~ 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 ~ A Ben Solo/Kylo Ren Story

5.

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"Get up," Kylo commanded. The girl-Celeste-rose, rubbing her upper right arm and wincing. The stormtroopers must have handled her roughly when they took her here. 

"Follow me." 

She did. Her knees seemed wobbly and her vision kept sliding in and out of focus, he could tell she was in no state to train. She would take 8 hours to recover for the most part. That meant he had time to make sure a training room was set up, and her room was in order. Now, she was impressionable, since she was confused and disoriented. He had to make her fear and respect him, and realize what would be in store for in the future, and she had to accept it for herself. 

"Where are we go-"

"Don't ask questions. You'll see," He cut her off, lazily swiping his hand through the air, closing her mouth with invisible power. 

"You are exceptionally powerful with the force. I can sense it, the Supreme Leader can sense it. You have great potential if you are trained well. Snoke has given me the responsibility of training you," He was walking too fast, he knew, she was falling ever so slightly behind. He slowed by a fraction of a second to let her catch up. 

"I will not go easy on you," He warned, "It will be 8, 9, 10 hours a day, maybe more, and it will not be easy," He paused.

"But one day we will rule the galaxy. You have the same raw, untamed strength that I once did. You must learn to control it, as I did. And I know far more now than I did when I was training, so you will learn quickly," He sounded excited, almost, "We will become unstoppable, and we will crush any shred of the Resistance that gets in our way."

She nodded. He was surprised, she was much more receptive to this news than he expected her to be. 

"Wh-what do you mean, 'training'? What would we be doing?" He let the fact that she asked a question slide. 

"What did I say about questions?" Celeste bit her lip. "I will give you 8 hours to recover and rest, then I will send someone to retrieve you for training. 

"Yes...um, what do I call you...?" 

His mechanical laugh scared her. 

~~~~~

A stormtrooper walked to the door of Celeste's room.

"You're to be taken to the training room within the next 5 minutes," He said stiffly when she opened the door. Vega nodded. She had already showered and changed into an outfit that was already in the closet of the small room. 

"I'm ready," She replied. He turned and started walking quickly. Only then did she notice that two other stormtroopers surrounded him, escorting her to the training room. They walked for a few minutes in silence, occasionally passing varying amounts of other stormtroopers and generals. 

They arrived at a door and all of the men escorting her took a step back. She took a deep breath and pushed it open. Ren was already in the room, surrounded by many kinds of weapons on pristine, white tables. The door suddenly closed behind her and she realized she had stepped in unknowingly. 

"Close your eyes," He commanded. She did. "Reach out. Feel something calling you."

Celeste didn't even realize she was moving towards a small table until she opened her eyes and saw her hand reaching for a small, intricately carved knife. She picked it up and weighed it in her hands, running her fingers along the detailed carvings. She noticed a small button in the side, and curiously pressed it. The blade extended, almost quadrupling in size, turning from a small dagger into a large sword. Her eyes lit up. 

"Good. Set it aside for the time being," She did as she was told, pressing the button again so the blade would retract, and put it on the table. Ren silently held out his lightsaber towards her. She just looked at it.

"Who-me? I can't use that thing, I'll poke someone's eye out!" She spluttered, confused. 

"Take it." She hesitantly took it. She took a moment to get used to the size and weight, before finding the button and igniting it. 

~~~~~

Her face was illuminated in the red glow from his lightsaber. Kylo smiled slightly under his mask. This was going much better, much faster then he thought it would. 

"Now." He said, pulling another, random lightsaber from the table, igniting it as well. "Don't get killed." He swung at her. Her eyes flashed. 

"Hey! You never said we were-" He swung again. Her jaw locked angrily as she dodged again. She swung back recklessly and aimlessly, but with strength. He took a small step to the side. She swung again. And again. And again.

~~~~~

It wasn't until they were nearly through that first day of training that Kylo felt the need or urge to deflect one of her swings with his own lightsaber. The sound of energy clashing so loudly startled her, and she lost her balance. In a split second, she was on the ground and Ren's lightsaber was out of her hands. 

"Do not let anything distract you. I thought that was obvious," He growled. Celeste frowned, then suddenly moves slightly and kicked him in the back of his knees. He dropped both sabers. She grinned and used the chance to pick them both up and hold them threateningly at him. 

"Don't let anything distract you..." She mocked quietly. 

Suddenly, even as untrained as she was, Celeste felt Kylo's rage. Even a non-force-sensitive person could sense it, he simply always radiated anger. She was frightened. He gripped her neck with an invisible hand and pushed her against the wall.

"If you feel the need to ever talk back to me again, I will personally see to it that your death is as slow and as painful as I can possibly make it." That was the last thing she heard before she blacked out again.

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