REN: Fall of Faith
Moments after their victory against the rebels,
Kylo and Masro disembarked their command shuttle on the Finalizer.
They kissed bringing their force together as one showing their people a beacon of hope.
Their people looked to them for leadership into their unknown future.
The rebel insurgents have been taken out.
They are looking for guidance and a safe future.
PERIL strikes at the heart of the Ren family and one must mission
with past comrades and old enemies to save the future.
But is it the same future or one changed by the force?
Chapter 1
Their people cheered them as they walked through the hanger of the finalizer. Kylo and Masro ran to their children pulling them up into their arms with so much joy. Holding his twins Kylo stood, turning around as he spoke to his people.
"Today is a day to celebrate!" Kylo's voice carried strong and clear; Their people cheered. "We have taken out the rebellion! You are free of those criminals and thieves! No more fear of attack for belonging to something as transcendent as the first order! We work together as one moving our path forward together now and forever!" The people cheered and began chanting "Kylo Ren's new order" over and over.
Celebration was breaking out all over the starships; drinks, dancing and laughter were heard and seen everywhere. Even Kylo and Masro joined in on the celebrations. Kylo danced with Masro much to her surprise and the delight of their children.
After a long day of celebration, Kylo lifted his sleeping twins into his arms and Masro followed with their youngest to their suite. After putting them to bed they retired to their own suite. Kylo was silent but Masro could tell he was mulling over his thoughts. They began undressing for bed; each more than exhausted both mentally and physically.
"Maze," Kylo finally broke his silence. She looked at him intently knowing something was bothering him. "In the cave before you killed Axe, you implied that we had been intimate before she and I were. I'm still not proud of my weakness at that even happening but unless you changed the memory, I'm not aware we were intimate until you came to Tatooine as you showed me before. She and I had already been intimate that point. Did you change my memory of something that happened on Naboo? Why did you say that to her if you didn't?"
"I truly don't know anything. I said it because that's what my mind told me to say. I definitely didn't modify memories when it came to this. I need to meditate explore all regions of my mind, see if there are any more blocks and if I can break through them."
"How is that possible after all this time?"
"I think it has to deal with who ever created the block. If they live, they hold it but when they die, they release everything to the force. It has to go somewhere so if I fight hard enough, I might be able to regain my lost memories, if there are any."
"Are you saying you think Snoke altered your memory from then?"
"I don't know. It's entirely possible, he could have had spy's always watching us. If we did something against his plan, then he could have changed it. We both know he frequented Naboo during our younger years disguised as his alter ego Cadmar Palpatine."
"I see. This is a very disturbing thought. To know he may have been manipulating us from such an early age."
"I agree. I will meditate tomorrow to see if anything stands out. I have something for you." She pulled out the lightsaber Rey had been using, they both knew the kyber that powered it was Originally Kylo's grandfathers. Kylo looked at Masro, in both shock and awe.
"When? I didn't see you take it."
"I was a smuggler in the past. You learn to not be seen." He looked at her, knowing she held back a lot but the small windows she let him see always surprised him. They kissed passionately and went to bed in each other's arms exhausted. The next morning came too quickly. Kylo returned to his duties, Shim took the older kids back to training and the droid was watching young Kylo. Masro went to their private training room, changed into her training clothes and sat down in a meditation stance. She went into deep thought pushing through her mind like she was swimming in a lake. Searching for something that didn't belong.
Masro pushed back in her mind to their first kiss on Naboo, it had to be something surrounding that event. She went through everything, replaying the entire event as she had seen it with Kylo.
After Ben, what he was still called in those days though Masro hated to even think of the name, landed the ship in Theed the capital of Naboo, the commotion began of the unloading for the Festival of Lights ceremony his family was helping the queen of Naboo hold. Ben slipped away taking a speeder from the royal guard. His cloak billowed behind him and his excitement grew as he raced closer to lake country. He wanted to stay away from her house because he knew her parents would alert his uncle.
Ben stopped his speeder by the lake, hoping she would be there as she always was when they were younger. She was; he knew her anywhere even four years older. Masro was sitting by the lake washing some clothes. He released his force expecting hers to wrap around him, but it didn't instead he was filled with a deep nothingness and void. That's when he knew she locked herself down to the force again. She didn't seem to notice him walking towards her until he got close, she pulled a blaster out and pointed it without even looking his way.
"I don't know who you are but leave. I don't have powers the rumors are false. I'm not a trinket of entertainment."
"Maze, it's me Ben."
"You lost the right to call me that." She turned and looked at him, her eyes blazed with anger. He was a bit taken aback; Ben had expected to be welcomed with open arms. Masro stood and he glanced at her maturing body for the first time. She adorned pants that were practically painted on her, the tunic she wore was not buttoned more than halfway revealing parts of her matured chest as she breathed. She took his breath away as she only became more beautiful with time. Masro grabbed her laundry and walked away. He ran after her.
"Leave me alone, Ben. We're not supposed to speak with each other." He reached out and froze her with the force. "How dare you! Unfreeze me now!"
He walked around to the front of her to look her in her eyes. Waving his hand to release her from his lock. "Masro, why do you hate me now?"
She looked at him, and the hurt filled her eyes along with tears, "I don't hate you. I could never hate you. I wish I could, but I can't. I love you Ben, I always have. You saved my life. Rescued me from the worst torture imaginable and then disappeared for four years. You abandoned me, left me to the vices of those people that call themselves my family. You were the only family I had, and you were just gone. So, I gave up the force as they wanted and vowed to never speak with you again. Here is am breaking my vow."
"I'm sorry. I've been banned from returning to Naboo. My uncle has basically kept me under his thumb all these years because of my attachment to you. This is the first time I have even returned to Naboo and I immediately stole a speeder and raced to you."
She broke down dropping her laundry to cover her face, he pulled her into his arms. They stood with him wrapping his arms tightly around her and her crying into his chest. She looked up at him and dropped her shield. Her ability flowed out of her like fire and met his force building a power inside them that wanted them to become one. It left them both breathless.
Masro pulled back from Ben, really looking at him for the first time. He had grown very tall; his hair was much longer than when he was a boy. She preferred it that way. His body had changed into a man's, she could feel the muscles under his Jedi robes in their embrace. She gasped as she met his eyes, the intensity in them overpowered her. She reached her hand up to Touch his cheek, he leaned into it bringing his hand up to cover hers. Ben kissed her hand as she watched, leaving her wanting more. "You've changed Ben."
"As have you. You've grown more beautiful than the stars." She blushed at his compliment and looked down; Ben was the only one she had ever felt complete with. He accepted her abilities as nobody else in her life did.
"How do you do that?"
"Do what?" He tilted her face towards his with a finger under her chin.
"Walk into my life after four years and make me instantly forgive you."
"I'm glad you forgive me; I couldn't live with you being mad at me."
"Somebody's coming, hide." Ben force jumped up into the trees, to see Masro's older half-brother Skiro, though Masro knew now he wasn't her brother at all, walking through the trees that lined their property.
"Masro!" He yelled. Masro quickly grabbed her laundry off the ground.
"Over here, Skiro. Why are you coming after me? I'm perfectly capable of doing laundry alone."
"Father heard there were Jedi that landed on Naboo for the light festival and wanted me to come get you."
"I'm fine I can take care of myself."
"No, you know the rule." Skiro came up roughly grabbing Masro's arm. Ben just about jumped down then. He didn't understand why she didn't push him away.
"Please, I don't want to go down there again. Father just let me out from the last time."
"I'm sorry, he is only doing what he thinks is best." He started forcing Masro towards their home, she dropped her laundry again. Ben could sense her fear. He knew she was going to get mad but froze Skiro.
"What's going on? Are you doing this Masro?"
"No, I swear."
Ben jumped down from the tree and walked over to them. He waved his hand in front of Skiro's face.
"You never saw Masro or me. You heard the Jedi have already left and turned around to go home."
He dropped Masro and mindlessly walked toward his house. Ben helped her up.
"Where was he taking you?"
"My father locks me in the cellar anytime it's announce a force sensitive comes to Naboo. Or just when he feels like it."
"What?!" Ben shouted in disbelief.
"That's my life now. That's what you left me to."
"He's a monster! You are good and kind and don't deserve that. Let's run away together."
"And do what?"
"Marry me. I'll take care of you; I'll leave the order. You'll never have to see these people again. We will be free together."
"Ben you're not thinking with your brain. Your heart is deceiving you. We are too young."
"Love knows no age." He pulled Masro into his arms and looked deeply into her eyes. She wanted badly to accept his offer.
"You love me?"
"Yes, our entire lives as you love me." They brought their lips together for the first time and they burned like fire and ice together as they each let their force flow into the other. He was fifteen and wanted what all men at that age wanted, he moved from her lips to her neck while exploring her matured body with his hands bringing a moan from her. Masro pulled back from him, she was flush from the excitement.
"I'll marry you. We can run away and be together." A smiled spread across Ben's face and he kissed her again pushing her against the closest tree. She wrapped her arms around him pulling their bodies together. She felt his hardness against her and pulled back. They looked into each other's eyes longingly.
"I think it's best to sneak away at night. I'll meet you back here tonight at zero hundred."
"Let's just leave now, please. I can't go back there."
"I need to secure a ship for us, and credits." Masro just nodded accepting the fate she was bestowed. "Tonight, we will marry and embrace as husband and wife. I love you Masro." They kissed passionately one more time before parting.
Masro came out of the memory, the ending seemed wrong. It felt like it hadn't matched the rest of her thoughts in its feeling. She knew every memory had its own signature. Like repairing an old garment, the garment may look complete again, but the new spot was always rougher than the worn in comfortable material. She pushed and pushed at the thought. Masro may have gotten more than she bargained for, as she realized a long path of her memory laid altered.
Masro and Ben were still kissing, pressed to the tree. His hardness against her, she slid her hands down his body rubbing the front of his pants to feel him. He growled as he pulled back and looked her in the eyes, almost animal like as he searched for his other half in her. Ben ripped Masro's tunic open popping the few buttons that were buttoned and reached down to suck on her breast. She let out sounds he had only dreamt about. He slowly pulled her to the ground and brought his lips to hers again. They spoke no words as they continued just the sounds of pleasure, they brought each other. Ben pulled back releasing his hardness. Masro looked at it knowing what it was about to do. She reached hesitantly to stroke it; feeling its hardness as Ben unbuckled her pants, he pulled back to pull them off of her.
Spreading her legs, he found himself looking down at her, their breathing frantic as they were making this choice. He helped himself into her. She cried out from the pain; Ben had a hard time controlling himself wanting to explore the inside of her body completely. He wiped the tears from Masro's cheeks as he thrusted in and out of her. Leaning down to kiss her as he finished, when he pulled out, he brought a gasp from her lips. They looked at each other, afraid to speak as if this moment might disappear. Ben moved to dress and Masro followed buttoning the top buttons since the bottoms were torn off.
"Are you ok?" He asked concerned by her silence.
"Yes, it was amazing. I never thought I would get to experience that with you," she looked down as she said it. Ben pulled her into his arms, leaning down to kiss her when they felt a change in the force.
They both felt it when a new force presence came upon them, it wasn't one they recognized. Ben pushed her protectively behind him. He pulled his lightsaber out lighting it. The presence advanced on them quickly, Masro was shaking.
"You won't need that boy. You two have messed up my well thought out plans with your actions today," the presence spoke, a regal yet chilling sound. It was a tall cloaked figure; they both felt his power pouring out of him. It was overwhelming in his presence.
"Who are you? What are you talking about?" Ben asked. The figure held his hand up and Ben passed out. Masro screamed as she caught him.
"What did you do to him?!" Masro screamed. Trying without success to wake him.
"Girl, do you know who I am?"
"What?! How am I supposed to know who you are? Please wake him up, I'm begging."
"You should never beg, you're too important."
"No, I'm not." Masro began to cry holding on to Ben. The figure used the force to move Ben away from Masro, her force flared, and she protectively pulled him back causing the hooded figure to stumble with the blast from Masro's force. The figure lowered his hood and looked at Masro in shock. His face was familiar, but she had never seen him before, the piercing blue of his eyes was almost blinding.
"Yet you, untrained and barely out of childhood bested me, someone who is trained and very strong with the force," the man walked closer to Masro. He stopped a couple of strides in front of her. She wanted to step back but hesitated. He reached his hand towards her body, not touching just pushing force.
"Who are you?" She spat at him.
"I am known by many names. Some call me Cadmar, others just Palpatine, but my loyal subjects call me supreme Leader Snoke, but the name is not going to mean anything to you soon."
Masro came to in the training room, she reached up and wiped her face of the tears that fell. She knew it couldn't have ended with that, Snoke would not have interfered if it was just that. She closed her eyes trying to break down more of the walls that had been put up. Masro felt them there begging to be pushed down, but she was terrified of what they would reveal.
"You're such a fool, I can't have him turn his back on the Jedi now, he's not ready. Not like this," Snoke angrily pulled his hand up as if to strike Masro, she didn't even flinch. She was used to abuse; it was something familiar, her boldness caused him to change his mind. He dropped his hand turning from her. Masro's force built in her body, fueled by her anger for this unknown man and everyone that ever abused her. Snoke was pacing thinking of a plan and hadn't even realized what she was doing until it was too late. She pushed it at him, he was able to block but not before his face was brutally destroyed. The skin was charred off down to the muscles, he screamed such a horrible sound of the likes Masro has never heard.
Ben came to without Snoke focusing on keeping him out, Masro helped him up and ran with him towards her home. She never looked back. Masro reached her home and screamed when she saw Snoke on the porch her family all struggled with his ability wrapped around their necks.
"What do you want?"
"To correct your mistake. I have felt that you will pull Ben Solo from his path with your foolishness of today." It was something in the way he said it that made Masro believe him, knowing what he spoke was true. She filled with regret at her actions in the forest, knowing he should never have those feeling for anyone.
"I would never pull him from his path, not on purpose. I know his true importance to the galaxy. What must I do to fix it?"
"Maze, don't. Nothing he can say will change our plans," Ben looked at Masro earnestly, Masro looked from him back to Snoke, knowing Ben's importance in the universe.
"I will do anything to correct his path."
"No, Maze! Stop." Snoke froze Ben from reaching out to Masro. She moved closer to Snoke and knelt in front of him.
"Will you kill me?"
"No, my child, as I said you are to important. I'm going to wipe everyone's mind of this event. In several months' time you will wake up and be yourself but until then I will control you and your family."
"And Ben?"
"He will have his mind wiped as well and be sent back to his family. He must live the events to shape his future. You will see him again, but not for a long while."
Masro nodded, trusting this powerful stranger with her life to make sure she saved Ben at all cost.
The vision changed but was very clouded, much more difficult to break through. She could see herself; she was trapped in the cellar. As the memory changed to advance in time, she saw to her horror that her belly grew, ever so round with life she felt grow.
Masro pulled back, so angry she screamed while pounding her fist into the floor until they were bloody. She couldn't have been made to forget something like that, it had to be a trick. She needed to know, she shakily returned to a meditation position and reached back into her mind, fighting the webs of change.
She reached down looking at her body, plump with the life she had created with her love. Masro knew any day Snoke would return and take her child. The first contraction hit her as the cellar doors opened. He slowly descended the stairs with her mother. Masro bent in pain.
"The child is coming," Snoke said. His face had healed the best it was ever going to be. He was horribly disfigured. He held his hand out to Masro's mother's head, she closed her eyes. When she opened them, her eyes held recognition.
"Cadmar?"
"Yes, my love."
"What has happened to your beautiful face?" She ran to his arms looking at his face. Masro watched trying to hold the pain she felt in.
"It's not important. Our daughter is going to give birth to our first grandchild. She needs the best midwife in the galaxy, that's why I woke you."
"What?! You woke her? They both looked at Masro, she was sitting on her bed looking back and forth between them. "You're my father? How is this possible."
"Yes, I'm your father. Now follow your mothers' instructions. The pain will end soon enough, and I will see that your life goes back to normal."
"Please, father, what are you going to do with my child?"
"She will be raised as your sister. No one will know any different, not even you."
Masro screamed in pain, Snoke left. What felt like hours to Masro went by, before she finally heard the cry of her child. Her mother handed the baby to her, a girl. She was perfect, Masro cried holding her looking at this perfect being.
"I'd like to name her if that's ok?" Masro asked when Snoke reentered.
"What do you wish?"
"Her name is Lūx, it means light of all in Naboo."
Masro came to again, she felt Kylo coming near. She knew her pain had called out to him. Masro stood up wiping her face of tears with a towel, turning her back to the door he would enter in. She didn't know how she was going to tell him this and to top it off that he had Lūx killed when he attacked her family.
He rushed in but stopped short of touching Masro. Kylo felt the change in her.
"Maze?" He was unsure if she would speak to him. "What did you see? I need to know what would cause you such pain. Every force sensitive on board felt it. I feel like my heart was ripped from my chest." She turned towards him, not being able to hold back her tears anymore. Kylo rushed to pull her in his arms. Masro reached her hand shakily up to his face, and pushed the memory in.
Kylo screamed in anger and pain. Realization hit him and he dropped to his knees in shock.
"I….I….killed her," he covered his face and wept, Masro knelt in front of Kylo pulling him into her arms. "How did I not know when I saw her? How could I have not felt her ability when she came from both of us?"
"This is going to sound like I'm stretching for hope, but did you see her die?"
"No, I just ordered her death."
"Do we still have the soldiers from that night?"
"Yes, I believe so. Why?"
"The last time I saw her she was nearly two, before leaving for….before leaving Naboo, even then she showed tremendous abilities. Being nearly ten years later her ability must have grown. Since she is our child, I wouldn't have put it past her to freeze the guards and mind wipe them, escaping with her life, and even possibly my mother's life. I need to reach into these soldiers minds and see if anything is showing a block."
"I'll have Hux round them up and bring them here. Will you have the strength?"
"I have to. If our child is out there alone, I need to know if she is alive first."
Kylo commed Hux, giving him orders. Masro paced the room, deep in thought not even a second thought about her bloody hands until Kylo grabbed her wrist.
"What happened? We need to get you cleaned up."
"Just give me a rag, I'll go to the sick bay after I scan their minds."
Kylo pulled Masro's hands to clean the blood from them, tightly wrapping them. The doors opened; four troopers and Hux entered.
"These are the only troopers still living from that night," Hux informed.
"Kneel and remove your helmets," Masro ordered. They did as commanded a bit fearful of what was going on. "This won't hurt but I need to check your minds to see if any of your memories have been altered."
She placed a hand on the first trooper, pushing herself through his memories until she reached that night. Seeing it happen was much more intense than Masro had anticipated. She was going to pull back after an overwhelming force pushed her, it refocused her power pushing through. Something she had never experienced before with a memory happened; the force locked around the memory built in power pushing into Masro. She flew backwards across the room. Kylo reached out with the force to freeze her in air, gently lowering her.
"Maze," he ran to her kneeling by her. "What happened?"
"She force locked the memory. There is definitely something she didn't want us to see. I need to go back in there."
"No! It's too dangerous."
"Ky, our child could be out there still!"
"Child? Another child?" Hux asked a bit lost at the conversation he was listening to. They both looked at him, he backed up not saying another word. Kylo helped Masro to her feet, she hesitantly went back to the trooper she was working with. Before touching him Masro closed her eyes and released her full abilities, knowing from the gasps of the troopers that she had physically changed on the outside. She opened her eyes getting a glimpse at herself in some reflective weapons on the wall. Her eyes had changed to a single spot of crimson surrounded by void. It looked like blood flowed from her eyes down to her body. Masro reached her hand out to the trooper.
"Please open your mind to me," when she spoke it sounded like she was speaking dozens of times at the same time. Masro reached and touched his forehead. The memories hit her again, this time she was ready for them. She put her emotions aside at the brutality of the situation and moved through the memory again.
Kylo marched off the ship followed by the stormtroopers. The compound was surrounded by a large wall, with a gate in front of them. A member of the household must have seen them coming and was waiting at the gate.
"Your kind isn't welcome here," the elderly man said. Masro recognized her father, well the father she had believed was hers until she learned the truth, from the memory.
"My kind? What exactly is my kind?" Kylo slightly tilted his head and grabbed is lightsaber from his belt.
"Scum of the first order." The elderly man spit on the ground. Kylo reached out and used the force to choke Him. Somebody fired at them from behind the old man, causing a chain reaction. The stormtroopers started shooting and rushed forward. The trooper turned and saw Kylo run his lightsaber through the elderly man, letting him fall to the ground. Kylo marched forward, his cloak flowing around him. The shooter laid dead on the ground, Masro recognized her brother, Skiro. Kylo continued towards the house followed by this trooper, they could hear screaming coming from inside. There were two women on their knees with their hands on their head. Masro recognized her mother and Lūx.
"Ben solo?" Masro's mother questioned, Kylo knelt in front of her just looking at her.
"It's Kylo, master of the knights of Ren now," Kylo finally answered. "Your very pregnant daughter, my wife, just wanted so see her family while we were vacationing here, but you sent a reply of…what was it again?"
"Sir, they said that their daughter is dead, and she should stay that way," the messenger stated. Masro's mother started crying and Lūx seemed alarmed.
"That's not a very nice thing to say about the love of my life. I'm so glad she was so different from all of you. You never treated her right, even as a child she would call to me with the force to save her from you. I should have done this long ago." Kylo paused a moment and looked at his prisoners. Then turned and started walking away. "Kill them then burn the place and everything surrounding it to the ground."
The trooper watched as Kylo marched out of there, then the wall in his memory hit Masro. It felt like a physical barrier and she needed to get through. Masro pushed with her full abilities and could not budge anything. Kylo could sense something was wrong he grabbed Masro's hand and pushed his force into her. With the added strength she was able to break the wall down, it shattered like a wall of glass.
"You will not kill us," Lūx spoke. The troopers repeated her words. She froze them jumping up and helping Masro's mother up. Lūx closed her eyes and pushed out her energy, Masro felt her change the memory in all of the trooper's minds in the room. An ability Masro hadn't tried. "Fire your blasters into the wall there and head back to your ship. I will burn this place down."
Masro pulled back with a gasp, tears falling down her cheeks. She looked at Kylo with joy in her eyes.
"She's alive. I don't know where she's at but she's alive."
"You're all dismissed for now. Hux we will need to meet later today in the strategy room," Kylo turned back to Masro. They heard the doors close behind the troopers and he leaned down to kiss her.
"I'm so happy that she's alive. We will find her and bring her home."
"We should celebrate. Let's go back to our suite." Kylo grabbed Masro pulling her in for a kiss.
"What are you going to do to me?" Masro pushed up against Kylo, slowly running her hands up his body. Kylo's lips quivered with anticipation.
"Everything. I'm not going to hold back." He grabbed her hand leading them to their bedroom. They quickly disrobed to embrace each other, roughly kissing as Kylo walked them towards the wall of glass. He pushed her against it, pulling reluctantly from her lips. Kylo looked Masro over a moment before lifting her using the glass as leverage. Masro wrapped her arms around Kylo's neck, looking him in the eyes.
Kylo forcefully pushed into Masro, bringing a scream from her lips. He grabbed her chin with one hand making her look him in the eyes. She wrapped her legs around him as he thrust in and out of her. Masro moaned Kylo's name over and over. He loved that he could bring her this kind of pleasure. To Masro's dismay Kylo pulled out of her shortly before her climax. She screamed frustratedly at him. Kylo laughed as he threw her on their couch, roughly pushing her to present herself for him.
He thrust himself in, leaning over Masro to grab her throat. Kylo pulled her towards him, squeezing her throat. Her pulse sped up even faster, exciting Kylo more as he squeezed the life out of her. With his other hand he slowly ran it over Masro's body until he found her pleasure spot. He knew she would go lifeless in his hands any moment, making him thrust rougher at the thought. Masro passed out against Kylo, he held her as he pushed himself to climax. He pulled himself out laying her gently on the couch and headed to shower.
When he emerged, Kylo expected to see Masro moving about but didn't see her at all. He ran to the couch; she was still laying there but the color had completely left her body. Kylo realized she wasn't breathing, he frantically pumped on Masro's chest breathing into her mouth to bring her life. He was starting to panic as her body was slowly lowering in temperature. Kylo released his force fully, using a large amount of his ability to push into her. Masro's chest raised as air was breathed back into her lungs. She coughed as she opened her eyes to look at Kylo.
"My love, I thought I lost you. We won't do that again. I'm so, so sorry," he leaned over her hugging her tightly. Masro was a bit dazed as to what happened as she reached up to wipe Kylo's tears.
"I'm fine, My Sky. Everything is fine."
"I'm selfish. I should never do anything that could hurt you like that; I wouldn't be able to go on without you."
Masro sat up, pulling Kylo into her arms. He knelt in front of her with his arms around her waist. She gently laid her head against his.
"Ky, you'll never be without me. We're connected by the force; I'll always be with you."
He looked up at her, she saw in his eyes that what she said wouldn't work for him.
"I reluctantly have to return to duties. I wish I could stay with you, touching you brings me so much serenity."
"I feel the same. It's the only time I don't feel in chaos is when we touch."
"Another way the force lets us know we are one," Kylo reached up to kiss Masro. "Hmmm... interesting to have to reach up to kiss you."
They laughed and dressed.
"Will you call me for the strategy meeting?"
"Of course, What are you going to be up to?"
"I'm going to check on Anakin and Padmé's training and head to the archives. We have the meeting on coruscant in a few rotations coming up."
"Oh yes, to see about turning that temple into a knights academy."
"I'm excited about the process. Knowing great people such as your grandfather, Lord Vader, and Lord Sidious occupied the temple helps cleanse it of the Jedi. Though I never found out what happened to the temple since…" she trailed off.
"I destroyed the order?"
"You didn't destroy anything. You saved us all," Masro pulled him in for a kiss.
"I love how you see me. Knowing you never see me as a monster…it brings me peace."
She looked into his soul as no other in his life did, he loved her with every fiber of himself. They kissed one more time before Kylo reluctantly headed off.