REYLO short one-shot. Takes place when Rey decides to go to Kylo Ren/Ben Solo and try to turn him towards the light.
Armitage Hux is the first one to meet Rey instead of Kylo Ren when her pod lands on their ship. He loathes Kylo Ren, the force, and what he views as Ren's on-going obsession with Rey. He has no problem hurting her when she arrives, and that pisses off Kylo Ren. Alternate Universe, OOC, kinda cheese, kinda angsty/pining dynamic, implied sexual abuse if Hux had the opportunity. After this incident Kylo realizes he will kill for Rey.
Armitage Hux watched as the escape pod landed. His already prudent stride was quicker than usual as he passed his men, not making eye contact with anything but the pod. It was the girl. The scavenger. Ren would be here at any moment, of course. Hux smirked, a wry expression that could have been mistaken for a smile. He was glad to have received information of a foreign entity entering his base. He was glad to be here first.
Motioning with a finger, two stormtroopers fell into step with him, one of them carrying restraints. The pod door slid open to reveal a wide-eyed Rey. She found herself hoisted out of the small craft, one trooper pulling her arms behind her back while the other bound her wrists tightly.
"So this is the best the resistance has to offer?" Armitage sneered. He stared at her a moment before striking her hard across the face. The blow broke the skin of her bottom lip and blood streamed out.
"I am here to see Kylo Ren. He is expecting me," Rey met his gaze undeterred and strong, as if she had not felt the blow.
Hux felt his blood boil. While he was commanding the most powerful army in the galaxy Ren was sulking around the base obsessing over the girl with force powers. What was his end game? Hux trusted the Supreme Leader indefinitely but he could not see how this fit. Logic, strategy, tactics, brute force - that was how the First Order would win. Ren still wasn't here. He could bring her to Snoke.
Rey took a step towards Hux, "You will take me to Kylo Ren," she said.
How dare she speak with such authority.
Hux knocked Rey to her knees and took out his blaster. The cold steel of its handle found her head as he smacked her with it; his other hand grabbing a mess of hair and pulling her head back. Yes, this was much better. A bruise bloomed on the side of her cheek and she looked dazed. Where was the "force" to help her now? What was so powerful about this girl? She was small, petite even, and too confident for her own good. Even through her superficial wounds Hux noticed her almond eyes, rosebud lips, and high cheekbones. Her clothes concealed her figure well but she was definitely a woman. It was obvious why Kylo Ren was wasting time chasing her throughout the galaxy but not cutting her down once and for all. Well. He would just have to make up for Rens' inadequacies. Again.
Hux raised his blaster for a second time when he suddenly found his arm frozen mid-air. From the corner of his eye a tall dark figure loomed.
"Your antics with the girl have kept the Supreme Leader waiting." Kylo Ren spoke evenly but each word was laced with venom.
Hux locked his jaw. Turning, he cooly faced Ren, "Her arrival has been a distraction. I had to pause my duties to watch her and wait for you to arrive. Here," roughly, he grabbed Rey by the arm and brought her to her feet. Hux shoved her towards Kylo, "Take your scavenger whore out of my sight," his tone voice was low and tight as he practically spit the words in Kylo's face.
That did it.
Hux found his throat constricted as Ren turned towards the stormtroopers.
"I will take the girl to Snoke. You are dismissed."
The troopers marched away and Hux hit the floor with a thud. Kylo led Rey through the hanger to a corridor. His mind had felt her pain and fear. A fear that she had always had as a lone female on Jakku. It was not a secret that although Armitage Hux tolerated women in the military, he truly thought women were fit for only a few things. Kylo Ren had also felt Hux's disdain and desire. However, there had been something else: disgust. Disgust that a feeling - desire - could creep in and take away from logic, reason, and cold calculation. As Hux had said - she was a distraction.
Hitting Rey, beating her, and seeing her bleed had spiked Hux's desire and excited him. Kylo, who was always in a constant state of controlling his emotions had just about lost control when he saw Rey. He, who had battled her no holds barred, had to muster all of his control not to kill Hux when he saw him strike Rey. When he saw the images in Hux's mind.
You and Hux hate each other. You always have. Rey's words interrupted his thoughts.
He doesn't understand the force, Kylo thought in return, he says he does not believe in it, but he is afraid. He is weak.
Rey raised an eyebrow. She had searched Hux's mind briefly and in him she saw no conflict, no question that the First Order should rule the galaxy and at all costs. Given the chance, he would have been glad to kill her. But not before...Rey shuddered. She did not want to think about it. Hux's mind was a cold, dark, calculating place. Ben's anger was rolling off him in waves when he approached and the intensity of it shocked her. Yes, their force connection had bonded them, but she had not expected him to be so protective.
"Ben," she turned to face him, "you'll turn. I know it. You will not bow to Snoke. I saw it in a vision - I can help you."
Kylo looked at her face, lip swollen and bruised. "I also saw a vision - you will be the one to turn. You will join me."
Let her turn, Kylo thought, closing his mind off from Rey. His reaction to seeing her hurt by another had shaken him to his core. She had to turn. Kylo Ren set a stony expression on his face as they approached Snoke's throne room. He knew if he saw another hurt her, he would kill them.