Kylo Ren looked down at the fallen traitor, the former storm-trooper's back burning and bleeding from the slash down his spine. He reached his hand out and pulled his grandfather's lightsaber to him. It was not a weapon he would use, too much of the Jedi remained in the weapon but Kylo wanted it all the same.

He turned back intending to finish the job quickly; he needed to leave the planet before it came apart but it was already too late. The ground split between them. He tilted his head and looked across the canyon towards his prey. Let the traitor die here.

He turned and began running almost full speed towards the base, he needed to get to a ship quickly or he'd go up in flames as the planet did. But he needn't have worried, apparently. A ship appeared before him suddenly and the ramp dropped own. Phasma stood on the ramp, her hand held out to him.

He jumped and managed to catch hold of her. She tried to guide him to a seat but he brushed her aside, preferring to remain looking out as the planet crumpled and burned. Hux's failure was spectacular to watch but soon the door had to close. He made his way back into the main compartment and looked around at the others who had escaped. The ship was a small courier freighter usually used to ferry special items around their space but today it contained only a squadron of troopers along with Phasma and Hux.

The general was strapped in and looked incredibly irritated. It had no doubt not been his idea to come to Kylo's aid. Kylo breathed heavily inside his mask and could not sit so he leaned against the bulkhead instead and began to commune with the force.

Doing so allowed him to feel the emotions of those around him and even hear their thoughts if he was so inclined. He felt a great amount of fear and relief from the troopers but from Phasma, he felt anger, burning anger at being slighted in some way.

It was only a fraction of a second before he knew what had happened in his absence in the base. The good captain had been taken captive. The resistance had wanted her to drop the shields of the base and she had intended to die in defense of the First Order and her general.

But she had switched on her comms and Hux had heard the entire exchange. But rather than allowing her an honorable death, he had ordered her to drop the shields, intending to have it back up in minutes from the bridge. But he'd made a mistake and hadn't realized that the resistance only needed seconds to get through and start attacking the oscillator.

And now the jewel of the empire, Star Killer Base was destroyed because of Hux's unrequited feelings towards his trooper captain. Kylo delved into the general's mind and was slightly impressed. Despite what had happened, he didn't regret it. He was already spinning a tale in his mind to tell Snoke that would cover both his and Phasma's collective rears and Kylo left him to it.

Phasma would no doubt make the man pay for forcing her to be the lynchpin in the downfall of the supreme leader's prized base. While she may have admired the red headed man before, she was seething behind that helmet.

Kylo shook his head and walked past them, saying nothing to either. He entered the cockpit. "What were the casualties of the base?"

"We lost roughly a third of our troops and all the tech aboard was destroyed."

"And my ship?"

He saw the pilot freeze and his eyes narrowed behind the mask. "Sir, the ship was ordered to halt mid light speed after the base was destroyed and the codes checked out but it was a ruse. It was attacked and boarded. The prisoner was taken."

Kylo felt his fingers begin to clench in rage.

No. No! She was his to teach! His to shape into the perfect warrior for the dark and now she was gone!

His body shook with barely suppressed rage and the two pilots shifted away from him, as far as they could. He took a calming breath. It would no due him any good to begin tearing the small ship apart. And this wasn't the end. Not by a long stretch. He'd been inside her mind, he could feel her if he reached out far enough. He would find her. He would make her strong. She was destined to stand by his side, he'd known it the second she had reached into his thoughts. Their minds were in perfect symmetry to one another as they would be.

This is a prologue for a longer fic that I am working on called, "Beneath the Facade". There is also a side-story detailing more od Hux and Phasma's relationship within this series called, "Her Armor was as Jewels".BtF is updated almost daily and HAwaJ is complete. Both can be found on my author profile. Thank you very much for reading! ~Sophie D.