Taking Command Book 2 (Kylux)

Chapter 28: Wake Me Up

Kylo Ren

I was dead. Not literally, but I might as well have been. I could not move and I could not wake up. I floated somewhere in the grey between the white of life and black of death.

I could not hear, see, taste, smell, or touch anything. I was cut off from the world. But at the same time, however, I was self aware. This was thanks to the Force.

I could sense Hux's presence near me and I could feel his anxiety. I wished, somewhere in my mind, that I could console him, but I could not. I was trapped in this mire of shadows and blackness.

I dreamed a lot. I dreamt of my father. It was a vivid dream. It was not truly a dream, however, but a memory. It was of a trip we had taken to Naboo, on which we had spent the whole time there bonding and enjoying ourselves. In the dream, I could still feel the water of the lake we had swam in. I could feel the breeze across my face. I wished sometimes that I could go back to those simpler, happier, less complicated days. I wished for the days of peace and love.

My consciousness kept drifting in and out of dreams. For some reason, they all seemed to focus on the past. I felt sucked in. There was a little voice in the back of my head it seemed. Come with me, it whispered. You can be with your family again. No more war, no more death. You've done enough to make your grandfather proud.

I wanted to go, I really did. I wanted to fall into that void and accept eternity, but I could not. Someone was waiting for me. Hux was still waiting for me to wake up. I needed to wake up, but I could not. There was an impenetrable fog around my mind.

Suddenly, something pierced the veil that shrouded my consciousness in shadow. It was a spear of pure pain arching into my mind. It was Hux's. His emotions were so strong that my Force powers were picking them up strongly. I held onto that thought. It would pull me back into the day. It had to. Hux's loss and desire for me would be my ultimate savior.

I woke up, completely messing up the array of tubes and wires on me. I reached up a hand and ripped the breathing apparatus off of my face and drew in deep, long breaths.

"Aghhhh!" I yelled freely, relieving some of the pent up energy. A sharp glance of pain caused me to bend double.

"You need to lay down, my lord." A nervous medic came over to me. "We need to run some tests on you. We were not expecting you to wake up as soon as you did. Hux will be pleased."

"Tell him that I want to talk to him. I need him. Before the tests, I want to speak with him. Tell him now!" I snapped.

The medic did not dare disobey a direct order from me, and he ran off to find my husband.

I had held on, and I had come back. My feelings for Hux were the reason I was  living, and I would never forget it. The Force worked in powerful ways, and today, it had helped bring me back to life.