You woke up with a throbbing headache. When you opened your eyes, you felt blinded by the whiteness of the room you were in. For a minute you didn't remember what had happened and you thought the white room was just a dream. Or maybe you had died and this was heaven.
But then you noticed your wrists were tightly tied to a chair with wide leather straps and so were your ankles. This was definitely not heaven and unfortunately, it was also not a dream. You looked around you only to find that the room was completely empty besides the chair you were tied to.
It felt like an eternity before the door in front of you suddenly swooshed open and a man dressed in black entered. It was Kylo Ren. His tall, intimidating figure made your heart jump in fear. The situation started dawning on your groggy mind. You were his prisoner. There was no escape. He could do anything to you and all you could do was take it.
"I see you're awake finally," Kylo said, his deep voice still distorted by the mask he was wearing. You wondered for a moment what he would sound like without his helmet, but then you remembered the seriousness of the situation again and your mind concentrated solely on the fear and dread you were feeling.
"Why did you take me?" you asked, your voice very high pitched and a lot more fearful than you would have hoped. You didn't want to show him that you were terrified of him.
"Well, I know your parents fought for the Rebellion and are longstanding supporters of the Resistance. Your brother is also with the Resistance. You come from a town full of Resistance supporters. And you are force sensitive. I think you might prove out to be quite valuable," Kylo said.
"I hate to disappoint you, but I am not a member of the Resistance," you said in the hopes the information would make Kylo let you go. What use could you possibly be to him?
"Are you sure you're not lying? Because if you are, I will find out," Kylo said.
"No, my parents are part of the Resistance and so is my brother, but I am not. I am just a nurse. I am a sympathiser, but I am not part of the organisation and therefore I have no classified information," you said. You were being truthful. Your parents didn't tell you anything important and neither did anyone else.
However, there were a few things you wanted to try keep from Kylo. You knew the location of the base where your brother was doing his training. It was an important pilot base for the Resistance and therefore, something that could be damaging if Kylo did find out. You also didn't want to let him know about your healing ability. It wasn't much, but you thought you were less useful to him if he didn't know much about your force sensitivity.
Suddenly you felt a tug in your mind. Kylo's hand was stretched towards you, as he invaded your mind.
"Show me what you know about the Resistance," he commanded. The command was echoing in your head as he tried to pull out your memories, tried to make you to show them to him.
Pictures of your parents flashed by. Your mother's worried face. Your brother. The joy when he found out he had been accepted into the pilot training programme. Your father talking about the time he had been fighting side by side with General Organa. There was nothing important, though, nothing useful to Kylo.
You concentrated on the memories that had the slightest connection to the Resistance. The last Christmas your brother had been home. He was so cheery, joking around, so unaware of the war that was already going on… Then he hugged you goodbye. He was going to say it. He was going to say where he was going.
You remembered something your mum once told you. Distract yourself. If someone tries to read your mind, you need to distract yourself. Pain is always useful.
So you bit your tongue, hard, and suddenly the image of your brother became red and blurry and his voice muffled. You kept biting down, even though you could taste blood. I have to save my brother, you thought.
Then suddenly he was out of your mind. You felt exhausted.
"You certainly are force sensitive. You have strength that no one who hasn't been trained should have," Kylo said. You saw him unlock his helmet and take it off to reveal his face. It was a face of a young man. His eyes were dark brown, filled with frustration as he looked at you. His hair was quite long, curled and jet black, his skin very pale. A large scar ran across his face.
"You won't be able to keep me out forever," he said. His voice was so much more human now, without his mask. It was deep, but less intimidating.
"I am no use to you," you insisted.
"You know where the major Resistance pilot base is, because that's where your brother is," Kylo said, his eyes piercing through yours like daggers.
"I won't let you find out the location. I can't. My brother is in there," you hissed.
"That's what you think. But you will break eventually."
With that, he left the room.
You were kept in there for days. Every day Kylo would come in and access your mind, trying to find out what you knew, but you kept fighting him back. You were only given water, so you were getting weaker from starvation, but other than that, Kylo didn't harm you in any physical way. He was only trying to lure the location of your brother out of your mind. You were relieved that that was all he did to you, because you had heard some horrific stories of what happened to people who were captured by the First Order. Then again, you weren't anyone especially important. In fact, you were wondering why he even cared about the location of the pilot base so much as to keep you there for such a long time.
A week had passed since you were taken captive. You felt your body aching from being stuck in the same position for so long and you were starving. But when Kylo entered the room, you gathered all your mental strength to defend your memories.
Kylo's face looked a little weary as he entered the room. He stood close to you, too close for your own comfort, but at least he wasn't wearing the hideous mask.
"Why do you care so much about a pilot base?" you asked, tired of him invading your mind.
"You might not know where Poe Dameron is, but surely the people at the biggest pilot base know where one of the best Resistance pilots is," Kylo said.
Before Kylo was able to once again invade your mind and memories, the door opened much to Kylo's surprise. He turned around on his heels quickly to look at the man who had walked in.
"General Hux, what are you doing here?" he asked, clearly annoyed the man had disturbed him.
General Hux's face was full of arrogance.
"I'm here to inform you that the Supreme Leader wishes to speak to you. Why are you wasting your time on this girl?" he asked.
"I am not wasting a lot of time on her and she does have knowledge of the Resistance that would be useful to us," Kylo said.
"But why can't you get it out of her then? You should let me handle her. I am sure I can make her talk very quickly," Hux said with a grin on his face that made you feel incredibly uncomfortable. You did not want to find out how he was planning to make you speak.
"NO! You are not to touch the girl. I can handle her myself," Kylo protested. You were surprised at how insistent he was.
"The Supreme Leader is waiting," Hux pointed out.
"I know," Kylo muttered and the two walked out of the room, leaving you alone to stare at the door that closed behind them.
You thought back to what you had just witnessed. It seemed that you were some kind of a private project for Kylo, as he didn't seem to want Hux to get involved. His words had also made you realise that there were interrogation methods that would have been a lot more effective in getting you speak, which Hux seemed to be an expert of. Invading a prisoner's mind probably worked well in a lot of cases, but Kylo knew by now that his efforts weren't getting anywhere. You realised that you weren't there for the pilot base. There was some a lot more personal reason why Kylo was holding you prisoner, something else, something a lot more important than a pilot base. What it was, you didn't know. But you were convinced that you would eventually find out.
Note: Since I have most of this story written already, I will be posting the chapters fairly quickly. Hope you're enjoying the story. If so, let me know!