A.N: Hey guys!
I have seen the last Jedi now and I can't believe my Reylo is on the way of becoming cannon! This story will be my take of Episode IX of course I own nothing but I might try to use the force to get reviews...please?
Steffy2106
Chapter 1
"You've let your personal interests get in the way of the mission once again!" Hux shouted as he walked, uninvited, into Kylo Ren's quarters.
Kylo turned, slowly, trying to keep his face blank at the obvious affront. Hux's face was red with rage and Kylo recalled the satisfying moment when he had seen the life escape his body.
"We had them – in the palm of our hands just like we did on Crait. Our intel said that medical speeder was going to the outer rim. It was for the rebellion! We could have followed it to get their location." Hux pointed an accusing finger toward Kylo. "A handful of rebel scum ready to be squashed and end the rebellion and you chose to concentrate on your own interest once more and destroy the ship. You're just a child with a temper!"
Kylo stared down to the angry man and forced him to his knees using the force, wanting to humiliate as much as his words were meant to humiliate him. Kylo was humiliated most of all by the fact Hux was not wrong – at least not completely. He had wanted to let the past die – burn it to the ground and yet he had fallen for his uncle's trick. Something that had been tormenting him since last months' battle.
Kylo closed his fist tighter resting it against his thigh causing Hux's cheek to connect with the cold black marble in a floor bow.
"Do not forget who you are talking to General Hux." Kylo spun the man on the floor, pushing his fist harder against his thigh as Hux's face smashed even harder against the floor causing him to release a satisfying yelp of pain. "I could end your life so easily." Kylo tightened his fist a little more to crush Hux's windpipe, tempted to just execute his threat and end the General once and for all.
Hux let out a noise which seemed to be a mix between a scream of pain and an attempt to acquiesce.
Kylo relaxed his hand suddenly and walked back to his seat, leaving Hux panting on the floor.
Hux stood up on wobbly legs, trying to give himself as much composure as possible by pulling his uniform into place with sharp moves.
"Aren't you going to thank me for sparing your life?" Kylo taunted, steepling his fingers under his chin.
Hux pressed his lips in a thin line, anger boiling under the surface. "Of course, Supreme Leader, I am thankful for your leniency. I believe you misunderstood the reason for my outburst and I realize retrospectively that my words were disrespectful."
Kylo leaned back in his chair, gesturing for Hux to continue. He was not a child anymore, he had learned from the past – from his mistakes and the mistakes he had seen unravel in front of him. The mistake Supreme Leader Snoke had made when he underestimated him. Kylo would not make the same mistake. He knew Hux would kill him the first chance he got to become the Leader of the First Order.
"The First Order has lost a lot during this last fight. We have lost our Supreme Leader Snoke." Hux rested his fist on his chest as a sign of respect forthe deceased. "The troops are somehow shaken up by the sudden change in Leadership, any failure or further changes might cause a disruption so big that I fear the army we lead might desert us. I fear that, as immense as your powers are, there would not be much left if you were left without an army."
Kylo nodded, not missing the barely veiled threat in the statement. Hux brought the men to him – He had looked into Hux's mind before, trying to find the ammunition to destroy him and he had seen what Gallius Rax told him "You will lead these children. They will serve you. And one day soon your father will pass down his teachings to you, and you will learn to do what he did. It will be your life's work to take children like these savages and hammer their malleable minds into whatever shape you so require. They will be tools built for the work at hand. This is my gift to you, boy. One day your father will die. One day soon, I fear. And you will take his place".
Kylo reluctantly admitted that without Hux he didn't have an army and without an army… He reluctantly concentrated on Hux again. No matter how much he hated him, he needed him – They needed each other.
"They fear me – Just as you should" Kylo pointed out more to himself than to Hux's benefit.
Hux held his hands behind his back and walked toward the back wall to the enormous window facing the void of the Galaxy. "The circumstances of the Supreme Leader's death spread among the men."
Kylo walked to Hux and stood beside him silently.
"There is some fear that we would be bested. How did just an untrained girl managed to overpower you?"
Kylo shrugged. "Sheer Luck."
Hux let out a humourless laugh. "Once maybe – But she defeated you three times and killed our Leader – This looks much more like a pattern to me. How could this have happened? You never really said."
Kylo glowered at Hux who kept his head straight. Maybe killing Hux would not be such an issue, he was just one cog in the works of a larger plan, he was much more trouble than he was worth. "You're dismissed."
Hux bowed ever so slightly before leaving Kylo alone still facing the window.
Once he heard the door close his shoulder sagged as he rested his hand on the cold glass. He closed his eyes trying to reach for Rey – He had felt her a few weeks earlier, he felt a desperation mirroring his own.
Rey? He tried to send and met only silence. Had the bond faded? Did she find a way to block it? He slammed his fist against the glass with a scream of frustration.
"They will die, they will all die and you –" He shook his head. Nobody would betray him again, nobody would even fail him again. He would not allow it and if it meant burning the world to the ground then so be it.
