It's been 2 years since Rey and Kylo Ren met, the last memory she had about him was his face in pain after she slashed him with her... his? Lightsaber.
When Rey found Skywalker he decided that she needed to be trained as a jedi because of her incredible skills with the force, after a lot of training she had become very strong, physically and emotionally, but she still had fear and anger in her heart...
-Rey, I know what you are thinking, but you need to understand. I know you still fear Ren...
Rey blinked at the sound of his name and opened her mouth to answered angrily like a little kid would
- I´m not afraid, I…
But she was quickly interrupted
- You know about those negative emotions and how bad they are for your training, if you want to become a Jedi you have to face them, fight them back and defeat them, be stronger than they are. That's why I've decided to assign you a new mission...
Rey sighted and just nodded while saying a tired "fine"
Meanwhile in the starkiller base…
KYLO REN!
An angry voice yelled and he heard it as a slight echo while he was somewhere throwing a tantrum and destroying some equipment and monitors. Apparently he was angry because a trooper had just told him that the resistance was already establishing new bases in unknown planets and creating plans to defeat the first order, of course the trooper ran away silently from the room before he could hurt or even kill him.
He was breathing fast and shouting NO as he slashed everything that was within his reach, once he finished he started breathing slightly slower and muttered to himself
- How many more planets will I have to destroy before these deluded attempts of soldiers understand they can't win?
And then he heard it, the heavy door slid open at his back shortly after a decompressing sound at his back followed by footsteps. He deactivated his lightsaber and turned around, he was in trouble but he seemed not to care…
Finally Hux spoke, he had an angry look in his face, he was so tired of this…
- Kylo Ren, just what the fuck do you think you are doing?
- Oh, it's just you said Kylo as he rolled his eyes, what do you want?
- I'm here to inform you that Supreme Leader Snoke wants to see you.
Kylo just nodded but was actually fangirling in the inside, he left the room with tons of excited thoughts in his mind and they continued as he walked through the base´s confined halls that always seemed to smell like strong cleaning chemicals.
"Maybe he'll promote me"
"Maybe I'll get better quarters than Hux"
"Maybe he finally realized that that dweeb is unnecessary for the first order and he'll fire him"
He had a half smile in his lips when his thoughts and steps were suddenly interrupted by the big door in front of him; he had arrived to the room that led to Snoke. The door opened allowing him to access.
- Kylo Ren, you are finally here. You know I don't like waiting, don't you?
- I'm sorry my lord, won't happen again he said as he bowed in front of him
- I know it won't, Snoke said curtly as he used the force to slightly inflict pain in Kylo's head
Kylo clenched his teeth but continued to listen to him.
- I've called you to discuss a very important issue that has been bothering me for the last passed… FOREVER, he shouted the last word and since then his tone increased; do you have any idea of how much the equipment on these base costs? Do you have any idea of how much money we spend on reparations every time you throw your tantrums? It's a lot of money Ren, and just because you are a highly ranked general does not mean you can go around doing whatever the fuck you want without any consequences.
Kylo was disappointed, he thought these were going to be good news but all he was receiving was a well deserved scolding, he didn't said a thing just continued listening while he had his eyes fixed on the floor
The last words he heard, were:
- This time, you'll have to work to pay the repairs.
- This is so ridiculous, Rey spoke to BB-8 as she puts on her new uniform, I hate everything about this mission, this stupid uniform, being forced to work as a technician IN the enemy's base and most of all I hate the fact that I'll have to actually interact with Kylo Ren, what am I supposed to tell him? "Oh, Hi, I'm the scavenger girl that you dislike so much, I'm here to control my anger towards you but shhh, it's a secret?" Come on! And besides, I haven't forgive him for throwing me against that tree the last time we saw each other
- BB-8 made a beeping sound in response
- I know, I know, I almost killed him and I slashed his face... but what was I supposed to do? He killed my friend, He almost killed Finn and he would've killed me if he'd had the chance
- BB-8 made a beeping sound in response again but this time it was longer and higher pitched
- BB-8 on which side are you? Said Rey in an annoyed tone, BB-8 made a sad beeping sound, Ok ok, fine, you are right, I'm sorry. It's just that this is a little hard for me but I guess I'll be fine, after all if master Skywalker says this is the best thing to do then I trust him said Rey while giving BB-8 a faint smile, BB-8 made her the thumbs up sign which made Rey smile wider, what would I do without you, she said, I promise you I´ll do my best.
Their conversation was interrupted with a knock at her door
- Come in
- Well, I see your uniform suits you fine, your tie fighter is ready for you to pilot it towards the star killer base, they already know you will arrive there today in the afternoon; they think that you were promoted form planet Vague´s base so you should be fine... Anyways you´ll always have an escape route and we can keep in contact with this.
Luke handed her a beautiful silver hair pin shaped like an exquisite flower with a ruby in the center.
- What is this?
- Beautiful right, well don't be fooled by its appearance, it's a long distance communicator. We won't be able to use the force to speak because Kylo Ren will notice immediately but we can use this.
Rey puts the pin in her hair close to her ear. She looked different know, her hair was dyed in a deep black color and was styled in a single low thick braid, she had long bangs now and some baby hairs where sticking out, her skin seemed slightly paler because of all the time that she had spend far away from Jakku.
She took a last glance of herself at the mirror, she still hated the uniform, it was an ugly grey jumpsuit and an ugly orange vest in which a shiny brass badge was pinned that read
Zazil
Support Technician
Can this get any worse? She was definitely not happy with what was happening, but she had promise BB-8 to do her best during the mission and that was exactly what she was going to do, while she pilot the Tie fighter her mood began to improved, when she arrived to the base, she landed perfectly at the starkiller base spaceship port and she was received by a masked trooper whom unmasked himself as he welcomed her
- So you are new right, come on I'll show you the place he said with a goofy smile, my name is Tim, you are a Support technician? Man, you'll be having a lot of work to do around here…
- Hey, thanks, my name is Zazil by the way
- Pleasure to meet you he said while they headed inside the base.
They walked around the halls while Tim was speaking nonstop about how cool it was that they've recently installed a soda fountain machine at the employee dining room
- You know, before we had to buy canned soda, but now we get unlimited refills isn't that awesome?
Rey was so lost in her thoughts that she hardly heard was he was saying...
- Zazil? Asked Tim for the third time
- Sorry Tim, it's just that all of these is so new for me… what is it?
- No probs, we've arrived to the employee dining room
- Wait, what? Employee dining room? So… Only we employees eat here… You mean, no generals, no superiors?
- Gosh, no, weren't you paying any attention, we are separated remember? They might eat better BUT we have our own soda fountain machines
Rey felt so relieved that for now she won't have to see Kylo Ren, but she quickly remember that she had to act naturally so she answered:
- Oh, sure, sorry… Bad memory, she said while a nervous laughter escaped her
- It's ok, now let's go for something to eat
They got in line and waited for their food to be served then they headed back to a table where another man was already eating all alone.
- Zach my friend, said Tim happily
The other man Zach responded happily too with a: hi, dude and they brofisted.
- Who are you with? Said Zach while looking at Zazil
- Oh, this is…
Rey interrupted.
- My name is Zazil, I'm new and I'm a support technician
- Wow, you must really love hard working in this place things seem to be always breaking down, a lot of repair is always needed...
Suddenly their conversation was interrupted, someone entered the dining room and everybody became silent.
Kylo was all alone in his room, he was so angry; he thought he was going to receive a promotion but he was so wrong, he now had to work as a general AND as a radar technician so that he will be able to afford all the repairs that the base needed because of his fault.
He had to learn how to repair stuff even though he had a lot of trouble finding where the calicinator was, also he had his name changed; now it was Matt, his perfect black hair was now hidden under a blonde wig and he had to use glasses, he couldn't wear his helmet anymore and his uniform was just as lame as all of the other technicians were: a grey jumpsuit and an orange vest. His shiny brass badge read:
Matt
Radar Technician
He was oficially having the worst day of his life, he had to leave his quarters and live like all the others in a shared small room and he still had a headache thanks to his earlier visit to Snoke.
Once he finished packing he went to the employee's quarters and he searched for his room, he noticed that he did not have to share it with anyone so that improved his mood a little. He settled his stuff in the cold bed, it was twin size and the mattress was extremely firm, he was surely going to miss his king sized soft bed… He sighted and left the room that had no Holo TV, no mini fridge, not even windows.
- This sucks, but at least I don't have to share he told to himself as he left, there was no one to be sight because it was lunch time, so he headed to the employee dining room, the terrible employee dining room.
Kylo Ren stepped in, suddenly everyone became quiet, Rey was a little distracted so she didn't stop speaking and her voice was the last one to cease, which drew Kylo's attention, and he finally spoke while watching her.
- Hi, I'm matt I'm a radar technician
Everyone had different reactions, some of the employees said hi back and some just ignored him.
He went for his food, there was no longer a line and he walked to the table where Zach, Tim and Rey were sitting.
- Can I sit? He asked awkwardly and still a little angry
- Sure said Tim looking at him weirdly
- Thanks he said curtly
- Hi, Rey smiled widely, My name is Zazil, I guess we'll be seeing each other a lot, I'm a support technician
- Uhm… Hi he said a little blushed, he wasn't used to make friends, he almost only interacted with Hux, Phasma and Snoke
Great he thought even this weird girl has a higher position than me.
- Hey Matt, what do you think about the new soda fountain? Said Tim
Rey rolled her eyes; she was tired of this conversation
- They are pretty great, I heard that they were Kylo Ren's idea, he is such a great leader you know... He really cares for us, his employees
Rey almost choke on her food when she heard him say that name, she had almost forgotten about him with everyone being so nice around her, she started coughing and Zach offered her some water. After she calmed down Tim answered
- Kylo Ren? Nah man, he doesn't care about nobody but himself and Darth Vader, he is such a fan boy he i… gah…
Tim´s words were interrupted
What's wrong? Asked Rey worried
- I don't know… My head… suddenly started hurting, gosh
Rey's eyes fixed on Kylo who was staring angrily at Tim… Kylo relaxed.
- Whoa… it, it stopped. That was weird.
- Yeah, very. Rey answered
They were interrupted by an alarm sound, it was time to go back to work. They said good bye and parted separated ways, Matt and Zazil walked together
- Ungrateful … he muttered angrily
- Sorry did you say something? Zazil asked
- Oh, no, no I was just… talking to myself
- Oh, ok…
Such a weird guy she thought to herself.
