Dark and Light

Chapter 3

The helmet was exactly as it had originally been except for the small device by the mouth. Zheth wouldn't have even noticed its existence if Hux hadn't pointed it out, but it apparently would allow her to keep breathing if she had one of those attack again just by pressing a button on the side of the helmet. She had to admit, it would be useful in battle... perhaps she could still fight in close range combat after all.

"We will have to test it of course." She glanced over at Hux as he spoke again. "But it should work fine."

"Good." She pulled the helmet off and nodded. "I can't wait."

There was silence between them for a few minutes before he spoke again. "You sound different, quieter too."

"Oh?" She smirked at him playfully. "And does the general miss the insults and names? I knew you would."

"I'm sorry I mentioned it..." He muttered under his breath.

"When do I get to the testing phase?" She changed the subject, her brief moment of who she once was once again exiled to the shadows. "I want to get on my mission as soon as possible."

"I could help with that." Kylo Ren's warped voice filled the room as he entered. "I have been made aware of your condition and know of a way to help. You must keep your breathing steady and heart rate down, just as Jedi are trained to do. I can help you with meditation to prevent over using that helmet, it would help in situations you might not have it with you as well."

"Will it take long?" She questioned.

"Not if you focus." He said, glancing at General Hux.

Hux seemed to disagree. "What if this turns out to be a waste of time? She can take the device and transfer it to whatever she's wearing. I already thought of your hypothesis when I had it created."

"I don't want to waste time before going on my mission." Zheth looked at Kylo's masked face. "I apologize but I must decline at this time."

She swore Hux nearly died at her statement before recovering with a smug expression. "Then if you will follow me, I will give you the details of your assignment and we can test the helmet out as well."

Zheth followed the red haired man quickly while Kylo Ren stalked off in the other direction, probably to go terrorize some control panel. A glance at Hux's face told her he was thinking along the same lines.

"Childish..." General Hux muttered under his breath before turning a few corners and walking into a room with a large panel of glass to show the galaxy around them while lesser First Order recruits worked at the ship's controls. "We are still close to the Resistance's base but you'll have to travel through lightspeed to get there, but we aren't sending you directly to their base this time."

"Where am I going?"

A hologram flickered to life as he pushed some buttons to zoom in on a planet. "This is Coruscant. After the destruction of Hosnian Prime the Resistance will try to seek favor with the people here to aid in getting more supplies for the war... we are going to stop them, not that it will be hard considering Coruscant's alliance leaning more in our favor. Before either side gets there however I want you to go there and scout the place for any one who might be in the Resistance's favor, kill them."

"And what if Han Solo or Rey should show up? Should I bring them in?" She questioned as she studied the planet.

"Kill them on sight. We don't have time for them to ruin anything else."

Predator turned to face him. "But Kylo-"

"He shouldn't be giving orders, that man wouldn't know strategy if the definition was right in front of him." Hux growled before turning off the hologram and walking her to her ship. "...But if you really think we should get a prisoner pick General Leia Organa. With their leader in our hands the Resistance will be forced to do as we command unless they want her harmed. Do you think you can bring her to us Predator?"

"Of course, Ginger." A smirk played across her face, this was going to be fun.

"Then your ship is ready when ever you are." Hux stopped in front of her ship; it had luckily survived Star Killer's destruction since someone used it to escape. "You have your weapons ready correct?"

"Of course." Zheth took out a knife and twirled it to show off for a second before putting it away. "Is Foxy worrying about my well being?"

She could've sworn a flash of red rose to his face before he shook his head in denial before stopping and giving a defeated sigh. "Perhaps a bit... But if you tell anyone I said that I'll have you thrown into the garbage shoot!"

She snickered and nudged his chest as she walked onto the ship. "I'll be back before you know it with General Organa, don't worry about that Husky Hux."

He gave a look that said 'you did not just give me another name' before nodding in farewell and walking off. Zheth walked over to the controls, turning them on and preparing to jump to lightspeed once she was a safe distance from the Finalizer. A plan was already forming in her head to catch General Organa. First she would do as Hux said and take out anyone on the counsel there for the Resistance before finding a good ambush location... Zheth bet that the other members who would side with the First Order might even help her with this. Secondly though before the actual ambush, she would take out Organa's guards... perhaps one by one to make fear settle into her prey... hmm, that was a fun idea. And then the grand finale, the ambush! Without any guards or other people around on the General's side Predator would easily take Organa prisoner.

The only difficulties she could think of at the moment was the faint possibility that this new helmet could fail, sure she could still contact General Hux, or whoever was currently on the other end back at the Finalizer, but they might not get there in time. Predator shook that thought from her head; thinking about failing would cause her to fail; besides that wasn't the biggest drawback in her opinion. The biggest one had to be the amount of Resistance member coming or already there that she would have to take care of. They might be rebels but that didn't mean they couldn't fight... she was at least positive they would fight better than the Storm Troopers. She also hoped the people Kylo Ren had asked for weren't going to be there, she knew Hux was above the Knight of Ren but killing them and him finding out still wouldn't end well for her. Oh well, if they were there she'd think of something, surviving was what she did best after all.