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Ivenka's eyes fluttered open and she was immediately blinded by a bright light. She winced, covering her eyes with her hand to adjust for a moment before trying to sit up. There were whispers coming from across the room. At least she could hear again. The hit to her head from when she was thrown into a wall must have knocked out her hearing for a while. The hit from the now dead Supreme Leader before she was taken from Kylo and put on some Resistance ship. Her memory jogged back to her and she sat up fully, peeling her eyes open and examining her surroundings.

It looked like she was in some kind of medical wing. She was in a bed wearing a lightweight gown and a bandage had been wrapped around her head. In the far corner of the room near the door was a group of people discussing something amongst themselves quietly; they were the source of the whispering she had heard. One of them, a female nurse with eyes so wide apart she couldn't be human, glanced over at her and realized she was awake before hurrying to her bedside.

Ivenka clutched the blanket covering her to her chest and started pulling the force to her as a sad secondary defense. "Why am I here? What did you do to me?"

The nurse stood back from the bed anxiously but tried to calm her down. "We repaired the wound in your forehead and gave you some supplemental blood since you had lost so much. Please, we're only here to help." She raised her hands defensively to try and exemplify her innocence.

Heart beating, Ivenka's eyes started welling up. "Help? You think you helped me? I was kidnapped!"

The nurse blinked nervously, wringing her hands in front of her and trying to diffuse the situation. She was clearly unsure of herself. "I... I'm just going to go get someone. I promise you, we aren't here to hurt you. Please, just lay back on the bed and try to calm down." She quickly turned away and hurried out of the room, the other medical staff in the room following her down an unseen hallway.

"Ivenka! Ivenka are you awake? Are you okay?" It was Kylo, talking to her through the force bond.

She nearly sobbed in relief. Curling up on the bed, she pulled the blanket completely over her head to cover herself. "Kylo! Yes, I'm okay."

"Where are you? I need you to tell me where you are so I can come and get you."

Peeking out from underneath the covers, she eyed the windowless space. "I don't know. I think I'm in some hospital room. They fixed my head."

"Good. And anything else? Are you feeling any...different, at all?" He was carefully sidestepping the real question here. The question of whether or not Snoke was lying when he said she was carrying Kylo's child.

Ivenka picked up on what he was getting at. "I...I don't know. I don't feel any different. Kylo? Do you think he was lying?"

"I don't know why he would lie about something like that. He seemed rather...pleased about it...Have you missed your cycle?"

She went back in her mind and quickly calculated out the weeks. She wasn't sure if she was happy or depressed about her conclusion. "It was supposed to be this week. I've only been with you for about a month. I think I've missed it..." She felt a surge of passion cross over to her through the bond. "What are we going to do?"

"I am going to get you, girl, I swear it."

"How? I don't even know where I am? How will you find me?"

"Do what you can to find out where they took you. Look around, ask questions, anything. Do not fight them, Ivenka. You can't over exert yourself. In your current condition it could be dire, for you and for our child. This early in the pregnancy you are at high risk."

Ivenka's throat tightened with unshed tears, slowly letting go of the force shield she had been holding up. "I can't do this! I can't do this by myself!"

Kylo's protective instinct for Ivenka was going into overdrive. He could barely see straight he was so livid it had come to this. "I know. I'm going to get you, Ivenka. I'm going to come for you."

Footsteps were rapidly approaching her room. "They're coming back." She sniffled underneath the blankets.

Kylo could feel her nervousness and despair. "It's okay. Befriend them and they will tell you where I can find you. You have to find out where you are."

"Okay. I'll try."

"I'll check in with you later. Tell me immediately if they do anything unwanted to you. Do not hesitate."

She wiped her nose rather disgracefully. "Okay. Bye." She checked out of the conversation before she could hear his reply. A group of people gathered around her bedside. Slowly, she lowered the blanket from her face and looked out with glistening grey eyes.

The alien nurse with the far apart eyes stood warily behind another older woman who was slightly short but proud looking. Next to her stood a young man around Kylo's age and another man who had a surprisingly familiar looking face. It was the man who had carried her onto the ship. She pointed at him angrily. "You!"

He pointed at his chest confused and his eyes flickered nervously between her and the others next to him. Slowly, he backed up behind his companions to hide behind them. "Me?"

"Yes you! You kidnapped me!" Ivenka glared at him but tried her best to keep her heart rate down.

The short woman who appeared to be the leader of this odd group stepped forward and waved Finn off. She looked uncomfortable when Ivenka used the term 'kidnapped'. "Finn was bringing you to safety, my dear. He said he and Rey had found you wounded on the First Order's base."

Ivenka continued her glare at the nervous young man. "I was fine. I was being taken care of."

Finn gave her a disbelieving look, "By that psychopath?" He blanched, realizing what he had said and looked over to the short woman but did not take back his words.

Ivenka bit her lip. "He's not a psychopath. He's... brave and kind and stronger than any of you will ever be!"

The short woman gave her a sad look. "I am General Leia Organa of the Resistance. I promise you, you are safe here with us."

"Safe? From Kylo? You have no idea, no idea what you're talking about."

The woman held her hands in front of her with sad upturned brows. She replied, "I do know what you're talking about. I am his mother."

Ivenka's eyes nearly shot out of her head. "He... he's your son?"

General Leia nodded silently.

After carefully watching the expressions of the others crowded around them, Ivenka looked down nervously to her hands resting near her stomach. This could be her chance. She asked in a whisper. "Can I talk to you alone?"

Leia looked around the room and silently directed them to the door before sitting down on the edge of the bed after they had left the room and closed the door.

"I need your help." Ivenka looked up at Kylo's mother with trepidation.

Taking her hand in hers, Leia nodded. "I will do anything in my power to help you."

Swallowing down her nerves, Ivenka felt she was nearly quaking in anxiety. "I need you to take me back to him."

Leia gave the nervous girl another sad smile. "Why? Why would you want to go back there? It's too dangerous for a young girl like you."

With a furrowed brow, Ivenka countered in a lightly offended tone, "Too dangerous? You don't know me. You don't know anything about what is too dangerous for me."

Exhaling, Leia agreed, "You're right. I don't. What I meant was that it is too dangerous for anyone."

Ivenka gave a defeated expression. "I know. But I have to go back."

"Why? I don't understand what is so important to you there."

Ivenka took in a deep breath. There was no point in beating around the bush any longer; it would only delay her return to Kylo. She had to tell her what was going on; she might be more willing to help if she knew why. "I think I'm in love with your son. And... and I'm pregnant with his child."

The room was silent. Leia froze, never expecting those words to come from her mouth. She had been sure this girl was a victim of her son's cruelty, a casualty in his quest for power, but after hearing that come from the girl she was completely in awe. Doing the only thing she could think of, Leia reached forward and tightly embraced Ivenka's shaking frame.

After initially going stiff, Ivenka eventually relaxed in the woman's arms, tears breaking free and streaming down her face. "I need to go back to him. I can't stay here."

Leia was dazed, having absolutely no idea what to say. "Oh, my dear. Shh. Shh.." She hushed the young woman's cries and rubbed her back warmly. After a few minutes when Ivenka swallowed back her tears, Leia asked the biggest question on her mind, "How did you get caught up in all of this?"

Ivenka backed away from her, unsure of how to and if she even should answer her questions. She decided to go with as generic a reply as she could. "I was sent there to help him."

Frowning, Leia knew the girl was keeping the whole truth from her. "Help him to do what?" The answer was obvious. By some unexpected miracle, the Supreme Leader was already dead when her team had arrived, and she had a sneaking suspicion this girl was a part in it. "Did you help him kill Snoke?" The notion seemed laughable but clearly there was more to this girl than met the eye.

Ivenka didn't answer. She looked back at her hands in her lap and nibbled at her lip harder until it almost bled.

Leia held her hand again. "You can tell me. We infiltrated the base because we had strong word that Snoke was going to be there after months of being in hiding. We were going to try to assassinate him. We're on the same side."

Ivenka looked unconvinced. "I'm on Kylo's side. And I don't think he is on yours..."

With another sad smile, Leia nodded. "Yes. It seems that way, doesn't it?" She paused for a moment before asking a question, "I'm afraid I never asked for your name."

"Ivenka."

Leia tried it out, "Ivenka. What a beautiful name."

She nodded and gave a small and quick smile. "Thank you, ma'am."

"And how old are you, Ivenka?"

"Nineteen."

She was a baby. She was barely an adult and she was being used by god knows who to accomplish god knows what. Leia leaned closer, lowering the tone of her voice. "Ivenka, I need to know who killed the Supreme Leader. It is imperative for everyone's safety that I know exactly what happened back there."

Guilt was starting to pool in Ivenka's gut. What harm could come from telling this woman what had happened? At this point she was Ivenka's only hope of getting out of here and she wasn't about to alienate herself from her. "We did. We did it."

That was exactly what Leia had feared. Her son had somehow gained multitudes of power in an extremely short period of time. Enough power to kill one of the most powerful figures in the galaxy. Swallowing her fears for the moment, Leia smiled warmly at Ivenka's openness. "Thank you for telling me, dear."

It didn't make her feel any better. Ivenka shrugged in response.

Leia's eyes wandered up to the bandaging covering Ivenka's head wound. "And Snoke did that to you?"

Ivenka narrowed her eyes accusingly. "Of course he did. Who else would have? Your son?"

Leia shook her head, backing up from her incorrect conclusion that her son might have had something to do with Ivenka's injury. "No! No, of course not. I was just making sure you're okay."

"I'm fine." Ivenka recoiled from the woman's assumption and held her arms protectively around her middle.

Unconsciously looking down at Ivenka's stomach for any evidence of the grandchild she never thought she would have, Leia stared at her with worry. "Ivenka, I don't think the medical staff knew of your... condition when they helped heal your injury. Would you like them to examine you to make sure your child is safe?"

Child. At this point it couldn't be more than a few dozen cells forming together, but the warm feeling that the thought brought to her was the same. Nervously, Ivenka nodded. "Yes, I think I would like that." She still wasn't even convinced it was true. It was so early, it should be impossible to tell. Ever since she was thrown against the wall she had been wondering if it had affected her possible condition and she wasn't quite sure how to cope with that yet. She wasn't sure how to cope with any of it.

Leia smiled again, trying to be as supportive as possible. "Wonderful." She stood up from sitting on the bed. "I'll go and get one of the nurses to take a look at you." She started making her way to the door.

Ivenka's heart jumped and she sat up straight with wide and afraid eyes. "General Organa?"

The older woman paused mid step and turned back to face her. "Call me Leia, please."

Looking down nervously, Ivenka asked in a small voice, "Leia, do you think you could stay with me? I mean... I just..."

Leia looked surprised but nodded adamantly. "Of course. I would be honored."

Ivenka smiled in thanks, grateful to not be doing this alone. If something had happened before it had barely began, Ivenka didn't want to be alone to hear that news.

"I'll be right back." Leia turned back around and went to find one of the nurses.