The Force of Love.

Chapter Twenty -Eight

-One week until the wedding-
Ben's POV-
As the one man in all the world that I hate with all of my heart steps into view, Rey starts to shake. I pull her into my arms, pressing her face to my chest so she can't see him.
"Ahh, a pleasure Mr. Solo, and soon to be Mrs. Solo." Hux purrs, his face twisted into a cruel grin.
"Stay away from her." I hiss.
I know he sees that familiar hate in my eyes, because he takes a step back in surprise, and then his face lights up evilly, and the creeps forward.
"Here's the Kylo Ren I knew and loved. It's a real shame that you didn't love me in return, for now I have to kill her, once and for all, while you watch, powerless. Then I will kill you as well." He growls, and Rey whimpers, and clutches my shirt in her fists.
"You will never hurt her again." I growl.

Rey's POV-
I whimper and clutch Ben's shirt in my hands.
But I have to be strong. I must stand up to him, and I must face my fears, if I am ever to be free of them.
"You will never hurt her again." Ben says, and his words give me courage.
I turn away from his chest, to face my enemy.
"You will never hurt me again." I say with a newfound power, and I ignite my lightsaber, charging into battle.
Ben follows my lead, slashing Hux's men in non fatal ways, such as across the leg, or arm, or bashing them over the head with the grip of it.
I run screaming towards Hux, and he meets me with and electric staff.
"Fitting that you will die by the hand of yet another electric weapon." He yells over the noises of battle to me. I block him out, and continue to parry and block, waiting to strike,
Until I am hit in the back of my left thigh with a blaster shot. I fall to my side, and Hux looms over me.
"Prepare to die Rey." He screams, and he holds the staff above my heart, ready to drive it through my chest.
But Ben, my protector, as always, tackles him.
They roll around on the ground, punching and trying to stab each other.
The goon that shot me in the leg comes over and aims the blaster at my heart.  I think he severed my muscle that connects my leg to my hip, because I can't move it.
As he stands over me, I stick my lightsaber into his leg, and then I fling him to the side. I roll over and see Ben and Hux, across the clearing.
Hux has Ben pinned against the wall, Ben's own lightsaber pointed at his neck.
Hux is going to kill Ben.
I dig my hands into the soft sand, and claw my way towards them. I drag myself over knocked out bodies, and through dust and dirt as fast as I can,
But I'm to slow. I won't reach Ben in time.
"I HATE YOU!" Hux screams, and I know he's going for the final blow.
I reach my shaking hand into the air...

Ben's POV-
"I HATE YOU!" Hux screams in my face, and I know he's about to strike. Suddenly everything is moving in slow motion.
I clench my eyes shut, and think of Rey.
I never got to marry her.
I never got to introduce her as my wife.
I never got to have a child with her, if that's what she wanted.
I never got to see the birth of such a child.
I never got to kiss my mom goodbye.
I never got to tell everyone how thankful I was for a second chance.
I never got to kiss Rey, as we both stood there with grey hair, living in a universe full of peace that we created.
But I open my eyes slowly, when I don't feel Hux's body wait against me anymore.
And I open my eyes to something insane.
Hux is hovering in the air before me, a grey glow around him. He is passed out cold. I look over at Rey.
She is covered in blood and grime, laying weak on the ground. But she has a arm stretched out into the air, and her hand is clenching and releasing, making the grey halo pulse.
She has never looked more sure of herself.
She drops her arm as her energy leaves her, and she face plants into the dirt.
I take a step to go to her, but my stomach cries out in agony.
I look down, and see that my shirt is sticky with blood.
I wonder how that happened?
I think as my world goes black, and I fall over into the sand.