Kylo Ren and Rey: Kill the Past

The stormtrooper had not put restraints on her, so Rey was free to move her arms and slowly she was starting to regain feeling in her arms and legs. However, the pain in her head had gone from exhaustion to a pounding headache. The droid that had let her enter through the door had retreated and only now and then Rey felt its cold presence watching her, always on the look-out for any sign of disobedience. Rey tried to ignore her guard and took in Kylo Ren's room. It was quite spacious. On the left side of the door there was a huge window that stretched over the entire side of the room. Through this window Rey could see the lights of several stars and planets. Rey was currently sitting on a black, cushioned chair with armrests that was part of a set centered around a glass table. In a corner of the room was a high counter with cupboards and high chairs. It seemed like it was supposed to be a bar but the cupboards were empty and the steel countertop was spotless. There were two other doors in the room that were closed, and made from the same material as the entrance. Besides the sparse furnishing, there was nothing else for Rey to occupy her mind with. The entire room was very minimalistic and revealed nothing about its inhabitant. Everything was black, except for the lighting that made the steel shimmer red. Rey's mind wandered. She did not want to think about her dead friends, how they died, how they would never come for her and how she would probably never be able to return to Jakku to meet her parents. Jakku. Her home and her prison. Sometimes, when she had lain on her thin matress that always seemed to have sand on it, listened to the murmurs of the travellers outside her tent and the sound of insects starting to sing through the night and gaze at the sky that was visible through a hole in her ceiling, Rey would think about life on different planets. She had wanted nothing more desperatly than to explore the galaxy, grab the next ship and fly off to a different world. A world where she would not have to worry about food or scavenging for parts. A world where she could meet people that she would open up her heart to. She had wanted nothing more desperately than to leave Jakku but on the next morning when the sun would reflect in her metal board and illuminate the marks she had scratched into it every day, she would be reminded of why she stayed.

Then came BB-8. She had not wanted him to join her in her solitude but he insisted. He told her about the resistance and what she thought were fairytales whispered from traveller to traveller sometimes in awe, sometimes with a hateful tone, started to consume her life. After BB-8 came Finn and he amazed her all over again. With his story of Luke Skywalker and his always attentive gaze that refelected his will to do anything it took for him to be free. She quite admired that. Even now, even after he revealed his stormtrooper past to her, she could not see him with anything but admiration. Although, she left Jakku without actively making the choice, rather her life was threatened and it seemed to be her only option, she knew in her heart that it was the right step to take. Han and Chewbacca followed and while Finn had already become a good friend to her, the two of them became like family. She could see Han's acceptance and good will underneath his scruffy attitude and Chewbacca made her feel like someone would always be watching over her. All these bonds were formed in such a short period of time but they were made under dangerous circumstances. Like a hot flame having a strong impact on metal.

Rey tried to push these thoughts away, tried to build up the wall that Kylo Ren had pushed up against but it was not possible. She could not see where her path would lead her now. Constant surveillance, an opponent who seemed to be able to get inside her head and who had plans for her she did not want to picture. Above all that, there was no one who would even notice her absence. She felt all the feelings that had left her in the interrogation room rush back into her body. Pain, loneliness, fear, hopelessness and even homesickness all overwhelmed her and she felt two tears making their way down her cheeks and into the corners of her mouth. She could taste the saltiness and that flavor upset her even more because it reminded her of the way the water tasted on Jakku. Rey was so busy trying to suppress the sobs that were building up in her chest, that she did not notice the entrance door being opened silently and a masked figure entering the room.

Kylo Ren saw the girl in his room and stopped. She was sitting with her back to the door and her head bowed down. He did not know whether he was imagening it or whether her shoulders were actually shaking. He took of his mask. The metallic sound and the hissing sound his mask made when it came off sounded amplifyed in the silence of his grand room. Flinching the girl turned around and looked at him. He could not read her expression but what he did see were the tears rolling down from her eyes. „You're crying." he said, without knowing what to do or how to deal with this person in his chambers. All of the sudden a flash of rage blinded him. He was angry at this simple girl who made him feel so weak and awkward. Why should a scavenger have any controll over his emotions. He had seen her mind and her sad life, that centered around false hope and desperatness. He, Kylo Ren, was in controll. He had dealt with dozens of prisoners before. He had heard their begging and their cries but none had ever touched him, no one had ever been able to shake him the way she had done. Maybe it had been a moment of weakness, when he had ordered that stormtrooper to bring her here – into his private rooms. But no, he needed her information, surely there was still something in her that he could inform Supreme Leader Snoke about. But Ben, said a tiny voice in his head, you already know that you have seen everything there is to see in her head.

Shaking his doubt, Kylo Ren took a step toward the girl sitting in his room. „You are Rey, of the planet Jakku. A scavenger. No friends, no important relatives. How is it that a simple girl like you could convince a droid to reveal vital information about the Resistance?"

She did not answere him but rather looked at him with a solid stare. The tears had stopped falling from her eyes and she looked like she wanted to burn him to the ground by staring at him. Kylo Ren felt uncomfortable. Even when Snoke was angry with him, he did not feel this helpless. The anger surged back up again, he hated this feeling of loosing controll and the next words stumbled out of his mouth. „I have revealed the information, you have so easily supplied me with, to the Supreme Leader and he will make sure that your rebel scum friends will never find Skywalker. We will get to him first and burn his pathetic life to the ground." He did not now what reaction he had hoped for but all Rey did was turn her gaze from him to the window, she stared at the cold lights radiating from planets far, far away. Although he should have felt relieved to be released from her stare, now he felt cheated of her attention and angry at her for not showing him the respect he deserved. „Well, you are going to show me everything I need to eliminate the last bits of those bastards you call friends. Although there aren't many left I presume." Again no reaction from her and with a silent sigh Kylo Ren gave up. „IE-6, bring the prisoner to one of the guest chambers. I am going to continue interrogations tomorrow." His droid appeared through one of the doors and seized Rey by the arm. Some part of Kylo hoped that she would look at him before leaving but she was gone quickly and left him alone.

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