Hux adjusted himself as he entered the bridge of the Finalizer, as he eyed every officer in the control room, as if he were a hawk gliding through the sky searching for its prey. However, he could not stop thinking of the moment of when he stopped himself from causing any more harm to his wife.

"Why did I stop myself..." Hux thought to himself as he ran his hand through his red hair, combing it back into place.

A shiver slowly went up his spine as memories of his abusive childhood caused by his own father who saw as his only heir but as his bastard child.

Flashback

"No father..please..."

"Shut up you stupid little wretch!" Brendol bellowed as he slapped the young child across the face, once more til both the child's cheeks are black and blue.

"Your slobbering won't get you anywhere!"

Flashback end

"General.." A voice spoke, causing him to snap back to reality.

He then turned to see Captain Phasma standing before him, looking at him with slight concern.

"You seem to be distant," Captain Phasma said.

"Are you feeling ill?"

"No im not," General Hux answered, brushing away his thoughts.

"What is the status report on the prisoner,"

"The prisoner is close to being broken while the droid is somewhere along the deserts of Jakku," Phasma answered.

"That will be all, Captain," Hux said.

"You are dismissed,"

Captain Phasma nodded as she swiftly turned, her cape flowing behind her as she walked out of the control room with the doors shutting behind her. Hux silently sighed as he returned his gaze to the officers who are obvious to both his and Phasma's conversation which he was glad to. However, that didn't stop him from thinking about why he had stopped himself from hitting Ava. He remembered when he was about to slap her, he briefly saw his past child self looking up at him, sobbing and pleading for him to stop.

"I really have become like my father," He thought to himself as he begin to feel bad for how he treated Ava.

He knew Ava was difficult and stubborn, wouldn't break so easily despite the abuse he had thrown at her since he forced her to marry him. Yet for some reason, he didn't seem to make his threat of murdering her family come true. Whenever he was with his wife, a warm feeling would always form in his chest starting with his heart beating rapidly. Ava was different from the previous five women he had dated before she came into his life. Besides her beauty, he knew that Ava could be the key to teaching him what love truly means. All he had ever known about love is through lust when he would bring every women he met into his bed, yet none of them had what he wanted. An heir...a family. He dreamed of having a family starting with a wife, children and maybe a few pets as well as a nice house on a nice healthy planet throughout the galaxy.

"Oh Ava," He thought to himself, as he started to feel ashamed for how he treated her.

"I will find a way to make it up to you,"

Then, suddenly the alarms were set off, snapping him out of his thoughts as the doors opened, allowing a man with dark hair enter the room.

"Sir...We just recieved a report from one of the officers of the Launch Bay.." The Lieutenant said, standing firm.

"Yes..get on with it, Mitaka," Hux ordered.

Mitaka gulped, silently as he spoke the very words that will cause all hell to break loose.

"The prisoner...has escaped.