Taking Command Book 2 (Kylux)

Chapter 58: Devastated

Kylo PoV

I woke up restrained in a cell. My hands were pulled tightly above my head and my feet were spread about a shoulder width apart and also restrained. There was a shock collar across my neck and my entire body ached. I was only in my pants. I did not know where any of my clothing was. If Phasma had kept her word, she would have given my saber back to Poe.

In hindsight, this was not the best plan. Hux probably would not fall for the Resistance's plan, and even worse, he would kill me himself. That hurt, to think that the man I had loved more than anything, the man I had given up everything for, that he would be my executioner.

"Where am I?!" I yelled. No answer. My arms were aching badly. I wanted to lay down, but I could not move at all. My mouth was dry as well. I heard footsteps outside of my cell, then the beep of the door being unlocked. Hux walked in with what looked like a cattle prod.

"You're awake." He said. "I have some questions for you. If you are honest, I might spare you a painful death and I'll just shoot you in the head. If you lie to me or withhold anything..." He lunged and jabbed me in the chest with the prod. I cried out in mixed shock and pain as electricity jolted me from my semi cathartic state.

"What do you want to know, Hux?" I asked, trying to modulate my voice.

"Why. Why did you leave me. Why did you abandon everything we've worked for?!" His eyes were full of anguish. He looked broken and full of grief and rage and confusion. "You left everything we had! We had a plan! We were going to rule the world together, we were going to honor the memories of our families! We were going to bring order!" He paused and laughed shakily, sounding on the verge of hysteria. "But no." He slammed his fist into the wall next to my face. "You had to betray me. You joined the enemy because you were too weak to stomach your duty. You knew what you would have to do, and yet you still went with it. You have me false hope, Kylo. You deceived me into thinking you would be faithful."

"I'm sorry." I said softly. "But I couldn't have stayed. I hurt too many people. I know that now. I killed innocent people in the name of misguided ideals. I deserve death, but not by your hands. You have no right to dole out my punishment. You ordained everything I did. You have no moral high ground with which to judge me. I am sorry I left you the way I did, and I would love you again, but I could not be with you as long as you continue your reign. Tell me, Hux. How many planets did you have to destroy when you took down the Republic?" I did not entirely want to know, but I had to know. I wanted to know what my actions had enabled him to do. How much blood was on my hands?

"Six. I blew up six of them. Coruscant, plus the five main planets of the republic in the Hosnian system. Smart choice settling the Resistance on the one planet I didn't hit. If you thought no one would look there, you thought well. " His voice was cold. "Another question, how did you survive your crash? You literally crashed a ship into Tatooine."

"I didn't. I died. But I sacrificed the Force to come back. I don't have my powers anymore. I'm just a man, like you. I had to do it. I needed to try to stop you-" My entire body erupted in a starburst of agony as Hux stabbed the prod into my ribs, causing me to spasm uncontrollably, putting pressure on my restrained appendages.

"Shut up." He said coldly. "I've received an offer from the Resistance that they'll give me a million credits for you. I'm taking them up on it. I'll meet them on their planet with you and FN-2187. Only when they come to collect you, then you die. I'll call in the fleet to obliterate them, and then, we get the credits, destroy the Resistance, and kill you, our biggest threat." He grabbed me by the chin and smiled cruelly. "This is the price of betrayal. I hope you thought of this before leaving me."

He left me in my prison to mull over the fact that Poe was about to walk into a trap. The Resistance thought that things were going as planned when in reality, Hux was about to kill them. This was all my fault. The guilt overwhelmed me and I hung my head, wishing I had died. I had done nothing. I had only hurt everyone I loved.