"What are you doing?" Ava chuckled.

"Taking advantage of our break." Sara explained, shushing her as she kissed her neck as she straddled her waist.

"In the middle of the night?"

"Is there really night in space?"

"Okay, I guess not, but-unhh- Sara!" Ava laughed when her girlfriend bit her.

Sara laughed with her and continued to lay soft kisses against her throat before going up to her lips.

She lifted up Ava's red shirt, sliding her hand up to her breast. Sara's thumb and tongue mimicked each other, brushing respectively over Ava's nipple and lips.

She chuckled as Ava playfully tugged on her lip. Ava pushed herself up against Sara until she fell into her lap. She pulled her closer by her hips and kissed her gently. Then she took off Sara's shirt, before snaking a hand to the waistband of her flannels.

The two women jumped as a loud beeping noise interrupted their quiet moment. Sara threw her shirt back on as Ava fixed her own and reached over to read her message.

"Who is it?" Sara asked looking over her shoulder.

"Cracken."

"Damn. What happened?"

"Doesn't say, just that we have to go."

"But we're almost there. Tell him we're on a break."

"He says that we're getting a dossier, so we're off again," Ava told her, showing her the list.

"Fine. Let's go." Sara huffed getting out of bed.

"You're not gonna change?" Ava asked as Sara left.

"It's the middle of the night!"

Ava chuckled as she got into her uniform, following her to the bridge. The others were already there by the time Ava joined them.

"Okay, Cracken needs us to end our trip before it begins. Back to Dantooine guys." She sighed helping them get on course.

They took five jumps back to their base, landing within two hours. Sara changed into her uniform before leaving the ship for the early morning on Dantooine. She went straight to his quarters, knocking on his door. As he opened it, Sara gave him a tired smirk.

"What's the important message you had to tell us about?"

"Come in, both of you." He commanded in a hushed tone. "A suicide mission is being put together, and I need your crew to start recruiting."

"Why aren't we being deployed?"

"Because I told them you were held up already fighting. You need to get more people, okay? Just do what I tell you."

"Yeah, yes sir." Sara nodded a bit taken aback.

"Thank you."

"So where to first?"

"Here." Cracken nodded taking out a few pieces of paper. "I'm splitting up your crew. Divide and conquer. The date of pick up is next to the name. Now go, and good luck."

They saluted their General and walked back to the Waverider, making quick work of handing out the papers to their crew members. Mick Leo and Ray took off first then followed by Hunter and four other crew members who took Waverider. Ava and Sara took a smaller ship.

Sara glanced at the list, reaching the last planet. "I cannot read his stupid handwriting. What does that say?"

"Hmm… Mandalore, I think."

"Shit." Sara sighed folding up the paper.

"What is it?"

"Well, you know how I told you I wasn't from Tatooine?"

"Yeah, I remember. Is that home?"

"Yup."

"Will I get to meet your family?"

"Yeah. That trip is gonna be weird."

"Why, do you have trouble with your family?"

"Eh, just my sister."

"What happened?"

"Well, they think I died, except for my dad."

"What?"

"I know, I know. It's just that, when I was young, my dad could tell that I was force-sensitive, and he knew that the mercenary lifestyle was not for me, so he sent me to Tatooine to learn from a Jedi Master who was hiding there."

"Didn't really stop you from becoming a mercenary, though."

"Hey, I just stole and turned people in, never killed."

"I mean, we can just trade with one of the others."

Sara sighed and climbed aboard the ship. "I should really let them know I'm not dead. I mean, I can protect myself now. It'll just be awkward. 'Hey mom, hey Laurel, I know you guys thought I was dead for 16 years, but I'm fine. By the way I'm a Grey-Jedi, oh and here's my ex-Jedi girlfriend, wanna join the Alliance to Restore the Republic?' Yeah, it's gonna be weird."

Ava pecked her cheek before sitting in her spot to pilot the ship. She waited for Sara to get all strapped into her spot at the gunnery next to her and took off. First stop was the human planet Coruscant to try to pick up even more recruits, even though they were streamlined to the Alliance. Through their flight to the old planet, Ava got out of her seat to grab a drink. She pulled out a flask of water and took a swig before sitting back down.

"Hey so Ray and Leo. What's up with them?" She asked.

"Oh, so Leo's being quiet, but mister tell-all-Mick says that they're trying to get married in secret. Nothing big to draw attention to the Alliance because a part of Leo's family works with the Empire."

"Really?"

"Yeah. He says that only his mom knows he works for the Alliance, and even then she doesn't know much else. Very little contact between them."

Ava nodded. "Good for them. What about us?"

"You mean with taking it to the next level?"

"Yeah."

"Honestly, I guess I just enjoy this so much that I haven't really thought of anything else." Sara glanced at Ava and rested her head on her shoulder, wrapping her hand around her girlfriend's bicep. "But I wouldn't mind it either. I got lost in the fun."

Ava quietly cleared her throat before taking them out of hyper-speed as they neared the planet. "Just a bit longer until we land. So, the usual tactics? Bars and lodges?"

"Yeah, I'll go to the lodges, a few bounty hunters still remember me."

"Okay, I'll go to a few bars."

"Don't get in trouble." Sara joked.

"I'll try not to."

Ava docked the small ship and got out, grabbing her belongings and locking it up. Sara was right behind and began to a lodge she used to visit. Ava watched her leave and went to a high end bar to find any new or old allies.

"Did you get any more recruits?" Sara asked over the comm.

"No one new, but I found a few allies and asked for more alliance propaganda."

"Did you tell them about the situation?"

"Only that we need more people soon."

"Good."

"You?"

"Only one bounty hunter, the others want to wait and, as usual, just want the money, they don't care about change."

"That's okay. Meet me at the ship, we're going to Savereen next."

"Okay."

Sara turned off her mic and walked to the dock, quickly paying their fare and getting ready as she waited for Ava. She glanced back down at the paper again, just staring at the last planet. A new hell she'd have to go through at some point. Sara turned around as the door opened again for Ava. Her girlfriend sat back down in her spot and started up the ship, setting off for the stars again.

"I do love you." Sara nodded.

"I know, Sara. I love you, too."

"It's just, you seemed upset about what I said earlier."

"About what?" Ava horribly feigned in ignorance.

Sara glanced at her and smirked. "About marriage."

Ava nodded her head slightly before taking them into hyperspeed. "And?"

"You sounded upset, I think I just misspoke."

"It's fine."

Sara looked at her and quietly sighed. "I can tell you're not fine, but we'll talk about it later when you're ready to really say how you feel."

"Sara."

"No, no, no, not unless you really want to talk about it. Until then, Savareen, we're going to the bars, not more Crimson Dawn, so we're good to go on that. We just need to watch out for any left over cronies."

"Okay." Ava nodded.

Sara got unstrapped and went to their quarters, grabbing a drink. "I think if we dock on the south side then we'll bypass any threat of them."

"Okay."

Sara walked back and sat down, strapping back up. "I'm sorry if it seemed like I lashed out at you. I just don't want you to be disingenuine about your feelings."

"I agree that we should talk about this later. After out round, okay?"

"Okay."

Sara nodded and leant over to kiss Ava, getting her cheek instead.