Unknown facility, a few minutes later…

I woke up, slowly blinking awake. I was comfortable. It was the perfect temperature, I was in soft clothes under a warm, fluffy blanket. I looked around and saw only medical equipment and blank walls with a one way window to keep her company. I didn't want to get up. A door opened behind me and Kylo Ren appeared beside me.

"Ellie, we need to get out of here."

"What's going on?" I asked drowsily, surprised that my voice had been restored.

"We don't have much time."

"Why am I going with you?"

"Because I'm helping you."

"Okay."

He helped me unhook myself from the machines around me, and I tried to stand up. My legs became wobbly and I couldn't find balance, so he finally picked me up bridal style and quickly got me out of the door. "I'm going to have to set you down sometimes so I can fight."

"Where am I?"

"You were kidnapped. I don't know who did it, but we need to get out of here."

"You came for me?" I asked, flattered.

"Of course."

We went together through the labyrinth of halls, Master Ren occasionally setting me down to take out some goons. We finally made it to a Tie fighter and we got in.

"Do you have my stuff?" I asked him.

"It's back at the base. A nurse there was the one responsible for this."

We launched and escaped the facility.

"I'm about to go into lightspeed," he warned me, flipping some switches.

"Ok," I said, preparing myself. We jerked, and I tried not to throw up from the vertigo. Soon, we got out of light speed as we approached a very familiar planet: Bespin. I was happy that I had been at a place where I knew exactly where I was. Until we passed it and went to a star destroyer near it instead.

"Master, I don't feel very good," I said, feeling lightheaded and sleepy.

"Ellie, hang in there. I need you."

"I'm here," I slurred, unaware that we landed and I was in his arms once again.

Soon I was escorted to the hospital wing, where I started to feel more aware about what was going on. I was set down and almost instantly I heard the buzz of Master Ren's lightsaber coming to life. I turned to him as he was creeping over to the nurse that served me earlier.

"She almost died!" He shouted.

"Master Ren, I promised I don't know what happened! I gave her medicine to calm her pain, then I sent her on her way!"

"That sounds right," I said, my speech a bit more clear.

"But it can't be. How did she get kidnapped?"

"She had nothing to do with it, it's just a coincidence," I said, trying to convince him.

"One thing consistent about training with Jedi and Siths is that there's no such thing as a coincidence. This woman-" he suddenly stopped, his eyes flickering back and forth between me and the nurse.

"Are you two related?" He asked, a new tone of recognition in his voice.

We were both silent, but she was silent in agreement. I was just trying to figure out who she was.

"My baby girl, I'm surprised you never recognized me."

My eyes widened. "M-Mom? I thought you died."

"I just went under cover. Sweetie, I did this to give you a chance."

I sat up. "To do what?"

"To cleanse yourself of his control," she said, giving a nasty tone to the word his.

"Watch your tongue!" Master Ren shouted.

"Mom, I'm sorry," I said, standing up shakily. I made my way towards her and gave her a hug.

"If you rest awhile, you should regain your strength," she instructed, hugging me back.

"I can't, Mom. I can't go back."

"That's Kylo Ren I hear, not my baby girl."

I started to get a headache as tears welled in my eyes. "Mom, stop. He's gonna kill you, and I don't want that to happen."

"I never said that," Master Ren interjected.

Mom let go of me. "Go lay down. You need your rest for when they come to get you."

I had to sit back down on the bed; my head was swimming. Master Ren raised his lightsaber.

"I love you, Ellie."

"Don't do this," I said, not sure who I was talking to. Tears streamed down my face.

"Ellie, do what you do best and resist. Your brother and your friends will come soon enough."

"I love you, Mom."

"As a punishment for treason, I sentence you to death."

"Master, please don't!"

"Ellie, there are no exceptions for this."

"She's my mother! Oh wait, you wouldn't understand. You murdered your father in cold blood!" I pleaded.

"Silence!" He shouted above me, forcing me to stay silent as he prepared himself to swing his saber. I closed my eyes, not being able to watch. The unmistakable sound of saber on flesh rang through my brain and I started to sob. "It's over, Ellie. I apologize, but I have to."

I shook my head, unable to speak.

I heard the door open and footsteps come in and come back out. I felt a gloved hand on my back and I turned and sobbed into the chest of whoever it was.

"There, there, Ellie," General Hux said. I looked up and saw his cold blue eyes, and I settled down, wishing I could just curl up in a ball and fall asleep. Master Ren's lightsaber buzzed off, and he stormed out of the room. I sat back up again, staring at the floor in silence, sniffling and hiccuping.

"My parents died at the hands of the First Order as well. I was taken as a child and raised as a soldier."

"I was raised in a happy home with my brother and both of my parents. They were in the Rebellion, my parents were, and my brother and I wanted to be like them. Fighting for what they believe in."

We sat in silence, both of us digesting the other one's story. "Do you remember anything about your parents?" I asked.

"No, I was too young. Even so, I still miss them sometimes. Tell me about yours. About your family."

"Well, there's not very many people in our family. There's only my parents, my brother, and myself. My grandparents are long gone. We were a close-knit family. We had our ups and downs, only until the First Order took over. Then our family was focused on helping the Resistance. Then Mom apparently went under cover here. I was told she died. Then I got separated from Poe and Dad...and you know the story from there. I eventually got a ride to the base, reconnected with my brother, then I got brought here."

There was another silence.

"How?" He asked, with no context.

"How, what?" I asked.

"How did you get from Endor to the base?"

"I found a ride, said goodbye to my fuzzy friends, and left."

"After four years? No, somebody found you," he figured out.

"Fine, I didn't want to tell you, but FN-2187 found me. Actually we found each other. I had found an abandoned base that I thought would may have Phasma in it, and apparently he found it too, so we ran into each other, we told each other who we were, then it went on from there." I also told him about me being reunited with my brother and then how I got to be under Kylo Ren's regime.

"Hearing you talk about your family like this is refreshing," Hux said with a smile.

"Glad you feel that way. It's nice being able to talk about stuff like this."

We glanced at each other, then turned away. We faced each other once again, and he held my chin with a single gloved finger and kissed me. It was a light kiss, almost unsure. It only lasted a few seconds, but it felt like forever. He pulled back and I grinned mischievously.

"General, was that your first kiss?" I asked.

"Yes," he said, oblivious to what was coming next. I turned to face him.

"Let me show you," I said, stretching to meet his face and plant my lips on his. It wasn't forceful, yet it wasn't light either. It was almost like a mother's kiss.

"After I summoned you to go see Master Ren, what did you two talk about?" I asked suddenly, a thought coming to my head.

"Why do you need to know?" He asked, leaning back.

"I'm a nosy gossip," I droned sarcastically.

"No you're not. The only people you really talk to are Kylo Ren and myself."

"That you know of! When I eat lunch, that is my break, and even though he's always watching, I am by myself and I get very social, but I was being sarcastic. I want to know because there's something I need to figure out."

"What is it?"

"I'm not sure yet, just tell me."

"Well I can't talk to you about it," he stated bluntly.

"Why?" I asked like a child would ask their mother for a reason why they aren't getting their toy.

"Because that's what the conversation was about. Very brief. Just about how we can't tell you what that conversation was about."

"Oh, okay," I said disappointedly.

"I wouldn't get too nosy. Master Ren is getting attached, so something may come your way that you may like."

I smiled, about to reply, when suddenly Master Ren barged in. We both shot up and stood at attention.

"We have a surprise visitor. Let's go greet them, General Hux. Ellie, put your helmet on. I have a different task for you." He left as if he never killed her mother just minutes ago. We followed him, unquestioning and obedient.