In Dark Places

Kylo inhaled deeply and came to his senses.

"So it was a ... little ... girl that caused us all of this trouble?" Ren started.

"Hey, watch your mou-..." (Y/N) threatened, but was cut off by Ren's lightsaber getting closer to her bare neck.

"Don't move! Don't make me do something I don't want to do."

"I'm not a "little girl." (Y/N) hissed through her clenched teeth.

"I must say I'm both impressed and rather...disappointed..."

"Well, life is one big disappointment, master Ren, I'm sorry to be a part of it."

"We'll have a nice talk about life with you, but that's not the time and place for it." Ren waved his hand in front of the girl's face and caught her princess style as she proceeded to pass out in his arms. He started making his way back to the ship, but on his way there, every time he looked at the girl he was angered at how he couldn't resolve this mystery before it happened in front of his eyes and he couldn't explain himself how did she happen to be the cause of their troubles. He couldn’t have known. Just a little girl... "We're taking off." Ren announced as the stormtroopers looked at him, probably out of confusion to what was happening.

(Y/N) woke up, feeling uncomfortable. Her head was spinning, her vision was blurred and she was...immobilized - tied up in an interrogation room. She shook her head in attempt to shake off the dizziness and recover her vision. When she regained her vision all she could see in front of her was the same tall man in a mask that she saw the last time she was conscious. She wasn't surprised at all.

"Welcome back on the Star Killer Base." The tall man started, his mechanical voice echoing in the small room.

"Good to be home. I remember it a little more comfortable, at least without the restraints." (Y/N) joked.

"There wouldn't be restraints if you had behaved. However, you were a bad girl, DA_0666. After the current events I'm not even convinced that's your real name."

"You're right. It's not." The redhead stated with a tone of pride in her voice.

"I would like to hear it, if you don't mind."

"I don't think I should be giving my name to strangers."

"You know very well who I am."

"You're right. How low of me, really." The girl derided him and he felt himself getting angered as his fists clenched. His hands reached for his mask and he slowly unsealed it just to discover the visage of the handsome young man that was hiding behind the mask. (Y/N) smirked at her own skill with the words. She could drive anybody out of their skin with the least to be said. "Impressive how a young man like you can achieve something as big as this. Admirable, really."

"Now that we're really face to face I want to know what all that game was about. Are you from the Resistance?" Ren approached his new prisoner and looked her straight in the eye with the intention to intimidate her, to find a weak spot he could hold on to. (Y/N) chuckled.

"No, the Resistance could only wish I was on their side." She didn't move her look from his, remaining as careless as before. He was getting annoyed that he couldn't affect her in any way so far, any way that could weaken her.

"I believe there's an interesting story behind that sentence."

"Let me put it this way, master Ren. If I tell you the reason behind why I did this, you would either misunderstand me or fail to understand me at all, which is a little doubtful as you are a pretty bright individual. However, I believe you might find my story...intriguing, to say the least." The confidence in the redhead's voice was making Ren even more curious. He needed answers and he needed them on the spot.

"You did manage to intrigue me, even though I'm hardly ever intrigued. I'm convinced your story won't be any less intriguing."

"It's a long story, master Ren. Be careful what you wish for." The girl raised an eyebrow.

"I've got the time. I've got all the time in the world to get the answers I need."

"You might want to sit down then." She smirked, yet Ren was still as expressionless. "I guess it would be just fair to start with my name. I know your name, I've seen your face, you've seen my face, but you don't know my name. Let's equal that out. My name is (Y/N), but if there's a chance for me to be recognized, that would be under the name of Lord Edenia."

"Lord?" Ren asked confused.

"Yes, master Ren. I just happen to be the last living Sith Lord and my gender doesn't really fit in the title." The girl smirked as she saw realization written on the man's face.

"You're Lord Vader's adopted daughter." His voice was confident and straightforward, but emotionless, he knew there was no way he could be wrong.

"You got it right, master Ren. Seems like you've done some serious digging within the archives of the Empire...or at least what was left of it."

"Tell me, how is that possible?"

"Well, first things first. I was born on Tatooine, Lord Vader's own birth planet. I, like him, used to live in slavery with my mother. My real father had died fighting in a war for the rebels a while before I was born. At the age of 7 I was already fixing and flying ships, just like he used to do. As I was later on told by Lord Vader, he was once called by Lord Sidious and alerted of someone strong with the Force, living on Tatooine. Vader was given the mission to find that someone and teach him the ways of the Dark Side. When he saw me he felt it - the Force running strong through my veins. Besides, he saw his past self in me. He talked to my mother and even though she has always followed the Light, she decided it's better for me to be taught the ways of the Dark Side instead of spending my life living in slavery, so she allowed him to take me. She had always been saying that it was the Dark Side that was standing behind our slavery, but even so young I knew it was just people with thirst for money who haven't felt even a breeze of the Force. I believed the Dark Side had enormous power and as a small girl, I was even more convinced in it when Lord Vader freed me from my slavery. I was taken to a station, which I was later told was actually a superior weapon called the Death Star. I was excited to explore those new horizons ahead of me. Vader started my training from day one and he didn't skip a day. However, he kept me a secret. Maybe for some reason he didn't want the others to know he had an adopted daughter, so I was his and Sidious' secret. A few years later he died. He had said earlier that my training is finished and he had given me the title Sith Lord. I started taking on apprentices and teaching them the ways of the Dark Side. When the Empire got destroyed they all ran away, only two or three of them remained loyal. My father and Sidious were dead. I was the last living Sith Lord, maybe the last living piece of the mighty Empire and I was left without a choice. I went back on Tatooine and using my mastered skills I managed to give freedom to my mother. We moved to a quiet little house and I kept training my skills every single day. I set my purpose to rebirth the Empire, it was almost a duty to Lord Vader for everything he did for me, only that it had turned into a goal, something I want and am not obligated by duty to do. It was my destiny. One day I found out that someone was after the same goal - rebirthing the Empire, but as I found out - rebirthing it in the face of the First Order. I started asking around, collecting information about the so-called First Order. Some quality information that I could actually make use of was that they're using stormtroopers like the Empire used to. However, they weren't cloned, they were taken from their parents at birth and trained to ensure maximum security. I thought this was a dead end for me to make my way into the First Order, but it turned out to be...probably the only open door. Soon after, a ship of the First Order landed on Tatooine, I sure felt lucky. I could have just sneaked on the ship, but that wouldn't have gotten me very far. Instead, I caught one of the stormtroopers, I killed him, took his armor and since then I pretended to be him. I couldn't make friends amongst the stormtroopers, because the fellow stormtrooper of theirs I had killed was a man, and had they seen my face or only heard my real voice I would have been compromised. I had to work on the voice modulator of the mask and even though it was quite a tricky job I managed to fulfill my goal. And so, I was happy to serve the Dark Side as a stormtrooper, only that I missed using my long acquired skills and I allowed myself to use them during some missions. That's what caught me under Captain Phasma' suspicion. Then you announced you needed a replacement for one of the Knights of Ren and I was surprised I was turned to for that. My explanation was that the Force granted me what I deserved. That's when I hit the bottom. I hadn't planned this, so my only choice was to escape and come up with a plan without being compromised. Luckily, I fell upon your hands and here I am - ready to serve the First Order for the sake of my beloved long gone Empire."

"That's quite an interesting and, I admit, intriguing story you have. You're quite a mastermind if you have come up with all those plans all alone." Ren stated, actually impressed by the skills of the young one.

"I have always acted alone. You can't trust anybody anymore. You'll either be used or crushed. I had been used for 7 years of my life, so I learned to trust myself only."

"You're a wise one. I could make a great apprentice out of you. Or even better, as promised - Knight of Ren." Kylo started making circles back and forth with arms crossed behind his back.

"I'm ready to serve, master Ren. And I believe there's still a lot to learn."

"You must prove your loyalty first. After your little escape it's under suspicion. I hope it wouldn't be a problem for you."

"I'll prove whatever I have to. What should I do?"

"Nothing much, just prove you're really here for the good of the First Order. You'll be providing me information, correcting me if I happen to be wrong, advising me, just work on the same wavelength as us, just like you've used to do as a stormtrooper."

"Yes, sir. I hope that excludes the restraints."

"Oh, I'm bothered to remove them, knowing I'm honored to have the last living Sith Lord on board." Ren leaned in closer to her face, talking in her ear with somewhat a threatening tone.

"I'm sorry that the incredibly skilled Master of the Knights of Ren is feeling threatened by...what did you call me? Little girl?" The redhead smirked.

"You've got courage. But be careful, I'm not a patient person." He threatened again.

"I'm aware of that, sir. But I don't feel threatened."

"Well, I guess you should be. Now, if you give me some time I promise you'll be freed from these restraints. Patience." Ren turned around, taking his mask and making his way out.

"I have all the patience in the world." She said after him, making him stop for a second and then continuing on his way. She was deriding him again.