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The buzz of a lightsaber suddenly made a cold shiver travel down the spine of Supreme Commander Hux.
Stopping in the middle of a command he looked sharply over his shoulder as if Ren could suddenly materialize from thin air.
Momentarily relieved, he discovered that the blade flaring behind him was not the bloodred signature color of Kylo Ren, but instead clear and blue.
Still, fear crept into his mind as the girl's stand, the expression on her face, and especially her eyes reminded him of a predator. She was like a tightly pressed spring, ready to jump at any moment. Her gaze full of determination and bearing an unspoken challenge.
Instinctively he backed away from her, yelling to get the attention of the stormtroopers. They immediately reacted and slowly encircled her, wary of the legendary weapon in her hand.
Hux grabbed his own blaster pistol and fired the first shot, only to have it deflected by a swing of her lightsaber.
Hux growled as he saw a scornful smile on the girl's face.
"Shoot her!" He commanded and the stormtroopers immediately started firing, helped by the few gun-bearing officers present on the bridge.
Twirling around and moving inhumanly fast she deflected every single shot with ease.
The officers without guns, currently hiding behind the control units, were dumbfounded by the young woman, who was standing her ground and winning against a hailstorm of blaster shots directed at her from all sides.
They had only seen that kind of power in two other individuals; Kylo Ren and Supreme Leader Snoke himself.
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Rey enjoyed the sense of power rushing through her bones.
She could feel the fear spreading on the command bridge. She was too much for them to handle, and they were all realizing it.
Smiling darkly, she decided to end her little game and jumped at the stormtroopers. Slicing one in half and decapitating another, she moved all the way around in the circle they had formed around her.
Moving to the still shooting officers, she quickly wiped them out.
As the last one fell, she felt someone moving behind her.
She turned and saw a foolishly brave officer reach for one of the many blasters scattered on the floor.
Relishing in the sensation of complete superiority, Rey smiled as she buried the blue blade in his chest, efficiently stopping anyone else from following his example.
Yanking the lightsaber from the dead body a thin line of blood splattered over her right eye, making a single red trace down her cheek.
Then she turned to Hux.
Everyone stared at her, stunned and horrified by her actions.
As she took a step towards Hux, the panic was clearly visible on his face.
He backed away from her while firing his blaster pistol at her, again and again.
Rey deflected every shot, tossing them around the command bridge as if they were playing a bizarre game of catch.
"Do something!" Hux yelled at the officers, but they didn't move.
They knew that he was done for, and none of them had any desire to die alongside their doomed leader. Even General Savo stood perfectly still, observing from a safe distance.
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Hux's back was now pushed up against the transparasteel.
Behind him, the battle was still going on. Some of the bombers were getting dangerously close.
Rey reached out and tore the blaster pistol from his hand with the Force. Clinching her fist, the pistol curled around itself before it hit the ground.
Narrowing her eyes, she fixed his body, forced him to his knees and turned him to face the battle outside.
"Is this your way of bringing order to the galaxy?" She asked, placing the scoring blade of her lightsaber so close to his throat that he could feel it burn millimeters under his chin.
Outside a bomber finally caved under multiple hits from the laser cannons of the Supremacy and fighters, both X-wings and TIE-fighters, were caught in the following explosion.
"Every just cause demands sacrifice," Hux answered, believing every word.
On the transparasteel he saw himself mirrored over the aggressive battle and took pride in the colossal strength of the First Order.
He was their Supreme Commander. He had no regrets and he would die with dignity.
Looking up a bit, Hux intended to face his executor through the reflections on the hard surface.
He expected to once again see the raw and untamed bloodthirst in her eyes but was surprised to discover that it had all disappeared.
Instead, dread made tears roll down her cheeks while she stared, not at him, but at herself.
As her shaking hand turned off the lightsaber, Hux was almost disappointed in her lack of resolve and the anger boiled up inside him.
Powerful or not, he had spotted a weakness and he intended to make full use of it.
At that moment the entire vessel shook violently, as a bomber dropped its bombs directly on a sweet spot.
Rey lost her balance and keeping a firm hold in the Supreme Commander, she dragged him down with her.