I awoke in the morning, feeling a little better. Dragging myself out of bed and getting dressed I left my room. Walking the long empty corridors that only occupied myself, and a few troopers at each set of doors. I felt their eyes on me. A girl they've never met, walking the halls so freely. "Stop." A trooper stands in front of me. "You're not to enter, not unless Kylo says so"
"I'm here to speak to him." "We will tell him you stopped by." I start to walk away, I'm not sure what to do until he finds me. "Reyna!" I turn around to find Kylo standing at the doors I previously tried to enter. "Come with me."
"Kylo...Thank you for coming"
"You called. I said I'd come." "Thank you"
Kylo glades at the troopers "if Reyna wants to enter, she has my permission to. Don't stop her next time. If you do, I will kill you myself."
"Yes sir" the troopers replied in unison. Kylo smiled at me and lead me into his quarters.
"How did you sleep?" "Better than the last few months. I've not been sleeping in the best of places." "I'm glad you enjoyed your first night. I want to apologise for waking you last night. I'm not really sure why I ended up there..."
"What do you mean?" "Something was drawing me to you...it was weird." "You felt it too?" "Yes..."
"It feels like a magnet, being pushed together, doesn't it.."
"Yes, just like that."
"How did this happen?" I reached out and began tracing the scars on his cheek. "A fight not that long ago."
"With who?" "Her name is Rey. She struck me and left me. All I had left was the scar."
"She's a Jedi?"
"You could say that."
"Do all the Jedi hurt people then leave them?!"
"By the looks of it." Kylo sighs "I wish it wasn't there." "I think it adds to who you are. It's a sign that you you have battles. That you're strong." Kylo laughs a little, he looks at me, one eyebrow raised "you're different, aren't you?" "How do you mean?" "You're not like anyone else I've met. You're not afraid of me"
"Should I be?" "No, of course not."
Kylo stands up, walking to his window, he began to speak "we are going on a mission today." "Where are we going?"
"Crait. There's a resistance base there. We are destroying it. If you're up for it, you can come."
"Of course I will."
"Good. We will take the TIE Silencer." We arrive to crait, it's very...desert like. As the wind picks up, it brings sand with it, like a small storm. Kylo sends his troops out, and we leave the ship. I watch as everyone fights. This is nothing like I expected. I can't fight in this! The way I fight is too different. I see a girl, staring at me. She's a Jedi. Her blue lightsaber glaring through the sand. "Who is that girl? The one staring at me?" "That is Rey." "The one who left the scars?" "Yes. I want her dead. She's the last Jedi. Without her, there's no hope for the resistance."
I watch as Rey approaches me, she doesn't seem afraid. "Are you okay? Has he hurt you?" Rey asks me "What are you talking about, he wouldn't hurt me."
"He's taken you hostage, he will only hurt you." "I AM NOT anyone's hostage!" I shout angrily. "How dare you assume my position."
"Well I've never seen you before."
"She's with me." Kylo says cockily "What have you done!?" Rey glares at Kylo. "Nothing. She came to me."
I pull out my lightsaber. I activate it, filling the area around me with a red glow. "All Jedi must die. The resistance must die. You are the last Jedi. Once you die, all hope is lost for the rest of you..."
I swing my lightsaber, anger is directing the way. Rey starts using her mind tricks, playing with my thoughts. "Get the fuck out of my head." I demand. "You really think Kylo feels anything even close to what you feel for him?!" Rey laughs "Stay the fuck out of my head Rey. You will die." "Poor you...you're so naive."
Rey uses her force powers and throws me back. I got injured but I'm okay. "I could kill you if I wanted to." Rey shouts. "But I wouldn't let you." Kylo Steps in front of Rey. He points his lightsaber toward her. "Do it. Go on. Do it Ben." Rey taunts "Most people plead for their life. Why do you plead for death?"
"Because I have no one to live for. I thought you'd understand. You chose to just mess with some innocent girls head instead." "Let me make one thing clear Rey." I demand. "I am not who you think I am. I'm not a scared little girl. I've been alone, abandoned. Left to die. But here I am, alive. I am no longer alone. Kylo understands me." "As do I" Rey says "You can't understand that much if you're not with us..."
A resistance trooper shoots toward us, it was aimed at me. I noticed it, and grabbed onto Kylo without even thinking. Kylo realised in time and managed to stop the bullet, in mid air, about 2 feet from my face. I sighed of relief. "You okay?" "Yeah... sorry!" I blush "No, it's okay!" Kylo puts an arm around my shoulder. "We promised to help each other. That's what I'm here for, to help you."
I smile. It was amazing, that feeling that someone cared for me. Kylo protected me. No matter what happened, he was there to save me. I have never felt safe until these last 2 days. Kylo turns to the trooper whom shot at me, used the force to grab him, lift him in the air, and then kill him. He let the body fall to the ground and turned to Rey, "You're next."
Rey knew the resistance needed to escape. They needed a way of distracting Kylo long enough to get everyone out. She called upon some X-Wings and Y-wings to distract us. We had to run, into cover. The ships were firing upon us and there wasn't any way we could avoid them forever. We watched, unable to do anything as the resistance escape. "Fuck..." Kylo mutters "It's okay. There's always next time. We will prevail." We leave, going back to the Starkiller base. Kylo seems different. He's quiet. "Are you okay?" "No."
"What is it?" "I feel it. The pull to the light." "Bury it, kill it."
"I can't" I grab his face and make him look at me. "You are the supreme leader. You can do anything."
"I killed my own father, hoping it would dull the pull to the light, it's only made me weaker." "Then don't let it take over you. Either that, or turn."
"I'm too far gone, I could never become a Jedi again." "The only person stopping you from doing what you want to do, is yourself. Trust yourself."
"It's tearing me apart." "Only because you let it." "How do you stop something like that? It's like, I can't breathe." I move closer to him "then breathe."
"How?" "You know how. Let it go." "What if I can't let it go?" "Then you know your destiny."
Kylo looks at me. He's silent. It's like he's studying me. His dark eyes scanning me. He sighs, unsure, conflicted. He lowers his head a little, I reach up to him, moving his hair from his face. "What if my path is to become light? What happens to you...? I promised I wouldn't leave you." "And I promised not to leave you."
"You'd come with me?"
"I don't know, but either way, I'd still never leave you." "How could we love if we are on opposite sides?"
"Opposites attract. Maybe that's why I've fallen for you in the first place. Maybe I'm not the Sith girl I thought I was." "You are different. You're not like Sith, nor Jedi. You're something else. You are like a twist of both. You are the light and the dark."
"And that's the worst part. I have no idea where I stand in this world...what am I? Who am I?"
"You're nothing...you come from nothing"
I stare at him, upset by his words "But not to me." I stop, stare at him. Did he just say that?! I'm taken back by his words.
"Kylo..." "Reyna, you're perfect. Please, come with me, wherever my destiny takes me."
"Always."