The galaxy wasn't large enough to hide all of the resistance, Kylo knew as he swept through another town ridding it of all life. Town after town began to blur as they made their way from one end of the galaxy to the other. The tactic was sure to bring Luke Skywalker out of hiding or at the very least his young padawan.
It had been almost a year since Starkiller base had imploded under the weight of the star it tried to harness. Kylo Ren's scars had healed and he was on a murderous warpath that had no end in sight. Some of the days he enjoyed himself immensely, moving from town to town. Listening to the sickening please from the people to spare them for this or that reason. He relished the way the lightsaber made quick and accurate work of dispensing of the person. It was what drew him to the force to begin with, the fine honed accuracy of either side.
Today he was frustrated that he wasn't able to locate that which is sought: to kill the last Jedi. But his plans were already in motion, plans that he would soon have to execute if he was still unable to locate his former master.
Each time he returned to the destroyer without having found Luke was enraging. Kylo would go to the prisoner blocks and assist in torturing any resistance fighters that had been kept alive. Never once did they give up any useful information on the location of Luke.
Returning to his quarters Kylo wrenched his mask off and threw it across the room screaming in the process. He didn't want to have to continue with the plan. He wanted to strike Luke down. He'd wanted to strike him down before he'd taken any other students on. Rey. The thought flashed before his mind. He stood straight, adjusting his clothing, and smirked. Maybe it was time to try to invade her dreams. Maybe she would disclose his location. Maybe he wouldn't have to be 'accidently' taken by the resistance someday soon.
He dimmed the lights in his quarters and sat on the bed. Clearing his mind he thought of the girl. Her image swirled in his thoughts and he pushed it away. He reached out with his mind searching for hers blindly, without a sense of direction. The force swirled in all directions. He found his mother easily enough, felt her react to the touch of his mind before withdrawing hastily.
He sat for hours searching for her. Hux tried to hail him twice before he furiously pushed buttons on the computer and denied any and all access to his quarters. After a few hours he laid back on the bed frustrated and exhausted and passed out more than he fell asleep.
Rey stood on the cliff looking out over the vast ocean, dotted with small islands. It was always the same dream. The same comfort. Even now, when she was on the island itself, she still went there in her dreams for refuge.
"You have got to be kidding me?" Kylo Ren's voice resonated very close to Rey's ears. She jumped and lashed out with the force before turning towards him. "All of the places in the galaxy, and you're hiding here?"
"Go away Kylo." She said understanding this was a dream, especially when the force did nothing to affect him.
"No." He said coming to stand beside her. "I will find you."
"You said I'd seek you out, not that you would hunt me down."
"Yes well, I underestimated how long Master Luke could keep the truth from you." He said looking down at the girl.
"And what truth would that be?" She asked, almost afraid of what he might say.
"You won't believe me even if I told you. I didn't believe it when Snoke told me." He crossed his arms in front of him and turned to look out over the ocean.
"You're right I don't believe anything you say."
"So you're here." He gestured to the water.
"Yes." She admitted, knowing he already knew.
"You don't remember any of it do you?" He asked, sounding almost concerned.
"I remember this." She nodded towards the ocean.
"You don't remember your family here?"
"Why would my family be here?" She scoffed.
"For the same reason you were here. You lived here. You protected this sacred place. Can't you feel it?" He smiled then. She shook her head. He rolled his eyes and sighed, "What do you feel?"
"Right this moment, anger, hatred, wanting to push you off the cliff to see what happens." She shrugged. He laughed.
"No Rey. What do you feel about this Island?"
"Oh." She stopped and thought about it a moment. "That it belongs to me."
"Exactly." He grinned wildly at her. "The people who used to protect the first Jedi temple were called Rens." He started the story that Luke had told all of them around the fire during training. "They were an ancient society that believed there was a balance to everything. That the light and the dark were just there. And they weren't truly Jedi. If you asked any of them they wouldn't call themselves Jedi or Sith. No they were the protectors of the life force of the galaxy."
"Then how can you call yourself a Knight of Ren? You destroy life."
"I am trying to bring balance." He stated, not wanting to have to explain himself.
"How does destroying the republic bring balance? How does killing all of those in the villages bring balance?"
"I didn't come here for this." He said with a sweep of his cape as he turned and walked from the cliff.
"Then what did you come here for?" She called after him.
"I already have what I came for: your location. Run fast little Rey. I'm coming for you." He said.
