The Knight

Death

Vydia slowly snapped out of her stupor when Kylo Ren began to move again. She and Ushar  followed him down the hall and into the control room. She could practically see the wave of unease that fell over the officers as they walked in, but she didn't know if it was from her or Ushar, or just Kylo Ren alone.

"Supreme Leader," Kylo Ren was greeted stiffly by the redheaded General Vydia was already familiar with. "Everything is going according to plan, sir. I have no doubt we will find the little scavenger rat and crush her resistance friends in no time."

"Good." Kylo Ren didn't elaborate.

The scavenger!

That reminded her that Kuruk was one of the Knights that was supposed to find her. Vydia wondered how well that was going and if it was any better than what she was doing. Who was she kidding? Of course it was better. A pang of jealousy made her frown and her fingers twitched as they resisted the urge to form into a fist.

After about an hour of losing her mind from all the boring chatter among the officers, Kylo Ren finally decided to retire for the night. He disappeared into his quarters and Vydia returned to hers.

She shed her uniform and exhaled contently when she took her helmet off. She slipped on a plain black sheath and sat on the edge of her cot. Her mind cycled through the memory she had been exploring earlier that day and she chewed the inside of her lip.

Ben had feelings for her. She knew that, but did that mean Kylo Ren has feelings for her too? He never acted like he did, but to be fair, neither did Ben. Did those feelings die when Ben did? Was that why he treated her like he did?

. . . Or. . . Does he treat me like an enemy because those feelings didn't die?

Vydia groaned.

"Let's face it," she muttered to herself. "You'll never fucking understand him."

She shot up as a presence passed her door. It was Kylo Ren.

Where was he off to so late?

"No," she said. "It's none of my business."

She rolled her eyes as she curled up on her cot and pulled her covers over her shoulder. She shut her eyes tightly and sighed.

"Shit." She mumbled.

She climbed out of bed and tugged on a pair of pants and a more casual halter style top. She slipped on her soundless boots and quickly made her way out of her room.

She followed her senses as she turned around corner after corner. Was. . . Was he headed to the cafeteria?

She turned around another corner cautiously and quickly backtracked when she saw him. She hoped he didn't see her and her heart slammed against her ribcage like a hammer. She heard a second set of doors slam shut, the ones to commissary she assumed, and she quickly snuck inside the cafeteria. She used the Shadow to soften the sound of them closing and when she turned around she gasped.

Kylo Ren stood there with his arms folded over his chest and an unamused look rested on his mask-less face.

"Fancy seeing you here?" Vydia said with a fake smile.

"Why were you following me?" He snapped.

"I just wanted a snack." She shrugged.

Kylo Ren frowned and he shifted his arms, probably to use the Shadow on her and she put her hands up in surrender quickly.

"Wait, wait, okay," she said and she needed to come up with an excuse quick. "I wanted to talk. Alone."

"Then talk."