Forgotten, But Not Lost

Chapter 86

Ben could feel how heavy his eyes were as he rubbed them from sleep. The typical warmth of their bed was vacant, Ben sprawled his arm out to feel his wife's body, but it came up empty and cold. Ben shot his body up to visual see what his hands felt, the side next to him was missing his dyad in the force.

Ben got up and dressed himself, he reached out through their bond and found that Amar was actually fairly far away. He knew this was not something she normally did, so it rose concern for Ben in his mind. Ben hoped all she was doing was a little meditation before their intense mission and allowing her mind to clear and rest with all the added stress she had been feeling.

Ben came stalking down the ramp to find the sun had yet to fully rise over the treetops of Ajan Kloss. The base was still relatively quiet and only a few personnel were patrolling the hanger and outside. Ben made his way towards Amar's signature, through the jungle of vines and monstrous trees.

It took Ben a bit to maneuver through the thick of it, but he knew he was nearing her force. Ben could tell she was focused enough to not show him she sensed his presence. Ben broke through the trees to find Amar sitting on her knees on the ground, her body was turned towards the cliffside that overlooked vast forest below. Amar was in a position for meditation, but there was something off. Ben lightly walked closer to see that her hands were indeed holding her head like she was trying to ease a slight headache. Ben knew that Amar had been having stress headaches for the last couple days, but he didn't think anything more of it, chalked it up to the anxiety over the mission and parting from their Daughters.

Ben could tell through their bond that Amar still had yet to realize his close proximity to herself. Amar sat motionless until Ben crept close enough to hear her and see what was actually happening. Amar was sobbing into her hand as the other grasped her head, Ben wasted no time and rushed over to his wife, who clearly was in pain. Why could he not feel her pain? In their bond, they felt everything no matter what it was.

Ben grabbed her shoulders and came into her view in front of her. Something was off, Amar did nothing to him being there, almost like she was stuck in her head. Ben shook her slightly to make her come back to reality of what was happening before her. Ben couldn't seem to snap her out of whatever this was. Ben finally decided to interfere into her mind, he reached his hands to come up to her temples and closed his eyes to try and pry into her mind. Ben was very familiar with doing this, as Kylo Ren this was his most useful torture tactic. Kylo wouldn't waste anytime with entering someone's mind in a non painful and invasive way, but Ben knew he would never harm Amar not ever. By placing his hands on her head, Ben was able to slip in without any pain and harm.

Amar's mind was in turmoil, she was suffering by whatever was in her mind showing her images and scenes before her. All Ben could make out was two raven haired girls, who appeared to be about the age of Amar when she was taken from the temple. They were familiar, though Ben knew he had not seen them before, at least not at this age. The familiar connection he felt when seeing the duo confirmed who Ben was staring at, Tana and Iris, his Daughters.

Ben couldn't seem to get over how beautiful they were, they were spitting images of both Parents. As they had always known, Tana being more like Ben with her midnight hair and tall lean figure and Iris having the traces of lapis that Amar carried in her hair, but also having the golden hazel eyes of their Mother. Ben knew he would have his hands full with his Daughters, but when they looked like angels plucked from the moons of iego, he would be fighting all their suitors that he knew would be at their doorstep. Ben couldn't understand, why was Amar so upset over seeing their Daughters all grown up? Yes, it was strange to have flashes of the future, but with how their dyad worked Ben wasn't so surprised. That was until he started to see the scene shift, the twins were standing back to back, with fire in their eyes. Both of the girls had sabers in their hands, but they were not the Twin sabers from the Skywalker line, no, they were Kylo Ren's hilt and their Mother's. The girls simultaneously, ignited them and to Ben's surprise, with sabers that were a crimson red. To be fair, it made sense for his old hilt to have the red, but Amar's saber?