Chapter Forty Six: Aurelia

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Click on the photo up above, it's Adam with a baby and I literally cant handle it...

Bens pov

I twirled my saber in my hands, the weight familiar and welcoming. I pointed it at Tiberius, who was closest to me. In his hands he had some sort of electric sword thing that I knew some of the Praetorian guards used to wield. It was nearly identical to the one Vera had in her hands.

"Let us go, and no one gets hurt." I said, the crackle of my lightsaber and the sound of Aerolynns grunts as she worked through the labor pains the only thing I could hear over the pounding in my ears.

"I don't think so. You see you've put so much pain and worry into our lives, that I want you to feel what it was like." She said, and with that she swung the sword down at me and I met it with my saber, the weight crashing down on me, but it was nothing thanks to my training and the adrenaline pumping through my veins at the moment.

I quickly pushed her off of me just in time to counter Tiberius's attack, blocking off a swing from his sword and hitting it with my own weapon, sending him hurtling off to the side as I started to attack Vera.

They had gotten better since I had last seen them. Their fighting skills had gotten more tactical, more precise. It was no longer just fighting with sticks, this was the real thing, with real swords and sabers and lives on the line.

I twirled and got a hit at her exposed side, a problem I guess she never got around to fixing. Vera let out a grunt, and using her pain as pure fuel she continued to try and advance on me, I could tell her mode for fighting was trying to wear me out just enough so that when I was at my weakest she could strike me down and win, but what was happening now was the exact opposite. Her blows weren't strong enough to tire me and blocking her attacks actually became routine, the same sequence of hits happening over and over again until she was the one who was weakening herself.

"Stop this." I said, "You're drunk on the idea of power. Trust me, I know the feeling. But I can give you power, but not like this." I said, twirling our blades away from my body so I could block off Tiberius's blade, which he hadn't expected me to notice.

"Never. This is what I want. This is who I am, Kylo Ren." She said, continuing to try and get a hit at me. I continued to fight off both of my pursuers, managing to get a cut at Tiberius giving him a large gash in his chest, and while I was distracted I felt what I could only describe as what seemed like a hot poker dig into my arm, making me let out a grunt of surprise. I turned and sent Vera flying away with the force, making her crash into the opposite wall.

"Actually it's Ben Solo." I said, loud enough for both of them to hear.

I heard Tiberius let out a war cry and start to charge at me and I lifted my lightsaber prepared for his attack. He ran at me and I took a step to the side, sending him hurtling forward as he had expected to collide with me in someway.

Meeting my blade with his we continued to block and parry, lunging at each other when there were gaps in our defences, and swinging our weapons whenever we saw fit. Tiberius was a good fighter, I'd give him that. But, he wasn't as skilled in technique as his sister, he used his brute strength alone hoping that he'd be able to win that way, whereas his sister relied too much on technique and didn't have the strength to overcome her opponent. Luckily, thanks to my years of training with both Luke and Snoke, I could accomplish both.

Suddenly, I heard Aerolynn let out a scream and now distracted, I turned to see Vera with her blade hovered over my wife, who had sunk down to the floor because of the pain inside her stomach. Vera had gotten a cut at Aerolynns cheek which was now covered in blood. Hot anger started up inside of me and with a loud yell I kicked at Tiberius's knee making a loud crack resonate throughout the room, I then, without hesitation, sent my saber into his chest, impaling him.

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