Her eyes snapped open as someone roughly pulled on her injured arm, making Cara yell out in pain. She stumbled as another person grabbed her other arm, pulling her to her feet from her horizontal sleeping position. It was uncomfortable, and she almost shed a tear as she remembered the lovely dream she had been having before she was woken up rather forcefully by the two Stormtroopers now pressing their armour covered fingers tightly into her skin.

"What the hell are you doing?" She said, as she struggled to release herself from their grasp.

"They are just following orders." A stern voice said, one she recognized immediately. It would seem General Hux had decided to pay her another visit.

"Is this really necessary?" She asked, hoping to understand what he was doing here.

He did not respond, looking around instead at the destruction that had transpired across most of her cell. He shook his head, almost as though he was chuckling to himself. It annoyed her to no end; what could possibly be amusing him right now?

"I see you've had a little run-in with our Master of Ren." He said, a menacing tone to his voice.

"Obviously."

He smiled, a sinister curl to the corners of his mouth as he regarded her.

"It would seem you do not have as calming an effect on him as I initially thought."

"Apparently not." She spat, wanting to end this conversation as soon as possible.

"You may still be of use to me, however." He stepped closer to her, and Cara tried to free herself from her current handlers. It was no use though, she was in a weakened state and no match for the three men currently stood in her quarters.

"Care to enlighten me?" She asked, trying to keep her voice from shaking. She did not want him to realize that she was frightened of him. He had no connection to her – nothing to hold him back from hurting her.

"Kylo Ren's destruction has always seemed to stem from his anger towards others in combination with frustration at himself. Frustration that he did not simply do whatever task was set himself and anger at the incompetence of others. This destruction that we see around us,' Hux said, his arm pointing in the general direction of her torn-to-pieces wall, 'is the result of his own frustration in combination with his anger towards you. I'd like to know why he feels such resentment towards you. What have you awoken in him?"

"Does it matter?"

"Yes, it matters a great deal. I cannot have your presence here threaten the work we are doing in the name of The First Order. You will tell me what you are to him or I will wrench it out of you myself."

"I am nothing to him." She whispered, repeating Kylo Ren's words from before. Ren's words, not Ben's. She had to remember that.

"You are a terrible liar." He said, leaning down to look straight into her eyes.

"Lead the way." He said once more, this time directed at his Stormtroopers. They started shoving her out of the room, and Cara used every ounce of strength she had left to slow them down. It was a futile attempt, and only served to have them treat her with even more vigour. They grabbed her arm right over her wound, and she screamed in pain again. She hoped that it would alert someone, anyone, to what they were doing to her. Perhaps FN-2187 would come to help, or Ben even – Kylo Ren.

"Where are you taking me?" She asked, slightly out of breath from her current state of agony.

"Somewhere you might be more inclined to tell me how it is you feel about Kylo Ren."

She suddenly knew where he was dragging her off to, and that knowledge scared her to no end. He was taking her back to the torture chamber that Ben – Ren – had taken her to the first day she was captured. She had endured great anguish there, more than she would care to remember. She had no desire to go back.

"I already told you, I mean nothing to him. He means nothing to me. What more could you possible need to know? I anger him because he thought I had information about the Resistance. He made the wrong call. Perhaps he becomes angry whenever one of his hunches does not end up with the result he had hoped for." She pleaded with him; anything to stay away from that room.

"We both know it is more than that." Hux whispered in her ear, as they finally ended up in that dreadful room. She shivered as she felt his hot breath on her ear. She could not help but notice that the sensation was much more unpleasant when it was Hux this close to her than when it was Ben. As terrible as Ben was at the moment, she could not help but feel strangely sensitive whenever he was around her; it was saddening and mystifying at the same time. General Hux on the other hand, made her feel sick and violated.

"Strap her in." He ordered, motioning for his men to proceed.

She tried to stiffen her body, tried to make it harder for them to strap her to the contraption, but it was of little use. They quickly overpowered her and before she knew it she was in the exact same position she had woken up in just a few weeks past. It felt as though it had happened a lifetime ago.

"Now, I will ask you one more time. What is it you mean to Kylo Ren?"

"Listen to me! I-MEAN-NOTHING-TO-HIM!" She screamed, desperate to try and get her point across. She was much weaker now than when Ben – Kylo, had had her in here. She would not be able to resist the pain as well.

"Such a strong reaction means that there is cause for it. Perhaps you mean nothing to Ren, but he does mean something to you. What is it? What connection does he have to a poor villager from Jakku?"

She kept her mouth shut this time. There was nothing she could say that would convince him that he was wrong. She would not even be able to convince herself.

"I think a little physical force may be needed to persuade you to speak."

He stepped towards her, his fingers lightly brushing against her wounded arm. A chill ran up her spine as goose bumps broke out all over her skin. She felt nauseated at his touch, and the sickening feeling in her stomach only became worse as his fingers trailed further up her arm from her wrist towards her shoulder. Towards her wound. Even as his fingertips only lightly touched the wound a hot, burning sensation made her head spin. He could tell that his touch had a negative effect on her. He smiled his signature sinister smile, as his nails slightly started to dig into the cut. She bit her tongue to keep herself from screaming; but as he increased the pressure and dug his nails in further it was impossible to control her impulse anymore – she cried out in misery, tears forming in her eyes at the pain he was inflicting on her.

"Now, would you like to try again? Why does a mere villager from a desert planet have such an effect on such a potentially powerful man? What is it you know of his past?"

"Nothing – I don't know. I've never seen him before." It was her last attempt to dissuade Hux from his cause. Her energy was quickly fading.

"I do not believe you." He said, menace and anger creeping into the tone of his voice. He was inching closer to her now, and she could see that his pupils were dilated – he was enjoying this. He was enjoying hurting her.

"Now, tell me, or I will –"

His thought was cut off as she heard the familiar buzzing of a lightsaber turning on behind him. General Hux whipped around, ready to reprimand whoever it was that had interrupted him. Cara almost breathed a sigh of relief as she saw the familiar billowing robes and daunting black mask that had haunted her through so many sleepless nights. At least he would stop whatever General Hux had planned for her. It scared her less if she was to be subjected to whatever pain Kylo Ren intended to inflict on her. At least against him she had the possibility to defend herself by playing to his emotions.

"General Hux, what exactly is it you intend to do with my prisoner?" Kylo Ren's voice was harder to read now that he had his mask on once more. The distorter covered the true emotion in his voice. It fell flat, and she could not tell if he was angry or indifferent in regards to her current predicament.

"You brought her onto my ship. I intend to understand why you, of all people on this vessel would be so emotionally ruled by a young girl. She has no power – there is no use for her." He practically spat his words, anger fully overshadowing his better judgement.

"That is for me to know and decide." Ren said, the crackle of his lightsaber a stark reminder of just what he was capable of. It seemed that General Hux could feel it to, but still he refused to back down.

"In the name of the First Order I command you to tell me what it is you plan on doing with this prisoner!"

Kylo shot towards General Hux so quickly Cara could barely register the movement had actually happened. Before she knew it, Kylo had Hux pressed up against the wall, his lightsaber illuminating both their faces in a sinister red light. The lightsaber was pressed right up against the General's neck, and she could see that his face was contorted in pain, a slow and slight burn creeping its way onto his skin.

"You do not command me, General. You would do well to remember that." Even through the distorter, his words were said with such ferocity and wrath she could hear his true emotion for the first time since he had walked into the room.

"Supreme Leader Snoke will hear of your exploits these last few weeks. You mark my words." General Hux said, trying to save face.

"Very well." Her masked captor said, obviously not very worried about the General's threat.

Hux ran out the second he got the chance, bellowing for the two Stormtroopers who had aided him to follow. She realized that neither of them had done a thing to help their fallen commander – it was obvious they were as frightened of Kylo Ren as she was.

The fresh pain in her arm was now a dull throb, and her head was finally starting to clear now that the room had finally fallen silent. She lifted her head with what was left of her strength to regard the man who in this moment, was her saviour. It dawned on her that she wanted him to take his mask off again. She wanted to be able to see his eyes.

"Thank you." She said, putting every ounce of honesty she could muster into her words. She truly meant it.

A/N: I know I say this every chapter, but I want to thank everyone who's been reading and following this story. I love writing, but I don't do it nearly enough because I'm always worried it won't be good enough. This story having so much support means a lot to me and gives me more confidence as a writer! I'll have a new chapter up as soon as I can :)