Chapter I

I have returned!

I know, I haven't updated in for ever! I've been really busy typing up my original story, and coming up with new ideas for that, I completely forgot that I hadn't finished this! This is the official sequel to 'I'm Broken Anyway', and takes place three months after the chapter 'Paperwork Nightmare' in 'Chase the Dark Away'. If you didn't read that, I would recommend at least reading 'Paperwork Nightmare', or you won't know whats going on.

Now, I have not typed as much before posting the first chapter as I had with 'I'm Broken Anyway', so I won't be able to update on a daily basis. Hopefully I will soon though, because I am making this story top priority above my other ones.

Anyway, Enjoy!

Ezra

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Thump… "EZRA! WILL YOU CUT THAT OUT!" Sabine yelled from her cabin.

"Sorry!" Ezra yelled back, putting away the ball he had been throwing repeatedly at the wall. He sighed, leaning back against the wall behind his bunk, and tucked his legs in on himself. Zeb, Hattress and Kanan were out on a supply run, leaving him, Hera, Sabine, and Copper on the Ghost with absolutely nothing to do. Today was an especially bad day to be trapped on the grasslands of Lothal in a cage of boredom, for it had been one of the most squelching summers yet, and today was no exception. The tall grass was tanned to a dull brown from the ever-burning sun, and the very ground itself seemed tired and worn down. Ezra unconsciously started hitting his head against the back wall, until an angry growl of "Ezra! " stopped him.. He sighed and reached into his backpack, removing the packet of papers that had been haunting his thoughts. He opened up the packet to the page that had become wrinkled from hours of examination. Parker Deck. They had tried everything, but he and Sabine couldn't convince the others to just ignore Sato and go retrieve Parker. He growled and once again began to hit his head on the back wall. Suddenly there were footsteps outside of his cabin, and the door flew open to reveal a very angry Mandalorian.

Sabine

Sabine marched angrily down the hall to Ezra's cabin. She had spent the entire day trying to fall asleep and had almost achieved her goal, until Ezra had become bored. She smashed the door open and glared at Ezra, who's head froze mid-smash.

"Oh...Hey Sabine!" he said, grinning cheekily.

"Hey," she growled through clenched teeth. "What is with you lately? You're being even more annoying than usual," she noted while sitting on Zeb's empty bunk.

"You know exactly what's up with me Sabine," he said defeatedly. She sighed picked up the packet Ezra had left on the bunk. "I just don't understand, I mean how could Sato make them stay. How could they LISTEN to Sato making them stay?" he vented angrily. Sabine nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly with Ezra. They sat in silence for a bit, deep in thought about the files and now ever-present rift in their little family because of them. Ezra suddenly looked up and grabbed the files out of Sabine's hands.

"Hey! I was looking at those!" she snapped angrily.

"Sorry," he said, not looking up from the papers. "Where did it say he lived?"

"Uh, I think it was Corellia," Sabine answered. "Why?"

"How far away is that exactly?" He asked looking up with a mischievous smile. Sabine glared at him as she put the pieces together in her mind.

"No Ezra, just no," she said.

"But Sabine-"

"And we are supposed to do what exactly?Steal a ship, kidnap the kid and get back before they notice we're gone? I really don't see that working out."

"And what happens if we don't? You and I both know what the Empire is capable of, and neither of us would wish that on a child!" he argued.

"Ezra, we can't just go behind their backs, you know that."

"Fine," he conceded, burying his face in his pillow. Sabine got up and went back to her own cabin, finally falling asleep.

Kanan

Kanan, Zeb, and the Hattress arrived back at the ship with all of the supplies from the list. The Hattress quietly slipped into the cabin she shared with Sabine, trying not to wake her sleeping bunk-mate. Kanan watched Zeb's not-so-quiet entrance into his own cabin, and smiled slightly at the disgruntled groan of annoyance from his Padawan upon the rude entry. He made his way into the cockpit where Hera was reading over the guidelines for their next mission. She looked up when he entered and smiled.

"Hello, how was the supply run?"

"It was good, we got all the stuff on the list, and guess what! Right as we were leaving Hattress came across an extra box of ration bars!" he said in excitement.

"Oh that's great!" she said, putting the data pad down.

"Well, just wanted to say goodnight," Kanan said, heading back to his cabin.

"Night," Hera replied, reaching over to check the coordinates for the morning. Kanan paused when he passed Ezra and Zeb's room and peeked in. The Lasot was sound asleep on his bunk, spread eagle with his arms and legs hanging off. Ezra on the other hand was curled into a ball, arms tucked tightly to his chest. Kanan once again felt a stab of guilt as he thought back to the events on Mustafar, just three months ago. He continued back to his own cabin and got into bed, completely unaware of the two, bright blue, eyes that blinked open once he left Ezra's cabin.

Ezra

Ezra lay awake long after Sabine had left, and heard the others return. He listened as Zeb's breathing evened out into deep snores. When he heard Kanan's approaching footsteps,he quickly shut his eyes and began to breath deeply feigning sleep until he heard the older man leave. He stayed lying awake until roughly two in the morning, when he finally realized something. If he just sat by and didn't even try to save Parker, he would never forgive himself. That's why at two thirty in the morning, Ezra slipped out of his cabin with his pack filled with his own personal stash of ration bars, a blaster, his lightsaber, a water bottle, and some credits. He had only taken three steps before his plans changed. "Hey Ezra, where ya headed?" asked a voice from behind him. Ezra froze and turned around slowly to find himself looking at Sabine. He had been so uptight about his decision to leave, he had completely forgotten to make sure everyone was asleep via the force.

"Oh, I was just…." Sabine held up a hand, silencing him.

"You were sneaking out to find that kid weren't you?"

"What! No," he said scratching the back of his neck. Sabine raised an eyebrow, smirking. "Yah okay, I was sneaking out." His head snapped up and he looked at her with pleading eyes. "Please don't tell anyone!" he begged. Sabine took on an exaggerated pantomime of making a decision and finally seemed to come to one.

"Alright I won't tell."

"Oh, thank you Sabine!"

"Ah ah ah, I wasn't done yet! I won't tell only if I come with you." Ezra stared at her for a second, unable to believe what he was hearing.

"You said you wouldn't go behind their backs!" Ezra whispered in shock.

"I know, but I was thinking about what you said, and about all of the files, and I realized that helping that kid isn't a choice; it's an obligation." Ezra considered this and finally nodded.

"Alright, alright you can come. Now come on, we'll have to be quiet if we want to make it outa here without Kanan, Hera, or the Hattress finding out."

"What about Zeb and Chopper?"

"I shut Chopper down already. And Zeb, really? If his own snoring can't wake him up, then nothing can." Sabine laughed quietly, and followed Ezra down the hall. They reached the door to the Phantom and were climbing in when another change of plans occurred.

"Did you really think you could get past me?" a silky voice said from the pilot's seat. Ezra and Sabine looked up in shock to see the seat swivel to reveal the Mad Hattress smiling blandly at them. "Fancy seeing you here. I thought for sure that you'd be sleeping considering it's, you know, two thirty in the morning. So I have two wonder, what are you two doing up?" Ezra and Sabine looked at each other before sighing and showing the packet to the Hattress.

"Oh good, I was wondering how long it would take for you two to get on that!" she said happily.

"Wait, what?"

"Oh did you really think that I didn't know you would do something to help this boy?" she asked smirking. "Well, let's get going!"

"Hey, what makes you think you're coming?" Ezra said, glaring at her.

"Oh, maybe the fact that I'm in the pilot's seat, I gave you the file, I know where the extra box of ration bars is being stored…. Face it, you owe me your life, and you couldn't make me leave even if you wanted to."

"Hey, we could to!" Ezra said petulantly. The Hattress just laughed while she turned back to the controls.

"You couldn't if you tried! Do we have a deal?" Ezra looked sidelong at Sabine and both nodded slightly. Sabine took a step forward and held out her hand.

"Deal."

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