Chapter 1

Hux stood before the towering image of his dark leader. Horrified and heart-struck he tried to hold himself together in front of Snoke. The sound of destruction can be heard from beyond the dark towering walls and the surroundings trembled as the planet ripped its self apart.

"The fuel cells have raptured. The collapse of the planet has begun." As Hux voiced the truth he noticed the slightest movement in Snoke. He knew his dark leader was furious.

"Leave the base at once and come to me with Kylo Ren." The monumental hologram boomed from beneath the hood that shrouded his disfigured face. His voiced changed to a grim tone. "It is time to complete his training"

The next moments were a blur as General Hux ran to the control room, time was not on his side. The planet was caving in on itself underneath him. The ground rumbled and shook.

"Where is he! Where is Kylo Ren?" He shouted over the intercom.

"We are unsure, we last saw him run off into the forest to the west."

Hux's face was red from running but it turned pale as he heard this news. How was he to find Kylo, the forests were endless. He needed someone... someone who knew how to find Kylo. Someone with the force.

She was a deep sleeper. But no one would be able to sleep through planetary annihilation... yet she was. The door to her cell slid open swiftly and a ginger general rushed in.

"WAKE UP" he pushed her body a little too hard and she fell to the ground with a thump.

"AGGHHH... WHAT?!" She glared at him from the ground whilst rubbing her back to ease the pain of impact.

"The planet is exploding! FIND KYLO" Her saber was thrust at her, a device she had been void of for weeks. "And I will sort out the payment you requested"

Her eyes dilated at the thought of an unreasonable amount of money. A sum that she had ordered for her service to the first order. A sum that they had refused and hoped over time she would lower or that she would work for free and succumb to the daily brainwashing attempt. "Okay, I will find him. Meet me with a ship!" She ordered the man who had imprisoned her.

"How will I know whe..."

"The tracker" She cut him off and pointed to the thick metal cuff around her ankle that they installed after her last escape attempt.

A purple shaft shot out of her saber and Hux saw a swirl of colour before his prisoner was gone and glass fell from where it previously was in the window frame.

As she fell from the window she noted how easily the thick glass shattered with the assistance of her lightsaber. But her mind focused back on the task at hand. Her only way off this exploding planet. She needed to find the man who had captured her a few weeks prior.

She felt his presence in the air, it was weaker than usual and growing weaker by the second. He was in the forests to the west, far beyond the ever-gaping crack forming between herself and him. The clouds reflected the red and orange flames from the bases destruction and the melting snow further reflected the orange hues, the planet looked like a hell of sorts.

As she landed creating a creator below her she sprinted. Faster than any human could, the force causing her strides to widen. She was getting close. She could feel his usual disturbance in the force, anger and frustration surrounded his being. But he was weak and getting weaker. Running through the flaming trees she reached a body clad in dark leather and cloth. He was covered in burn marks and was bleeding. Loosing blood fast. She cradled his body, blood gushing from a stab wound in his side. Was this Kylo Ren? His body seemed to emit a strong feeling of pain. This must be him, this body was the source of power she was drawn to… but this was the first time she has seen his face. Pale and untouched... apart from a recent bleeding mark that stretched from his jaw to his forehead. She had not expected this to be the face of Kylo Ren, she expected to see the usual black lifeless mask that she had seen him always wear.

She attempted to stop the bleeding by forcing the blood to clot. It worked... but he was still unconscious. She lifted his limp body over her shoulder, the man was taller than her, but she had more muscle than his lean frame.

As she lifted him over her shoulder she heard the familiar sound of a TIE fighter growing closer. A sound she grew to know over the past few weeks in custody. It landed nearby, and she jumped to the top of the ship, lowered the limp body inside and followed inside after it.

The ship was small. Tiny in fact. It was a two-seat ship, not enough room for the three of them but it was all they had. She nodded to Hux as she slipped into the second seat and cradled the limp body on her lap as they flew from the planet's surface that crumbled below them. Once out of the planets stratosphere she could see it explode below them out of the rear facing gunner window. It exploded like a sun going into supernova and as they entered light speed she could feel the forces of the explosion rattle the back of the ship.

A few minutes of silence passed before the general spoke."Is he okay?" She heard Hux asking with concern in his voice from the pilot seat.

"He is weak, but still breathing" She noted as she felt shallow breaths on her neck from the man in her arms. Only now did she realise how attractive the man behind the mask was. Aside from the bloody burn mark across the right side of his face, he had strong features and long shaggy curling black hair. She did not realise how young the man was. He would only be a few years younger than herself. She was expecting an older harsher man. That was all she was used to working for evil men in the outer rim before being captured. Without thinking her hand raised and softly stroked the soft untouched skin on his left cheek. She felt sorry for him. A boy like him... obviously succumb to the brainwashing that the first order had also attempted on her. Now she understood the constant presence she felt from him in the force. Frustration and anger forcing the light inside of him away. He was trying to prove himself to be a Sith like his father.

She cradled the man in her arms until Hux informed her that they had reached the closest star destroyer. "The Finalizer is just up ahead, we will take Ren to the medical bay and then I am sure Snoke will wish to speak with you about your terms of employment" she shuddered at the mention of his name, the disfigured man who she had been taken to brainwash her many times without success. She dreaded his face. Even though she had only seen him as a towering hologram she did not wish to meet him in person... ever!

She continued to carry the limp body over her shoulder no one else wishing to touch the knight of Ren, afraid if he would awake and strike them down. So on she walked being escorted by stormtroopers and following the now composed general through dark metal hallways. She noted that while holding Kylo Ren, she could feel his presence in the force, it intertwined with her own and made her feel stronger than she ever had before. His body felt light with this strength, effortless to carry a body heavier than her own. She had not touched another person for weeks and realising that she had not had sex for weeks, an unusual occurrence for someone in her usual field of work. Her mind darted back to the day she was captured, why did she need to be trafficking drugs to that particular planet on that particular day.

The party came to a halt in front of a large door.

"General Hux, requesting entrance to the medical bay." The doors opened swiftly. Nurses and doctors all leaving their current patients to await the general. Two porters quickly brought a stretcher toward the knight of Ren. Allowing the captive to lower his body from her shoulder. The second he was on the stretcher all of the practitioners swarmed his body with instruments to check his stability and he was wheeled away into a private room out the back of the centre, obviously reserved for important leaders of the First Order. Hux turned and motioned for his prisoner to follow. Both dreading the meeting they were to have with Snoke.

"And you agreed for her to work for that sum?" Snoke boomed with anger. The dark lord had hoped that weeks of imprisonment and brainwashing would lower the amount she wanted. His head darted toward the woman and he glared at her while obviously still talking to Hux. "To ensure that she does not get intercepted by the resistance we imprisoned her, but I do wish to have another force user such as her in our ranks, so I am willing to allow her to be paid the same rate as she would be working for those outer rim and unknown region drug trafficking scum" he then turned his head back to Hux. "It was an innovative idea to use her to locate Ren" He looked back toward the woman. "I appreciate your assistance in finding my apprentice while he was in a state of incapacitation" His voice rumbled through the room continuing in a sinister demeaner he continued. "as you are already proficient in the use of lightsaber combat and force use you will be Ren's bodyguard, ensure he does not end up as he is now." Hux looked over toward his former prisoner with shock, she will be working closely with him and Kylo. "I also will want you to work on some missions in the outer rim and in the unknown regions of space." She looked toward Snoke with confusion, he was going to let her go home… but she knew he had darker plans for this. "Hux… vacate the room, I need to talk privately."

Hux obliged and left the room swiftly. Leaving the woman and the towering hologram. "You will continue to wear that tracker, I do not wish for you to have other ideas and run away. You will be retrieving some relics for me in the unknown regions of space but first I need to know that you are on my side. Come closer and show me your saber." She forgot that she still had her lightsaber at her waist. She stepped forward and held it in her hands in front of her. "now open the saber, take the crystal out and bleed it." She did not know what he meant. Confusion over he face as she withdrew the crystal from within the saber. "hold it in your hand, and declare your loyalty to me" his sinister voice made her body shudder. She dreaded this moment but continued.

"I swear my loyalty to you and your cause" she was in shock as the crystal began to fade to a deep shade of maroon. As this happened snoke shockingly stood up and extended his hand. Lightning shot from his fingertips and struck the crystal. The electricity seemed to be absorbed into the crystal and made her hand buzz. The lightning ceased, and the remaining tails of electricity were absorbed into the crystal. The crystal was bright red and looked as though it had cracks of lightning through it. She was shocked that Snoke could produce force lightning from a hologram of himself, her fear of him grew.

She returned the crystal into the lightsaber and a red crackling shaft of light protruded from it. It was unstable like the one Kylo Ren had bested her with in her capture.

"Good, now you are one of us Zannah" His face darkened and malice smile slithered across his face. This was not her name, but she would soon be referred to this more than she would like. "I have named you after a dark sith from our past as you will be a defender of our Kylo Ren and should shield him as she did for herself". The hologram crackled and disappeared but as it did an evil grimace crackled over Snokes face. He had dark plans for her. Her life was changed now, yes, she would be paid handsomely but at what cost?

A/N; Please review if you like the story so far, I have three chapters written so far.