Crossed Lines: The Shadow In The Void

Chapter 2: No More Hiding

Kylo Ren P.O.V.

I was sent on a mission from my master, the Supreme Leader Snoke, to seek a disturbance in the Force that was present in a small nearby system. The presence was numbing and the chill of the power lingered in my mind. I stepped out of my ship off the platform and scanned the Stormtroopers that spanned the skybridges. I meditated for a moment to search for the Force sensitive being.

 I could feel the fear. The anger. The repulsion. I felt it all erupt from the people at our arrival. It soaked all those emotions in. I searched until I sense it. 

Her.

 It was a female humanoid fleeing the city. 

"You! Follow me!" I shot up and ordered four troops to follow as I started in the direction she was running. 

"Hold your position here and force back any resistance. We must find that girl," I ordered the rest. 

 "Yes sir." The Stormtroopers formed position as I ran through the city .

"Where are you going..." I murmured. "There is nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide!"

Turn after turn, we ran through the streets like a mouse in a maze. I stopped when I felt the Force settle like a cloud. I shook my head to clear the mental fog. I realized we were caught in the middle of a street. All the humanoids cleared the way when they saw the flames, the high pitch of my lightsaber being brought to life; hot energy radiating at my side. She was here. I could feel her. I sensed no fear in her. It's a shame. I want to hear her scream as I end her life.

A block away, stepping from their hiding spot and unsheathed their saber, was a grey hood. There she was. From her came the screech of a yellow lightsaber which settled in a gentle hum at her side. 

"There is no way for you to run. I will hunt you down like the Jedi dog you are." I shouted. We stood there in silence as we stared each other down. After a moment, she reached her hand up to reveal a white and red mask from under her hood. "I want to see your face before you die," my dark and heavy voice thundered.

"I would say the same to you, you Sith!" She hissed. "Your search for power will have no end and will only consume you! If I do not kill you, you yourself surely will." Her voice swept like wind around me.

"We'll see about that!" I smirked.

I grew tired of the silence and waiting. With quick feet, I began charging at her. She used her power of the force and pushed me back, coming at me with a sweeping motion of her lightsaber, but I dodged it only to have our blades meet. We were face to face. My red blade illuminated her mask, and violet eyes sparkled in reflection.She was as calm as a the night. How quaint , I thought. And I shall end her in her sleep! 

She jumped back and attacked once more, dodging and blocking my very move. We went on with no end for what seemed like an eternity. I jumped back and motioned for my eagerly waiting troops to fire. She blocked each blast and plunged her saber through the nearest trooper. 

With each second passing I studied her movements, I grew impatient. She would not relent at every turn. No matter what I through at her she tore it down. 

"You were taught well!" I tremarked, keeping my eye on her body language. I wanted to slither under her skin; make her break. "If you continue to run, we will chase you till the end, you know. There will be nowhere for you to go at some point." I pointed my blade at her. "Join us. You will not have to run. Your powers are too important to squander by sitting and waiting." 

She stood her ground. Then, almost as if my words penetrated her stubborn skull, she sheathed her saber.

"You're right." She said in a gasping voice. She panted for air and caught her breath. She was a strong one. I could feel it swirl in and around my being.

 "I am indifferent to your cause, but the Jedi are weak. The Jedi are stuck in their archaic ways. They are no match for the side of the force that continually find the power they so crave, rising above."

I laughed. I was so thoroughly impressed that all i could do was stand there and laugh. Was this really going to be this easy? She couldn't be THIS much of a fool. Or was she too smart for me? She stepped forward and pulled her hood back up over her head. "Stop the aggression here. These people, and this government have not wronged you."

I sneered, "follow me." I sheathed my blade and whipped my cloak around in her face as I began towards my ship. Snoke will be most pleased. 

I lead her back through the streets to the platforms. The stormtroopers broke from their formations and back on the ships with the wave of m hand. I stepped on the ramp to enter my ship when I turned on my heels, coming face to face with the other masked figure. The girl barely put up a fight. She stepped back and caught my gaze, only to quickly look away. How cowardly of her.  

Good. She'll learn her place soon enough. 

We stepped aboard and the vessel sealed. "Set a course for The Starkiller." I ordered the pilot. 

"Yes sir." The pilot plotted the coordinates for the home base, pressing blinking buttons and pulling a lever. One by one our ships jumped into hyperdive. 

I turned my attention to the Jedi, who now sat, keeping her focus on the ground. She was an oddity. I stalked over to where she sat and crouched down. I grabbed the chin of her masked face and forced her to look into mine.

 "Look at me." She pushed my hands away from her face, "LOOK AT ME!" I yelled when she refused to turn her eyes. Those violet eyes flicked up and I could sense the hatred that festered in her gut. "You feel hatred for the First Order for all that they have done."

She said nothing. Her eyes did not falter. 

"You should let that anger, that hatred, those feelings fuel your power. Use your emotions. Do not suppress them. You will grow stronger when you let that... that facade of calm fall." I let go of her face and hovered behind the pilot's chair.

"It's not a facade," She murmured behind me but, I ignored her. 

I was focused on the approval of the Supreme Leader once he hears of the accomplishment of today. 

As we landed, I shoved her into the care of the guards standing at attention at the landing pad. Take her to a holding sell. You are ordered not to harm her in any way. Understood? Snoke will want her alive and healthy. They took her by the arms and lead her away. 

For now, I wanted to meditate in my chambers till I needed to be summoned by Snoke to discuss the foolish jedi. Could this jedi really be so stupid. Jedi and their kind have always been weak under the fist of the First Order, and especially under the hand of the Knights of Ren. Her mind might be guarded from me now where I would not be able to see her real intentions, but she'll crumble later. 

I sat with my legs crossed on the floor. Taking out my light saber, I began meditating and focusing my power of manipulating the parts and pieces to deconstruct it then to piece them back together. I continued sitting till i was summoned a few hours later.