Chain Reaction

Chapter 17 - Reconditioning?

Paige

She was moving, she felt like she was moving, at least, but she wasn't using her legs, or her arms, she felt like she was floating. She heard the sound of boots hitting the floor in steps, boots that weren't hers. Paige recollected what had happened before, she had an audience with Snoke, she decided against killing him there and then, and... he knew. Snoke knew about her, and she suddenly remembered the last words he ordered to his guard. Her eyes shot open and saw Hux was carrying her, he had not noticed she was awake yet, she took a minute to take in where she was, he was taking her somewhere, and it dawned on her that he must have been the one ordered to recondition her. She wanted to struggle in his grasp, but her body was weak, she couldn't move properly, it was the feeling of punching in a dream, except all her actions felt like that. She felt her pain in her wrists as she tried to move, and she looked at her hands to notice that she had been cuffed, Snoke must have added these for good measure, her head started to ache badly again.

"Hux" She managed to say.

She saw his eyes look from straight ahead down to meet her gaze, he looked shocked to see her awake.

"Hux, let me go."

She felt his muscles flex against her and she took this as a sign that he was not going to do what she said.

"Hux--"

He shushed her. She tried to move in his grip, trying to struggle free, but to no avail.

"I don't want to be reconditioned again." She stated, fighting the urge to spit at him.

"I know"

This took Paige aback, if this was his sort of revenge for her not talking to him back at the planet--

"I'm not taking you to reconditioning." He whispered.

Paige's eyes widened as she stared at him.

"You would defy Snoke's order for me?"

"I would defy any order for you."

Hux's eyes were staring straight ahead, keeping up his appearance of authority, he continued along the corridor and Paige realized he was heading for the hangar. He was taking her out of here, but she couldn't leave, she had to kill Snoke and take over.

"Hux, I need to stay."

"You'd only suffer, the longer you're here." He scoffed.

Paige watched helplessly as Hux marched along the Supremacy, when they reached the hangar, she swallowed a lump in her throat, this was it, she was going to get shipped so far from here wherever Hux deemed to be safe for her. From the corner of her eye, however, she noticed Kylo Ren walking towards some sort of cargo crate, stormtroopers followed him, and one was holding a pair of cuffs, Paige raised an eyebrow as the crate opened and out stepped Rey. She wanted to scream at her, she wanted to ask what she was doing here, she should be back at the Resistance training with Luke, or maybe... had she already finished her training as well?

She felt her strength return to her legs and she swung them off of Hux's grasp, she made to head for where Rey was being captured but Hux grabbed her hand, and she watched as Kylo Ren took her away.

"Why would you do that?" She hissed at Hux, although she already expected what his answer would be.

"Because I know you would be off to do something irrational and reckless."

They both argued in angry whispers, until it ended with them just glaring at each other.

"Weren't you about to say you loved me, back at that planet?" She suddenly said, something flashed in Hux's eyes after she asked that, and he blinked quickly, regaining his composure.