A/N: I swear you all will hate me after this chapter

He could barely walk. The harsh throbbing of his head and the soreness of his body seemed to make the situation worse. He thought about stopping, giving up but in the distance he saw the castle of the Solo-Organa family and the hope caused his legs to go further.

"General!"

He screamed out with all the energy he had left, his throat sore and dry. Poe found himself stumbling near the entrance, gripping his side.

"General!"

This time the scream wasn't as loud for he didn't have the energy to scream any louder. No response seem to came but one of the servants had come running out due to the commotion.

"Hello? Who's out there?"

The voice quivered, holding out a small lantern into the darkness of the night.

"Hello?"

"Jess is that you?"

"P-Poe?"

"Yeah."

"Poe!"

She ran out towards where the voice came from, pulling the man up into her arms.

"How'd you get here? I thought you were dead! But damn...you look horrible."

"Like I've been run over by a carriage right?"

"Exactly!"

The two laughed for a small moment as Jess helped him inside. He continued to clutch at his side, which was, at one point, bleeding out.

"Hey Jess, why are you in servant clothing? Did you get bumped down or something? Cause if you did, I have a few words to —"

She laughed nervously, shaking her head. "No it's not like that, it's because — ever since Ben died and that monster Kylo Ren started to attack, the First Order has been more present in D'Qar. If you're out in a Resistance Knight's outfit you're captured and put on trial..."

Poe sighed, the story too familiar to him.

"Every time, the knight loses and faces a punishment worse than death."

He clutched at his side, wincing in pain at the mention of his torture.

"I'm really glad you managed to escape, I've missed having you around Dameron." She smiled but pain was still apparent in her eyes.

"Jess?"

"Yeah."

"I saw him."

"What?" Jess's eyes widened.

"I saw Ben, our Ben."

"I thought he was killed! What has the First Order done to him? Is he dead now? Tortured like you? Poe we need to save him!...why didn't you save him when you escaped?"

He gave her a sad look before looking down and soon she knew.

"No...it's not true. No...not Ben."

"It's true, every part of it. Our old friend, little prince Ben Solo is...Kylo Ren."

Jess put her hands to her face and let out a scream of obvious pain, tears coming down her face. All Poe could do is watch her pain and listen to her cries, and it broke his heart.

"It's not true...it can't be, it can't! I refuse to believe our Ben is that monster! Oh, Poe where have the years gone? Where has our Ben gone? We used to dream of being King with his knights but now we have to fight against him."

"I know Jess...I know."

He pulled her in a tight embrace and the two cried into each other's arms, crying at what their reality had become.

Ben Solo is dead.

And he's never coming back.

———————

"So Ben, where are you from?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, where are you from? Like, where were you before you ended up in this place?"

Ben didn't answer, his stomach a nervous mess. What was he supposed to tell her?

"It's okay if you don't want to say," Rey looked at him, their eyes catching. "If it's too personal, I understand."

"Honestly, I'd rather not talk about my past."

"I understand the feeling," she looked away for a moment, before turning back to him and smiling. "Can I show you something?"

"Sure, why not."

Rey offered her hand, "you coming?"

"Yeah."

He took her hand and the two headed off.

———————

"Have you contacted Ren anytime soon?"

"I tried to a couple of times today."

"And?"

"He hasn't picked up."

Snoke narrowed his eyes, adjusting the crown on his head, "I knew this might happen."

"What do you mean?"

"Compassion. He has compassion. Too much, too much compassion in him! I thought that had been sucked out of him when his father was killed!"

"What shall we do then?"

"We go fetch the girl ourselves and show him how the job is done. Get some troopers ready."

"Excuse me?"

"We are leaving as soon as possible, I want that map!"

Hux bowed his head down, "Of course, I shall get troopers ready."

"Good, soon enough Luke Skywalker will be in our grasp."

A cackle filled the room.

———————

"Are we almost there?"

"Yeah, be patient Ben."

He rolled his eyes, following the girl up the sandy hill.

"Follow me," Rey whispered pulling him behind an abandoned building.

"What is this place?"

"Nothing much, really." She led him into the back of the building. The floor had a few cushions and the ceiling had been blown open, most likely from a bomb.

"I like to go here when I want to be alone. It's my own little place and I mostly go here to watch the sunset..."

Her eyes scanned out into the horizon.

"And it seems like we're right on time," she beckoned him over. "Sit, let's watch it together."

Ben did as he was told, settling onto the cushion next to her. She gave him a small smile and the two went silent.

"It's quite peaceful here, I like the quiet. It's a nice break from reality, you know?"

"Yeah..."

The silence was soon interrupted by the sound of gunshots.

"Rey?"

There was no response.

"Rey! Rey!"

"Ben?"

She was laying on the ground, fear apparent in her eyes for the first time.

"I thought you said the war doesn't really hit Jakku?"

"I did."

"Then what was that? Did it hit you?"

"Almost," she shook her head. "I ducked and —"

Rey was soon cut off by Ben shoving her quickly away from him.

"Hey! what was that for?"

"I saved your life, you're welcome. Now we should get out of here..."

"Why?"

He didn't answer the question, heading towards the exit. Rey followed close behind.

"Ah, Ren. I should've known."

Hux smirked cruelly.

"Ren?"

He heard Rey's shocked voice from behind him.

"Oh, I'm guessing he hasn't told you, has he?"

"Ben, what is he talking about."

Ren looked down ashamed.

"Well since he won't tell you, I will. You're little 'Ben' is actually Kylo Ren and you're his mission."

Anger and shock filled Rey's face. Hux smirked once again.

"Take her away."

Stormtroopers came out from behind them, enclosing Rey's hands in cuffs. Ren could only watch, stone faced as she was pulled towards the First Order ship.

"Rey..."

His voice was barely a whisper and before she was pulled inside, she looked at him once again.

Her face full of both hatred and betrayal.

It broke his heart.

"Snoke will deal with you later."

A/N: let me remind you this is both a slowburn and angst... I'm so sorry