Lingchi

Fantasy

Thankfully, Ben was able to recognise her discomfort, so he wasn't jerking her around. He just walked her off of the ship and onto the new planet, base, whatever it was. And for now, she was okay.

Yes, Hope was still a little freak out by what she had seen last night, but nothing came up after that. She had managed to keep it from Kylo while trying to fit together what exactly it was and where it came from, it wasn't from Ben, and it wasn't her memory because Luke had been older in the flashes she saw.

But... it was real, it was recent. She knew that it was, she knew that Luke was alive, she knew that he was with someone, she knew that... he would be coming for Kylo...

That made her a bit anxious, not for Kylo; only because she had to keep reminding herself that they were two completely different people in the same body. But if he was killed... Ben would.

A shudder ran through her body as she imagined Ben being gone for real, earlier, she hadn't been sure. But there was just a little speck of hope that Ben was hiding somewhere in the darkness.

And she was right, she didn't know it at first, not until yesterday. Which was a bittersweet moment, she got hurt, but she realises that she had a connection with a person she wasn't exactly sure she wanted a connection with. She remembered Luke explaining a bit about the connection some force sensitive beings had with each other.

She had it with Ben, she had a force bond with him. Even after he went rouge, it didn't leave. It just grew stronger and she felt his emotions, she saw what he saw, Hope remembered he tried to search her mind when she was alone. Then she allowed him to feel the hugest burst of anger and hatred and immediately cussed him out.

She felt a small pang of guilt after it happened, and the smallest feeling of rejection. But that was gone as quickly as it came and she was left alone. It was the scariest feeling in the world; being alone - it felt like some one, something had died after he had slipped from her mind.

But there was just, the smallest of reassurance that he was still there. Somehow. And yes, she was afraid of losing him, though Hope was sure, if she did, she would know.

Thinking about all that, she didn't really pay attention to where she had been going, she had only turned and walked where Ben directed her, not even noticing the stormtroopers that stop to give 'Kylo' a report on what was going on with... the Resistance.

So, after a second, she raised her head up and looked around the base with her eyebrows raised as she saw the walls were a tan-ish green color. And there was moss on the walls and cobbles on the floor, "Are we in the jungle?" She asked him, a slight smirk pulling on her features as he turned down a hall and walked near the end - he turned to the right and opened up a wooden door before nudging her inside.

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For some reason, Hope started chuckling when he let go of her, she stumbled back and fell on the bed as he followed her, a grin on his face. As he stood above her, looking down with his one eye sparkling, she hummed while glancing up at him. Slowly, she brought her hands up and slid them across his clothed stomach, feeling harded muscles underneath, "You're wearing too much clothing."

"And you are falling under the influence under the spores, they realise toxins in the air that effect female and male hormones alike." He said as he carded his hand through her hair, a lazy smile playing on his face. Yeah... he knew it beforehand, but he didn't care.