Kylo reached out with an effort of will, touching the Force Dyad that connected him to Rey.

It came easier now, compared to last time. It came easier every time.

This was meant to happen.

He still saw the surroundings of his meditation room on his flagship, but he also saw her. He knew she would be seeing her surroundings, but she would also be seeing him.

"I'm busy!" Rey snapped.

Kylo didn't reply, at first, examining Rey for some kind of hint as to what she was doing.

Some kind of vital clue, that would reveal her location.

Nothing was immediately forthcoming. She was standing stiffly, with her arms out to either side as if embracing a huge tree, and occasionally leaning backwards or forwards a little.

"Where are you?" Kylo asked. "You can't run forever."

"Watch me," Rey said.

She didn't seem to be running, and Kylo chuckled.

"If this is you running, then you've given up already," he said.

Rey grit her teeth, then swayed a little, and Kylo stepped back again to try and interpret what he was seeing

If only he could get her to make some mistake… give a hint. Or if he could get something physical to come through their connection.

Something that he could have analyzed. Something to give a clue as to where she was.

"Have you accepted your family?" he asked. "Being descended from someone strong in the Dark Side… it's a powerful pull. The Dark Side could be a powerful ally for you, or it could consume you, Rey. Only I can help you become powerful."

Rey shook her head slightly, then shifted. One hand brushed at her hair, fending it out of her eyes, then she went right back to that odd pose.

Perhaps she was on Kashyyyk? Clinging to the side of one of the huge Wroshyr trees? Or holding on to a First Order monorail, on any of a thousand worlds.

He needed more.

"I'll find you eventually," he said. "And even if I don't, you know you don't have long. If you join me, Rey, then we can rule the galaxy together… otherwise the Resistance will be crushed."

"I said I was busy!" Rey told him. "Buzz off while I'm-"

She bit down on the words, and Kylo felt a triumphant smirk try to cross his face.

Rey had nearly cracked. Nearly said it.

He was on the right track.

He drew his lightsaber, and swept it through the air. Not at her, but at the space around her – trying to make contact with something on her side of the Dyad.

As he swung, Rey tipped over backwards, avoiding his attack-

DB-1089 tapped his boot against the metal floor, then frowned.

The sound was wrong.

He looked down, and saw a small amount of water pooling on the floor.

Confused and concerned, the stormtrooper stepped forwards a pace and turned, trying to identify where the environmental systems leak was coming from. They were serious business in the artificial environment of a warship.

"What the…" LK-3332 asked. "It's coming from the Supreme Leader's room?"

Then the door gave way.

Light fittings, trophies, clothes, weightlifting equipment and fifteen hundred tons of seawater exited the room in a rush that knocked over both stormtroopers, carrying along with them a prospective Dark Lord of the Sith. The tidal wave of water carried them all a hundred metres down the corridor, eventually ending up piled next to a grating as the water finally drained away.

"...what happened, sir?" DB-1089 asked, eventually.

"Nothing," the extremely bedraggled and panting Kylo Ren replied. "Absolutely. Nothing. At. All."

The troopers exchanged a glance.

"...nothing at all, sir, right enough," LK-3332 agreed. "Yes, sir."

AN:

Do not attempt to make a Force Dyad connection with someone windsurfing across Kef Bir's oceans.