The Bond

Rated T (for now)

Obviously, don't read this if you haven't seen TFA; you don't want to spoil this one. I don't own Star Wars, you would know if I did.

Medium threat TFA spoiler. ReyxKyloRen. Kylo Ren's intrusion unto Rey's mind to divulge the map has led to an unforeseen consequence; the pair seemed to have performed an extremely rare Force bond, and everything is open upon the table.

Chapter 1: Forged

Rey slowly regained consciousness to find herself strapped firmly into an upright molded metal plank. She tested her restraints against her wrists and ankles, finding them too strong to wrench free of. Her gaze whipped around the room, taking in as much as she could see from her stance in the middle of the small room. Metal, embedded lights, and coldness were all she could gather from her surroundings. There was a door in front of her, closed, naturally. Rey tipped her head back into the uncomfortable head rest and sighed deeply. All she could do was wait and worry about her friends.

After what seemed like an hour but was probably only ten minutes, Rey was startled out of her thoughts by the door opening with a faint pneumatic hiss. A tall, black clad masked figure strode gracefully into the room, the doors automatically closing after him. It was the same man she had encountered in the forest, who had kidnapped her and brought her here, wherever here was. Rey did her best to reignite the fire in her eyes and draw an indignant expression onto her face.

"Ah good, you're awake." The deep, slightly mechanical voice sounded. Rey shuddered involuntarily. That voice was just so unnatural. Maybe, since it was just the two of them in this room, she could get him to take off the helmet. Or mask. Whatever that hunk of metal on his face was.

"What are you so afraid of that you can't face the world without a mask on?" She goaded him. The dark figure said nothing and didn't move. Then, ever so slowly, hands reached up to grip the sides of the…helmet it seemed. She watched, utterly entranced, as the thumbs depressed slightly near the base of the skull and a clicking sound happened. She wondered what the beast underneath would look like. Probably a disfigured wretch, scarred and unhappy with how life had borne him. Rey watched with baited breath as he bent his head forward a little, slipping the helmet off. A shock of black hair emerged first from beneath the helm. He looked up at the bound young woman, startlingly human brown eyes piercing her hazel ones.

Although he wasn't a flawless model of male beauty, he had an undeniable attractiveness to him. The firm jaw, prominent cheekbones, and familiar nose were not unappealing to her. He was the picture of a young dark lord, but nothing like Rey was expecting. He was so…human. He was just like her. Except now he moved, bowing sarcastically to her and speaking in a slightly higher, silky voice that the mask had disguised.

"Kylo Ren, at your service." He stood up straight again and a small smirk appeared on his lips as his gaze searched Rey's face. Rey felt her mouth go dry, a familiar sensation having lived on Jakku for so long. But in reaction to having a dark sith bow to her, albeit mockingly? It was confusing. She said nothing though, having succeeded in her private mission to have him remove his helmet.

"Straight to business then? Very well," he said simply. "Show me the map," he demanded, causal tone gone, replaced by a calm, authoritative edge. This man was used to getting what he wanted, Rey could tell. She deepened her scowl at him.

"Don't be shy, just open up your mind and let me in," Kylo Ren coaxed. Rey hesitated for a brief moment, feeling his dark force persuade her mind like a diseased medicine. In that brief moment, Ren had taken his foothold into her mind and Rey realized her mistake. She mentally pushed him out as hard as she could, sweat starting to break out on her forehead from the effort. Kylo Ren's gloved hand was now a few units from her face, outstretched, almost beckoning. His hard gaze was locked onto hers, waves of unending dark pressure pressing on her mind. Rey focused on closing up her thoughts, her memories, and trying to pry into his, to see what she could gather as well.

Judging by the shocked expression that crept onto Ren's face, Rey was succeeding. He had not expected her to transpire so quickly with the force. She was surprised at herself as well. As the seconds grew into minutes, both of them started to pant with exertion. A small connection, one Rey had not really noticed before, began to mentally grow stronger the longer the pair struggled with each other. She could imagine it, like a thick golden rope, twisting and thickening between them. All of a sudden, a she felt a sharp pain, almost like a headache, but different. She noticed Ren then, who must have experienced the same thing, for he had staggered back a few steps, eyes on the floor, one hand to the side of his head.

'Fucking girl,' a voice whispered in her mind. What! She hadn't said that! Rey's eyes widened in horror as she realized Kylo had spoken in her mind. The dark sith looked up with an equally bewildered expression, as he must have heard Rey's thought in his mind as well. He swallowed. She could sense his fear, his nervousness, through the link that had been forged as they had mentally struggled to overcome the other. Everything was laid out between them like an open book.

Memories began to pour into her mind like it was a funnel, images rapidly flashing through her mind's eye. A tall throne, with a massive Dark creature upon it, face half-obscured by shadow. Han Solo with an arm around General Leia as he called out the name "Ben." A red lightsaber slashing through equipment. Training alongside a hooded Jedi with an orange sky above them. Then the emotions came flooding through. Fear, so much fear, the likes of which she had never felt before. Loneliness, an immense, sweeping emptiness like the sand dunes on Jakku. Anger, bottled up and never diffused. Rey, against her wishes, began to cry from the overwhelming amount of everything she was feeling. She bent her head down and sobbed, salty tears sliding down her cheeks. She looked up to measure Kylo Ren's state against hers, only to find him gone, vanished without a trace, the heavy doors concealing her from the truth.