Luke's Final Gift
Kylo Ren
Leia had thought the idea of Finn and Rey taking on the Skywalker name was wonderful. She knew that because neither her son nor her brother had any children (at least until the recent revelation), the Skywalker name was destined to die out. She was glad that now Luke would produce a male heir after all, but it would help the Skywalker family if new blood was introduced, in these two young nameless people, Finn & Rey. She knew Luke would have approved.
Finn wasted no time in taking Rey as his wife; they had a beautiful ceremony on Naboo to honor Leia's mother, Queen Padme Amidala. She assumed they were enjoying their honeymoon there - they hadn't appeared in public for 2 weeks afterward. She noticed that Rey was in her second trimester and beginning to show at this point. Now the rumors began circulating - mostly that the child was conceived before the marriage, which was true - but they incorrectly assumed it was Finn's child. Boy, would they be surprised later! Finn was going to wait until the child was born to officially adopt him. Poe had noticed Rey's figure, as well. He made no judgment against her and asked no questions. He figured that if she was happy with her condition, then he was happy for her. He was glad to see that Finn was stepping up to support her.
Rey was in her suite on Coruscant studying the ancient Jedi texts. Threepio had taught her how to read, but she still struggled. She could feel her son tumbling around inside her, and she placed a hand on her abdomen. "Ssshh, sweetheart, mommy's here." Right after this, she felt the same ripple in the Force that she had felt a few times on the island several months ago - just before Kylo Ren appeared. She heard a male voice behind her, startling her.
"How's it going - MRS. Skywalker?"
She turned and faced him.
"Yes, I heard you married that TRAITOR...what were you thinking??"
She rose up from where she had been sitting. Her girth was readily visible.
"What is this?" He exclaimed. "You're....you're PREGNANT?? Couldn't wait, could you??"
"It's not Finn's," she replied quietly. "But I don't see why I need to explain myself to YOU..."
It's not the traitor's child? That's even worse! Just means she's even more of a whore than he thought!
She watched as he seemed to be reaching out in the Force to their child, trying to draw logical conclusions...
After a long pause, he regarded her with cold eyes.
"It's Skywalker's, isn't it?"
She said nothing in reply. That told him all he needed to know.
"You know, Rey, I thought that maybe you and I could have had a chance. But not now. Not after knowing you went off to that island to be his LITTLE SLUT..."
"That's not how it was!" she protested.
"Do you have any idea how much I hate Skywalker? And you FUCKED him! And I hate his kid, too!"
"Ben! Don't say that! How can you hate a baby?? He hasn't done anything to you!!"
"And if you call me 'Ben' one more time, I'm going to kill you...it's KYLO REN..."
Rey broke down into tears, knowing that Ben may have just been violently shoved into "irredeemable" territory...
"And don't you cry around me. You've just lost any sympathy I had for you," he spit out with venom. "And you have just made a new enemy. When Skywalker's son grows to adulthood, I will kill him - and anyone who gets in my way. You can bet on that."
At that moment, Finn burst into the room. He had heard the commotion and came running. He snatched the Skywalker lightsaber off his belt and ignited it, pointing it toward Kylo, but at that moment, the Force-connection ended and Kylo disappeared.
He went to draw Rey into his arms to comfort her. "Are you all right? Did he do anything? Are you and the baby safe?"
"Oh, Finn, he's OK, but I'm worried the baby is in danger. Kylo Ren just said he's going to kill him when he gets older," she said, as a tear ran down her face.
"Not going to happen, Rey. This kid is the son of a Jedi Master. Between you and I, we're going to raise him to be a powerful Jedi, so that he can defend himself against Ren if need be. We'll help him. He won't be alone."