"Bring me the girl." Order Supreme Leader Snoke. He's seated on his throne, elevated a few steps above the flatform of his starship. His icy glare on the young Kylo Ren who kneeled with one knee before him. Kylo's head tipped down, and his breathing ragged with the artificial hum of his mask.
The Supreme Leader hissed, his breath carried with anger and disappointment. Kylo didn't look up, nor did he answer. He kept his mouth pressed and his face downwards. Aware of his leader's dismay.
"I took you as my apprentice. What a disappointment!" Snoke's scar covered face contempt with malice. "I thought with your blood line, and with that power that lies within you..." He paused appraising Kylo Ren with discontent. Disappointed by his unmet expectation.
It's apparent to Snoke he had made a calculated mistake and he wanted Kylo Ren to atone for his shortcoming by bringing Rey to him. "...I thought you'd be the one to destroy them. The Alliance. It's obvious that I had made a mistake. You kneel before me, showing here after you have been bested by a female."
Snoke sneered and leered closer. His grip on his chair tightened with anger. "You dare not say anything, but I can see everything you think. What's on your mind. You are weak! Conflicted! You're just like your father. I can see the fight in you, the light. It was foolish of me to think you have a lot of Darth Vader in you. You will never be like your grandfather."
Stung, and offended, Kylo Ren felt the urge to protest and he did so. He unmasked his face and free himself from the suffocating obstacle, revealing his battle scared face. A long line of continuous scar etched on his cheeks trailing down to his chest. It had been marked by Rey during their last battle. "No, I killed my father without hesitation, and you know that!" His voice squeezed out of his throat. Thin and human, obvious with his affliction.
"No, you didn't. You we're fighting the light from rising and it was me who pushed you back into the darkness." Snoke waved Kylo Ren dismissively. "You are nothing but a child wearing a mask." He turned away and dismissed Kylo Ren without further regard. Snoke is finished with this meeting.
Kylo Ren grunted. Obvious with frustration. He rose and made a turn of his heel. His cloak swishing sharply behind him. Kylo left the room seething with anger. Two storm troopers immediately followed behind him.
Kylo Ren stared into space, his thoughts consumed deeply by something. In solitude, only the artificial lights on the walls keeping him company. His mask sits on the small table beside him. Broken into unrepairable pieces. He had destroyed it earlier out of anger.
Even now, even after killing his father, he continue to struggle. He thought, the tug of the light will disappear. He had been a fool to think it so, Kylo Ren had been wrong in his decision and now he feels the affliction of what he had committed.
His finger traced the outline of his scar. They were deep, and they throbbed reminding him of Rey. He can sense the light rising out of him at times, winning him over. Especially in moments like this, when it's calm and serene and chaos is powerless against a blank slate.
It pains him to know he could never fully devote himself just to one side of the Force and this is ripping him apart. The constant torment. No one can truly understand what it's like, what he goes through.
He grabbed his chair he is sitting on and slammed it on the wall out of rage. It broke sending flying chunks of loose metal all over the place. In his mind, flashes of Rey come before him. Her face, her different expressions. The sound of her voice when she speaks. He knew what is happening, this is the force making this happen. Bringing them together. Ever since their first meeting. He had visions of her and her visions kept happening, only becoming more and more frequent.
Kylo Ren is aware the force is strong with Rey and he wants her, he wants to teach her the power. He wants to be the one to show her the way of the jedi and he wants to kill Luke to obtain this opportunity.
Kylo Ren knew Luke's island had been Rey's destination when she left, and he has yet to determine how to follow her there. His frustration growing larger in each passing day he's unable to capture her in his grip.
Together, they could conquer the entire universe. "Why can't she can't see through that?" He exclaimed, anger building up on his chest all over again.
There was a knock on his door, distracting him from his solitude. Kylo hissed, this is not one of his best moods. "What is it?!" Demanding an explanation.
"We have your ship fueled and ready to go, sir." The storm trooper announced.
Kylo Ren stormed out of his chamber to his ship. His destination is somewhere purging the Resistance and extracting classified information. There's only one information he cares to know and that is Luke's location.
He left with an army of storm troopers trailing behind him. He is going to get what he wants one way or the other. No matter what it takes.