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The gaunt face of a monster hung menacingly in the air. A dark figure knelt directly below, its long shadow stretching across the polished black marble floor.
“Kira Ren, I have a mission for you.” The giant holographic image flickered and fizzed, the connection tenuous. “Your power and your loyalty to the First Order’s noble cause make you the only one suitable for this task.”
The form on the floor remained silent, motionless.
“It has come to my attention that a man by the name of Ben Solo has the potential to pose a serious threat to our glorious regime. He, and he alone, knows the location of the notorious Luke Skywalker.” The scarred and twisted face in the holo spat the name in disgust. “Solo must be dealt with immediately. Your mission is to locate him and extract this information, but if this proves impossible, to kill him.”
“I’ll do whatever you ask, Supreme Leader.” The apprentice’s heavily modulated voice rumbled from her glossy black helmet, barely recognizable as human.
“Good. Together, you and I will complete this task and usher in a new era to the galaxy, an Era of Order and Peace, free from the foul stain of the Jedi.” Supreme Leader Snoke relished the thought for a moment. “Go,” he ordered, the command echoing between the obsidian walls even after his image winked out.
A single sliver of pale moonlight sliced through the darkness of the room, illuminating the still kneeling Kira Ren, her featureless helmet glinting as she rose and strode purposefully out of the chamber, fists clenched.