Ben paced back and forth in his room. It was now or never. He took a deep breath, and called out to Luke through the Force. Luke was alone in his room, when he heard Ben's voice.

"Ben!" he said to his former student. "It's good to hear from you!"

"Hello, Luke," Ben replied nervously.

"Don't be nervous, Ben. I told you, I forgave you for what you did."

"There is one problem with that. I never said I was sorry for what I did. I am sorry, Luke. For how I scared you and your family." The tears flowed down Ben's face.

"I am sorry, too. I should have told you the truth before I left to rescue my niece. You should have heard it from me, not from the other students." Luke reached out through the Force and touched Ben's shoulder.

"Forgive yourself, Ben. It is the only way back to the Light," Luke told him.

"I forgive myself. I will no longer serve the Dark side," Ben vowed.

"Luke, even though I have come back to the Light, I can't be a Jedi," he added.

"Why not?" Luke asked curiously.

"Because I am in love with the most beautiful girl in the galaxy." Luke managed a small smile.

"Even though we are not together now, and we may never get back together... I just can't be a Jedi. I am sorry I left you down."

"Ben, don't be sorry. You were not given the choice to be a Jedi, like the other students," Luke reminded him. "That was the one mistake your mother made, insisting you become a Jedi. Obviously, the Force has shown you that is not your path."

"Did my mother love me?" Ben had to know the truth. He knew in his heart his father never wanted him, but if his mother...

"She loved you, Ben. And so do I," Luke reassured him. "Now, tell me about this girl you are in love with."

"She is beautiful, smart, brave and powerful in the Force. But I broke her heart, because I told her the truth of what I had done," Ben uttered, a sad smile on his face.

"If you love her, then go and be with her."

"I can't. She's scared of me. She thinks I will hurt her. I don't even blame her for thinking that. But everything I did, from working with the First Order, to secretly helping out the Rebels, was for her."

"Who is this girl?"

"Her name is Padme Desertwar." Luke's mouth dropped open in shock. Ben was the man Padme had the Force Bond with! Which meant...

"Ben, it was you who was captured by General Hux, and forced to use your power to reveal the Rebel bases?" Luke asked, still trying to deal with the revelation.

"Yes," Ben replied, hanging his head in shame. "I didn't want to, but Hux injected me with a truth serum. He demanded from me the name of the person I loved, to blackmail me to do his bidding."

"And you gave him Padme's name. Why didn't you ask for help?"

"Because I knew if Hux found out, he would kill me, Padme and anyone else that would try to rescue me."

"Oh Ben!" Luke sighed, full of compassion for his former student. Now he understood why Padme did not want to speak to the family about Ben!

"So I revealed the bases, to protect her. Which worked until..."

"Until what?" Luke asked, even though he already knew the answer.

"Until I was forced to arrest her on Corellia. Her powers were drained, and I was trying to rescue her. But Hux and a legion of Stormtroopers arrived. She said I needed to arrest her so that I would not be killed by Hux. I didn't have a choice."

"Then what happened?"

"I will not share what happened. It is too personal, and hurts too much," Ben moaned, wanting to forget what he and Padme went through with Hux.

"Ok," Luke said. He knew enough of the operations of Hux that whatever she and Ben went through, it was not pleasant.

"I killed him in his bedroom with my lightsaber. Padme panicked as she saw me stab Hux repeatedly. She healed him of his emotional wounds before he died."

"Wow," was all Luke could say to that. But it didn't surprise him. Padme did have a forgiving heart.

"The next morning, we were called to the reading of his will. Padme got control of his finances, and I got control of the Order."

"You're Kylo Ren?" Luke gasped in surprise.

"I am, when I'm wearing my black uniform and mask," Ben confessed.

"Luke, the First Order is about to crumble. The remaining troops are heading to Endor. This war is going to end where it began," Ben confidently stated.

"I wish that I could be alive to see the end," Luke offered sadly. "I don't have much longer to live." He sensed that Ben was trying not to cry.

"Don't cry for me, Ben. I lived a great life, went on many wonderful adventures. Now it's almost time for my next adventure, to be one with the Force."

"But..." Ben stammered. He didn't want Luke to die.

"You need to go to Padme, and ask her to heal you of your past. It is the only way you will have a future with her."

"I can't! I don't deserve it!"

"Neither did General Hux, but she healed him. How much more will she be willing to heal you, the man that she loves?"

"Loved."

"No, loves. She still loves you, Ben. I feel it in the Force. You will have a second chance with her. Ask Padme to heal you."

There was a long pause, before Ben said,

"I will ask her, if she willing to heal me."

"Good," Luke stated. "I have to go now. May the Force always be with you, Ben." He dropped the Force Connection. Ben sank to his knees and wept for the man that was, once again, his father figure.

Luke called out to Ezra. Ezra came into his room, and sat next to his bedside.

"How's Padme?" Luke asked, concerned for his niece.

"She's resting downstairs," Ezra told him. "I was finally able to convince her to take a nap. Luke, you look tired. You need to rest."

"No. If I close my eyes, then they will never open again. I need to stay awake, so that I can say goodbye to Padme."

"Luke..." Ezra began to say, not sure of what to say in this situation.

"Ezra, promise me that you will look after Padme when I'm gone. She is heartbroken over everything that has happened in the past month."

"I know." Luke raised his eyebrow.

"So you know what happened when she was captured by the Order?"

"Yes. She didn't want to worry you."

"That was smart on her part. I would have worried. I assume you know about Ben Kryze as well."

"Yes, I know... Wait, what? Ben Kryze?" Ezra was surprised to hear Ben's last name. "Luke, are you telling me..."

"Ben is the grandson of Duchess Satine Kryze and Jedi Knight Obi Wan Kenobi," Luke confessed, as he watched Ezra's eyes widen in amazement.