"Do you remember?" the cold words resonated in his head. A warm drop of sweat dripped from his forehead as he tried to recall. He couldn't respond. As he tried to find the words, his throat balled up. For once he felt nervous and powerless. Again, another sting of pain shot through his head. He tried his best to hold in his screams.

Chapter 1: Contact

Ben-or rather what he preferred Kylo Ren, paced back and forth the halls of Starkiller Base. Stormtroopers walked past him, readjusting their posture as they felt intimidation. They weren't sure through his thick mask if he was watching, but they always made sure to watch themselves, their thoughts, and their actions. They knew he was reading right through them. Although luckily for them at that moment, he wasn't. He was preoccupied of thoughts of someone else. Someone he felt a deep connection with since he first heard about her.

Supreme Leader Snoke didn't reveal her name. He only mentioned that she was powerful with the Force. Ren right away felt competitive, but mostly curious. He wondered her age, what she looked like, and if she ever mastered her gift. He continued keeping his thoughts of her private each time he visited to speak with Snoke in the large hologram room. Although Snoke wasn't physically there, Ren knew how powerful he was in sensing his thoughts from afar. The biggest thought Ren kept deeply private, was his hope of the girl siding with him and teaching her the Force. Each time he wondered, he felt less alone.

Starkiller Base successfully destroyed its first planet. Ren felt a strong sense of accomplishment, but it was only the beginning. He wanted to achieve more and far greater than his grandfather ever did. But before he could internally celebrate, he sensed something new. It was the Force and it was strong, but it belonged to someone he wasn't familiar with. Ren tried to sense more of it as he concentrated. Whoever possessed it was far, but not too far.

"General," Ren addressed. General Hux stepped forward swiftly.

"Yes sir?" he replied.

"Prepare my ship, I have somewhere to be," Ren ordered.

"Sir," Hux responded and walked off to give orders to the Stormtroopers.

Inside his ship, Ren typed in the coordinates of where he sensed the Force. It wasn't anywhere he had been, but as the ship took off, he could feel the Force getting stronger and stronger.

Ren stepped off his ship quickly as it landed in the clearing of a forest. Luckily no one else saw his ship from afar.

"She's here," he thought as he began to enter the forest.

As he continued to follow the presence, beam gun shots flew right past him. He brought out his light saber and slashed away every shot fired at him. Then he heard a click, whoever fired lost ammo. When he looked further ahead to identify the gunman, he recognized it was a girl. She looked about 19 years old. Her hair tied back in a few buns and she wore a scavenger outfit. Her eyes were filled with fear. She quickly turned around and darted off. Ren ran right after her. He could sense she was the one who holds the gift of the Force.

The girl didn't get very far, there was too many rocks and trees, each one cornering her forcing her to either climb or turn back to find another route. She was out of options as Ren caught up with her. With his Force, he froze her body instantly. As she quivered in fear, he could feel her heart pounding. He placed his light saber away and walked up to her. He took a closer look at her face and to his surprise, she was quite pretty.

"Your name?" he asked.

"R-Rey," she replied nervously as her breath continued to shake in fear.

"Interesting," he responded as he began to walk around her.

He wondered what else he could ask her. It appeared she hadn't discovered her abilities, which luckily for him, gave him the possibility of offering to teach her. As he looked back at her, he tried to form up a question, but before he could even speak, his mind suddenly flashed to a random scene.

He saw himself holding Rey in his arms. They were embracing each other in the nude and kissing. The moment felt real as he could feel her lips and her body pressing against him; she felt quite soft and gentle. Ren for the first time felt his heart beating fast. He tried his best to block off the scene, but as he did, he came back to reality and released Rey from his Force hold. As Rey steadied her feet on the ground, she took a few steps back away from Ren. He looked up at her and noticed her face had turned red. She too saw the scene that took place in his mind. He panicked.

"WHAT WAS THAT?" he demanded feeling violated. He could feel the blood rushing to his face from embarrassment, "WAS THIS YOUR DOING?!"

"ME?! I SHOULD BE ASKING YOU!" she replied feeling disturbed as well, "THERE'S NO WAY I'D EVER GET INTIMATE WITH SOMEONE LIKE YOU!"

Ren didn't know how else to respond. She didn't discover her gift, so there was no way she could have conjured up such a scene to distract his mind. Before he could say anything, she quickly ran off.

When he couldn't hear her footsteps running off, he removed his mask. Sweat poured down from his face as he took deep breaths. He hadn't felt flustered in a long time. The scene tried to creep back into his thoughts, but this time he did his best to suppress it.

~to be continued…