Forgotten, But Not Lost

Chapter 74

There was chatter among the Resistance members after General Poe had offered asylum to Amar and Ben. Finn tried to quiet the crowd by motioning with his hands to settle down and asked them to hear General Dameron out.

Poe stood in front of Ben and Amar awaiting their verbal acceptance or denial. Could Ben help the Resistance, after all this time being against them? Ben knew deep down in his soul there needed to be a balance of the Resistance and what the First Order ideas had been. The once New Republic had failed just like the Republic and the Empire before them. Something needed to change.

Ben thought to himself maybe Amar and him were supposed to help steer the course of the new government, bring that balance to the galaxy. Amar could feel everything Ben was going over and agreed with him, things needed to change and if this way meant they all could be together, then so be it.

Ben and Amar rose to be in front of the Resistance members in the middle. They looked to each other and then back to General Poe and Finn. Ben and Amar simply nodded to them to accept their fate, for everyone to see.

"So be it, then." Poe turned around to face everyone in the room.

"We have had great victory on Exegol, but we are far from being done. In the galaxy, there are Sith sympathizers and a few Final Order and First Order destroyers. One in particular is the Final Order Star destroyer that used their tech to blow up Kijimi. We need to find it before they can regroup and expand. We know the Sith and the Final Order worked together, so it is safe to assume they still are. We will need the help from Ben and Amar to figure out the best way to go about the next steps, they will be our little green card in our game of Sabacc."

The members of the Resistance seemed to be understanding General Poe's view of the old enemies, seeing their potential for helping them.

"We will destroy the remnants of the Sith and the Final Order, trust in me and we will see it through. Now, dismissed." Poe motioned for all of the members to disperse from the communications room. He knew the next part was only for top members of the Resistance.

The room cleared as Ben, Amar, Chewie, Rey, Ahsoka, Rose, Jannah, Finn, and Poe stayed behind to further the conversation in planning their next move on the Sith.

Maru patted both Ben and Amar's back from behind them.

"I will go and watch over the girls. Keep strong my loves, you two deserve the world." Maru claimed as she ran her hand on both of their cheeks. Maru loved her family completely and she had spent years never being able to show them. She no longer needed to hide, it was her pact she made to herself to show how much she loved them, everyday.

Ben and Amar smiled deeply at their Mother and Mother in-law.

"Thank you Momma, for everything." Amar shared her sentiment in showing their love to each other.

Maru stood up and filtered out with the rest of the Resistance to make her way to the twins' room.

Ben took the moment to remind himself that Amar was indeed sitting right next to him and they were not going to be taken away from one another again, not if he could help it. Ben caught her attention with his thoughts and Amar looked at Ben with content. Ben wasn't going to hide his feelings any longer like Kylo Ren would have, Ben reached for Amar's chin and lightly brought it up. Ben pressed his lips to her ever so lightly, this was his life now and he would cherish every moment of it.

Rey watched the lovers with envy, she longed to feel that way with another being. Rey did not feel any malice towards them, simply happiness that they had finally come together again, like they were destined.