[Cycle 32] “Tell me, Ren. Do you hate me?” Kylo turned towards Hux. They were both watching over the construction of Starkiller, both ordered by the Supreme Leader to make sure everything was working as it should be. “I never thought you were clever but I hoped I had made my hatred clear enough, General.” He replied, voice deepened by his mask and his contempt for Hux, doing a decent job at hiding his confusion. “But sometimes you must feel something else. I don’t always hate you.” Hux said. He seemed wistful – his cold green eyes hadn’t left the planet, but his mind seemed far away. This took Kylo by surprise, but then again Hux often avoided the most obvious route when it came to conversations, as if he could see Kylo’s replies from miles away. This angered him. “I don’t care what you think of me. You would do well to focus on your troopers, lest another one malfunctions and fails us.” Hux smiled at this, a familiar sneer on his face. “It won’t happen again. You would do well to focus on your own task, Lord Ren. And perhaps train? I’ve heard the lightsaber was used as a sword in the old days, not a hammer to destroy expensive equipment.” He stopped smiling when Ren strangled him with one hand, but the fear was not there, and Kylo took it like a failure.
*
[Cycle 581] “Hum. Hello. Who are you? Are you here to see Master Luke?” Ben asked, wary of the stranger that was too well-dressed to be from the region, and too young to be a friend of his uncle or a politician from the Republic. Ben guessed the thin, ginger-haired man must have been his age, though his annoyed frown and the bags under his eyes aged him. “I am here to understand.” The man –boy- replied. Ben thought there was something lacking about him. Or was it something more? Something he should not have, a weight on his shoulders. He wasn’t good enough yet to read people with the Force, and suddenly he wished he was. The boy scared him. “I’m sorry? Understand what?” Kylo said, growing more and more confused. “Why I can’t figure it out. I’m Brendol, by the way. Nice to meet you.” At least Ben knew how to reply to the last part. “Well, nice to meet you. I’m Ben. Ben Solo.” The boy smiled at him, a sad, knowing look in his eyes. “Yes. That’s who you are, aren’t you? Ben Solo.”
*
[Cycle 6] “Kill him.” There was no hesitation in Ren’s eyes, but no pleasure either. He looked at what was left of General Hux and raised his hand, lifting his battered body off the floor. Before he died, Kylo was certain he heard him whisper “how many kriffing times will this happen”, and wondered why Hux had been worried about his future replacement.
*
[Cycle 1] This was not the first time he had “travelled”, but the first time he had witnessed the destruction of his most beloved project. Hux was used to failures – and correcting them so they never happened. Yet this defeat rocked him to the core, and he vowed silently that it wouldn’t happen a second time. It could /not/ happen a second time. Surely all there was to do was take care of the scavenger girl, this mysterious and annoying force-user, put more guards around her cell so she would not escape. He would know where the resistance would strike before they even knew they had to strike. He would crush them all if he had to. He had to. He considered travelling right there and then, after the Supreme Leader had ordered him to save Ren and bring him back. But he was curious about Leader Snoke’s intentions, and Ren’s demise. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to gather more data before jumping back to the appropriate time and correct this whole mess. Yes, he would save Ren, and then see what the Leader had to say.
A week later, his right arm gone and choked to death by a being he had dedicated his entire life to, he half regretted his decision to see more. He closed his eyes. Hux traveled, and began the second cycle.
Re: FILL Re: GEN or Hux/Kylo, Hux can travel back in time [Part 1/?]
“Tell me, Ren. Do you hate me?”
Kylo turned towards Hux. They were both watching over the construction of Starkiller, both ordered by the Supreme Leader to make sure everything was working as it should be.
“I never thought you were clever but I hoped I had made my hatred clear enough, General.” He replied, voice deepened by his mask and his contempt for Hux, doing a decent job at hiding his confusion.
“But sometimes you must feel something else. I don’t always hate you.” Hux said. He seemed wistful – his cold green eyes hadn’t left the planet, but his mind seemed far away.
This took Kylo by surprise, but then again Hux often avoided the most obvious route when it came to conversations, as if he could see Kylo’s replies from miles away. This angered him.
“I don’t care what you think of me. You would do well to focus on your troopers, lest another one malfunctions and fails us.”
Hux smiled at this, a familiar sneer on his face.
“It won’t happen again. You would do well to focus on your own task, Lord Ren. And perhaps train? I’ve heard the lightsaber was used as a sword in the old days, not a hammer to destroy expensive equipment.”
He stopped smiling when Ren strangled him with one hand, but the fear was not there, and Kylo took it like a failure.
*
[Cycle 581]
“Hum. Hello. Who are you? Are you here to see Master Luke?” Ben asked, wary of the stranger that was too well-dressed to be from the region, and too young to be a friend of his uncle or a politician from the Republic. Ben guessed the thin, ginger-haired man must have been his age, though his annoyed frown and the bags under his eyes aged him.
“I am here to understand.” The man –boy- replied. Ben thought there was something lacking about him. Or was it something more? Something he should not have, a weight on his shoulders. He wasn’t good enough yet to read people with the Force, and suddenly he wished he was. The boy scared him.
“I’m sorry? Understand what?” Kylo said, growing more and more confused.
“Why I can’t figure it out. I’m Brendol, by the way. Nice to meet you.”
At least Ben knew how to reply to the last part.
“Well, nice to meet you. I’m Ben. Ben Solo.”
The boy smiled at him, a sad, knowing look in his eyes.
“Yes. That’s who you are, aren’t you? Ben Solo.”
*
[Cycle 6]
“Kill him.”
There was no hesitation in Ren’s eyes, but no pleasure either. He looked at what was left of General Hux and raised his hand, lifting his battered body off the floor. Before he died, Kylo was certain he heard him whisper “how many kriffing times will this happen”, and wondered why Hux had been worried about his future replacement.
*
[Cycle 1]
This was not the first time he had “travelled”, but the first time he had witnessed the destruction of his most beloved project. Hux was used to failures – and correcting them so they never happened. Yet this defeat rocked him to the core, and he vowed silently that it wouldn’t happen a second time. It could /not/ happen a second time. Surely all there was to do was take care of the scavenger girl, this mysterious and annoying force-user, put more guards around her cell so she would not escape. He would know where the resistance would strike before they even knew they had to strike. He would crush them all if he had to. He had to.
He considered travelling right there and then, after the Supreme Leader had ordered him to save Ren and bring him back. But he was curious about Leader Snoke’s intentions, and Ren’s demise. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to gather more data before jumping back to the appropriate time and correct this whole mess. Yes, he would save Ren, and then see what the Leader had to say.
A week later, his right arm gone and choked to death by a being he had dedicated his entire life to, he half regretted his decision to see more. He closed his eyes.
Hux traveled, and began the second cycle.