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After the Fight [for jakkujedi]

It was instinct, to raise his hand. feel the smack of the weight of the lightsaber hitting the leather of his gloves and to ignite. The guard choking him dropped to the floor and Kylo had not looked round once. His gaze focused on Rey, and he pushed himself to his feet, staring over at her. His breathing was hard - from exertion or adernaline, who knew - but his gaze did not move.

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"They'll kill me." It's not quite clear who he means. The First Order, or the Resistance. At this point, both are likely answers.

"No, they won't. I won't let them." Rey assured him. "And your mother won't let them either. All you have to do is come with me now. But we don't have much time, you said so yourself."

"If I go with you, Hux will take over," he pointed out. "Starkiller was his idea."

"And if you stay, you might die." Rey reminded him. "So what are your options here?"

He could stop Hux, he wanted to point out. Some measure of control to stop the First Order from getting as bad as it had been. Scale them back, actually use them to do good in the galaxy instead of becoming.... becoming what? And they were doing good, weren't they? Bringing order to lawless planets, providing order and justice where it was lacking? Those were good things. So why did his mind say they could do good, if he didn't already think that they were?

"... I don't know."

"I don't mean to rush you, Ben." Rey said. "But we're nearly out of time here, we have to...do something." And she didn't want to leave him. She felt like she would never see him again.

"Doesn't Hux have to take orders from you now? Can't you order him to stand down?"

"He wouldn't do it, not completely," Kylo said, knowing all too well that Hux would stand down... as soon as every ship was gone. Every ship... The longer they waited, the less chance there was.

And something inside Kylo Ren snapped.

"Follow me."

"Okay." Rey said. She was trusting him now. She didn't know where he was going or what they'd be doing. But she wasn't leaving him here on his own.

He grabbed her wrist, turning to drag her behind him as he stormed through the ship, face set in a murderous image. It made people move away from him quickly, worried at what might happen if they dared to stop Kylo Ren from whatever it was he had planned.

And it kept their path to his ship free.

That hadn't been what she expected, but she trusted Ben. She pretended to struggle with his grip a bit, to really sell it. No one was willing to stop him when he looked this pissed off. Hopefully that included Hux too.

Hux, it would appear, was apparently lacking in some sense of self perservation.

"Ren!" The ginger snapped. "Our leader is dead and you swan off?"

"I am taking the prisoner," a tug on Rey's wrists, "to my Knight, General," the word was sneered, "in order to make sure the spark of the Jedi is fully extinguished."

His voice was low, dangerous, and ... entirely convincing.

"I would advise not being in my way."

Rey really wanted to hit Hux. Like she wasn't sure she'd ever wanted anything more. He was what needed to be extinguished.

But she continued to struggle with Ben, as he dragged her along. Hopefully it would be enough to convince Hux to leave them be.

Frankly, Kylo's own feelings on Hux were very similar. The man was exactly what they needed to scorch off every planet face. Still, the General was a necessary evil... or at least he had been compelled to think him so. Right now, he was just an annoyance.

"You think your Knights can really do the job? You don't keep them around."

"The Knights of Ren," Kylo's voice cut through whatever rant Hux had started, "are not to be commanded by some boy who plays at armies. If you don't mind, General," he tugged Rey's wrists again, "leave the Force users to the Force users."

Damn, he was really selling it. Rey could sense that Ben wanted to take Hux's head off, but he wasn't going to do that. He was just trying to get them out of there.

There was so much she wanted to stay, but for now she stayed quiet. Once Ben got them out of there, then there would be time for talk. Besides, it was like she could feel his anger. Maybe the bond was still there, even with Snoke gone.

The threat seemed to work, and Hux stormed off in a rage. Kylo did not give a breath of relief, his jaw tightening, and continuing to storm forward in his angry manner until they were confined on his own ship.

He let go of her wrist and flexed his fingers, breathing deep.

"You really sold that." Rey told him when they were finally alone. "I almost believed you." She was glad that Hux had. But she didn't know where they were going from here. There was so much uncertainty. But one thing she was certain of was that she was glad they'd stayed together.

He gave a stiff nod, still feeling a bit wound from the act. It was easy to bring forth the anger when around Hux, and half of him still felt the need to stay. If only to stop the madness that would undoubtedly come. But... And that was the issue, that his mind would automatically go 'but'.

He believed fully in the need for change in the galaxy, for a better way of running things. He was just unsure that the First Order was the right way to go about it.

"What now?" Rey asked. She was glad they could finally breathe. And she just didn't want to leave Ben. She wanted to bring him home, to his mother. They could figure out the rest later.

Kylo stood awkwardly for a moment, looking around himself before seemingly coming to a decision. He strode off in the directions of the cockpit, before stopping and turning back to face Rey.

"... I don't know where to go."

"To the Resistance, Ben. We must help them." Rey said. She was certain of that much. So many of them had been lost, but as long as one of them remained alive...so did the movement.

The Resistance... who would very likely kill him on the spot. So would Hux, if given half the chance. Stuck between two evils, it just came down to deciding which one was lesser.

Another nod, and he went to sit in the pilot's seat. Resistance it was.

Rey believed he would be safe. She would not let the Resistance harm him. That was just something that she could not allow to happen. And Leia wouldn't allow it either.

"It'll be alright, Ben. You'll see."

"If they have any sense, they'd kill me where I stood," he commented lightly, setting in the coordinates Rey had told him. There's no emotion to the words, they're stated in a matter of fact manner. He believed it.

Always the monster.

"They won't." Rey said, putting her hand over his for some offer of comfort. "We're in this together." She told him. Ben had been conflicted, but he had finally chosen the side he belonged on. The Resistance was far from perfect, but it was better than the First Order could ever be.

In this together... The words left him with a warmer feeling than he suspects they should have done, but he didn't want to think on it too closely, not when he had to try to get them down to Crait before Hux spotted where his ship was headed. If anyone else spotted it, they would likely assume he just went to take care of things himself - they knew his power, after all. What were blasters compared to the might of the Force.

"There was a base on Crait," he said to Rey. "In the days of the Rebellion against the Empire. That's where they'll be."

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