When I entered the meeting room I came upon a shiny black table that stretched along the floor of most of the room. There were several chairs set up on either side of it, in addition to a platformed chair, unused, in the corner of the room. It was probably for when Snoke made holo appearances.
There were a few windows in the back of the room, looking out on a First Order star system. The seats beneath the windows were filled by Captain Phasma and General Hux. Phasma nodded as I approached the table, and Hux began to speak.
"Rey, of the Knights of Ren. We're very happy you are here." He said.
"Of course, General." I replied, my voice masked.
"As you are aware, the attack on the Resistance is our top priority at this moment. We need our best people in the best positions in order to succeed. Do you consider yourself a talented Knight?" He asked.
"I fulfill orders to the best of my ability, general." I said, unsure what the correct answer to his question was.
"Yes and you do quite well. Sit down, please. Remove your mask." He instructed and I did as he said.
"Excellent." He added with a smirk, and a look of confusion crossed my face as Phasma interjected.
"Rey, we want you to select the best of the Knights and join some of our elite storm troopers on a mission to capture Leia Organa. This is why we called you here." Her garbled, metallic voice came in loud and sharp in comparison to Hux's quizzical and mischievous tone. It was clear Hux's window of time to run this meeting was up.
"I can comply with any orders I am given." I stated and she nodded once.
"You will select nine other Knights, and you will be their lead Knight. Your group's training with Kylo Ren will begin on 3 days time."
Did she just say Kylo Ren?
"My apologies captain, did you say Master Ren is training us?" I asked, goosebumps forming on my arms. Master Ren was known for his outstanding abilities in combat, but more often for his temper.
"Yes, he will be. Your team will be trailing him in the mission to capture Organa." She answered. I took a few breaths and yanked my helmet back onto my head, despite not being given any orders to do so. What was I going to tell the Knights I picked? That they'd have to train with the most terrorizing being in the galaxy and pray they didn't lose an arm? We didn't have weapons the magnitude of his by any means, much less the skills to wield one.
"Is there anything else I need to know, Captain?" I muttered through my filter, my voice a garbled quip from the newfound anxiety that rested in my belly.
Master Ren?
….
After warming up, I took a step back to watch the other Knights fight in the gym. Phasma had given the Knights orders to use the platform as a sort of "wrestle off" where the best Knights would win, and would fight the winner of the previous match. This made it very easy to select which Knights would march with me into the temper chamber in a short 48 hours.
After an hour or so of fights, I felt a nudge against my force signature. I looked up at the gym Windows and saw Kylo Ren looking down at the platform. The other Knights sensed it too, for I felt a community tension in the Force.
The prodding was there for most of the day, even after Ren had physically moved away. It didn't cease until I reached my quarters in a much later hour. My personal conclusion is that Ren either retired to a part of Starkiller that was too far from the reach of the Knight's quarters or traveled to another planet.
Either way, I had submitted my list of soldiers to Hux, and I was going to have to get used to his pressing one way or another.