The Queen of the Dark | Kylo Ren

Seconds and An Eternity

          Night falls on the Jakorr palace, and Xiia steps out onto the ruined field. Some time ago, she went to see a nurse to tend to the two cuts on both of her arms. One inflicted by an unknown Chiss fighter, the other, from their commanding officer wielding a beskar blade. There was nothing that the nurse could do other than dress the wound with gauze and pain-relieving ointment. She didn't expect beskar to be this painful.

           A different kind of throb still remains on the inside of Xiia skull. The chilling thought that the Supreme Leader, the monster she had heard about in all of those stories, had entered her mind and searched through her memories. Despite the nefarious reason that Kylo Ren chose when he performed that extreme power, Xiia cannot help but smirk.

          He showed her who he truly was. Someone that was trained to look, sound, and even feel intimidating.

          But, Xiia saw the truth.

          She holds onto that truth as she trots towards the perched Command Shuttle with a few other Dioyan generals to accompany her on this mission.

           The absence of Cas weighs too heavily on her shoulders.

          He will be here, beside me, in due time. If one hair on his head has been touched, Thrawn better have an escape plan.

           Her newly shined boots clamp onto the hangar of the Command Shuttle as she climbs up to the control center.

           Standing guard on both sides of the metal doors are two Knights of Ren. Two different ones from the pair that escorted the queen previously. The one on her left has similar garb, but his helmet appears to double as some sort of breathing apparatus. He holds a war club with a circular red cyber crystal in the center. To the right, the Knight has an arm cannon as a replacement for an actual arm. He wears a long black coat to cover a holstered blaster on his hip.

             Because that is what this man is best at: subtlety.

              Xiia nods to both of them before the large metal doors open to her, revealing who exactly is inside the control center of the Command Shuttle.

             Directly center, the phantom of the First Order stares out the large window at the Jakorr Palace. He hears her enter the room, feels her through the Force. He banishes anything inside him that desperately wants to turn to her. To see if his actions have morphed into something more terrible than he could imagine.

            Luckily, he doesn't have to turn because she walks right up to his side.

           The queen scoffs at his silence. Looking out at the window together, they settle into that silence.

           And, slowly, Kylo Ren opens himself up to the Force.

           Xiia produces a small smile, letting her consciousness fully submerge into the feeling.

           That was quite a show you put on, Supreme Leader.

            In the corner of her eye, she watches for any indication that he heard her through the Force.

            He doesn't so much as flinch.

            Somehow, Xiia already knows she was successful, I want you to teach me how to access one's mind.

             Kylo Ren's head whips towards his wife, Why?

            The control room whirls, distracting Xiia for a moment. The metal of the Command Shuttle creaks as it begins to lift off of the ground.