The Power Inside (Kylo Ren)

Four

Elle opened her eyes and sat up in bed; as she was rubbing her eyes to clear her vision, she noticed something dark in her peripheral vision. Her head snapped towards it, expecting to see Commander Ren. In the corner of the bedroom was a manifestation of darkness, like a dense black fog with glowing red cracks inside its vast emptiness. A combination of words and screams sat like a rock in her throat. She wasn't scared but she wasn't comfortable either. 

Elle stood up and cautiously walked over towards it. When she got halfway, she stopped and stared at it. 

"What...the...hell?" she exclaimed in confusion. She took a few more steps towards it, "What is that?" 

I am you. It responded in a deep almost artificial sounding voice. 

Elle jumped at the sudden sound of a voice and fell backwards onto the floor. "You...talk?"

Indeed, I do.

"Okay, I'm dreaming aren't I? There is no way this is real." 

You are, in fact, dreaming but I am real.

Elle tried her best to form words but her throat was so dry, "Explain?" 

I'm the 'thing inside of you,' as I've heard you label it.

"You...you're...what?" Elle was in complete confusion. 

That power you often talk about. The one that was created from the failed experiment. The one that the Supreme Leader is after. Is any of this refreshing your lack of memory? 

"yeah yeah, I've got that part. Why do you look like that?"

I'm a visual manifestation of you, what you feel, how you act. This was the best form i could create as of now but I will work on making myself look more...ordinary?

"You look dark and evil because I'm...dark and evil?" 

More or less, yes.

"This is fucking weird. Is this the pain medication causing me to hallucinate?" 

As I said before, you are in a dream state. This is, so far, how I can communicate. I wasn't able to execute this process before but because the medication you took removed some of the barriers, I got through.

"Look, I knew you existed but I was never expecting to actually see or talk to you. I'm not even one hundred percent sure what you are." 

Neither am I. However, i can speed up the process if you are willing to allow me access to your mind.

"No way in hell." 

I have no ill intentions towards you. Access to your mind would allow me to connect the both of us.

Before Elle could speak, she heard banging at her door. For the second time, she sat up in bed but in this instance it was reality. In her attempt to get up and answer the door, it swung opened before her feet even touched the floor. Commander Ren entered the room, scanning it to locate Elle. 

"No no, feel free to barge into my room." 

"You took too long. I'm following orders." 

"What if i had been naked? Did you even consider that, asshole?" 

The Commander was silent for a brief moment as he contemplated that scenario. "If i have to tell you one more time to watch how you speak to me..."

"What, are you going to kill me? Disobey orders to throw a tantrum?" Elle retaliated, cutting the Commander off mid sentence. 

She could see his gloved hands ball into tight fists. He knew she was right but would never admit to it. Elle got up and walked over to the Commander; she wanted to assert that she wasn't afraid of him. She had never seen his face but could only imagine how furious it looked. Elle stood in front of him with her arms crossed, daring him to make a move. The tension was suffocating as both Elle and Commander Ren stood their ground. 

"Clean your wounds and change your bandages." he commanded before turning around and leaving. 

Elle took a long, deep breath and collapsed back onto her bed. It wasn't long before the madness of her dream and the Commander's aggravating behavior caused her mind to give out in exhaustion yet again.