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The generators were up and running smoothly, the base had power (and thankfully, heat) for over three weeks with no end in sight. Which was fortunate for the maintenance team because they were now given a rather large assignment down in the main power grid in the core reactor. This was in a different part of StarKiller, another building far from the main areas. Ashlyn was somewhat grateful to be so far away from the main base. It was quiet and less nerve wracking when being around the guys. She also found time in teaching a few tricks she had learned over the years which the team greatly appreciated.

Sid, however, had been disappearing more and more into meetings with General Hux. This worried Ashlyn at first. Yet, Sid left her in charge which was ultimately a distraction to keep her from asking too many questions about the meetings. They were making progress and Ashlyn couldn't be happier of her team.

The current agenda was to begin preparations for some new mechanical device that would go in the center of a fishbowl shaped solar panel. From Ash understood, it harnessed energy from nearby suns which quite possibly could help maintain and stabilize the energy used on the base. Smart idea in her mind. A more viable energy source to prevent last month's fiasco from ever happening again. That's right, her time here was slowly coming to an end. Another month down, Ashlyn only had four more to go then she was home free. Although, she was beginning to lose excitement over that.

Ashlyn's dreams were still odd, every so often she'd find herself in the nothingness space she shared with Kylo Ren. Usually in those dreams they'd mess with each other by conjuring weird beasts or they'd end up talking about the Force and all its possibilities. Ashlyn not really grasping why Ren was so keen on explaining the Force to her. She didn't care either, at least he left her alone.

Her other dreams however, were a horrid sight. The burning TIE fighter with the mystery silhouette inside still haunted her. She was almost afraid to head to the launch bay, hoping that awful vision wouldn't ever happen. She could only hope.

Sid eyed the schematics of their new project carefully as he sat in the conference room with General Hux, Lieutenant Mitaka and a few other high ups that were in charge of overseeing all war plans. Hux had seemed very pleased with himself as he watched Sid examine the newest addition. "Is it possible?" Hux asked.

Sid pursed his lips, unsure how to answer. Sure, it was possible. However, no one actually stopped and asked if they should. That was a bigger problem in itself. As the new head of maintenance, Sid had no idea the extent of what StarKiller was supposed to be. That was something his old boss had known, something he didn't really need to know. Sid still wished that were the case. The concept of a mass super weapon looming on his conscience was not going to bode well for a good night's rest. "You want this—" He tried to form coherent sentences. "Weapon to be able to harness nearby suns?" He received a nod in reply. "You are aware that magnitude of power is—"

"I'm sure it might be an overload, I trust your men can handle building something stable enough to do it."

"That's not the theory in question here." Sid explained. "This weapon could do disastrous things." He looked at General Hux, noticing the lack of surprise in his expression. That's when Sid realized exactly what was going on. "You're already aware."

Hux reclined in his chair, looking to the board of silent militants and their obvious decisions already made for them. "Let me explain something, Sid. I know it's tough being outside and away from the battle. You tend to miss the little details that could change ones opinions so drastically. I'm sure it's also a blessing all the same." He began. "This war we are engaging in, there is no black and white, good verse evil. Both sides have their pros and cons. I trust the New Republic to take the same drastic measures if not more-so seeing how we've reached the reputation for mass super weapons in the past. This is war." He reiterated. "You either pick a side to assist or stay out of the way."

Sid nodded. "As long as you're aware of what you're building." He had no quarrel with the General, or any of the men in the room. He knew what he signed up for, he just didn't know the magnitude.

"How is Ashlyn doing?" Hux asked.

Sid didn't really care for the tone Hux was taking, or the fact that he had asked about Ashlyn at all. Sid had grown very protective of her, quite possibly from being one of the only females among a mostly male dominated base. "She's doing fine." He replied curtly. "She's making great progress for us."

Hux nodded, shifting in his seat. "I was hoping that we could make her a more permanent resident of StarKiller. We could use someone of her caliber."

"I was hoping the same." Now, Sid wasn't so sure. "I'll see what I can do."

"Please do." Hux smiled warmly, his attempt to lower Sid's guard. "Now, let's focus on this section right here." Hux said, changing the subject back to the weapon as he pointed at a certain area of the schematics. Sid stayed quiet for most of the meeting then. He tried to focus on the bigger picture and not the millions whose lives were threatened just at the existence of this base.

Ashlyn oversaw most of the construction of the solar plates when the maintenance crew were hard at work. She also allowed them quick breaks which, they took graciously. It was a lot of work and they needed the quick breather moments. Taka wandered over to Ashlyn, standing next to her and nudging her arm with his. She smiled in reply as Taka spoke. "I think we're getting somewhere with this thing."

"I think so too." She agreed.

"I wonder if Sid will actually get a chance to work on it and not go into meetings." Taka asked. "Speaking of which, is he still in there?"

Ash shrugged. "Who knows? Be happy it's not you in those meetings."

Taka laughed. "Very true. I'm sure he'll be all too relieved once we finish this project." Ash laughed in reply as the two stood there continuing to watch the other teammates relax. That was until Taka noticed a figure standing in the far doorway. "Oh… crap." He muttered.

Ashlyn noticed Taka stiffen, along with the maintenance team. They quickly stood and cleared room for the much feared Commander as he walked further into the grid room. Ash rolled her eyes, knowing he found it all too amusing when he caused such a reaction. He'd never get that reaction from her. Taka immediately found himself moving further away from Ashlyn as Kylo Ren walked with purpose towards her.

As he closed the gap between them, Ash took note that her entire team were practically hiding on the opposite side of the room now. Ash folded her arms over her chest as the masked Commander stood unwarrantedly close. "Ms. Novafall." He said. Gosh, she hated that distortion.

"Commander?" She replied. "What brings you all the way over here?"

"I need to speak with you privately." He said, looking towards the slightly cowering maintenance team. "If you'll please join me."

Ash shook her head. "Stop scaring them."

Even with the distortion she could hear the smirk in his tone. "I'm not."

"Well, I have a lot of work to do and Sid's not back yet. I really can't leave." She tried to argue.

"I think your team will be fine alone for a few moments." Kylo Ren insisted. "It's important, I promise it's nothing trivial."

Ash narrowed her eyes. "Anything with you is trivial."

"Fine." He said as lightly as his mask would allow. "Then I will wait here until you're done."

Ash groaned knowing full well having Kylo Ren watching over her team would make for less productivity than if she weren't there at all. "You're the worst."

"I know."

Ash looked passed Kylo Ren and to her team. "Keep working on the plates, guys. I'll be right back." She said, her voice full of promise as she glared at Ren again. "Well, let's hurry this up."

Kylo Ren turned on his heels and began walking to the exit, Ash had to step a little quicker just to keep up with his strides. Curse his long legs and her significantly shorter ones.

Ashlyn caught up to Kylo Ren and the two walked side by side in silence as they headed to somewhere. Where that was, Ashlyn wasn't sure and it was beginning to make her nervous. "So what's this about?" She asked impatiently.

"You have not seen me in three weeks; I don't get a 'hello, how are you?'" He feigned feeling any sort of hurt feelings; he didn't really care.

"Seeing you in my dreams doesn't count?" She countered.

He turned his head slightly in her direction. "You also don't ask how I am there, either."

This caused Ashlyn to laugh at how utterly ridiculous this conversation had become. "Fine, I'll ask how you are more often. In the meantime, what is this about?" She asked as the two entered an area Ashlyn had never seen before. On their way towards the main building, they had taken another turn and down the barracks area. This is where most of the Troopers would spend their time training, where their weapons were located and of course where Captain Phasma resided normally. Kylo Ren led Ash through another door leading into what looked like a training area for combat. On the far wall held sparring staffs and other devices for training. There were also weights and exercise equipment. Ashlyn stared, dumbfounded. "Okay, I give up. I don't get it."

Kylo Ren undid the clasps under his helmet, the release giving a slight his as he removed the helmet altogether before setting it down on a nearby mat. He looked at Ash, giving her a sly grin before holding his hands up defensively. "I need you to not get mad or panicky."

Ash frowned. "When you start a sentence with that, it's hard not to."

His smirk widened. "I know you don't want to admit it and you don't want to even think about it but, whether you like it or not—" He said. "You are sensitive to the Force."

Ash groaned, throwing her hands up in defeat. "Will you get off that whole Force Sensitive crap? I'm not!"

Ren rolled his eyes. "You are. It's very faint but, it's there." Before Ash could interrupt with more reasons why that wasn't true, Kylo Ren continued. "The dreams you have? I'm not even talking about the ones where you invade my dreams. The fire in the launch bay?"

Ash's expression immediately dropped. "It's just a dream—" She said, stumbling over her own words. "It's not like it's going to happen."

He looked at her knowingly. "Yet, you seem to be aware that your dreams might become a reality. Why is that, unless it's happened before?"

Panic took over now as Ashlyn rocked nervously on her heels. "Why did you bring me here? Is this the part where you expose me for something I'm not and have me killed?"

Kylo Ren looked pleased with himself as he clasped his hands behind his back and began walking away from her. "I never said I'd have you killed."

"You didn't have to, it's an obvious solution to the problem you think you have on your hands."

He nodded. "I don't think we're going to have a problem on our hands."

Ash asked cautiously. "We're not?"

Kylo Ren stopped walking and stood in front of the sparring staffs. He looked at them for a moment before taking one and holding it in his hands. He turned back to face Ashlyn as he effortlessly twirled the staff in his hands. "I don't believe we will. Assuming you do exactly as I say, of course."

Ash glared. "Are you blackmailing me or something?"

He scoffed. "That would imply that no one knows of your potential."

The realization immediately and horrifically set in. "Who did you tell?"

Kylo Ren continued to twirl the staff. "Oh, no one too important. Just General Hux and the Supreme Leader." Ash wanted to curl up and die. Then again, she was probably going to, based on what was happening. "They think it's a good idea?"

"What's a good idea?" She asked, annoyance and impatience in her tone. If he was going to kill her, just get it over with already.

"That you become my apprentice and I train you in the Force; see what your actual potential really is."

"Hell no!" She practically screeched, causing Kylo Ren to stop twirling the staff as he looked at her in somewhat shock. "I don't want to be trained in something I have no care for or, more likely, have no actual business being a part of!"

Kylo narrowed his eyes then. "It's either you let me train you or they'll have you killed. Those are your options."

Ash swallowed hard. "You're a monster." She meant that from every fiber in her being. This was her ultimatum, be trained by a man she was pretty sure she hated in something she didn't believe she was even a part of… or die. That was it. "What happens if I'm not sensitive like you believe me to be?"

He shrugged, brushing off the radiating hatred coming from the girl on the other side of the room. "Assuming I'm wrong, which I hardly am ever wrong. Then I'll leave you alone."

An ugly sense of defeat washed over her. "I'm leaving in four months." She said softly.

The corner of his lips curled up slightly. "We'll see." He watched as her shoulders deflated. "It's not as bad as you think, Ashlyn." There he goes, using her name again. "This could be good for you."

"How?"

"You can finally unlock your full potential and perhaps even control yourself from dream hopping." He offered. "And who knows, maybe you'll become so powerful you'll rival me."

Ash sighed. "How are we supposed to train, I'm currently in the middle of a rather large project here?"

"We'll make time. You'll spend mornings and afternoons working on the base and evenings with me."

Ash shook her head. "I have to ask Sid first."

Kylo Ren scoffed at the amount of excuses this girl had. "He's already been informed."

She glared again, sarcasm dripping from every word. "Of course he has." After attempting everything she could to get out of it, Ashlyn regretfully gave in. "When do we start?"

"Tomorrow night, after you have dinner report back here." He said, Ashlyn silently agreed as she headed for the door. "And I promise you, I won't go easy."

"I didn't expect you to." She said. Without another word Ashlyn left the training room and headed back to where her crew was. At least she'd find some comfort with them, granted, she'd tell them nothing about the events from that afternoon.

It didn't take long before Sid had returned from his daily meeting and pulled Ashlyn into his office. He sat at his desk and looked at her apologetically. "So a Force user?"

Ash groaned, rolling her eyes. "I'm not a user, apparently I'm sensitive to it. Or at least that's what Commander Ren thinks."

"He seems pretty convinced." Sid agreed. "I'm sorry, their minds were already made up when they came to me."

Ash narrowed her eyes. "A little warning would have been nice."

"What would that have done, Ash? You wouldn't be able to hide from him." Sid said. "Maybe this is some sort of destiny thing. Don't Force users believe in all that anyway?"

"Probably." Ash agreed. "But being required to do this isn't exactly their best plan."

Sid scoffed. "Does it look like they have coherent plans? I mean, look at this place. It barely functions as is."

Ash couldn't help but smile. "Hopefully the new solar panels will help with retrieving energy."

Sid immediately ignored that conversation; that was something he wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. Last thing Ash needed to know after today was that what she was actually building was a weapon of mass destruction. "Are you going to be Force choking people soon?" He said jokingly.

"Perhaps Commander Ren. Though I might actually attack and strangle him soon." Sid chuckled in response. "I really don't have a choice here, do I?"

"Afraid not, Ash." He said. "Try and make the best of it, it's only four months."

"He'll find a way to make it longer. I swear he's out to ruin my life."

"Then why not ruin his back?" Sid suggested, which seemed like an all too amazing idea if Ash could figure out a way to pull it off. "Listen, I'll help you out as best I can. You know I have you back."

She smiled sincerely. "Thanks, Sid."

"Let's go get some food and maybe we can get the guys to agree to have another Sabacc game." Sid said, gosh did these guys love their card games. She smiled brighter now as the two left Sid' office and headed to the cafeteria.

Things were going to change for Ashlyn Novafall. In the short span of time she was allotted at StarKiller, things were about to shift in ways Ash could have never prepared for. She just didn't know how drastic that would be.

Final Thoughts: Thanks again for reading, guys! Have a great weekend and hopefully I'll have some reviews to answer on Monday!