Ren stepped into the chamber, and realized this must be dome of the volcano. She was ahead of him a dozen steps when he started to feel the Dark Side gather inside him. He was already attuned to it, but as he moved toward her it became stronger.

She became a faint outline in the darkness. In front of her was an indigo crystal, it was radiating the dark energy.

"Rey, where are we?" The urge to surrender to the Dark Side was strong, he could feel it grasping within him. His boots walked across the dusty ground and he stood behind her. He wanted to hold her, to take her away. He suppressed the feelings. She drew on the Dark Side and he was amazed at the might she held within her. He himself, with the crystal and her own leanings at that moment, had difficulty resisting the sheer power of it.

Rey spoke, her voice barely a whisper. "This is where I fell..." She paused then snarled "Waiting months for you!" Ren brought up his silver blade to counter her activated lightstaff. Her cloak fell around her and her eyes shined red with malice. She attacked again and he parried, her strikes quick and savage. He parried the attacks with effort. Her skill had increased severly but it didn't replace the years of training he had.

"What are you talking about Rey?" He panted. "It's only been five days." She was close to him, their blades hissing against each other. Her eyes faded and her chin trembled for a moment before flaring red again.

"You're lying!" She summoned Force Lightening and he Jumped back to evade, his blade ready to deflect. He couldn't hold off the Dark Side much more and submitted to it. He felt his anger and frustration envelope him, the blood in his veins hot like molten metal. He turned off his blade and Concealed himself and walked quickly to position himself behind her. He masked his bond so she couldn't tell his position.

"Every man has betrayed me in life, you are no different. After I'm done killing you, I'll kill Luke, Tevoth and Snoke." She turned holding her staff aggressively, looking for him. "I can find you another way." He didn't know what she meant but he saw a faint shadow tendril in the crystals weak light. Beriz's words haunted him "The Jedi saved you from paralysis or worse young one. Dark-side tendrils are nothing a lightsaber can cut through." Anger welled within him, they poisoned Rey's mind! He Pushed her to break her concentration and he Jumped toward her. The Sith-magic dissolved behind him. She was down on one knee, rising as he landed. He wrapped his arms around her from behind tightly. Her muscles tensed and she struggled against him.

Ren leaned close to her ear and spoke, it was hard to keep the heat from the words. "Rey, I tried to contact you anytime I felt you awake. They had you drugged. I felt it! I felt you fall and almost killed Luke from it." He took a breath and said calmly "We are all here because of you. Poe, Finn, Luke, the Resistance."

Ren's feet and calves started to feel sharp needles in them, painfully. He glanced down, and below him the dark vines writhed around his legs. Rey broke free of his grip from the shock and her red eyes studied him. She stood a few feet away, lightsaber held defensively between them, as if to block him from her. He sucked breath through his teeth and willed his legs to move. The muscles ached in agony as he forced them to obey. They dragged on the dirt floor, scraping. "Rey I swear I'm not lying to you." Rey's eyes widened in surprise.

She Pushed him then, and he fell backwards. His back writhed as the tendrils latched onto him, he groaned and focused on his muscles, willing them to resist her. Rey walked to him cautiously and stood over him, blade less than a foot from his throat. Her hands were shaking. "Read my mind Rey. I won't ever harm you. I love you." The words came out pained, his eyes watered.

Don't listen to him, he left you.

He abandoned you to the likes of Tevoth.

He is weak, kill him while you can.

In front of her, Ren laid on his back, tears trailing down to his temples. His eyes faded from yellow to the dark liquid brown. The jade glow from her lightsaber barley lit his face. The desire to kill him was strong but Rey started to doubt herself. The whole time he only lifted his blade to defend.

He is your weakness. Finish him and embrace true power.

She hands were shaking, her lightstaff humed and reflected the turmoil in her grip. Rey remembered ages ago when he saved her from the Dark Side. How his voice sounded like his heart was breaking. Just like it did now.

Kill him!

Rey attempted to move her blade down, but it hesitated against her wishes. She pushed harder, the blade hovered above him. Her arms trembled, it was the battle between mind and body.

You bound him! How dare you! Worthless female! The voice screeched.

"STOP!" Rey screamed. The shout echoed in the chamber. The tendrils rose around her, as tall as she stood and scourged the chamber. Ren did nothing his eyes darting around her, and through their bond she felt concern for her. She heard nothing, no movement against the dirt floor. The only things she heard was Ren's labored breathing and the hum of her blade. Rey felt his desire to say something, to ask what was wrong. Even while in pain he cared for her. She delved into his mind and looked through his memories. Ren losing control of himself and attacking Luke after she was captured. Their haste at getting back to the Falcon and rejoining the Resistance, trying to find out where she was going. Ren's own panic at when she fell and Finn stunning him. He hadn't lied. It took effort, but she pried her fingers from the grip of her lightsaff and tossed it aside.

The voices hissed at their frustration. She let go of the Dark Side, breathing heavily. Her emotions were a tempest within her flaring between fury, sadness, confusion and remorse. "Why did all this time pass? Why..." She collapsed on him sobbing. "I thought you abandoned me." Her tears wet her cheeks as she clung on to him, her breathing erratic. She felt his arms jerk and weakly wrapped around her. Amazingly he was stronger than the tendrils she summoned. He said nothing for a few minutes while stroking her back.

"I wanted to come sooner, I wanted to chase you down right when the Nightsisters took you. Luke prevented me from chasing. He felt... if I followed and died... you'd fall." Ren's deep voice comforted her. His hands touched her face, and turned her head. He saw where her blood vessel burst a few days prior and sighed sadly. "Rey, do you mind if I read your memories." She nodded into his chest and she felt him expertly delve. "What is that green solution they put in you?" His dark eyes were staring straight ahead, darting as if watching the memories on a hologram.

"I don't know..." she said quietly. She sniffed and wiped her eyes on her gloved arm.

Ren watched when she fell, his arms tensed around her. He swore when Tevoth pushed her to complete the circuit. He watched her training, and the previous evening when Tevoth touched her. The Dark Side surged in Ren and his eyes blazed yellow. "He will die. Rey, we're going to kill him right now."

She moved off Ren, he groaned. Rey put her hand behind his back and helped him sit. "How... how did you resist the tendrils?" She knew they would paralyze any normal person.

Ren breathed heavily, blinking. His dark eyes looked into hers, the Sith crystal behind him glowed faintly. "I suspect either one of two things. Or both. You and I being bound prevents us from killing each other. I know... if I killed you I wouldn't last long and it may be why you struggled earlier." His voice grew quiet. "Or, I focused enough through it. I willed my muscles to move, as painful as it is." Ren rubbed and massaged his leg.

"Ren. Lets kill Tevoth. Then Snoke." He gazed up at her and nodded, his eyes flaring yellow. You and him could rule the galaxy.

Rey sighed at the voice and they both rose. "One moment." Ren spoke quietly. He walked up to the crystal, examining it.

"Don't Ren. Destroy it with the ships. It will kill everyone on Ossus." Ren turned to her, his face confused. "That Sith crystal caused the destruction of the Cron system millennia ago. If you were to destroy it here, it could be cataclysmic."

Ren's brows furrowed. "Lets find Tevoth."

Ren Concealed himself, and followed Rey. She wore her black cloak and walked calmly with her staff in hand. The hood was down and he saw her hair in an intricate braid, small whisps of hair bobbing with her stride. They turned several corners and heard the hissing and cracking of light sabers. She picked up her pace and turned the corner, Luke was still fighting Tevoth. The hallway had chips and electrical pieces exposed from the walls and ceiling, the ground scattered with debris. Ren felt the Dark Side surge by just looking at Tevoth. He used Rey for his own machinations. Luke's back was to Rey thus Tevoth saw her first.

"So Ren is finished. Now, kill Skywalker. I demand it as your master." Tevoth panted. Ren was intrigued to find that Luke kept the Sith Lord at bay.

Luke, shocked, turned his back to the wall. His blue eyes darted between Tevoth and Rey. Ren realized he wouldn't be able to sense him. He willed as much as he could for Luke to hear him as they had no bond, but they were related. Luke, I'm behind Rey. Luke's eyes flickered behind where Ren was concealed and back to her. Rey ignited her staff, and walked casually up to Luke. He felt her stiffen as she approached him, the Dark Side surging.

Rey. Tevoth. Luke came here to help you. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to get to you.

She stopped in front of Luke, her blade reflecting off his eyes. Luke breathed calmly. Tevoth started to walk towards them. Ren couldn't let him kill Luke so he Bound the Sith Lord.

"Rey! How-?" Ren let his concealment fade and the Sith Lord stared, his eyes red with malice.

Her voice, cold with hate filled the air. "I cannot kill Ren, I am bonded to him. And I know more than you'd ever expect. You used me, and lied to me. Don't worry. I've been planning your demise since I've arrived. I will use what you taught me against you." Dark tendrils rose from the ground, Luke gasped. Had Ren not been attuned to the Force, he wouldn't have heard Rey say quietly under her breath "Kailiss has taught me also". Ren felt Tevoth struggle against his bindings, his eyes white with fear. He attempted to push Rey but she sensed it, and held out her hand Pushing back. The tendrils rose. Tevoth clenched his jaw and summoned Force lightening, not only did it come out of his hands but his body. Luke grabbed Rey and pulled her back from the Sith magic. With her concentration broken the tendrils faded and Tevoth Pushed the ceiling, it started to crumble under his might. Ren's eyes darted between the desire to kill Tevoth and protect Rey, and with an angry snarl he darted for Rey and Luke. She was struggling against Luke, her frustrations and anger welling in her. The ceiling started groan and fractures thickened and tore as he reached Rey and Luke. Ren grabbed Rey and tightened his arms around her, forcing her to look at him. She struggled still so he gave up the bond on Tevoth and bound Rey instead. The Jedi lifted his hands against the falling ceiling, much more threatened to come down but Luke repelled it with the Force. Rey's crimson eyes were full of fury at the Jedi for not allowing her to kill the Sith Lord. Only a few feet away the ceiling fully collapsed, dust and debris blowing to them as the hall caved in.

"Get out first, then I will." Luke grunted. Ren pulled Rey with him and watched as the Jedi crawled out. Luke released his pressure against the ceiling and the remainder he held at bay crashed to the floor. Ren released his bind on Rey, and she shouldered out of his grasp.

Rey turned, her eyes red. She looked at Luke and started to walk towards him. "Rey." Ren said. She ignored his call. Ren grabbed his lightsaber and ran infront of Luke. She looked up at him, her eyes full of fury. "Move aside."

"Rey. No. He is our teacher, our friend. My uncle! He distracted Tevoth long enough for me to find you." He felt her conflict within, she wanted to kill Luke, but also wanted to leave. With his free hand he caressed her face.

Luke spoke behind him "Rey, do you remember what you said just now?"

Rey blinked, her eyes turning hazel and back to red in turns. "I will use what he taught me against him."

Ren looked to Luke, he was sure his expression was as confused as Luke's was. Ren nodded and felt the Jedi enter his mind deftly, searching through the memories. Luke swallowed. "Rey, have you heard voices at all?" Her eyes flashed crimson, and her jaw clenched but she didn't speak. For Luke that was enough confirmation. "This is what happens when ancient artifacts are tampered with. Although I'm certain they weren't expecting this outcome. Kailiss and the other two have been influencing her. He didn't teach her how to perform Dark-side tendrils, and I'm thinking he didn't know that himself. The Nightsisters on Dathomir have no reservations using that spell." Rey tensed at the lecture, and her chin trembled. Her eyes turned back to their warm brown.

"What am I supposed to do?" Her voice quavered.

Luke spoke. "You need to overcome them. Meditate, and face them as you face your fears. Ren, take her on the Radiance to a desolate planet." Rey stood, still as stone. Yet inside her, Ren felt her emotions toil within. A moment later she collapsed. Ren barely had enough time to catch her.

"What? Why did you do that Uncle?" Ren demanded.

"I can't share this with her. I don't know if it will work, her meditating and facing them. She may become weakened through this. It can kill her if she fails." Luke's eyes watered. Ren wished he could go after Tevoth right then to finish the job. He breathed and suppressed the Dark Side. The Jedi continued "You cannot help her Ren. She has to do this alone. If she responds to feeling the Dark Side within you, and the Dark Side rises within her, she will fail."

"Luke, what will you do?" Ren asked his uncle, his arms holding Rey.

"Find Finn or Chewbacca and leave with them. I will go to Coruscant and see if there is any information on this. Although the old Jedi archives were almost bare when I looked for information before." Luke took a few steps away.

"Luke, I had to release Tevoth to get to you and Rey and bind her. She was struggling against you." he said. The Jedi nodded, he knew. "Also, you have to tell the fleet to destroy the mountain and leave. The Sith Crystal cannot be allowed to remain." Ren looked at Rey's placid sleeping face. That crystal caused her fall, and now it may destroy her.

"I will. I will clear the way." Luke turned and ignited his lightsaber.