Kylo Ren awoke with a sharp pain in his stomach when he saw the empty space beside him. He could feel his heart beating like a drum in his chest, "Did she leave?" he thought, "Did they take her in the night while I slept?"
It wasn't until he saw her sitting outside the cave, backed turned to him, legs crossed , staring at out into the distance he began to catch his breath.
As he put on his black t-shirt and proceeded to walk towards her, he heard her call out to him, "I didn't mean to scare you." she informed him, reading his thoughts. "It's just so beautiful out here, so I thought I would come out and meditate."
Ren stared at her intensely, desperately hoping she would turn around to face him. "It's alright." he replied. His tone of voice intrigued her. It sounded very different, almost loving.
She turned around to face him then, and rubbed some dirt off she saw on her leggings."Have you eaten?" she asked. "I went back down to the ship while you were sleeping to gather more food. I also found some native berries and other fruits on my way back up here." She grabbed four large fruits that resembled apples, bright pink in color, out of her bag. "Do you want some? They're really delicious."
He smiled at her then, just as he did the night before, "No thank you, I have a sufficient amount of food rations left in my bag. You eat them, you need your strength for today's training."
Rey proceeded to take a huge bite out of the pink fruit, and smiled in satisfaction as she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. "What are we doing today, Master?" she asked laughing as she said those words.
Kylo Ren enjoyed very much the playful banter in which they had been engaging in for the past couple of days. They had done their fair share of bickering, and arguing over the simplest and stupidest of things, and it was refreshing to finally talk to her without feeling the urge to smack her down.
He smiled and laughed at her reply, "Come on," he said as he outstretched his left arm to her so she may rise to her feet with ease. "I'll show you."
"We shall be approaching are destination momentarily, General." Captain Phasma informed him.
"Right on schedule, just as I had hoped," he replied.
He then rose from the copilots seat, and began to pace the room in which he stood. He was trying to hide his excitement over the fact that he would be the one bringing Ren back to the Supreme Leader, he would be the one that received high praise for returning him to base.
"General, have you thought of a plan on how to retrieve Ren and the girl?"
He stopped in his tracks then, and looked at the Captain dead in the eyes of her mask.
"Ren, though clouded by his ridiculous infatuation with the girl, is not stupid. He will leave his ship out in the open to divert us, and take the girl to a secluded location. This is where we will find them."
Captain Phasma looked at him rather confused, "General, how on earth are we to find him without a tracker?"
"We will know once we arrive, I have no doubt about that in my mind," he snapped back at her. "For now, I require peace, and silence, I wish to briefly rest before we arrive at our destination."
Captain Phasma was glad she was wearing her mask at that moment, for she thoroughly rolled her eyes at the pompous ginger haired man who was now nodding off to sleep.
"Just through here," he said as he watched Rey bat away at a tree branch.
"Where are we going? Don't we need to stay close to the cave? To your ship?" she inquired.
He ignored her words, "Ahh here it is," he said.
Rey looked up in awe as she saw the massive tree before her. It was abnormally large, the tallest structure she had ever seen in her life. She wondered then why he had led her here.
"Today, I'm going to show you how to you conjure force lightening."
Rey looked at him in horror, force lightening? Only those strong in the force, strong in the dark side could produce force lightening. She still had her allegiance to the light, to the Resistance, to Luke Skywalker, how could she perform such a dark task?
"It is not as difficult as you think," he said reading her thoughts.
He then approached the massive structure, and held out his hands in front of him. Rey watched in fascination as he shut his eyes at that moment as if he were meditating.
"You must focus on your intended target," he said eyes closed. "Focus the strength of your mind, and body on the object."
Before Rey could respond, she watched in horror as blue streaks of lightening shone through Kylo Ren's fingertips. The tree shook as he performed the dark task, and Rey was afraid if he didn't stop soon he would slice it in half.
He stopped then, and sighed out deeply, "Now, I would like you to try, aim for the middle of the tree and concentrate on striking this spot."
She looked at him then with fake confidence, and stood before the tree. She shut her eyes just as he did, and took four deep breaths. She was fully focused now, and she opened her eyes without a second thought.
She watched herself in horror as blue lighting escaped her fingertips, scarring, burning the tree before her.
Kylo Ren watched in fascination as he saw the blue lighting reflect in her hazel eyes. As she lowered her hands, she looked at him, sighing in complete exhaustion.
"I….didn't know… I didn't know I could do that." She muttered.
Kylo Ren smiled, "You underestimate your strength, Rey. As I have said before, you are capable of great things."
"General," Captain Phasma called out to the man. "General, I advise you to wake up, we have spotted Ren's ship."
Genereal Hux rose to his feet at once, as if he had never been asleep. "You and your troops thoroughly search it," he spat. "I'll shall venture out alone to see if I may find them."
Phasma nodded in agreement, "As you wish, General." She then entered the code to open the main entrance to the ship, and it hissed open at once.
Rey felt absolutely exhausted after her first try at force lightening. She felt somewhat conflicted at the thought of performing the act, "Have I succumb to the dark side?" she thought, "Without even knowing it?"
She remembered then her mission as she sat upon the hard cave floor, "I'm supposed to bring him home, bring Ben home. Not join Kylo Ren in the ways of the dark side."
She shook her head , and proceeded to pull another piece of bright pink fruit out of her bag.
Kylo Ren was not far away, he was rivaling through his own bag, searching for a change of clothes. "I am going to go shower in my ship, keep your saberstaff in hand and stay alert until I get back."
She nodded in agreement, and watched as he walked down the mountain.
It had been a short amount of time since he had left her sight, and Rey heard the faint sound of footsteps approaching the cave in which she stood.
She slowly walked out of the cave, "My, you sure shower fast don't you?" she asked.
The voice that spoke back to her was unsettling, and sent shivers down her spine.
"I don't, know, would you care to find out?"
Rey froze in her steps, and watched as a ginger haired men stood before her.
"Who the hell are you?" she spat at him.
Hux shone her a rather greasy smile, "My, it is true what I have heard, you a strong willed one, no wonder why Ren is so infatuated."
"I am General Hux, of the First Order," he continued. "Here to retrieve you, and the man you think you can save."
Rey scowled at him then, "I suggest you return to your ship General, before my saberstaff happens to pierce your chest."
Hux was very amused, and laughed at her words. "You think you scare me girl? You are nothing but a scavenger, you have nothing, no one. Why would Ren ever leave you here alone? He doesn't care for you as you think he does, he's only using you to gain the Supreme Leader's approval."
Rey was so close to driving her saberstaff right through the man's chest, but she stopped herself, killing him would only bring in more trouble, and she lowered it immediately,"You're foolish if you think I would believe you. You actually think that we that I will go without a fight?"
Hux began to pace before her then, "The Supreme Leader has instructed me to bring you both to him, alive, so I cannot kill you. If you refuse to come with me willingly, I shall make damn sure that your precious friends of the Resistance are slaughtered one by one. Your choice."
Rey froze then, she hadn't seen her friends in so long. They were her family, all she had. She felt defeated at that moment, she could not take the risk, "Fine," she spat. "If you're bluffing, I will find you, and you will sorely regret it."
Hux laughed at her words, and proceeded to walk back down the mountain with his prisoner.
As they both made it down the mountain , she saw him, he was battered, and bloody, a stormtrooper holding him back.
"REY!" he exclaimed as a stormtrooper held tightly onto his wrists behind him.
"NOOOOOO!" she started crying profusely, and began running towards him, until she was hit by a stunning ray, stopping her in her tracks as she hit the ground with a large thud.
"I'LL KILL YOU, I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU!," Kylo Ren exclaimed through gritted teeth.
Hux simply scoffed, "Stun him." he barked at a stormtrooper.
Ren then found himself unable to to move, unable to scream, unable to save the only thing in the world that mattered to him, the only thing he, loved.
Author's Note: I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of you lovely people viewing, reviewing, and following my story. This has been a wonderful experience. We're on Chapter 10 now, and I expect to write at least 10-15 more chapters for this story. I may even write more if I feel inspired to do so. So thank you again for making me feel so damn happy!