Rey was outraged with the hooded figure. Had he no sense of who his was holding in dirty, mundane hands. He wasn't worthy to look at Ben, never mind carry him. He should know his wretched place. His movements betrayed no hint of apology and wrongdoing. Rey would punish him later.
Ben wasn't wearing his usual garb of a black robe and mask. Instead, he'd donned trousers and a black shirt. Rey noticed a DL-44 blaster in a brown holster, which was the same blaster Han used. He still had the same caring face, however there were cuts and bruises on his cheeks.
"Fool! Idiot! Imbecile!", she bellowed at him, while he still showed no emotion at her outburst. "Put him on the ground."
He did as his Empress commanded and gently bent his knees, to lower the young man to the floor.
Rey, than reached out with the force and lifted Ben into the air, without raising a finger. It wasn't clear or not, if this action was taking any effort and her face was scrunched up into a ball of rage.
"You unworthy…thing!", Rey screamed into the open cavern. She couldn't comprehend the stupidity of her servant.
Her handmaidens had all stood up, waiting patiently to see hiw their Mistress would deal with incompetence, fearing they would share a similar fate when they inevitably failed. Their gazes, weren't noticed by Rey who would have undoubtedly punished them for it.
"What is your name, thing?", the Empress demanded in a tone that emphasized her distaste.
"Our kind has no names.", the figure replied in a flat tone." Only numbers. The late Emperor, felt names were unworthy to the creatures he created".
'Ah so they're like Snoke.',Rey thought viciously.' Created to simply provide a service'. It didn't matter to the Empress. Whether, he was human or engineered, he would still be inflicted his punishment.
"Step foward.", the Empress commanded.
The hooded figure still displayed no emotions as he walked foward, mere inches from Rey. The light seemed to drain from the cavern, as if somebody had taken it and replaced it with a suffocating darkness. The only things the figure could see clearly, were the fiery, burning suns in Rey's eyes. The vicious look she gave him, would kill a lesser man.
The Empress, held out her hand, outstretched into an 'O' shape with her remaining fingers, curling up into the palm of her hand. The pale fingers began to tense, violently and all sound escaped the room. All, except the sound of the hooded figure's windpipe being crushed. It wasn't being snapped in half, rather slowly, being twisted, contorted and bended. The agony should have drawn a reaction from the figure, by still, no reaction. He simply stood there, taking it.
It was too much for the Empress to handle. He should be suffering. She quickly, pulled out her lightsaber from her white robes and ignited the blade in a flash. The cavern was once again filled with blue light, which only highlighted the vacantness of his face. She wasted no time at all, stepping foward and driving the blue saber through the place where his heart should have been. This did cause the figure to stiffen ridgedly. That was good enough for Rey, who accepted that this creature wouldn't give her any more satisfaction than that.
The Empress, retracted her blade from his chest. She gracefully, put her weapon back onto its place on her brown belt. She took her arms, put them around the figure and pulled him into her.
She leaned in closely and whispered," Thank you for your penance", as she pushed him the ground, reaching out with the force and driving him deep in to layers of rock, which were covered up as he fell through.
The Empress sighed and took a look around her. She saw the handmaidens, still on looking her, not being fast enough to turn their heads in a different direction. One even made eye contact with Rey which a huge error. Rey smiled, looking foward to disciplining the girl who'd looked directly at her. They would learn that they were not worthy to look at her. This would come with numerous punishments put they would learn.
But then, a groan came out of the man floating in the air. Rey was taken aback, forgetting, he was even there. She wished that the figure's pain had lasted longer and that it hasn't ended so quickly. She rushed towards Ben.
She used the force, to influence the mediclorians, to rotate Ben on to his feet, holding him, as to not let him fall down, which would be less than counter-productive. He looked quite dirty, as if he'd been thrown around a lot on the ground. Another reason to punish to fool.
"Ben.", Rey called out, in tender, sweet voice nothing like what she'd used when addresing her servants and handmaidens." Ben, wake up. It's over. We won.
Ben grogily, looked at her face and spoke." What did we win?", he mumbled in a serious tone.
"The war, of course", Rey replied in an 'as if you don't know' fashion. The Resistance is being destroyed as we speak. We'll take command of the Final Order and convert it into my Galactic Empire, with me as Empress and you as my Prince. The people of the galaxy will bow to us and worship me as their rightful Lady and Mistress.
Ben looked stunned. His eyes displayed a clear message of worry. He started to back away from Rey, edging to the corridors slowly.
"What did Palpatine do to you?", Ben asked, worry racked all over his face.
"Nothing.", she replied in a sinister tone." I destroyed him before he could complete his ritual. I ascended the throne of the Sith and accepted my birthright as Mistress of all".
"What will you do with your power?, Ben asked, almost scared of the answer he would receive.
"That's easy.", Rey stated." I would conquer the whole galaxy through peaceful or violent means until everybody accepts me as the their new Empress, Lady and Mistress. Failure to do so will result in a very slow, very painful death. Once I own the galaxy, I shall rule how I see fit. The Senate shall be dissolved and replaced with governors and governess's that I trust and are totally loyal to their Empress. The people shall worship me in their homes as payment for saving them from the New Republic. I want it so i can stroll down a street anyone where in the galaxy and people will kneel on sight of me. Any resistance to this regime will be met with punishment.
Ben looked at his new Empress in shock." What have you become?", he said as he got on his knees and knelt in front of his apparent Lady and Mistress.