I'd Come For You 3
an: sorry for the delay but here's the next chapter enjoy.
disclaimer: Don't own Star Wars
Kylo came awake slowly. He knew the feeling of being drugged. His mind tried to try and over ride the drugged feeling. He had to concentrate and figure out where he was and get to Rey. She needed him.
"Keep him drugged!" he heard a voice snap.
"Athena we could kill him…"
"Those shadows can follow him and I will not lead them back to her!"
He saw a hulking figure moving towards him.
"Sorry Kylo."
Then he felt a small prick of pain wash through him before everything went hazy again.
Ben walked through a familiar clearing. It was his family's holding onNaboo. The trees were blooming all around him. Looking around he tried to figure out how he'd gotten there. Laughter caught his attention and he moved towards it. He couldn't help the warm feeling he felt when he approached the private garden belonging to his family. Rey sat in the garden playing on a blanket with a small child. She was clearly pregnant. The boy looked up and it took his breath away. The boy looked like him when he'd been a child except his had Rey's bright eyes.
"Daddy!" the boy squealed happily as he ran towards him.
A soft laugh escaped him as he caught the boy up in his arms.Rey rose steadily and smiled at him. He walked towards her. She folded into his side like she was made to be there.
"How are you feeling?" he whispered softly.
"You're daughter is getting restless today."
"Are you sure it's a girl?" he teased her playfully.
Rey playfully glared at him.
"Yes she is."
He leaned down and kissed her lips softly. The boy in his arms squirmed clearly disgusted by his parents display of affection. They pulled from their kiss.
"Daddy… Daddy come see."
Rey smiled softly and took his hand. The boy turned to the blanket where a familiar doll lay. He frowned softly seeing it.There was something familiar about it but he couldn't place from where.The boy held his hand out and in moments the doll was in his hands. "Did you see that Daddy?!"
"I did," he said.
Approval washed through him and a good dose of pride. Their son was strong in the Force. "I'm proud of you."
He sat the boy down and shooed him back to the blanket to play with his toys.
"He's strong like we were."
Ben leaned down and kissed his beautiful wife.
"He won't know the hardships we faced."
"Ben…" she started softly.
He couldn't help but think of his terrible life and the one his wife suffered through.Shaking those thoughts off his son would be strong but wouldn't be feared like he'd been.
"I love you Rey," he murmured softly as he leaned down to brush his lips across hers.
His hand drifted down to rest on her stomach where their child slept. Then he felt it. The Force flowed differently through this child and he had the feeling that his wife was right and that they'd welcome a daughter.
The image changed.
Kylo ran through the Resistance base not caring who saw him. He was looking for his lover. Something was drawing him further into the base. His feet let him to the medbay.Rey was lying in a bed. She was unconscious and clearly pregnant. So many machines and tubes were hooked to her body as is trying to keep her alive.
"Rey!"
He tried to move towards her but someone grabbed his arm. Turning to see the woman who'd helped him off the ship.
"You can't do anything for her now Kylo. She's beyond helping."
"I wanna try," he finally said to her.
She looked him up and down like he was a bug beneath her feet before nodding and letting his arm go.He moved to her side and brushed his fingers across her brow.
Kylo came awake suddenly panting heavily. His head was spinning like mad. A groan of protest escaped his lips. Someone was sitting in the chair next to where he'd been sleeping.
"Where am I?" he croaked softly.
Something cold was pressed to his hands.
"Drink. You're dehydrated. We had to drug you a bit to quite the bond between you and Rey. "
The woman guided the cup to his lips and helped him get a few swallows down. Laying back he tried to get himself under control.
"Where are we?" he tried again.
"We're safe for the time being."
"I need to find Rey…" he groaned softly as he tried to rise.
"Lay down princeling. You're in no shape to take on anyone, much less go on a full scale search for your Rey."
"You kept me drugged…"
"Obviously."
"I need to warn her."
"She knows already."
The woman Athena he had to remind himself stood up and left him there. Once he was feeling better he got out of bed and wandered out the front door into a familiar place. A soft groan escaped him when he realized where he was. The buildings were destroyed but he recognized Takodana. Kylo wandered the forest of Takodana. He didn't know why Athena had brought him there. He couldn't help it when his feet led him to where he'd first laid his eyes upon her, his beloved bonded.
"Your mind is far away."
He whipped around seeing Maz standing there. For once in his life he didn't know what to say to someone. He looked away from her perceptive eyes.
"I should be looking for Rey."
The woman looked him up and down a moment as if seeing someone she hadn't seen in a long time.
"Go home."
Kylo felt a pang at that statement.
"I don't have a home without her."
Maz smiled at him. "What?"
"You're finally learning Ben Solo."
"What's that supposed to mean?" He snapped in annoyance.
"Rey came here looking for belonging and she found it in you."
He turned to face Maz.
"I need to get back to her."
"In time young Solo."
Maz returned to her establishment. He sat down on the rock cropping and ran his hands over the blaster gouges with a small smirk. His irritation melted away as he remembered that day so vividly.
"Don't let your anger cloud your judgement Kylo Ren."
He looked up seeing Athena sitting on the outcropping across from him. The smile fell from his lips.
"I just want to find Rey. Hux is still a threat to her."
"We know you do, but it's not safe yet to go to her."
"How do you know that?"
"Because I have contacts in the Resistance. Not to mention, I'd know it just as well as you would if my sister was dead. We may not have the bond that you in she have, or even the bond of twins like your mother and uncle, but we do share a bond."
Kylo looked at her in confusion.
"Could Rey use the Force before she was taken?"
Athena leapt down beside him and looked him over.
"You're pretty quick. Yes, she had a raw power that hasn't been seen in a long time. Whoever took her managed to suppress it until you came along and forced it back to the surface."
He looked at her from the side. Her thought were whispering about a promise and about something forgotten. She was letting him dig into her mind only to feel the surface feelings and thoughts.
"You're letting me feel this on purpose from your thoughts," he accused.
Athena closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"What do you remember about the night you were sent to your uncle?"
Kylo froze trying to bring the memory forward. Something bad had happened he remembered and he'd hurt someone. Other than that he couldn't seem to recall the memory any clearer. That made him suspicious that something deeper must've happened.
"I hurt someone. Something happened that I can't remember but I lashed out."
"But you don't remember the cause of the spike?"
"No, its fuzzy on what happened."
"I figured they'd block that memory but well enough to hide it from Snoke is interesting."
"You know what happened that night?"
"Yes," she finally said. "I was there."
He advanced in her but the sound of a light saber coming to life made him look up. Altan Ren was standing there ready to defend Athena from him.
"Careful Kylo I also protect what's mine fiercely."
Kylo snorted at the other man's words but didn't take them lightly.
"Tell me," he demanded. "What does Rey have to do with my past?"
"Did you ever wonder why you could so easily accept things when it came to her and how you told her she was everything to you?"
He didn't speak so hopefully Athena would give him answers. "It's because she was your everything back then. You two had a Force Bond back then too. Whoever whipped your memories managed to dampen the Bond enough that it couldn't be felt like it normally could."
That brought him to some confusion.
"But the Bond wasn't activated till I tried to enter her mind to get the map."
"A Force Bond can only be severed by death. Touching her mind made it again what it once was."
"Show me what happened that night," he demanded.
"It might be best to just break the memory block."
"Athena don't!" Altan said sharply.
"It's better that he has his own memories than mine because mine would be clouded by darkness."
They looked at her for a moment not knowing what to say. "That night made me choose to pick up my Grandmother's mantle as an assassin and my hair turned green."
"You tried to hurt her!"
"Please," she scoffed. "I was jealous of what my sister had with you but I'd never consider hurting her. You on the other hand was a different story, but to ask answer your unasked question no it wasn't me."
"Who took her from me?" He demanded.
"Some bounty hunters that were no match for someone like you. The person that you hurt was a bounty hunter. She wasn't as lucky as the other two to escape."
"I want to know."
Athena took a deep breath and looked at her Bonded.
"Athena I don't think…"
"It's not fair to him but Leia and Han thought it was best considering the state he was in after they took Rey from him."
"What?"
"Like I said it's best that he has his own memories to get his answers than going through mine."
Altan looked concerned by this entire thing. Taking a deep breath she sat down in a meditation pose and gestured for him to do the same. "Stay close love he's not going to react well to what I have to give back to him but it's best we do it here outta sight of others."
Kylo sank down in front of her and waited for what he'd wanted to know forever but didn't know he knew he wanted. Athena reached out to touch his temples and closed her eyes. He closed his eyes and waited and something snapped inside his mind and pain hit him like an avalanche.
Ben was reading on his bunk when he felt something shift inside of him. A woman's scream made him look up. Frowning he rose dropping his book. Then a baby's cry broke him from staring at the space where he'd thought he'd heard the woman scream. For a brief moment he thought he saw a flash of mint green hair. He stepped forward and all he could see was the small baby squirming in the basket they put it in. Reaching down he brushed his fingers across the soft cheek of the baby. He assumed it was a girl since the blanket she was wrapped up in was pink. Her eyes met his and he felt something wash through him something akin to joy and peace seeing this small baby looking up at him. His finger moved to touch her small hands and her fingers wrapped around his finger.
"Rey," he heard someone say.
He smiled down at her. He'd remember that name for as long as he lived.
"When I'm older," he started to tell her. "I'll find you and protect you from everything."
His mother calling his name startled him out of the vision and the baby Rey was gone.
Ben sighed in annoyance as his mother told him to dress nicely they had important visitors. He figured it'd be more political allies of his mother. When he came out of his room his mother ushered him downstairs. When he saw the woman holding the hands of two girls his heart started hammering. The woman standing there had mint green hair all the way down her back and a blue slash mark in her face. His gaze drifted to the smaller of the two girls and his heart started for a moment. His mother approached him with the others beside her.
"Ben this is Danica Kenobi and her daughters Athena and…"
"Rey…" he trailed off.
"How…" Leia asked in confusion.
"I had a vision… but I could touch her."
Leia and Danica looked at earache other with soft smiles on their face.
"Was that wrong?" He asked in confusion.
"Not at all," Danica said. "It just means the two of you will have a strong bond since it brought you two together so young."
Rey let go of her mothers hand and toddled over to him. She held up her arms for him to pick her up. The trust this girl showed in him was a bit astounding. He carefully picked her up and she snuggled right against his neck. It made something inside of him stir an almost deep vein of affection and a huge dose of protective instinct. Ben walked over to a window seat and sat down with Rey in his lap. In minutes she was sleep against him sucking her thumb softly. A feeling of contentment washed over the pair. Hours later would find him almost asleep with Rey curled against his chest. He came awake with his mother touching his shoulder softly.
"Time for her to go?"
"Yes, Ben but she'll be back."
Ben nuzzled the top of her head to try to get her to wake up. She made a whimper of protest before snuggling back against him. Danica came forward to take Rey from his arms. He fought the insane urge to shy away from her to protect the sleeping girl in his arms.
"It's okay Ben really," Danica assured him. "We are neighbors now so you can see her whenever you want."
He tilted head to the side in confusion.
"You'd allow this considering our age difference I am six years older than her?"
"Force Bonds are a rare thing Ben Solo. They should be protected as such."
Ben looked down at the girl in her arms. Smiling he shook his head and rose and tried to hand her over to her mother. Rey started struggling to keep her hold on him.
"Easy Rey," he murmured softly against the top of her head.
"Ben," she whimpered.
"Easy sweetheart it's just your mother. She says it's time to go to your new home."
She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. It made something inside of him quake. Something orange out of the corner of his eye made him smile reaching out with the force he pulled the pilot doll to him and gave it to her.
"It's okay Rey go home with your mother and I'll see you again."
She nodded her head slowly as she hugged the doll to her. Danica smiled softly at him and took Rey from him. He fought with himself to try and get her back. This Bond didn't scare him per say it just made him wonder how he could care so deeply for someone six years his junior. Shrugging his shoulders he pushed the thought aside and wouldn't fight it and let the Bond go as it was.
In the months to follow they had become inseparable.
One night he woke to someone entering his room but once her Light brushed against his he fought the urge to smile. Rey without asking clambered up on his bed almost falling back on the floor if he hadn't caught.
"Sweetheart what's wrong?" He murmured as he tucked her in beside him.
He was always amazed how perfectly she fit against him. Her head tucked up underneath his chin as he pulled the blankets over them.
"Bad dream," she whimpered.
She had his pilot doll clutched in her arm as she snaked the other around his neck.
"About what?"
"A man in black. He scares me. He wears a black and silver mask. There's always a scarier man behind him that looks like a skeleton telling him what to do. He always tells the man in black to hurt me. Skeleton man calls him Ren."
He pulled her closer to him and tried to comfort her. His hands ran up and down her back.
"It was just a dream Rey. You're safe here with me."
She nodded her head and yawned before snuggling against him. It didn't take long before she was asleep against him. Shaking his head he rested his head on top of hers before sleep claimed him too.
He woke to raised voices in the hall. He cringed as his parents fought. Rey was still sleeping against him which made him smile softly.
"It's not natural that they're so attached to each other like this Leia."
"They have a Force Bond and nothing can change that."
"I don't think it's right Leia that we should be okay with her being with him."
He felt something curl inside of him at the thought of not being able to see Rey anymore. She'd quickly become his everything and it didn't bother him in the least.
"Danica is okay with it Han and we should let it play out as it should."
He heard his father grumble something about it not being right considering the age difference. Then Ben smirked remembering his mother putting his father in his place considering how big the age gap was between them. "Besides it makes them happy to be together and I'd rather have a happy son than anything else."
That lifted his spirits as he snuggled closer to Rey and drifted back to sleep.
A year later would find him sitting on the back porch watching a storm brew on the horizon. Something was wrong but he couldn't place what it was. The whispers from the Force were making him uneasy. Rey came rushing up the steps with tears in her eyes. That sent his protective instincts on fire. He caught her in his arms and tried to soothe her tears. He waited till she'd calmed a bit before he tried to ask her what happened to make her run to him in tears.
"Rey…"
"Athena is being mean again," she whimpered against his neck.
"About what?"
He'd noticed how her older sister had gotten meaner to the younger girl after the first few months of him knowing them.
"That no one will marry me when I get older because I'm a clingy baby."
Sometimes he wonders what the hell was wrong with Athena picking on Rey for things that were beyond her control. Though he knew in the end he would choose Rey over Athena any day. He nuzzled he top of her head softly.
"She's wrong Rey. Someday you will find that right person and he won't want to let you go."
She looked up at him and looked him deep in the eyes.
"Will you marry me when we're older?"
He didn't expect that question right off the bat. He didn't want to make her think he could be the only one out there for her but she looked so hopeful for his answer.
"Yes provided you don't find someone else better than me."
"There won't be anyone else," she said sternly.
For a moment he forgot she was only five years old with the wisdom he saw shining in her eyes.
"You seem so sure sweetheart."
"I am."
He chuckled softly as he cradled her closer to him. His thoughts turned inward as he felt this sinking feeling deep in his chest but no matter what he'd protect her.
later that night.
The rain poured down on his head as he glared at Athena.
"What do you want Athena?"
"Why choose her?"
His eyes narrowed at her. The feeling of something being wrong shot through him like a blaster bolt. She moved forward invading his personal space. He moved to take a step backwards but she grabbed his arm. He looked down at her arm and then glared at her.
"Get your hands off of me Athena. Rey and I have a Force Bond and as such she and I are meant to be together. So whatever it is that you think you feel for me cannot happen. What ever it is you're trying to accomplish you need to stop before you hurt your sister."
"Like I care what happens to that brat."
Ben felt the unease intensify. She yanked him forward and kissed him. He snarled as he yanked himself away from her. The cruel smirk on her face made him realize something bad just happened. The overwhelming feeling of despair washed through him as he turned now knowing why Athena had done this. Rey's hair was matted down and he was sure there were tears streaming down her face. Before he could call to her she ran. He tried to follow her but a hand on his arm made him turn.
"Let her go," Athena murmured. "We could be so much more together."
"We will never be anything Athena. I am bound to Rey and I will always be bound to Rey."
A loud scream echoed through the rain. Fear raced through him as he tried to get out of Athena's grip. "If any harm befalls my Bonded there will be no where in the galaxy you can hide."
Something dark curled inside of him and it lashed out at Athena knocking her back. Taking off he went to find Rey and make her understand that there wouldn't be anyone but her. Had he the time he'd make sure Athena understood that he would never turn from Rey. In mid run something crashed into him and the output of Rey's emotions suddenly stopped. He gasped for breath. It was almost as if someone drove a blade through his chest.
"Rey!" He screamed into the darkness.
He found a pool of blood but no body of his Bonded. Ben's knees gave out and he knelt there and felt scalding tears run down his cheeks despite the cold rain. Running feet made him look up briefly before ducking his head. Leia knelt beside him and started checking him over for hurts. The Darkness was rolling deep inside him at the loss of his Bonded.
"Ben what happened?!" Leia demanded.
His father ran out to stop dead at the scene before him seeing the scene. "Ben talk to me."
The story spilled out about Athena and Rey seeing. Everything inside of him was aching as he told this story and then he finally mentioned about the silence in the bond. He couldn't help but collapse against his mother and cried for his lost partner.
"Princess!" C3PO came walking out waving his arms.
"What?!" She snapped trying to calm her son down.
"They've caught a bounty hunter…"
Before more could be said Ben was up in a flash. The darkness inside of him was rolling and clamoring for vengeance against those who'd hurt the one person he wanted. The Bounty Hunter was kneeling between two men he recognized briefly. He gripped the hunter's collar and glared into his eyes.
"Where is she?"
"She's gone brat," he said with a smirk.
"Where?" He snarled.
"The others took here and there wasn't a place set to take her."
"Who's orders?"
The hunter just started laughing. Ben's eyes narrowed."I can take what I want."
Before the hunter responded Ben tore into his mind but couldn't find where they'd taken her nor weather or not she was still alive. Once his mother snapped him from what he'd done to him the mans eyes were rolled back in his head and there was blood trickling from his nose.
Darkness swamped him once he realized what he'd done.
When he woke again he felt like he'd died and been brought back. There was nothing connecting him to Rey anymore and the silence was felt like a shot to the heart. He laid curled up on his bed alternating between crying silently or nightmare filled dreams. For days he wallowed in his room and in his sadness. He vaguely heard his mother say something about losing him but he tuned it out.
"Ben?"
He looked up at his mother through bleary eyes.
"Rey's Mother Danica passed away."
That caught his attention.
"How?"
"She was injured trying to get Rey back that night."
He nodded his head and rose unsteadily. His mother helped him steady himself. He went to to the funeral of the mother of his Bonded. His eyes narrowed as he saw Athena standing in the crowd. Then he noticed her hair had turned mint green like her mothers and a slash mark on he cheek appeared.
"She's accepted her calling to be what her mother and grandmother were."
Ben didn't want to hear anything about Athena. She was the reason he hadn't been able to protect Rey from being taken. Darkness rolled underneath the surface. Then a face he hadn't seen in years appeared in the crowd striding towards him.
"What's he doing here?"
"You're father and I think it's time for you to start training as a Jedi."
Ben just nodded.
Ben watched Luke as he moved to sit down in front of him. His mind was still lost in grief for his lost partner. Luke reached out and touched his forehead.
"Sorry for this Ben but it's for the best."
"What are you…"
His eyes drooped as he felt something shift in his mind. When he woke his uncle was standing over him.
"Feel better?" Luke asked.
He was confused why his uncle would ask that.
"I feel fine."
"Then it's time to start training."
Kylo broke from the memory and stared Athena down with hatred in his eyes. She sat there with much sadness in her eyes. Before he could reach out to hurt her Altan grabbed his wrist.
"Do not touch my wife."
"You don't know what she did to her own sister."
"I do know Kylo."
"Ren don't defend me to him I don't deserve it."
"But your pregnant Athena."
He was taken aback at the knowledge.
"Take me to Rey now!"
"Not yet Kylo."
"What are you hiding?"
He fought the urge to lash out at the both of them for keeping him away from his Bonded.
"Rey isn't doing well," Athena finally said. "Her body has put her in a coma."
"You didn't think I would want to be beside her," he snarled.
"My grandmother and your uncle were worried that if you were close to her and she died that you'd lash out."
Kylo rushed to his feet.
"You don't know what I went through when I thought she'd died."
"I saw…"
"That's not the same! I was so damned lost and it felt like someone drove a blade into my chest."
The two looked at him and then back at each other. "Take me to her now!"
Athena took a deep breath and nodded her head. The two left him alone with his thoughts to prepare for their journey. It made him rage on the inside that he might've had a different outcome in life if Rey hadn't been taken from him. Rey was hurt and he needed to be there with her and Athena was again standing in the way. Closing his eyes he allowed himself to think of her curled against him when they'd been little and he managed to sleep and dream of things that could be if they made it through this together.