helloeverybunny | STAR WARS • Double Agent Kylo AU

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STAR WARS • Double Agent Kylo AU

CAST LIST
LUKE (r!63 Leia) keeponfighting	HANNAH (r!63 Han) parsec
BEN / KYLO REN fullfillourdestiny	REY goazon
BENEDICT / "SMALL BEN" shadowheir	HANA / "GIRL BEN" forcepilot
JANE (r!63 Jacen) / CAEDUS forceshadowed	JON / AEGON scaledwolf
ALLANA darkerdragon	AZOR darthdragon
AMELIA lightwolf	CASHMERE 64th

THREADS
BEFORE THE FALL ↠ when Jon and Jane were still learning to suck each other's faces (Ben says yuck) ↠ parenting 101 Hannah Solo style: if your kid amputates someone, take them to a casino and teach them sabacc ↠ what happened that night at the temple THE DARK AGES ↠ Luke and Hannah actually miss each other ↠ Cash and Jane talk about how cool Hannah is ↠ so Hannah was right all along because someone's clearly not dead THE FORCE AWAKENS... AND MORE ↠ Jane tries to talk Hannah out of doing something dumb ↠ Luke does not like Hannah going to Starkiller ↠ Jane decides to come out of hiding and join the Resistance, but she comes with a +1 (and a Loth-wolf) ↠ Hannah leads the Starkiller op and brings back way too many people ↠ so dinner was a disaster ↠ while the boys are busy with meetings, the girls drink because what else is there to do ↠ Ben and Rey return from Ahch-to after trying to talk some sense into Leia ↠ preemptive blanket apology ↠ there's contraception you know ↠ mom talk

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So much for staying calm. Hannah rolls her eyes, exasperated. "This isn't peace! You're not restoring it, you're destroying it!" Now she's irritated, the emotion radiating off of her. She's still the same semi-sour easily frustrated mother he's always known.

"Look at what he's done and what he's making you do. People are dying. Good people, like your father, are going to be hurt."

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"I do what is expected of me," that was true enough. No comment on whether or not he wanted to do it, but it was expected so he did it. It let him stay near Snoke, waiting till the time was right to strike him down. At least, that was the plan he had discussed with Leia.

"The General knows what he is doing."

Was there something she and Luke could have done differently? Some way to prevent him from becoming so brainwashed and so loyal to Snoke?

It doesn't feel like she's making progress but he hasn't run off and hasn't done her any harm, so she'll take that as a small win. She swallows down some of her anxiety and takes a few slow steps to close the distance between them. Maybe if she gets close and he can see how serious she is it'll make a difference.

"What about your family?" It could be a dangerous question to ask, given everything that's unfolded since that night at the Jedi temple. "We love you, Ben. I love you. Always have. Always will."

He was more confused than ever to say the very least of it all. It was as though she didn't know the plan, but he was sure Leia had promised to tell them all. Could something have happened that meant she never got to do that? No, couldn't be, he took this role to prevent exactly that.

"I do what needs to be done for my family."

She knows somewhere Chewie and Jane are watching this unfold - are they as confused as she is? Confronting Ben is going more smoothly than she may have imagined but there seems to be a disconnection. Nothing she's saying seems to be having any sort of impact on him.

"I don't know what you mean, Ben. I'm your family. I want you home with me, not here." Hannah continues to close the distance between them, willing to risk a sudden burst of his anger for the chance to see him close up. "You've become someone I barely know."

He really doesn't want to have to follow through with Snoke's order, and the closer Hannah gets, the more he knows it will be harder to not do it and expect to come out of it okay. He wants his family safe, and this is making it harder for him.

There's a nervous swallow, eyes darting over her. "We all change."

He's right in some ways - they have changed. In the most obvious, Hannah's aged. She's going grey, the stress and exhaustion of the years show in the furrowed of her brow. Hannah had tried over the years to be a good mother, even when it went against her nature and her preference for sticking to herself. She was never perfect but after losing the children it felt like she didn't have anything to fight for anymore.

She picks up on his nervousness and stops mid-step. Hannah doesn't step back, just holds her ground. She knows what kind of power he's capable of and she fears doing something to trigger his anger. Ben has a hotter temper than either of his parents and she's not interested in seeing what that would mean now that he's a grown man.

"What's wrong, Ben?" she does her best to keep her voice soft and soothing, a tone she hasn't used with him since he was small. There has to be a way to reach him. Despite all the things that he's done as Kylo Ren she's convinced that her Ben is still inside of him, somewhere. "Let me help you. Please."

"I know what I have to do," he mutters trying not to look at her. "I don't have the strength to do it." He looks up, seeing the dimming light. "If the light goes out, the weapon is ready."

"The strength to do what, Ben? We can help you. You don't have to anything he tells you to do."

Her gaze follows his to the light briefly, and then back to him. "What if you help us stop it? Destroy it and get out of here. Come home with me. I've thought about you every single day and if I could have done something differently. I've never been mad at you, not for any of this. I've just been mad at myself."

There was a deep intake of breath, the feeling stretching across the Force of - just for a moment - him finding what had been asked of him to be far too heavy for him to bear...

He didn't think he could cope with it anymore. But her words confused him.

"Mad at yourself?"

She nods. More than just mad, if she's really being honest. The regret and grief from losing both children tore a rift between Hannah and Luke. She didn't know how to handle her family falling apart and so she ran away from all her problems.

"Of course. I was supposed to protect you. From the the moment I knew you existed, I swore to myself I'd do anything I could to protect you from everything that could hurt you. I was afraid to send you away. It was supposed to be what was best for you... and you I know I don't understand the Force like your dad or Leia."

Hannah furrows her brow. She doesn't like talking about this - about the ways she failed her own children. But if it helps him understand and brings her son back... she'd tell him anything. "Maybe if I knew more or I asked more questions or if I'd just listened to you more I would have known Snoke was getting to you. But I didn't, and I'm sorry. I let you down."

The words made him stare. She... they didn't know, did they? Leia had said - Leia had promised - that she would tell them. That they would that he hadn't fallen to Snoke, that this was all part of a plan. She had promised and yet...

Ben put his mask back on.

"Run, Solo, there's no time for you left on this planet. Run."

Hannah holds her ground for the moment and pleads with him a last time: "Please, Ben. Come home."

It feels like she's failed him all over again. She can feel her opportunity to win him back slipping away and it's a heavy weight in the pit of her stomach. Hannah knows she owes it to Luke to make it back home, even if she does so without Ben. She gives a cautious glance towards where she knows Jane and Chewie are waiting. Should she give up while she still has the chance to get out?

Unable to get a good read on Ben and refusing to expose her position with a deeper Force probe, Jane had been watching the exchange in confusion. It is a far smoother confrontation than expected. It even feels like when she’d confronted him in the Temple all those years ago, though without the nagging feeling of danger and desperation.

That doesn’t mean she doesn’t fear for her mother’s life when she steps even closer. And when Ben tells Hannah to run and she doesn’t move, instead glancing at her direction, she throws all caution to the wind. Dammit.

“Ben.” Jane steps out of the shadows almost soundlessly, carefully positioning herself behind Ben, opposite Hannah. Their parents had insisted this was a mission to get her brother back, but she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t feeling the urge to just kill him and be done with it. “Hello, big brother. Must we do this again?”

Granted, she (and Jon) had lost the last time. But she’s had years of experience since, and a score to settle.

The pleading feels too much, everything feels too much. Knowing that Leia had broke her promise - that she hadn't told them - Ben just feels like it was all for nothing. That somehow... they just wanted him out of the way. He knew he wasn't the most personable guy in the world, but was he so bad his Aunt wanted him to turn Dark?

(If he hadn't spent years with Snoke invading his mind at every turn, and being tortured in the name of training, his thoughts at that moment probably wouldn't have been so melodramatic, but it is what it is.)

Jane's presence spikes hard before she speaks and under the mask he can't help but roll his eyes. Of course she shows up, of course she does. Can't stick to her job of getting the girl - Rey - out. Has to come make a scene.

"It'll end how it always does," he said. "You don't have long till the light fades. Get off the planet."

She's thankful to have Jane as backup, though there's a palatable tension between her children. Hannah knew this mission wouldn't be easy but she'd secretly hoped that Ben could be easily swayed by the presence of his family. That hasn't worked as planned but he also seems to be giving them every opportunity to save themselves, so maybe that counts as a success of its own.

Her instinct is to do what she can to protect them both - that doesn't work here, not when both children are far stronger than she was at their age. She'll have to step back and let them handle what's between them.

'We didn't come all this way to give up and go home." Maybe he's right and they should run but she's not going to do that until she knows they've tried everything.

Hannah looks to her daughter and nods. It's all on Jane now.

While Jane’s temper has never been as volatile as Ben’s, she’s having a little trouble keeping herself together right now, torn between her own personal feelings of vengeance and retribution, and her parents’ desperation to make their family whole again. That and Jon’s practically glowering through their bond at her going off without him — for the first time in so many years, and in the very situation they’d promised to stick together no matter what — which in turn has put her on the edge too.

But when Hannah looks at her... kriff, she can’t fail their mother. Can’t put their parents through the same pain at having believed they’d lost both their children.

“Not this time.” Her voice is pure durasteel. Stubborn, determined. “Seven hells, I should kill you. After what you’ve done—” To Jon, she thinks, but she doesn’t say it, doesn’t want Ben to even know he’s alive too. “But you’re coming back with us, and if I have to kriffin’ drag you out of here, I will.”

I should kill you.

There's a grim sort of humour to that. For a moment he just looks, and then the mask comes off again. He drops it to the ground, the thud of it echoing in the large cavern like hall. He steps forward on the walkway, not touching a weapon, not even drawing it. He looks his sister up and down, and there's no expression on his face.

"You could never manage it."

He looks down, and then glances at Hannah.

"Follow me."

He was done. With all of it. He wanted to be no where near the planet when Hux's inhumane project was ready. He was tarred by association, and that was already more than he wanted to deal with. Ben had made up his mind - he was going to find Leia and find out why she hadn't told them anything.

He was going to kill Snoke too, as soon as he got the chance.

His eyes glanced upwards, spotting the Stormtrooper who deserted, and the girl. Hm.

"They should follow, too. There's not much time left."

Hannah's not sure how to react at first, momentarily stunned into silence. Does she trust Ben? She did, in the past. He's still her son. Does she trust him enough to follow him, maybe to be led into a trap? On the other hand - this is what she came to do.

"Okay. We'll follow." She makes the decision for the group - if they disagree they'll just have to hold their complaints for later.

There's still a lot to work out between Jane and Ben and she hopes they can manage to tolerate each other long enough for them to return to the base together.

If Jane's nervous or worried or afraid of her brother, the only sign is the tightening of her jaw as Ben approaches. She doesn't reach for her lightsaber; she doesn't even turn her head to look at Kylo's mask as it hits the floor, only glancing at the object for the briefest of moments.

She meets his gaze, and from where Hannah's standing, the older woman can see just how not... Jane her daughter's expression is right now.

"You have no idea what I've become." It's a fact, and a warning. What happened in the Temple had changed her in ways her family's not fathomed yet, that only Jon really knows and understands at this point.

But then Ben is telling them to follow him. And Hannah's saying that they're following him. Fine. The sooner they're out of here, the better. She steps aside, nodding at their mother and comming both Chewie and Finn to meet them back at her ship. And fast. They don't have much time.

There's a mirthless smile at Jane's words. "Like you have any idea of what I am?" It's as much a statemtn as it is a question, and he's leading them all quickly through the base. His head jerks in odd ways, creating barriers to stop their path being intruded, and leading them out the fast way he can think of.

"What ship do you have?" His isn't here, but he knew they wouldn't be unprepared.

She knows putting her fractured family back together won't be easy, but now she's realizing it's going to be a longer road than even she could have guessed. Hannah opens her mouth to say something but changes her mind and decides she'd rather the kids fight openly rather than letting their anger with each other fester into something more.

"We took Jane's ship. You'll know it when you see it." Hannah still thinks of it as the Falcon, but it is Jane's now. "She can fly, you and I can talk."

Glad to have practically been given permission to not have to talk to her brother, Jane follows Ben and Hannah, keeping herself alert without delving into the Force too much. The last thing they need is Snoke locking on to her presence — not that she'd be surprised if he already knows by now.

Once her ship comes into view, she breaks formation to get there first; Blackfyre's still shaped like the Falcon, but painted black with accents of red. She settles into the pilot's seat easily, like it's always belonged to her, and in a way it has, at least it's been (mostly) hers for last five years.

She quickly gets to work. They don't have much time.

Oh, Snoke knows that they were coming. He was counting on it, it's why he gave Ben the order he did. An order that Ben was doing everything to avoid having to go through with completing - including coming up with reasons as to why holding off on compling with said order was important.

He follows along at the end, a looming shadow at the back of them. He's not surprised to see his sister's ship is so much like the Falcon - they had grown up there more than any planet. He watches at the ex-Stormtrooper and the girl are brought over by Chewie. The ex-trooper opens his mouth.

"Why is he coming with us? That's Kylo Ren!"

Hannah scowls at Finn. If that wasn't enough for him to realize that she thinks his question is stupid, she launches into one of her cranky rants. "Good thing we brought you along, I was hoping we'd have someone who could state the obvious."

She waves a finger at Finn. "I don't want to hear any more about it. He's my son. His name is Ben."

Chewie roars his agreement and throws a protective arm around Ben. Hannah nods. "Listen to him. You won't like what happens when he gets mad." Yes, she knows Finn can't understand a word Chewie says. He'll just have to figure it out.

They still haven't gotten to safety yet, so this really isn't the ideal time to argue. "Let's go. All of you!" Hannah shoos the young adults towards the safety of the ship, and then hurries up the boarding ramp herself.

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feel free to skip me for a few turns unless, you know, there’ll be a chase or something lol

WELL I THINK STORMTROOPERS WILL PROBABLY COME AFTER THEM 'CAUSE EXPLOSIONS

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