Chapter 5

Luke went back in after talking to his son, it seemed his wife and son had decided that if he agreed Ben could be in the delivery room, he figured if he could stand to be in the room and Shelley was okay with it then, he could deal with it.

"Alright Master were ready to implant, you may want to put her in a healing trance this is going to be uncomfortable."

"No, I'm going to meld with her; this is a thing we should share. Ben told me she wants me to meld with her now so she may tell Ben what happened to her."

"She doesn't need you to know what's happening to her, Master she was a doctor she could perform this procedure herself. She wants to meld with you so you can share the experience of conceiving your children. Just as you would if you were doing this naturally. Meld with her its time."

Luke reached out to his wife, and felt her reach back and they connected and melded and became one.

Luke is Ben okay?

Yes he just want to talk to you but I can tell that you talking to him made him feel a lot better, he's much calmer. He went to duel I think with Corran.

Corran caught him just as he disconnected from me, he was falling.

He was alright, he just wants his mother to hold him, talk to him.

He wanted to come to me now but I told him no, that I wasn't conscious and couldn't tell him what was going, hold his hand, ease his fears.

Luke hold my hand it hurts.

I've got you sweetheart, it's okay just breath just think about the next time we conceive a child it will be our way, the normal way, the right way. You'll carry these babies inside of you, the women I love. Be strong. I love you.

I love you, too. And when we can share a bed, we will right?

Yes, we will. I wanted to marry you properly in front of our friends and family.

We did sort of. Remember we were in front of the whole Council.

I want to hold a real wedding after were sure the children are safe, I've order the High Council to remain here for a little while. The S.A. should be headed this way as well. And in about a week we will let Daala know where we are so she can come personally.

Oh joy. It's hurting again. Luke please help me make it stop.

Do you want me to put you in a Healing Trance? I know it hurts, well not really but I can get a sense. If you let me in I can take some of your pain.

I don't want you to feel the pain, this is a women work.

No let me in, we are in this together.

Then he felt her open up how much pain she was truly in. He took as much of her pain and changing it into peace and comfort, and love.

Thank you.

Your welcome, Sweetheart.

"We are done Grand Master."

"When will she wake?"

"As soon as the babies attach she will wake, if Master Yoda is correct."

"Okay, Thank you."

He closed his eyes.

Their done, I'm going to put you into a trance for a little while, I will wake you as soon as Cilghal tells me the babies have attached to your uterus. And when you wake Ben and I will be by your side.

Yes Luke please. I'm still in a lot of pain.

Sleep well, love.

I love you, too.

Luke closed his eyes put his hand on her forehead and she was in a Healing Trance.

"She is in a Trance; I need to meditate for a bit to center myself. Let me know when she will wake, so when she conceived?"

"Yes. And I will Master."

Luke walked toward the Shadow, he didn't even sense Ben following, Luke got on board he walked down the corridor, he collected all of Shelley's things and moved them into their room, as he was walking back he saw Ben unpacking Allana's things in Shelley's old room.

"Son?" Ben turned and smiled.

"I was just unpacking Allana's things for Mom so she didn't have to do it and since you had done her stuff, I didn't think I could move Mom's things to be replaced by Mom's? does that even make sense? That I call them both Mom, now?"

"It does and remember your mother told you to do it. Shelley loves you deeply, I remember after Courasant fell and your Mom wouldn't leave you, and your mom got sick a nasty flu really bad you couldn't be there it had been know to kill infants so, your Aunt came over and took you to her quarters and took care of you, and she did just as Mara had asked don't let him out of your sight. She carried you everywhere, I remember one night you would not sleep, Shelley had been up in a star fighter for 12 hours, when she was up Leia or Jaina or Iella watched you, anyway it had been like a day and a half since she had slept the Vong were hitting us hard, She was walking the corridors with you, a Vong that had been out in the field came out of nowhere none of us know to this day how she did it. She felt the void in the Force, it was coming up behind her and fast she brought her Lightsaber around just in time to keep her from being killed, she duel this Vong for a few minute before she finally took him down, all the while having no sleep and still holding you, she didn't put you down she kept you shielded with her own body the best she could, if you ever see her abdomen there is a scar over her right hip bone she twisted away taking the strike in her body to protect you, we almost lost her that night she got inside locked the door and sounded the alarm I found her on the floor unconscious bleeding to death, but with you sheltered under her safe and the first and last question she asked when she regained consciousness was is he okay? She was in the bacta tank for a week and a half, she would occasionally beware just enough to feel for you and make certain that you were safe, every time she touched you in the Force if we hadn't felt it ourselves we'd know because you started looking for her, about 4 day in the Tank your mom took you to see her you saw her and reached for her but she obviously couldn't hold you, it was the first time outside of the womb you reached out and touched someone else I remember her eyes snapping open, it was like she had been asleep and a bucket of ice water got dropped on her."

"Why have you guy never told me this before?" Ben demanded

"Because you Aunt/Mom, Shelley didn't want you to feel like you had to love her because of something she did when you were still very small."

"Then why are you telling me this now?"

"Because I can see you are conflicted about calling her your Mom, she may not have given birth to you or raised you, but she was willing to die to protect you and almost did. Now I am not telling you this so you feel guilty for something you had no control over, I am telling you this so you know that women in there, loves you and has loved you since the moment she held you in her arms and would just like your mother die to protect you from anything."

"Thank you for telling me this."

"You're welcome, now I'm going to go meditate you may join me if you like I told Shelley we would both be there when she woke."

"Yes I need to as well; I need the Force to guide me into understanding about a great many things."

"Alright come, Cilghal will call us when your Mom is ready to be woken."

"Alright, come on." They both sat cross legged from each other and sank into a meditation.

About an hour, hour and a half later, they both were jerked out of there meditation by Allana jumping on their laps.

"Well hello there little lady. How are you?"

"I'm good Uncle Luke, where is Aunt Shelley?"

"She is resting she is going to have a baby so she is sleeping."

"Is that why she fell down earlier? Because of the baby?"

"Yes sweetheart, now I believe it's time for you to go to bed."

"Yes sir, where am I sleeping?"

"In Aunt Shelley's old room."

"Okay, good night."

"I think I'm going to go to bed as well, when they call you to tell you to come don't forget me, okay?"

"Okay, Good night son."

Luke walked back to the bedroom, he was looking at the bed and thought he'd never even asked Shelley what side of the bed she sleeps on. He climbed into the bed and was asleep in seconds. About an hour later he felt a little hand on his arm. Luke opened his eyes and saw Allana waiting for him to wake.

"Uncle Luke, I was having a bad dream something calling me from up there." She pointed toward space.

"Okay, come here you can sleep with me." He sat up picked her up and laid her down on the bed. He laid he hand on her forehead and put her in a trance.

Luke rolled back over and tried to go back to sleep, but he couldn't. He got up dressed and walked down the corridor. Then like an alarm in the force his sister wanted to talk to him now. He walked onto the flight deck,

"Artoo connected to Leia Solo on the Millennium Falcon."

"Luke Skywalker I don't usually call myself an over protective sister until I get commed by my granddaughter telling me Aunt Shelley is now Cousin Ben's, Mommy and is going to be a Mommy."

"Um, well."

"Yes." She promoted

"Shelley and I were sort of Forced by the force to get married and she had to be pregnant in twenty-four hours."

"So your married and pregnant and didn't even call me yourself."

"I'm sorry Leia; It's been a long day. We were watching Ben duel his future wife, Shelley had commanded Ben to fight her when she was unwilling to stay with us and learn the ways of the light side of the force. Apparently when Ben was commanded to fight his future wife, Shelley's life would begin to drain away, Shelley passed out, we had twenty four hours for her to get pregnant, they did it medically we were melded when they were doing it she was in a lot of pain it was bad."

"Do you want us to come to you; I know you're scared I can feel it."

"Not scared just worried, the babies still haven't attached yet and it's been hours Leia, the women I love is lying on a hospital bed, and may never wake, my Son wants nothing more than for his Mom to hold him and tell him she love him."

"Luke her body has been through a traumatic couple of hours I promise you she is trying to get through this, just as much as you are, I remember on Borealis when she almost died protecting Ben I remember, Luke I remember your face when she asked you if he was okay. She would have gladly died that day to protect him. Remember her body wouldn't move unless you touch her in the Force, she order her body to protect Ben, before she passed out Han and I both tried and I know she knew we would have protected him the same but it was the only way she could be one hundred percent sure he was safe."

"What?"Luke spun around.

"Ben, how long have you been there?"

"Hello, Aunt Leia. What were you talking about mom ordering her body to keep me safe?"

"Han and I , were running down the hall we saw the last phase of the fight that Vong was going for you Ben, she deactivated her Lightsaber moved you into the other arm his staff hit her just then she activated her saber under his armor, people began running toward her they tried to take you from her but she wouldn't allow it, she got into the building slid down the wall told Wedge to get Luke or Mara she laid down and roll half way into the wall and then imbued her body with the force it must have been some sort of comfort because you stopped crying and I mean right away, Han and I tried to get you away and Shelley to the hospital but we couldn't get her body to move, your dad came running up as soon as he touch her shoulder the Force imbuing stopped he picked you up, you were out like a light, we saw her wound, it was bad the floor was covered in blood."

"Okay so it would have only have stopped if she died?"

"No Ben, when a Jedi imbues something before death it will stay that way until there is nothing left of their body. Shelley did it a bit differently, it would only stop if the force touch of your mother or myself, it worked, she is alive."

"So if she had died I would have been stuck there till one of you got there, was I covered in blood?"

"Yes, and you weren't covered in blood she put some sort of force bubble that kept blood away from you and fresh oxygen coming in, I think that may have been a maternal thing because I've never heard of it before or since."

"So if she would have died and then mom died by Jacen, I wouldn't have either of them at all."

"Ben remember they would both die again happily to keep you safe it's just something a mom does, when your mom wakes up ask her why she did it, how she did it. She'll answer you, she'll be upset with us for telling you, but she will answer you."

"Why would she be mad at you?"

"Because she asked us a very long time ago to never tell you, she didn't want you to feel the need to love her she wanted you to love her because of things you can remember, not something you couldn't." Leia answered

"Why would she feel that, I would only love her because she would have died and almost did to keep me safe, I don't understand?"

"She just wanted it to be because you loved her and not what she did for you, that's it."

"Why, never mind I think I understand."

"Alright, Leia I need you to start some plans for a wedding, I hope to do it at the Temple but if not then will you talk to Tenal Ka?"

"Yes, we will, are you sure you don't want us to come and get Amelia?"

"No, we are okay, she's actually asleep in my bed she said there was something calling to her from space, I think it has something to do with why our Knights are going crazy, and we were attacked by sith."

"Yes, the sith. Ben care to tell me about your future wife?"

"Not really, I won the duel though, it was go to let it go on for a while the Masters were all watching, but then I saw dad falling with mom in his arms I disarmed her inside of 30 seconds, and when the Masters Reconvene they will decide who is going to be her Master at first I was thinking Jaina but then I thought better of it. She will be on the ground fighting sith it would be wrong to put her in the position of having to fight family so when the time comes she will need to be sent somewhere to keep her away from it."

"I agree with you Ben."

Suddenly Luke felt two new lives inside his wife.

"Leia, Ben and I have to go she just conceived I felt it."

"Okay go, call me later."

"I'll let you know. You are to come you, will be summand as will Jaina."

"Why Luke, don't you want us to continue as emissaries?"

"Its time for you to take your place within the Order Leia, as it is for Jaina."

"Alright Luke, send us our official summands by the council, Jaina and I will keep this to ourselves. Tell Shelley congratulation for me, okay."

"Alright, I love you sister."

"As I you brother."

"Artoo keep everyone out unless it's a Master coming to get Allana okay."

"Alright Ben it's time to go see your Mom."

Just then his comm beeped

"Skywalker."

"Master its time."

"Yes we know we're on our way."

"Cilghal out."

He clicked off his comm.

They hurried to the Hospital wing. Cilghal had put her in a night gown and covered her up.

"The babies are in optimal position, she will be okay. The babies are alright from what I can tell."

"Thank you, you may go. Oh, and will you have one of the Master go to my ship and get Amelia in the morning she's asleep in my bed I put her in a trance, she was having a nightmare."

"Of course Master."

"Just make sure it's a master Artoo and Motor won't let anyone that's not in. They can give her to Tendra I'm sure she won't mind, but if they want to work with her that good as well." Ben had walked over to his Mom and taken her hand sat down next to her on the bed.

"Yes Master we will take care of it. She may get up in about two hours but she can't do anything serious, she needs to rest for at least a day."

"Don't worry Master, I'm going to make sure my Mom and…" Ben closed his eye put his hand over her stomach and smiled. "brother and sister are safe."

"Very good."

Cilghal turned and left.

"Are you alright, son?"

"Yes, I guess I'm just a little worried that when they get here she won't want me anymore."

"Son, one child can never replace another, she may not have carried you but she is your mom too."

"Okay, wake her; I want to talk to her."

Luke put his hand on her forehead and brought her out of the Trance. He felt her come out of the Trance and then after a minute she was waking. Luke took her other hand and sat on the other side of the bed. After a minute her eyes snapped open. She sucked in a deep breath.

"Water." She whispered.

Luke handed it to her. She drank deeply.

"Are you okay Mom?"

"I'm alright sweetheart."

"I felt them Mom, the babies it's a boy and girl."

"Are you sure?" then looked to Luke. "I'm not strong enough to check myself. Do it Luke and tell me." Luke closed his eye, and put his hand on her stomach with her hand under his. And he made sure she felt the babies as well. And Luke opened his eyes, she was smiling.

"They aren't strong enough to reach back yet." She said when she opened her eyes. "Probably a few months."

"How are you feeling, sweetheart?"

"I'm tired and sore, the whole thing might have been easier if I hadn't been a virgin." She told him.

"You were still a virgin?" Luke asked surprised

"Of course, why would I sleep with someone I wasn't in love with, and since you are the only man I've ever been in love with, there was no one else."

"Wow, okay. Is it normal for someone to stay a virgin that long?"

"Ben remember the old order were celibate, they didn't have children they didn't marry." Shelley said calmly trying to get comfortable. "Luke help me onto my side please, my back is killing me."

"Do you want me to rub your back for you?"

"I don't want to put you out."

"Don't be silly." He put a hand under her back and thigh and turned her toward Ben about half way up she gasped.

"Mom are you alright."

"Yes sweetheart my back just hurts, I broke by back years ago so if I stay in one position for too long it starts to hurt bad. And I've been in roughly this same position for 20 hours."

"I didn't know you had broken your back."

"It was a long time ago Ben before I met your Dad, your mom and I were on a mission it went south we were running and one of the guys security ran into me with his speeder I went flying off a ped-bridge, Mara thought they had killed me so did the Emperor, it took me almost a year to get back into fight shape." Luke lifted her some more and when she was on her side he started rubbing it using the force to sooth her muscles. "I'm sorry I might fall asleep on you." Her eye were drifting shut. "I can't seem to stay awake."

"It's okay Mom will be here. Go to sleep."

Luke rubbed her back for a few more minute before she drifted back to sleep.

"Ben if you want you can go back to the ship and sleep I've got her."

"I think I'll have some chairs brought in so we can just sit here with her."

"Okay son."

He left a few minutes later two droids rolled in some comfortable chairs. Luke put a pillow behind her back to give her some support and one to cuddle with.

Both he and Ben fell asleep. Until she woke enough to talk.