A/N: Before I get started, I wanted to say a few things.
First, I want to say thank you to all the people who have read and reviewed my Paint Me A Rebel, story, as well as those who have read my Stories From the Front series over in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Second, I want to give a HUGE thank you to my main inspiration for this story, Meldy-Arts on tumblr. I doubt she'll see this, but if she does, I just want her to know how much her art inspired this story, and my love of fanfiction. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Chapter 1
"Specter 5 to Specter 2, cargo acquired, heading home." Sabine said into her comm.
"Copy that, be careful, there are still troops roaming the area." Hera replied.
"Got it." Sabine said. "Do you have Chop secured yet Ezra?" She asked impatiently
"Almost." Ezra replied he struggled with the droid, trying to attach him to the speeder.
Sabine laughed to herself as Chopper shocked Ezra in protest. The droid always chose the worst times to be stubborn.
"Alright got it." He said as he engaged the magno lock. "Now let's get out of here."
"Agreed." She said as she fired up her speeder. Ezra jumped on his speeder, and together they drove into the street. As they rounded a corner, they ran into a patrol of storm troopers.
"Halt, this is a restricted area!" One of them yelled. Ezra answered by blasting the trooper with his speeder cannons. Sabine threw one of her paint bombs, splattering the remaining troopers with bright purple paint.
"By by, bucketheads!" Sabine laughed as they flew past.
They were almost to the pickup zone when Ezra heard a familiar noise. It was the thudding of the spinning lightsaber of an Inquisitor. Before he could call out to Sabine, the lightsaber flew out of an alley and cut off the front of her speeder, sending her flying into the dirt.
"Sabine!" Yelled Ezra. He pulled his speeder to a stop and ran to her. "You ok?" He asked
"I'll be fine" She replied as he helped her to her feet.
"Not for long, I'm afraid." A voice laughed. They looked up and saw an Inquisitor stepping into the street. "I wish we had time to talk but sadly I'm on a schedule."
Ezra drew his lightsaber and charged. They locked sabers for a moment, then hacked and slashed at each other. Sabine joined in with her pistols, and the Inquisitor began to give ground.
"Chopper, radio Hera and tell her we have an Inquisitor and need a pickup here." Said Sabine. The Inquisitor used the force to throw Ezra, and he landed next to Sabine.
"You good?" She asked, still shooting.
"Never better." Ezra said in his usual cocky tone.
As he stood, the Inquisitor threw his lightsaber at them. Ezra saw it and knew Sabine wouldn't be able to dodge it, so he pushed her out of the way. The blade slashed across his chest and he fell to the ground.
"Ezra!" Screamed Sabine. She tossed a thermal imploder at the Inquisitor, and it threw him down the street.
She ran over to Ezra, and rolled him onto his back. She gasped as she did, seeing the injury the blade had caused. His chest was slashed open at a 30 degree angle from right to left. He was breathing, but barely. That was a good sign, it meant the cut wasn't too deep and hadn't hit his lungs or heart. She looked down the street and saw the Inquisitor start to get up. At that moment, the Ghost appeared overhead. Hera fired the main guns at the Inquisitor, and he ran. As Ghost landed, Kanan jumped out and ran toward them.
"Did you move him?" He asked.
"I rolled him over, but that's it." she replied, shaking a little, "Is he gonna make it?"
"Honestly, I don't know." Kanan replied, "Let's get him on the ship. Go get a stretcher and a medkit." When she returned with the supplies, Kanan used the force to move Ezra onto the stretcher, then placed meds into the wound.
"Let's get him onboard." he said. Once they were inside, Kanan began to treat Ezras injury more thoroughly.
As Sabine stood watching, Hera walked up to her. "Sabine, what happened?" she asked.
"The Inquisitor threw his lightsaber." Sabine said,
"I didn't see it in time, and Ezra pushed me out if the way. That should be me in there." Sabine began to choke up and Hera put her arms around the young girl.
"Hey, look at me, it's not your fault." she said.
A few minutes later, Kanan packed up the medkit and turned to leave. "How is he?" Hera asked as he walked out of the room.
"He'll pull through, but he'll be off his feet for a while." Kanan replied
"Oh that's a relief." said Hera.
"Is he awake?" Sabine asked.
"No, and I gave him a sedative, so I don't expect him to be for a few hours." Kanan replied.
Later that night, Sabine had a nightmare. She was fighting the Inquisitor again, except this time she got hit by the lightsaber, then she had to watch as Ezra was killed by the Inquisitor. She shot up in bed, breathing hard. She tried to go back to sleep, but every time she closed her eyes, she could see Ezra getting hit by that lightsaber. After a while she decided to go check on Ezra.
As she walked into the hallway, she saw Hera and Kanan talking in the cockpit. She quickly crossed the hallway and walked into Ezra's room. A while back, Kanan decided that Ezra needed his own room, so he had moved into Heras room, and Ezra had taken Kanans room. It made things awkward for her every once in a while, because the Ghosts walls weren't exactly sound proofed. She sat down in a chair and watched the heart monitor, noting the bland colors that most medical equipment used. She made a mental note to change that in the future. She looked at Ezra, watching his breathing.
Since his first day on the Ghost, she had known he had a crush on her. She had rejected him, of course, but over the past few weeks, he had begun to grow on her. She had developed some small amount of feelings, but she had never admitted that to herself, and tried her best to keep them suppressed. But now, sitting here, after what had happened, she wondered if she could bring herself to accept what she felt. They had saved each other countless times, but this was different. She should be dead, and she knew it.
"Come on Ezra, pull through." Sabine said quietly, "Do it for me." Before she could change her mind, she leaned down and kissed him. "Do it for me."