Well everyone I'm back with the second installment of my Reylo fanfic. After my hiatus I'm feeling refreshed and ready to continue on with my work. I hope you are all ready to continue this journey with Rey, Kylo and the Resistance.

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And as always: Enjoy!

Chapter 1:

Kylo Ren

It was dark, pitch black, with no trace of light anywhere and Ben Solo was trapped.

He didn't know how long he had been in the dark but it had been long enough for him to forget what the light both looked and felt like. This darkness wasn't like the dark of his childhood bedroom that used to frighten him so or the darkness of space when he used to ride along with his father in the Millennium Falcon. Somehow he just knew that it was different not that he could put his finger on why.

You know why it's different, Ben Solo. You just don't want to admit it to yourself, a deep angry voice thundered through the darkness.

"Hello! Is someone there," Ben called into the darkness.

His body felt so weak that he could barely even sit up on his own but he needed to move. He ran his fingers through his raven colored curls and tried to stand. He wobbled a little but finally got to his feet and was able to stay there.

"You spoke so I know that you are there," Ben tried again.

Of course I'm here. Without you I couldn't be anywhere, the voice said, less angry than before.

Ben looked around and was shocked that he found that he could see himself. He looked down. It was like some inner light was allowing him to see the tan Jedi robes he was wearing as well as the lightsaber strapped to his hip. Ben suddenly felt uncomfortable.

What's wrong little Ben, not used to your robes, the voice taunted him. Makes sense since you were never a Jedi, it continued when Ben didn't respond.

"Who are you and why do you know so much about me," Ben called sounding more frightened than he wanted.

His hand went to the lightsaber at his hip. He was ready if the man behind the voice decided it was time to attack. Ben slowly but surely cast out his senses, trying to get a feel of where his opponent was. It didn't take long for him to realize how useless that was.

Whoever this voice belonged to was obviously highly skilled and well trained in the ways of the Force. Ben knew that he couldn't underestimate his opponent. His master had trained him better than that.

I thought you were smarter than this Ben Solo. Clearly I was wrong, the voice said sounding much closer than Ben had expected.

He whirled around trying to get even a glimpse of the shape of the man.

"Answer my damn question and then maybe I'll answer yours," Ben called out, the beginnings of anger could be heard in his voice.

Oh Ben that's all I was waiting for. I can show you better than I could ever tell you, the voice said and all of a sudden the darkness began to swirl around Ben Solo at sickening speeds.

Suddenly Ben was dropped to the ground. He got up slowly and looked around. He was shocked to see that he was back on Chandrila. Not only that but he was near his childhood home.

Before he could begin to question why he was there, a little boy with a head full of raven black curls ran by him, almost knocking him over. Ben recognized himself as a child but still had no clue what was going on. So he followed after the boy.

Little Ben Solo was wandering around the family compound looking for some place to hide from the guards that his mother and father had sent to bring him back to his room.

Adult Ben could just vaguely remember this day and wondered how he'd been transported either back in time or into his own memories.

Little Ben was walking near the edge of his favorite cliff when the guards caught up to him. Little Ben began fighting back as the much larger men tried to grab a hold of him. Little Ben was furious that his mother would order her men to manhandle him like this and that his father would allow it to actually happen.

"Geez, this brat is strong," one of the men commented and that was enough to piss little Ben off completely.

He really began struggling and soon the men had no choice but to let him go. Little Ben stood there facing the two men huffing and puffing as he tried to get control of his anger. Before he could stop it, a wave of Force energy escaped his tiny body sending the two men flying. One landed on the grass about hundred feet away from Ben while the other flew off the side of the cliff just as Leia and Han caught up to them.

Little Ben turned just in time to see the horror and disappointment on his parents' faces. Adult Ben felt all of the hurt and confusion that swirled around his young mind. Before Ben could approach his younger self the darkness began transporting him back to the darkness.

"What the hell was that? I don't remember that happening," Ben called, hoping the voice would answer him this time.

Of course you don't. Your mother had Skywalker take those painful memories from you soon after, the voice called.

Again Ben could tell that the anger was leaking out of the voice. He wondered who could be trapped in the darkness with him. He could barely make out a shape standing quite a ways away from him but as he began walking toward him, the darkness began to change again.

This time little Ben was much older, though not yet an adult.

Adult Ben recognized his surroundings as his Uncle Luke Skywalker's Jedi School. It was raining and Ben felt a sudden sense of terror and fear. He ran into the sleeping quarters just in time to see Luke ignite his bright green lightsaber and raise it over younger Ben's head.

As the younger Ben came awake, adult Ben called out to both his uncle and his younger self. Neither of them appeared to be able to hear him as he watched history repeat itself. Before Luke could bring his lightsaber down, younger Ben brought the roof down on Luke's head effectively knocking him out. Then Ben ran off to find his friends.

Older Ben watched as the younger version of himself ran around gathering up all of the students who felt like he did, like Luke had been limiting their abilities by refusing to teach them to fully control both sides of the Force. By the time they had all gathered, Ben found himself surrounded by Korjuli Heacorn, Elvaus Fercham, Londgreg Orgasaus, Rafaald Bellwilk, Kailsand Holthur, Aspetam Tusthuff, Cieshay Abbshat, and Nikrea Rhoahudk. They made up a third of Luke's school and they were the strongest students there. Together they were more than capable of taking out the rest of the students and escaping to find a place that would accept them.

Adult Ben tried to stop his younger self but the darkness saw fit to drag him back down. Ben was angry now. He was sick of being jerked around.

"WHAT IS THIS? WHY DO YOU KEEP SHOWING ME THESE THINGS," Ben screamed.

There was no answer, instead Ben found himself standing on a sand covered planet.

There were fires burning, bodies lying all over the ground, and Stormtroopers with blasters aimed at lined up civilians all around him. A tall man dressed in all black with a black and chrome mask hiding his face gave orders for the Stormtroopers to execute all of the civilians.

This time Ben didn't know what was going on and before he could get his bearings he was sucked into another scene.

This time the man in all black was standing before Ben's father. The mask was gone but Ben couldn't make out the man's face. Ben was so busy trying to figure out who this villain was that he didn't see him pull his lightsaber and put it through Han's chest. Ben felt like someone had knocked the wind out of him. He screamed his father's name and tried to go for him but once again the darkness snatched him away.

Now the man in black was chasing a beautiful girl through an icy forest. No he wasn't chasing her, they were fighting. The girl was wielding a blue lightsaber that eerily looked like his grandfather's old lightsaber. She moved so gracefully, though Ben could tell she had never wielded a lightsaber before. Before he knew it she'd struck the man in black down and the planet they were on split in two, separating the combatants.

Then Ben Solo was back in the darkness. But this time he wasn't alone. The shape he'd seen earlier was now right in front of him. He reached out to touch the man who seemed to be made of shadow but the man caught his wrist.

"Who are you and who is that man in that awful mask? And what does any of this have to do with me," Ben asked, sounding slightly desperate.

Oh, Ben. How disappointing is it that you haven't figured it all out. They always said you were the smart one, the shadow said.

Ben watched in horror as all of the darkness around him and the darkness covering the man in front of him came together to form a cage around him. As the last of the darkness leaked away from the other man Ben backed away as far as he could get from the other man. Ben's heart was pounding in his chest.

The man who'd been covered in darkness was finally revealed and Ben thought he must've been seeing things. The man looked just like Ben except he was dressed in all black from the polished black boots on his feet to the black leather gloves that covered the hands that was holding the black and chrome helmet of the man who'd ordered the deaths of all of those villagers. The man was watching Ben with curiosity in his dark brown eyes.

Don't look so surprised, Ben Solo. You should have guessed the truth long ago. After all those were your memories, our memories I guess, the dark version of Ben said and laughed.

Ben dropped to his knees as all of the memories poured back into his brain. All of the pain he had caused over the years began to double back on him. He began to scream.

What's wrong Kylo Ren? You didn't really think that you were still Ben Solo, son of Leia Organa and Han Solo, apprentice to Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, did you, the dark Ben Solo asked.

"I am Ben Solo! WHO IS KYLO REN," Ben bellowed.

We haven't been Ben Solo in years! Don't tell me you've gone and forgotten everything that Snoke had taught us, Dark Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren asked but the voice sounded different, more high pitched and sickly.

The more his memory returned the more Ben felt like Kylo Ren, like himself. Slowly but surely his light brown clothes were replaced with pitch black ones. All of the rage, pain and sadness he'd felt seeing all of the awful things he'd done transformed into the hate he'd developed for Snoke. He stood to his full height and put on his mask.

"BEN SOLO NO LONGER EXSISTS. HE DIED WHEN THAT MONSTER FORCED ME TO KILL MY FATHER SO I KILLED THAT BASTARD," Kylo Ren yelled.

The man outside of the cage transformed from Kylo into Snoke for just a second before becoming Zoroyais. Zoroyais laughed as Kylo tried to lunge for him. The cage of darkness kept Kylo firmly in his place.

Ah, there is the Kylo Ren I know so well, Zoroyais said.

Kylo was breathing hard, he reached for his lightsaber just to find it gone. Memories of the battle on Ilum came back to Kylo slowly. He remembered fighting with Zer-o at his back. He remembered the Zabrak trying to save his life and almost losing his own. He remembered telling Rey to continue with the mission they'd been given by Skywalker.

Suddenly he wondered what had happened to her and the rest of their group.

You want to see your whore and the bitch that spawned you, Zoroyais asked.

"I'll kill you for referring to them that way. When I get out of here I'm going to kill you just like I killed Snoke," Kylo threatened as the darkness outside of the cage opened to reveal the throne room of the Vengeance.

Kylo's heart stopped beating as his Rey came into view. Hux was leading her forward by a thick chain fastened to a metal collar around her pretty throat and she was dressed in some skimpy outfit that made Kylo so angry that the cage was shaking around him. The longer he had to watch that ginger weasel parade his light around like some common whore the angrier he got.

Does it bother you to see her as Hux's slave? You're the reason she's there. You weren't strong enough to save her. You died and Hux took your precious woman as his slave. I wonder what he's doing to your mother right this moment, Zoroyais said gleefully.

Kylo growled at Zoroyais like a wild animal. He didn't have to see himself to know that his eyes had gone yellow with a thin red rim around them. Thinking of Rey as Hux's slave and his mother in the hands of the First Order was enough to make Kylo allow his darker nature to present itself.

Suddenly Kylo could see Leia. She was in a cell looking up at Thalia who was staring back at Hux. The weasel smirked as he nodded to Thalia. Rey was begging him not to do it but it was too late. Thalia gleefully put her sword through Leia's heart.

Kylo felt a sharp pain in his own chest as though it was his heart that has been pierced. Then again, his heart had been pierced by Zoroyais himself.

He looked down and his shirt was a mess of ribbons and blood. The flesh underneath as raggedy as the shirt itself. Maybe he really had died. There was no way he could have survived an injury like this. He had died and gone to hell for his crimes.

If he wasn't in hell he could have been with his parents, uncle and grandfather in the Force. But he had failed too many times, wasted too many chances and had been too fucking weak to save everyone he cared about.

Rey, I'm so sorry sweet heart. Please forgive me. I'd burn the universe to save you…

Kylo didn't know if the bond could transcend death but he hoped Rey knew he would always be with her.

He knew that Hux could never tame his girl. He knew eventually she would escape from her chains. There would always be light to combat the dark, someone to fight the injustices and for many people she was the symbol of hope.

He'd been the symbol of death for many people for many years and if the Force saw fit to allow him to live he'd have brought a terrible wrath upon anyone who would threaten the people he thought of as family. Zoroyais had known that and had tried to separate him from them. But had he been successful?

Now that Kylo could sort of think rationally he didn't think so.

"If I was dead you wouldn't see fit to torment me so. I'm sure the demons of the afterlife are more creative than the shit you've managed to come up with," Kylo said feeling calmer the more he actually thought about his last moments of consciousness.

Alive or dead you are still trapped in that cage. The light Force user is still out there all alone…

Kylo glared at the thing in its pitch black armor and then settled on the floor on the cage and began meditating. Maybe if he could focus he could use the technique that Asera had tried to teach them to heal himself. If he could heal the damage to his body it would be easier to free his mind from this cloud of darkness. If he could connect with Rey it would help even more. Her light was his light after all.

"You aren't stronger than Rey and me together. If you were you wouldn't have tried to separate us," Kylo said and closed his eyes.

Rey, if you can hear me, I need you to come to me baby. I need your light, Kylo tried to push down the line of the Force bond they shared.

Together they could do anything…