A/N: Ay finally a second chapter. I've been a bit busy, what with writing fics for Shadowhunters and crying about my exams. It happens. But it's here now, so, enjoy! Or, hopefully at least.

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Hux woke with a start, barely missing hitting his head against the wall. He was gasping for breath, the remnants of his nightmare echoing around his mind. In an effort to calm down, he closed his eyes and rested his forehead against his knees. His ears were ringing, the feeling of pure terror still pulsing through his veins, and Hux tried to focus on the sound of his breathing, raspy and still too fast. Slowly, he made an effort to lose the tension in his body, willing his shoulders to relax.

Hux bit his lip to focus his thoughts, scattered around his head. He couldn't shake the feeling of paranoia while being surrounded by Force users, feeling as if anyone could pick apart his thoughts at any time. It was the same problem he'd had with Kylo, at first. After he'd realized what the Force was truly capable of, and after witnessing enough interrogations, Hux had become afraid of Ren going through his mind. Later, it changed, obviously. Kylo had promised not to poke around Hux's thoughts, and he'd believed him. Here, though, the same uneasiness he hadn't felt in a long time creeped up on him.

Hux mind flashed with snippets of the nightmare. He remembered Snoke, towering above him, his sickening voice filling the silence with promises of pain and things Hux didn't want to recall. The air had been cold, freezing Hux to the bone. He'd wanted to run. He'd wanted to but he couldn't. Kylo'd been there, he was sure.

He didn't want to think about it, and tried to empty his thoughts.

Hux wrapped his arms around his knees, shaking. He hoped that the Resistance would make up their mind on what to do with him. If he was to die, he'd rather it happen sooner than later. Being in this constant state of uncertainty was getting to him. He drifted off slowly, his thoughts still tormenting him.

Hux was next startled to awareness sometime later when he recognized the undeniable and all too familiar feeling of someone using the Force to try and shift through his mind. But this wasn't General Organa, or any other Jedi; this felt too dark, too chaotic - this felt like Kylo. It couldn't be, though, could it? Kylo was at the Starkiller Base, most likely training with Snoke, or off on a mission. It couldn't be him- yet Hux knew he couldn't be mistaken. He stood up with much effort, supporting himself by bracing his arm against the wall. The sense of Kylo's presence grew stronger, and Hux couldn't help but feel hopeful.

Suddenly his cell was lit up in red, the emergency lights flickering on as alarms began to ring throughout the base. "That bloody fucking idiot," Hux muttered, pushing himself off the wall and taking a few hesitant steps towards the door, disbelief coloring his face. For the second time the door slid open, this time revealing a Resistance fighter instead of General Organa. He looked panicked, glancing quickly between Hux and the corridor to his left, holding on to a gun so tightly his fingers turned white.

"There's been a- a minor security breach," the man shouted over the sound of the alarm, now pointing the gun at Hux's direction. Because an unarmed, exhausted Hux was such a threat at the moment. "You're being transferred," the fighter told him, and then, when Hux made no effort to move, gestured the gun between Hux and the corridor. "Let's go!" he yelled.

Hux didn't see any other option but to follow. With the gun pressed to his neck and Hux's hands held up in the air they walked through the corridors of the base, turning left and right at random. Hux made a point of memorizing the path while they went on, though he doubted it'd be of much help later on. The continuous ringing was making his head hurt. They took one final turn, and then Hux was forcibly pushed into a new cell. The guard looked around nervously. "Stay here," he commanded, and shut the door.

Hux frowned as he looked around. This cell was considerably smaller than the previous one, with no windows nor a table. There was something resembling a bed on the far left side of the room, but Hux wouldn't vouch for it to even bear anyone sitting on it for too long.

As he was assessing the room, just as abruptly as it had begun, the emergency lights switched off and the alarm sounds subsided. Hux didn't move a muscle, standing in the middle of the cell. If it really had been Kylo, if he truly was here... Hux resolved to waiting as patiently as he could. For something; anything.

Hux had no clue how much time passed. Eventually he deemed it pointless to simply stand around, and hesitantly sat on the edge of the bed. It wasn't particulary uncomfortable, but Hux wouldn't have necessarily called it pleasant either. He briefly missed his bed in the Finalizer, but thinking about that made him think about Kylo, and that wouldn't do.

Hux leaned against the wall, closing his eyes. Of course, Kylo wasn't here. He'd been ridiculous to even consider it a possibility. There had probably simply been another incident, some truly minor one to which they merely over-reacted to. That must be it.

Except, then, he felt a brief pressure against his mind - if that was even possible - like a warning, before Kylo's voice filled his head. 'Hux', he said. Hux had sat up straight, eyes wide open.

'Kylo?' he tried, ever so glad of said man teaching him to do this what felt like ages ago. The bond, if it could be called such, filled with relief.

'It's me.'

Hux squinted his eyes at the wall in front of him, trying to picture it was Kylo he was glaring at. 'What are you doing here?' Hux asked, feeling furious and glad at the same time.

'Rescuing you, obviously,' Kylo replied, and Hux resisted very hard the urge to roll his eyes.

'Have I ever told you whan an insufferable asshole you are?' Hux could practically feel Kylo's smug grin.

'Quite a few times. It seems I have gotten myself captured as well in the process of getting you out of here.'

Hux wasn't even surpised. 'Well, that's hardly unexpected. What are we to do about that, then?'

Kylo was silent for a while. Then he said, 'I'm going to get us both the hell away from here, even if it means breaking every bone of every person in this base.'

Hux, who was a well adjusted person who had his priorities straight, simply smirked.