The Force of Love.

Chapter Twenty- Seven

Rey's POV-
-One week till the wedding-
It's dark and musty in the hut that me and Ben are hiding in. I have the double edge lightsaber hybrid that was created out of my grandfathers lightsaber clutched in my hand, my black boots grinding little foot shaped in dents into the sand as I impatiently wait, crouched under the windowsill.
We are waiting to ambush and arrest the terrorists that have been harassing this small city on Tatooine.
"I never liked sand. It's always getting everywhere." Ben whispers in my ear.
I'm not sure why, but something about that line strikes me as impossibly funny, and I hold my breath to suppress a laugh.
Just then, a few voices stop by the window. A man and a woman humanoid, and about three other species of people that I can't I tell what they are, stand right in front of the window, brown cloaks drawn, hoods up, looking shady.
"Yessir we need to leave tonight, before those idiots from the wannabe grey order show up, tryna save the day and all that." Says the woman.
"I agree, but maybe we could capture that queen lady. She would make a very beautiful slave. I'd love to see her groveling at my feet." Says one of the unknown species of men, his translator box crackling out his words.
Hearing him say this makes me angry, and I stand up. I hop over the windowsill and jump right into the middle of their crowd, my eyes piercing, my grey and blue cloak swirling in the dusty winds.
"You know, I'd love to see you groveling at my feet." I say flinging back my hood. Ben stands up from the shadows ready to fight along side me.
"It's your queen speaking you little shits! I declare it lights out time!" I holler to them, and I begin to fight, knocking him over the head with my lightsaber shaft.
As the woman comes up behind me, Ben leaps out of the dark and tackles her, knocking her out cold.
In a mere matter of minutes, they all lay in a heap at our feet. Ben pulls me into a hug.
"Don't you ever do something like that again love. You could have gotten hurt, and that would have killed me." He rasps in my ear, his breathing heavy.
I nod and peck him on the lips. I radio in to the ship.
"We require assistance loading the disarmed prisoners. Bring the ship."
"Copy." The voice on the other end says.
I sigh in relief and start to sit down.
Ever since I was declared queen, (about 3 weeks ago) Ben and I have been traveling around the outer rim, negotiating peace treaty's with the less cooperative planets, along with dealing with terrorist groups that are trying to form a rebooted First Order.
It's utterly exhausting.
Ben sits down on the ground next to me, and I rest my head on his shoulder.
But I turn quickly when I hear the unmistakeable sound of storm troopers marching.
Ben recognizes it to, and we both jump up and fire up our lightsabers.
"What.
the.
hell."Ben says as whatever is going on comes into view.
It's about 30 burly men, almost all twice the size of me, wearing what is obviously old discarded storm trooper uniforms. But the armor is to small for their huge muscled bodies, so almost all of them have the dirty armor strapped to their bare chests, gaps yawning in the crooks of the armor. The men are dirty and ugly, and they hold various weapons, such as old blasters and electric staffs.
Then one man steps to the front of the crowd.

Ben's POV-
As I knock the final guy out, and he crumples to the ground, I step over to Rey panting.
"Don't you ever do something like that again love. You could have gotten hurt, and that would have killed me."
She's panting to, so she just nods, and kisses me quickly on the lips.
I step away and look around the dim and hot side plaza we are standing in.
Rey finishes contacting the pickup ship, and she sits down on the ground, so I go sit with her.
She rests her head on my shoulder, but only for a moment, because her head snaps up again, and we both turn as we hear,
Storm trooper boots pounding in the sand.
As the insanity comes into view, I just mutter,
"What.
the.
hell."
I barely register the burly army of men in to-small armor standing before us.
When I see who is leading them, all I can think of is protecting Rey.