Ezra ran behind Kanan and Sabine as they fled the Imperial ship. The teen still wasn't sure how Hera had talked him into going aboard the transport, but he was here and they needed to get off of it NOW. The Lasat- Zeb, Ezra had heard he was called- ran past the youth and shoved him back. Ezra glared at the alien and was about to follow when he was roughly grabbed from behind. Ezra yelped as he was yanked against an armored chest. Zeb turned around and drew his weapon, his face contorted in a snarl.
"Let go." Ezra demanded as the Imperial wrapped an arm around his neck. Two stormtroopers raced up and opened fire on Zeb, forcing the Lasat to take cover in the doorway.
"Kid, get outta the way!"
"I'm trying!" Ezra snapped as he wrestled to get free, but the Imperial's hold on the teen was too strong. The stormtroopers continued firing at the Lasat, and Ezra thought he saw what looked like regret flash across the alien's face, but it was gone before he could tell.
"Sorry, Kid."
'No...' Ezra stared at the Lasat, silently pleading. 'Don't...'
"You did good." With those words, the door to the Ghost's airlock slid shut.
Ezra stopped struggling and stared at the closed airlock door, a single thought passing through his mind:
'Don't go...'
The stormtroopers lowered their blasters, and Ezra could feel the Imperial restraining him smirk in triumph. Unable to do anything, Ezra continued staring at the door, his eyes burning with tears he refused to let fall. Why was he so upset? It wasn't like he cared about any of them. He'd just met them today, and it wasn't like he expected them to help him, like he'd told the pilot, people don't do that.
Despite that, as he felt the shudders as the Ghost detached from the transport, the teen felt a stab of pain in his chest at being left behind.
A/N: Okay, umm... not really sure where this came from. When I saw the Rebels movie, this scene stood out to me. So, being me, I sat down and started writing this. I loved how we saw the desperation and fear on Ezra's face before it cut to commercial, to me it shows just how much he'd already come to care for the crew of the Ghost, even when he tried to deny it. Anyway, please review!