoping that it will stop the First Order from shooting at me.
I stride towards the running figures as they try to get on a jumper but then is forced to go on a freighter. I begin to walk faster trying to stop the traitorous trooper from escaping. Before I was just watching to see what FN was going to do but I had always planned to capture him and take him back for punishment. But now I see my curiosity might prevent me from dowing that. I start to run as I see the ramp to the freighter closing.
Out of the corner of my eye I see something that makes me stop. A little boy is on the ground in a ball crying as his mother drapes herself over him protectively. She hold up one hand begging th trooper pointing the blaster at her to have mercy. I don't know what over comes me because I change my direction and run towards the mother. Just as the trooper is about to kill them I jump in front of the blaster as I yell, "Stop!"
"Get out of my way scavenger!" The trooper yells at me.
"No I will not let you kill these people."
"You are interfering with a storm trooper orders. Now be prepared to face the consequences." This trooper must be a new recruit because he doesn't notice that I am part of the First Order and that I a second to Kylo Ren. I am about to scold him for talking back and threatening someone at a higher rank then him when I hear a blast go off. I feel a searing pain in my shoulder as I use my other hand to throw the blaster out of his hands and begin to choke him.
"Do you not know who I am? I am the Dark Knight part of the First Order. And you just threatened and shot at an officer. That is the highest degree of treason. Therefore I sentence you to death." I flick my fingers as his neck snaps and he falls to the ground. I smile as I relish in the feeling. But I hear a gasp escape the mothers mouth as I turn around. The little boy and the mother don't look at me like a hero but a monster. The looks strikes a cord in me as I am once again shaking confused and scared at what I have become. I had killed that trooper so easily. I run off away from the commotion and out towards the desert. I ignored the cites and the sound of a ship blasting off as I run until I stumble and fall. When I fall I let out a yelp as I grip my wounded shoulder blood pours out of it. Through the confusion I had forgotten that the trooper shot me and the pain ketches up to me. I had dozens of blaster wounds and recently I had become to enjoy the feeling of the pain in my body.
But this time is different because I am not only broken on the outside but the inside also. My eyes tear up and my vision becomes blurry as I rock holding my shoulder. Wind starts to pick up as sand whips me in the face. I tuck my head in between my knees. Familiar arms loop around my shoulders and knees as I am picked up. I stare into the face of the one person who I know won't make me confused. The one person who comforts me. The one person who feels like the other half of me. And I decided from that point on that no matter what happens I will not lose this dark angel and I will stand by him no matter what happens.

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