Forgotten, But Not Lost

Chapter 26

There he was, standing there in all black with his mask on, Kylo Ren had come to Batuu. Amar stood there dumbfounded, she knew that Kylo could feel her force signature, but she didn't know what his next move would be. They stared at each other from a distance, he was on the outside of the farm and Amar was standing at her doorway to the house. No one moved a muscle, from behind Kylo, First Order Stormtroopers spread out, looking for something or someone.

Fear consumed Amar, what could they possibly be looking for? Kylo then made a command to the troopers to start searching the homes. He then started to walk towards Amar, what was she going to say? Kylo stopped right before Amar, he stood there staring again. Amar could feel an immense pressure in her head, Kylo was trying to go through her mind with the force and find whatever he was looking for. He had gained more powerful than Amar could remember, Master Luke definitely did not teach them this method of the force.

Amar put up a barrier in her mind to fight back against his protrusion in her mind, it seemed to irritate him further. Kylo walked even closer to Amar and drew his hand up to intensify his force into her mind and through his helmet he spoke.

"I know you have them, give them to me and no harm will come to any of you. Resist and I will use whatever force necessary." Kylo let off on the force interrogation and Amar caught her breath.

"I don't know who you are talking about, please leave us alone. We don't want any trouble." Amar knew she couldn't say anything about who she was and their past. It could come across as a lie to him and he could become violent.

"The girls, Iris and Tana. They're mine and I am going to take them and train them in the correct ways of the force." Kylo stated matter of factly to Amar, but she was taken aback. How did he know about the twins? Did he know how he was associated with them?

"They are not yours. I am their mother, you will not take them from me." Amar held up her arm to force him back away from the home. That seemed to anger Kylo and she could feel it radiate off of him in waves. Kylo's hand came up and Amar could feel her neck tighten, she clawed at her neck to try and release the pressure, but it was through the force. Kylo stepped closer and leaned in to whisper in her ear.

"Tana and Iris are my daughters, as their father, I will be the one to train them. As for you my love I will take you and you will be my prisoner in my chambers. I haven't forgotten about you, don't worry Amar." Kylo released his hold on her neck and Amar fell to her knees. He was so cold and emotionless the way he talked to her. This was Amar's worst nightmare, her girls were going to be turned to the dark side, just like their father was.

Amar screamed in her sleep and woke up sitting straight up. It was only a nightmare, but something about it seemed so real to Amar. It was still dark outside of their home and Amar laid back down in her bed and stared straight at the ceiling. Kylo Ren could never find out about his daughters, if he did, he would most certainly take them from her. The dark side would consume them all and they would become a force to be reckoned with.

Suddenly, Amar could feel a disturbance in the force, something she hadn't felt on this planet yet. Something was coming and whatever it was, Amar needed to get the girls out of town. Amar rose from her bed to quickly run to town to see if maybe Ra'sara could take the girls on a little overnight trip to the thick jungle that had the ancient spires. They would be safer out of town than staying to face whatever was coming.

Ra'sara and the twins packed and left for the jungle well before late morning, Ra'sara was fully invested in the girls that she did not mind at all for the last minute trip. Amar exhaled and was relieved to know they were going to be safe out of town. Amar finished getting ready to head to work, before she left she had to pay a Jedi scroll a visit. She grabbed the scroll and read it, if something was coming to the planet, she needed to find a way to mask her force signature. If it was anyone from the First Order, she needed to stay hidden.

On her walk to work she saw many shuttles coming over head, but one Star Destroyer came into the atmosphere and Amar was hit with a force she hadn't felt in years. Amar closed her eyes, she reached out and she could feel Ben's signature, but it was different. Ben was always so strong with the force and his signature reflected that, but now it was unsteady. It seemed like his force could go out at any minute or that his emotions were uncontrollable.

Amar raised her hood to cover her head and continued on her walk to the antiquities. She would keep her head down for now and try and gain any information on why they could be here. Amar just hoped that Kylo stayed on his command ship and not on the planet, she didn't want her fears to become a reality.

As Amar approached the den, she could see a pair of Stormtroopers waiting outside of the entrance, like they were guarding it. She approached the entrance and one of them stopped her from entering.

"No one is permitted to enter citizen." The Stormtrooper held up his arm to stop her.

"Well, I work here, I need to be able to do my job. You will allow me in." Amar waved her arm in front of the troopers to convince them by her Jedi mind trick.

They both nodded at her and stepped aside for her to enter. Amar walked in to find Dok escorting a black figure around in the shop. She recognized the person immediately and quickly turned around to leave, but Dok stopped her.

"Ah Mar, you're here! Finally someone to help me in finding an item for Master Ren here." Amar didn't turn around just yet, but she knew he didn't mean anything by it. Dok had no knowledge of her past, she couldn't fault him for that. Amar turned around, but tried to keep her head tilted down to hide her face from full view.

"Yes, Sir, what could I help you with?" Amar directed the question at both of them, but she could feel Kylo staring at her intently. She could feel him shift and start to walk towards her. What was she going to do, of course he didn't recognize her, but what if he could sense her force? Amar quickly cloaked her force in the back of her mind, or tried too.

Kylo approached her with Dok shortly behind him, Amar rose her head to meet his just a little. She then curtsied to Kylo to appear proper and not gain anymore attention.

"Master Ren is looking for a holocron, particularly one of the late Lord Vader's." Dok nervously told Amar, scratching at his neck.

Amar thought to herself, of course he is. Once Ben had found out about his true lineage, she felt his mind become consumed by the wonders of his late grandfather.

"Sorry Sir, there is no such thing here. I would be the one to know, I know of all the items in this shop. We do not own any holocrons." Amar bluntly told the two men. Dok was extremely surprised by her response and was immediately nervous that Kylo would not take such an answer.

"Hmm, are you sure? My sources claimed this was the last place it would have been. If I were to find out that you were eluding me, I would take that very seriously. It would be treason to the First Order." Kylo stared at Amar straight in the face.

Amar surprisingly wasn't nervous and stared straight back at him.

"Well, I am sorry to disappoint, my Lord. No holocron here." Amar turned around to move into her part of the den to start work.

As soon as she walked around the corner, she was hit with an overwhelming feeling of nausea in the pit of her stomach. She leaned against the wall and waited for Kylo Ren to leave.

Dok came around the corner flabbergasted at Amar.

"Are you crazy? What if they find out the truth?" Dok whispered under his breath to Amar.

"Dok, the holocron cannot fall into their hands, it is a risk we are going to have to take." Amar looked back at the distant wall of the den and walked over. Overhead, you could hear all of the shuttles leaving the planet and out of the system. Amar pushed a hidden button on the wall and a secret door opened up, inside lay Darth Vader's red holocron.