Salvation

Chapter 33

Hux was livid as he stormed through his base. His soldiers were called back by order of the new High in Command. He barely had a handful of troopers who were willing to stay on his side but it wasn't enough.

He pushed open the doors to his main quarters and reached for his high end ale, gulping it down as greedily as he could. After a few seconds, he slammed the bottle back down on the table.

"I had...control." He muttered through the bitter feeling in the back of his throat.

He slammed his fist as hard as he could on the table. He swallowed down the rest of his ale. Within a few seconds, his door had beeped. He took his time answering, remaining at his table to finish his bottle.

"You want to explain to me how a small craft was able to land and take one of ours and leave without any one noticing?!" Ben screamed at the general in question.

"We have been on high alert since you have left with General Organa. There was no way anyone could have landed without our knowledge."

"Clearly someone was able to!" Ben shouted.

"We had people on different quadrants throughout, someone had to have detected something." A Resistance solder spoke up.

"Find out where it had landed and left and whoever was put to guard the area, bring them here. Immidiately." Poe spoke up from behind Ben.

The Resistance members nodded and abruptly left the room. Ben felt himself seething. It was supposed to be a celebration. The plan was risky and it went beyond expectations. Hux was removed from his title and was now the one that was wanted. His soldiers had been pulled back and soon his base would located and searched.

But somehow, he slipped through their plan and found Rey. What's worse was Ben couldn't feel her in the force. He tried calling out to her after he faintly heard her voice. But since he had come back, he couldn't feel her anymore and he nearly destroyed the conference room when he realized Rey was gone.

He felt more so furious with himself. She had wanted to come with him. She nearly broke her own hand when he refused to let her.

She would have been safer with me.

His eyes shut tight as he started to feel a dangerous familiar feeling inside his chest. Poe came around and placed his hand on Bens shoulder very cautiously. Ben flinched and turned to face him, snapping back to reality.

"Listen, whatever level of rage you're feeling, you gotta fight it. These people are better off helping you if they genuinely want to. Not because of they're afraid of you."

"I rather them succeed in finding her for her. Not for me." Ben said quietly.

"Yeah, and I know they do want to find her. But just keep the temper at bay. Motivate them without having them fear for their lives."

"Why do you care how they feel about me? I know you don't feel warm inside yourself after what I have done."

Poe chuckled. "You're right. I would love to get back at you for damn sure. But that's not important. The General assured us that you have changed. Or at least you're trying. And we need to find Rey. As soon as the soldiers get to Huxs base we'll hear of it."

"Shes not there." Ben turned towards the door.

"Why are you so sure?"

"He knew that he would be dethroned. He knew it would only be a matter of time before his base would be ambusbed. He was sneaky about coming here. He wouldn't bring her back to his base after that."