STRONGER - KYLO REN

ix . the night in her quarters

KYLO FOUND OUT that the order can track the resistance through light speed in a last minute meeting with the supreme leader. he tried to hide his wound from astrid, but snoke noticed immediately. he again, told kylo how weak he was, and that his feelings were getting in the way. he told him to tell astrid to be prepared to take on the knights of ren tomorrow. in front of snoke and kylo.

in the elevator, he raged, slashing and destroying anything in his path. he had his ship prepared for him though, because he needed to take care of another thing standing in his way.

his mother.

general organa still had hope her son would come home to her, but kylo needed to show her that he son was no more. he needed to do something right.

pilots were climbing into tie fighters, as kylo boarded his ship, flying out as soon as he could to challenge the resistance cruisers.

"follow my lead." he says through the transmission.

he flies around and aims at one of the main ships, hitting it with ease. he learned to pilot from one of the best, his father.

he spins the ship around and around, firing nonstop and hitting every target. the resistance begins to speed away. kylo notices this and follows them, driving right by the windows and flying by. when he does this, general organa senses her son, as kylo senses his mother.

"ben..." she pushes into his mind.

tears slowly form in kylo's eyes, his name triggering something in him. kylo aims at his mother's ship. leia knows what he's capable of, and what he can do. she pleads in her mind that her son does not do this. kylo ignores her, gloved finger over the trigger. he's in perfect range to destroy her. destroy it all... but he can't... not only does he see her face and his fathers, but astrid's... her green eyes pleading with him.

he takes his finger off, watching as other ships take the shot he couldn't, and blow part of the ship to pieces, exactly where his mother was. kylo shakes in his chair, noticing general hux telling him to return to ship. he lets out an annoyed growl, but flies back to the docking bay.

when he lands, he is enraged. he storms past everyone and to his quarters, where he spends the rest of the day, slashing at walls on his way there.

astrid had no idea any of this occurred, until her data pad lit up. she moved it towards her with the force and looked at the message.

resistance out of range. low on fuel. many members lost. kylo ren's piloting team damaged main ship.

just like what happened with rey, astrid is transported in front of kylo. he's destroyed something with his saber, but stops when he senses her.

"astrid..." he whispers.

"what happened kylo?" she asks, staring at him.

"nothing. but i guess this is what you meant about the scavenger showing up in your room." kylo walks into a room.

"i won't be able to come tonight... i have things to do..." he says, once away from anyone who could hear him.

astrid sighs. "i don't care how late it is... please kylo..."

kylo stares at her. the anger fades away from him about everything from the day. hux's failure, snoke, his feelings, his mother, the resistance.

all he can think about is making astrid happy. which is a shock to him.

"alright..." he says with a sigh.

a smile lights up her face, and then she vanishes. he sighs and sits down at his desk, looking through paperwork until his several meetings later that night.