The Power Inside (Kylo Ren)

Thirty Five

A week passed with Elle staying in Dez's room; she refused to leave, even for food. so they started secretly bringing it back for her. Dez had to force the food down her throat or else she wouldn't eat it. Elle barely spoke and when she did it was pretty incoherent. 

Behind Elle's back, Dez and TJ had finalized their plan to destroy the Commander. It was fairly simple. They would inform General Hux that Ren took advantage of Elle, lied about her status, and purposefully put her in danger. Of course, they fabricated some of his intentions to sound more evil than they were but it didn't matter. They knew that the General was looking for a way to get rid of Kylo Ren. 

While Elle remained in Dez's room, TJ went to speak with the General. Dez went to work like normal; she and TJ planned for the General to request her presence as another witness to Ren's wrongdoings. 

"General Hux." TJ greeted, saluting him. 

"What do you want?"

"I have some information regarding the Commander's appalling behavior towards the subject, Elle."

Hux's eyes lit up as he turned to face TJ, "Follow me." 

He lead them into his office after ordering the troopers to remain where they were. He sat down at his desk and motioned for TJ to continue. 

"Elle, who is now my friend, has confided in me that Ren has abused his role as her protector."

"In what way?"

"He coerced her into having sexual relations with him using the force to influence her thoughts. He used the fight with the soldiers as an excuse for her to stay with him so that he could use her whenever he wanted. He also has purposefully put her life in danger; I don't know if you are aware but at one point near the beginning on her stay, he force choked her until her heart stopped. He, of course, took her to the medical ward to be resuscitated to avoid repercussions."

Hux was leaning into his desk, eagerly taking in every word that came out of TJ's mouth, "Continue." 

"He has lied to you and the Supreme Leader about her status on multiple occasions. Obviously, he told you she was fine while she was in a hospital bed fighting for her life after being strangled by him." 

"Can anyone else corroborate your claims?" he inquired excitedly. 

"Of course. My sister has also been witness to this abuse. Elle is so traumatized that she barely speaks and when she does it's incoherent nonsense. Otherwise, she would be here with me to inform you." 

"Bring me your sister, now." he demanded. 

TJ nodded and quickly left to go get Dez; both TJ and Hux had smirks on their faces as he left. He practically ran to her station and grabbed her. 

"It's working perfectly. I could see how excited he was to have reason to get rid of Kylo Ren." TJ said, panting as he ran with Dez back to the office. 

"I knew you would pull it off perfectly." she responded. 

Dez corroborated TJ's story with ease. Hux had enough evidence to bring this to the Supreme Leader; it was a big help that Snoke desperately needed Elle. Hux dismissed them back to their stations. 

"I'm going to check on Elle before I go back okay?" she informed TJ.

"Alright. Don't say a word about this to her." 

"Don't be fucking stupid. Of course I wouldn't."

Elle was sitting in a chair with a blanket around her when Dez entered her room. She was in the same spot a few hours ago when Dez left for her shift. Elle just stared off as if her mind was completely void. 

"Hey, love. How are you doing?"

"Ok." she responded quietly. 

"Look, you need to get out of this room so I'm dragging you to the afternoon meal later." Dez stood her up and pushed her to the lavatory, "So take a shower and change your clothes. I'll be back in a couple of hours to take you."

Elle groaned but agreed; Dez was very persuasive when she needed to be. The hot water stung Elle's skin but she didn't really care. At least she felt something other than total numbness. She fought back the intrusive images of her and Ren in the shower together while rinsing herself off. The thoughts and images vanished when she shut off the water and stepped out. 

As she was getting dressed, images of Ren helping her get dressed when she was injured flooded her mind. Everything she did brought back memories of him. Elle stared at her semi-naked body in the mirror; her stomach had a slight bump as she was only roughly two months along. She traced her fingers around the protrusion. 

We made this. Ren and I made this.

Shaking off the thought, she quickly finished getting dressed and sat in a common room chair, waiting for Dez to return. Elle had gotten into the habit of spacing out for hours at a time. Dez shook her and, once awake, held her hand on their way to eat. They were almost there when Elle heard the familiar footsteps on Commander Ren walking. She yanked Dez into the mess hall as quick as she could to avoid seeing him. 

"Woah what's up with you?" she asked.

"Oh, I thought I heard Ren's footsteps. I don't want to see him." Elle admitted. 

"Good call." 

"Hey! Over here!" TJ yelled from across the room. 

They walked over to him and sat down to eat. Elle didn't talk much nor did she eat much either; Dez had to threaten her so that she would eat. When they were almost finished, a group of stormtroopers led by General Hux entered into the Mess Hall.

"Huh, I wonder why he's here." Elle stated. 

Hux's booming voice summoned the three of them to follow him; all eyes in the hall were on them. They quickly rushed to follow him as he started walking out the door. 

"What does he want?" Elle asked?

"No idea." TJ lied. 

"I guess we'll find out soon." Dez added.