He no longer knew what was going on in his own head or in his own life for that matter. He wasn't sure but he was convinced it was a dream that he had. That's the only way it made sense or at least he can make sense as to what happened while he slept.

Did they both have the same dream? And why did that kiss feel so real? His breathing became a little haggard as he remembered the feeling of her sweet lips on his. How it had jolted something in him. Something that he didn't think he was capable of feeling, no, it was more than that. It was something that he had shunned away from feeling. He feared this feeling. He stayed far away from examining that new sensation. The look in her face when he had woken up came to view. She was startled her pink lips slightly puckered and those eyes…a soft shade of green…

But something had changed….something was different this time. He could actually feel the difference in the force but also in their force connections. It had begun with only seeing her and little by little he had been able to see more details of her surroundings but now he can see everything. He can see her duffle bag that she had placed underneath her bed, he can see her hair brush in one corner of her bed, and more interestingly enough he can see outside her window. It wasn't fully day break but he could see the first sparks of sunlight creeping in from the horizon.

He had made the assumption that he could see whatever she interacted with. Yesterday, when she was outside by the lake he can see her surroundings but only to what was near her and nothing beyond.

What had changed?

He felt a stirring in their bond. Specifically he felt her…force signature? Is that what this is? It was warm and cool at the same time but it felt whimsical…like a breeze. He saw her stir in her bed and slowly sat up rubbing her eyes. The room was still slightly dark and she didn't see him right away.

"Good morning, Rey." He greeted her as he kept her distance from her, still watching her closely.

There was a jolt in the force that mirrored her shock in her pretty face when she spotted him. He watched her closely as she raised her blanket higher up to her chin and placed her fingers on her lips with a look of surprise and another emotion that flashed through her features, had it been curiosity?

"Why are you here?" she asked, clearing her voice from any remaining drowsiness that lingered.

"I was hoping you would tell me. I don't know why I've been summoned to you…" she frowned at his response.

" I didn't summon you!" she spat, raising her knees up to her chin.

"You sure? No dreams that might've involved me? Thoughts?" he stood up from the chair he had occupied and took a step towards her. He had to see her eyes they were so much more expressive than she imagined.

She raised her gaze and moved towards getting off the bed. She stood at her full height and walked closer to him, eyes defiant.

"My dreams are my own and I don't have to tell you what happened in them," she growled.

Kylo lowered his gaze to look at her evenly in her eyes.

"You sure?" he reached out to her and pressed her closer to him. He moved his head to the side of her neck and felt her pulse and he pressed his lips on her skin. He heard Rey gasp her breathing had become a little heavier. He stroked her neck with his nose and very slowly, lightly pressing soft kisses as he made his way up to her jaw. He placed a kiss at the corner of her jaw and right below her mouth. It took every ounce of effort he had to not kiss her beautiful mouth. He wouldn't be able to handle it. That ghost of a kiss she had given him already had him so unsettled and riled up he wasn't ready. If he ever were to kiss the lips of this beautiful woman it would be in person. Not like this.

He kissed her forehead and whispered through the bond.

"What're you doing to me?"

Rey gathered herself together as fast as she could after Ben had disappeared. She couldn't give herself the luxury to examine what just happened. She rolled her shoulders and her neck and made her way out of her room. She needed to find Leia and tell her about the bond and how much it's growing which means that the only way to guarantee the safety of the Resistance is if she left. Now.

She was running down the hall when she came across Finn.

"Finn! Where's Leia?" she asked, Finn looked at her closely

"Just saw her enter the conference room. Wait, Rey you okay?" He asked as her placed his hand on her arm.

Rey sighed and grabbed his arm, "Come with me to talk to Leia and I'll tell you everything."

They both made it to the room to find General Leia Organa staring at a map, alone. She looked over to them once Rey shut the door behind them

"Good morning you two, is everything alright?" she asked as she took a step towards them.

Rey sighed and looked at the General in her knowing eyes, "General, please take a seat I have intel to share."

Both Leia and Finn took their seats and looked at Rey, expectantly.

" I share a Force Bond with Kylo," she sighed as she looked at Leia and Finn. Finn frowned, confused as to what she was talking about while Leia looked at Rey.

"How long?" she asked.

"Wait, what's a Force Bond?" asked Finn

Rey took a deep breath, "Finn, it's like a power certain people have that allowed them to interact through the force. I, we, don't know when it's going to happen. There's times when I wake up and he's there and theres times that I show up to him when he's asleep. It's so random and there's no rhyme or reason as to when it kicks in. And it's been about a month." She answers them.

"Wait so you guys can see each other?! At any time?" Finn asked incredulously. Rey nodded.

"It started getting stronger. Before we couldn't really see too much detail of our surroundings whenever we interacted but that has changed. He can see everything. And I haven't told him anything, either. I don't think it's wise for me to stay here," she looked at Leia.

Leia was shaking her head looking down at the desk, "Is this why you've seemed more distant lately? Why you hide in the Falcons gutter?" Rey nodded.

"Wait, Rey, is that why you don't pilot the Falcon anymore? You don't want to know where we are?"

"Yes," Rey was staring at her fingers, ashamed that she had hidden her motives. Something within her cautioned her about getting too involved, to stay at the side lines. Now that same, intuition, was telling her it was time to go.

"How is my son? He hasn't tried getting any information from you?" the General asked, her eyes desperate for any news of her son.

"He did try it once about a month ago, didn't work out well," she smirked, remembering the first time the force had connected them. How he tried to get her to bring him Luke.

"But he hasn't tried anything since. And Leia, I've seen Ben there's hope for him. I've seen it," she tells her as she remembers her dream and how he still has Light inside of him.

"Thank you, Rey. I hope he keeps that Light so he can make his way back home," said the General as she reached to Rey's hand and gave it a light squeeze.

"But Rey, you have a bounty over your head for killing Snoke! Where are you going to go? Someone can turn you in!" said Finn, as he pointed over to the holo section where her face flashed with a heavy sum flashing over it.

"Did you kill Snoke?" asked Leia, skeptically.

Rey released a sigh and shook her head, "No, but I did try really hard to kill him. And Finn, there's no Holo's where I plan to go. I'll be safe," she reassured them.

The news of her bounty wasn't news to her it actually surprised her it had taken so long for it to be announced. But at the same time she somehow knew that Ben…Kylo might've delayed it as much as he could.

"Rey, are you sure that you want to go?" asked Leia.

Rey nodded, "Leia, it's the best course. I need to leave and try to find a way to learn and actually know what's going on. I just ask if you can please supply me with a small ship or anything really just so I can get going," Rey pleaded. Leia nodded pushing her chair back

" I'll speak with our host and see what I can do, but please Rey come and say good bye when you do. I should have news before the end of day." She smiled sadly at her and made her way out of the room.

"Rey, you're confident in what you're doing?" asked Finn as he grabbed her hand looking at her in her eyes

"Finn, he —Ben— may not be looking for the Resistance but I don't want to tempt fate. I already suspect he doesn't have full control of the First Order," confided Rey as she chewed on her lower lip remembering what he had told her yesterday, about Hux basically running the operations.

" What do you mean he doesn't have full control of the First Order?" asked Finn, incredulously.

"Something is holding him back from going full Supreme Leader, I don't know what it is but he's holding back. I don't think his ascent was very well executed let alone received. This is just something I'm guessing at, he hasn't really given me many details," said Rey, eyeing the holo of her bounty.

"So that means Hux is basically the Supreme Leader of the First Order. And that is really bad."

He had an instinct that something wasn't right today. Hux was trying to suppress his glee to finding something to help him stage his coup. The whole day today Kylo went around the Finalizer gently exercising his new power from the force. It didn't take basically any effort to gently invade someones mind. And that's how he found out that the weasel of Hux had almost secured evidence against him proving that he was the one that killed Snoke.

Kylo had thought that he had erased and destroyed all evidence of what really happened in that throne room. However, it appeared that it wasn't completely destroyed and there was enough information left in it for Hux to hire a freelance agent to doctor it up. All he was waiting for was for that audio holo to be delivered which Hux expected it to arrive in less than two days.

Kylo knew that he had a little bit over 24 hours to leave and disappear from the ship.

He entered the training room turned on the training bots and removed his tunic and gloves and threw them to the side. He unclipped his lightsaber and powered it on. And he went in on the bots. He swiped up across swung his saber around and deflected shots from the blaster droids.

Just as he turned around he saw her seated at the bench across the room. He nodded to acknowledge her but spoke to her through the bond.

"Give me a minute, I have to disable the camera and audio in the room."

As he slashed one of the droids he swiped his fingers across and manage to turn off the audio and video feed.

He walked towards the wall and turned off the droids. He turned off his saber and clipped it to his belt as he made his way towards her and sat next to her.

She was looking at the cameras around the room, frowning.

"Do all the rooms have cameras?" she asked, distastefully.

"Recent change. In reality it was Hux's way of keeping tabs of me," he shrugged. He knew that Hux was looking for any reason to undermine him. Fortunately, for the most part, he's been able to stay one step ahead of him.

Rey was looking down at her hands, "I have to tell you something but I don't want you to get the wrong idea," she mumbled.

Kylo placed a finger under her chin and raised her gaze to his. He didn't like it when she hid her eyes from him, "What is it, scavenger?"

The nickname earned him a small smile, "I'm leaving the Resistance," she was looking deep into his eyes looking for something, as to what it was it was beyond him.

"Why? Did they do something to you?" he asked frowning. He didn't see his mother kicking out someone as lovely and valuable as Rey. Leia Organa may have been a questionable mother but even he knew that she definitely would appreciate a strong and loyal ally such as Rey.

She shook her head, "No, I kicked myself out. This bond thing is getting too strong and I have to go away and … figure it out." He knew she was telling him the truth. He could feel her anxiety pulsing through their bond.

"Are you running from me?" he watched her expression closely but the bond informed him of her shock mixed with small tendrils of hurt.

"No! I just couldn't focus on figuring out this new force bond with you, and be loyal to the Resistance when I had the Supreme Leader of The First Order lurking around in my head! I can only focus on one and I am useless to them when I'm constantly…distracted," she said as she poked at her wrist guards.

Her anxiety was radiating off from her. He could sense that she was confident in her decision to leave the rebel group but she had many questions and was seeking guidance. He didn't want to push the bond further to pry and see what else she was thinking. If she wasn't ready to talk about it he would wait for her.

"Do you have somewhere safe to go, at least?" she nodded.

He sighed and decided to share his own news, "Rey, I too have my own news to share," he admitted. Her eyes snapped to his face.

"What is it?" she replied, curiosity and wariness laced through her tone

"I'm leaving the First Order, well — more like fleeing," he amended, his tone light.

"Why?" her tone surprised.

"There's a plot of a mutiny in about two days. Hux was able to find proof that it was I that killed Snoke. I'll be able to leave this place within less than 24 hours if everything goes according to plan," he confided.

Shock radiated through the bond laced with fear and sadness.

"I'll be okay, Scavenger," he teased, raising his fingers to her cheekbones and wiped away the stray tear that escaped her expressive eyes.

There was a sudden shift in their connection from shock and sadness to one of hope, he looked at her questioningly.

She had raised her hand to his and whispered familiar words, "Join me…..please," it was Ben's turn to be surprised. He glanced down at her outstretched hand and gently intertwined his fingers to her slender ones.

"When do you leave?" he asked, looking down at their intertwined fingers.

" In a few hours," she replied, gently smiling at him.

"Will you be telling me where I'll be meeting you?" he asked, eyebrow raised.

"Once you're on board a clean ship. I assume you'll be escaping using your own ship and trading it in for a less…distinguished one?" she teased.

"Spoken like a true rebel, but yes, that is the plan," he smirked at her.

With her other hand Rey reached out to his face and gently caressed the scar that she given him.

"Mine."

Ben gently moved her hand from his face and brought it to his lip and placed a gentle kiss to her palm. The force surrounding them was humming in accordance. Feeling emboldened he gently pulled her closer to him and placed a kiss to the base of her neck slowly making his way to her lips. He stopped himself from placing a kiss but instead hovered his lips right in top of hers.

"Careful Rey, your heart is showing," he whispered.