Side note: For those of you who've been following me for a while, you know that I have an internal soundtrack for every story I write. So FYI, I'll be posting a playlist under my profile on Youtube for Reylo if you guys wanna check it out. Basically the Playlist is a dialogue between Rey and Kylo/Ben. The first song lyric-wise doesn't have anything to do with the story, but the feeling it gave me when I listened to it conjured images in my head of Kylo and Rey together, and it was honestly the spark that lit the fire that wrote this story. (Ha ha…references…ah, I kill me). But anyways, if you have any questions about the song choice, or anything else, you're more than welcome to hit me up.
Xero
P.S. I'll include the link and the Set List at the End of this Chapter.
As he made his way to the other side of the Base, through the snowy landscape, Kylo did the only thing he could think of.
He reached out to her.
Rey concentrated the best she could. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, her eyes closed, reaching with her mind.
Her only option was to rise to the top of the cell to get to the porthole door.
If all the legends about the Force and the Jedi were true…
She focused on her goal. The need to survive. The instinctive drive to escape and run.
She'd risen from the ground only a few inches.
But it was working.
She grinned, working not to break her streak.
Slowly, she was rising.
She stretched out her arms, waiting to feel the ceiling.
Her fingertips brushed the cold, smooth surface of metal –
Rey, the voice said, panicked and loud in her mind.
She gasped.
And fell eight feet onto the hard floor.
"Blast!" she exclaimed, curling up in a ball to absorb the pain.
His heart leaped out of his chest.
Yes! She hadn't blocked herself from him.
Where are you? He asked, parking the Silencer on a landing pad before jumping out.
He started running in the direction of the Holding Facility.
But then he froze.
Kylo realized Phasma had never specified which FLDT cell had a heat signature.
And come to think of it, there had been no confirmation that the heat signature was from Rey, he'd simply assumed.
No no, don't do this, he thought. Not now. Think positive.
"You know I can hear you," she thought back, a hint of anger and displeasure in her tone.
But Kylo couldn't hold back his face-splitting grin. She was speaking to him. He'd found her.
Sort of.
He continued speaking to her with his mind. I'm trying to find you. You're in danger.
I was in danger the moment you brought me to this damn place, she pointed out.
He sighed. "Describe your surroundings."
"I was so close to breaking out by myself! I would've if you hadn't shattered my concentration."
Kylo groaned. Ugh, she was as stubborn as ever. It was no use. She was going to die.
I CAN STILL HEAR YOU! She shouted, making him clutch his skull in agony.
"Don't YELL at me, I'm trying to HELP you!" He yelled back out loud.
A few stormtroopers stared at him, slowly backing away.
He flushed bright red, continuing to run. "We don't have much time. It looks like you're inside a giant metal fishbowl, right?"
There was a long pause.
But then she replied. "Yes."
Kylo finally made it.
It was an immeasurably large hanger that went on for miles.
The cell entrances were in the floor. But out of the hundreds of thousands of these portholes…
Which one?
He growled outwardly, frustrated. "Dammit," he muttered out loud.
"What is it?"
He mentally sent her an image of what he was seeing.
He felt a bristle of energy from her. An emotion.
Fear.
"Oh, I see," she said, her confidence dissipated. "Um…"
Kylo closed his eyes and thought.
When the architects and engineers built this place, each porthole door was designed to correspond with a particular entry in the floor. Every set of hinges was unique.
For each door to be attached to the correct prison cell…
"Look around you," Kylo opened his eyes. "Is there a number anywhere?"
"A number? What in the world are you – "
" – L-Like-like a serial number or a jumble of letters. Something, anything, from the manufacturer."
"I - " But the connection cut off.
He lost her energy source.
"No," he whispered out loud.
It was too quick. She couldn't be dead yet.
"Rey!" He yelled out loud.
And then there was nothing but screams.
It was a strange sensation this time. Having him in her head. But instead of him going through her cupboards and drawers, he was sitting in her living room, visiting.
In a manner of speaking.
"Look around you," his voice echoed in her head. "Is there a number anywhere?"
"A number?" she mumbled out loud. But there was nothing. She'd spent the last hour or so scoping every inch of the place and she saw nothing. "What in the world are you – GAAH!"
She jumped at the sound of rushing water. But where was it coming from?
Suddenly her feet were wet.
She looked down.
And then Rey started breathing hard and screaming. "NOOOO!" Tears were flowing freely now.
The holes were spraying water into her cell. Every last one.
And it was pooling at her feet.
Fast.
"No no no," she whimpered, hugging herself.
She couldn't do this. Of all the ways they chose to kill her…
"REY!" The cry came through.
She whined outwardly but threw a hand over her mouth to stop herself. "There's water," she cried, unable to keep the panic out of her voice, even in her own mind.
"I know, I know. Look for a number."
"Why the bloody hell do you give a damn about some stupid – "
"Look up at the door!" He cut her off.
She tore her eyes from the floor to look up.
She squinted, trying to see from the bottom of her cell.
"There um," she said, her voice hoarse. "T-t-there is a n-number but I can't see it. It's too far away."
"Can you at least tell me what the first number is in the sequence?" She was sensing panic in his voice too.
She tried.
But it was just too damn far.
She took a deep breath, calming herself down. "I'm gonna need you to stay out of my head for a minute," she said, glaring at the door, wiping her eyes.
There was radio silence.
She tried again.
What she was doing before.
She needed to escape. She needed to reach the door. It was the only way she was going to live.
Slowly, gradually, her body began to rise.
Her lithe form was rod straight, gradually rising to the top of the cell.
The long number was coming into focus.
It had been finely engraved into the hanger door, probably by a laser.
But she finally saw it.
And then she fell.
There was a loud crash and a splash as she fell this time. "UUGHH!" She cried as the wind was knocked out of her.
The water level was up to her waist.
And her energy was completely spent as she gasped for air, her knees shaking. "I saw it," she rasped. "4QSW33."
"I'm coming," his tone had changed from being panicked and stressed to determined and focused.
The rushing water was up to her breasts. "K-Kylo, I c-can't s-swim," she whispered, unable to stop herself from crying.
"Yes you can," his calm response was unnerving.
"I'm from a desert planet, I don't know how to – "
"– You do know how, you just…don't remember."
"NO I don't!" She full on bawling now. "I never learned how – "
"Rey, listen to me. I'm coming."
It was up to her neck. "K-K-Kylo p-p-pplease…" her voice was weak and defeated.
"I'm almost there. All you have to do is kick your feet and move your arms."
"I never learned how," she said.
"Let me inside your mind," he demanded.
Rey was only speaking telepathically now, since her mouth was underwater. "You are in my mind," she said softly.
"You know what I mean," he insisted. "Do it. Now."
She didn't have a choice.
She yielded, allowing the sensation of his energy to flow over her head, behind her ears, and down her neck.
Then there was an image.
She was underwater.
But she was young. She swam and shimmied through the water like she'd been born in it. Dappled sunlight tickled the the light's surface, casting a yellowish glow on the swimming child.
She held hands with a boy. A boy with dark hair, much older than her.
Rey's eyes widened, tears spilling with shock as the water rose to above her nose.
She knew how to swim because he'd taught her how.
Rey disappeared under the surface, pumping her arms under the water and swimming in circles, brushing her fingertips against the cold metal of her pool.
The young woman kicked off her boots so she could feel the cool water on her bare feet.
She wasn't imprisoned anymore.
It felt more like she'd been freed.
She felt the sand from Jakku leaving her hair as it wound itself in tendrils around her neck, let loose from its ties.
She remembered. She'd been able to hold her breath for longer than him.
Rey joined her hands above her head, and sashayed her hips through the water until she broke the surface. The water was so high now she could touch the porthole.
She pressed on it from the inside, but it wasn't budging.
There was no keypad, or handle or knob to turn or pull. The only way out was from outside.
A banging vibrated from the other side. "REY!"
She could hear his voice now. "I'm here!" She called back.
His heart stopped at the muffled sound of her voice coupled with the splashing water.
His hands were shaking.
He ripped off the glove in his right hand with his teeth, tossing it aside. He began typing in a code on the keypad.
The Red letters flashed at him, grumpy and rude. DENIED.
"Damn Hux!" He exclaimed.
The codes for his Sector were different.
He tried pressing his hand to the Identification Scanner, but once again, DENIED flashed at him.
It couldn't end like this.
He was so close.
Again.
Only to lose her?
No.
He pulled out his lightsaber. "Get back!" He yelled, pressing the button on the hilt to ignite it.
There was a pause. "O-okay," she said.
"Damn Hux!" She heard him yell from the other side.
That couldn't be good.
"GAH!" She groaned as the water pushed her up against the ceiling.
And she couldn't keep kicking for much longer. Her legs were burning, acheing to stop.
Her face was pressed against the ceiling her palms flat.
"Get back!" He yelled. She heard the hum and buzz of a lightsaber.
Her eyes widened, realizing what he was going to do. "Okay!" She shouted. She moved away from the porthole. Suddenly in the darkness there was a blinding red light starting to melt through the metal.
The smoke and scent of burning metal filled her nose and lungs, making it harder to breathe. "Please hurry," she said with her mind, feeling herself starting to black out.
She took a deep breath and went back underwater to escape the smoke.
The saber was starting to touch the surface of the water, heating it up and forming bubbles and steam.
She watched as he slowly started to melt and corrode away the metal in a circle formation.
After her lungs started to burn she swam back up.
But that was it.
Her hands touched the ceiling.
The whole cell was filled to the brim.
She banged helplessly against the metal, pushing aimlessly, to no avail.
She needed to breathe.
Now.
Her legs stopped.
Her vision was starting to fade.
Her lungs filled with water as she sank lower into the darkness.
"No! Rey hold on! Don't go! Stay with me!" His voice was growing quieter and quieter in her mind. "REY!"
SET LIST
Hidden Citizens – I Just Died In Your Arms
Andrew W.K. – Ready To Die
Karmina – All The King's Horses
MIIA – Dynasty
Bishop Briggs – River
Avenged Sevenfold – Almost Easy
Apocalyptica feat. Lacey – Broken Pieces
Jaroslav Beck feat. Summer Haze – Escape
Bring Me The Horizon – Throne
Christina Aguilera – Fighter
Evans Blue – A Cross A Girl Named Blessed
Halsey – Gasoline
Van Halen – Why Can't This Be Love
SVRCINA – Meet Me On The Battlefield
Halestorm – Bad Romance
Kelly Clarkson – You Found Me
Fall Out Boy – Last of the Real ones
Selena Gomez – Stars Dance
Styx – Come Sail Away
Lindsey Stirling feat. Lzzy Hale – Shatter Me
Rise Against – Satellite
Foreigner – Urgent
Ariana Grande feat. John Legend – Tale As Old As Time
Journey – Separate Ways
Lindsey Stirling – Carol of the Bells
The Piano Guys – Cello Wars Lightsaber Duel
Fall Out Boy – Centuries
Taylor Davis – Star Wars Medley
Queen – Who Wants To Live Forever
Fleurie – Hurts Like Hell
Cinematic Orchestra – To Build A Home
Miley Cyrus - When I Look At You
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