Light & Dark

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He took hold of her wrists and  clamped his hand over her mouth before she could scream. That didn't stop her from trying to wriggle free. When he was sure she was aware of her surroundings he removed his hand from her mouth.

"You! Where have you been?" She spat the words at him.
"Did you miss me." He said smugly.
She tried to pull her hands free from his grasp. Lying in her bed she realised she was at his mercy.

It had been a week since she had seen the children led out of the Raptor. After that she had heard no more. There was no talk about their presence from other officers, nor gossip amongst the Stormtroopers. She did get a sense of heightened security though. She went about her day to day tasks all the while thinking up plans to do something about the situation with the young Jedi children. For now though, she had another situation. One that was sitting on the side of her bed, with his naked hands on her. For a moment she realised this current situation might be even more difficult to handle.
When he leant down to her, she thought her heart would beat itself out of her chest.
"Tell me you missed me," he whispered in her ear.
When he lifted his head to look at her, she smiled sweetly at him before saying, " Missed you? But I've had Hux to keep me company."  It had the desired effect even though they both knew it was untrue. He released her wrists and rose, before he began to  pace her quarters. She looked at him, a part of her aching for him to touch her once more, another wondering where he had been this past year.
It was then she realised, whilst he was dressed in his customary black, his clothing didn't have the same fit dictated by the First Order. And not only because he was not wearing his gloves.
"Does the First Order know you are here?" She asked, suddenly curious.
"Are you asking if I'm still the Supreme Leader?"
"Ben," she said. It was the first time she had spoken his name aloud in a long time, and it stopped them both.
"You became a First Order pawn, after refusing to join me, and now you ask what has become of me!
Hux knew I killed Snoke. If I hadn't woken when I did in the throne room he would have killed me there and then. After Crait there was nothing left for me here. Nothing left for me anywhere. So, yes, I left. It was only then that I began to appreciate why Luke also left when he did.
If I had stayed the anger would have consumed me, whether I sat in Snoke's throne looking over my shoulder for that day Hux finally eliminated me, or, as I can plainly see in your eyes, if I had joined the Rebellion for a short lived victory, which would have still ended with  me being imprisoned for my past deeds. This would have been even worse than dying at the hands of that lunatic Hux."
"So why come back now?" She said. She sat up in her bed, her arms wrapped around her legs watching him pace up and down her small quarters. He turned at her question and her heart skipped a beat. His gaze was intense, one she remembered well, and which haunted her dreams. He grinned and walked over to her. Leaning down to her, she lifted her head in anticipation.
"So you did miss me, Rey."
And with that, he rose again and began to pace her room once more.
She grabbed her pillow, ready to throw it at him in frustration. But he turned just in time and she placed it over her folded knees and leant down.
His expression told her everything. It was back to business and the duty at hand, whatever that may be. He had yet to tell her exactly why he was here. Clearly it wasn't for anything amorous.

"The young Jedi," he began, "they must not be allowed to learn the ways of the Sith. If Darkness rises the galaxy will destroy itself. The Light will be extinguished for ever and the Force will cease to exist."

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