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Her eyelids began to flutter as her hand twitched ever so slightly. Her chest rose sharply as a deep intake of air entered her lungs. She was coming to after fourteen hours of total darkness. Ashlyn was waking up after the air had been forcefully ripped from her body.

Her head pounded as her eyelids finally opened, the room she was in was the brightest room on the entire base. At least, it felt that way as her eyelids immediately shut as she tried to accommodate for the sudden intrusive light. Slowly, she opened them again. Her vision adjusting now to the bright fluorescent lighting above her.

"Hey, she's awake." The voice was familiar yet a stranger still as Ashlyn slowly turned her head to see the grimacing face of Sid. "How you feeling, sleepy head?"

Her voice was raspy; her throat dry. "Aren't you going to yell at me?" She asked.

Sid's grimace turned into a full out smirk as he snorted. He folded his arms over his chest before forcing himself from the slightly uncomfortable chair he had been sitting in and wandered over to the near side table.

On the table was a small cup and a pitcher of water, Ashlyn sounded like she could use some. He slowly poured the liquid into the cup before handing it to Ashlyn. She sat up slowly, finding her body to be aching more-so than she realized. Her pained expression one she couldn't hide. "I think he did enough to be considered a viable punishment." Sid said before returning to his seat. Ashlyn nearly inhaled the water, the cool liquid feeling amazing as it trailed down her dry throat. She began to cough a few times from drinking so fast. "Slow down, kid. You just woke up."

Ash nodded, holding the now empty cup in her hands as she stretched as much as she could without causing too much pain to her body. "Was that it? Was that who I was supposed to stay away from?"

Sid narrowed his eyes; he wasn't angry with Ashlyn for asking. It only made sense her curiosity would grow after what happened. "His name is Kylo Ren." Sid said. "Commander Kylo Ren." He corrected himself. "A Force user." It began to make sense how this creature was able to hurt Ashlyn without even touching her. "He's dangerous only if you get in his way, and you not only got in his way but yelled at him."

Ash sighed. "I didn't know who he was. He destroyed the console I built!"

Sid's brow raised in curiosity. "So you chased after the man who destroyed your console?" He asked, amusement in his voice. "Didn't it occur to you that that was not a good idea?"

"I'm here to help out on this base, Sid." Ashlyn began. "That guy needs an attitude adjustment and killing me won't get anything done."

"Which is why you need to stay out of trouble." Sid said. "How do you think I became in charge of all this?" Sid sighed, rubbing his temples in aggravation. "My boss was cut in half for getting in Kylo Ren's way. It's better to just lay low and stay far away from the likes of him."

"And if he destroys more of our hard work?"

"You let him and say nothing about it, got it?" Sid said, his voice harsh. "If he wants to destroy a thousand consoles on this base, you let him."

Ashlyn glared, her frustration evident on her face now. "Then I don't think I can work here."

"Let's not get crazy, Ash. There's a lot you can do on this base without running into trouble."

"That's not the point." Ashlyn began. "If our hard work will always be destroyed by that thing stalking around, nothing will ever get done. How do you ever expect this place to get finished?"

Sid clicked his tongue to the roof of his mouth before finally standing up again. "Rest up, Ash. We can discuss your contract termination after you're feeling better. I hope you reconsider."

"Doubtful." She said stubbornly as Sid wandered out of the medical wing. He now had to give the bad news to the already on edge general.

"Need I remind you, Commander—" Hux said, using the title with as much distaste as he could muster. "That StarKiller is not up and running as it should be and that we are on a very tight schedule. The contracted help we had hired was here to help alleviate some of the work and you—" He paused, unable to control his anger. "And you nearly killed her!"

"I wasn't trying to kill her." Kylo Ren said, his voice distorted from the helmet he so easily hid behind. "She came after me, what was I to do?"

"What any normal person would do! Write her up, speak to her supervisor; not suffocate her!"

"I brought her to the clinic." He said defensively, as if that would make all the difference.

Hux let out an exasperated sigh. "Yes, you did bring her to the clinic. She's been passed out for hours now."

"She's not dead." Ren reminded him dryly. "She will be back to work in no time."

"Assuming she doesn't wish to terminate her contract early." Hux retorted.

Kylo Ren sat back in his chair, his arms folding across his chest. "Didn't you put a clause that states no early termination? I feel like you should have." He was mocking him now.

Hux's cheeks resembled his red hair now, he was furious. Well, furious didn't even begin to describe it. Both men were on the chopping block with Supreme Leader and Kylo Ren was not taking any of this seriously. "I swear you're doing this on purpose." Hux said, plopping down into his own chair. He propped his elbow on the table and rested his head on his hand. "You enjoy seeing me distressed." He added. "You know, neither one of us will get out of this alive is the other cannot perform their end of their duties. Surely you must know that. This project is mine as much as it is yours."

Now Kylo Ren felt a slight twinge of guilt. Surely Hux had a point; whatever one failed at the other would surely be partially to blame as well. Before he had a chance to rectify any of the hard feelings between the two, the door to the conference room slid open revealing a nervous Lieutenant Mitaka and a somewhat cool head of maintenance, Sid Garoon.

"Forgive me for the intrusion, General." Mitaka began. "He said the matter was urgent."

Hux looked at Sid before waving him to continue. Kylo Ren turned in his seat now to face Mitaka and Sid. He grinned to himself beneath the mask as he watched Mitaka visibly flinch.

"I'm sorry to barge in like this." Sid said. "However, I'm going to need a new assistant."

Hux groaned causing Kylo Ren to shift slightly in his seat. "She's dead isn't she?" Kylo Ren knew that wasn't true, he had a feeling it wasn't.

"No, sir." Sid quickly correctly. "She's alive and well after the—" He paused and quickly looked away from Kylo Ren. "Incident. However, she's asking for her contract to be terminated early."

Hux groaned again. "I feel like it would have been better if she did die."

"You should have added that clause—" Kylo muttered, only to have Hux slam his fist on the table.

"This is your fault." He rightfully accused. "You need to make this up to her."

Kylo Ren was taken back at the sudden order. "Why should I do that?"

"We had trouble getting someone in here in the first place, she's our last hope. I order you to apologize to Ms. Novafall and get her to stay."

Ren sat back once more. "And how do you purpose I do that?"

Hux flailed his hand carelessly. "Wave your hand or something, can't you force the girl?"

"Well now hold on there—" Sid interrupted only to immediately feel out of place. There was no backing down now. "We can't force Ash to work here." He said.

"Then the Commander needs to make amends with Ms. Novafall." Hux said again. "Properly convince her to stay, even if that means you'll avoid her like the space plague for the next six months."

Kylo Ren said nothing in reply, however, the room seemed to accept he understood what was asked of him. Even though, Sid stood there noting in his thoughts of Ashlyn was not going to be happy with their plan. Kylo Ren didn't have to be Force sensitive to know that either.

It didn't take Ashlyn long to realize she was in the same empty space that had occupied her dreams for a few nights now.

She groaned, looking around the empty void with disgust. She hated it here, she hated how empty and lifeless it was. She also didn't want to see that really angry person from the last time either. This time, she planned on staying still. He only seemed to appear if she wandered, at least, that one other time it happened. Ashlyn was willing to try anything.

She wasn't alone for long; he came up behind her. He was silent as he stared at her back, watching her curiously and cautiously. She was so tiny in comparison, her red hair the only thing vibrant about her. She wasn't anything special yet, here she was. She was able to penetrate his Force dreams not once but three times now. She didn't feel like a Jedi or have any traces of being capable of using the Force. Maybe she really was just that good at it.

Ashlyn turned around quickly at the first sense of no longer being alone. The moment she saw him, she stumbled backwards and tripped over herself. She quickly regained her balance and forced herself upright.

Then again, maybe she was just lucky to have found her way here, Kylo Ren thought as Ash nervously brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "It's you again." She said. "You were here last time." She said, this time taking a good look at the man before her. His dark coal eyes that matched his very dark and yet unnaturally fabulous hair.

"I could say the same about you." He replied. "How do you keep getting here?"

Ashlyn shrugged. "This is my dream, isn't it?"

Either she was really good at lying or she really had no idea where she was. "Actually, you're in mine."

Ashlyn laughed nervously. "How is that possible?"

Kylo Ren frowned as he folded his arms over his chest. "I was hoping you could tell me."

He began to walk towards her, only to have her flinch in reply. "Sorry—" She mumbled. "I had a bad experience with someone coming towards me earlier. Knee jerk reaction, I guess." He realized then that Ashlyn had no idea who she was talking to. He had worn his mask when he attacked her, well, barely attacked her. Ashyln tried to be friendlier now. "Well, if we're going to keep meeting like this, I might as well introduce myself. I'm Ashlyn, or Ash for short."

He smirked slightly. "Kylo Ren."

Her face immediately dropped as she took a step back. "You're Kylo Ren?" It was rhetorical and left with no answer from the man before her as she immediately changed her expression. "You asshat!"

He was taken aback by the sudden angry outburst. "Excuse me?"

Ashlyn stood her ground. "Look, I get you're the Commander and all but you don't have to go around choking people!"

"It was an accident—" He tried.

"There's a lot of work going on here and everyone is on edge. You don't get a free pass just because you're the Commander."

His smirk returned. "I'm pretty sure I do." He said smugly. "Shouldn't you be afraid to speak to me like that again?"

Ashlyn matched his position as she folded her arms across her chest now. "If this is a dream, you can't hurt me."

"And what about when you wake?"

Ashlyn shook slightly. "I dare you to try that again. This time I'll be ready for it."

"Will there be a next time? Your superior said you were going to terminate." He challenged her before giving in. "Hux would like me to apologize. We—" He corrected. "He truly believes you are an asset to this cause and wishes you to stay."

"I don't accept your apology." She said quickly and stubbornly. Her tough demeanor faulting slightly. "Nor do I wish to stay if it means running into you."

He groaned. "And what if I avoid you like the plague. Believe me, I don't wish to see you either."

"We can't avoid each other." Ashlyn began. "We keep ending up here."

She had a point. "It's a dream, I'm sure we can figure out how to avoid each other here." He said as he watched Ashlyn shuffle awkwardly on her feet. "Will you continue your duties then?" He asked.

Ash bit the inside of her lip as she thought about the concept of continuing her work here. She would let Sid down if she left, she would let the entire base down. However, she'd probably live to see another day. Which was worth more to her? "I will stay under the condition that you will leave me alone."

"I can't if you keep showing up in my dreams." He said dryly.

"Well, until you figure out how to stop me from doing that—"

"This will be the only time you ever see me." Kylo Ren said. "Do we have a deal?"

Ash grinned. "Deal, Commander."

Kylo Ren rolled his eyes as he turned and began to walk into the empty abyss. "I will find out what you are, Ashlyn. Mark my words on that." He said as he continued on.

"Well, that would be helpful for both of us." Ashlyn muttered to herself as she turned and stormed off in the opposite direction of nothing.

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