Past, Present and Future

Meeting of old acquaintances.

The ship shook vigorously, the woman at the controls swearing fiercely. She had a troublesome past with the first order and wasn’t at all pleased with this little run in. They had locked on to her and her ship was now slowly being towed into their hangar bay. They would not be pleased to see her again, yet now there was not much to be done. She stood by the controls, leaning back against the captain’s chair, her droid beside her, staring at the door, there was no fear in her blue eyes and her face was carefully expressionless. She listened to the at least half dozen feet of the Stormtroopers as they boarded her ship. The door opened, and in they burst. A gun was immediately held to her head. “Get out” One said, in a monotone robotic voice. “You ruin anything in here and I will make sure you die” she hissed walking out of the cockpit. The gun still against her head. “Point that elsewhere, I don’t run when the only thing it will achieve is getting myself killed.” She said. And as if the trouper had acted on her command the gun was removed from her head. She was taken to a room, and secured to some sort of interrogation chair. As soon as most of the troupers had gone back to their regular duties she spoke up. “Remove these restraints and leave the cell.” She said. They did. “Oh and when you’re at it, why don’t you steal a TIE and get off this bloody ship” She called after them, walking towards the door. Yet she found it blocked. A figure entirely clad in black, face covered by a mask. His appearance clearly meant to scare. Yet the woman did not scare easily. And there was something familiar with this man. Well of course she knew who it was, it wasn’t that hard to guess really. It was Kylo Ren. Yet something about him was familiar on a more personal level, something that surely would be impossible, as she could not bring to mind meeting him before. “You just going to stand there or what?” she questioned, a mean smirk tugging at the corners of her mouth. The man took a step towards her, the door sliding closed behind him. “The force is strong with you, nothing I would expect from a mere scavenger. Nor a simple resistance pilot. Though you are neither, you do not belong to any category, am I right Relae?” he questioned. The woman looked him up and down, something about him was surely familiar. “You know my name, how?” she questioned. “I do not only know your name, I know you. Better than most. You know my name as well, yet not that I belong to it.” He said, smiling at the way the she looked when she thought deeply, though this she couldn’t see because of his mask.  “I know who you are.” She said simply. “I had a friend once, a friend with a love for riddles. He used to terrorize me with them when we were bored. Yet I would not look after Ben Solo under the name of Kylo Ren” She said softly. “Ben Solo is dead, he was weak so I killed him” the man said, removing his mask revealing the face of an old friend. “I know, he was weak. Yet look what his replacement has achieved.” She said, her mouth curving into her signature smile, an evil glint in her eyes. “Such a high ranking in the first order, you have certainly grown stronger since we parted. Or rather you left.” She said. Memory flashing before her eyes. Yes she had missed him dearly, yet such feelings did not last for long. They had died along with the silly girl who had fallen for him. “Is this the way you welcome an old friend?” she questioned motioning to the slanted table with restraints. He chuckled “They do as general Hux tells them, he doesn’t know you. He has a love for drama.” He said softly. Hiding how glad he was to see her again, he had thought about her often during the years they were apart. “Well then, where I may find this general Hux, I mean so I can nicely tell him to piss off?” she said flashing him a malicious smile. “or so that you can shove his own head up his ass only to tell him to get his head out of his ass and look deeper at the situation and not chain innocent people up for nothing?” Kylo finished. “Though I wouldn’t see you as innocent” He grinned. “Get out of my head Ren” She glared. “Come, since I presume you’ll be staying a while I’ll show you to your room.” He said. “Well now that I have a general to track down I guess I’ll stay until my job is finished” She ginned. “Don’t worry, darling. I’ll introduce you” Kylo said faking a soft voice. “You better” she replied.  “And don’t darling me, Darling” she added. He showed her to a room on one of the upper levels of the stardestroyer. A room with an exquisite view provided by two huge windows. A huge bed was placed opposite them. Other than that the room wasn’t overly furnished. A desk and a dresser. Two doors on the left-hand wall lead to a bathroom shared with the room next to hers. The other door lead straight into said room. Kylo’s room she figured. “Okay, Now you’re just showing off” She commented. “Not at all, I liked your ship, it was just a tad smaller.” Kylo mused behind her, his closeness making her remember for a split second. “A tad?” she turned to him raising her eyebrows. He met her gaze, looking deep into her fierce eyes, there was a great deal more fire burning in them, compared to when they had both been younger. Had he ignited any of those flames? He couldn’t help but wonder. “Get out of my head Ren” she said softly, her voice breaking the silence with much of the smouldering her eyes displayed. It wasn’t anger, yet an intensity. An intensity that would make anyone listen, and of course comply with her wishes. This he did. There was a knock on the door. “I think it’s that asshat of a general you were talking about” She said with a dangerous grin. “Come in” She said, feigning innocence and niceness in her voice. She was skilled, to say the least. The door opened, and the general stepped in. “Kylo, Supreme leader Snoke has wished to speak with the girl” He said. She cleared her throat. “I’m sorry, did you not notice my presence?” she asked, rising an eyebrow. “The message was for Kylo Ren.” Said Hux, frowning. “And about me, please general. Take your head out of your ass, it’s not a hat” she said flashing him an overly sweet smile. Pleased with the effect it had on both the general and Kylo, who by the way was trying not to let an amused chuckle escape his lips. “Follow me miss” Hux said, his mouth forming a thin line. She smirked at Kylo before complying with his request.