A/N: I do not own Star Wars. I do, however, think that Anakin Skywalker would have something to say about Kylo Ren.

Aggressive Negotiation

Kylo Ren was exhausted.

He had narrowly escaped the crumbling planetary fortress that was Starkiller Base. The past few hours had been rather… trying, to say the least.

First, there was her. The scavenger from Jakku. She had resisted his mind probe.

Kylo Ren was now fascinated by her. No one had resisted before- not even that Resistance scum that called himself a pilot.

Hmm. As if. Kylo Ren was descended from a line of skilled pilots. One of whom was his own father.

Father….

The thought of what had transpired between Kylo Ren and his fat- no, Han Solo- still brought a twinge of pain to the aspiring Dark Sider. He had thought that killing Solo would have helped him.

It wasn't helping. Not one bit.

Then there was the blaster shot from that walking carpet (a minor inconvenience), and then there was the fool with the lightsaber. Kylo Ren had briefly- it was only an instant, honest- of what he had heard lesser beings call "fanboying" before he'd regained control and attacked the fool who dared wield the lightsaber.

The fool had been swiftly dealt with. Then, she ruined the moment. That Force-forsaken scavenger had used the Force to call the lightsaber to her, not him-

Worst, she had bested him with the lightsaber.

BEN SOLO.

Kylo Ren looked around. Who had said that? It didn't sound like General Hux- the man was up front in the pilot's seat. Right?

BEN SOLO.

Now Kylo Ren was hearing things. Great. Just great.

Then, he appeared.

He being a man who filled the doorway. He was almost two meters tall, with dark, curled brown hair and a scar over one of his eyes, both of which shone a clear, crystal blue.

Anakin Skywalker. Darth Vader. My Grandfather.

There was only one thing to do at that moment, in Kylo Ren's addled mind. He crawled off the cot he'd been laying on, and got on one knee, with his head bowed low.

"Lord Vader-"

"Silence." Uh-oh, Ren thought. "I am not Darth Vader. I am Anakin Skywalker. I am grieved by you, grandson."

Grieved?

"I heard that. You should not idolize me, young one, for I am no hero. I have done terrible things in my time.

"You should not pray to me, for I am no GOD. You called on me for advice, but I did not answer.

"I went down a dark road, boy. I know what the Darkness feels like, looks like, smells like. You have only had a little taste, and I urge you to turn back now- it is not too late for you; it almost was for me.

"You want to be just like me? No, Ben, do not be like me. Be anything other than another me." And with that, he disappeared.

Kylo Ren was frozen in place. Then, everything began to fade to black.

"Kylo? Kylo!"

Hux fulfilled his demand from Snoke- bring Kylo Ren to him, so that his training could be completed. Kylo Ren, too shaken from his encounter to explain what had happened, had thrown himself into his training with wild abandon, in complete ignorance of the words of his long-dead grandfather.

Eternity, Anakin Skywalker found, was not what he had thought it would be.

First, there were only Jedi here, and not that many to be precise. Worse, Padme wasn't here, and that saddened Anakin.

Oh, and to top it all off, he could interact with the physical world, but only for brief periods of time. That only worsened his mood.

The other Jedi- Obi-Wan, Yoda, Qui-Gon- only visited him for brief periods. Anakin had been looking forward to being one with the Force, if only because then he wouldn't have to grieve for the atrocities he had committed.

This… existence had made Anakin's life hell. I deserve this, though, Anakin thought ruefully.

Then, his blood began to boil. He saw Kylo Ren- no, Ben Solo - training hard under the watchful eye of that wannabe, Snoke.

I warned him.

Anakin had a sudden urge to return to the physical world once more. He had been told once that he had been born of the Force itself; why not do it again?

Thus, Anakin focused, for the first time in a long time, on a spot near where his son Luke was. And he focused all of his willpower on that spot-

And hit a wall.

THE REALM OF THE FORCE IS NOT TO BE BREACHED LIGHTLY. IF YOU ATTEMPT THIS, YOU SHALL NOT RETURN.

Anakin was undaunted.

"I will, because I must. I am needed there."

And Anakin Skywalker pushed forward.