Chapter 1

Rey had been running through the forest outside of Maz's place trying to fight off as many Stormtroopers as she could. She had stopped to catch her breath as she hid behind an immense tree. Her breathing slowed only for a moment as she suddenly heard a swoosh from a lightsaber that sounded not far from where she stood. Holding out the gun Han had given her, she defensively held it out in front of her and whipped it back and forth among the trees as she heard the lightsaber sound travel from one edge of the forest to the other.
She stepped out from behind the tree and dropped down into a trench with her gun still raised. Treading slowly through the undergrowth, Rey's breathing quickened for fear of what was possibly out there. She got her answer when a hooded figure stepped out from behind a rock at the entrance to the trench she was standing in. Looking towards the masked man in front of her, Rey realized that it was none other than Kylo Ren. He loomed before her and all Rey could think to do was to shoot her blaster at him. Kylo quickly deflected her blast with his red lightsaber and began moving towards her making her back up further into the trench with each shot from her blaster. Rey quickly turned to climb out of the trench with Kylo close on her heels. Once she was out of the trench, she quickly turned to fire more shots off in his direction.
Kylo climbed out of the trench and blocked each of her shots before throwing his hand out towards her, freezing her in place. Rey couldn't move her body at all and stared at him as he slowly made his way over to her. She felt helpless and fought to break from his mental grip on her. Kylo was overtaken by the power this girl was emitting and tried not to become overwhelmed by what he was feeling from her, as well as about her. He couldn't believe this girl was making his emotions run wild and tried his best to focus on the task at hand, which was getting the location of the Resistance droid.
"The girl I've heard so much about," he began as he stepped right in front of her, looking her up and down before continuing his walk behind her. Rey still tried to fight against his grip but was losing stamina quickly.
"The droid - where is it?" Kylo asked as he raised his lightsaber to Rey's throat. He felt her tense up and felt a bit of guilt towards this girl. A change of tactic crossed his mind and he lowered his lightsaber to try it. Stepping back in front of the scavenger, he raised his hand up to see into her mind. With all of the strength she was using to fight off Kylo's grip on her, Rey had no mental strength to fight off his probing into her mind. She couldn't help but share what she was feeling at that moment and Kylo took his chance to view into her open mind.
"The map...you've seen it…" he spoke softly, his deep voice sending chills down Rey's spine not in fear but in excitement, which was shocking to her. Kylo felt this emotion and smiled behind his mask at how he was making this girl feel, knowing that he felt something about her too. He didn't know what it was, but he was determined to discover what it was. Kylo was brought out of the situation when a pair of Stormtroopers brought him an update of the ongoing battle.
"Pull the division out and forget the droid. We have what we need," he ordered the Stormtroopers. Rey realized that he meant her and tried to break free one last time before she suddenly fainted and fell into Kylo's waiting arms. He scooped her up and began the long trek back to his ship, being mindful of her and making sure he was gentle with her. As he walked with this girl in his arms, he felt something he had never experienced before...or, at least hadn't in many years. He felt connected to the scavenger far beyond the Force and it intrigued him. Holding her close to his chest, he walked her on board his ship and held her in his arms all the way back to Starkiller Base where he would be able to retrieve the map to Luke Skywalker and find out what was so special about this girl that drove him wild with longing.