"This is a surprise." Leia announced as she watched the dark-clad figure quietly shut the door from which he had just entered. She had not heard his obviously silent approach and she concluded that maybe he was sneakier than she gave him credit for. "When I was told I would be meeting a First Order delegate I had assumed it would be a high-ranking officer. Someone who would not be missed if the worst should happen."

General Hux smiled tightly in response to her comments as he placed himself in the wooden chair across from General Organa. "You were clearly expecting someone else I gather? I thought it would be somewhat distasteful to send anything less than a General to meet a General." He adjusted his black leather gloves. "I am assuming that our position is secure?"

"If you are asking if I have a troop of men hidden away to ambush you and drag you away to face the justice you so rightly deserve then I must disappoint you. We have about thirty minutes before your small ship will be discovered by one of my patrols so if you plan to leave this secret meeting in one piece then I suggest you are long gone by then." She offered politely enough but her voice was hard. "However, if you make any attempt to do anything evil, as I'm sure you are accustomed to, I will take you prisoner."

"Noted." He nodded as he listened. He had based his own safety during this meeting on his deep suspicion and hope that General Organa was too honest to set him up in a trap, well, that and he had deliberately mentioned in his anonymous message that he had information about her wayward son.

"So why are you here General Hux?" Getting straight to business, Leia leaned forward and gave him her full attention. "You implied in your coded message that there was an issue concerning my son." She indicated to the opened bottle of wine on the table before knocking a small glass towards him with a casual flick of her hand. "Feel free to have a drink while you talk."

"I will be blunt General Organa." He copied her tone with a slight mocking edge. "I am suspicious of your sons' intentions within the First Order. In the interests of transparency, if Supreme Leader Snoke were not so convinced of his loyalty then I would assume that he was a double agent sent by you to disrupt our plans." Hux admitted, pouring a small measure of wine into his own glass before leaning over to fill her half-empty one.

Manners cost nothing and the woman before him was impressive, not that he would ever admit that fact. She had earned the same rank as him through her own merit and she had also somehow managed to raise Ren from infancy, a task Hux would not have wished on his worst enemy.

Leia frowned slightly at his claim. "Why do you doubt him?"

"300,000 credits." Hux offered mysteriously in lieu of an actual answer. "He has cost my department 300,000 credits. That is how much it has taken to replace the various items he has destroyed in his childish fits. I refuse to believe that any rational human would do so much damage to his own side unless he was working towards another goal."

"300,000 credits? That is not much considering how long he has been kept under your control." She commented wryly before continuing wistfully. "He really has lost his touch."

Sighing, Hux fixed her with an exasperated look. "That figure only covers the last tax year. Altogether, I am unsure how much of our funds he has wasted and more than once it has been necessary to hold budget meetings to adjust and compensate the losses. I do not want to consider the overall cost as I fear I may be forced to kill him out of sheer impulse."

"Ah." Was Leias' only reply at the new information. "He always was...very passionate." A small hint of embarrassment entering her voice as she recalled some of his childhood tantrums. " But I can confirm he is not working on my orders or the orders of anyone within the Resistance. My sons' actions are entirely of his own doing." She confirmed a little sadly as she brought her glass up to take another swig. There was no point in lying.

For the first time since he had entered the room, a legitimate smile appeared on Huxs' face as his hidden fears were dissuaded and he visibly relaxed. "Good. It would have been a true shame if I had been forced to have him executed for being a traitor to the First Order. That would have been somewhat awkward for me, particularly after having bedded him."

He had never seen an actual spit-take before but it was a wonder to behold as the shocked general spat out the small mouthful of wine she had been about to swallow, the dark red liquid spraying across the table, narrowing missing Hux himself as she struggled to take a new breath.

"YOU HAVE DONE WHAT TO MY SON?" Leia screeched, her eyes comically wide.

"Did I forget to mention that at the start of this meeting?" Hux smirked as he gently picked up his drink and took a small sip. "My apologies, it must have slipped my mind." The smugness in his voice unmistakable as he leaned back in his chair, pleased at having got one over on his partners controversial mother.

Truthfully, he was thankful that Ren was not in league with his parents or the Resistance, he had grown a tad too fond of the man to have him killed in cold blood. This secret meeting had been arranged in complete privacy, not even Ren was aware of his current location. Hux had to be sure of his loyalty since he understood that the dark-haired sith still possessed a soft-spot for his mother, a mild weakness that he was now more willing to accommodate since it did not appear to be affecting his actions.

"I may not agree with you on many subjects General Organa," he grinned spitefully, his voice filled with mirth as he worked out that he had another ten minutes of potential time to kill, "but I can most definitely attest to the fact that your son is a very passionate individual indeed." He winked and clinked his glass on the table as another strangled gasp escaped the woman across from him. Ten minutes was more than enough time for him to cause a bit more trouble, after all, it was not like General Organa would haul him in front of a jury now. She would never reveal her sons' hidden relationship with the redheaded General since such an action could result in them both being severely punished and Hux knew she could not abide the thought of being responsible for any pain which would affect her son.

It really was a win/win situation.

And Hux did love winning.