Give me a Reason (a Star Wars story) [Kylo Ren x OC]

Chapter 4 (The Other)

It had been almost a week since I'd pledged myself to Kylo Ren and his teachings and I was advancing quickly. I could now use the force with very little effort, except when I was trying to fight off Kylo Ren's own force attacks on my body and mind, that was still a bit of a struggle. We'd not used weapons since that day he put me in the infirmary and I was a little glad, although that didn't mean he wasn't completely owning me in hand to hand combat. I'd begun taking meals in the cafeteria as of late, needing to get out of my bedroom to somewhere that wasn't the training room, and had noticed that among the other inhabitants of the ship there seemed to be two kinds of people; those that treated me with fearful respect, and those that saw me as Kylo Ren's punching bag.

I took a seat at a table by myself for breakfast and dug into my rather bland food. I'm pretty sure this spongey stuff was meant to be scrambled egg, but honestly I felt more akin to moist rubber and I found myself absolutely coating it with salt just to get it down. I was pretty much done with this horrid experience when I heard mocking laughter from a small group of men in grey uniforms and stupid looking hats. I could tell they worked in operations and from what I'd seen so far, they were a pitiful bunch of losers with superiority complexes. They were walking past but stopped as they reached me and one of the men broke away from the group to lean against the table I sat at, regarding me with a disgusting smirk.

"Hey, So you're the one Master Ren beats up right?" He addressed me as his peers snickered together in a group.

I breathed an annoyed sigh and glanced at him in the most unimpressed manner I could before asking "what do you want?"

Apparently my question was hilarious as the group, including the asshole hovering within my personal space all laughed and hooted, mimicking my question in a mocking way that began to boil my blood. By now the rest of the cafeteria was watching the exchange, waiting to see what would happen. I briefly thought I spotted General Hux across the way but before I could double check the hovering wanker beside me leaned into my field of vision and addressed me again.

"Nothing much, just wondering how things have been? I mean, what's it like to. E Master Ren's pet?" He asked and his friends broke out into more laughter.

I turned my glare at him but didn't say anything as I flicked my wrist and the jeering he was directing at me turned to a look of absolute fear as he was thrown across the room by the force, slamming against the wall so hard I heard a crack and wondered if maybe I'd killed him. The room was silent. Not a single person even sounded to be breathing as they took in the crumpled mess that lay on the floor, a pool of blood beginning to form from his head. I'd feel bad but this asshole had been intentionally trying to pick a fight with me for days now and I was done with it. I was First Order now, and if they were really considered the bad guys then it was damn time I started acting the part. I heard footsteps break through the silence and turned to see I had been right in thinking Hux was here. I'd recognise that hair anywhere.

"If you're quite done here I have been sent to fetch you for Supreme Leader Snoke" he told me and I furrowed my brow at him.

"Master Ren's boss?" I asked, making sure I'd heard right.

"I suppose you could say that. Quickly now, we shouldn't keep him waiting" he said as he turned to leave, everyone in the cafeteria watching the exchange.

I got up and chased after him as he led me through unknown corridors. What could Snoke want with me? Kylo Ren had told me of him but I didn't think I'd be meeting him anytime soon. I kind of wished I'd had something nicer to wear before meeting someone so important but it couldn't be helped.

"Why didn't Master Ren come to get me for this meeting?" I asked Hux and he barely glanced at me as he dutifully escorted me along towards the back of the ship.