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Chapter 13: Reflection

Kira Ann woke up early the next morning, beginning to grab everything that she needed. After the confrontation with Ben, Kira Ann spent the next 12 hours crying, packing, and crying again. Of all the things that she and Ben had been through it was hard to just throw it all away and she didn't want to end it.

Grabbing her small bag, Kira Ann walked out the door of her once shared room and headed downstairs to get the delivery. Taking one last glance at the temple, trying to embed every last shred of space so she could remember, Kira Ann, with the shipment at hand, took off into the sky for the landing area.

Ben was outside of the temple keeping his distance and trying to avoid Kira Ann. He knew that she had left the temple bright and early that morning, but he couldn't help but feel a hole in his heart. Ben didn't want to think about it, the pain that he felt, but nothing could distract him. Kira Ann was his distraction, but she was also his love. Which made it that more difficult.

As Kira Ann was in the sky, she began to think of Ben again. Digging in her pocket, she grabbed the ring that she was going to give to Ben. It had been her grandfather's, which she inherited after he passed away. Her Grandpa Barry meant a lot to her. Like her mother, he was the only bright thing in her childhood. When he died from a fire when she was 11, and her father had gained power in the tribe, Kira Ann was enlisted into the children's academy force, which eventually led to her being invited to the Kings guard. Her Grandpa Barry had told her to save it for someone important. And Ben was … no is that someone important.

After the ship landed the landing bay, setting down the cargo using her magic, Kira Ann felt a rush of sickness spreading through her body. Sitting down before anything could come out, she leaned against a nearby tree until the cargo ship came.

Back at the temple, Ben walked into the bedroom, he again couldn't help but think about Kira Ann again. The nights that they had spent together embracing each other, the mornings where they stayed in bed, and the evenings when Ben would read to her. The entire room was a reminder.

"What am I doing?" he said to himself.

"Ben…" came a whisper that came into Ben's mind. "Ben." the voice said more clearly.

"Who is there?" Ben asked. The voice was of a man, it was deep yet sad when it spoke. "Say away, I don't need anyone."

"She needs you…" the voice said, "and you need her."

"No!" Ben shouted "Get out of my head. She doesn't need me. She can't be here. I'll only hurt her."

"No," said the voice, "you need to come back, back to the force. You know you can't avoid it forever."

"I can if I can get away." Ben runs out of the room, but the hallway isn't there anymore; instead he's in a dark cave, with no exit or entrance, that is surrounded by a huge hole in the ground. Suddenly a bridge appears along with an alter in the center.

"Where am I? Hello?" yelled Ben, but no one responded. Defeated, Ben sat down against the wall debating what to do. Why did the force have to be so complicated? Looking out past the ridge, he had a gut feeling that was telling him to go the alter. Standing up, Ben slowly headed to the alter. The stone bridge was quite unstable, to say the least; Ben could feel the stone crack under his feet.

Quickly getting to the alter, Ben saw a small box, no bigger than his hands, placed in the middle of the alter. Ben was about to pick up the box, but a familiar voice spoke to him.

"Don't pick up that box," said the angry voice, "what makes you think you deserve it." Ben turned around to see Rey, lightsaber in hand, ready to fight him at any moment.

"She's right, Ben. You have disappointed us." Leia came from thin air and stood next to Rey. Ben tried to move away from them, but they were blocking his path. Suddenly Ben was pushed on the ground, near the edge of the ridge, by his father.

"Did I raise you this way? To be a coward? You're not even defending himself." said Han. All three figures began to close in on Ben, there was no escape; it was the demons of his past or a plummet to his death. "Besides," began Han in a snarky remark, "he doesn't have the confidence to do anything. He can't even help the woman he loves." The three figures then kicked Ben over the ridge. Ben was holding on to the edge trying to hold on for dead life; he was about to give up and let go, but the voice from before spoke again.

"Ben," he began, "she needs you, but only you can take the first steps."

"Steps." Ben said to himself, "but what am I missing?"

"Times up!" shouted Rey as she stomped one of Ben's left hand.

"No!" shouted Ben back. Pushing himself up, Ben force jumped as far as he could, over the group of people, and grabbed the box. Everything then went very dark; Ben was alone in a dark void with no place to go.

"Confidence." said the voice again. Suddenly a young man, with light brown hair in a brown cloak, appeared before Ben. "You took the first step."

"Grandfather."

"Hello, Ben. Your journey is not done yet."

"What do you mean? I'm no Jedi? I'm no Sith. I'm nothing. I don't deserve to even have a title." Ben whispered.

"Ben, have faith in yourself, you must help her. She is your destiny."

"What happened to no growing attached?" asked Ben. Technically, Jedi weren't supposed to get married because they weren't supposed to grow attachments. But Ben didn't consider himself a Jedi, he barely used the force since that moment.

"The galaxy is changing and for your future, you need to be there for her. Don't push her away. Don't push them away."

Ben suddenly woke up with a start, he had been asleep against in the basement floor entire time. Stiffly sitting up, Ben noticed that there was something in his hands, he realized that it was a purple kyber crystal. Next to Ben was his old broken lightsaber and a ring, resting next to thigh. Picking up the lightsaber, Ben realized he had just made a huge mistake.

Meanwhile at the landing bay...

It was almost dark and Kira Ann had been waiting the entire day for Kai to arrive. While sitting by the tree Kira Ann had a lot of time to think, clear heatedly, about her argument with Ben. Though she couldn't blame Ben for being reluctant to leave, she couldn't ignore how much pain he had been holding in. She loved him, and it broke her heart to see him in pain. She had decided that she was going to head to Wa-sta, get her magical but ok back so she could travel back to earth, and then come back for Ben. No matter how much she tried to convince herself, she couldn't just leave Ben behind.

After hours of waiting, Kira Ann could finally see Kai's ship come into view. Standing up slowly, in order not to make herself sick again; though most of the nausea was gone, she defiantly didn't want to do anything rash in case she had something. Standing by the cargo in the middle of the field, Kira Ann watched as the ship landed abruptly on the ground. As the hatch began to open, Kira Ann couldn't help but feel that something was off, which she quickly found out the answer. Suddenly a blast of fire came over in her direction. Quickly hiding behind the cargo, Kira Ann again felt the nausea returning.

"Night slayer! I am Largo, captain of these men and I am here to kill you. Come peacefully and I'll make sure your death will be quick."

"Great," said Kira Ann to herself, "out of all the times this could have happened, this is the worst time." Trying to push back the nausea, Kira Ann tried to think of a plan, but before she could even think she heard a loud thud on the cargo. Look up, she saw Ben pushing back a few of the men with the force. 'Ben, he's here.' Thought Kira Ann. Before she could help, however, her hands were grabbed and placed behind her back. She then felt a scaly substance touch her face. The snake-like creature reveals himself and placed a collar on Kira Ann's neck.

"Stop right there, boy! If you want your girl to stay alive I suggest you surrender." said the snake. Bens' heart stopped when he saw Kira Ann's neck being squeezed by the enemy; raising his hands above his head another goon put a collar on Ben and began to tie his hands. The snake inhuman, Liz, was about to strangle Kira Ann right there, but something popped his interest; smelling her, Liz suddenly realize something very important. Something that could change everything.

"Liz, what's wrong?" asked Largo as he was walking to him.

"We have a 'Rabbit in the hole' ssssir." Replied Liz.

"What! Are you sure?" asked Largo with a stern face. Liz nodded. Looking down at Kira Ann, he gave a smug smile. "Lucky you, you get to live a little long." Largo then grabbed Kira Ann's throat almost knocking the wind out of her. "But try anything fun and I'll put your little family here out of your misery. Put them both on board."