Nothing at all / General Hux X OC

First taste of leather

I woke up in a cold room, but not like metaphorically cold, like literally really cold. It seemed that while sleeping I kicked off my blanket and now i was freezing. I was actually surprised how fast a fell asleep, because usually it takes a lot of time for me to get use to a new place, not even talking about a new bed.

I get up from my bed, lazily drag my legs to the bathroom and look at the mirror...my faces looks like a mess,but my hair is even a bigger one. I sigh remembering i need to put this mess in a bun or something I grab a comb and groan as I brush my hair " I never needed to do such stuff back on Refiroa.." I mumble "..why do they even care the way my hair looks? Do girls learn how to style their hair in the academy? They didn't teach me that. I wonder what would they do to me if I wouldn't folow this rule and leave my hair as it is?" Multiple questions came to my head while I tried to secure the bun with pins or whatever they had put here in the bathroom, breaking a few while I do that. When I'm done i look at the mirror. .."oh yeah... I forgot to change my clothes" I quickly grab the uniform and put it on. I take the last glimpse at the mirror before leaving to the cafeteria. " I look pretty okay"

When I walked through the door I was greeted by a small
"Good morning "
I turn my face,It was that girl who stood beside me yesterday, but I couldn't remember her name. She had nice blonde hair tied in a bun exactly like mine, but just done better.
"Morning " I smile
"Going to get breakfast "
"Yup, gonna join me?" I offer
"Of course " she gives a smile and we start to walk.
"I can't quite remember your name"
I try to sound as polite as possible
"Anita and you are Aja,right? "
"Yes" we both shake hands, I did feel some kind of awkwardness between us two, I wanted to ask her something, but I was too scared i will insult her or she will start to think differently about  me, the thing that I'm an alien from another planet might just slip out and she will start to judge me
"So you are from Refiroa?" I froze by that sudden question and I simply nodded " where's that? "
"Um...a ..it's in the mid rim"
"Hmm never heard of it"
"Its a small little planet, so no surprise. It actually just made the alliance with the First Order "
"Really? "
"Yeah just two years ago..."
"Oh that's really not along time "
avoiding the silence I ask
"So what about you?"
Anita turns to me a bit confused by the question and I soon understand I need to make it clearer
"I mean, where are you from?"
"Ohh...I don't know, I was taken away when I was a child so I can't remember"
I panic a bit, she seemed pretty upset that I asked that
"Sorry for that"
"You dont need to apologise!" She laughed and patted my shoulder "you just asked a normal question "
I felt a bit relieved by the way she reacted, maybe people here are not as evil and cold as I though.

We went to the cafeteria to find the other lieutenants having breakfast so we sat down next to them. To my surprise everyone seemed friendly, no one really cared about my past or how much training I got. Maybe I was just over thing.

After breakfast we were all going to the main bridge to meet general Hux who will tell us our today assignments. I felt much more confident after talking to my coworkers it seemed that I have nothing to fear unless I fail at my job, then I'm screwed.

As we got on the main bridge we were greeted by the back of the general, who was gazing at stars, probably wondering how many planets they have that he can destroy. When he felt 10 pairs of eyes on his back,  he turned around.
"Ah, you are all here. Perfect. Admiral!" And soon a tall figure appeared next to the general "these seven are coming with you to sector 3" he said, while pointing at the seven guys in the line. They didn't hesitate and followed the admiral out. "As for you two " he said said while looking directly at Anita and the other guy whose name was Mita " Mayor Tobaka will show you everything" he gestured at a man standing next to a computer of some sort.

That left me... I felt General's eyes staring at me, like he was examining my every movement, thinking what would be the best ,or in this case the worst thing he could make me do. Right then I understood, looking ant his blank green eyes, that he cared...it  did matter to him where I was coming from, how much time I have spent here...everything mattered. He had an evil smirk on his face that was almost  visible ,unless you are standing right in front of him, just like me. I felt every beat of my hear, the surroundings went completely black, the only thing I saw was those two green eyes staring at me. Afraid to break the contact,  but not wanting to stay in it much longer, I straighten up my posture, hoping he will get my message to finaly tell me my duties for today. It kinda worked. Hux tilted his head a bit to the right,  his eyes still locked on my face, and opened his mouth a bit, just enough for a sigh to escape. That indicated that he had thought of something.

"There are some documents that I need you to take care of. You will find them on your datapad "

I seriously didn't know how to react to that...documents.. thats the worst thing he could have given to me! Whatever the other guys at sector 3 were doing,  I'm sure it was more fun that checking those stupid documents. The worst part was that I usually made some minor mistkes while writing , signing or basically doing anything with them. I was in shock,  if this was a way of him punishing me...he did a great job.

"Yes sir" I say as I walk off the bridge to the office. There was this quiet place where everyone worked on documents and stuff. It just wasnt comfortable reading on these stupid datapads that everyone seemed so obsessed with in this place, it was much easier to work on the computer.
I opened a few files, those seemed pretty simple, some financial stuff, new parts for the ship, confirming the new arival of TIE's...you know...I loved those ships, from the way they looked, to they way they roared as they passed you by, but nothing will top the euphoria you feel while flying. I loved flying,  but only TIE's, because that's the only ship that felt so easy to maneuver...
I shook my head out of the dream I was having, whishing to fly one of those things soon.

When I finished with all of the work I was called to the General's office. 

This can't  be good...it is never good when you are called to an office,  except if you get promoted,  but I dont think that anyone got a promotion after working with documents.

With my body shaking I somehow made my way to the office,  the doors opened and I stepped in a room that seemed as horrible as the place as I was living in. A single table stood in front of me and Hux was sitting there,looking at his datapad, his facial expression telling me, he didn't like what he was seeing.

" You asked to come ,sir?"

He slowly lifted his eyes from the bright screen. He put the datapad down and stood up, walking infront of me, his head down, looking at the ground,  thinking of the best way to say something. When he was about two feet away from me The General  raised his head. We stood in silence,  it seemed to me that he was trying to examine my face and see if I knew why I was here ...but I didn't

Before i knew it, he slaped me ...  leaving  severe feeling of burning and stinging on my right cheek. His gloved hand leaving a red mark on my face... This was the only thing in this entire ship that reminded me of home and that memory was not pleasant.  It reminded me of my father, how he used to hurt me whenever I disobeyed him ir did anything not in his liking. My first instinct to this was to fight back, I have punched my dad a few times after he did this to me,  but I was not as brave to do the same to a person standing in front of me. I looked back at the general, thinking I'll see some kind of pleasure in his eyes after what he did,after all, he was called the cruelest man in the galaxy, but I was surprised to find non, I only saw disappointment  and discuss.

"Didn't they teach you how to handle documents back in Refiroa!?"

Actually I wanted to answer that, by saying No, they didn't!  The only times when we had to write something  were essays, we never needed to write stupid documents. Refiroanians were really intelligent,  we could quote famous people or sometimes even whole poems. Our speeches were powerful, full of logic but at the same time full of artistic metaphors. We were brilliant in lots of things! Combining science , art and power...but we were horrible at paper work...and that was in my genes, I couldn't change that.

"From now on you will be the one responsible for all the documents that come in and go out of this ship, till you learn the proper way of writing and managing it! Understood! ?"

"Yes..sir"

"You're dismissed "

I walked out of that room as fast as i could. How can he do this to me? He sees that I suck at managing documents,  so why not put me somewhere else?

I was walking through hallways, hiding my face in shame, hoping no one will see what the General did to me . Finally getting to my room and collapsing on my bed, still hoping that Hux will change his decision.