Chapter 1 & 2: Spark of The Rebellion
I don't know how it all begun, order 66 was issued, the Jedi were hunted down and murder, then the war ended and peace rein throughout the galaxy, but by the Empire. The Republic had fallen… that's how the story went when my parents told me, my parents were apart of the Republic. I don't know what my mother and my father were before I was born, they never told me.
I was 10 when I lost them to someone… someone dark, cold, evil… and at the same time full of regret, sad and… lonely. He was asking about something, a… holocron whatever that was. They didn't talk and were cut down, I was left all alone… I kept my parents things close to me, a cube, two cylinders, my mom's Holo-jounral and my dad's Holo-jounral, and a picture of us on my seventh birthday. I place them all in my satchel and left my home, becoming a scavenger, surviving and looking out for those that can't stick up for themselves.
~Present Day~
Lothal, Outer Rim…
A sixteen year old girl with auburn hair in a ponytail, silver eyes, white sleeveless shirt, a black vest, dark brown pants, boots that reach three inches from her knee, a belt around her waist, black fingerless gloves, a communicator on her ear and a satchel over her shoulder sat on a ledge and dangles her feet over the edge. She was looking down at the people, seeing them go about their day. She sighs and sat down on the edge, watching them, then a shadow flies over them.
She looks up and saw a Star Destroyer flying over them, she's seen Star Destroyers before, her look harden, then stood up and takes off along the way, she ran over three buildings and saw Imperial officers and Stormtroopers corner a poor man that had rations, "You're Identification. Now." the second officer orders him, she places her hand on her belly as it growls. -I haven't eaten in weeks, but the people come first.- she tells herself and fittles with her device. "I'm just trying to sell a couple of Yogons here." he answers him, the red head jumps down and hid in the shadows. "All trade must be registered into the empire." the first officer reminds him.
The old man nods at him, "I remember what it was like before your ships showed up, before your Imperials ruin Lothal like the rest of the galaxy." he spoke up as the other people around him were afraid. The first officer presses a button, opening up a channel, the girl smirks and finds his channel. "This is LRZ 01, I am bring in a citizen under charge of treason." he informs, the girl found his channel, "Copy that LRZ 01. dispatch to cell block AA33." the man on the other side informs him, as the troopers took a hold of the man and the second officer took a hold of the Yogons.
"You can't do this!" the old man protest as he was taken away, the second officer bites into a Yogon, "I don't know, who's going to stop us? You? You?" he asks them, but they turn their heads away, making him laugh. The girl looks over and then was annoyed, "Hey mister, spare a yogon?" a boy asks him, no older then 13, the two officers look down at him, "Move along loft rat." the second guard snaps at him. "Sorry, sorry. Not looking for trouble." the boy tells them moving away. The girl sigh, "Not this time…" she mumbles, pressing her finger at the device. "All officers at the main square, this is a code red. I repeat a code red." the second officer's comm link shouts out.
He throws down a yogon and picks up his commlink, "It's you luck day, local sum. You two, come with us." the first officer orders, the threw that old man and his yogons to the ground and took off. The old man pulls himself to his knees and saw a pair of boots in his view, "Stay on alert, repeat code red." she said, kneeling down in front of the man, then took her finger away and smiles at him, "You alright?" she asks him, placing the basket up right, he sighs at her as he started to gather the Yogons as the girl help him, "Those damn Imperials… they ruin everything." he tells her as she places then in the basket. "Thank you again, Mako." he tells her, the girl named Mako smiles, "Anything I can do." she tells him, but then her stomach growls, making them both look down at her stomach and she places her hand on it, "You must be starving." he tells her, then presented her a handful of yogon, making her held up her hands.
"Oh on, I couldn't." she tells him, he shook his head and smiles, "You deserve this, consider it a thank you." he tells her, Mako smiles and opens up her satchel and he pours them in, "Thank you." she tells him, he smiles and they both stood up. "Be careful, alright." she tells him, he nods and took his yogon, "I will Mako, take care." he tells her, she smiles waves good-bye to him, she lowers her arms and crosses them, "You can come out now, I know you're there." she calls out and the 14 boy steps out, "Well you beat me again." he tell her, Mako turns to him, walks over and places a few Yogons in his pack, "There we're even now." she tells him, turning around and walks off, "Why give me any?" he questions her, she stops and looks at him, "Because, as of right now Ezra, I'm the only friend you got." she answers, tossing up a yogon, then turns away, she then tosses the yogon to a bystander, who catches it. Ezra chuckles, "Hey, wait up!" he calls out and jogs up to her.
They then jump up back to the roof and walk over to the edge, "We're here, what's the emergency?" the first officer asks him, the third looks at him in confusion. "What emergency?" he asks them, "You called in for a code red." the second informs him, "I… I don't know what you mean, my orders are to get those crates to Imperial Order." the third informs them, Ezra and Mako look down at the crates. "Well get them loaded." The first orders them, Mako covers her mouth, holding back her laugh as Ezra scoffs at them, "I almost feel bad for them." he states, laying his arms on the edge. Mako did the same this, propping head against it, "Almost." she mumbles in agreement. But then they both felt something strong pull at them, making them alert, "That was weird…" Ezra mumbles, "You feel that too?" she asks him, "I…" he went to answers, but the feeling pulls at them again and look around.
Mako's silver eyes laid on a man, she nudge Ezra's shoulder, making him look over as well. Seeing the man just stand there, but then saw that he went to look over his shoulder, "Get down!" Mako whispers, grabbing a hold of Ezra's coat and drop down, hiding from the man, he looks up to the roof, he shrugs and started to walk, the two then peek out, watching him, he then stops next to a Lasat, padding his leg twice, making the Lasat open his eyes, then walks out, the man walks over standing next to the bounty hunter and hooded smuggler, he pads his other leg twice and the hunter pads her leg three times. Making both the hunter and smuggler walk off, so did the other man, "Interesting." Ezra mumbles as Mako just watches them, the two walk pass them, the hunter threw a detonator and the two walk away and the smuggler threw his arm over her shoulders.
The trooper went to stop them but didn't and… KABOOM, the speeder went up in flames, making the two jump in surprise. "Get those crates out of here and keep them secure at all costs!" the first officer orders as a trooper got seated on the speeder and speed off. "All cost, huh?" Ezra mumbles, Mako sigh… "I like the sound of that." he states and takes off. "Here we go again…" she mutters, pulls her hood on and took off after him.
They ran along the roofs, finding that the man had them block off and the Lasat knock them out. "Not bad…" Mako mumbles, Ezra looks at her. She shrugs her shoulders and they both jump down, Ezra landed in the seat as Mako landed on a crate, the two look at them in surprise. "Thanks for doing all the heavy lifting." Ezra tells him and pulls in reverse. The Lasat swung at them, but they both duck, "Now what?" the Lasat asks, "After those kids!" the man orders. Ezra pulls out off the alley and takes off, Mako waves at the officer as they left. Then troopers fired at two, but were hit as the two pulled out of the alley and followed Ezra and Mako. Then the hunter and smuggler land on the crate behind Mako, making the two turn to them, "Pretty gutsy move!" the hunter shouts, then Ezra started to shift the speeder.
Then the smuggler pulls out his blaster, making Mako gasp. "If the big guy catches you, he'll end you!" he warns them, blaster in between the two crates and the two started to drift away. "Good luck!" The two call out to them and Ezra speeds off. The crate stops, the two hop down as the other two speed off and the two ran off with the crate.
"Turn here!" Mako shouts and Ezra turns as stormtroopers appeared in their path, Ezra gasp then speeds ups, but then the man behind them fires at the stormtroopers and the two speed over them and the other two chase them, "Who are these guys?" Ezra questions, "Ezra!" Mako shouts, making him turns back, seeing people in front of them. "Go high!" she shouts and Ezra did so, the two followed him. "Who are these kids?" the man questions. They all were on on the highway, getting two stormtroopers attention.
They then fired at them and the man fires back, then Ezra's and Mako's speeder was hits, "That's never good!" Ezra shouts and they fly over and land on the other lane, control was back and Ezra started to dodge the incoming vehicles. The man fires back at the troopers, but kept missing, then the Lasat pulls out his staff, falls back and gets one, then the trooper was up right next to the man, "Alright, you got me, I give up." he states, holding his hands out, confusing the troopers, "Sike!" he said, throwing a detonator out, making the trooper try and catch it and he blew up. Then the Lasat catches up, the man looks over at the two, the look over and Ezra speeds up.
Then the man looks at the Lasat and signals him, he frowns and gave him a thumbs up and falls back. The man unhooks the crates and the Lasat stops next to them. "If Kadan ever catches those kids, I'll end them." the Lasat states. The man named Kadan went to the far end and then jumps over in front of the two, Mako covers her eyes as sparks few out, blinding Ezra. Kadan then pulls out in front of them far ahead and then Ezra opens his eyes and pulls to a stop, ending right next to Kadan. Ezra sighs as he hunch over the front. Mako huff as she sat down onto of the crate. "Who are you?" Ezra questions him. "I'm the guy who was stealing that crate." he answers him, looking over at the crate Mako was siting on top of. "Hey look, we stole this stuff… wh-whatever it is, fair and square." Ezra tells him, crossing his arms.
Kadan laughs a little at him, "And you two made it pretty far." he tells them, the two shot a look up at the Tie-fighter flying at them. "But I got plans for that crate, so today's not your day." he adds as Mako was now spatting on top of the crate, Ezra was smirking, "The day's not over." he tells him and moves out of the way as Mako jumps off the crate. Kadan was confused for a moment and then frowns. "Oh wonderful." he mumbles, then got off the speeder as the Tie-fighter fires at him, destroying it. It them flew off and Kadan pulls himself to his feet.
But then turns around, seeing that Ezra was still in one peace and Mako lands perfectly on the crate, she sat back down, her legs cross and she waves bye at Kadan. "Have a good one." Ezra tells him and they were speeding off. Kadan just shook his head at the two, smirking a little and pulls out his commlink. "This is Specter One, I need a lift."
~8~8~8~
Ezra and Mako were out of the city and speeding through the fields as a Tie-fighter follows them, then fires at them. "Whatever in this crates must really be worth it." Ezra states and they were fired at, "Better be worth it!" he shouts again. "If I die because of you, I will kill you Ezra!" Mako shouts at him, as she stands on the crate, maintaining balance. But then the Tie-fighter fires again and Mako jumps off at it hits the speeder, making Ezra fly out and hit the ground. He then stood up and looks over, seeing Mako land next to the crate in one peace.
She exhales and then looks up, "Ezra!" she calls out, he looks over, seeing the Tie-fighter fly right at him, but then it was fired at and blew up. The two looks behind them and saw a Starfighter with Kadan on the ramp. "You want a ride?" he asks them. Mako looks over at Ezra, he looks at her, then they both look behind the fighter and saw Tie-fighters flying at them. Then they look up at him, "You have a better option? Come on!" he tells them, then Mako presses a button making the crate float, "Leave the crate, you'll never make it!" Kadan shouts as the two take off. The two gain speed as Mako picks the crate up and they both jump, the crate lands on the ramp as Mako and Ezra grip the edge. "Whoa…" Kadan said as he was amazed that they made it, then Mako pulls herself up as Ezra pushes the crate forward, they pulls themselves up and push the crate forward and the ramp closes up.
~8~8~8~
The starfighter flies off as the Tie-fighters follows them. Ezra and Mako looks up at the four as they were glaring down at them, but they stood up and walk over to the crate as the Lasat remove it's top, revealing guns. "Oh, do you know how much these are worth on the black Market?" Ezra questions them taking one out of the crate, Mako sighs, rubbing her brow. "Actually I do." Kadan tells him as Mako leans against the wall as she was beginning to feel dizzy again. "Don't get any ideas." the Lasat warns him, "They're mine." Ezra tells him and the Lasat took the weapon from him.
"If you and your friend hadn't gotten in our way…" the Lasat starts and Ezra got in his face, "Too bad, we got to them first." Ezra said to him. Then Kadan steps in between them, breaking up the fight, "It's not whose first, it's whose last." Kadan tells him and Ezra glares at the Lasat. "Keep and eye on our friends here." Kadan tells him and the three did so as Kadan went up top.
~8~8~8~
Kadan arrives at the cock pit, "You said this was a routine op, what happened down there?" Hera asks him, then Chopper snaps at him, making Kadan groan, "Not now Chopper, it's been a difficult morning for me." Kadan tells him, leaning against the chair, "He has a point, love. We have four Tie-fighters, closing in." she informs him. Kadan them leans in close, "Hera how about a less attitude and more altitude?" he asks her and then she made a sharp shift, making Kadan fall back in his chair, as she was dodging the Tie-fighters.
Kadan sat up and lay his arm back, "If I didn't know better I'd think you did that on purpose." he mumbles as Chopper pulls himself away from the side. "If you knew better, we wouldn't be in this situation. Seriously Kadan what happened?" Hera asks him, he was quiet for a moment and then looks over ta the monitor, "They did." he answers as the three were around Ezra and Mako, who were sitting crate.
~8~8~8~
"Look we were just doing the same as you, stealing to survive. Well I was, miss goodie two shoes here was doing something else completely different." he informs them, "Oh you have no idea what we were doing, you don't know us." the Lasat named Zeb tells him, Mako rolls her eyes and gets off the crate, then walks around it as she was not going to help out.
"And I don't want to, I just want off the burner." Ezra tells him, making, Mako roll her eyes, she earn a glance from the smuggler. "Please, nothing would thrill me more than tossing you out, while in flight." Zeb tells him, Mako then reaches out, grabbing a hold of Ezra's ear and he yelps as he was yank back, "I risk my life for guns Ezra… do you know how that make me feel?" she questions. "Oh come on, I've seen you risk your life for much worse." he tells her, Mako's eyebrow twitch and she place him in a headlock, "Guns Ezra… guns." she tells him again, tightening her arm around his neck and he pats her arm, "Uncle! Uncle!" he cries out in surrender.
~8~8~8~
Hera looks at the monitor and back ahead, "Two kids trip you up? Must be some kids, spill it." she tell him as he was annoyed. "Aren't you a little busy at the moment?" he questions her, cross his arms, she glares at him, "Spill." she said as she continues to dodge the incoming blast.
Then one blast hits them, making everyone in the hanger stagger in their spots, Mako them lets go as she stumbles back in lands in someone arms and Ezra was crush under Zeb. Mako looks up and saw that the smuggler held her in his arms, her silver eyes lock with his golden ones and he smirks at her, "Hey, how you doing? The names Leo Lax Jephego Vander. But you can call me Leo." he flirts adding in a wink, making her pulls out and roll her eyes. "Get off, can't… breath." Ezra complains, Mako walks over to the two. "I'm not that heavy you know, in this gravity." Zeb tells him, as Mako pulls him off Ezra. "It's not the weight, it's the smell." Ezra tells him, Mako face palms at her idiot friend and his big mouth. "You don't like the air quality in here, eh?" Zeb questions. The smuggler walks over, grips Mako's arms and pulls her to the side, next to the bounty hunter, "Fine, I'll give you your own room!" Zeb said as he grips Ezra's ankle.
"H-hey, stop!" Ezra shout as a door to a small space was open and he was then thrown in, "Let go!" Ezra shouts and the door was then close in his face, Zeb then looks over at Mako as she held up her hands at him, "So…" Leo starts placing his arm on her shoulder, making her glare at him, "You got a name?" he asks, Mako grunts in disgust, pushes his arm away and steps away from him. Making Sabine and Zeb roll their eyes at him.
~8~8~8~
"These kids sound impressive." Hera states and Kadan looks at her, "You're not thinking what I think you're thinking?" Kadan questions as she just smirks at him, "They held onto a crate of blasters with a pack of troopers on their tail. Not to mention the girl was able to make two perfect landings. In a row." Hera tells him, flicking away at switches.
"Because I was there to save him, and the girl got lucky. They're both street rats, wilded, reckless, dangerous and… and gone." Kadan saw as he was the two were not on the monitor.
~8~8~8~
Zeb was leaning against the small space as the two were pacing back and forth, "Zeb, Sabine, Leo, where are they?" Kadan said over the comm, "Clam down chief, the boy's in…" Zeb starts as he opens the door, only to find it empty, then Leo looks over and saw that Mako was gone as well.
"Here…" Zeb mumbles, "The girl's gone as well." Leo calls out, "Zeb, where are they?" Kadan calls out, "Well… they're still in the ship." Zeb answers as they then heard something crawling through the air ducts. "Oh they're in the ship alright." Sabine calls out. "Ugh, Leo, find the girl and keep a better eye on her." Kadan tells him, "You got it." Leo answers and they took off.
Hera was flicking away, "Very creative these two, sounds like someone I use to know." she states, Kadan groans as he stood up and walks away; Mako walks into the gunner seat finding Ezra flat on the floor and she sat down, "Took you long enough." she tells him as he pulls himself back up, rubs his head and opens his eyes, "Whoa… we're in space." he said with amazement. Mako nods her head, "Yes we are." she answers and Tie-fighters fired at them, "And we're about to die!" he shouts, Mako shook her head, "No we are not." she answers and took a hold of the controls.
"Shields are holding for now, but you need to buy me time to calculate the jump to lightspeed!" Hera tells them and Mako started to make careful firing. Then Sabine place her hand on her shoulder, "Look, you don't know me and don't like me. I get that, but right now, we all need to get out of here." she tells her and the hunter was surprise at her words and lets her shoot. "Hey, my name's Ezra." he said to Sabine, making the two girls roll their eyes, but then Zeb grips his collar and turns him to him, "My name's Zeb you loft rat." he growls at him as Leo came up as well. Mako looks at the two Tie-fighters and then closes her eyes getting go of her surroundings, "What are you doing?" Sabine asks her, the three look over at her. The Tie-fighters were closing in, Mako then snaps her eyes open and fires at them. The shot flies out and hits both of the Tie-fighters.
She exhales and leans back, "Nice shot." Sabine tells her, then looks at her. "How did you do that?" she asks her, Mako looks at her. She then shrugs at her, "I don't know, I just… did." she answers her. "Entering hyperspace!" Hera tells them and they made the jump.
~8~8~8~
Back in Lothal, troopers were inspecting, as the commanding officer and officer were on a roof overlooking the area, "They knew our protocol and were waiting." he informs him, the CO nods at him. "I have no doubt, you're not the first on Lothal hit by this crew." he informs him, making the officer sigh. "That's a relief. I mean, I assume that's why you're here, Agent Kallus." he said and the agent took off his helmet and turns to him.
"The Imperial security Bearu pays attention to patterns. When the Empire's operations are targeted on ongoing bases, it signifies something more than the theft of a few crates. It could signify the spark of rebellion." he states, with his back to him and then turns back, "Next time they make a move, we'll be waiting for them to snuff out that spark before it catches fire." he informs him, intend to crush this crew.
~8~8~8~
The Starfighter arrives out of hyperspace and Zeb drags Ezra by the arm to the cockpit as Mako went along willingly. "You can't keep us here." Ezra snaps at him, making Zeb growl. "Take us back to Lothal!" Ezra demands of him, "Calm down, that's exactly what we're doing." Hera informs him as the two look at her, "Like right now, with Imperials chasing us?" Ezra questions.
Mako shook her head, "Not likely, if I guess right, you can scramble the ship's signal, and when you return they won't be able recognize you." she states, making Hera and Zeb look at her, "You know a lot, don't you?" she asks her, Mako shrugs. "Just knowing about ships and droids is a hobby of mine." she answers. "Oh that's pretty cool." Ezra states, then snaps out of it, "So just drop me, her and my blasters at capital city and-" he states, but the door open, revealing the three.
"They're not your blasters." Sabine and Mako tells him as she walks in, "And we're not going back to Capital City, the job's not done." Kadan informs them.
The ship then returns to Lothal and lands on the outskirts of a village, Mako and Ezra steps out, looking down at the village, "Hey where are they going?" Ezra asks as Hera and Kadan walks off, "If I told you, I would have to kill ya, but I'm not just kill ya anyway and spare the girl." Zeb answers him, as he was pushing a crate, "He's not joking, I've seen him do it." Leo warns them as he was pushing a crate as well, "Grab a crate and pull your weight." Sabine informs them and followed Leo and Zeb.
Mako didn't waste time and walks back onto the ship, grabs the last crate and followed them, Ezra followed her as they were walking through the village, "I've been on Lothal my whole live, never been here." Ezra states, looking at the houses. "I have, when I was little, my parents would come here to villages like these, with stolen goods and gave them to the people." Mako states, making Zeb, Sabine and Leo looks at her, "What happen to your parents?" Sabine asks her, Mako looks away, "I don't want to talk about it." she answers her, Zeb and Leo exchange looks.
"The Imperials don't advertise it." Sabine said, getting Ezra's attention, "The locals call it, Tarkin town." Zeb states, "Named for Grand Moth Tarkin, the Governor of the outer rim." Leo growls as he clutch his fist. "He kick these folks off their farms when the Empire wanted their land." Sabine adds in. "Anyone who tried to fight back, got arrested. For treason." Zeb adds in as Mako looks at the poor people.
~8~8~8~
Kadan and Hera were with their dealer as they presented the weapons to him, "Any problems securing these lovely ladies." Viszago asks them, looking at one. "Nothing we couldn't handle Viszago. Your Intel was accurate, this time." Kadan informs him. Viszago places the gun down and waves over one of his goons.
"We got the goods and took a bit out of the Empire, that's all that matters." Hera said as a droid held the case and Viszago took out a few credits, "Business is all that matters, but I love that you don't know that." he tells her, the droid steps back as Viszago walks over them with the credits.
Kadan held out his hand as Viszago only gave him half of the pay, "Keep going." Kadan tells him and Viszago looks at him, "I could, or I could stop and trade the rest of the bounty for another bit of Intel, you've been begging after." he informs them, "The Wookies?" Hera asks in surprise, he looks at her and smirks, "The Wookies."
~8~8~8~
Morning was here as the five were in front of the four crates, "Who wants free grub?" Zeb calls out, getting their attention, then he, Sabine and Leo opens the crates revealing food. Mako was surprise and opens hers finding the same thing hers as well. People then gathered around them and the three handed them food, people then came at Mako and Ezra's crate taking the food. Then a man places his hand on Ezra shoulder, "Thank you, thank you so much." he thanks him, as Ezra felt overwhelmed and then the man walks off.
"I… I didn't do anything." he mutters them walks off, Mako looks at him and frowns sadly, she then looks down seeing a little girl trying to reach into the crate, Mako smiles a little and then picks out a fruit and kneel down, next to her, getting the girl's attention, "You hungry too? Here." Mako said and handing the girl, the girl smiles at her and took the fruit. "Thank you kindly miss." she said to her and ran off. Mako stood up and watches her go and she was pick up by her father and places her in his hip. Mako was happy for the girl and her father and she misses hers.
But then she was pulled out of her thought as she felt something pull at her, she turns and looks into the directions of the ship, "What is this?" she mutters and walks off to the ship, she walks up the hill and stops in front of the ship, she then looks around to see if it was coming form any other directions, but no, it was coming from the ship. She looks at it with suspicion and then slowly walks up the ramp and inside. She then saw Ezra climbing the ladder and followed him, he then stood in front of the door as it opens for him Mako followed him as he was now in front of Kadan's room.
"What's ya doing?" she asks him, making him jump and shout, then looks at her. "What are you doing here?" he questions her, making walks up to him, the door closes behind her as she places her hands on her hips. "The same could be said about you." she questions him, making him sigh. "Alright, just don't laugh…" he tells her, "Something called you here?" she asks him and he looks at her in surprise, "Well… yeah, how did you know?" he asks her, she pulls her hands off her hips, "Because the same thing is happening to me too, something called me here and it's coming from here." she answers him, juestering to Kadan's room. Ezra places his hand on the door.
He then looks at her, "Want to find out what it is?" he asks her, then took off his pack and pulls out his tools. "Do I have a choice?" she asks him, "Not really no." he answers her as he works at the door. Chopper stroll by and saw them trying to break into Kadan's room and quickly left. Ezra and Mako looks over and saw nothing, then Ezra opens the lock and the doors open for them, he then puts his stuff back into his pack and the two walk into the room and the door closes behind him. The two look around to see what was calling them.
Then Mako walks forward, stood in the center of the room, places her hands on her hips and looks around, but then she felt the feeling again and looks at Kadan bed, Ezra quickly walks over next to her as she walks over to the bed, kneels down, "That's weird…" she mutters, then she presses something making a slot open, she gasp and picks up a cube similar to hers, then Ezra took it from her, "Might be worth something." he mumbles and place it in his pocket, Mako sighs at him and then Ezra opens it even more, revealing a cylinder similar to the ones that Mako had stash in her satchel. Ezra then held it with two and then presses a button, making the saber activate, Mako quickly stood on her feet and was shock of the lightsaber before as Ezra was amazed, he then stood up and looks at it, "Whoa…" he mumbles. "Ezra put it back, that's not yours." Mako tells him, but then the door opens and there stood Kadan, "Careful… you'll cut your arm off." he warns him as Hera and Chopper came into view, all three were mad at them, Chopper just laugh and sings to himself. Mako sighs, knowing he had a point.
"Look I know you're not going to believe us, it's like this… thing wanted me to take it." Ezra tells him, Mako looks at him, "Oh no, I was came here, because that thing called to me here." Mako tells him, pointing at the lightsaber. "You're right, I don't believe you, now give me the lightsaber." Kadan demands him, Ezra was more intrigue, "Lightsaber? Isn't that the weapon of the Jedi?" he asks him, Mako glares. "Ezra!" she snaps, he looks at her, she held her hand out to him, he frowns, then deactivates it and places it in her hand. She then walks over to Kadan, "Sorry." she tells him, offering the lightsaber to him, he take it from her, but she stiffens, closing her eyes.
She saw the fall of the Republic and the destruction of the Jedi, but then saw a hooded Jedi with a cube in his hand and a woman with a year old baby in her arms, crying out as they ran into the dead of night.
Mako then opens her eyes, looks at the saber and quickly took her hand from it, then walks off with haste, "Hey, Mako wait for me!" Ezra calls out as he chases after her. Kadan then takes his saber apart and place sit on the hook, "Now, we'll see." he tells Hera as she looks into Mako's and Ezra's direction.
~8~8~8~
Then the two walk into mess room as Sabine and Leo were there, "Not too good at following directions are you?" Sabine asks them as Ezra rubs the back of his neck, "Not so much, you?" Ezra asks her as the two walk up to them, Leo and Sabine laugh a little. "It's never been my specialty." Sabine answers him, "Mine neither, I'm more of a shoot first and ask questions later, kind of guy." Leo tells him, Mako rolls her eyes and shook her head with a smile.
Then looks back at them, "So who are you people? You're not thieves exactly, that's much shows." she states, Sabine shrugs at her. "We're both exactly anything, we're a crew, a team and in some ways a family." she answers her and both Ezra and Mako lower their heads at the word family. Sabine and Leo notices the sad looks on their face and the two look at them, "Wha… what happened to your real family?" Ezra asks them, "The Empire." Sabine answers him.
"Empire." Leo answers and he looks back at them, "What about your families?" he asks them, but the door opens up and they look over seeing Zeb and Chopper, "Kadan wants us in the common room." he informs the two, then knocks on Chopper's head and he turns to him, "If they try anything, sound the alarm or shoot him and stun the girl." he informs him, Ezra and Mako looks at him, Chopper just whines at him, "Shush, just watch them." he said and walks off, "Sabine. My name's Sabine." she said, getting Ezra's attention and made him smile, "Mako." the red head calls out. Leo turns back to her, "What?" he asks her, "You ask my name earlier, it's Mako." she tells him with a smiles. Leo was speechless at her heart-shooting smile, but then Sabine grips the back of his coat, "Come on, lets move." she tells him and they were gone.
Ezra went to follow, but Chopper rams into him and the two look down, he throws at threat at them, Mako crosses her arms, "You wanna bet?" she questions him. Then looks over at Ezra, he smirks getting her idea and they both look down at him as Chopper growls at them.
~8~8~8~
Everyone was gathered in the common room, "We have a new mission, Viszago acquired the imperial flight plans of a ship full of Wookie prisoners." Kadan informs them, "Most of these Wookie's were soldiers for the Old Republic." Hera throws out. "I owe these hairy beasts, they saved some of my people." Zeb throws out, "Mine too." Hera agrees as well.
"If we're going to save them, we got a tight window, they've been taken to an unknown slave labor camp, if we don't intercept this ship, we'll never find them. Now I have a plan-" Kadan starts but was interrupted as the sound of a bang… he presses the button to small space and then saw Ezra was eavesdropping on them, he then falls forward, he looks up at them, smirks and dives back at the duct, but Zeb was quick, grabs his waist, pulling him out and throws him to the ground.
Then the ceiling gave out and Mako screams as she falls and lands on top of Ezra, "Ow." she mumbles and then pulls herself off him, rubbing her now aching side, "I ordered Chopper to kept watch on them." Zeb orders and Chopper came out, complaining at them, Mako looks at him and presses a button on her communicator, "Chopper you're needed on the bridge, get there." she said sounding like Hera, the pilot smirks at her, impressed with her deceiving Chopper. But then Zeb growling griping his fist, making Ezra and Mako scramble back, "Can we please get rid of them?" he asks them, but Sabine and Kadan stop him, "No we can't, they know too much now." she informs them, Mako nods with her.
"We don't have time to take them home anyway. We have to move now." Hera tells them, helping Ezra and Mako to their feet. "I'll keep an eye on them." she tells them as they walk up to the bridge, Kadan looks at her as the three left.
~8~8~8~
The Starfighter called the Ghost flew through hyperspace as Ezra and Mako sat in the cockpit with Hera and Mako took out her holocron as she looks down it, confused on why there were two, sitting behind Ezra and Indian style in her chair. "You know this whole mission thing is nuts, I'm not against stick it to the Empire, but there's no way I would stick my neck out this far." Ezra tells Hera as Mako places her cube in her pocket and her satchel on the neck of the chair.
"Who does that?" Ezra asks as he sat straight in his hair, "We do." she answers, Ezra then looks at her and away, Mako looks at her and then sideways with a thought on her mind as they drop out of hyperspace to the transport, "Imperial Transport 651, this is starbird coming inbound." Hera said over the comm, "State your business." the officer orders her. "Bounty. We captured an additional Wookie Prisoner and have transfer orders to place him with you." she informs him, "We have no such orders." he tells her a two Tie-fighters were send out.
"That's fine, we already got paid, by Governor Tarken. If you don't want the oversized mongrel, I'll jettison here. Let you explain to your superiors why the Empire has one less slave." she tells him with her arms cross. They waited for a moment, "Permission to dock, Bay One." he instructs her and Hera smirks at the both of them.
The Ghost was hook onto the transport and two troopers walk through the airlock to the door, it opens and there stood Sabine, Leo, Chopper and Zeb who was pretending to be a Wookie. "That thing's not a Wookie." the trooper states, "Haven't you ever seen a rare hairless Wookie before?" Kadan asks him and Zeb tries to make the sound, but fails. The trooper looks at each other as Kadan, Sabine and Leo looks at him, "Oh forget it." Zeb said and knocks them out, "Hehe, told you they wouldn't buy it." Zeb said to them, "You didn't exactly a chance to buy it." Sabine informs him, making Leo chuckle under his hood. Zeb rubs the back of his neck. "It's something, the feel about their helmets and my fist." he said with a chuckle.
"Okay you know the plan, let move out." Kadan tells him, Sabine and Chopper headed off in one direction as Kadan, Leo and Zeb headed off into another.
~8~8~8~
"No troopers." Kadan said over the comm link, "Security-" Kadan informs them, but the comm was suddenly cut off. Making Ezra, Mako and Hera jump in their seats. "Specter One, come in. Specter Four? Specter Five?" Hera said over the comms, but only got static and Mako felt that feeling again, "Ugh, comms down. No not down, jammed." she states and Mako stood up walking in between them and looks up at space, "It's a trap." she mumbles and right on cue a star destroyer appeared. Making Mako step back and land in her seat, "That's an Imperial Star destroyer." Hera tells them, "This whole this was a set up, like Mako said." Ezra tells her, "It's beginning to seem that way." she states, seeing it get closer.
"You both need to board the transport and warn them." Hera tells them, Ezra looks at her as Mako felt her heart pound like crazy. "What? Why don't you do it?" Ezra asks her. "I need to be ready take off or none of us stands a chance." she tells him as Mako's heart pound ever harder, telling her to move. "No, no way, why would we risk our lives for a butch of strangers?" Ezra questions her, Hera looks at him, "Because Kadan risk his for you. If all you do is fight for your own life, then your life is worth nothing. They need you Ezra, Mako. They need you right now." she tells them, Ezra looks looks up as the Star destroyer was right over them.
"Look, our crew selflessly boarded that transport to rescue Imperial prisoners, they have no idea they walk into a trap, no idea what's coming. You both need to go warn them Ezra." Hera tells him, placing her hand on his shoulder, but he shook his head, "No it's too late for them, Hera. We should run while-" he starts, "You don't mean that." Hera interrupts him, "I do, I swear I do!" he tells him and Mako took off running out the door, Hera watcher her run and looks back at Ezra, "Which is why I can't believe we're doing this." he adds and took off after her. "I can." Hera mumbles as her ship and the transport was loaded into the docking bay.
~8~8~8~
Kadan leans out and looks at the door to the brig, "No guard on the door." he said and the three ran out to the door, "Just set the denominator on the door so we can get the wookies out of here." Zeb tells him and Kadan did so as Leo looks back and forth.
The troopers on the other-side were ready for them. "At least things seem to be going smoother then out last op." Zeb tells them, "Yeah… too smooth." Leo mumbles, "Wait wait, stop!" Mako calls out, making the three turn to her and Ezra, "It's a trap! We got to get out of here!" Ezra shouts. "Karabass! They're blowing another op!" Zeb shouts, but Mako shook her head, "No this isn't an Op, it a trap, set to lure you all out and it work, Hera sent us to warn you." Mako explains to them, but the door opens and they look at the troopers. "Run!" Ezra shouts and they make a run for it, Ezra fires his sling-shot, hitting the denominator, blowing it and the troopers up.
The five ran down the corridor, escaping. "We have to warn Sabine and Chopper, but they jammed the comms." Mako informs them, "They'll follow the plan, it will be fine." Kadan tells her, making her huff at them. "Yeah cause the plan's has gone great so far." Ezra snaps at him. They ran down another corridor and then they saw another squadron of trooper coming at them, "Don't stop!" Kadan orders them and they continued on. "Push off, now!" he orders them and they did so, except Ezra and the gravity was gone. Mako pushes herself forward, flips in the air, twist and slams her feet a trooper's face.
She giggles, twist again and pushes herself back as Kadan started to fire, landing in front of Leo, she looks up at him and he winks at her, making her roll her eyes at him. She then pushes herself to the side and she was shoved back by Zeb, she grunts at him and Ezra grabs her hand and pulls her along. "You doing okay back there?" Kadan calls out to them as Zeb threw them off him, "Are we doing okay?" Ezra question as Mako pulls him along, "You doing good sweetness?" Leo asks her, making her grunt in annoyance, "Leo, not now!" Zeb tells him and pushes him along. "Now!" Kadan shouts as they land on their feet as Ezra lands on his hands and kneels. Then they all stood up on their feet and take off, meet up with Sabine and Chopper.
"Where are the Wookies?" Sabine asks him, as Kadan and Leo stop in front of her, "No Wookies. Sabine, man the nose gun, Chop, tell Hera to take off." Kadan orders them, "Uhh… right." Sabine said and the four took off. Zeb threw the two back as he charges forward, they both glare at him, then went to follow, but Ezra was grab by his pack, Mako was grabbed by her hair, making her scream as she was pull back by a trooper hand held hostage along with Ezra. Zeb looks back at them and had his Bio-weapon out and aim at the agent, "Stop, let go!" Ezra calls out as the two trooper fired at Zeb. "Hey, get out of the way!" Zeb shouts at them and took cover. The two struggled, "We're trying!" Mako shouts out to him, and then looks at him, "Sorry you two!" he shouts and her eyes widen, "You did good." he tells them and the door closes.
Mako pants softly as she and Ezra couldn't believe what just happen, Zeb just left them, he left them behind.
~8~8~8~
"There! Airlock shut!" Hera said as she detaches her ship from the transport, Zeb stood there in front of the door, "We're out of here!" Hera shouts, Zeb sighs and falls on his back end, hanging his head in shame. "Chop, jam their tractor beam!" Hera orders him, he did so and she flew the ship off.
"Attention Rebel ship! Surrender or be destroy! This is your first and last warning." Grand Moth Tarken orders them, Hera sighs in annoyance, "Blow it out of your exhaust vent. Literally, Sabine." Hera calls out and Sabine presses the trigger and the transport ship blew up. "Ugh, I can see it from here, how it look?" Sabine asks, Leo chuckles "Gorgeous, Sabine as always." Kadan answers as he and Leo watch the explosion, then Hera jumps into hyperspace and was gone.
She exhales leaning back in her chair as Kadan, Leo and Sabine arrive at the cockpit, "The whole thing was a set up." Kadan states, sitting down, Sabine removes her helmet. "You think Viszago was in on it?" she asks, siting down as well as Leo leans against her chair. "He'd sell his mothers to a couple of Jawas for a couple of credits, but we're a source of income for him." Hera informs them as Zeb arrives as well, still hanging his head. "Even odd, he didn't know." she adds in as Zeb sat down. "Those two did alright." Hera starts up, "They did okay." Kadan tells her and then looks over at Zeb, "Where are they?" he asks him. Zeb's eyes darted around, "I… I thought they were with you." he answers and all four look at him, "Zeb, what did you do to them?" Sabine questions him, "I didn't do anything… and ISB agent grab the boy and trooper grab the girl." he mutters and everyone looks at him, "WHAT?!" they snap.
"The kids got grab, ok?!" he answers, "Garazeb Orrelios!" Hera uses his full name, "How could you do that, Mako was so cute!" Leo complains and Sabine shot him a look, "Oh come on, we were dumping them after the mission and you weren't all that into her! This saves us fuel." he whines, Hera looks over at Kadan, "They'll go easy on them, they're just kids." Zeb mumbles and Kadan shot a look at Hera.
~8~8~8~
Back on the Star Destroyer, Kallus walks over to Ezra cell and the door opens, Ezra looks over at him, "I am agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Breau." Kallus introduce himself walking into his cell, "And you are?" he asks Ezra, "Jubba the Hutt." Ezra answers him. "Look I just meet those guys today, I don't know anything." Ezra tells him, "You and your friend are not here for what you know, Jubba, you're both here to be use as bait upon our return to Lothal." he informs him.
"Bait? You seriously think- whoa you're about as bright as a bindery droid. They're not going to come for us, people don't do that." Ezra informs him. Kallus inhales, walks over to him, looks him in the eye and then brushes his shoulder and turns away, walking out of the cell. "Search him and secure him here." Kallus informs him as he walks over to Mako's cell. Then the door opens for him as he found Mako leaning against the wall as she was sitting on the beach, staring at the wall next to her, he inhales and steps inside, "I am-" he starts, "Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Breau, here to snuff out the rebels that have been targeting you bases on Lothal." she answers him and he looks at her in surprise, "I've heard of you before." she adds in as he walks inside, "You are well informed." he tells her, she shrugs. "It's a gift." she answers him, "And who might you be?" he asks her, she looks at him with her silver eyes, "Emperor Palpitate of the Galactic Empire and Sith Lord." she answers him, making him chuckle at her, "Cute." he tells her.
She huff at him and looks away from him, "I'm not going to talk, not matter what you do." she tells him and he chuckles even more. "You're not here for what you know, your highness." he tells her, she looks at him. "What? To use me as bait? Don't kid yourself, they won't come for me, nor my friend. No one does that." she scoffs at him, then looks away. Kallus leans in closer to her, grips her chin and forces her to look at him, "Then you're trap here. Like a rat." he whispers to her, "What makes you think I'm trap? For all you know, you're the one that's trap. Like a rat." she whispers back at him, he glares at her and let go of her chin. She then looks away from him, he then turns away from her and walks out of her cell, next to her guard, "Keep her secured here." he orders and the doors.
Mako sighs and pulls out her holocron, "What am I thinking? Wanting to help them?" she asks, looking down at the holocron, then her look saddens, "Ezra was right, you can't trust anyone, you have to look out for yourself and this is what I get for not listening." she tells herself then she felt the feeling again, tell her to trust in herself. She sighs rolling her eyes, "I can't believe I'm doing this." she mutter, pulling herself off the bench, then sets the holocron down in the center and sat back down on the bench, crossing her legs sets her hands in her lap, she exhales and closes her eyes, concentrating. The holocron started to shift and then it floated in the air as it was open and a recording plays.
"This is Jedi Master Orion Firebreather of the Jedi Order." a familiar voice makes Mako gasp with her eyes wide open, seeing a man in Jedi robes "My daughter, if you are seeing this then that means you have discovered your powers within you and what I've hiding from you and I have failed you." he starts as Mako was still shock, "My time is short and I have to make this quick. The year after you were born, the night when Republic and Jedi order had fallen, I stole something from the Jedi temple. I stole a holocron with important information of the Jedi history." he tells her.
"I stole hope, I coded this Holocron to your DNA, the information won't open up for anyone but you and I pass that hope onto you, you are the hope of the new order of Jedi, the children of the force. All of this must be confusing to you, but I know you are able for this task I am giving you, you are strong in the force, stronger than the greatest of all Jedi, I believe in you, you mother believes in you. Now you have to believe in yourself, even if all hope is lost, find a way to shine your light for others to follow." he states and somehow looks right at her as she stiffens in her spot.
He then smiles at her, "I know you can do this, Mako. My little warrior, I love you and may the force be with you, my child." he tells her, bowing his head and the recording ended and holocron closes back up and floated into Mako's lap. She sat there, tears streaming down her face, she then covers her mouth and muffles her cries, then holds the holocron close to her chest as she curls up against the wall and smiles, "Thank you… father." she said, then wipes away her tears, places the holocron and sat in Indian style and concentrated again. Then images flashes through her mind, seeing a dry spice world, then saw the wookies being loaded off the transport onto the surface. She gasp, opening her eyes and exhales, "I know where the wookies are going."
~8~8~8~
The Ghost flew through hyperspace, "No, no, no. No way! You can not be serious!" Zeb argues, "It's our fault that they were there." Hera tells him, "Come on Hera! We just meet these kids, we're not going back for them." he tells her, "They'll be waiting for us, we can't save them." Sabine tells him. Leo grunts, "Well I'm going to save Mako, I don't care what you say." Leo states as he leans back in his chair with his arms cross.
Hera looks at him, and smirks, "Developing a crush for her already?" she teases him, making him blush, "Oh come off it Hera, I feel responsible for leaving her behind and I thought we stood for something more, now were leaving behind civilians?!" he questions Sabine and Zeb and the two look away. Then Chopper spoke up, "What? What did he say?" Zeb asks her, "He voted with me and Leo, that three against two. Kadan, you have the deciding vote." Hera said and everyone looks at him. He looks at them and sighs.
~8~8~8~
The two guards stood next to Mako and Ezra's cell, "And you bucket heads are going to be sorry when my uncle the emperor, fines out that you're keeping against my will!" Ezra shouts, then cough came from Mako's cell, "Guard, I can't breath… somethings…" she states and followed with a thud as Ezra was coughing as well. The two walk into their cells finding nothing.
Then they both crept out through the door and, the troopers look at them, "Bye-bye." Mako said to hers, locking the door close, "Bye now." Ezra said to his as he did the same thing. They both look at each other and high-five one another. "Come on." Mako tells him and they both took off and found themselves in the armory. They both walk inside and Ezra took back his stuff. Mako then finds a helmet her size and handed Ezra one as well, she gathers her hair and places the helmet on her head as Ezra did the same thing, they both heard static but it was cleared up soon enough.
"The delay was insufficient, the transport ship that Kallus diverted will dock on Cesasle within two hours, the wookies will be work off in spice mines in K77." the officer said, getting Ezra's and Mako's attentions, but then the channel shifted, "This is stormtrooper LS05 reporting to agent Kallus." the trooper said, the one Mako lock up, "Kallus here." the agent answers. "Sir… the prisoners are gone." he informs him.
"What?!" he questions and turns to the others, "I knew these children would act as bait, but I never dream that the rebels would be foolish enough to attack a destroyer." he tells them as they were all confused. "How did they get abroad?" he questions the trooper, "Sir, the Rebels didn't free them, they uh…" the trooper stops, too embarrass to answer, "Agent Kallus, there a security breach in the lower hanger." a man informs him. Ezra and Mako quickly moves to the vents, Mako pushes Ezra first and she crawls in after him, "I don't know why, but the rebel ship pass through without alerting out senses." the man informs him, "They came back?!" Mako said as Ezra hits his head in the wall. He then groan a little, "I don't believe it…" he mumbles, "Order all stormtroopers to converge on the lower hanger, I'll meet them there." Kallus orders them.
"Take it away Mako." Ezra tells him, she giggles and with the help of her communicator she spoke, "This is trooper LS123, reporting troopers in the upper hanger, sir I believe the lower hanger is a diverge." she tells him, sounding like a man, Ezra taps his fingers. "Maybe, maybe not. Squads five through eight divergent to the upper hanger, the rest converge to the lower hanger." Kallus orders. "Did my best." Mako tells him, Ezra shrugs, "Every little bit help." he tells her and they both started to crawl through the air ducts.
~8~8~8~
The Ghost touches down in the lower hanger, the ramp opens up, then Leo, Kadan, Sabine and Zeb sprint as Hera stay behind. "Find Ezra and Mako, I'll be ready." she tells them, Sabine sprays behind the crates and follows them, they ran through hall, "Hold this bay until we get back." Kadan orders him, "And this time try not to leave until everyone is back aboard." Sabine reminds him as Zeb stops running.
"Hey, that's not my fault!" Zeb tells them, they stop and Leo turns and went to say something, "Well, that debatable." Ezra calls out as he jumps down from the air ducts. "No it was all you fault we got captured." Mako throws out and jumps down as well. They both stoop up with trooper helmets on, then Zeb threw a punch, but Mako quickly ducks and Zeb his Ezra. Making him stumble and fall, the three watch as Ezra and Mako stood up and pull off their helmets, Mako's ponytail falls out and lands on her shoulder and they both glare at Zeb, "First you ditch us then you hit me?!" Ezra questions him. Zeb shrugs at him, "Who was I suppose to know it was you, you're wearing, you're wearing buckets." he tells them and Mako soaks him in the shoulder. He finches and looks at her, "That's for ditching us." she tells him, "And we might want to start running, right now." she tells them as troopers appeared and they all took off. Ezra threw his helmet and Kallus threw it out of this wall, "This is specter one to Ghost, we're leaving!" Kadan said through is comm-link as Sabine and Leo fired at the troopers.
Mako and Ezra make it aboard as Hera ran for the cockpit, then Mako stops and threw her helmet at them as Ezra was going to fire, "Oh no!" Zeb said, griping their shoulders and they look up at him, "This time, you're going first!" he said and jerks them inside. "Ghost raise the ramp!" Kadan shouts. Hera did so and she started to take off, "Aim for shield generator and engines, do not let them-" Kallus starts, but then looks down at the spray tag, then wipes his fingers on it and sniff it. "Take cover!" he shouts and the trooper ran for it then… KABOOM! The explosion went off, knocking them all on their feet and they were then being suck out to space, but the all grip the edge. "Turn on the shields!" Kallus orders a trooper did so, and the sucking stop.
Kallus pulls himself out of the hole and watches as the Ghost takes off, he growls to himself. The Ghost left the destroyer and then jumps into hyperspace.
~8~8~8~
Hera leans back as the door opens for Ezra and Mako, Mako step inside, takes a hold of her satchel and places it over her shoulder and then places her holocron in the satchel, "Welcome aboard. Again." Hera tells them, Ezra leans against the frame as Mako walks over and leans against the wall, next to him crossing her arm. "Thanks, thank you." Ezra tells tells her, "We honestly didn't think you would come back for us." Mako tells her, Hera smiles at her, "We'll get you home now, I'm sure both of your parents are worry sick." she tells them. Then Mako and Ezra look to the ground, "We don't have parents and we're not siblings." Mako tells her and Hera looks back at her. "And you got somewhere to be." Ezra states as Kadan, Leo, Sabine and Chopper walk into the cockpit. And the three sat down.
Ezra then looks at Mako and nudge at her, "I know where they're really taking the wookies." she tells them, getting their attention, "Have you ever heard of the spice mines of Cesasle?" she asks them and their looks were grim. "I don't like what I'm going to hear, am I?" she asks them, "Slaves that are sent to the spice mines last a few mouths a year at most." Leo informs her, then Hera turns to them, "And wookies were born in the forest, it's a death sentence." she adds in, Mako and Ezra nods at her. "When what are we waiting for, lets go save them." Ezra states and they all look at them in shock, even Chopper. "We?" Sabine and Leo asks them, Mako shrugs at the both of them. "Ezra and I have come this far, might as well finish the job." she states leaning against Leo's chair.
Then Hera turns away from them with a smile on her face, "Setting a course for Cesasle." Hera states and puts in the coordinates, "How did you know anyway?" Leo asks her, Mako scratches the back of her neck, "Lucky guess?" she answers, then Hera shot a look over at Kadan, he said nothing and looks forward.
~8~8~8~
They all arrive at Cesasle and Mako closes her eyes, looking for a way in, but then opens her eyes, "Head straight right there." she tells Hera, the pilot did so and they were right over the wookies and stormtroopers, Hera then fires at the troopers and circles back around. Mako then head down next to the other and stood ready. "Try not to get dead, hate to carry out you bodies." Zeb messes with Ezra. Then Mako pushes past them.
"Then stay out of our way and you won't have to." she tells him, stretching her arms, rolling her shoulders and rotating her neck. Leo held back a laugh as Ezra was not cheered up, thanks to Mako. They ramp was then open and they all ran out and duck behind the crates, Mako looks over at the side and looks back at Kadan. He looks at her and Ezra and nods at them.
Ezra nods at him and looks at Mako and they sneak around as the rest were firing at the troopers. The two make it into the group and the leader or chieftain looks down at him, growling. But Mako held up her hands, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. We're here to help." Ezra tells him as he takes out his lockpick. The chieftain looks to his people then Ezra then picks at the lock as Mako pulls out her lockpick and picks out one as well, the two cuffs open up, they look at their freed hands and the rest of the wookies gathered around them as the two pick away at the locks, freeing them. Then they started to fight back, and the chieftain threw the last on down.
The wookies look at Kadan and the others then moved out of the way as Ezra and Mako stood there, proud and feeling good about themselves, but then Mako gasp, "Look out!" she calls out, they all turn around and saw Tie-fighters appear and fire at them. They then fired at the Ghost, damaging it, "We're hit!" Hera shouts out, moving out of the way, then then she fires back at them, hitting up, but then a transport appears out of the smoke, they all look at the transport ship. "Everyone take cover!" Mako shouts as they transport ship fires at them. They all took over, dodging they blast, they hit the floor and looks up at the imperials the ship lands and the ramp opens, Mako clutches her fist. Seeing Agent Kallus.
"Take them down!" he orders them and the troopers fired at them. Then everyone scattered around, the chieftain calls out for his sin and saw him crawling over the crates to hide, he then ran for him, but troopers stop him, wounding the chieftain, then a trooper spots the boy and the little wookie makes a run for it. Ezra and Zeb were now helping the wounded wookie. "It's okay, I got him." Zeb tells him, swinging the wookie over his shoulder, Ezra then looks over at the little wookie running for it, he heisted then turns away from him.
Hera flew as she was trying to loose the Ties, "I can't maintain position." she informs him as Chopper fires at them; Ezra backflips over the crates, Zeb steps over them, Leo dives behind them Kadan and Sabine did so as well and Mako rolls over them and lands next to Ezra. "Go! Lead the Ties away and give yourself manoeuvrings room!" Kadan orders her, "I am not leaving you behind!" Hera argues with him, Kadan looks around and spots a big crate, "No you're not, we're running a 22 pick-up!" Kadan informs her and everyone looks at him, "Seriously?" Sabine asks him, he looks at her, "You have a better option?" he asks her, lowering his comm.
"Jump into the pit and get it over with?" Zeb asks him, Leo shot him a glare, "Alright, I'll be back make sure you're ready." Hera tells him and he places it away. "22 pick-up? Care to let me and Mako in on the little secret?" Ezra asks him as Mako looks at Kadan as well. "Kid, I'm about to let everyone in on the secret." he tells him, then stood up, walks over the crates, placing his blaster away, dodging the blast. Kallus raise his fist making them stop, then Kadan puts his lightsaber together, then activates it, then took his stance. Ezra and Mako look at him in amazement, "Whoa…" they both mutter, the wookies look at him in surprise. The troopers and agent were shock at this discovery. "All troopers focus your fire on… on the Jedi." Kallus orders them.
And the troopers did so as the wookies fired back, Kadan defects the blast, "Time to go!" he orders, Leo nods at him, "Rogers. Everyone let move it! To the containers!" he orders, the chieftain was reaches out at the field, Ezra and Mako looks at him, and then Mako felt something calling out for help, it was the cheiftain's son. Mako looks out at the field, then back at him as he was drag away to the containers. She then looks at Ezra, he looks at her. "We've lost our parents Ezra…" she states placing her hand on his shoulder. "We can't let a father loose his son." she tells him, he sighs and nods. "Alright." he answers, she smiles at him pulling her arm back. "Lead the way." she tells him, but he shook his head, "You first." he tells her and Mako jumps onto the crates, squats down and then jump right over the troopers and Kadan, landing on the ship.
Ezra ran around the fight as Mako jumps down and they draw Kallus's attention and he follows them, Zeb and Leo looks over at them, "You two stop!" he calls out, then groans, "Karabass, if those two gets left behind again, it's not my fault!" he shouts, Leo rolls his eyes, "Less complaining, more helping!" he states and helps get the chieftain inside.
~8~8~8~
Hera flew through the sky, trying to keep them off her, Chopper works on the nose gun, firing at them.
Kadan defects the blasts as Sabine and Leo fires at them as the wookies ran into the container, "Zeb, Leo! Hera's incoming!" Kadan tells them, "Get in you furballs! Now!" Zeb shouts at them, one growls at him, "We have time to trades insults later, but right now hurry!" Leo tells them and the wookies hurried inside, then Zeb fires at them. "Kadan, I think you inspired the two kids into… well, doing something like you would do." Zeb inform him and Kadan knew what he meant.
~8~8~8~
The little wookie ran for his life as the trooper gave chase, then Ezra and Mako ran after him as the reach the edge of the catwalk. "Hey!" Ezra calls out, the trooper stops, turns and looks at them, as they both kneel down.
He raises his blaster as the two waited, then fires and they both jump, flip over the trooper and land in front of the little wookie, then Ezra turns back and fire his slingshot at him, hitting him three times and the trooper falls over the rail, "Alright!" Mako said, pumping her fist. "I got him!" Ezra said as well and they turn to the little wookie, "Here, let me." Mako said, raising her hand, then moves it to the side, then the cuffs unlock themselves and drop to the ground. The wookie looks at his hands and at her with a smile on his face. She smiles back at him, but Kallus saw everything and walks over to them.
~8~8~8~
Hera flew back to the platform as everyone was loaded into the container, then Leo and Zeb close the door as the Ghost hooks onto it, "Magnetic seal lock." Hera states as the container jerks a little.
"I hate this part." Zeb mumbles, Leo grips onto the side to keep balance. The Ghost them takes off with the container.
~8~8~8~
Ezra then turns around, standing protectively in front of the two, Mako looks as well, then picks the wookie up in her arms, he clings onto her as they both glare at Kallus. "It's over for you Jedi." Kallus tells them as he aims his blaster at them. "A Master and two apprentices, such a rare find these days." he said with a smirk, Mako held the wookie child closer to her, "I don't know where you get you delusion, buckethead, we work alone." Ezra tells him.
"Not this time." Kadan calls out, then they all look over seeing the Ghost raise up from the smoke with Kadan on top. Kallus fires at him, but Kadan dodges two and deflects one back, hitting Kallus and making him fall over. "Jump you two!" Kadan calls out, they jump and land on the Ghost and they take off. Kallus was handing onto the pillar watching them escape. "First Jedi you ever seen, Sir?" the trooper below him asks, but Kallus kicks him in the face, making him fall into the pit.
~8~8~8~
The Ghost was now in space as everyone was aboard, the wookies and crew were in the bay then the chieftain looks up, seeing Ezra, Kadan and Mako walk out with his son along with them, they both each other, the son shouts with glee then ran down and to his father who held him in his arms, everyone smiles at them, then Kadan looks over at Mako and Ezra then places his hand on her shoulder, she looks at at him, he nods at her, she nods her head at him and then looks back. Kadan then moves away from the two and joins the others. Mako and Ezra just look down at them.
Later on a ship came to pick up the Wookies. They were all aboard as the chieftain and his son were in front Kadan, Ezra, Mako and Sabine. Zeb joins them, the chieftain spoke to them in his tongue. "He says if we ever need help, the wookies will be there." Sabine translates, then he reaches over and ruffs Mako's head and then Ezra, thanking them for saving his son. They two smile at him, "It was nothing, I will do anything to help those in need." Mako tells him, he nods at her. "Good luck, Kitwar, try to stay out of trouble." Ezra tells him, Kitwar nods and then ran up, hugging Mako's waist. She smiles down at him and hugs him back, "Take care Kitwar and seriously, stay out of trouble." she tells him he looks up at her and smiles at her.
Then walks back to his father and they walk through the airlock, "Ha, looks who's talking." Zeb tells him, Mako crosses her arms and shot him a glare as he walks pass them. "So I guess… you drop us off next?" Ezra asks him, Zeb closes the door, "Uh… yeah, finally right?" he said as he was sad about it too, Mako nods and turns her back, "Right." she mutters and both her and Ezra walks away with her. Then the three walk up and pass them, but as the Wookie ship detaches itself from the Ghost, it make everyone stumbles a little, Mako grips onto the ladder as Ezra stumbles at Kadan a little, "Oh sorry." Ezra said, Kadan nods at him and left, then as he left, Ezra pulls out Kadan's lightsaber and Mako glares at him.
He looks at her and shrugs, she then sighs leaning against the ladder, "Old habits die hard I guess." she mutters and Ezra places the saber away.
~8~8~8~
They arrive back on Lothal, Mako and Ezra were in the bay seeing Leo and Sabine work on Chopper, he notices them and waves at him, "Bye Chopper." Mako tells him, and bow at the other two, trying to keep a smile, then they walk over at Zeb Ezra places his hands on his hips as Mako crosses her arms. "So uh… see you around?" Ezra tells him, Zeb laughs a little. "Not if we see you first." he states and whams Ezra in the shoulder a little, he winches in pain a little, rubbing his shoulder. "Don't worry, you won't." Ezra states and walks off. Mako sighs and looks back at Zeb, "Bye Zeb." she said, uncrossing her arms and walks off after Ezra, they both step outside next to Hera and Kadan. "I think you have something that belongs to me." Kadan tells Ezra and the young Ezra reaches into his pocket and tosses the holocron to him, Kadan catches it with ease. "Good luck saving the galaxy." Ezra tells him and ran off. Mako took one last look at then and walks off.
Kadan looks down at his Holocron in his hand, seeing that it was different, "Ezra open it. He pass the test." Hera tells him, Kadan then looks back at the two retreating forms, "Now we have to see if Mako is one as well." Kadan mutters.
~8~8~8~
At the tower, Mako sat down at the base of the tower and pulls out her Holocron, "Become the hope of the Jedi, Mako." she mutters then crawls forward, placing the Holocron down in front of her then sat back, inhales with her hands in her lap and closes her eyes.
The Holocron floated into the air and the message plays again, Mako opens her eyes, "This is Jedi Master Orion Firebreather of the Jedi Order. My daughter if you are seeing this then that means you have discovered your powers within you and what I've hiding from you and I have failed you." her father's recording states as Mako just listens again to his voice. "My time is short and I have to make this quick. The night after you were born, the night when Republic and Jedi order had fallen, I stole something from the Jedi temple. I stole a holocron with important information of the Jedi history. I stole hope, I coded this Holocron to your DNA, the information won't open up for anyone but you and I pass that hope onto you, you are the hope of the new order of Jedi, the children of the force. All of this must be confusing to you, but I know you are able for this task I am giving you, you are strong in the force, stronger than the greatest of all Jedi, I believe in you, you mother believes in you. Now you have to believe in yourself, even if all hope is lost, find a way to shine your light for other to follow." he states and looks her right in the eyes again.
Tears form in her eyes as they stream down her face, "I know you can do this, Mako. My little warrior, I love you and may the force be with you, my child." he said with a bow and the recording stops, the Holocron closes up and places itself back on the ground. Mako sniffles and uses the heel of her hand to wipe them away. Then looks over her shoulder, "Why are you here?" she asks as Kadan stood there with his arms cross, "I was curious about something and I needed to satisfy that curiosity and now I have." he tells her, she turns pressing her hand on the ground, looking up at him, "What do you want?" she questions him, he shook his head as he uncross his arms, "I'm not here to want something, I'm here to offer you a choice." he tells her. She continues to look up at him.
"You can neither stay here, help the people of Lothal, never understanding or fulfilling your father's wishes." he starts, Mako looks away from him as she reaches over and took her holocron, "Or… come with us, help the people of the galaxy and I can teach you the ways of the force." he said and making her freeze and grip her holocron with two hands. "I can feel the force within you, you have strong a connection with it, with training you truly understand what is means to be a Jedi." he offers her, she twirls her holocron, "I knew your father, he was good man and a good friend." he adds in making her gasp a little, "Something to think about." he adds in, Mako lifts her head and saw that Kadan was gone.
She looks around and back at the Holocron, and up at Ezra, who was looking down at her from the top of the tower. Then she looks ahead and her hands on the holocron tightens.
~8~8~8~
Back at the Ghost, Kadan sat in his room, had his holocron out then opens it, "This is Obi-Wan Kenobi, I regret to inform that both the Republic and the Jedi Order have fallen with the dark shadow of the Empire rising to take their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving. Trust in the force. Do not return to the Temple, that time has past and our future is uncertain. We well reach be challenge, our trust our faith, our friendships. But we must persevere and in time, a new hope will emerge may the force be with you, always." Kenobi said and the message ended.
Then the door to Kadan's room opens up, he opens his eyes and saw Ezra and Mako standing at the door, Ezra holding the saber as Mako was holding her holocron, they both walk into the room, Kadan stood and walks in front of them. Ezra gave him his saber back, Kadan took it back, "You said you knew my father?" Mako asks him, he looks at her and nods, "Jedi Master and General Orion, yes I knew him well." Kadan answers her, Mako looks down at her holocron and offers it to him, "Can you tell me, what he was like, during the war?" she asks him, he smiles and took the holocron. "I will, in time." he answers, placing his hand on her shoulder.
~8~8~8~
Back on the Star destroyer, Kallus was speaking with a higher chain of command on the holo net, "Excuse the intrusion Inquisitor, but in the course of my duties, I have encounter a Rebel cell." he states, rubbing his chin.
"The leader of that cell made good use… of a lightsaber." Kallus informs the Inquisitor. "Ah Agent Kallus, you did well to call."