A/N

Hi guys thank you so much for welcoming me back with open arms. I do appreciate each and every one of you. I'll be honest this chapter was hard to write which is why it took a bit longer than I wanted. So to make up for it to you I have written an extra long chapter. Originally this was going to be split into two chapters but I wasn't satisfied with any place to leave off so here you are. Thank you so much for each and every one of my reviewers. Your reviews encourage me to keep going more than anything else. So anyway wanting to keep this short. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I will be back for small mistake editing. But I did want to get it published. ENJOYYYYYY

Chapter 11

(Earlier)

"I love you my sister." Hux whispered quietly. "You deserve so much better than this. If things had been different.." He began to choke up again, but quickly shook his head to steady himself. He didn't have much time. "I promise you we will meet again, in another place where we will both be happy. I promise I will find you, and we will be a family again…"

He leaned down to place a soft kiss on her forehead. Then he slowly reached down to place his hands around her neck and began to squeeze. Her neck seemed so small in his large hands. He probably could have reached completely around her tiny throat with only one. But now was not the time to think about that.

He began to squeeze harder and watched as her face began to turn pink and then red. At first she did not move. But then her brow began to wrinkle and she began to slowly toss her head back and forth as from a bad dream. Her face was starting to turn from red to purplish and finally to blue. She unconsciously opened her mouth to gasp. But still she slept.

Hux gritted his teeth and began to shake from squeezing his grip as hard as he could. It would not be long now. Tears fell freely from his eyes as he released a small cry. Suddenly a tiny hand came up wrap around his wrist causing him to pause.

"M-mother.." Isla gasped out in a small scratchy voice.

Hux gazed down in horror at her.

"Help..help me." She whimpered as a tear ran down her face. "Mother..."

Then she stilled. Her grip on his hand relaxed and her head slowly fell to the side. Hux finally released his grip. His eyes filled with tears. It was done. He had done it. He had released her. He felt his heart breaking all over again. In her last moments She had cried for her mother..for their mother. Hux released her and collapsed over her burying his head in her neck once more.

"I'm so sorry Isla," He sobbed. "I'm so so sorry."

He knew he should be running but he could not will himself to leave. He knew there would be hell to pay for her death but he did not care. After what he allowed her to suffer he deserved to die and die screaming. He slowly opened his eyes to see her face. She looked so peaceful as if she were still merely sleeping. But already he could see the dark bruises forming on her neck. Already he could feel her body turning cold...or was it his own? He couldn't tell. He continued to lay there and mourn over her body. He cried until he ran out of tears and slowly pulled himself away from her body to stand. Her hand released his and fell limp off the side of the bed. He slowly stumbled out of the room and down the hall.

Several minutes later as Hux was boarding his transport with his guard he heard a horrific scream echoing across the ship and froze. His eyes widened as he remembered the terrified scream his sister had released in the great hall. The primal scream shook him to his very core. But the realization behind that scream was even worse. She was still alive. He hadn't killed her and she was still alive trapped aboard the ship with the man who had tortured and raped her. He hadn't released her.

Time seemed to slow as Hux turned around to run back to his sister. He couldn't leave her. He couldn't move fast enough. But as he went to take a step off of the transport the two stormtroopers ordered to escort him back grabbed him by the arms to drag him back.

"NO," He cried and began to struggle against them. "LET ME GO! I COMMAND YOU!"

They dragged him onto the transport. One reached to activate the door while still holding his arm in a death grip. Hux found against them and reached out in vain as the door closed.

"IIIIISSSLLLAAAAAAAAAA" He screamed as the doors slammed shut.

Kylo Ren stumbled away from her clutching his ears. One moment all had been silent. He had felt nothing from her. Then she opened her eyes and for a moment the world seemed to stop spinning and time slowed as he stared down her. The next moment she opened her mouth and began to scream so horrifically that the world turned on it side. In that moment her entire body buzzed to life with fear..and pain.

He could not only hear her scream, but feel it as well. She was screaming in terror from her very core and with every fiber of her being. Her scream was so primal that it was almost inhuman. The room turned cold around him from her fear. He felt it crashing down on him like a weight. It forced him down to his knees. His ears rang so that he feared she might burst his eardrums. His head felt as if it were on fire.

Suddenly he felt the ground shake beneath him and felt the entire ship shift. It almost felt as if the ship had taken a hit. But he knew they were not under attack. Not when they were so near the Supreme Leader's command center. Kylo turned back to look at her. Her back was arched off the bed and her mouth was wide open as she continued to scream. It was her...it had to be. She was free and uncontrollably projecting out her fear across the ship. He was sure of it. She must be affecting the crew. He had to stop her.

Kylo struggled to raise his hand towards her. His intention was to put her back to sleep using his power. But her scream in his head was hampering his concentration. He couldn't focus. It as if someone had opened his head and placed a mixer in to scramble his brain. Kylo winced, he would have to knock her out to get her to stop. Slowly he worked his way to his feet. He could barely manage to stand up straight due to his lack of equilibrium. He took a step towards her.

Bump bump bump

Suddenly he heard something strange and paused. That sound, it was coming from her.. It was her heart. Her heart was beating in his brain like a war drum. But it was beating so hard and so fast it was beginning to beat irregularly. Her heart was beginning to skip. If she didn't stop… Kylo stumbled to her side and knelt down.

"Isla you have to stop. Isla calm down." He tried to reason through his robotic mask.

Isla's eyes shot to him but she only screamed louder and threw her arms out to fight him. Her heart skipped again this time even worse. It was him she was terrified of and him telling her to calm down was not helping but he had to make her stop. Her heart was no longer beating as a heart should. She didn't have long. Kylo's anger began to bubble up why would she not listen to him? He was trying to help her.

"ISLA STOP OR YOU WILL DIE!" he shouted as he lunged out to grab her shoulders and shook her violently like a rag doll.. "...I SAID TO STOP!"

At first nothing happened she just continued to scream. Then suddenly the light on his arm band and her collar both turned red. The needles shot into her neck releasing a black liquid that caused her veins to turn black and show through her skin from her neck up into her face. She gasped and her eyes widened. Her scream stopped as the collar tightened around her neck forcing the needles deeper into her skin. She released a whimper as she gasped and choked. Her body began to convulse on the bed for several moments before she fell limp and went quiet.

Kylo just knelt there staring at her. He was unsure of what to do. He seemed to be in a daze. Part of him was relieved her attack on his ears had ended, part of him felt guilty because he knew he had used the device to force her to stop, and part of him wondered if she were even still alive. Behind him the door to the room opened and in rushed the medical staff he had commanded to see her. They instantly rushed to her and began their work.

Kylo slowly climbed to his feet. Everything and everyone around him seemed to be moving in slow motion. He was vaguely aware of one of the officers asking him if he were alright. He waved them away as he turned to exit the room. Behind him he could hear the officers yelling "clear" as they shot electricity through her to jump start her heart again. He heard the thud of her body as it hit the bed again from her convulsions.

"Help her," he whispered as he walked out.

(Some time later)

"Sir twenty percent of the crew was incapacitated from the girl's attack. She-"

"She wasn't attacking anyone," Kylo growled in annoyance as he stood on the bridge listening to the head officer's report of the damage caused by Isla. "...She was frightened."

The officer looked up at his commander confused before he returned his gaze to the screen before him this time slightly more cautious.

"W-well...regardless of what it was she did.." He said glancing up while Kylo jerked his head towards him in warning. "Twenty percent of the crew is incapacitated. Ten percent are unconscious. Five percent are in the medical wing in critical condition…"

"And the other five percent?" Kylo asked when the officer paused.

Again the officer looked up at Kylo nervously. "Sir..The other five percent are dead..It seems their brains were liquified from..whatever it was she did.."

Kylo turned to look out the window. Honestly he was amazed that she could do such damage. He knew she was powerful but not to this degree. He was amazed he had survived being in the same room when she lost control. There was something about it him feel oddly proud. He truly did understand why his old master chose to train her even if not as a jedi. If gone un-checked or if used in the wrong manner her powers could cause serious damage. He could now truly understand why Snoke wanted to use her as a weapon of war.

"What about the ship?" He asked turning back to the officer.

"The ship took minimal damage.." The officer began.

"But…" Kylo said through gritted teeth after the officer did not speak for a moment.

"But we were preparing to jump to lightspeed when..IT..happened. The pilot was affected and as a result it will take some time and repairs before the ship can safely make it to lightspeed again…"

Kylo's fist squeezed tight and his head jerked to one side.

"What?" He asked very pointedly.

The officer shut his mouth and held his breath in fear. He had been dreading delivering this news to the dark warrior. He knew Kylo Ren's goal was to catch Luke Skywalker and if the ship could not reach their destinations quickly it would make the chase that much harder. He only hoped to escape this encounter with his life.

"We hope to get it fixed-" The officer didn't have time to finish before he was lifted off of his feet by the force and dragged to Kylo's waiting hand to close around his neck.

"How long will it take?" Kylo demanded in a murderous tone.

"We are working as quickly as possible. We may even have the issue solved in a matter of hours." the officer gasped out.

"You had better… You are dismissed." Kylo growled in response before he dropped the officer unceremoniously to his feet and turned away to look out of the massive windows into the darkness of space.

The officer staggered and took several steps back. He began to turn away but then hesitated.

"Is there anything else?" Kylo asked in annoyance.

The officer said nothing for several moments. He was not sure how to put his thoughts into words especially after what just happened. Part of him wanted to run to the nearest escape pod. He felt as if he were simply playing with death at this point.

"Sir, the crew is..anxious." He began. "They are worried of another incident involving the prisoner. We lost fifty men to her...fit. What if it happens again?"

Kylo took a deep breath to hold his composure. The crew had a right to those fears. Even he himself was worried of another incident. As powerful as he was he doubted he could fly the massive ship on his own should she destroy the entire crew, and that was IF he himself survived.

"You need not worry of another..incident. We will take precautions to ensure it does not happen again."

"How can you be sure sir?" the officer asked.

Kylo whipped around to stare at the officer causing him to wince and give a curt bow.

"Yes sir, I will inform the crew." He said before he turned and all but ran for his life.

Kylo turned back around to stare out of the window. He reached out to grab the ledge of the window and leaned against it. His grip tightened to the point of pain on the metal as he thought of his words to the officer. His body was tense with anger and other emotions. His slowly lowered his head and closed his eyes. The incident would not happen again...because he had no intention of going near her ever again...

(Three days later)

Isla's eyes slowly opened. At first everything was blurry around her. All she could see was a blinding light that forced her to shut her eyes tightly again.

'Where am I?' She thought to herself as she brought her hands up to rub her eyes. 'Did I sleep through my alarm again? Is today a drop day for master Luke? Did I fall asleep at the controls again? Why can't I remember anything?...Did I drink too much again last night?'

The barrage of questions flashed through her head while she continued to rub her eyes and quickly sat up before swinging her feet over the side of the bed and dropping to the floor. She instantly regretted it. Her body protested in searing pain that shocked her so much her knees buckled sending her to the floor like a puddle. She tried to release a cry of surprise but all that came out was a hoarse squeak. Her eyes flashed open wide as panic seized her and she began to hyperventilate.

'Where am I?' she thought again as her head whipped around looking at her surroundings. 'Why does my body hurt? what happened?! She could see she was in a small dark and metallic. She sat on the side of a small bed built into the wall while the other side of the room was a giant mirror, probably two way. The middle of the room held a large interrogation chair. At the back of the room she could see a small toilet with a sink and mirror.

Slowly she climbed to her feet again using the side of the bed to help her stand. Everything hurt from the hair on her head to her toes as she slowly made her way over to the sink to look into the mirror. Leaning on the sink for support she looked into the mirror at herself. A cold shiver ran down her back as she looked at a stranger in the mirror. This...person couldn't be her. A pale ghost like figure stared at her confused with dark red bloodshot eyes. Her lips were bluish and split from dryness. Her neck was blue and black from bruises. Then she looked down at her body. Her body was wrapped in bandages and covered by a thin sleeveless white shirt and thin loose cotton pants. But something was off. She slowly reached down to grasp the front of her cotton pants to pull them away from her to look down at herself. Everything below her pants was dark and discolored. Gently she slid her hand down her body. She could feel her fingers touching herself...But she could feel nothing else. Everything was numb.

Suddenly everything came back to her. Images of everything she had seen and experienced flashed through her head like movie. The questions in her head went away and silence fell over her entire body. A wave of cold emptiness washed over her. She remembered her capture, and being interrogated, and her brother..and Snoke…..and him. Her body began to tremble violently as she recalled his mask. Fear gripped her and she jerked her hand from her pants and opened her mouth to release a scream. But again nothing but a hoarse squeak came out. Her throat burned causing her to reach up to touch her throat. She tried to make a noise..anything..but nothing would come out.

She stumbled backwards against the wall and scrambled into the corner. She slid down wall and curled up into a ball making herself as small as she could and began to sob. She felt dirty. She wished she could just rip her skin off and throw it away from her. Her hair fell all round her covering her like a wavy red curtain. She wrapped her arms around her head and knees. She just wanted to disappear. She felt contaminated. She was no longer a human.

'Please let me die,' she thought inside her head.

Outside of her cell Kylo Ren stood quietly watching her through the two way mirror. He had heard her begin to stir from his quarters and quickly made his way to the dark observation room beside hers. He had told himself he would not go near her again. But on hearing her waking he had justified to himself that he needed to make sure she was still intact. He still needed her to help him find Luke Skywalker. But there was also a small part of his mind that he tried to ignore that desperately wanted to know she was alright. He didn't want her to be alone when she awoke and remembered what had happened to her.

Another part of him demanded penance. He watched her fall from her bed and eventually make her way to the mirror and finally to the corner. He heard every thought in her mind and it caused him to wince. Every tear every cry for help every bit of pain she felt weighed down upon him. He didn't understand why she was affecting him this much. He had never cared about the pain of a prisoner before. She was his enemy and a traitor period. He was confused and that made him angry. He tried to justify in his head that she got what she deserved. She had lashed out at the Supreme leader. She should be lucky to be alive. Why was he even here!?

In frustration Kylo Ren turned to stomp out of the room to get as far away from her as he could. Then he stopped at hearing her final plea to die. He stood there not breathing for several moments until his lungs protested. His fists clenched at his sides. How dare she ask that of him after everything. He took a deep breath before his shoulders slumped. His anger evaporated from him leaving him feeling empty. He slowly turned his head to the side to look over his shoulder back to window into her room.

"I can't…" he said miserably before he turned again and walked away.

a/n

ok wheewww That was an intense chapter. Keep in mind that this is just their initial reactions. Isla is in shock as of right now and no she cannot talk because of Hux choking her. Kylo Ren is also in shock from everything that has happened as well, and yes he did scare Isla so badly she was sent into a heart attack. Poor girl cant catch a break apparently. so we will delve more into what is of going on next chapter as far as what is happening with the world once the dust settles. I'm excited to see what happens next! I love how Kylo cant stay away even when he tries lol. Also fear not Hux will return..Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoy! Please let me know what you thought!