The Machine UPDATE: Chapter Eighteen

Summary:

“Force users, they’re so arrogant.  They think this war is all about them.”

Rey and Kylo Ren – two halves of the same protagonist.  But if they’re both right, then who is wrong?  

What if the face of true evil wears an entirely different kind of mask?  What if it’s something with impossibly deep roots – a corruption so insidious, it could hide itself in plain sight?  What if it’s the very same military industrial complex needed to fight this war in the first place?

What if it’s simply… greed?

War is a Machine, internally combusting and turning itself over.  Is balancing the Force enough to stop it?

Is saving what we love even enough?

Doesn’t mean they’re not going to try…

Rating and Tags:
Fandom: Star Wars (Post TLJ) Canon Compliant
Chapter Rating: GA, Teen & Up (eventual smut will be in a separate piece)
Relationships Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) / Rey, Finn / Rose Tico
Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Eventual Romance, Sexual Tension, Redeemed Ben Solo, Plot Driven, Adventure, Episode IX

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“Oh… Oh, I get it now. It makes sense now. He wanted him to destroy Luke Skywalker… so that he would reignite a holy war.”

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