Rey remembered…
Kylo Ren had apprehended and abducted her on the planet of Takodana and flown her in his shuttle to Starkiller Base. Rey shivered within her meditative state.
He'd stalked her through the jungle, a knight of darkness robed in black with his face hidden beneath a chilling mask. She had tried to defend herself but he'd deflected away her desperate blaster bolts as if he were swatting flies. She had sensed that he was enjoying this hunt and relished the small screams she made each time she shakily fired off a shot at him. However, eventually he'd grown tired of the chase and with a wave of a hand he'd paralysed her where she stood.
After prowling around her like a predatory animal he had threatened her with his glowing red lightsaber. Ren had held it against her neck, letting her feel its burning hot plasma and demanding she provide him a map piece that would lead him to Master Luke's secret location on Ach-To.
He'd then decided to end it there and knocked her unconscious with a simple and devastating projection of his thoughts. Her friend Finn had later told her that Kylo Ren had carried her in his arms personally rather than having his Stormtroopers haul her away... strange… and creepy.
She had later awoken with a start on Starkiller Base, and found herself strapped into a standing metal rack which she instantly understood was meant as a torture device!
And he was right there… in front of her, hunched down watching her through that terrifying-looking mask. At the time Rey had drawn on her survival skills and willed herself to be calm… be strong.
He had tried to mock her bravery in that low metallic voice of his, but she had countered this by implying he was a coward for hiding behind a mask. Ren seemed to take this as a challenge and quite unexpectedly he unclipped the fittings on the front of the gleaming black and silver helmet and removed it to reveal the face beneath.
Rey had been utterly shocked.
Kylo Ren was younger than she had expected, perhaps only about ten years older than herself at most. He was so strikingly good-looking… a pale prince of the Dark Side. She'd felt shame that she could have had thoughts like these in relation to such a man! When she was in such a perilous situation too!
Ren's piercing dark eyes had seemed to stare into her very soul, for he smiled sardonically at her with his beautiful but cruel mouth. "Don't be afraid I feel it too." he said in a satisfied voice, still sounding deep, even without the mask.
He then proceeded to draw up and stand beside her immobilised body and stretched his leather-gloved hand in front of her face before he began to invade her thoughts brutally, delving into her most intimate memories, searching for the secret map without mercy. He moved his intense-looking face close to hers…
Rey had felt like vomiting whilst suffering this violation and had tried to turn her head away from his hot breath as much as she could, but he just kept leaning in closer and closer almost brushing her neck with his lips… "He's attracted to me!" she'd suddenly realised… "What the hell is he planning to do with me?" she inwardly screamed "No, I won't let this happen!"
She attempted once again to calm her thoughts and imagined a wall protecting her mind against the crashing waves of his probing.
"Get out of my head!" she had hissed through clenched teeth.
"You know I can take anything I want," he stated with a smirk on his face.
"I'm not giving you anything!" she had spat back at him.
He narrowed his eyes at her, still smiling at her with fake charm, seemingly inviting her to challenge him. "The sick bastard was enjoying this" she had thought incredulously.
"We'll see" he'd responded invitingly.
Rey had been scared, but determined to fight back too! She'd had lashed out wildly with what she now realised had been the Force and fought his probing with every inch of will she possessed. She had reflected his hateful smirk right back at him when she had somehow latched on to his own unguarded thoughts and revelled in his angry surprise.
"You…You're Afraid," she had said in an almost jubilant tone."Afraid that you'll never be as strong as Darth Vader!"
He had drawn back and broken off the interrogation with an angry scowl. Both of them were breathing quickly and he was staring at her with equal measures of wonder and burning hate.
She had then projected her thoughts freely to him. "How'd do you like that you evil shitbag?"
He was livid with rage but did not respond. Kylo Ren had then grabbed his mask and stormed out of the detention chamber.
Lights swirled in her mind and Rey brought herself out of her meditation.
Was there some reason these memories were being played out so vividly to her today? Was the force guiding her with visions? She felt a sudden sinking feeling and something seemed to hum in her skull.
"Don't think I've forgotten you my little scavenger bitch, you got lucky back then... but when we next meet I will show you the true meaning of suffering!"
Rey jumped to her feet and reached for the Force instinctively. Her lightsaber flew to her right hand in seconds, clutching it defensively, alert and ready. "Who's there?" she whispered straining her ears and listening intently. There was no sound out of the ordinary though, just the gentle lapping of the sea and the calling of the gulls outside.
"Had that been the voice of Kylo Ren? What was going on!?" she thought, her stomach turning.
She knew she needed to talk to Master Luke urgently.
Dimly she started to hear the digital clicks and beeping of R2-D2. He was calling to her in that weird binary language of astromech droids. He was asking her whether she was actually going to come out of her hut at all today.
She drew back the cloth curtain that covered the door of her dwelling and hurried through. "I'm coming Artoo!" she shouted.
