Good God, he feels godawful, like 10 horses ran over him, then ran away but decided to run over him on the way back. His chest is killing him now, and it seems like a piercing pain protruded to the rest of his body because he felt sore everywhere. He also feels drowsy and irritated but at least he is alive or so he thinks, no is he sure because he hears soldiers practicing in the background and loudly commenting on how lousy their supper is. It takes a minute for him to open his eyes and get accustomed, to regain some sense of reality but when he does, he finds Poe standing over him. Poe looks relieved to see that he is awake. Yet Finn thinks but there is also a worrisome demeanor to him he finds. Something seems off but what?

"Hey buddy. Welcome back to the land of living. It is good to see you awake, you gave us a bit of a fright", Poe says with a smile on his face. Finn tries to get up but Poe ushers him back down.

"No, NO Finn. No getting up before I get the surgeon to look at you". Finn thinks Poe might be right for he instantly feels the consequences of moving his body. A wave of dizziness ensues, his head spins and he has no other option than to lie down as quickly as possible.

"You OK?", Poe asks him worriedly and Finn barely nods yes. "Alright, well I will be back in a minute". As he waits for Poe to return a question comes up in Finn's mind. Where was Rey? He finds it odd she wasn't here with him now. Well maybe she is out on her walks again, Finn thinks and tries not to give much further thought to it until Poe returns. Yet, the sense of something being off still lingered.

Poe informs Finn that the surgeon is occupied now but will be there shortly and offers some water to drink. He is parched so Poe very gently pulls Finn up to drink some water before the pain becomes too much and Finn quickly resides to his former position again. Poe sits by him as they both wait.

"Where is Rey, Poe?" Finn asks. Poe smiles and says that Rey is close by, will be back any minute now, he should rest etc. Finn doesn't believe him because he is going by his intuition. He now senses that something has gone terribly gone wrong.

"I'm going to ask you again, Poe." "WHERE IS REY?".

Poe sighs and stays silent for a bit, he is not very sure what to do, tell him not tell him? He hated telling Finn the previous lie, because he hated lying and deceitfulness in general but is afraid that telling him the truth will be far worse. He looks at Finn and sees that he is very determined to get an answer and decides.

"Rey said she was going on some quest to find a specific plant in the forest nearby. She had found that cutting this plant into little pieces and administering it to you like some sort of a balm helped further the healing process. I initially thought she was crazy, but it worked, you were getting better. She is a clever girl, Rey" and Poe nods. Then he sighs and averts his eyes from Finn.

"When she didn't return... We searched for her but couldn't find her anywhere in the forest. On inquiry we found out that she was taken by First Order officers. The, the remaining villagers that were able to escape saw her being escorted away. We don't know where she is, but it is suspected that she is in the Castle of Crait".

Before Poe can do anything, Finn sits up and stares at him, eyes wide with horror; breathing heavily and completely forgets the pain and the state his body is in. He asks when all of this happened and Poe states two days ago. Poe says that he is adamant that Rey is still alive yet does give no proof to corroborate his notion.

When he has processed the new information, he feels disoriented and absentminded but one horrible thought does come up in his head eventually.

"They are going to kill her" a terrified Finn states and the only thing Poe can do is at him with compassion and pity.

She puts another mark on the wall with some chalk she found in the drawers of her desk.

Rey used to do the EXACT same thing in the orphanage, counting the days until her parents came back which was silly because they never did. She therefore finds it strange that she has resorted to doing the same tactic here as well, but it gives Rey some comfort.

She was here two days so far and tried to make most of staying in her cell as silly as that sounded. It wasn't really a cell though. Rey was used to confined spaces in the orphanage, but this was a breather in comparison. No, while her door was locked this was no cell. When they brought her here, she understood that her treatment as a prisoner was going to be a lot better than the poor souls in the chambers of the castle. She KNOWS the First Order did not put up everyone in a nicely sized bedroom, furnished with a desk and a large closet (not that she had any clothes with her) and suspected that he had something to do with it.

The large windows of her temporary accommodation (or she hoped) gave view to a beautiful and immense oak tree. Rey spend her days looking outside or reading the book that was left on her desk. It was about the adventures of Don Quixote and his trusted friend, Sancho Panza going on a quest to find the woman he loved. Rey enjoyed reading the book very much for she thought it was amusing and funny. This evening she sits on the windowsill and takes turns from reading to look outside. She is too lost in her reading that Rey doesn't notice someone entering her room until she hears the door closing.

She recognizes him, drops the book from shock and gets up from the windowsill. He just stands there, as if someone who commonly visited her. Then Kylo removes his mask and puts it on the desk. For some reason completely UNREASONABLE to Rey, seeing his face again after last encountering him months ago, makes her heart skip a beat. She would later argue that this happened because of fear or so she tries to fool herself. It is he who breaks the silence.

"I trust that your room is sufficient and to your liking". Rey does not answer him, so he continues.

"I... They demanded my presence, I would have come by earlier, but I couldn't till now."

Rey's mouth opens a bit; wanting to ask him what concern it was to him whether she liked the room or not, or why she should request his presence earlier or at all? But she doesn't ask him and backtracks.

"Yes. Uhm I mean my room is fine. Thank.. you?" and she looks away. Rey is eager to do so because those eyes of his They seemed to want to pierce through her, investigating her, trying to analyse her, get to the core of her being and Rey can't seem to fight it. She is staring at the floor when she speaks next.

"I know nothing about... Solo's army and their military strategy... I am just... "she shallows before continuing.

"I am no one among them, I was going to leave but then... "For some reason she doesn't want to talk about Finn, so she doesn't finish her sentence.

"But then your FRIEND got hurt and you decided to stay", Kylo says.

Rey frowns, was she crazy or was there a hint of jealousy in the way he spoke? Sounded like it but Rey quickly decides not to dwell on it. She musters her courage and faces Kylo.

"You have no reason for keeping me here. There is no information I can give you. Please release me".

Kylo stays silent but remains focused on Rey nonetheless.

"Did your order my capture?", Rey asks Kylo. Rey can see that he is thinking about whether to confirm this question with a positive answer as if he doesn't want her to be upset with him.

"I did", he says hesitantly.

"But WHY?", she asks him, her face contorted in confusion.

He lies and tells her that was purely out of trying to gain some information, but Rey doesn't believe that because in the last two days the only visitor she had had so far was him. If they had wanted to interrogate her, they would have done so earlier. Had he interrogated her before? Yes, and he had been a bit less civil then, but this was... not the same.

Regardless, Rey is willing to believe Kylo's lie. The truth, the alternative, she thinks was much worse to bear, that he had her captured out of some sort of romantic motive made her heart somersault. Yet she was sure she was totally deluded; surely. There was no way he was interested in her; of all people. Right?

They have stopped conversing all together. Kylo sighs, he hated these silent moments between them, this undying sense of uneasiness that will not go away. Him sensing that she doesn't trust him or wants to fight him (well this time she was unarmed so she couldn't). He doesn't want her to be so on edge, he wants her to be a bit relaxed around him. Kylo is not planning on keeping her here against his will and he IS INTEND on returning the favour; for she had let him go in the forest a couple of months back.

He had found out that she was nearby and had seized the opportunity, ordering his men to take her with them. Kylo could not be there at that time so he had delegated. The decision was made in the spur of the moment and he did regret it, but he did like the thought of having her in proximity. Unfortunately, she clearly did not feel the same because his presence seemed to strike yet another nerve with her.

If only he could... if only he could explain... or they could talk or... Aargggh SOD it, he thinks. He doesn't understand why he is so eager to get her approval, to be liked by her, until the realisation hits Kylo like a ton of bricks.

HE. WANTS. HER.

He stares at her in a slight shock and he can see her wondering but then quickly changes his demeanour, determined not to let her know anything and ultimately composes herself.

"I will be here tomorrow. I, I suggest we talk this conversation outside. Maybe some fresh air would do you good and refresh your memory", Kylo says.

He gives her some sort of nod out of courtesy and then proceeds to the door. When he is there, he turns around as if he forgot to say something. He has some sort of an amused smile on his face, Rey notices and she wonders what he'll say next.

"OH. no use of planning an escape. THIS TIME, I will not forget locking the door".

And then he is out, leaving Rey more confused about her presence her than she was before.