Chapter Two
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Well, after much demand, I did make this multichapter. I'm going straight to hell, because this is not that great, and it's cheesy as hell. It's even worse than the first chapter.
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Now this is mostly plot, and fairly short, but there will be smut next chapter. Read on, my dears!
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This would be a test. Kylo Ren hadn't attempted to block this much of himself from the Supreme Leader ever before, but he hoped distance, and the simple fact that he hadn't alerted anyone of Rey's capture that wasn't already on this ship, would be on his side.
The first step had been to explain why they had been in the escape pod, and the easiest has been the truth. He had been swift in taking command of the small vessel after that with the order that he would interrogate her before reporting in. He had also retrieved the lightsaber the storm troopers had taken from her.
The hardest part was taking his time, especially when he could feel Rey's annoyance quickly turning to anxiety from another part of the ship. He wanted to rush to the detention area and take her away immediately, but he needed to act as though they had all the time in the world.
You are both fine. Stay calm, he said to himself.
Striding languidly, he moved back to the hangar and examined it, deciding which Fighter they would take. With a tiny thought, he unhooked the anchor from the side, unhooking the next as well, a back up. He would leave as little as possible to chance. Then, finally, he was able to move in the direction he wished, towards the object of his most fervent desire.
The guard stiffened visibly as Kylo Ren approached. "D3-R58. Open the door and leave," he ordered, "I want to be alone with the scavenger."
"Y-yes, Sir." The white-armored man unlatched the lock, hesitated, and moved away.
Good, let him be afraid, Kylo thought, caring for nothing but being alone with his soulmate. Striding into the room, Kylo slammed the door closed with a thought, eager eyes drinking in the sight of Rey after he'd removed his helmet. She was strapped down again, but she freed herself immediately after the door was closed. As she stood, he pulled her to him.
In the beginning, he had been challenged by her fortitude, by the purity he felt in her. She made him feel stronger, now that their dynamic had changed, the strangely familiar energy in her bleeding into him. He felt he needed to protect such purity at all costs. He held her to him, feeling his insides unwinding just from the feel of her in his arms, as though as long as they were together everything would be okay.
As Rey sensed Kylo's thoughts, she sent him a gentle agreement. "It's all right," she whispered, kissing his neck gently. "It will be over soon, and we will never again be parted."
"We should wait," he said quietly into her hair. "Until they have time to believe I've tortured you." He stiffened with the words, squeezing her closer before releasing her. Falling to his knees, Kylo Ren pressed his face into her stomach, his eyes tightly shut.
Rey stroked his hair. "It's not real," she reminded him gently. "You never really hurt me, even before..." She paused, considering. "Maybe you never really meant to," she suggested slowly.
Kylo couldn't argue. They stayed locked together for a few moments, until he stood, composing himself. "When we leave, we will need to take the TIE Fighter that is closest to the door on the left side. If that one is a problem, the next will suffice. You'll take the gunner position, and I-"
"I will do no such thing!" she hissed. "I will be the pilot, and you will be taking the gunner position!"
"Have you ever even flown one?" he retorted.
"I have plenty of experience with flying, thank you."
Though her words were calm, he felt her annoyance and aggravation through their strange connection, along with an involuntary admission that she had indeed never piloted a TIE fighter. "I thought as much. I know the controls better than you would," he insisted.
Rey pursed her lips. "You haven't flown one either!"
"Rey, we don't have time to argue," he begged, his voice weary. Every moment his thoughts turned to what terrible things might to, to the horror of losing her forever.
"You are absolutely right. That's why I'm piloting that craft."
Kylo's chocolate gaze drilled into hers, and the brown-green hazel reminded him of the forest where they had first met. He remembered how she had never given in, despite how terribly frightened she must have been to meet the monster she had heard about. That thought gave him pause; he absolutely a monster, just as she'd said. The horrible things he had done... all the blood on his hands... his father...his father...
The sharp bolt of remorse and shame stabbed into her, a red hot poker in her mind, and she stumbled. "Not now, Ben," she said, reaching up to cup his cheeks.
"Stop calling me Ben," he shouted, causing her to blink and jerk away for a moment.
"You don't have to let anyone else, but I'm not using 'Kylo Ren'," she said, calm but firm. "Now pull yourself together so we can get out of here."
Clinging to her soothing presence, he kissed her forehead and replaced his mask. "You'll need to put these on," he said, his voice distorted now as he held out a set of restraints. " We'll make them loose so you can slip them off when we get inside the ship." Rey held out her wrists, and he attached the metal to her. "You'll need to walk in front of me. I'll hold your arm to direct you."
"Let's just do this," she said, "I want it to be over with."
The whole affair was mostly uneventful. Two soldiers began shouting and shooting at them when they realized he was helping Rey into a ship, but Kylo Ren had used the Force to fling them across the hangar before they alerted anyone else, and then they were free.
He and Rey quickly made their way to a nearby world and abandoned the fighter in the wilderness. Kylo left his helmet behind, and once they were in town, they used the credits he had smuggled with him to purchase new clothes and transport on a ship leaving immediately for another planet. The thought was that the further they went, the more ships they took, the harder they would be to find.
Countless times, they leaned on each other for comfort in the dark hours in space, clutching at each other as they tried to ignore the other creatures around them. They both had an air of desperation that was hard to miss, but none of their fellow passengers mentioned it. Moving from craft to craft to craft, they zigzagged their way across the universe, more than desperate to stay together and away from the First Order.
Nearly two days later, having only rested in their seats during transport and feeling weary and dirty and done, they stopped on Kamino. Having not been a main target of the First Order's attack on the Republic, it was still running fairly well. The populace did seem subdued, though having never been here before, Rey couldn't be sure if this was correct or just her impression. Kylo took her hand and lead her through town; they looked like any other travel-weary couple in that moment, searching for a bed for the night.
"This was where the Galactic Empire got the technology to make their clone army," he said quietly, "But that was before my grandfather came to power."
"Luke told me about your grandfather," she said quietly, and his step faltered. "Didn't he ever speak with you about him?"
"No." It was flat, hurting. "He believed it would hinder my progress, that I was too obsessed. Everything I ever learned of him has been from the Supreme Leader."
Rey squeezed his hand gently. "I didn't know that." Her voice was soft and accepting. "I'm so sorry, Ben."
"I... I suppose I shouldn't be referring to him as the Supreme Leader anymore..."
It was a clumsy attempt to shift the subject away from Darth Vader, from the pain he felt when he thought of his family, but Rey let him do it. "Yes, it probably won't go over well when we reach the Resistance," she agreed. After that, he was silent.
Kylo found them accommodations, and Rey was completely dazzled by the hotel; she had never seen one before, not like this. It was clean and sparkling, filled with sparkling decorations, cushy chairs, and there was even a small bar in the corner where a Yarkoran bartender served drinks. She felt overwhelmed by all the decadence, but followed him in a daze to their room.
It was small, but clean, with a modern looking bed and a little restroom to the side. Rey collapsed immediately on to the bed with a rush of relief. Visions danced in her head of them spending a quiet, intimate night in this place without having to worry about freezing or being interrupted...
An ominous stillness surrounded her, an absence in her mind of his presence. "Ben?" she asked, leaning up. From her place in he bed, she saw him lock himself in the bathroom before anguish exploded in her head, and they both cried.
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To Be Continued
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