"Commander Jones!" You turned around to see none other than General Hux calling your name from across the command center. "General is there anything I can do for you" your body stiffened as you walked towards him, always on high alert when around a superior officer. "Mission Report...Now!!" Hux's voice rang throughout the room, but nobody looked up, they all knew better. "The scouting mission to Jakku was a success. There were no casualties and no civilian resistance........w-we also discovered that the droid is in a small village just as predicted, general sir" you could see a slight smirk form on the general's face when he had heard of your success. "Sir, may I ask when my troops leave for retrieval of the droid?" He spun around on his feet and looked you up and down with a disappointed sigh he spoke again "your troops will not be retrieving the droid, Our Supreme Leader has requested that Commander Ren take this mission" "Commander Ren" you scoffed "your joking right there's no way your serious, my men haven't had a single casualty in over a year and if i'm quite frank Ren's rsquadron is far to destructive for such an important mission." Hux paused for a moment, as if he were surprised by your statement. " I have to agree with you my dear but we cannot ignore direct orders. You will be back here on Star Killer prepping your troops for Commander Ren's imminent failure." You then looked up at Hux, he was quite tall considering you were only 5"7', then you nodded turned around and walked promptly back to the barracks to brief your men on Snoke's decision.
Walking through the harsh cold halls of Star Killer you began to think to yourself, why him and not me i'm clearly a better commander and fighter than him, you started to cuss him out under your breath "that dumb mother fu-" suddnely you were at the barracks of your squadron. You walked up to the blank threshold and opened the hatch using the control pad to your left. As you stepped into the room all of the troopers immediately stood up and placed their helmets over their heads. "At ease boys, it's just me." you said, voice echoing throughout the room. One by one each trooper then took off their helmets placing them on their respective bunks, the thought had never crossed your mind at how different each of them looked without their helmet and now it fascinated you. What no no no why were you thinking that, they are your troopers and you are their commander. They all watching confusion and you fought with your mind for a minute. "Anyways....... We will not be in charge of the retrieval mission for the droid." you paused for a second as if you were repulsed by what you were about to say "instead the supreme leader has asked that we stay here on Star Killer while C-co-commander Ren's squadron go on the mission." One of the men spoke up laughing in between words "If you could even call that a squadron, Sir." You shot him a harsh look as if you were challenging him to continue. "Please do explain yourself FN-6384" He gulped nervously, a lump in his throat "N-no-no thank y-you sir" You looked him up and down "Did i state a question or an order trooper?" "uhm an order sir....well it's just that Kyl- i mean Commander Ren loses so many men during missions that it seems incorrect to call it a squadron when the troopers barely know each other. I mean over here were like a family, we're brothers...that's uhm that's all sir." You went to speak again but before you could get any words out the hatch to the barracks swung open revealing Commander Ren standing in the blank threshold having heard everything said by the trooper. "Commander Ren quote the surprise to see you lurking around the barracks of my men....What are you doing here." You were quite surprised by the sarcasm in your voice. Ren raised his voice, you could tell he was pissed "I was walking past when I heard one of your men talking very loudly about me and my squadron." You keep your composure saying nothing, his eyes dart around the room until he comes upon the trooper with one bead of sweat rolling down his face. Ren locks eyes with the trooper as he approaches him towering over the man. Before the trooper could speak he was thrown to the ground by the force, as the mans body hit the floor Ren kicked him in the gut forcing blood to be spat from the troopers mouth. Ren laughed and firmly grasped the mans jawline pulling him up to his level. "Keep my name out of your mouth,...okay!?" Ren raised his left eyebrow and broke his eye contact with the trooper, eyes looking straight at you. "Is that understood." You rolled your eyes with a slight blush. Ren catches you blush and feels a sense of accomplishment, which is immediately overcome by immense thoughts of confusion and shock. "What the fuck ren. Why did she blush.And why did I like it." Ren thought to himself. "What did you just say Commander?" You asked in front of the group. After the words left your mouth you looked around the room seeing looks of confusion on every single trooper including the one bleeding on the ground. You looked up and Ren who seemed very puzzled and slightly scared at what you said. "Am I stupid, did he not say anything, then what the hell did I hear." Ren made seering eye contact with you "It's because I didn't speak out loud love." He had heard your thoughts and had heard his. Why. "How am I able to hear your thoughts Ren." "ENOUGH" his thoughts rang through your mind you winced in pain as he turned on his heels as stormed from the room and into the barracks halls. You looked around at the room and sprinted away to your own quarters on the opposite side of Star Killer. Panting you entered you vast quarters, thoughts crawled through your mind. "Have my quarters always felt this cold, dark, and lonely." You had never felt any type of emotion other than rage before. Overwhelmed and confused you decided to take a nap and then head over to the officer's mess hall. When you arrived it was quite empty which could only mean one thing, ...Ren and his men were gone. "Thank the gods." you thought to yourself. After grabbing a snack you went up to the command center to await orders from General Hux.
