Taking Command Book 2 (Kylux)

Chapter 50: Faster

Kylo PoV

I reached Centax-2 in about twenty hours or so. I had spent the time mainly sleeping and practicing with my lightsaber. I still used it, even though I no longer was a Dark Jedi or Force sensitive at all. It was a good weapon that had served me well. I had also learned the usage of blasters. I preferred pistols to sniper rifles, but I could use either to deadly effect.

I grabbed my two blaster pistols off of the copilot chair after I landed on the planet. I walked onto the surface, gripping both tightly, ready to attack or defend.

"You're tense today, Ben." Rey tapped me on the shoulders from behind, causing me to jump and level my blasters at her.

"Don't do that!" I snapped, surprised. I relaxed a bit, the panic merging into irritation. "You beat me." I smirked ruefully. "I should have known not to race you. Poe said you were the fastest pilot he'd ever seen." I watched her blush as I mentioned Poe's name. She was besotted with him, I could tell. I could not blame her. I felt quite an attraction to the dashing you Resistance leader as well. Focus. I told myself. Not the time to be thinking about your one sided crush on your boss.

"He really said that?" Rey asked curiously, looking up at me with her brown eyes wide.

"Yeah," I replied, remembering when I had first received the mission. Poe had told me that I would be getting a shipment of armaments from the Resistance's top pilot, the fastest one they had.

"That's real nice of him." Her demeanor changed and she became slightly more serious. "Your shipment is in my ship. Right this way. It's just a kilometer or two." She started walking across the rocky moon. I followed her.

"Here you go." She said, opening the storage hatch on her ship and grabbing a box and hauling it out onto a cart to push it on. "There's a couple more. Mind helping me out?" She asked.

"No problem." I said, walking over to grab one of the six remaining boxes and haul it on the cart.

We made short work of the shipment and slowly pushed it back to my freighter.

"Well, I gotta run. There's a big bounty on my head and I promised Poe that I would come back alive." I waved at her in farewell, but she grabbed me by the arm.

"Give Poe my love." She kissed me on the cheek and ran off.

I blushed a little bit. I had never been a fan of other women very much. They made good friends, but I preferred men for lovers. I would nevertheless bear her message to Poe. It would not be hard for me to do.

I lifted off of the planet and prepared to head back to the base of the rebels. I had been told that we would be making good use of these weapons. Poe wanted to retake Naboo. It was crazy, but I was willing to follow him.