Chapter 28: Duel
We stop in front of the white rooms door and he motions me to go in before him so he can talk to the silver trooper outside the door. The door closes behind me. Once I'm inside the room alone I go strait towards the window. I love the view from here, it's the only thing good about this ship. Pulling the cloak tight around me. It's so cold here though. I lean my head to the side and close my eyes.
The door opens and Kylo comes in and removes his helmet just staring at me, it propped between his arm and side. He walks over slowly, his eyes dark. "Stay in here unless I come and get you. I have to go to a meeting, dinner will be here soon."
"What is he going to make me do Kylo? What is this huge test. You told me..." I snap at him but he cuts me off.
"I KNOW WHAT I TOLD YOU! Don't you trust me?" He glares.
"I don't want to kill anyone Kylo." I plead.
"You won't have to. I have everything all figured out. The Supreme Leader with be very busy for awhile. The new clone army will be ready soon. The General will also have his hands full." He holding his helmet in front of him, hands clasped on the sides ready to put it on. I don't want to sit in here all alone.
Clone army!?1
"Don't even start with me, do you know the Jedis are the ones who started the army?They just happened to follow my grandfather to the Dark Side. Do some research. Would you rather we keep ripping children from the arms of their mothers, and having them watch as we slaughter their whole families. Killing their mother, father, and any sibling that was of no use to us. If anything I thought that would be a relief to you." He growls. His words eat at my heart as I think of Finn, what he went through. It sends a hollowing pain through my chest. I resist the urge to cry. I haven't thought of Finn in awhile, what he must be thinking of me. I push the thoughts in the back of my mind. The only thing I know is I don't want to be alone right now.
"Can I come with you?" The words come out of my mouth before I can stop them. I wouldn't mind seeing him in action and seeing something other than these four walls and the throne room. He pauses from his action of putting his helmet on. He looks up and his eyebrow raised.
"This could be interesting," he weighs the thought in his head. "Come on." His mask hisses shut and he turns and we proceed to leave the room, I follow him past the hanger, on a bridge high above everyone else. We arrive in front of a door similar to the bedroom door. He looks down at me and I feel his amusement. He waves his hand and the door slides open. Sitting around a large circular table sit his six Knights. They stiffen when they see me.
A warning would of been nice, I'll just go back to the room.
'Sit' he enters the room and points to a open chair in between two of his Knights. They all wear their masks and are all staring right at me. I sit and bow my head, thankful for the thick hood of my cloak. I rather be in the throne room under Snokes thumb right now.
"Arsland, where are we on the location of the resistance base?" I feel all their eyes burning into me. I don't dare to look up.
"Sir, we have located a small structure on the planet of Dagobah. I would suggest sending down some troops to check it out." Arsland answers. The Knights are just as intimidated of Kylo as everyone else. Would make sense, none of them have the force.
"I expect a report back in 3 days." Kylo orders. I finally force myself to look up, looking at each Knight more closely. One knight won't stop staring at me, I can tell by the way his masks sits on his face, his eyes are the most visible of any of the Knights. His hands in fists on the table in front of him. I recognize him as the knight I impaled with the sword. It makes me uneasy and I lower my head again. Kylo takes notice of my body language.
'He won't do anything.' Kylo reassures me, doesn't make me feel better though. 'He wouldn't dare.'
Are you sure?
"Cornelius, is there something you need to say?" Kylo turns his attention to the Knight who won't stop glaring at me. Im thankful for the 2 Knights in between us. The Knight's eyes shoot strait to Kylo and his hands relax.
"Sir. With all due respect, she let half the resistance escape. How can we trust her?" Cornelius answers. He gives me one last dark look and turns his attention back to Kylo.
"I see there is some tension in the room... Id like to introduce my apprentice Rey." Kylo starts walking around the table, hands behind his back. The Knights shift in their seats. "I'm sure you wont forget what she capable of. You had your chance for revenge. She knows her place among us now, don't question my authority Cornelius. I have given you many chances." Kylo stops behind the knight directly in front of me. Tilts his head a little and continues, "Bane, what have you found out about General Organa?" Completely changing the subject. I'm thankful.
"No change sir. She disappeared with the others." The knight next to me answers. His voice deep and mechanical like all the others. But his seemed to have such a eerie dark sound to it.
I wish I could see their faces.
'No. They are to never revel themselves to you.'
"She must be close to the new base, we will find her. Once she is gone the rest of our plans will fall into place smoothly. They will have no leader." His words sting my heart, I want to stand up and yell at him, but I resist and instead grab the edge of the seat, sneezing till my knuckles are as white as snow.
'Stop' I relax instantly. There is nothing I can do.
"Our clone army will be ready soon, you have till months end to bring me the coordinates of the new base. Supreme Leader will not allow another failure." Kylo says, and continues to walk around the table.
I'm just glad he can't see my face right now. From the other side of me the knight shuffles a little and clears his throat.
"Sir, we have a recording of a transmission intercepted in between two resistance pilots. We believe one to be their new leader." He clears his throat again. "FN-2187." Kylo is directly behind me and I hear him ignite his saber, I slouch in my seat and pull the cloak around me tighter.
"WHAT?" Kylo yells. The knight next to me stiffens. His emotions overwhelm me, making my body numb. "What else did the transmission say Sylis." The knight is terrified next to me. I recognize him as the one who I whipped the spiked ball at. Kylo is almost across the table in front of me again, I can feel the force radiating off of him like heat on metal during a hot day.
"The resistance pilot, the one that helped FN-2187 escape a few moths ago. They were talking about some sort of rescue mission. We couldn't tell where they were. FN-2187 stopped communicating back to the other pilot. We thought he crashed, but the resistance pilot came on and said something about him loosing an arm. It all got very staticky. And we lost connection." The knight looks directly at me. Does he know?
"EVERYONE OUT!" I place my arms on the arms of the chair bracing myself to stand up and leave but Kylo freezes me.
'Ohh noooo, not you!' Once all the Knights leave the room and the doors close he removes his helmet and slams it on the table. I jump and look at him, his eyes are so dark and serious. He disengages his lightsaber. Probably to stop himself for beheading me.
"He's the General now! Did you know when we were out in that field? DID YOU KNOW?!" He yells. His hands pressed down flat on the table across from me. Leaning in. He unfreezes me and I flinch back into my seat.
"NO! I didn't know! I had no idea. I'm just as shocked as you." He slams his fists down on the table. Leaving indents.
"What happened when you contacted them? Tell me everything. NOW!" He slams his fists down again.
"I asked for your mother! Finn got on. I told him you kidnapped me. He said your mother went into hiding and that he was coming for me, I urged him not to but he sorta tracked the transmission and just by luck they found me. I told him not to come!" Kylo pushes my chair up against the wall and I'm pinned, he walks around the table and crouches down in front of me.
"If your lieing..." He warns.
"I'm not, look into my memories. Im not! Dont you trust me?" A tear falls down my cheek. He closes his eyes and flashes of the transmitter, my call, and Finn in the field come into my mind in flashes. He opens his eyes and let's me from his force hold. I get up from the chair and just leave the room, trying to find my way back to my room myself.
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