Daylight

45. Acted on Instinct

My head had been reeling since the moment Kylo and I arrived back at the castle. Searching high and low in the ruins of the old Jedi Temple, we found various evidence of someone using the space to survive in, but like the dimwits of the First Order, he had strong disbelief from the Mir'Ang. And unfortunately, the rest of us endured their anger and the temper of Kylo Ren, which gave everyone on the throne plenty of time to leave space in between Kylo and us so he could destroy freely. 

One of the computer geniuses of Sylas stayed as far as she could while giving details and remarks on our small amount of evidence as Kylo himself paced the room from one end to the other, width-wise, as everyone which included me, Stefan, Aidyn, Monroe, Marcel, and Hux the distance to sit. As Marcel went to stand to talk about his opinion on the matter, we watched as Kylo threatened him to silence with his ignited cross saber. The worse thing that could've happened didn't happen as Kylo was even more angered from the fact that even the soldiers and vast computer system Sylas had couldn't detect them above the surface as he screamed at everyone in the room.

Watching the woman standing less than five feet away from Kylo made her more nervous as she veered her body away from one of his swings into a table just to the right of her. Her eyes squinted in fear and horror as she clutched the digital datapad against her body, the very thought of dying so early in life scaring her to death. The very sight made me want to push her as far away from Kylo as I could, but the moment someone would try to stand, Kylo reacted badly. The last thing I wanted to happen was for someone innocent to lose their life in this castle, let alone a woman's.

"The First Order's wasted more time here than scouring the galaxy looking for a scavenger and a traitor, let alone looking for a Jedi." Kylo stopped in his tracks the moment Hux spoke up as he peered over to look at me. Feeling his eyes on me, I kept my sight on the green carpet that ran down the middle of the throne room. Hate, anger, and frustration are all I felt from these men as Kylo's dark power increased by the minute, a sign that he was ready to lose control and go on a temper tantrum raid again.

"You found evidence that someone's living down there. How did that waste your time-" Aidyn tried to question Hux and Kylo, but the second that I felt and saw Kylo move to face Aidyn, I couldn't help but feel...overprotected. We listened as Kylo screamed out Aidyn for being too young to understand. With that, Aidyn had the power and the will to leave despite Kylo's fast temper to react as Stefan protected his brother by standing against Kylo.

"This is my father's kingdom, and you will not attack my brother. You may be more powerful than any of us, but you will not dare to harm anyone, especially in a room with Amara in it." Stefan spoke with a heavy threat in his tone, although it made Kylo smirk.

"We did not find anything that was linked to the Mir'Ang. There's nothing of interest or value in those ruins, not to the First Order, which means there's no reason for us to stay-"

"What if it's the opposite?" I suddenly spoke without completely thinking first as I felt every pair of eyes on me though I didn't look up from my sight on the carpet to check. I heard Marcel about to say something before silence washed over the room as I watched Kylo's feet walk toward me.

"You and I have already been down there, Amara. We both know-" Standing up to face him as I pointed a finger, I replied with a straightforward no.

"Yes, we've been down there, and yes, we did see signs of survival down there. And yes, there may be a chance it's not them, but unlike you, I do know that place, okay. That temple was a playground for me as a child when I lived here; it was a place for my parents to find treasures and artifacts belonging to Jedi long before our time. So, again, unlike you, I know what can't live down there, and people are not one of them. No animals can live down there, not without access to food and water, along with odd creatures and humans. Plus, with the landscape and the natural springs underneath the geysers, one cannot possibly stay down there for more than a few hours without having the feeling of being boiled alive. Hell, being down there with you almost made me want to burn myself alive-" I couldn't help but blow up suddenly.

I paced around the room shouting things that I clearly remembered from my time here, which surprised even me since there were so many things I kept locked up tight in my brain as I felt the headache grow stronger as I rubbed my temples the moment I felt and heard something. A sudden buzzing sound erupting through the walls as everything became a blur, the voices of my friends and enemies suddenly became white noise as I turned to see the teenager from the town. In seconds, I couldn't feel anyone from the throne room, just her. I watched her face light up the second she opened her eyes. Watching her, I overlooked the area she could've been in as she sat on what looked like a stone? An altar or a table of some kind?

"Can you see me now?" Hope asked as I had the urge to be smart with her but held it back. Thinking back to the people standing around me, I went to as Hope if she could see them, but I watched her shake her head.

"I can't see anyone you might be surrounded by, and I can't hear them. As I said, you thought I could feel someone else in your head. Who's Ben Solo?"

"Ha, um, my lover, sort of." I tried to cover what I could up because the last thing I needed to do was scare her and say-

"You mean Kylo Ren? The man that's been keeping me hidden away told me stories about him, how he betrayed what he had on the Light Side of the Force and then became a monster hidden away in the shadows."

"How the hell did you know-"

"Also, your mind can be wide open sometimes, especially when you think of Ben, well, Kylo, I should say since they are the same person."

"I'm really hoping you didn't connect with me through the force just to speak about what you know and how you found out about it-" I was trying too hard to stay calm as I pushed her to explain why she needed me right now until she interrupted me again.

"Oh, I came to warn you that the hunters looking for you aren't really after you, per se." Shocked to the core of how she knew that too, I remembered that she's been in my mind this entire time as I crossed my arms over my chest.

"What does that mean? Was Monroe's information wrong then?" I still tried to resist the urge to question her about different things as her face became another expression I had learned to read and look for: fear. She spaced out and looked elsewhere. Peering her head to the right as she angled her head up, I couldn't imagine if she was hearing something on her side or mine as she looked back to me, a look of terror and pain on her face now.

"What is it? Can you hear something or see it?"

"A child strong enough to defy the rules of Light and Dark. A child powerful enough to obtain both sides' force yet be resilient to change one's direction. That's what they keep repeating in their minds. They assumed it was you, but you aren't a child." She may have been standing now, but her light blue eyes had a distant look in them, almost as if she saw a vision.

"If it's someone's future you're seeing, maybe you can help save them if they're in danger."

"Perhaps it's the woman, your friend. The pregnant one-"

"The Mir'Ang is after her son," I whispered. The moment I felt someone wrap their arms around me tightly, I broke free of my force connection with Hope to see Kylo standing behind me as he retreated his arms back to his sides, the feeling of terror and fear washing over me the minute I felt Hope leave me again.

"What is it? What's wrong?" Stefan asked, but I never answered as I felt Sara's distress through the force as I raced from that room, the only word leaving my mouth was-

"Sara"

As every man and I raced to the nursery, I overheard Stefan and Monroe fighting about how I could've known Sara was in trouble as I only spoke about feeling her distress. Though Monroe had a theory about me having visions through the force, Stefan told me how wrong he was by saying I was the only Jedi in the galaxy that couldn't have visions. Uncaring about what they were speaking about, I focused my mind only on Sara and how close Kylo was to my side as we raced down the corridor leading to the nursery.