Crammed into an escape pod, Ben hopes Chewie's cannon shot can indeed wipe out the Star Destroyer's radar, or else they'll die right here, right now.
He can think of worse ways to go. Now, his mother clutching his hand and smiling, Poe with his hand resting on Finn's knee, Rey within reach, Ben feels more at peace than he's ever felt in his entire life, and he might be about to die.
"In there!" Finn directs Poe, who angles the tiny pod up a shaft. With a slurp, the pod is sucked inside, and Poe wildly presses the controls to keep the ship from smashing into the walls.
"Turn here!" Ben shouts, and instantly the pod veers to the right, and back to the left inches before being chopped by a fan.
Poe eases the pod to a stop in a small alcove with a ladder hanging down. Wind from a vent whips their hair, their faces, as they climb out. "We've got to hurry," he reminds them all.
"We know, Poe," grunts Mother as she hauls out a bag of explosives, passing it to Finn, another to Poe, and slinging one across her own back. She looks to Ben. "Go find Rey."
Ben nods. He's the first one up the shaft, and he's running through the halls, freezing every stormtrooper he sees.
"Traitor!" one screams at him before he freezes her.
Rey. Rey. Rey.
He doesn't know what cell they're keeping her in, but he feels her presence. Snoke's power still won't relent enough to let him use the bond, but it doesn't matter, because he can still feel the sweet pull of the Light, and it's leading him to her. He knows it.
There she is. The central cell. 65-74.
Ben uses the Force to pry the door open, heart thumping, tears ready to spring from his eyes as he charges in the room.
A blaster fires at his head.
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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...
