"I'm not happy with this, so many things could go wrong, anyone of us could die" Ben said, shaking his head.
Rey watched him, her heart thumping, the plan that had been laid out before them still running through her head. They were going to be used as pawns, to be sent back to the First Order, her, Ben and Lando as the knights had asked. Of course they knew that once the First Order had them in their grasps then they would come after Leia and the rest of the resistance, but they wouldn't have a chance, while they were busy with their prisoners, explosives would be set, destroying weapons and ships and snipers would be in position all around the First Orders base to pick off the Officers and other senior staff whilst the Wookie army would lie in ambush.
Rey didn't like it anymore than Ben, it put not only them, but also Lando, directly in the firing line.
Tarrful growled and Leia nodded, "I agree, this is our best shot at this. If we wait for them to come here then they will have the upper ground, quite literally, they will fly in and blow this base apart"
Ben glanced at Lando, "What do you think?"
Lando sighed deeply, "I think you need to be listening to the princess kid"
Leia shot Lando a look of irritation, but he didn't seem to notice and Rey glanced at Ben, who's expression was one of resignation,
"Ok. When do we leave?" Ben said quietly,
Leia rubbed at her forehead, "You said that you had to return with Lando and Rey within two days. By my calculations that puts our time of departure maybe at sunrise tomorrow?"
Rey stepped forwards, "So what now? What can we do to help?"
Leia smiled, "Go, get some rest, both of you"
Rey smiled at the older woman, stopping as a thought crosssed her mind, "My Uh...my hut?"
Leia laughed, the sound echoing off the control rooms walls, "Still just as you left it. I guess I just never quite believed that you were gone for good, no matter what I said"
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Rey's hut was just as Leia had said. Not a thing had been moved. Ben followed Rey inside and looked around.
"Hmm" he said quietly.
Rey watched him curiously, he seemed lost in thought, "What are you thinking? Usually I can tell, but I'm not sure this time?"
Ben sighed deeply, a hand coming up to sweep through his hair, "This hut, it's just like the one that I lived in when I trained under Luke". Ben closed his eyes and inhaled deeply before turning to look at Rey, "How did everything go so wrong? How did things end up so shattered?"
Rey walked over to him then and wrapped her arms around his waist, her head on his chest, "I don't know. But tomorrow is our chance to put things right"
She felt Bens body move as he nodded and then he drew back, holding her arms, studying her, "I hate the thought of taking you to the First Order, if something happened...."
Ben trailed off and Rey reached up to touch his face, "We have to do it Ben, we have to" she whispered, before raising up on her tiptoes and planting a soft kiss on his lips.
His reaction was immediate, his arms wrapping around her and pulling her close, their now more familiar kiss deepening to a point where Rey heard herself whimper softly, her desire and desperate need to be close to him building. His desire was building too, Rey could feel it flowing off him in waves as his hand roughly gripped her hip, pulling her closer still, his hardness pressing against her belly.
