Star Wars: The Rebirth Of The First Order

Chapter 24

Kylo Ren stood alone his lightsaber ignited as water fell from above, his blade sizzled and smoked from the constant downpour but the saber stayed lit. An evil laughter poisoned the air, lightning broke though the sky and the dark warrior raised his saber just in time to deflect the deadly light. As more lightning split the sky the knight of darkness started to lose his ground, falling to the rocky earth with a thud. As lightning hit his chest the warrior crawled protectively over to the girl's body laying unmoving on the ground.

Laughter shot though the sky once more "so much for the Skywalker line."

Hux shot straight up, he was still on the couch but Ben was no were to be seen.

Mumbling and screams carried him to Ben's door, he threw it open and walked inside shaking Ben awake.

Ben opened his eyes confused. "Hux... I mean... Owen... what..." he mumbled in a sleepy voice.

"Did you have another nightmare?" Hux asked wide eyed.

Ben sat up and put his head in his hands. "Yes," he replied.

"About you and a girl in the rain"

Ben nodded. "Rey..." he whispered. Then his brow creased and he looked at Hux in surprise. "You saw it too?"

Hux nodded and sit in the chair across from him "what do you think it means?"

"I don't know, but I can't help but fear the worst. If you saw it too, then I'm sure it's more than a nightmare. The Force is warning us about something."

"Yes this is still really hard to get used to" Hux says.

Ben felt tears threaten to pour from his eyes. "I'm worried about Rey... what if this means that something is going to happen to her?"

"Just calm down I'm sure she can protect herself" Hux said trying (and failing) to be comforting.

"Yes she can... but that doesn't mean that something won't happen to her, I need to be with her so that I can protect her."

"Not to be blunt but you didn't do the best job of that in the dream" Hux points out.

Ben buries his face in his hands. "You're right Hux, maybe I'm not strong enough to protect her... I told you that I don't deserve her."

"I didn't say that, what I was saying is you were in the dream, which means you don't want it to come true then..." Hux trailed off not wanting to continue.

Ben nodded. "I just want her here with me so that I know that she's safe... she's helping set up a meeting between the First Order and the Resistance, I'm sorry I would have told you but you were asleep...The sooner they get here, the better."

Hux nodded his agreement deciding it best not to say anything to make matters worse.

Ben sighed deeply, trying to calm himself down. Right now, all he wanted was for Rey to hold him, to tell him that everything would be alright. But instead he was stuck here with Hux and his negative thoughts.

"I need you to give out an order tomorrow, not to shoot at the Resistance if they come here." Ben said, trying not to think about the nightmare.

"Of course" Hux said getting up to leave.

"Good night," Ben told him, laying back down again.

Hux nodded as he left the room and set back on the couch, all he could think of was the rising darkness