"When it Ends"

Chapter one

The night came on early on the planet Rintoa. It was a desert planet, now cold since the duel suns had set. A faint chill came, and a breeze brushed against Kylo's face. He held his mask in his hands and stared up at the starlit sky above. With no moisture in the atmosphere, it was as if he stood on the edge of the eternities. Outside the large blast doors of the First Order base, he let his consciousness drift into the strong currents of the Force. It surrounded him. And he let himself swim in its unending depths.

In the stars above him, he could feel the familiar distant star who was his mother. She was sad. He could feel her heartbreak across the endless lightyears of space as if he could see the tears on her face. Kylo took in a harsh breath as his stomach knotted. Blinking, he made himself focus on something else. Someone else. Yes. There she was. Rey was out there too. She was so strong in the Force that he could feel her as if she was only a mile away. He thought of her now. Her lips, and her piercing eyes. She was so small, but she was so powerful. Rey was so bright. Like a brightly burning star that could blind him.

Kylo closed his eyes, as if he could somehow shield himself from her. But it didn't work. She could sense him as well.

He froze. She could sense his attention on her, and she reached through the force back to him. This intensified their connection. He could see her in his mind's eye. Her pretty little jaw set, but her eyes flaming as if she could fuel suns.

Rey was determined. Not nearly as afraid as when he'd first met her. No. That girl had grown up. She was not a child anymore. She was stronger. Trained. Focused. She was coming for him now. Kylo's eyes snapped open, and broke their connection. Rey was coming to kill him. And she wanted him to know it.