"You feel her?"
At first he does not answer. He has to be sure. Sure that this apparitions intent is not sinister. She deserves that. Fayne deserves that at least. For what he did. How he lost her.
The warped face of the Supreme Leader stands before him, and he knows time is running out. Foolish. And deceived. To believe that his master could ever have anything but ill intent towards his mate.
"Ren. . ."
"Yes." He answers a bit too abruptly but keeps his gaze fixed on the ground. "I feel her. I feel Fayne."
"And the child?"
She's so brave. So strong. He knows that even if he could find her, she'd still keep the child hidden. Is she in pain? Is their child even born yet? He can only imagine. Their child . . .
"I sense nothing Master."
One glare from Supreme Leader Snoke is almost enough to make him change his mind but he stands firm.
"Curiouser and curiouser . . ." The tension is so thick that he immediately starts thinking. What would happen if he turned now. What chance he would stand. He can never be sure. Never certain. How much Snoke knows . . . until finally he chuckles coolly. "Return to the Bridge and await my command."
Concealing his relief, Kylo REN straightens. "Yes Supreme Leader."
He hates him. He hates him so badly that it's a struggle to keep it behind the mask. Oh he can see it now. Taking his lightsaber, he'd start with a finger. Then he'd work his way up from there . . . again, and again . . .
"Ren?"
Imbecile. He turns but only slightly.
"I am having second thoughts of you."
He pauses. "I have given everything to you. My family! My progeny! My father! You question my loyalty but when the moment came, I was loyal to you."
That laugh. Once again, echoing in the blood stained red of this horrible room. "You will not fool me, child. Love does not die at the first blow, and hope does not wither until all opportunity is dead. If Darth Vader's heir you are, prove it."
He is almost afraid to ask, but he bites back, and he does anyway. "How?"
"Bring me your wife. And the child she carries. And we will see to it that the First Order possesses the galaxy, once again."
