A/N: When I first started watching Rebels several months ago, that first episode gave me the idea to write my story Mistaken. Now, after finally bulldozing through all of Season 2 in three days, I've been hit by the thought that episode nine had a lot of potential to turn out MUCH worse... (insert evil cackle here)
I hope you all enjoy!
-Triscribe
Chapter 1
"And what is your name, young man?"
"Jabba the Hutt." Ezra said flatly. In spite of himself, Commander Sato was hard-pressed not to snort. He might grow irritated with the boy's impudence when aboard his own ship, but it was amusing to see that same attitude turned upon their captors.
The Admiral, however, did not seem to be so amused. "Hm. A bit small for a Hutt, but then I know of someone else who's used that alias before - Ezra Bridger." Automatically, Sato stiffened. Ezra's irritating habits aside, he was still a child, one temporarily placed in the Commander's care. If the man before them knew who he was, the boy's safety just became that much more precarious.
"You should consider yourself quite fortunate, actually," the Admiral smirked at them. "Since I knew more guests would be arriving shortly, I took the liberty of contacting Agent Kallus when we captured your previous patrol. He'll be here soon, and then you won't have to put up with our company any longer."
That statement caused Sato's insides to drop unpleasantly.
-MS-
Less than an hour after being shoved unceremoniously into a cell with the rest of his crew and the missing patrol members, Sato tensed as the door was slid open and a tall stormtrooper entered.
Relief and new anxiety warred within him when the man pulled off his helmet and was revealed to be Kanan Jarrus.
"Is everyone alright?" The Jedi asked, scanning the crowd of faces.
"We're fine," Sato said. "But they took Ezra elsewhere - to wait for Agent Kallus' arrival."
Kanan's face tightened, but he simply waved the rebels out of their cell, handing his gun over to Sato as he did so.
-MS-
Rex and Kanan managed to keep the host of stormtroopers back as Sato led his men towards their ship. At one point, the old clone very nearly cut himself off in order to buy them more time, but Kanan used to Force to pull him through the blast doors just before they could close.
As soon as they reached the rebel transport, Sato hurried for the cockpit along with his pilots, firing up all systems and pulling away from the Destroyer. At first, it looked as though they wouldn't be able to get away from the gravity well, but then the bomb planted in the generator's controls by the astromech Chopper went off, causing the device to malfunction and destroy the entire vessel.
Once they successfully made the jump to hyperspace, Sato slumped back with a sigh. And that, of course, was the moment Kanan stormed into the cockpit, demanding to know exactly what had happened to his Padawan.
-MS-
The heightened security was a pain, but at least Ezra got to amuse himself by making faces at the stormtroopers standing in the cell with him. Locked into a torture table similar to the one he'd pulled Kanan off of the year before, it wasn't like the teen could do much else. He would have tried tricking the troopers into letting him out earlier, but on the march to this cell Kallus let slip that his men were wearing sound-proofed helmets, only able to hear their comms and nothing else.
It was more than a little annoying, to be honest.
Annoyance turned to trepidation when the cell door slid open, revealing Agent Mutton Chops himself wearing a grim smile. "Good news, Jabba. Someone's arrived who wants to, talk, to you."
Ezra felt his insides drop when the Inquisitor known as Seventh Sister appeared.
