"You are all—go! Get out of my sight!" Mother waves her arms.
"Really, it was disgraceful," agrees C-3PO, golden arms on his hips as he surveys the lot of feuding pilots with judgment.
"Not you," Mother adds, pointing to Ben.
Poe holds an ice pack against his face. "Sorry, General." He glares at Ben as he storms out. His reaction is better than Chewie's, though. Chewie won't even look at Ben.
Finn glances back, confusion still written all over his face. Right now, Ben probably owes Finn his life more than anyone. Finn told them what Ben had said, backing up Ben's story that he was just trying to rescue Rey.
"Of all the dishonest—" Mother begins as soon as the door shuts. "Do you have any idea—"
"I'm sorry. I—I had to try—Rey—he might trade her for me—"
"Stop." Mother's voice is harsh. "I know you're lying to me, Ben Solo. I can tell you weren't planning to join forces with him again, though, though whatever you were thinking, it wasn't trading Rey for you. And I know you won't tell me whatever your real logic was behind this, if there was any—am I right?"
He says nothing.
She sighs in disgust. "Do you have any idea how precarious your position here is?"
He points to his swelling eye. "Yes."
"This is not a joke." She glares at him, swallowing as if tying to reign in tears. "Did you see what happened? Do you see how much they trust you? Finn, Poe, Chewie, BB-8—and for you to go and do this, betray that trust—"
"I thought it was the right thing to do," Ben whispers. He feels so confused, so torn up inside. Had he really? He remembers the look on Poe's face when Ben admitted he had been trying to leave, the complete and utter shock. Bile surges up his throat. "I thought—I thought I could help her."
"Good job," Mother says sarcastically.
A face appears behind her, and Ben gapes at it.
"Don't worry," specter Anakin says. "Obi-Wan once said the same thing to me, when Padmé and I tried to rescue him."
"What the—" Mother turns.
Anakin vanishes.
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•LEGACY - A Reylo Story•
Fanfiction*WRITTEN PRE-TROS, POST TLJ* When a ship crashes near the Resistance base, Finn and Poe are shocked to discover Kylo Ren. What does he want? And where is Rey? And as for Kylo, he must decide how much he can trust them with what he knows about Snoke...
