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Chapter 5
*Stop Hiding in the Shadows*
Rey awoke slowly. She was sitting in an upright position, and she could smell the recycled air coming at her through the air conditioning system. That meant she was inside the city somewhere. Reaching out through the Force, she looked for Finn.
Finn was okay. He was nervous, but he wasn't in pain. Everything was going to plan.
Keeping her eyes closed, Rey remained motionless. How deep in the city could she be? Hundreds of miles underground, undoubtedly. She felt like she was buried in the middle of the planet. She could feel it. A crushing pressure. She had always lived under the sky, even as a child. To be so far underground made her feel as if she was buried alive.
That was when she felt it. Kylo Ren was there. With her. She could sense his angry presence. Not only that, but she could hear his soft breathing. He couldn't be more than six feet away.
"I can tell you're awake," Kylo muttered, his low voice echoing in the room, "Stop hiding."
Rey opened her eyes. The first thing she noticed was that she sat upright in a restraining chair. Her second realization was that her lightsaber was gone. Where was it? None of the restraints had been activated. She was not being held down at all. The reality of that situation flickered through her mind, followed by the sight of Kylo Wren sitting in the opposite corning. He held her lightsaber in his gloved hands, rolling it over and over repeatedly.
His face was cold. He didn't allow a single emotion come across to her. His eyes were icy. Unlike the first time they had met, he was completely hidden within himself.
"I see you haven't bothered to restrain me," Rey said, her voice low in her chest.
Kylo's expression didn't change, "It wasn't effective last time, so why bother."
Rey stared at him. She wasn't afraid of anything anymore. Least of all him. What was he waiting for?
He stared back, unblinking as he sat in his seat.
She didn't know what to expect out of him. He said quite a bit the last time he held her hostage. He'd threatened her, dark and angry. Now he sat quiet. In a way she found this more threatening. But she wasn't going to let him know that. So she remained silent, waiting for him to talk.
He stared at her, and she stared back. She took in the sight of the scar that ran horizontally across his features, bubbling and gray. She had given him that scar that night so many years ago in the snow. Undoubtedly she had given him other scars as well. While she had landed multiple blows, he hadn't hurt her. It was something that still puzzled her. The scar was the first thing she noticed. But the second was how familiar he seemed. It was as if the memory she had of him finally fit with someone she recognized. General Leia Solo. Kylo Ren had his mother's eyes.
Leia Solo was the woman who practically adopted her when she joined the Resistance. Kylo Wren's mother. He stared up at her with his mother's deep brown eyes, now clouded over with anger and resentment. She could also see Han Solo in him as well, although his father's memory was not nearly as clear as Leia's. But she could still see it.
Standing, Kylo Ren's expression didn't change, "So you have returned."
"As I remember, you came to find me," Rey replied, her tone as icy as she felt.
"We both know that you were waiting for us," Kylo answered, stepping closer.
Rey carefully hid her plan away in the depths of her mind. She couldn't let on to the reason why she had been be taken so easily. "And yet you came into the caves anyway." She didn't move a muscle, didn't let her mind falter, "You brought your knights in to be slaughtered. Is that the way your master always commands his men? Like game pieces to be lost and gained around a board?"
The left side of Kylo's mouth twitched, "The Supreme Leader knows more than you ever will."
"Oh? Is that so," Rey knew that it was dangerous to upset him, but she also knew that the Dark Side clouded judgement and strength with rage. She needed him to be as confused and angry as possible. If his mind was clear, he may catch onto her plan. "I know certain things as well."
Kylo scoffed, his dark eyes turning even colder, "What could you possibly know?"
"I know your true name, Ben Solo," Rey said, spitting out the words, "I've met your mother, I know you killed your father. I know all about you. And I was right from the beginning." She took a breath, letting her own anger show for just a millisecond, "You are a monster."
He took another step toward her, his jaw clenching so hard she could see the muscles in his face flex and bunch. Kylo let out a shaggy breath and ignited her blue lightsaber in his hands. He held it up, letting it fizz dangerously close to her face like a lit torch near a candle.
She could feel the heat from the blue blade as it burned near her skin. The lightsaber hummed like a swarm of bees, and it fizzed as it neared even closer to her tender neck.
"That name," Kylo whispered, coming even closer, "No longer has any meaning to me."
"It's just as well," Rey muttered. "Because you're a disgrace to it."
The room turned cold. Ice cold. Rey exhaled, and she could see her breath in a white fog. Kylo had driven the room to a freezing temperature in less than one second. Rey shivered, her blood still used to the warm temperatures of Jakuu. She felt goosebumps suddenly cover her stomach, arms, and legs.
Kylo shut off her lightsaber, but remained so close she could feel his warm breath on her face. "Master Snoke will be able to show you the power of the Dark Side. You will know everything then."
Rey exhaled, clenching her hands in an attempt to warm her fingers, "I will not be turned, and you will be forced to kill me."
At her words, he stepped back and the room returned to its normal temperature. For the first time, an expression crossed Kylo's face. It was something akin to sadness, but only barely visible under his mask of stone. He motioned to the door and it slid open, "If that is your destiny. So be it."
