Kylo, he sighed, I'm happy to hear that and all… but you need to listen to me, this is serious. Snoke really wants to see us. This meeting is really important, we are going to discuss something related to Luke's location and to the scavenger that is now training with him, I don't know more but please stop playing around and focus.

Kylo's heart skipped a beat when he mentioned Rey, did Snoke knew something? He tried to erase the thought of what he would do if he discovered that he'd been keeping her with him in the base for all this time. His attitude immediately changed, he was now firm and just nodded with an unreadable expression.

- And one more thing… don't bring your little shadow this time, what we'll discuss is classified information.

Kylo wanted to protest when he heard Hux call Rey "his little shadow" but it was too late, he was gone, leaving him confused and worried about Snoke.

Rey was at her room getting ready as Kylo had ordered her, she glanced at the mirror and stared at herself, what was she doing? Wasn't she supposed to be trying to escape, why was she worried about Kylo? Why was she being kind and caring with him?

…But the question that got her confused the most was, why was HE being relatively nice to her? He could've killed her, tortured her, leave her to starve… rape her, anything! She was completely at his mercy and yet, he hadn't tried to hurt her, not even once

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by her data pad pinging, it was a message from Kylo Ren

You are dismissed for the rest of the day. The meeting was canceled

- Kylo Ren

Great I took a shower for nothing, she thought to herself as she rolled her eyes. But deep inside she knew that what bothered her the most was not the shower but the disappointment of not being able to see Kylo. She thought about responding to his message and asking if he needed her to go to his quarters to work on something… on whatever, as long as she could spend time with him. She sent a few messages but all of them were bounced, she sighted and thought that probably he had turned his data pad off which was very strange because he was always available for her.

There was no way to contact him so she gave up and thought about waiting until he decided to call her again. She sat on her bed with her uniform already on, her hair half done and barefooted. What was she supposed to do now? She had a free day but no one to spend it with… She thought about going back to the employees dining room, maybe she'll get to see Zach, Tim, even maybe Aruma and Brok; she missed her friends, Kylo didn't gave her the opportunity to say goodbye to them when he hired her as his personal assistant instead of a support technician.

It was almost lunch time so she decided to go, anyways Kylo was who knows where; he'll probably won't find out about her little escape and even if he did, he technically never said she wasn't allowed to go visit her friends. She watched the clock and thought that maybe if she hurried she could still eat with them.

She finished doing her hair and put on her heels, as they were the only shoes she had, and ran to the elevator and through the halls

She arrived to the dining room, grabbed a tray and got in line. Everyone was starring at her and suddenly she felt uncomfortable, her new uniform was nothing compared to her old technician one, maybe it was too much; she mentally cursed Kylo. She was starting to think that maybe going there was a bad idea and was almost leaving to eat alone at her room when suddenly she heard a familiar voice

- Zazil? Is that you?

She turned her body to see the happy face of the short man that was calling her name

- Tim! She waved at him happily

He reached to her

- I thought I would never see you again! Where have you been? You look amazing, so elegant… What happened why did you leave?

- You will never believe this but…

He interrupted her

- Come sit with us so you can tell us about your adventures as well as whatever your work is now

Rey laughed and followed him to a table where, to her surprise, she found Zach Aruma and Brok eating together, she couldn't believe it how had they met? And when? Everyone was surprised to see her again and dressed like that, so beautiful. Aruma immediately stood up and ran to hug her

- Oh my God, Zazil you are back! We've all missed you so much! Where have you been?

Rey was smiling widely, greeting everyone and then she took a seat

- Guys, you'll probably never believe this, but Kylo Ren hired me as a member of the administrative personnel… as his assistant... Thanks for worrying about me but believe me, I'm fine, I miss all of you so much

- We miss you too and Wow, sorry to hear that now you work for Kylo, Tim said while chewing his food, I mean working for him probably sucks

- Don't say that Tim, we all work for him in a way, said Aruma in a scolding tone, then turned to Rey; I think it's amazing that you got a promotion! She chirped

- Yeah girl, congrats! Said Brok

- And what exactly do you do now? Zach asked curiously

- Oh well, you know… I take notes during meetings, do research about stuff and sometimes finances… Boring things nothing compared to the adventurous life of repairing technical equipment she joked, and everyone laughed

Meanwhile at Snoke's chambers…

Kylo arrived to the meeting at the same time as Hux and both entered the room where Snoke was already waiting

Both men salute the supreme leader respectfully, when he started speaking in an ancestral voice that would've made anyone shiver.

- I've called you both to discuss a very important topic, the location of Luke Skywalker. I've found it. He's hiding out on a remote island, he said as a huge projection of a full map appeared in front of Kylo and Hux.

- I also know that he is training the scavenger that was our guest 2 years ago. The girl is dangerous and she needs to be destroyed immediately before she grows stronger.

Kylo couldn't believe it how did he have the map? He was struggling to control his reaction especially when he mentioned Rey.

It couldn't be possible so much irony… all this time he had been forcing Rey to work on a research for a weapon that would be her own destruction?

He could hear Snoke's voice but was no longer paying attention; all he cared about now was Rey.

- We'll begin building the weapon immediately; call every technician in the base. We are so near to winning this war, the first order will triumph.

The projection of Snoke ceased and the huge door of the chamber opened heavily at Hux's and Kylo's backs to indicate them to leave.

Rey and her friends were having a great time talking about what they've been doing lately when Rey suddenly felt the absence of the fourth member of her group of friends… Matt. She felt emptiness at her chest that soon turned into a deep pain as she remembered his glasses lying on Kylo's quarters and his confirmation that he was dead. She tried to explain to herself why? Why would he do something like that? Killing an innocent man that did nothing but awkwardly work as a radar technician… She felt deeply sad as she remembered their time together, her face changed and her friends noticed

- Are you ok Zazil? Zach asked worried

- Oh, yeah yeah I'm fine, sorry guys I just remembered that I have some pending work to do… I have to go but… I'll see you later ok?

- Oh… Aruma sounded sad, she missed having a girl friend to speak with but she understood that she had to go

They all said goodbye and Rey walked back to her room, starring at the floor still trying to find an answer to explain Kylo Ren's horrible act.

Kylo walked back to his quarters, when he arrived he turned on Rey's computer. He browsed the information on her researches, his jaw drop, this was too much even for him… was Snoke actually planning to use that much power on only two people? Jedi or not it was too much cruelness; he couldn't do that to Rey. The weapon that he was planning to use was just too powerful. He shut the computer

He couldn't explain to himself why, why was he worried about the scavenger? He was so close to achieve what he had always wanted, finishing what Darth Vader started, finishing with all the Jedi in the galaxy, but… He didn't want to hut her, not her, not Rey.

He punched the desk, removed his helmet and aggressively threw it against the room's floor. He laid in his bed for a long long time thinking about what to do next, he had very little time before the construction of the weapon began, and once it begin it would be no more than a couple of months for it to be ready, he growled against one of his pillows he felt frustrated, he wanted to kill everyone, everyone but not Rey… Wasn't enough for Snoke to make him kill his father? How many more loved ones will he have to lose… to kill… before he will be satisfied? He was starting to hate this war and suddenly nothing made sense to him…

It was already late and some time had passed since Rey arrived to her room, she felt broken she missed her life as a technician, she missed friends… and she missed Matt. She really liked the guy, even though he was awkward, he was sweet. She threw her body against her hard bed, she hated her bed, she hated everything she wanted Matt back she wanted to be Zazil the support technician and not Kylo Ren's puppet, even though she was starting to like his company? She wanted to leave this place, go back to Luke, to Finn and Poe, forget about everything, she felt so confused, did she really liked Kylo or did she just liked him because he was literally the only person that she had contact with? She was going crazy again when suddenly a message from Kylo.

Come to my quarters

- Kylo Ren