Chapter 14: Memory Wipe?
Briana stood to her feet as the door to her chambers unlocked. Kylo came in and fixed his brown eyes on hers. "You are aware that I wouldn't have to keep you contained if you would just stop trying to run from me?" Kylo asked, grabbing her by her arms and pulling her to his chest. He held her in a vice-like grip, stroking her dark hair gently.
"So what? You were doing that anyway. You captured me on Jakku and drugged me," Briana said, her voice muffled from her face pressed into her father's shoulder.
Kylo pulled her face from his shoulder. "I never would have hurt you. You are my daughter. But you are never leaving me again. Do you understand, Briana?" Kylo asked, gently caressing her face with his gloved fingers.
"What about Mother, Uncle Luke, and Grandmother?" Briana asked. Her father's face turned stormy.
"I will bring your mother here, but I never want to hear you mention your grandmother or Luke Skywalker again," Kylo said, grabbing a huge handful of her hair in his gloved fingers. Briana winced at the pain.
"Oww! Father, don't!" Briana begged, trying to free herself.
"You will never mention Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa again," Kylo said, placing his other hand on her temples. Suddenly her brain felt like mush and she didn't remember anything.
"I will never mention Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa again," Briana said flatly.
"There is no such thing as the Resistance. I am with my father who loves me," Kylo said, gently stroking her forehead.
"There is no such thing as the Resistance. I am with my father who loves me," Briana said. Kylo leaned over and planted a kiss on her forehead. He gently scooped her up in his arms and settled her on his lap, stroking her hair gently.
Kylo wasted no time starting the memory wipe. His daughter's shields were down and she was susceptible to Force suggestions. Granted, before he was worried about hurting her and she would wince in pain, but Kylo was relentless in doing the memory wipe. The less she remembered the better. The sound of her pained whimper was nearly his undoing. Kylo stroked her forehead tenderly. "Just relax, Briana. I'm almost done," Kylo promised, looking into his daughter's glassy brown eyes.
"Father, please. It hurts," Briana said in a cracked voice.
"I know, Sweetheart. I know. Just relax. Daddy's almost done," Kylo said as he went back into her mind and deftly erased all her memories of her mother. His daughter would know only him and think she had lived with him all her life. Briana gave a sharp cry and passed out completely. Kylo gently moved her from his lap to her bed. He kept his fingers firmly on her head and erased memories while she slept. Kylo had never wanted to completely erase her memories, but it would be better to start over with his daughter as if she was a very tiny youngling. He could come up with an excuse for why she couldn't remember anything and if he so chose, he could put her memories back after she had accepted that she was never leaving him.
Briana stood quietly in the center of the room as her father gently stroked her hair and face. "How do you feel, Briana?" Her father asked gently, playing with a few strands of her hair.
"My head hurts, Daddy," Briana admitted, feeling tears come to her eyes. Her father gently stroked her face.
"It'll pass. Now stand still, my youngling. I need to fix your hair," Kylo said gently picking up one of her dark braids that he had unpinned a few minutes ago and gently unraveled it. Her father turned her to face him and stroked her face before unbraiding the other braid. He then grabbed huge handfuls of her hair and pinned it back.
There! You look beautiful, my Briana," Kylo said, kissing her forehead.
"Daddy, I'm hungry," Briana said. Her father smiled.
"Of course you are," Kylo said, taking her hand in his large hand and taking her to a dining room. He sat her down and pressed a kiss to her temple. He piled a plate high with food and placed it in front of her before making his own plate and sitting down next to her.
"Now, eat, my Briana. Then you can come with me to the bridge. I need to see how the battle is going," Kylo said, squeezing her hand gently.
Briana jerked awake after an hour. It had to be a dream about Kylo wiping her memories. All of them disappearing while she slept. She looked up at a grate over the bed and decided to try to make a run for it before that dream became a reality. She couldn't let Kylo Ren shred her mind like that.