Serving the Commander

Vital shard

*kylos view*

Regret lingers throughout the morning, leaving her full of questions in your quarters 'how does Hux always interrupt every moment, why is he so fixated with my failure it's like he's obsessed with me.' Following the generals back marching towards the throne room mind full of annoyance laced with sadness knowing once again you've let her down she needs to know the truth about James, hopefully she listened and is safely tucked away full of ignorant bliss. "I will meet you in there I need to pick something up." Hux stops turning around rising a finger presumably to argue, cutting him off "not asking Hux, I won't be long."

Turning off down a different hall searching for the quarters of an incredibly old friend and first order weapons welder who's agreed to create something special for you out of a very precious keep sake, arriving at her doors knocking quietly. Quickly they swing open, standing in view is a tall slender frame covered from head to toe in various ash stained armor and torn black garments, a dark shielded mask covering her face with her long ankle length purple and blue striped braids peeking out from behind. Her smooth raspy voice "heyo commander, you're early." Replying "I know I know, is it ready I was hoping to gift it tonight." Lifting the mask revealing her strong beautiful features placed perfectly on her dark emerald green skin, each of her three eyes are a different color the first a bright shade of fuchsia with dark black diagonal lines framing the pupil, the second lying directly in the middle of her forehead a deep shade of sea foam green with a large opal white pupil, the third a neon shade of purple with a grey spiral leading to the center.

Finding yourself lost in their beauty until she snaps you out of it "who do you think I am commander? Unlike you I don't yield special powers." Nodding "yes I know, but this is important, and you might not have Jedi powers but you are the most talented welder we have." Smiling she walks towards a table reaching out grabbing a small chain, bringing it back a small crystal dangling beneath her hand "whoever you had this made for sure is special, you've had that shard since I met you holding on to it as if it were a vital piece of your existence. You don't have to give me the details but whoever it is better know the importance of my masterpiece."

Clutching onto the pointed pendant gently stuffing it into your pocket "thank you Kamira, and she will... she would probably happy with a simple pebble if I gave it to her, but this.... she will understand the importance of me gifting it to her. Hopefully soon the two of you could meet, keep it on the down low but....I'm going to marry her someday." Nudging your shoulder "well I'll be damned, the grumpy lonely Kylo Ren wants to get married huh? Well you know me and Yasmine will be there... oh yeah, I forgot to tell you me and her are sort of a thing now she mentioned the two of you had met. She also says the wall was patched up perfectly and sends her gratitude, whatever that means." Good thing your face is covered, or it would be a shade of bright red "uh, it was no problem... anyways thanks for making this how much do I owe you?" Shaking her head "Kylo come on, I've known you since my first day on base I knew you back when somewhere deep inside Ben was still around, I haven't seen you happy in ages and if this girl brings that out in you.... well I'm just grateful, it's a gift from me to you and when you're ready I'll weld that ring for you too, I still have a few small bits of the crystal left over."

Thanking her again then rushing off towards the throne room knowing Hux is probably about to throw a blood clot, arriving seeing Snoke impatiently waiting against the large royal seat. Striding in his focus locking on to you "commander...nice of you to join us, and what exactly was more important than that of the first order?" Kneeling at the base of the throne "my apologies supreme leader I was preparing my troopers for the possibility of departure if needed." Not making eye contact hoping he buys the lie, a long silent pause before he speaks "I'm glad to see you taking the initiative to protect the first order... there has been some rumors that your loyalties have been...slipping." Quickly darting your eyes to Hux glaring into his soul "I assure you my loyalties lie with the first order and the first order only." Leaning forwards studying your figure "should I remind you exactly what would happen if your allegiance were to... slip?" Hux swiftly breaking eye contact while nervously shifting in place, returning focus to Snoke "no...I'm aware, no need to worry there will never be a time needed to show me, but more importantly what is this word of a possible attack from the resistance?"

Resting back on the throne the deception fading from his expression "there has been word of a resistance scum infiltrating the base, a spy who's somehow stolen vital battle plans. They have been caught and eliminated but not in time to stop the transfer of our plans, you must review and revise everything." Frustration growing "everything?!" Snoke growls roaring loud enough to shake the room "yes everything, is that going to be a problem? Is there something else taking up your time? You are easily replaceable Ren, remember that." Every fiber screaming with anger that begs to erupt, instead pushing back the emotions "understood." Waving his hand "that's what I thought, now leave and return when the new plans are ready."

Turning quickly marching out of the room stomping loudly down the hallway Hux reluctantly following suit, once inside the conference room violently swinging open drawer after drawer tossing multiple pages of plans all over the table. Turning pointing a finger towards Hux "did you open your stupid fucking mouth again?!" His expression full of fear "no I swear it wasn't me!" Marching towards him "then who was it, if she gets taken from me, I'm going to burn this whole place to the ground." Gulping hard "commander calm down you must know that others have seen and heard things, I'm not the only one who knows about your little...affair..." sharply waving sending his body flinging against the wall, watching as he struggles to stand kneeling down force choking him against the floor "she's not an affair, didn't I warn you against bad mouthing her... I should snap your neck right here right now..." squeezing harder feeling the air escape his mouth.

The doors to the room open as various ranked men followed by your knights walk in "commander as much as we'd love for you to finish what you're doing... there is more important matters at hand, come we have a lot of work to do." The rest of the morning is spent reevaluating and reworking all future plans, with each new strategy annoyance growing more and more the only thing keeping you slightly calm is knowing what's waiting back in your quarters when all this is finished. Breaking focus from the arguments turning around trying to refrain from exploding "that's it we're done! There isn't any other way to change it up we've been over it a thousand times!" Shoving the packet of plans in Hux's arms "let's go, Snoke needs an update."

Hux leading the way everyone marches out of the room, following steadily while passing a corner the strong familiar scent of rose catching you off guard. Stopping suddenly the knights bumping into your back pushing you forward, unable to look back fast enough when finally glancing in that direction the corner is empty 'there is only one person who has that scent... surely not...' just before disappearing behind the next corridor the smallest glimpse of her is seen darting along the hall. Mind bogged from frustration not hearing a word Snoke or Hux says 'how did the resistance get in, who was it? Why didn't she stay where I asked her too, where was she going?' Breaking your thoughts "Very good commander, these new plans will do the job nicely. The next time we meet shall be under better circumstances I hope." Without warning he is gone leaving the room silent and empty, Hux speaks "just go, I know where your mind has been, I saw her too." Standing blankly not sure if it is a trick or not, Hux waving in the door's direction "go, this....pitiful gesture won't remain for very long."

Marching out in the direction where she was last seen, passing by multiple empty hallways anxiety growing with each moment not knowing where she is or if she is safe. Finally spotting her figure walking towards the cafeteria, quickly marching towards her anger growing the closer you get 'why don't you ever listen to me, I told you to stay put for a reason. What if there was an attack and I couldn't find you, what if James did something and I lost you. (Y/n) you make me so mad sometimes! Don't you know I can't lose you too?'