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Chapter 4:

Kylo Ren

Once out of the med bay Kylo Ren was ready to get back to training. Rey and Asera both insisted that he wait for a while to give his wounds time to heal. Kylo was trying to get them to try and heal him with the Force or to use Bacta on the wounds again. He couldn't stand being so idle. After the first day his mother did at least allow him to take his classes back over. He never thought he'd be glad to see all of his students. Once he'd finished with classes for the day he was back to being stuck doing nothing, though.

Rey was busy with all of her duties and only returned to their hut for lunch, dinner and bed time. He knew she wasn't avoiding him but that didn't quell that little voice that was still left over from Snoke that kept telling him that she was. Soon he found himself going stir crazy.

After the second day he found himself wandering the base. He was going to stop by the hanger to see Rey and then go out to do some meditating in the jungle. Maybe even try wrestling with the giant male Olaran tiger that Kylo had rescued a while back. Though he knew Asera, Rey and his mother would be upset with him if he did that.

Kylo was wandering around the base looking to avoid most people. He was about to turn a corner when heard two voices he recognized coming from the opposite way. Kylo paused for a moment to see what they were talking about.

"Do you think Asera and Gear will be able to find out what was wrong with you and Kylo Ren," Taliki's soft voice asked.

"They have to. Gear has to prove his worth at some point," Zer-o's gruff voice said.

Kylo shook his head. Cade and Zer-o treated Gear like the unwanted little brother. Sometimes Kylo found their attitudes annoying and childish but then at times like this Kylo remembered wanting a sibling just so that he could have someone to make fun of and mess with the way the guys did with Gear.

"Seriously, though," Liki asked.

"Look Gear is one of the smartest people I know and Asera has all of the medical training anyone could ever possibly need. If Zoroyais could figure the mixture out to make that stupid blade then I'm sure they can figure out how to neutralize it and maybe even reproduce it. Imagine how useful a toxin like that could be," Zer-o said.

Their voices were getting closer.

"Are you gonna tell Essie and Rey about how you've been feeling," Zer-o asked.

Taliki hesitated as Kylo came around the corner to greet them.

"Is there something going on that I need to know about," Kylo asked, genuinely concerned.

Taliki looked at Zer-o who shrugged.

"I've just been feeling out of sorts lately. I need to find my place among the resistance. That's all," she said.

The look Zer-o gave her said that she wasn't telling Kylo everything but he wouldn't push because Taliki was still very uncomfortable around Kylo when Rey wasn't around. Instead he turned his attention to Zer-o.

"It's good to see you up and walking," Kylo said.

"Yeah, well I wouldn't have been out of commission if I hadn't stopped you from sacrificing yourself for our freedom," Zer-o grunted.

"I didn't ask you to," Kylo said, irritated with Zer-o's tone and attitude.

"And if you would have died we would have lost Rey too. You didn't even think about that because you were so busy trying to redeem yourself. Rey needs you, why I have no clue," Zer-o said.

Instead of rising to the bait, Kylo took several deep breaths. Rey would probably be more upset with him for snapping at Zer-o than she would be about him being out of bed. Zer-o and Taliki seemed to notice that he wasn't about to explode.

"I actually just wanted to come and thank you for helping me. You risked a great deal," Kylo said through mostly clinched teeth.

Zer-o was going to say something antagonizing to Kylo but Kylo turned on his heel and was about to walk off.

"Wait," Zer-o said suddenly. Kylo turned around and Zer-o asked, "How are you dealing with this so calmly? I mean you've thrown ship destroying temper tantrums for less. I would think someone would have gotten Force choked by now at least."

Kylo expected to see a grin on the male's face but Zer-o was completely serious. Kylo thought about it. Before joining so completely with Rey a loss like the one he suffered at the hands of Zoroyais would have resulted in more than a few people being Force choked, a few rooms on the Vengeance would have been almost completely destroyed, and some poor, innocent village probably would have felt his wrath.

"I guess I've grown up some since joining my soul with Rey's. But don't mistake my calm exterior for being complacent with what happened back on Ilum. As soon as these bandages are off and my mother, Rey and Asera won't have a conniption, I am going back to training and I'm gonna train twice as hard as I have been," Kylo said.

"You won't be doing anything a moment before those bandages come off or I will have to tell your mother," Asera's voice came from behind the group.

Kylo and Zer-o jumped like two little kids with their hands in the cookie jar.

"I wasn't planning on it, Doc," Kylo said with a slight frown.

"Sure you weren't just like you were following my instructions and staying in bed," Asera asked, looking at both Kylo and Zer-o. "And you Taliki you were supposed to take Zer-o to his room not for a stroll around the base," she said.

"Sorry, Sera. I thought it would do Zer-o some good to have him up and moving after being confined to a bed for so long," Taliki said quickly.

"I can't blame you, Liki, since Ren is up too and obviously you were lugging the two of them around on your own," Asera said, squeezing Taliki's hand. "I was actually just coming to find you two as Gear and I have made a break through or at the very least we have a theory as to what happened to you," Sera explained.

The group quickly found somewhere to sit down as Asera didn't want to put anymore strain on Kylo and Zer-o. Once everyone was settled Asera went on to explain Sith Poison and its effects and how it was similar to the poison that was forced out of Kylo and Zer-o's systems by Rey's light. Then she explained the difference that the poison used by Zoroyais would only keep Kylo unconscious and not kill him.

As she explained that she and Gear thought that Zoroyais was planning to use the poison to knock out both Rey and Kylo by poisoning him and exploiting their bond so that Rey was affected too the furniture in the room began shaking. Kylo was fine with that bastard trying to get him but using his bond with Rey to hurt her was unacceptable. Kylo's hand was itching to feel his lightsaber in his hand but it was back in the hut he shared with Rey. He needed to hit something or destroy something soon.

"And there's the murdering psychopath we all love to hate," Zer-o said under his breath drawing Kylo's attention to him.

"You just told me I wasn't angry enough, now you're complaining now that I am," Kylo said through his teeth. "That monster tried to use my connection to her to hurt her. I cannot let that insult slide," Kylo said.

Zer-o didn't have a smart ass comeback for that.

"So what was the point in using his fancy poison on me," Zer-o asked instead.

"We believe that his intention was to kill you. Anyone without a connection to the Dark side would have been killed almost immediately. It was almost dumb luck or the will of the Force that it was you out there and not one of us," Asera said and Kylo could feel the other man's anger begin to surface.

"Are you saying that asshole was going to poison one of us and leave us to die on that stupid ball of ice while he took Ren and possibly Rey off to Gods' know where," Zer-o asked.

"I'm sure he planned to leave us all dead. I highly doubt any of them knew just how strong our group is," Taliki said.

"Apparently we weren't strong enough since our best chance at stopping this bastard got his ass handed to him on the battlefield," Zer-o said angrily and Kylo shot him a warning glance.

"I seem to remember you being right there getting your ass kicked with me," Kylo said icily.

The girls both looked away as Zer-o glared at Kylo across the small space.

"So what do we do now," Taliki asked trying to defuse the situation before things got out of hand.

"Now we train even harder than we did before. Rey needs to complete her last trial. We need to get you all ready for the trials," Kylo said.

"Those trials aren't going to help us fight Zoroyais," Zer-o said.

"The trials will teach you to see through illusions and recognize your limits and skills. The trials were for more than becoming a Jedi knight they were to test your strengths and help you learn your weaknesses. It will help you become a better team," Kylo said with finality in his tone.

"Sounds like fun," Taliki groaned.

"It won't be. It'll be a million times harder than the training we've done thus far. We have to get stronger," Kylo said. "I can't lose to him again," he said in a quieter voice.

"Me either," Zer-o agreed.

After plans had been made for Zer-o and Kylo to train together on their own as soon as Asera cleared them, Sera insisted that Kylo and Zer-o return to bed. Kylo would have argued but he suddenly felt drained and Sera explained that there were still trace elements of the poison in his system and it would take a few days before he no longer suffered from its effects. Kylo went back to the hut so that he could begin planning the next phase of their training as well as wait for Rey so that he could fill her in on everything he'd learned from Asera.

How do you think one on one training with Kylo and Zer-o is going to go? What will Rey have to say after learning Zoroyais' plan? Find out Friday!