Chapter Two

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I jolted up right only to go no where - I was bound to something. My body ached. The cool metal against my legs and arms stung. I was working up a cold sweat - fear gripping me tight. I looked around as much as I could - I was in a black room, dimly lit with white lights. It was sleep and elegant - for a room I didn't want to be in.
"Hux tells me you're a Vet." A deep distorted voice resonates in the dark room. "Care to explain?"
"I.. uh." My voice croaked - damn, I was thirsty. I spoke into the emptiness of the room "I work with animals at an animal hospital."
I was met with silence. Whoever these people were had never heard of my very common job - odd.
"Where am I?" I spoke again - scared to know how he would react.
"Hux already told you." The voice replied back. It was almost mechanic - static. I couldn't explain it.
"What city? What country? Where's this Starkiller?" I meekly asked. I was tired - I needed to know.
"Where are you from?" He asked - leaving my questions unanswered.
"I'm from ___." I missed it there. I missed it so much. I just wanted to be back.
"I've never heard of it." The voice finally stepped into my view. A large looming clocked figure came into my periphal vision then in front of me. A helmet covered his head. He was head to toe in black.
I tried describing the popular landmarks that my city was known for - the ones tourists would recognise.
"Enough. You really don't know?" He raised his large gloved hand to silence me.
Slowly his hand began to twitch and move and the room filled with a stiff silence.
"Stop barricading me. Don't resist or you'll make it harder for yourself" the sight was almost silly - he was so focused and I was just existing. What was he on about? This was so - so weird.
"What do you mean? Im not doing anything, I mean I physically can't anyways but -" I was so confused.
"QUIET" He dropped his hand to his side and strode towards me. Close. His helmet close to my head.
"What're you doing? Are you another Jedi?" I could feel the hot air escaping his helmet in short violent bursts.
"I don't know what you're talking about." I squeaked as sincerely as I could trying to find the spots where his eyes would be if he removed his helmet. "Are you Commander Ren?"
"You're a strong girl but I'm stronger. " His hand gripped the air again. I flinched away from him. What was wrong with this guy? I didn't want to get hurt. Was he on something - maybe a trip would explain his erratic behaviour. I was not strong by any means - especially within these restraints, I was exposed.
"What're you saying? Im strapped I can do nothing." I looked away into the empty space of the room, the longer he was closer the more my heart pounded.
The doors opened and in strolled in Hux if I remembered correctly. The tension in the air grew thicker and I grew more afraid.
Commander Ren stood up and the two men glared at eachother before Hux glanced away to meet my pleading eyes.
"Get out." Ren spat.
"Why? Im curious to how someone like her got in and how crazy she really is. She seems to have gotten you up in a sweat after all." General Hux replied, the bitter tone in his voice evident, his hands behind his back as he stood up taller.
Ren raised his hand and grabbed the air again but this time Hux seemed to be lifted up into the air by a force not seen. He clawed at the air new his neck as he struggled to breathe. This was insane. What was happening? I didn't blink once - I had to absorb all of this in. A chill ran down my spine - the hairs on the back of my neck standing straight up like soldiers at march. Then with a swift swipe of Rens hand, Hux went flying through the air and hit the wall with a impressive thud. He yelped like a dog as he made contact. Why would he do that, weren't they like colleagues?
Is that? Is that what Ren was trying to do to me? How did he even do that? My gut wrenched and my hands became clammy. Hux scrambled up and left quickly not before making a statement on how Ren needs to respect him.
The door slid firmly behind him leaving me alone once again with me and this. This mysterious figure.
"Are you god?" I blurted out.
"No." Rens attention shifted back to mine.
"Are you a god?" I asked again - how else could I rationalise what I just saw.
"No." He said again.
"Are you the devil?" I asked, quieter this time.
"No." He closed the distance between us again. His hand reached up to his head and with a small hiss his helmet opened. As the helmet lifted up, his face became visible. "I am of flesh and blood like you."
I sucked in the air between my teeth.
He was unusually beautiful. His long face matching his nose. Longer black hair falling in his face before he pushed it back. Soft yet hardened brown eyes staring back at me - trying to decipher me. As threatening as he was, his handsome beauty made me forget about it all as silly as it sounds.
What the fuck was he then. He looked perfectly human but just choked and launched a man through the air with ease.
"Then what are you?" I was curious. Even at the imminent threat he posed me - it wasn't like it could get worse.
"I'm Kylo Ren. Im a Commander of the First Order - Master of the Knights of Ren." His voice was deep and it was like I could feel the vibrations of his voice against my seat. Facing away, he put his helmet down on a pit of what seemed like dust or ashes. "Today, you are my guest. But you are also my enemy."
" I haven't done anything" i pleaded back, trying to meet his eyes.
"How did you evade my force? It doesn't feel like you're here either. Like you're not disturbing the forces. It's like you don't exist at all." his eyes finally met mine - both of us sharing a look of confusion for a split second before he returned to his poised emotionless face.
"Tell me how you're doing it."
"I. I don't know." It had suddenly all become too much. My vision became blurry and my cheeks felt hot and subsequently wet."I dont know anything. I want to go back home. I want to be back home. I woke up and I was here suddenly. Starkiller - I still don't know where this is. I don't remember anything. Please, let me go. I want to go home."
"Don't cry. Don't cry. Just talk to me." He stepped back, I could tell he was confused and taken aback like a confused new dad who's abruptly handed his newborn; His face remained poised apart from his eyes which darted from the side to my teary eyes. "Tell me more about where you're claim to be from. What planet are you from?"
I looked up to him. Was he being serious? His face was void of any hidden smirk or laughter - he was being genuine.
"Earth." I whimpered between my breathes. "The planet we're on?"
"This is no Earth." Kylo's eyebrows furrowed for a short second. "In my years of living I've never heard of a Earth."
"You're joking." I held my breath. The silence answered for him.
"How? How? How the fuck did I end up here. I'm not supposed to be here." I went back into being a mess. "Please wake me up. I don't wanna be here."
"This isn't a dream." Kylo said. "It's a reality. What's your name?"
"(Y/N)." I replied. "I don't have any fancy long titles like you though."
His lips threatened to break into a smile before he caught himself and shook his head. I had stopped crying.
"Kylo?" Although I was scared and he seemed like a man to be feared, right now - right now, he seemed like a nice person.
"Commander Ren." He looked away and reminded me of his authority before he hesitantly turned back. "But you can call me Kylo when it's just the two of us."
My heart skipped a beat as if I was in primary school again - I'd just met him and he made me feel like this. I felt special and it almost made me forget how vulnerable I was. I was going crazy - was I developing Stockholm syndrome. No Definitely not - I didn't even know him enough. What was wrong with me?
"What's going to happen to me?"

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