A/N: It is very rare that I update again so soon. My muse is very insistent, so I write. Might update again later today if I still feel my creative juices flowing. Hope you enjoy the chapter!
Sanya startled awake from her force-induced slumber. When she attempted to move, she realized her hands and feet were bound with metal restraints. She focused her energy on the controls of the restraints, only to be disappointed when they didn't budge.
"Don't bother trying to escape. You won't get very far Sanya," a deep voice said from across the room.
Sanya looked up quickly and scanned the room with her eyes. Sitting in the shadows was her masked captor.
"What do you want with me?" she asked angrily, "why have you brought me here?"
She could feel the ever-present feeling in her mind she had felt on the planet. The masked man stood from his seat and moved closer to her, his filtered voice sending chills down her spine.
"My wishes haven't changed since we last met."
She reached out with the force in an attempt to figure out who he was. Her question was answered when he reached to remove his helmet. He pulled it from his face and placed it on the elevated surface beside him. Sanya nearly gasped when she looked upon the handsome face of her captor.
"Ben?" she asked in disbelief.
His handsome face scrunched into a scowl at her mention of his name.
"I now go by Kylo Ren. That name has no meaning for me anymore."
Sanya took his appearance in. He was a very different man than the Ben Solo she had known in the past. Thinking of the past made her anger flare up again.
"Just as well, I guess. The Ben Solo I knew no longer exists. He is long gone. The darkness consumed his soul and stole him away from all those who loved him."
Kylo Ren's mouth quirked up at the corner slightly.
"Still as headstrong as I remember. It was always my favorite thing about you."
Sanya's eyes flared with anger.
"Do not speak to me like a friend, Kylo Ren. What do you want with me?"
Kylo's smirk disappeared and his eyes softened.
"I told you. My wishes have not changed. I want you beside me. I always have. Ever since you slipped from my grasp, I have been searching for you."
He reached out his hand towards her face like he had back on the planet. His finger grazed her face before she flinched out of his reach. Kylo's expression changed to show his hurt at being rejected.
"I see your feelings have changed," he said, pulling his hand away.
Sanya continued to glare at him.
"That's what happens when someone tries to kill you."
10 years ago
Sanya hid behind a boulder, the rain falling hard around her. She covered her mouth with her hand to stifle her sobs. The screams of her fellow padawans filled the air as they were slaughtered. She prayed that she wouldn't meet a similar end.
Looking around the side of the boulder, she saw the figures standing in the rain over the limp bodies of the fallen padawans. One figure seemed to be leading the group. A very familiar figure, one she wished she hadn't seen. Ben.
He seemed to be searching the bodies, almost like he was looking for someone. Sanya's heart quickened as she realized he was searching for her. He stopped his search and looked up in her direction. She felt his mind reach out to her.
Sanya. Don't be afraid.
He started to walk towards her hiding place. Sanya couldn't get her body to move, to run away. He reached her side in no time, rain pattering off his metal helmet. He reached out his hand to her, offering to help her stand.
Sanya scrambled to her feet on her own, backing up against the boulder. Ben reached up and removed his helmet from his head. His dark hair tumbled down around his face, shielding it from the rain.
"Sanya, come with me. You will be safe, I promise," he said softly.
Sanya shook her head vigorously. She summoned the force within herself and flung it at him with all her strength. It affected him, but just barely. It was enough for her to run into the woods behind her.
Ben growled and dropped his helmet on the wet ground. He barked an order to the men standing behind him before chasing after Sanya into the forest.
Sanya called out desperately in her mind for her master to help her.
Luke! Please help me! He's after me!
Not looking where she was going, Sanya couldn't see the branch in the dark until she tripped over it. She fell on her stomach and got a face full of mud. She sputtered and clambered back to her feet to begin running again. Before she had the chance, Ben crashed through the trees behind her. He reached out and grabbed her arm, forcing her to face him.
"Please Sanya! Come with me!" he shouted over the deafening rain, "I can save you!"
Sanya tried to pull her arm from his grasp to no avail.
"Save me? You are the one doing this! Why Ben?! Why are you doing this?!"
Ben pulled Sanya closer to him and gazed down into her tearful eyes.
"Because I have to! But if you come with me, I can offer you safety."
Sanya looked up into his eyes and felt a sense of dread overtake her. There was no way he could protect her from whatever cause he was associated with, or even from himself. The eyes she was looking into were of a broken man. She pulled her arm again and managed to free herself from his grasp.
"I can't come with you. I'm sorry Ben."
Ben's face contorted in grief as he took in her refusal. He reached for his light saber at his hip. Igniting it, the reddish glow lit up the patch of empty forest they were standing in.
"If you won't come with me, I have to kill you."
Sanya desperately grabbed her own light saber from its hilt and ignited it. The green glow mixed with the red as the two of them stared at each other. Ben rushed towards her and swung his light saber in her direction. Sanya lifted hers and parried his strike. He had always been stronger than her. She wasn't sure how long she would be able to fight him off.
After she defending a few of his strikes off, Sanya attempted to attack him herself. Ben blocked her swipe easily and grabbed her wrist. Her light saber turned off and fell from her hand. Sanya fell to her knees and looked up at Ben in surrender. He was going to kill her. Her best friend was going to kill her.
"I'm sorry Sanya…" he choked out as he lifted his light saber to finish her off.
Sanya met his eyes again and let out a sob.
"I love you Ben…" she uttered softly.
Ben paused in his strike and reached out towards her. Before his hand reached her, another light saber lit up the clearing. Ben's attention moved to his right where his uncle stood.
"Run Sanya!" Luke cried out before swinging his light saber at his nephew.
Ben deflected Luke's attack but fell to the ground at the force of the strike. Rather than attack again, Luke ran into the woods after Sanya who had taken her chance to flee. Ben kneeled in the rain, watching his uncle and best friend run off into the darkness. No one was around to hear what he said.
"I love you Sanya."
A/N: Hope you enjoyed the chapter! I may write another one later on today, so stay posted! Please review!
