Edit: 5/17/2020 dialogue tags fixed.

Waking up without a scream dying on his lips or a panic racing through his mind was an odd feeling for Ben. After the months (perhaps longer) of waking up screaming and his mind trapped in a haze of panic, he was alarmed to find that he woke up smoothly and quietly.

Another odd thing for Ben to experience was waking up in another person's bed. He took note of the room he was in and his eyes ran from one object to another. There was a dresser sitting nicely against a wall and shoes tossed on the ground. A few baby toys lined the floor as well.

"How are you feeling?" Beru's voice brings his eyes to the foot of the bed. The woman stands there with her hands clasped tightly in front of her. Her eyes are cautious and filled with concern.

"This is your room." He bypasses the question about his well-being and sat up. He was in their bed and his cheeks colored at the thought. He pushes himself up and is ready to fling himself off their bed when his head starts to pound a beat that makes his eyes clench shut and the world wavers for a moment.

"Stay still." Beru's soft voice commands and his body obeys. "We don't know what you did, but it didn't look too good." She huffs out a small laugh that accompanies the observation. Ben wets his lips and slowly opens his eyes. He's still on the bed, but he's not lying down anymore. "You said you went into his mind."

Ben nods and relaxes his body.

"But, you've done it before and it's never made you collapse like that." Beru observes.

Ben hums and crosses his ankles before resting his hands lightly in his lap.

"His mind was shielded very strongly." Ben supplied. "Part of the shields were familiar to me. Back during the war, I shielded Cody's mind. It was something he wanted. He didn't want his mind corrupted by the Sith if they ever got him. I obliged and put the thickest shields around his mind." Ben shakes his head and sighs. "Though now I'm worried. Part of the shields was put there by me. The rest were up there later. Probably after my men shot at me. They were thick and strong and laced with darkness." He pauses, gnawing on his bottom lip as he thinks. "He didn't know his name. His designation was there at the front of his mind, but his name was missing." Ben shifts and his forehead creases with thought. "The shields." He mutters to himself.

"What about them?"

Ben's head raises and he meets Owen's eyes. He hadn't noticed the man and had no idea how long he had been standing in the doorway of the room.

"I wonder if they're blocking his memories. Maybe they're keeping them locked away so far under shields and traps that he'll never have them again." His heart aches for his Commander and friend at the idea of someone doing that to him. "There aren't many who would do that."

"Vader," Owen whispers.

"Or Palpatine," Ben adds, his mind reeling at the thought of the Sith Lord's invading Cody's mind.

"You said he was your Commander, right?" Beru asks, leaning forward slightly as she watches him. Ben nods and waits for whatever else she wants to say. "Is it a coincidence that he ended up on Tatooine? That it was him and not another of clones?"

Ben's mouth dries up as the thought hits him.

"There's no way Vader knows, right?" Beru questions and Ben can feel the fear spilling from Owen and Beru. He closes his eyes and breathes the fear in and pushes it out into the Force.

"I don't know." And that's what scares him the most. He doesn't know. He has no idea if Darth Vader knows he's on Tatooine. What if he's looking for him? Maybe that's why the Empire's already reached Tatooine.

Ben sighs shakily and tries to calm himself.

"Ben?"

Ben breathes out a shaky laugh.

"I have a bad feeling about this."