Forgotten, But Not Lost

Chapter 56

Wetness found itself in Amar's eyes, she rapidly wiped her eyes, she didn't want to lose his sight before her. Amar had no words to speak, Ben was there from the WBW. Amar stepped closer to make sure he was real and not a hallucination, Ben followed her movements and crept closer as well. Amar reached up her hand in the air and Ben followed suit, their hands were mere inches from touching. Amar and Ben stared at their hands as they drove them closer to eventually feel each others finger tips. Their fingers touched and the air around them started to swirl as if a huge wind storm was blowing through Amar's quarters.

Their eyes instantly met and there was no more time to waste, if they could touch their finger tips together, that meant more could touch. Ben stepped as close as he could and swept his arm around Amar and pulled her up and into his waiting lips. Amar had not kissed "Ben" for years and this was what she needed. His lips were even as warm as Amar remembered, they held that soft feeling she had been missing all this time. Amar didn't want it to end and through their bond she could tell he reciprocated that same feeling, but they needed to talk to each other. There were so many things to say and go over.

"Amar, I cannot stay, believe me I want to. This is taking all of us over here to get me to appear before you. I need you to listen closely." Ben grabbed Amar's cheek in his hands.

Amar could feel her stomach doing somersaults, she didn't want to let him go, but there must have been a reason for him reaching out like this.

"Apparently I am not dead, Amar. I need you and the girls to help me come home. You need to find Vader's holocron, which if I remember correctly, you know exactly where it is. You hid it from me, which was a wise choice at the time. You will need it to find the portal you need to pass through." Ben stared intently down into Amar's eyes. Amar lifted her hands to the sides of Ben's face and met his intense stare.

"I will bring you home, Ben, I promise you. I don't want to live another minute in our life without you." Amar pressed her lips to Ben's and closed her eyes to enjoy the sweet feeling, but when she opened her eyes again, Ben was gone. A fleeting moment between the estranged lovers.

At least, Amar had the confirmation that it was indeed not a fool's errand, trying to bring him back. Clearly, the force was leading them all to it, Leia and Luke had been helping Ben in the WBW. Amar got the courage to move again and get ready for bed, she felt like a little girl again, giddy before a big event. Amar was ready to bring him home and into her arms and never let him go.

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Dawn reached the mountains that laid in the background to the tropical forest of Ajan Kloss, the birds beat the group of all ages of force users to waking. Amar woke Tana and Iris and readied them for their adventure they were all about to take. Amar knew she needed to find her belongings that General Poe had confiscated from her, in her satchel she had her saber, Kylo Ren's saber, and Vader's holocron. They were going to need the holocron. Amar pushed the yawning girls out of their respected room they were using and told them to make their way to the hanger. Amar made her way through the base to try and find any sign of command. A few Resistance fighters pointed her to the communications room next to the hanger. Amar closed in on the area as she heard hushed serious tones.

"You need to tell her. He is going to have to face the music like everyone else." Poe fiercely whispered. Amar heard whoever Poe was talking to.

"Poe, come on. He has paid for what he did, we are literally bringing him back from death." Rey forcefully whispered back. By that point, Amar was already in view and had heard what they were discussing. Poe's eyes fluttered down in shame, considering they had been talking about Ben.

"Look Amar, we can discuss what we were just talking about in more detail." Poe quickly made it a point to explain himself. Amar was not in the mood for his shenanigans, all she wanted was him back, but not to be immediately taken away from her.

"I understand your position Dameron. It will be a cold day in hell before I allow you to take him away again." Amar stared at him directly and saw that her satchel was sitting in the counter behind Poe. Amar grabbed the bag and looked in to find everything she needed. Amar turned around and headed for the door, she looked back at Rey.

"Ready?" Was all Amar asked Rey. Rey nodded her head and followed Amar out the door. Rey knew Amar would never allow the Resistance to punish Ben, but she saw both sides, Rey understood that Kylo Ren had committed terrible crimes against the galaxy, but Ben was a pawn in a long drawn out game just like herself and Amar.

Poe wiped his face with his plan out of frustration as the women stalked off. He knew if they returned with a very much alive Ben Solo, he was going to have to detain both him and Amar, until he could figure out what to do about their punishments. Amar had proven to be lethal, if she needed to be or felt threatened.

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Rey and Amar made their way back to the hanger to find the Bridger's and Ahsoka readying the Falcon. Rey had offered to pilot the Falcon with Chewbacca as the co-pilot. Amar had met Chewie of course, but when she had seen him with Han on Batuu they had no recollection of Amar. Ben had always talked about his Father's hairy companion in a fond way, most of his memories with his Father consisted with him ending up in Chewie's lap fast asleep. Amar approached her Daughters who were standing along the outskirts by themselves.

"Girls, go offer your willing hands to help please." Amar nudged them both from behind and the girls let out a "Ugh". Apparently, they were getting to the age when they didn't want to follow whatever their Mother told them. Amar got a slight chuckle from Rey in the distance and Amar met it with a wide smile. Rey was really growing on Amar, she couldn't believe not 12 hours ago she wanted her dead by her hands. Granted the dark side of the force was compelling Amar, but deep down she knew there was still her own jealousy that had come into play. Amar erased those thought instantly, Rey was now helping her accomplish her journey.

"Was Ben like that, when he was younger?" Rey sat the box of supplies down on the ramp as she asked Amar out of curiosity.

Amar was a little taken aback, no one seemed to actually want to know about Ben, besides her Daughters. It had seemed everyone wanted Ben back for the reason of him being reunited with his family, but did they actually want him back for him? Rey had proved to be different again to Amar, but to be expected, Rey did at one point have the connection to Ben.

"Uh, actually a little bit." Amar said as she chuckled to the thought of how Ben never listened to Master Luke. Rey and Amar walked side by side as they loaded the rest of the bins onto the ramp for them to be fully loaded on the Falcon.

"GRRRRRRRWWWWWWW" Amar instantly knew that voice. Amar turned around to find the hairy beast stopped dead.

"Chewie?" Amar asked hesitantly, was he going to remember now? Ben's memory had returned, but she never got a chance to see Luke, Leia, or Han for that matter to test the theory.

Chewie tilted his head to the side and made a "Humph" sound under his breath. Amar knew what that meant. Amar ran straight for the fluff ball and jumped into his awaiting arms. Everyone seemed to stop what they were doing in the hanger to witness such a scene. These moments were far and few between anymore.

Amar snuggled that soft fur she missed all these years, and Chewie scruffed her hair in the back of her head and continued his huffing noises.

"I missed you too, Chew." Amar leaned out of their embrace. Amar could hear the small steps from her Daughters coming up behind her. Amar wretched back and saw their faces light up. Tana and Iris had seen Chewie before but he didn't know who Amar was back then, leading to no reason why he would know the twins. Amar was about to introduce the duo, when she peered back at Chewie. He had a sincere look to his face and lowered himself so he was more eye level with the girls. Tana and Iris' smiles grew larger on their faces.

"Unkie Chewie!" Both of them instantly ran into his arms as their Mother just had moments ago. Amar was amazed, the girls had just used the same expression Ben had when he was younger. Ben used to call Chewbacca, Unkie Chewie. Tears made their way into Amar's eyes at the sight that sat before her. The girls must have known that. Amar took them in again and Chewie sat there analyzing them, looking at their raven hair and eyes, then back to Amar. Amar knew what he was asking, he didn't need to say it out loud.

"Yes, Chewie, Ben is their Father." Amar smiled at them and realized she had said that to the whole hanger of Resistance fighters. Oops.