*Author's Note*

Wow, 8 chapters already! Thank you all so much for reading this!

Chapter 8

Kylo slowly awoke, feeling a warm body pressed against his side. His mind immediately went to the night before when they had shared a few kisses. He felt himself slowly becoming addicted to their kisses, and he didn't even care. The only thing that troubled him was the fact that he hadn't been exactly honest with her. He hadn't told her that he was trying to get the map from her, and that he was supposed to make her trust him by training her. If he was being honest with himself, he didn't really care about the map anymore. He just wanted her. He knew that the more their relationship would progress, the harder it would be to hide it from Snoke. If Snoke did find out, he would murder Kylo and take Rey in the blink of an eye. Kylo didn't really know what to do anymore. He felt himself being pulled towards Rey's light. Is it still possible for me to turn back to the light? He had a choice. It was either Rey or Kylo. Light or Dark. At that moment, he was definitely leaning towards Rey, and the light.

He felt Rey stir beside him, and he looked down to see her eyes fluttering open. "Good morning," he said with a smile. Man, I've been smiling so much lately. She looked up at him with the most adorable smile he'd ever seen. "Hmm. Good morning," she said, leaning into his chest and nuzzling her nose in his neck. He could tell that she was still tired. "If you still want to sleep, you can. We don't have to go back to the base for a little while," he said placing a kiss on her head. He waited until he felt her breathing evening out, and he slowly slid his arm from under her and stood up. Sauntering over to the lake, he stripped himself of his shirt, pants, and boxers, and jumped into the water. It felt so good on his skin. He hadn't been able to swim, and quite frankly have fun, since he joined Snoke. He felt like he had been more than loyal to his master for all of his years under him, but this felt good. It felt good to go against and betray him. Am I seriously thinking about this? Leaving Snoke and going back to the light?

When Rey woke up again, she was sleeping on her side. She didn't feel Kylo, and immediately sprung up into a sitting position, worried that he had gotten attacked again, or worse. She relaxed when she saw him swimming in the lake. She walked over to where his clothes were on the ground. Wait, is that his pants and boxers? She felt her face turn red. Am I supposed to leave him alone or join him? Am I ready for this? I mean, I've never done this with anyone before. Does he even want me in that way? While all of these thoughts were crossing through her mind, she was strolling back to where his robe was and sat down on it, watching him swim around. When he got closer to shore, she laid down and pretended to be asleep so that she wouldn't have to see him get out of the water in all of his naked glory. Although she did really want to see it.

She could hear him pulling his clothes on, and decided that it was a good time to "wake up". Right when she was about to sit up and fake a yawn, he talked. "I know you're not asleep."

"How did you-"

"The Force. I'll tell you later. Come on. We need to get moving if we are going to get back to the base before breakfast," he said while helping her up. Once up on her feet, she reached down and grabbed his robe, handing it to him. "Is your knee okay?" he asked with a voice full of concern. "Yeah, it really doesn't even hurt. I promise," she said, beginning to walk, but she was stopped by Kylo's hand on her arm. "What is this? What are these marks?" he asked with furrowed brows, referencing the bruises on her arm. Oh no. She was hoping to avoid this subject and hope he hadn't noticed. Of course he noticed. You're in broad daylight.

"They are from, um, when you hit me with the saber last week while we were training," she lied, hoping he didn't sense it.

"No they aren't. Tell me where they're from." He demanded. She said nothing.

"Rey. Tell me where they are from," he commanded, voice full of anger. She didn't want to tell him. She was ashamed of it, ashamed of what Hux had told her. Giving in, she finally told him. "They're from when Hux took me back to my room. He just held on so tight."

"There's more. Tell me what else happened," he demanded.

"He, he told me that..." she spoke the next words quieter, "He told me that I was a desert rat and that I would never amount to anything."

Kylo's face turned bright red. "That piece of shit. I'm going to kill him!" he yelled, igniting his lightsaber and slashing away at the nearby trees. Rey was horrified. She had never seen him act this way before and it scared her. He had such a short temper. What would happen if she would make him mad? Would he do that to her? Kylo seemed to noticed what he was doing in front of her, and immediately froze, diminishing his lightsaber. He turned around to look at her and saw the look in her eyes. It was a mix of fear, anger, and concern. "Rey, I-"

"Don't. Just, take me back to the base please." Kylo nodded, shoved his helmet on, and pivoted towards the base.

Kylo and Rey returned to the base. All Rey wanted to do was go to her room and be alone, so Kylo escorted her there. When they walked in the doors, Rey immediately went to the bathroom to shower off, not acknowledging Kylo's presence. She took off all of her clothes and was about to turn the shower on when she heard a faint knocking on the door. She wrapped a towel around herself and decided to open the door, even though she was mad at him. He was standing there without his helmet, looking down at the floor. He felt awful about his actions, and she could tell. Unconsciously, Rey tightened the towel around her, but remembered that it was nothing he hadn't seen before.

He looked up into her eyes then, and a wave of sadness crossed his face. "Rey, I'm so sorry. I, I lost control of myself and I just, I don't know but I'm sorry." Rey swallowed then, thinking about what to say to him. She was afraid that if she said the wrong thing, he would get mad and destroy more. Destroy her beautiful room. She sighed, "Do you do this all the time? Destroy things when you get mad?"

He looked at her, and she could tell he was trying to say the right thing. "Be honest," she said.

"I used to. All of the time. Whenever someone would do something that I didn't like, I would lash out. But lately, since you've been here, I haven't done that. I haven't been angry because you've... calmed me."

Rey didn't know what to say once again. She was speechless. It was because of her? She had brought him to ease? Maybe she could bring him back from the dark path that he was on. She could make him a better person. She reached forward and pulled Kylo into a hug, wrapping her arms around his waist and burying her head into his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on top of hers. They stayed like that for a little while until he pulled away and motioned her towards the bed to sit down. "I need to talk to you about something," was all he said. Remembering she was still in a towel, she told him that she should change first, so she grabbed clothes and went into the bathroom.

When she was finished, she walked out to find him sitting on the edge of her bed twiddling his thumbs. She could tell he was nervous. She slowly walked up to him, sitting down right beside him and putting a hand over his. "What is it?" She asked.

He turned his body slightly towards her and looked her in the eye, grabbing her other hand to hold. "Rey, I'm going to tell you this all at once. Promise me you won't say anything until I'm finished?" He asked. She nodded her head and he continued. "My master, Supreme Leader Snoke, called for me after I interrogated you the first time. We set up a plan to get the map from you. Since you were strong with the Force, I was to train you, gain your trust, make you fall in love with me, and then take the map from you." He paused then, seeing that Rey's eyes were full of worry and unshed tears. "But Rey, those plans stopped the moment I started training and getting to know you. You've changed my life and brought in a new light. You make me want to go against my master's wishes. If it were a choice, I would pick you every time because my feelings for you are indescribable," he said before leaning in and kissing her on the lips. She brought her hands up to his face and gently stroked his cheeks.

She began to speak. "Kylo-"

"No. I'm not done yet. There's something else," he said. He took her hands again and rubbed his thumbs against the top of them. "I once told you to not be afraid, and that I feel it to. Do you remember that?" When she nodded, he continued, "Rey, we share a bond. A Force-bond, to be exact. This means that we can see into each other's minds and hear the other's thoughts. We can also sense what the other is feeling. This whole time that we've been together, I knew what was going on in your head. I haven't taught you how to communicate with me yet, and now I want to. I want you to use our bond too."

This was a lot to take in for Rey. First of all, he had been reading her mind this whole time? And second, she could do it too? She really didn't know what to think. He let her sit there in silence. A couple minutes later, she made her decision. "Teach me," was all she said. He looked at her and sighed. "I can't. I need to leave the base for a couple days to pursue my mission. I will when I come back, I promise. When I'm gone, practice your meditation. I will arrange for someone to take you to the training room." And with that, he gave her one last kiss and walked out of her room, closing the doors behind him. Rey went back into the bathroom and hopped into the shower, thinking of two things: what Kylo was doing on this mission and how she was going to figure out how to use their bond.

Rey had gotten out of the shower a couple hours ago and she had just finished meditating. While staring out of the window, watching the trees sway in the breeze, she heard the doors open. Whipping her head around, she saw the person that she really didn't want to see. His grin was devilish as he made his way to her. "I'm here to retrieve you for your training," Hux spoke. Rey took a deep breath and swallowed. Hux? Really? Rey nodded her head and stood up, going over to the cabinet to get out her shoes. She sat down and began to put them on when she was stopped by a cold and slimy hand on her arm. She looked up at him then as he spoke, "I don't have much time. Hurry up rat." She really didn't think that she should argue or come back with a smart comment, since this man had the power to take her away from Kylo. She could feel his wanting for power and fame, and it disgusted her. When she stood up, he grabbed her arm in the same spot as last time, making her wince. He yanked her out of the room and harshly guided her through the hallways until they got to the training room.

When they walked in, Rey was surprised. This training room was not at all like Kylo's. It was many times smaller and didn't have as many activities for her to do. There were no punching bags or boulders. "Go and run 35 laps. I'll stay here and count for you, to make sure you don't cheat," Hux spoke. Rey didn't like the way he was looking at her, at all. And 35? She was used to running 15 at the most. She knew that she shouldn't say anything, so she began to run.

Each time she passed Hux, she felt his eyes on her. She watched him look at parts of her body that were reserved for the eyes of only one man. When she finished her laps, she was panting heavily with sweat dripping off of her, soaking her clothes. She collapsed on the floor. "Stand up rat. You aren't done yet," he said while tossing her the lightsaber that she had used the day before. She ignited it, expecting him to do the same with his lightsaber. Wait, where is it? He doesn't have a lightsaber. What does he-

Her thoughts were interrupted when a laser blast flew passed her head and hit the wall behind her. He had a blaster. "Block my shots, rat," Hux said, continuing to fire at her. She had never done this before, but was quickly getting the hang of it. She was blocking more and more shots from him, until he stopped and handed her a blindfold. "Put this on," he ordered. With shaky hands, she did as told. She had read about this in one of her books back on Starkiller. She was supposed to use the Force in order to anticipate the shots coming, and then she would block them with her lightsaber. She took a deep breath and channeled the Force, but she couldn't sense anything. No shots were being fired.

She was about to rip the blindfold off when she felt two slimy hands on her waist and something hard pressed against her rear. Her body immediately tensed up in panic and fear. It frightened her so much that she dropped her lightsaber. "Come on rat, give me what I want," he said, bringing his hands up to caress her breasts. Tears were falling down her face. He had a tight grip on her and she couldn't get out, no matter how hard she tried. She didn't know what else to do, so she channeled all of the Force that was inside of her and threw it at him. She felt his hands fly off of her waist and she turned around just in time to see him hit the wall and fall to the ground. She was breathing heavily and she was so afraid. She had to get to Kylo. She closed her eyes and thought about what he told her about the Force-bond. They could communicate. She tried to reach out to him. Help me. Her message got no reply.

Hux stood up then and lunged for her, grabbing her by the arms and pulling her out the door. Her vision was blurred with tears as she writhed against him, but he wasn't letting go.Where's he taking me to? His room? He was walking very fast, and Rey had to practically jog in order to not be dragged. They were in an area with lots of empty cages. Some were filled with disgusting looking creatures, and that was when everything clicked for Rey. He was going to throw her in a cell. Did Kylo hear me? she thought as Hux pushed her into a cell and closed the door. A few buttons being pushed were the last sounds she heard before her room became unnervingly silent.

Kylo was interrogating a lousy Resistance pilot when he heard Rey in the back of his mind. Help me, was all she said. He sensed her fear and immediately took off in a run towards his ship. He didn't care about the pilot. He had to get to Rey. He jumped on his ship and prepared the ship for takeoff.

He was currently about halfway back to the base when he felt her again. She was crying, he knew it by the wave of sadness he received from her end. He could tell that she had had hope at first, hope that he would hear her and come after her, but she had given up. She thought he wasn't coming. He spoke out to her then, hoping that she knew it was him. I'm coming for you Rey.

When he arrived at the base, he was greeted by an angry Hux walking towards him. "I was training that scavenger of yours and-"

"They assigned you to train her?" Kylo lividly asked.

"Yes but that's beside the point Ren. We were sparring and she pushed me down and ran away. She escaped. We have no idea where she is. She's probably half way to Theed if she hasn't gotten a ship already," Hux lied.

Kylo knew he was lying. He could feel it. Bringing his hand up, he force-choked the man until his face was purple. He only stopped when Hux had fallen to the ground. He spoke out to Rey once more. Rey, you have to tell me where you are. Kylo left Hux and strides to his room. Once there, he took his helmet off and slammed it on his desk in frustration. She wasn't answering. He took off his robes and was going to get in the shower when he heard her.

I'm in a cell.

*Author's Note*

Just a little bit of a cliffhanger. What do you think? Leave a review! Also, I'm going to ask this again. In the future, what color should Rey's lightsaber be? Next chapter should be up by Thursday or Friday.