authors note:

thank you everyone for your continued support as I get this story back up and going. Things have been so dark in recent chapters I wanted to have a bit more light hearted tone to this one. so I hope you enjoy!

Isla stared daggers at the stormtrooper who stepped through the door with a tray of food. She filled the room with an air of anger and determination from her new found resolution. The sudden rise in temperature caused the stormtrooper to pause before he hesitantly stepped forward to her.

"Now don't give me any trouble." He growled as he pulled over the tray stand that was usually used for interrogation tools.

Isla just continued to glare at him. The storm trooper set the tray down and took a step back motioning to the tray with his gun.

"Now eat…"

Isla glanced down at the food then back at him then back at the food then back at him. They stared at each other for a long moment before the storm trooper sighed.

"The commander said we have to make sure you eat. Don't make this hard on me because you'll only make it harder on yourself. NOW EAT!" He growled.

Isla just sat there watching him with a curious look on her face. The storm trooper stepped forward angrily and pressed his blaster to her head causing her to close her eyes.

"I SAID EAT DAMN YOU!" He roared.

"What are you doing?" a voice behind him asked.

The stormtrooper jerked around to see his companion leaning in the open door.

"She won't eat," he growled before turning to look at her again. He shoved her head back with the tip of his blaster.

"Her hands are tied…" the other storm trooper said calmly. "How is she supposed to eat?"

The first stormtrooper turned back to look at her seeing that her hands were indeed clamped down to the interrogation chair with little movement. Isla looked back at him and swiveled one hand in a small wave to him.

"Oh," the first stormtrooper said, tilting his head.

He watched her for a moment trying to figure out the best way to get her to eat before finally turning to his companion again.

"What should we do? We aren't supposed to leave without her eating every bite." He asked

The second stormtrooper stepped into the room allowing the door to slide down behind him.

"Just release one of her hands," he reasoned. "She can feed herself."

The first stormtrooper snapped his head to the other.

"Are you insane? Don't you remember what she did to Phillip?! Besides that's the reason we have to watch her...She's been refusing to eat."

The stormtroopers were both quiet for several moments.

"I guess we'll have to feed her then." The second trooper said with a shrug.

The first stormtrooper hesitated for a long moment before picking up a piece of food that looked like moldy greenish bread.

"Open up…." he commanded.

Isla blinked at him. Then slowly opened her mouth. The stormtrooper reaches forward to place the food in her mouth…

CHOMP

"NGGAAAAHHHHHH!" The stormtrooper cried out as she lunged forward and bit down hard on his black and white gloved fingers.

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Kylo Ren watched silently shaking his head and covering his eyes with a hand as if he had a headache. He had been watching the entire time from the moment she had opened her eyes. She looked so much better he thought, giving a sigh of relief. He couldn't deny that he was pleased she had gotten some of her spark back as he listened to her thoughts of defiance. Even if it did sting to hear her wish she had cut his throat with the glass. That couldn't happen. But he was satisfied that she wasn't going to try to commit suicide again.

Then the stormtroopers entered, and he had spent the last hour watching them attempt to feed her. Stormtroopers really were imbeciles. He had watched her bite down on one while he screamed and flailed. The other had first attempted to pull his friend off of her. Then he had tried to open her mouth. Then reverted to hitting her hard on the head and face until she let go. The stormtroopers retreated back to a corner, the one who got bitten stood with his head down and his shoulders visibly shaking while the other gently pat him on the back.

Their next attempt was with a fork. It was the second stormtrooper who attempted to feed her this time. The other just stood back and held her at gunpoint. Kylo watched in embarrassment as the stormtrooper put food on the fork and attempted to fly it like a spaceship around her face. He accidentally poked her in the head when she shied away from the pointed utensil. Then refused to open her mouth. So he grabbed her nose and attempted to pinch it to force her to open her mouth. She stubbornly held her breath as long as she could before she finally opened her mouth and took a breath. The stormtrooper quickly shoved the food into her mouth. But then she clamped down on the fork and jerked it back and forth until she jerked it out of his hand and spit it out.

The stormtrooper leaned close to her in anger pointing at her face and whispering something Kylo couldn't hear. But he felt his own anger rising as well as hers. He was about to hit one of the control buttons to tell the trooper to back off of her when she told him herself in no uncertain terms by head butting him in the face as hard as she could throwing the trooper backwards on his behind. The storm trooper sat there gently swaying for a moment and Isla looked just as dazed as a large red mark appeared on her head and blood began to seep from her bandage. The storm trooper scrambled to his feet now obviously angry. The other stormtrooper set down his gun and grabbed either side of her head from behind. Isla struggled against him at first. Then her eyes widened as the stormtrooper in front of her lifted the water container and began pouring it on her face. Isla coughed and gasped spitting water out and struggling to breath. At that point Kylo Ren had enough.

"ENOUGH!" He roared from the doorway causing the stormtroopers to freeze and step back.

Isla gasped and coughed trying to catch her breath.

"Get out…" he said plainly almost physically shaking in anger and trying hard not to kill the two men for their treatment of her.

The two stormtroopers couldn't leave quickly enough.

Isla had laid her head back when she was finally able to take deeper breaths. Kylo watched her for a long time until she opened her eyes. Upon seeing him in his mask the entire room instantly turned cold.

" You do not have to be afraid of me," he said in his robotic voice. "I am not going to harm you."

"You already have…" she whispered glaring at him.

Kylo ignored her comment and stepped to the side, opening a cabinet that held some of the medical supplies that had been left for her and pulled out a towel. Then he stepped over to her causing her to wince and shrink back from him to the opposite side as far as she could go.

"You know you could end this all." He said as he reached out to gently dry her face. "Just tell me where Skywalker is."

He scanned her thoughts carefully hoping that mentioning her master mind caused her to think of his location, a glimpse, a picture, a word...anything. Instead all he saw in her mind's eye were locked doors.

"Never…" she said plainly.

Kylo finished drying her face. Then moved towards the tray of food.

"I could make it comfortable for you." He said. "I could move you to a room. Just give me a location. You don't owe him anything."

"Why do you can come and rape me in a more comfortable setting!?" She growled

Kylo closed his eyes and took a deep breath trying to control his temper. Isla continued to glare at him, the room was still filled with her cold fear. Then Kylo had a thought, he reached up and removed his helmet. Her eyes looked on his face for the first time since the attack and everything fell still. The room temperature returned to normal. They stared at each other for a long moment before he picked up the spoon that was still on the tray and took a bit of food. He reached out to hold it to her mouth expecting her to show the same stubbornness with him. Isla watched him carefully then slowly opened her mouth.

"Baby, you have to eat." Isla's mother whispered trying to feed her ill daughter.

Isla lay in her small bed covered with heavy blankets that made her look even smaller. Her face more pale than usual and wet with sweat from fever covering her face. Her red eyes were closed. She hadn't eaten in days and the adults were becoming seriously concerned that she might not live. Luke had gone to the nearest large town days away to seek better medical help for her.

Ben quietly walked into the room as her mother sat trying to get her to eat.

"Is she going to be ok?" He had asked looking to her mom with big dark worried eyes.

"I hope so Ben," her mother said quietly "I hope so.."

She watched the older boy worry over her daughter. He had hardly left the Inn always nearby and always asking how she was. He always acted annoyed to have her follow him around but now that she had seemed so lost without her.

"Would you sit with her for a few minutes?" She asked him quietly. "I need to go get more towels for her."

Ben slowly nodded and then stepped forward to take her place in the chair by Isla's bed after she stood.

"If she wakes up try to get her to eat. Maybe you will have better luck than I," she said giving him a wink before she stepped out.

Ben held onto the bowl of porridge watched Isla for several moments before he gave a sigh.

"Come on Isles...please wake up," he said leaning forward, and placing his elbows on his knees. "I woke make fun of your hair anymore.."

Isla didn't move.

"You have to wake up," the boy said his voice beginning to shake. "You have to get better. You said you would see me become the greatest Jedi in the world... You promised…"

Isla still didn't move. Her breath coming out in slight gasps. Tears were beginning to well in Ben's eyes as he watched her.

"If you get better...I'll show you my new tricks."

That's what she called them when he was able to use the force to move objects. They were magic tricks to her young mind. She always loved seeing them.

"I'll tell you about Master Yoda and how he trained uncle Luke on Dagoba...just please…" he said his voice beginning to break. "Please wake up."

Ben put his head down on her bed and began to cry.

"W-who is Yoda?" A small voice whispered causing Ben to sit up in surprise.

Isla's puffy red eyes were open and she was watching him. Ben quickly wiped away his tears and leaned forward.

"I'll tell you if you eat," he said, scooping a bit of the goop from the bowl.

Isla slowly nodded and opened her small mouth to allow him to feed her.

The memory ended in his mind as Kylo Ren gave Isla another spoonful of food. The room had take on an air of calmness and Kylo could see Isla relaxing as she ate. However all too soon it ended when a stormtrooper opened the door.

"Sir?"

"What is it?" He demanded angrily turning around.

The stormtrooper seemed surprise to see him feeding the prisoner but didn't say anything about it.

"The Supreme Leader has contacted the ship...he requests your presence on the bridge."

Kylo was quiet for a moment before he nodded.

"I will be there soon." He said before waving a hand to dismiss the stormtrooper.

Isla watched him quietly before speaking.

"Why do you follow such a man?" She asked

"Because he is my master." Kylo said simply. "I have learned much from him. I will become more powerful with him."

"You don't need him…" she said quietly. "He treats you like a toy…"

"He treats me with respect!" He growled looking up to meet her eyes. "Which is more than what Skywalker ever did."

"He was your family...he loved you…" she whispered.

"HE TRIED TO KILL ME!" Kylo roared.

He stood before her causing her to shrink back in the interrogation chair as he began to pace in front of her.

"He held me back, he saw something in me and decided instead of helping me he would end it...so I ended him." He said turning to look at her.

"Ben…" she said then paused at the look he gave her. "Kylo…He made a mistake...he is human."

Kylo looked up at her, his eyes shining. "So am I…"

Isla fell quiet and looked away from him. He stared at her for a moment longer before he turned and grabbed his helmet and walked out of the room. As he did a single tear slid down her face.

authors note:

i hope you enjoyed this chapter was slightly longer than intended but so worth it in mu opinion. I love flashback scenes with these two. I do intend to have some of the Kylo Rey scenes in the story..may create a little triangle if you will. But to answer a question that was sent to me privately no Luke will not be the same in my story. two things that i hated in the new movies were Reylo and how they handled Luke...he didn't act like Luke at all to me..sooooo I am rewriting him the way I want him lol.

Also I am about to start a new fanfiction for the Mandalorian which I have absolutely fallen in love with. So look for that story to begin publishing in the next few days. it will be filled with MandoxOC and baby Yoda goodness! -squeee- I cant wait! For the next few months I'm taking a break from other stories to focus on this story, my Mando story and my book! Im determined to finish all three before the year is out. Wish me Luck! please R&R