~ 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 ~ A Ben Solo/Kylo Ren Story

31.

Celeste watched the three guards turn and walk away, and felt a bit drained. They might have to have a backup plan for getting rid of them all. She had hoped to do it as peacefully as possible, so they wouldn't attract any attention to themselves, but that might not be an option. 

"That was good," Ren said quietly and pointed discreetly at the two dozen or so rebels sneaking in, carrying small explosives. She dashed over quickly and opened the door for them.

"Stick them right in here!" She instructed, grinning. They might actually have a chance at this. One of the rebels handed her a small remote. 

"The detonator. You'll be the last to leave, so you need to be the one to set it off," He explained, before turning to run to get more explosives. Celeste slipped it into her pocket and gritted her teeth. 

She turned back around to see Ren watching two dozen stormtroopers walk away calmly. 

"You got it under control?" She checked. He nodded, ducking behind a wall as another small wave of rebels filed in. "Be careful," She instructed, darting back to them. 

"Elle!" A familiar voice exclaimed. 

"Poe?" She grinned. He ran to dump his explosives in the door. She ran over and jumped into his arms, without thinking. 

"We thought you were a goner! First her, then you, we thought we were incredibly unlucky," He laughed slightly. 

"Stop standing there, I'd love to catch up but we have more important things to do!" She reprimanded, pulling away from their hug as she saw more guards approaching. 

Celeste reached out and into their minds, making them believe what she was saying was true. 

"This is of no importance. You will turn around, and forget what you saw," All of them nodded, and started walking away. She had turned around too quickly to see one of them look confused and stop in his tracks to talk into his radio.

"Send reinforcements to the fuel room, we've been compromised."

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"We've got company!" Poe's voice rang out above the whispers of the rest of the rebels, as they were suddenly surrounded on all sides. Blaster shots began, echoing loudly around the room. Celeste dropped and watched as the rebels ran for cover wherever they could find it, then firing back. 

She pulled her lightsaber out of her pocket and ran to the group of troopers nearest to her. She deflected the shots, and all of them bounced back and hit the guards that had fired them.

"Watch it!" A deep voice echoed around, over the sound of the blaster shots. She turned just in time to block a stray shot headed right for her the back of her head. She turned and saw Ren using the force to lift the stormtrooper that had shot it, and slamming him to the floor a few times. 

Celeste's heart sank. How had they been found out? She rushed to the rebels, swinging her saber and deflecting shots as they attempted to subdue the stormtroopers, while others continued to run back and forth for more explosives. They still hadn't noticed Ren, thankfully he'd done a good job staying in the shadows. 

"Wait-where's Poe?" She asked after a few minutes of no sounds except blaster shots and her saber deflecting. The rebels all glanced around for him.

She spotted Poe, surrounded by at least 25 guards, at the same time as she felt Ren's mood change. While she felt his confidence and calmness, she suddenly felt a twinge of fear, and his confidence dissipated. 

"Elle!" Poe yelled, being cornered. She knew Ren had around 40 surrounding him too, his saber on the ground, out of his reach, and neither of the men would be able to handle it themselves. 

"Catch!" She yelled, turning briefly and throwing her saber to Ren, distracting all of the guards surrounding them, as she pulled her knife out and ran towards Poe, throwing about half of them to the ground with the force, and knocking the legs out from under some of the others.

"Shoot them, you idiot!" She yelped, as Poe watched her, slack-jawed. He snapped back to reality and helped her shoot the remaining guards. 

"Was that Kylo Ren?" He asked loudly as they ran together back to the rebels.

"What are you talking about, Poe?" 

"Didn't you-nevermind, it must just have been panic," He trailed off, confused. 

Celeste glanced back just in time to see Ren being surrounded again, steeling himself.

"Get everyone back, I've got it from here!" She yelled to Poe, turning on her heel and sprinting to Ren, kicking his saber to him. It slid between the legs of a few guards, as he threw her lightsaber through the air. She caught it and skidded to a halt next to him.

"Doing okay?" She asked, out of breath. He panted and nodded in response, deflecting a few shots before slicing forward, taking the legs off of a few surrounding them. 

Vega gritted her teeth as she saw another hundred soldiers running towards them. 

"It's pointless," Ren said, watching as even more flooded in from all sides. 

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