Hope Remains - A Reylo Story

⭐Eleven⭐

"The Corellian Trade Spine and Ison Trade Corridor have collapsed, Sir!" Admiral Wood barked proudly to the now Supreme Leader Hux. Hux sat tall in his makeshift throne after ascending into his rightful position some three weeks previously. With the success of General Rossi's plan to bring the Anoat System to its knees, Hux had promoted him generously to oversee project Nexus.

"That is indeed excellent news. Send for Zira Ren please, I wish to know of her progress in ascending to leader of the Knights of Ren." Hux spoke loudly accentuating his authority with every word - he would not be trifled with. He had tasked Zira with uncovering the security footage of the Supremacy's throne room on the night of Snoke's death. The problem was that the footage had been lost and the back up files were encrypted. Five years they had been encrypted and Hux had thought nothing of it but as Kylo Ren became more jittery and more unpredictable in his volcanic tantrums, it became apparent to Hux that something had indeed been up. The doors opened and a dark clad form entered. The form was feminine regardless of how muted the armour made the curves. Hux wondered what Zira Ren looked like under all that unnecessary armour and if she truly looked like a woman of fiery stance. "Ah, Zira."

Zira Ren bowed low before Hux and uttered out, "Supreme Leader. You wished to see me?" Even Zira's feminine voice was distorted through the mask she wore due to the modulator.

Hux sat up straighter leaning forward on the throne, "Yes. I wish to know of your progress in your new position." Hux noted the callus authority with which Zira Ren emulated into the room, she stood tall and held up her stance with her black staff, her saber was clipped to her belt concealed perfectly by her sweeping black cape that went across her shoulder and chest.

"My comrades took it difficultly at first but they seem to have improved drastically in their trainer. The conflict we felt with the light is all but extinct now. Slaughter of innocents and the guilty alike satiates are darkest souls. Leading the Knights of Ren has proven equal to my abilities." Zira reported to Hux. Hux scrutinised the monotonous way in which she spoke.

He wished to see beyond the mask, to decipher her countenance candidly. The mask she wore as a symbol of her order proved unnecessary now that both Snoke and Kylo Ren were gone even if the latter was still alive. "Remove your mask." Hux said gruffly in a tone of no nonsense. Zira bowed her head in submission and pulled her arms up to the mechanisms that clasped the mask in place. The suspense was unbearable. A head of full blood red hair became instantaneously visible as a braid fell down across Zira's right shoulder ending just past her chest. Her skin was ghostly pale and her eyes were a piercing forest green, her lips were full and looked soft to the touch while everything about her face was proportioned nicely. Such a waste to hide behind a mask. Hux became immediately enamoured by her ethereal beauty. "Your order no longer requires the necessity of a mask. Should any of your Knights wish to continue wearing it, they can continue."

"Thank you, Supreme Leader." Without the modulator of the mask, Zira's true voice was revealed and it was velvety soft, husky and seductive.

Hux wished that this was what all women appeared as from the influence of the dark side. He had indeed laid with many women over the years and all proved satisfactory in his bed but Hux found himself wondering how well a temptress of the dark side of the Force would fair in his bed.  A pursuit who knew would be forbidden! "What has Nuka Ren uncovered surrounding the night Snoke was murdered?"

Zira's eyes pierced Hux as if she could kill him with a single glance. "Nuka Ren has bypassed the encryption and handed it to Auni Ren for further analysis. It shall be handed to you by me personally when we uncover the truth."

"Excellent. Tell me Zira, what do you think of Kylo Ren's disappearance?"

"I cannot understand why he would betray us. The conflict was great within him indeed and he suffered much turmoil when he recuperated on Nathemar with us. The dark was stronger but something... Or someone has corrupted his black heart." The account was spoken with much venom and malice. The subordinate's eyes turned dark will disgust and hate for her former master. She too had felt conflict with the light but it was never enough for her to stray from her belief. Passion fuelled her strength to the dark side and her former master's recent betrayal only gave her more drive to the darkness as hate flowed through her veins. Aye, all six of the Knights she was apart of had followed Kylo Ren from Skywalker's Jedi Academy after raising it to the ground. They were offered a better, more powerful way of living to be gods amongst mortals. Yes, the promise of such unlimited power was undeniably seductive and Zira Ren had allowed her pull to the light wein as killing became easier and she became more ruthless.