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As the world outside of the cockpit's window began to stretch and ultimately morph into the cobalt vortex of hyperspace, Rey felt her heart rapidly beating within her chest. The scavenger had experienced a lifetime of danger, especially most recently, but what she was attempting right now was extremely deadly. With the light speed collision sensor slowly coming online, it was up to Rey's judgment to determine when the ship was about to approach an object and hopefully pull it out of light speed in time. The only problem with this plan was that it was practically impossible to predict such an occurrence at the speed she was going. One slip up and Rey and her passenger were dead.

As Rey's face glistened with sweat she firmly grasped the lever, prepared to pull it when the time was right. Then as if an alarm had triggered in her mind, Rey sensed the existence of something and pulled back the lever with all her might. As the ship slowed and escaped hyperspace, Rey's previously anxious face quickly adopted a look horror when she saw what lay ahead. The ship was flying right towards a massive asteroid.

Despite the asteroid's imposing size, Rey knew she couldn't allow her fear to cloud her judgment. She began hastily flipping switches in order to ready the ship for quick maneuvers. With the last switch activated, Rey pulled the ship up just as it was about to collide with the asteroid. However, Rey barely had a moment to breathe before numerous more appeared.

Stuck in an asteroid field, Rey made the ship turn in every which way, but found such maneuvers tough with her current ship compared to the Millennium Falcon. With two large wings to account for, she struggled to protect them from collision. Narrowly scraping past another smaller asteroid, Rey thought she was finally in the all clear when a powerful bang was felt from underneath the ship.

"No!" Rey cried as the ship began to corkscrew through space.

As alarms began to ring, the cockpit's monitor displayed one of the ship's ion engines and the critical state of its power cells. The cells had been damaged to the point that they could no longer safely power the ion engine. As part of the ship's safety features, it had completely shut down one of the engines to ensure that the cells did not explode and further damage the spacecraft. With one engine still working, Rey tried to regain control of the ship, but found it increasingly difficult without the other one to stabilize it.

When the ship finally escaped the asteroid field, Rey slowed the spacecraft to a steady cruise as she turned her worries to the power cells. Unfortunately if they weren't replaced the ship's one working engine would not be enough to channel the hyperdrive when activated. Unable to enter hyperspace therefore severely limited Rey's options regarding where she could travel.

Curious to her present location, Rey checked the cockpit's monitor and found that the ship was currently located in the Outer Rim. Quickly typing in the Ileenium System Rey frowned when the system's advised means of travel included light speed.

Now what?

The scavenger knew it was vital that she reach the Resistance Base in order to hand over Kylo Ren. Despite the fact that she had defeated him, Rey was not so sure things would necessarily go the same way should he heal and regain his strength. With him still incapacitated Rey gained the upper hand, but only for so long. That's why it was important that she find the Resistance as soon as possible. If anyone was equipped enough to handle a dangerous man like Kylo Ren, it was hopefully them.

Once there, she could also inquire about Finn in order to discover whether he hopefully escaped with them, or had been captured by the First Order. If the latter proved true, then she would find and save him. It was the least Rey could due after the ex-stormtrooper had mounted a rescue mission for her sake.

A rough plan in her head, Rey turned her thoughts back to the power cells. The scavenger knew she needed to stop at the nearest habitable planet in order to replace the cells and possibly gain leads pertaining to where in the Ileenium System the Resistance was. In need of a destination, Rey activated the ship's sensors to detect nearby planets that could be traveled to without the aid of light speed. After a few moments of waiting, a nearby planet popped onto the screen.

Tatooine huh? Rey wondered in interest as she began inputting its coordinates into the ship's navigational system. Spending most of her life on such an isolated planet like Jakku meant that Rey possessed little knowledge about the other worlds that dotted the galaxy. Other than being able to occasionally recognize a planet's name, the scavenger had no idea what kind of life forms and environment were associated with it.

I just hope this Tatooine doesn't have a lot of sand.

After ensuring that the ship was in a stable enough condition, Rey activated the autopilot and left the cockpit to check on Kylo Ren. As she walked through a hallway that lead to where she had left him, Rey struggled to decide what she would do if he was conscious. It was vital that she quickly treat his injuries or else infection would set in. Yet she didn't expect him to patiently sit there as she dressed his wounds.

Here goes nothing she thought as she rounded a corner.

Rey immediately sighed in relief when she found Kylo Ren still unconscious. As she crouched next to his form Rey discovered that his face seemed even paler than usual as sweat trickled down it. Blood heavily leaked from the gash across his face and his breaths were becoming shallower by the second. Kylo Ren's state was worsening and if she didn't do anything, he would die.

But that's what's you want, right? An eerie voice spoke within her mind. As it slithered its way through her thoughts Rey felt goose bumps appear on her skin. It was the same one that had urged her to kill Kylo Ren back on Starkiller Base. He's killed people, he's killed Han, and he may have killed Finn it whispered.

Rey frowned at the mysterious voice in her head, yet its claims still grabbed her attention. It had a point. Maybe it was best that she put him down before he caused more misery. With Ren so weak before her all it took was…

No, stop it. Why are you even thinking of harming him after you went through so much trouble to save him? Rey's mind suddenly protested as if waking up from trance. Fearing what she would do if she remained by Kylo Ren's side, she got up and began to busy her mind by searching for a medkit.

What was that voice anyway? Rey pondered as she began to open storage containers. Was it the ghost?

No. The ghost did not seem spiteful in the way that the voice had been. If anything he seemed to want to help them, which was very confusing. Just who was that man? Why did he appear to her? Was it the force?

I guess I'll just have to ask Luke these questions when and "if" I ever meet him.

In the midst of her searching, Rey found a panel and curiously pressed a button. Immediately a door opened revealing a small room. As she stepped inside, Rey noticed that there was a bed on one side of the room while the other half had cabinets displaying the red medical symbol. Opening the cabinets she smiled when she found numerous medkits. Perfect.

Rey returned to Kylo Ren and once again grabbed his arm before trying her best to support him as she made her way to the room. After depositing Ren on the bed, she grabbed a medkit and pulled out some bacta bandages.

Time to get to work.

Kylo Ren looked into his father's eyes as they begged him to return with him. As Ren felt tears moisten his cheeks he knew he was losing, losing to the light side. For a moment he questioned everything. What am I doing? Why I am even here? Why did I leave! He had never felt so weak in his entire life as he clutched his light saber in an effort to retain a shred of strength.

His saber was his power. Over the years it had made him strong and a force to be reckoned with. Ren had become intoxicated with power whenever he gave life to its crackling plasma blade. By handing it over he was essentially forfeiting the only strength he had ever known. Luke had taught him that the light side was true strength, but even now he doubted the validity of this teaching. By the grace of Snoke's instruction and his experiences with the First Order he knew that what he sought could only be provided for by the dark side. The path to true power meant one was willing to sacrifice anything in order to achieve this goal. Yet something still stood in his way: Han Solo.

If he was to squash the light forever in order to become one with the dark side he had to eliminate attachments. Darth Vader had failed because he had let his familial love stand in the way of his mission. Kylo Ren would not make this same mistake as he tried to rightfully live out his legacy.

When the base flooded with darkness, Kylo Ren ignited his light saber and guided its power into Han Solo's chest. The tears had long dried as Solo's hand lightly grasped Kylo Ren's face before he fell into the endless pit that lay below the walkway.

He had done it! Kylo Ren could finally embrace the dark side in order to reach his full potential. But why did he feel this…ache in his heart?

Kylo Ren fell to his knees as his saber shut off. His strength was extinguished leaving only pain and a hollow feeling of emptiness. He wanted to cry out in anguish, yet he didn't understand why he felt this way. He should be happy, he had passed Snoke's test!

Kylo Ren shook his head as tears threatened to spill from his eyes once more. "Why do I still feel..so…weak!" he yelled.

As if to answer him, Han Solo appeared before him. "Because you were a failure to begin with," he replied spitefully. Suddenly everyone Kylo Ren had slaughtered began to surround him. The padawans, the villagers, and the faceless Resistance fighters began to close in on Kylo Ren. It was too much as they whispered angrily around him.

"Failure!" one spat.

"Murderer!" another screamed.

Then a woman stepped in front of him. She was short with brown hair and equally brown eyes. Though those eyes had usually been filled with happiness and warmth during his childhood, they were cold as ice as she quietly observed him.

"The greatest disgrace to us all," she calmly said.

Feeling his anger begin to burn inside him again, Kylo Ren reached out to the force in order to force choke the woman in front of him. What she had uttered was not, could not, be true. Kylo Ren was far more powerful than she could imagine. Therefore, he would show her the true nature of the dark side.

"Ah!" Rey screamed as an invisible force painfully tightened around her neck. As she struggled to breathe she saw Kylo Ren now awake with his eyes fixed on her writhing form. The anger she found in his eyes was unwavering as he increased the pressure upon her throat.

The pain was becoming too much and tears began to moisten her eyes. "Kylo..Ren…STOP!" she managed to scream despite the black spots that were beginning to appear in her vision. Just when Rey thought she was about to completely lose consciousness, she felt the force let go of her throat and she fell to the floor.

As Rey heavily gasped for air she felt Kylo Ren's eyes upon her once more. "Why have you brought me here?" he simply demanded as he curiously looked around.

"Why have you brought me here? Why have you brought me here! Is that all you can say after you almost killed me!" Rey yelled as she rose to her feet. She felt immense rage as she watched Kylo Ren sitting silently on the bed with an emotionless face.

"If it will calm you, know that I didn't intend to do that," he spoke as if that was enough to ease the residual pain in her throat, or her difficulty breathing.

Rey narrowed her hazel eyes at him. "That's gold coming from someone who previously threatened to kill me. Whether trying to hurt me was your intention or not, I really don't care, I'm just glad to see this is the gratitude I get for saving your life," she spat before storming out of the room.

Kylo Ren tried to maintain his own anger as he watched the girl, what was her name? Oh right, Rey, leave him as if she couldn't bear to spend another moment with him. Then again he couldn't exactly blame her, even though it wasn't really his fault that his dream had transferred into reality. Regardless it was better she stay away from him anyway. It was because of Rey Kylo Ren had lost his master's favor.

If he had been harder on her, more menacing, then perhaps the Knight of Ren could have gained the information he needed and disposed of her before complications could arise. Yet something about her spoke to him from the moment he laid eyes on her on Takodana. When Kylo Ren first reached into Rey's unsuspecting mind he saw immense loneliness and pain that he was unfortunately familiar with. He saw himself in her and this realization had blinded him. Kylo Ren had broken his master's first teaching: do not let sentiment get in the way.

Rey had made him momentarily soft, but he would not allow her to do this again. He was Kylo Ren of the Knights of Ren, a powerful warrior who worked under the influence of the dark side in order to bring about order in the galaxy. Not a weakling like Ben Solo who lost his edge just because he met a girl that shared his inner turmoil.

Reaffirmed of his mission, Kylo Ren once again began to study the room and was surprised when he realized that this was his command shuttle's medical room. Feeling an unfamiliar coolness touch his chest he looked down and discovered that his shirt was gone and numerous bandages were wrapped around his shoulder and his lower torso. As Kylo Ren tentatively touched his face he realized that the gash was also bandaged up too.

Kylo Ren almost allowed himself to feel grateful to Rey for treating his wounds when he recalled who had given them to him.

Yes my father's Wookiee companion, the traitor, and Rey herself he angrily thought. Hitting his side he allowed the pain to remind him of what the Resistance had done to him.

It was only a matter of time before the bacta completely healed his wounds, and when it did, Kylo Ren would be ready to make his move. If Rey thought she could drag him back to the Resistance she was sorely mistaken. When the time was right he would return to the First Order and present Rey to Snoke like he had commanded.

Kylo Ren would earn back his master's favor, and then the lingering weakness he felt would disappear for good.

A/N: Hey so I'm sorry there wasn't a whole lot of dialogue in this, but I promise there will be more interaction between Rey and Kylo Ren in the next chapter. Now unlike a lot of fanfictions I want to emphasize that in this story neither Kylo Ren nor Rey experienced "love at first sight" when they first met. In The Force Awakens novelization Rey actually describes Kylo Ren's face as rather unremarkable and it doesn't exactly take her breath away. In Kylo Ren's case I feel like because he identified with her it was more difficult for him to harm her, not because he was stricken with love or lust. This is not to say these feelings can't turn into something more in the next movies, but they're a start!

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