A year had passed, with out even a force connected dream of Masro. Kylo was readying himself for the visit he feared most, having to face Masro's chamber with no change again. They had been married two years now, but with out her he was growing cold, distant and angry towards all around. He marched the halls to the sick bay and didn't bother greeting the staff on his way into her room. He locked the doors behind him, removing his helmet.

"My Love, it's our wedding anniversary-"

He stopped and looked at Masro, as something was different about her positioning. He walked out of her chamber; he knew occasionally they opened the chamber to maintain it. "Did one of you move Masro today? Her body is in a different position from yesterday."

"No, sir. Maintenance isn't due for another week."

"Who else has seen her besides me in the last day?"

The attendant checked the records and shook his head. "Nobody, Sir."

"Something's not right, I'm going to post some guards when I leave. I'm going to open her chamber for a moment and close it."

Kylo returned to the chamber, lost in thought about her changed position. He clicked some buttons on the side and her chamber opened with fog spilling out. Kylo gently laid a hand on her ice-cold cheek. He leaned down and kissed her lips, there was no return in affection. Though it was only cold enough to keep her in stasis he was able to move her. Kylo pulled a device out of his pants pocket and placed it behind Masro's ear and then another one in her clinched hand. He kissed her one more time before closing the chamber and locking it to a deep freeze. He returned his helmet. Kylo walked out of the room, stopping by the attendant.

"Nobody, but her physician is allowed entrance until I return from my mission. I should be gone one to two weeks. If it's any longer I will contact this department."

Kylo marched out of the sick bay to the knight's temple deep in thought. He was wondering about Masro's body movement. He had a terrible thought that one of his nights could have done something. They would have no problem convincing the attendants with the force, he didn't want to torture a poor medical attendant to see if they had force manipulation. If it came down to it, he would, but now his thoughts changed knowing Masro's dislike of Axe and vice versa. Upon his entrance he was greeted by the devil of his thoughts.

"Axe."

"Yes, Master," she knelt in front of him.

"Answer me honestly, or I'll take it from your mind. Although I may still scan your mind."

"Master."

"Have you been to see Masro recently?"

"No, Master. I have no interest in seeing her."

"So, you haven't been to the sick bay recently?"

"No, Master. If I may, why are you asking?"

"Somebody moved her body."

"It could have been the medical staff," Axe stayed. Kylo used the force to throw her across the room.

"You don't think I didn't already explore that possibility!"

"Sorry, Master. I spoke out of turn," she resumed her position by the door to the temple. Kylo stood there contemplating running through her mind just to hear her scream but thought better of it. He went off to check on the new knight recruits to see how their training was coming.

Kylo watched from above as Helix and Sunkiller were showing proper lightsaber technique. They fought in almost a slow motion to show proper stances and deflects. All of the crystal that lit their lightsabers had come from the cave he used to be able to see Masro in. The cave was robbed of its sacred crystals, to make room for expansion to the base. They had actually broken the stone away with the crystals intact, but it's been moved so far away that Masro cannot pull on the power. Kylo snapped out of his thought. He decided to make a show of his entrance, kylo force jumped to land in front of the new recruits.

"Master," both Helix and Sunkiller bowed and said at the same time. The recruits followed with bows.

"Are Helix and Sunkiller, dueling example teaching you well?" They all just stared at him. "Well?!"

"Yes, Master," a togruta answered. She had yellow skin, with white markings across her face. Her orange eyes stood out against her face. The girl couldn't have been more than twelve. Shim had recruited her from her home world.

"What's your name, young knight?"

"Nari, Master."

"Nari, you were the only one brave enough to speak. It shows guts, and bravery. To reward you, you will join our mission that we embark on tomorrow. The rest of you will stay with Helix, training."

Nari bowed to Kylo, gleeful that she would get to go on her first mission. Then she returned to training. Helix came up to Kylo, his anger apparent on his face.

"Master, I should be out there with you. I'm your second, I back you."

"You're not my second. Masro's my second and will always be. Helix, you need to keep training the new knights. I need you to remain here. We need them in the field soon."

"Yes, Master," Helix accepted his orders with anger. Kylo left to plan their flight path then to rest.

The next day Kylo met his crew at the Syn. They were using it to shuttle to the new star destroyer, finalizer. This would be the Finalizers maiden voyage. Upon landing in the hanger, they disembarked. The ship had temple for the knights, so they headed there except kylo. He went to walk the ship for the first time and ran into Phasma, who had moved to become permanently stationed on the finalizer. Sunkiller had asked for a transfer to the temple on board to be closer to her.

"How has it been on board?"

"They did a fair job; we're still uploading the records archive and getting used to the new technology."

"Have you've been in contact with the s-j fleet, have you heard word on the ship I requested?"

"Yes, I spoke with them earlier knowing I would see you today. They said it should be ready with in a week's time."

"Hmm, I hope we make it back by then. I'm eager to test it out. If the people of this world are hostile then we'll be back today, after we destroy them."

They took off heading deeper into the unknown region. They had been scouting this planet for weeks but would be making contact for the first time on this mission. They arrived at their destination, from scans the planet was type one. Kylo and the knights had taken to calling the planet Beldon, because the atmosphere reminded them of the colors and texture of them.

The knights loaded onto the Syn to go down to the surface. Kylo pushed the ship to land, not fully knowing what to expect from the planet's inhabitants. They had been doing fly by recon in a shielded ship. They had learned the planets inhabitants were humanoid in nature but were of a unique color like the Chiss. Their skin was a vermilion shade of red, sometimes varying between hues of red. Their eyes were almost unnerving, as solid black with no whites at all. Beyond these unique features you would think they were human.

Kylo headed to lower the ramp, they decided to go in with out their helmets since this was first contact. He felt a bit exposed as it's been awhile since he had gone out in public with out it. There was a breeze as the ramp lowered that ran through Kylo's hair and billowed his cape as he walked down the ramp. His knights followed, to their surprise a crowd had formed around their ship. Before kylo could speak a member, who looked highly ranked by his lavish clothing stepped forward.

"Greetings visitors," he slightly bowed. "I'm King Zyrum of the Foreavean. Please forgive my limited use of your language as it has been some time since we have used it."

"I'm Kylo Ren of the first order and these are my Knights. You speak Galactic standard? May I ask how you acquired the language?"

"Of course, please follow me I don't want word to get back to your emperor that we were inhospitable." Kylo understood that they were not the first to reach these people but didn't understand why they weren't recorded in the archives. With the king's reference to the emperor, either Palpatine was here or his grandfather. Kylo walked along with the King, the people moved off to the side giving leeway for them to walk. "It has been considerable years since we have been visited by any outsider. Your, ah what is the word… attire reminds me of the visitor from before. Tell me what happened to Lord Vader as he hasn't been here in many rotations?"

"Sadly, my grandfather has passed. Did you know my grandfather?"

"As a young child, yes. Though he seemed fierce to some, Lord Vader was kind to me. As a child I was…I'm trying to think of the word in your language…oh yes, bullied by other children. He witnessed an occurrence and came to my aid. He taught me how to defend myself. He was honorable."

"You are very lucky to have met such an honorable man. I was not so lucky as he passed before I was born," kylo was taking in the sights of the surrounding city and citizens.

"I'm sorry for your loss and the galaxy's. May I ask what brings your people here today?"

"I must admit the contact with your people has been wiped from our database, we came to make trade agreements."

"Of course, we can have talks. You must be tired from your trip. I will show you and your people to rooms to rest before last meal."

"Thank you, your majesty."

He looked around the suite, there was an elaborate looking bed adorned with carvings of creatures he had never seen. The room seemed like a room from Coruscant not a planet in the unknown regions. He pulled out his holo communicator to contact Phasma. She appeared before him.

"Ren, how are things going on the planet?"

"It's been very interesting actually. I did extensive research before exploring this quadrant and no where could I find information on this planet. Though according to their King, my grandfather Lord Vader and the Emperor were frequent visitors. It's made no sense."

"Well the archives are still loading, but I'll see what I can find out," Phasma faded out. Kylo dressed for last meal as the Foreavean called dinner. He met the knights in the hall who were waiting with an official messenger to take them to the hall. The messenger bowed to Kylo; his vermillion skin contrasted against his blue uniform. He didn't speak, kylo assumed he was not learned in galactic standard.

He led them to a hall with a long table. The king was seated at one end and he was joined by a woman to his right and two children to her right. Kylo was seated to his left and the knights next to him.

"Lord Ren, I hope you found your suite suitable."

"Yes, Thank you. It is very generous of you and your people to host us. If I may ask, are you the only one that speaks galactic standard?"

"The royal family and a few advisors are the only ones blessed by the emperor with the chosen language."

"Did the emperor visit here as well?"

"Yes, many times." Though he didn't elaborate the way kylo wanted. "Please forgive me, I wish to introduce you to my wife, Xaraha and my son, Vadas and daughter, Enrous."

"It is an honor to meet you. I'm kylo Ren and these are my Knights: Shim, Nari, Sunkiller, Blas, Axe, and Race."

"You call your soldiers knight?" Xaraha asked.

"Yes, they are my personal soldiers. I trust them with my life. Your son Vadas, is named after my grandfather?"

"Yes, I chose to honor him in that way."

Food was brought out, kylo looked at the selection with curiosity. They all tried the different items and were polite by complimenting even the food they didn't prefer.

"When can we speak of trade agreements, your majesty?"

"Speaking of business is forbidden at meals, as they are sacred. We will speak at first morning."

"Of course."

They finished their meals and headed back to their suites. Kylo finally fell into a restless sleep. He tossed and turned seeking a deeper sleep. His thoughts were on Masro, he worried something would happen to her with out his presence on the base. Kylo had briefly considered having them move her to the finalizer while on this mission but decided against it. Deeper sleep finally came to Kylo, and with it a nightmare of a vision.

Masro was running through Starkiller base, fear and pain filled her face. She hunched over grabbing at her swollen abdomen screaming. Then the vision changed, a medical droid was standing over her, but not a version they used. Then it changed again she was laying so still, and she was covered in blood, Alarms going off.

Kylo sat up to panting, realizing the alarm was on this plane of existence not in his visions. The sensors he placed on Masro's body were triggered. He jumped out of bed to grab his portable hologram projector to call the sick bay. Before he could call them, it alerted him of an incoming transmission from the base. Kylo clicked the answer switch, and Masro's attendant shot out.

"Sir, we have been trying to reach you. Lady Ren's body has been moved again. It's impossible, nobody has gone in there except her physician as ordered. We ran medical scans to see if it was her mind waking up, but it all came back negative. What are your orders?"

"Keep a watch on her but leave everything as it is. I'm going to send a member of my Knights there to inspect everything," kylo ended the call with the medical bay, sitting for a moment in deep thought. If they hadn't scanned her mind, he had the thoughts that she was waking up, it was disappointing. Though perhaps her mind self was trying to contact him. He called to Helix, who after a moment answered his projector looking like a disheveled mess.

"Master, I'm sorry it took me a moment to answer I must have fallen into a deep sleep," he said.

"Helix, I need to ask you to go to the Sick bay and check on Masro. I was alerted that her body had moved but the scans they did show it wasn't her doing it. I want you to examine everything and report back."

"Yes, Master. Right away. Do you want me to examine Masro as well in her chamber? To be thorough."

"Yes, I want to the bottom of this," he cut the transmission off and paced the suite waiting. After some time, his alarm went off again, alerting him to Masro's body being moved. He knew it would be Helix, so he didn't bother calling in. Kylo knew helix would call soon enough. He knelt to meditate, worried about Masro and consumed with finding a way to save her.

Kylo's holo com finally went off, he answered it knowing it was going to be Helix. Kylo was surprised by how long it took to hear back.

"Master, I found no evidence of tampering. Nor did I feel Masro's force. I'm going to have to say that it was most likely just muscle spasms or something similar."

"Thank you, Helix. Please keep an eye out until my return," kylo ended the call. He felt like there was a piece missing from the puzzle. He couldn't sleep, he dressed and was going to explore the palace when his holo com went off. He hit the button and Phasma appeared.

"Ren, the supreme leader has called for you and the knights retreat."

"What?! Why?! We are going to talk trade later today."

"I'm not sure, he seemed very angry when I informed him of your location."

"Well I'll wake the knights and head out. I have to think of an excuse that won't offend these people," kylo cut the transmission, and used the force to call the knights to him. "Our supreme leader has requested our immediate departure of this planet. He has not given a reason, but he is wise, and we will obey."

The knights nodded and headed out, kylo followed. He would stop and speak with the king on the way out.

"Go ahead to the ship, I'll be right along," kylo ordered. He turned to head deeper into the palace towards the throne room. Kylo figured they could call the king and he could make an excuse up. As he walked closer, he heard voices, speaking. They spoke galactic standard which surprised kylo, who was speaking?

"Of course, Cadmar. I understand completely. I do wish you would come home to visit; our people miss their savior."

"Thank you king Zyrum. I will make it a point to stop there on a future mission," the second voice spoke. Kylo couldn't place the voice but felt deep down he had heard it before. He turned and headed to the ship. It was better he just follow the supreme leaders order.

He landed the Syn on the Finalizer. They headed off, ready for their return flight home. Kylo was in deep thought about the conversation he had just heard.

"Guess you'll be home in time for the arrival of your new ship," Phasma pulled Kylo out of his thoughts.

"Yeah, I guess so. Did you find anymore information out?"

"No, nothing. The supreme leader put a block on everything from that planet and their people."

"Very strange indeed."

A few days later kylo was summoned to the flight hanger, he was advised his ship had arrived. When Kylo saw the ship, it was love at first sight. From the physical changes made to the wings and shape of the cockpit. It looked far superior to any previous models.

"Master Ren, I see from the look on your face that we have done a good job in the ships design."

"So far, yes. Tell me more about her."

"You're looking at a Tie/vn space superiority fighter, but because of its nature we call it the TIE Silencer for short. All systems have been drastically upgraded from prior models. We have packed it full of features including experimental stealth gear that can foil any ship's sensors. The silencer has full comprehensive life support systems unlike her predecessors. She has a hyperdrive, a major upgrade in my opinion, a deflector shield generator and projector, and is powered by a starboard reactor. There are Twin ion thrust arrays engines at the rear of the ship. As you can see on her wings there are solar collector arrays, which are there to maximize energy absorption. We upgraded the flight computer and can be modified to include customized flight controls for you."

"I will write a report after I test her, to let you know my feedback for any improvements," kylo headed for the cockpit. His fingers were tingling with excitement, he loved flying because it was so freeing. Kylo started the engines and noted how quiet the ship was it was majorly different than the Syn. He did a systems check, noting the locations for each item and their ease of use. Then Shot out of the hanger. Kylo did some spins and shot the blasters, it was the most fun he had had in years. He wished Masro was here to experience it with him.