At the Resistance base, it was late at night and everyone was growing tired of waiting for a response from Rey. Leia was basically falling asleep at the table, resting her chin on her supported hand. Her eyes slowly closing.

"Leia?" Poe tapped her shoulder.

Her eyes flickered open, gazing her weary brown eyes upon him.

"I'm fine," she assured him before he even asked.

Poe sighed. "Please. I can take a shift. Go home and get some rest."

"Is this an order?" She teased with a slight grin, standing up straight.

"No. Just a suggestion from a friend," Poe smiled at her.

Leia gave a tired laugh before passing Poe with a gentle pat on the shoulder. Once Leia was out of sight, Poe sat in her place. The room was dark, besides the green and blue holograms illuminating the room. Poe was also exhausted from everything that had happened the past week; Rey and Finn leaving with no word. He had friendly colleagues and acquaintances, but no one compared to Finn and Rey. They were his best friends, alongside BB-8 of course.

He silently agreed to himself that if Rey didn't reply in at least one more day, he'd be going there himself.

BB-8 loudly rolled over to Poe, making an excited and pleased beeping noise.

"I'm gonna take a nap buddy. If Rey starts talking, wake me up. Would ya?"

BB-8 gave an affirmed few beeps, letting Poe rest his head on the table.

The night went by like a breeze, and Rey hadn't slept that well in a long time. However, Rey wasn't exactly Rey. She was different with everything. Her personality, her style, even the way she spoke.

She spoke with a lower voice, making her sound like she was in charge, similar to how Hux sounded at times. Kylo noticed that when he had organized a breakfast with her, and he didn't like her attitude at all.

They were both eating, using their table manners.

Kylo observed Rey and how she ate flawlessly with her utensils and napkins.

"How did you sleep?" Kylo questioned, unsure of how to treat Rey.

Rey swallowed the food in her mouth before looking at Kylo. "Really well actually. How about you?"

Kylo hesitated, before also replying with "Also well." In reality, he only had an hours worth of sleep before a stormtrooper banged on his door at the wee hours of the morning.

"When can we train?" Rey questioned. Kylo hesitated with that too, not sure if he wanted to train her today. Although he knew Snoke would be displeased with him, he wasn't too sure about his padawan.

"In an hour or two-"

"An hour it is," Rey decided, eating rather rapidly now. Kylo took his time and waited until Rey excused herself from the table, walking almost robotically. Kylo remained alone at the table, looking at the amount of food he still had left. He wasn't all that hungry, so he left his food and went to take a long shower.

It was strange seeing the girl so… serious. She was always smiling and cracking jokes, fooling around. Now she seemed focused on something. Snoke had done something to her, but Kylo couldn't figure it out.

About an hour and fifteen minutes later, Rey was impatiently waiting outside in the garden. Her arms were crossed as she glared at Kylo approaching her.

"Why are you late?" Rey interrogated, her tone harsh.

"I took a long shower. My apologies-"

"I didn't come here to waste time. I came to learn about the force. Don't disappoint me like this again, Ren."

"Ren?! Who does she think she is?" Kylo thought to himself.

Kylo tried to read her mind, only to be shoved out by what felt like Snoke.

"That explains everything. Snoke has made himself a new puppet to play with..."

Rey pulled out her saber and began to practice fighting with Kylo, and fought rather aggressively. Both of them moved around, stepping quickly. The dust kicked up behind their heels. It was hot, and the two were growing out of breath.

Kylo accidentally singed a loose strap on Rey's outfit, making her furious. She raised her hand, force choking Kylo. Kylo clawed at his throat, incapable of doing anything.

"Watch yourself, Ren," Rey threatened. "If I wanted a proper tutor, maybe I should ask Hux since he seems better than you."

Kylo was offended and self-conscious. Was he truly that bad? Was Rey favorited by Snoke more than he used to be? Was he going to be thrown away?

Rey released him and stormed past him.

"Do you want to work in the garden to cool off?" Kylo shouted over his shoulder.

"Fuck the garden!" Rey shouted back, disappearing into the base.

Kylo sighed, closing his eyes tightly before pinching the bridge of his nose. What would he do now?

Rey stepped down the hall and into Snoke's room. He appeared before her, looking down at her.

"How was training?" Snoke asked.

"Awful," Rey bluntly told him. "But I feel prepared for tonight."

"Good…" Snoke prolonged the word.

Rey gave him a bright smile as he disappeared. Once Snoke was gone, she went into the courtroom to get a snack. Once Rey had eaten a bit of bread, she went into her room to take a brief cold shower before practicing her force skills alone, in her room.

The entire day had gone by like a breeze before it was already night time. She was ready to go on her adventure.

Rey mindlessly left the base and began walking in a direction she felt like she had to go. After about thirty minutes, she arrived at a village. She hid behind a shit shack of a home and held out her blaster, pointing her blaster at a father holding his newborn baby with love and care.

Rey cocked her blaster with the safety off and pointed at him. She closed one eye to focus on his forehead.

The blaster was pulled out of her hand and floated over to Kylo, who had secretly been tracking her all the way there.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Kylo raised his voice at Rey, taking her by the shoulders before slapping her across her face. "Snap out of it!"

Kylo focused and dug deep into her mind, staring intensely at Rey's eyes.

He felt himself inside her brain, feeling the smoke surround him. He kept walking and walking until he saw a light. Rey was curled up on the floor, rocking back and forth as she grasped her head. She was breathing heavily with quiet sobs.

Kylo lifted her limp body up and over his shoulder before walking away from the smoke. Once her mind was cleared, he set her down again.

Kylo came back to reality, where Rey was staring at him with tears in her eyes.

"H-Help me, Kylo," Rey began to sob. Kylo wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into a desperate hug. Rey hugged him right back, crying loudly into his chest. Kylo began to tear up from her strong emotions. To avoid the feeling, he looked up at the night sky. Rey appreciated his compassion, knowing that Kylo was almost at the same level as her. That was good enough considering their circumstance.

"We don't belong here, Kylo," Rey cried out to him. "This is… it's torture!"

Kylo partially agreed with her, but he didn't know what to do. He was afraid Snoke would control him. He was afraid that the First Order would attack him, or Rey for that matter.

Kylo held her head close as she sniffled and tried to breathe between her sobs.

"What is the plan?" Kylo whispered in her ear.

Rey looked up to Kylo, surprised that he had finally agreed to go home. Rey took his gloved hand before running back to the base with him.

AN: Hey guys! Long time no chapter, even though it's been a week. I'm still slowly getting my writing juice back, so the chapter production will be slow, but I am proud of these next couple of chapters. Thank you guys for your support! It means so much to me!