the dark lord on his dark throne / SNOK GETS FUCKing KILLED

	He knows.
	The words ran down Merikh’s back like lightning. Without thinking, he sprung into action, saber drawn and activated, and sprinted down the winding corridors of Snoke’s fortress. He felt similar panic from the other Knights, Aden being the first he ran into. Gunvor was the next, followed by an anxious and enraged Hux.
	“What’s happening?” He demanded, annoyed at being ignored, and worried that all of the Knights were racing towards the throne room.
	They reached the closed doors. Kylo Ren’s screams echoed through the hall, despite the soundproofing. Hux opened his mouth, but no sound came out. Hadrus Ren, the Second Knight, opened the doors, and Snoke’s pitch Force rushed out like a tidal wave.
	Kylo Ren, the First and Master of the Knights of Ren, was suspended 10 feet off the ground, clutching at his neck, blood red saber discarded and spitting sparks on the ground yards away. Snoke, smaller than he appeared over the holo, but still much taller than anything the Knights had been expecting, stood in front of his throne, one arm raised, the other clutching his own saber, so dark that it almost seemed like a black hole. The Supreme Leader laughed, baying like a hound, as the Knights stared in horror at their Master.
	Hadrus was the first to led out a thundering roar, raising his saber and charging at Snoke. Kylo Ren was released from Snoke’s Force, and crumpled to the floor with a heavy thud, unconscious. Hadrus’s gentle Force signature transformed rapidly, the soft edges sharpening, carving away at Snoke’s own heavy aura, and the Knights sprung into action.
	Gunvor and Valdis followed Hadrus’s lead, their own Forces spilling out of them with a vengeance, racing to Snoke. Merikh, always less talented at expanding his presence, settled for hurling his saber towards Snoke, while the massive being was preoccupied by the three Knights charging him.
	Thana scrambled towards the lumpy form of her Master, desperately searching his mind to remove whatever spell Snoke had cast over him, while Aden rushed to construct simple Force shields around his brethren.
	Master! Master! Thana shouted, panicked, crying out in fear as Hadrus was thrown back, hitting the wall of the throne room with a heavy crack. The Knight stood, rage and pain powering him, and he charged again. Kylo remained unresponsive.
	“Is he dead?” Hux yelled, hysterically, and Thana turned to him, her impassive mask hiding her tears of confusion.
	“No!” She shouted, and turned back to her Master.
	As she reached out to him with her hands, he was strung back up into the air like a puppet, helmeted head lolling on his broad shoulders.
	“You think you can defeat me?” Snoke roared, freezing Hadrus, Gunvor, Merikh, and Valdis in place. Aden increased the strength of the shields on them, his eyes locked on the limp body of Kylo Ren.
	Seething with rage, Valdis was the first to break free with a scream, her yellow saber coming within inches of Snoke, before being deflected by the Supreme leader’s lightsaber.
	Thana gasped as she unlocked the cage Snoke had placed around Kylo’s mind, and the Master of the Knights of Ren awoke. Snoke dropped him as he lost control, fighting off four very angry Knights.
	Kylo Ren stood slowly, wrath pouring off of him and into the air, clouding it with his rage. He spoke.
	“Snoke.” Kylo said simply, watching as Gunvor just barely made contact.
	“Is this how you repay me, Solo?” Snoke thundered, twirling his lightsaber as he blocked the Knight’s strikes, “For all I’ve done? The power I’ve given you?” Pulses of Darkness radiated off of him, the four Knights attacking stumbled, pushed back. Just outside the doors, Hux fell to his knees with a gasp.
	Kylo remained in place, absolute and impenetrable. He growled, pure fury dripping from him. He took a step forwards.
	“You have done nothing for me, Snoke.”
	Snoke’s Force attacks bounced off of Kylo like water off a duck’s back. The blood red saber lay on the ground, arcing and buzzing with power, and Kylo Ren removed his true saber from where it lay hidden behind his back. A golden blade sparked to life, and Snoke’s eyes narrowed.
	The possibility that Kylo was simply buffing was obliterated as he moved forwards, and Kylo’s immense Force signature filled every nook and cranny of the room, surrounding his knights like a cocoon.

	The real fight then began. No one could tell who attacked first, one moment, Kylo stood before the Supreme Leader, the next, they were a blur of Force and lightsaber blades. Blood red and nearly black streaks of light flashed erratically, and the Knights restlessly watched. They were powerless in this duel between former Master and Apprentice.
	All of a sudden, one of Snoke’s swipes hit home. Hux, watching in horror, gave a little shout that seemed to rip its way out of his throat. Kylo’s lightsaber hand, along with the lightsaber itself, were gone, and barely a gasp of pain escaped Kylo’s lips before he was forced back, Snoke’s lightsaber held level to his chest.
	“Arrogance,” Snoke said, a triumphant sneer showing his hideous teeth, “pride,” a step forwards, Kylo stumbling back, smoking arm clasped to his chest, “the Light. I’m disappointed in you, Solo.”
	The creature drew his arm back, and slashed downwards. Hux cried out, Thana screamed, and Aden squeezed his eyes shut, as Hadrus, Valdis, Merikh, and Gunvor moved as if to run forwards.
	Snoke’s lightsaber stopped short, Kylo Ren’s own golden saber stabbed clean through his back. The First Knight’s dismembered hand clenched the saber, held up by the Force, and sliced upwards.
	The Supreme Leader Snoke, ancient, omnipotent, and corrupted by greed, fell, hacked nearly in two by the dazzling golden blade. Kylo’s lightsaber twinkled out, and his Force grip on his hand and saber disappeared, both falling to the stone floor. Snoke’s presence immediately left the room, and a vacuum seemed to form
	Master! The six Knights shouted in unison, and Kylo stood, back facing them. He extended his arm before him, examining the charred stump where his hand used to be. A ragged chuckle left the First Knight’s lips.
	“Kylo?” Hux asked, nervously, unsure, and the Knights startled. They’d forgotten he was there, with how quiet he was. The Master of the Knights of Ren turned.
	“It is done.” He said, simply, and then fainted. He dropped like a sack of bricks onto the cold floor, before anyone could reach out to catch him, and the throne room began to collapse.