Chapter Prologue

Ezra and Sabine are sitting on a bench trying to figure out what the hell they want to do, other than training, making out, anything. They thought they've already done everything.

One female rebel, identified as Delphine Katz, (caught-Z) often called 'Kitty' by her fellow pilots of Green Squadron, knew full well that Ezra and Sabine are dating, but formed a plan to kill Sabine so she can have Ezra for herself. (She was one of the females from Chapter 2 of the Injured series. And yes she is a made up character in this story) The plot is discovered by Chopper who, being the little tattletale he is, tells Zeb, who gets very pissed off, and reports the discovery to Hera.

End Chapter Prologue

Sabine sighs, "We did that already, Ezra."
Ezra frowns, equally frustrated, "Like two days ago..." He thinks for a moment. "How about a race?"

Sabine raises an eyebrow, considering the option. "You mean with speeders?"

"What else?"

"Do you think anybody would care if we took some speeders?"

"Not likely, but we still have to check them out of the hangars before we can use them."

Sabine starts thinking again. She looked around, trying to find some ideas. Her eyes settled on the Starbird. Then something clicked. "I have a better idea," She says with a small smile.

Ezra looks at her, anxious to hear her idea. "Let's hear it."

Sabine nods to the Starbird. "We could try modifying it. I hear the armory acquired a bunch of new toys we could add to it."

"You've always liked the idea of playing around with it," Ezra said, pondering the idea.

"Come on, Ezra..." she pleaded, her hands resting on his arm.

"Well, it is in need of some new guns, some maintenance to its hyperdrive, and improved shields. The current ones are all outdated."

"Alright then," she said kissing Ezra on the cheek. "Where do we begin?"

"You're the expert with weapons and ships. I'll only provide as much help as I can. But first, we'll need to register the parts we need."

"Hera?"

"I was thinking asking both Hera and Mon Mothma," Ezra said. "It's possible they would grant our request."

Sabine sighed, "Why do we have to ask Mon Mothma?"

"Well... she is the leader of the Rebellion after all," Ezra pointed out.

She only rolled her eyes, "Fine." Sabine was never really fond of Mon Mothma, but she is the one holding this Rebellion together.

"It's settled, then," Ezra grinned. "I'll go talk to Hera and see what she can do for us." He quickly kissed Sabine, then walked off to find Hera.

"Well, it's about time he left," a voice said behind Sabine. She turned around to see Delphin Katz staring down at her.

Sabine's gaze darkened, "What do you want now, Katz?"

"Oh I only wanted to talk," she replied. Sabine recognized her as the girl who really tried to get Ezra to have some 'fun' with her, so naturally she despised her.

"Do you now? Or is this just another one of your lame attempts to get me to break up with Ezra?" Sabine growled.

"Now now, there's no need to get hostile," she looked Sabine up and down. "But it still amazes me why he chose you instead of me."

"You don't know Ezra like I do," Sabine shot back, ready to fight.

"Really? Because I thought Mandalorians and Jedi aren't supposed to get along," Delphine remarked, mocking Sabine.

From across the hangar, Wedge could see the two women 'talking' and frowned. "Oh kriff." He ran over as fast as he could.

Before Sabine could even do anything, Wedge stepped between them. "Hey you two, knock it off," he warned. He outranked Delphine slightly, but not Sabine. She still tried to get to Delphine, only to be held back by Ezra, who had returned with a few crates of supplies.

"What is going on here?" Ezra asked.

"Sabine was about ready to..." Wedge started, but was interrupted by Delphine.

"We were only talking. No worries," she said.

Ezra didn't really believe it, but didn't want to get involved. "Get out of here, Delphine."

"Who are you to order me around, Bridger?"

Sabine glowered at her, really wanting to shoot her.

"In case you didn't know, Ezra is a Commander," Wedge warned. "So as far as I'm concerned, Lieutenant, he outranks you."

"Whatever," she said. She started to leave, but attempted to sneak a kiss on Ezra's cheek only for Sabine to twist her arm behind her back at a painful angle.

"Stay. Away. From. Ezra." Sabine growled. Ezra had to pull Sabine off of her before she could break any bones. Delphine ran off, rubbing her bruised arm.

Ezra looked back to Sabine, "Are you alright?"

"I don't like her, Ezra. She's up to something, and I don't like it," Sabine said.

"I'm just glad nothing else happened," Wedge said with relief. All of Ezra's close friends knew what Delphine kept trying to do, and did their best to keep her away from both Ezra and Sabine.

"Thank you, Wedge. Who knows what could have happened if you didn't show up," Ezra said, grateful for his assistance.

"Anytime, Commander," Wedge said with a salute.

Sabine and Ezra laughed. "At ease, Lieutenant."

*Quick side note, Wedge does barely outrank Delphine. Considering that I can't find anything about Wedge's real rank, I just placed him as a 1st Lieutenant and Delphine a 2nd Lieutenant. I did my research on US military ranks and 1st LT outranks 2nd LT, but only slightly.*

"So what are you two doing with these crates?" Wedge asked.

"Sabine and I are going to modify the Starbird a little bit," Ezra explains.

"Ooh. Sounds fun. Mind if I help?"

"Of course. We could use another helping hand," Sabine said.

"So what are we starting with first, Bine?" Ezra asked.

She thought for a moment, "I don't know your ship as well as you do. What do you think needs the most work done?"

"Maybe we could work the shields a bit. They've almost fried my controls a couple times already."

"Alright. I know where the shield generator is. Ezra, can you give me a hand with the power couplings?" Sabine asked.

"Sure thing."

"I'll make sure the power doesn't try to spike on you guys," Wedge said, walking up the ramp.

Sabine removed the hull plating that protected the shield generator. Instantly, electricity started jumping around the generator.

"Wedge, how's the power coming?" Ezra called through the comms.

"I almost got it," he said. Soon after, the electricity dissipated, allowing Sabine and Ezra to continue working.

"Haar'chak, Ezra this shield generator is old. We might need to get a new one," Sabine said.

"Don't we have a few in the other hangar?" Wedge asked through the comms.

"I think we do. I'll be right back," Ezra said. He ran to the other hangar doors and disappeared inside. Sabine looked back down at the 80 year old shield generator.

"How is this thing still active?"

*Meanwhile with Chopper*

He's just wandering the hallways of the rebel base when he notices Delphine running past him. She looked like she was trying to get somewhere. Being the annoying droid that he is, he got in her way and zapped her, laughing as he did. However when he zapped her, something fell out of her hands. It looked like some sort of detonator. Chopper scanned it before Delphine picked it up and yelled some curses at Chopper, clearly not happy with him. Chopper ran away, his security protocols going off in his mechanical brain.

*And now to Zeb*

He was trying to sleep when he heard something slam into his locked door, waking him instantly.

"What the hell was that?" he wondered, annoyed but also rubbing his head, since he hit the ground head first.

He heard Chopper just rambling outside the door.

"Chopper, I swear if you are trying to annoy me on purpose..." He didn't finish his sentence. When he opened the door, Chopper showed a clip from his memory banks.

"Chopper, what did you do to Delphine this time?" he asked.

Chopper only whined with frustration, knowing Zeb can't understand him. But he also knew Zeb is really good at figuring out what he's trying to say.

He kept replaying the footage of something that looked like some sort of detonator falling out of Delphine's hands. Then Chopper opened a database on the item.

Now, Zeb keeps tabs on what Sabine and Ezra are doing, so he knows that they are trying to fix the Starbird, and he also knew that Delphine and Sabine were very hostile to each other. Putting those pieces together, Zeb finally decided to do something about it.

"Karabast! We need to find Hera!" Zeb exclaims before running down the halls of the base and straight to the Ghost.

"Zeb slow down. What are you saying?" Hera asks, completely stunned by the accusation.

"Ezra and Sabine are trying to fix the shield generator on the Starbird right now, and Chopper here has scans and data on... on whatever that thing is" Zeb tries to explain, before Hera silenced him, looking over the data. Her eyes widened.

"Zeb, that thing is a trigger. It looks like it's linked to an unstable power source, but whatever it's linked to, it seems controlled. Get everyone in the hangars out. We don't want anything to explode while we have people in there."

Sabine finally managed to remove the malfunctioning 80 year old shield generator, when it started to shake violently. Surprised, she took a step back.

"E-Ezra?" she called.

"What is it?" he answered. He ran over to Sabine, and saw what was happening.

"Is that supposed to do that?" he asked.

"No, but I really don't like it," Sabine answered.

Just then, Zeb ran into the hangar, yelling, "Sabine! Ezra! Get out of the hangar!"

"What?" Ezra yelled back.

"That shield generator is rigged to explode. You two need to get out of there now."

Ezra stared at the shield generator, now smoking. Sabine backs away slowly.

"Ezra! Sabine! Get out of here!" Wedge called, running to them from the ship. "I've lost all control on the power. It's power cells are overloading."

A whining was heard from the generator. It's about to blow.

"Wedge, get Sabine to safety!" he ordered.

"Don't have to tell me twice," he replied. He started escorting Sabine to safety, but she was struggling against him.

"Ezra don't do it!"

"I'll be alright... trust me," he said.

Sabine's eyes grew wide as the doors closed then, Ezra still inside.

Ezra closes his eyes, searching the Force. He feels a presence on the other side of the hangar, hiding in the shadows.

"Are you going to let your little bomb blow me up, Lieutenant?" he asked.

Just then, the generator was remotely deactivated. Delphine stepped out of the shadows. "You don't need to worry. I was only after Sabine," she said.

Ezra tapped a button on his comlink, opening a channel to the entire base.

"Why are you after her? What has she done for you to be so against her?" Ezra demanded an answer.

"She doesn't belong to you, Commander."

Ezra opened his eyes and glared at her. "That's her decision and hers alone. You can't make that choice for her."

"I believe I can. Nobody turns me down Ezra Bridger. I won't take no as an answer," she said getting closer. "I can make you feel better than she ever could."

She was about to kiss Ezra, but then she froze. She strained to move, but she couldn't. Ezra however, took a step back with ease.

His eyes were closed again. "Think again. What was it you were saying earlier?"

Rebel Commandos broke through the locked door, weapons raised, pointed to Delphine. "3rd Lieutenant Delphine Katz, you are under arrest!"

Delphine's eyes widen with shock, "W-What?"

Ezra grinned, holding up his wrist, "My rule number 3: Always have a comlink. I don't know how you didn't notice that I was broadcasting everything to the entire base."

The commandos put Katz in bindings. "If I can't have you, no one can." The generator started to smoke, about to explode. But before it could, it flew out of the hangar at the speed of sound. As soon as it was outside, and thrown into the air, it exploded. The shockwave of the generator/bomb flying out of the hangar knocked everybody to their feet.

*Half and hour later*

Sabine and Ezra received word that the rest of the ship has been cleared, so they can go back to fixing it.

"E-Ezra..." Sabine started. They were fixing the hyperdrive.

"Hm?"

"Why... Why did you lock yourself in that hangar?"

Ezra paused. "I figured it out. I don't know how, but I did. I knew Delphine was after you, so I thought if you weren't there, but just me, I could make things perfectly clear... without you getting hurt."

"But she tried to kill you in the end!" she yelled.

"I know... Sorry, it won't happen again..."

Sabine's mild anger melted. It was impossible to stay mad at him nowadays. She grabbed his hand and rested her head on his.

"You don't need to apologize. I only wanted to know why you did all that. If anything I should apologize. I shouldn't have yelled like that."

"No you have a right to yell at me."

Sabine gently kissed him then. Ezra deepened it and, for a few minutes, forgot what they were originally doing.

It wasn't until Wedge interrupted them, "I'd hate to ruin your moment, but we still have a ship to upgrade."

Sabine broke the kiss, blushing.

"S-Sorry, Wedge," Ezra said.

Wedge grinned. They just can't seem to get enough of each other. He thought to himself.

"Ok," Ezra called. "Power it up."

Wedge flipped a couple switches and pushed the hyperdrive's throttle forward slowly.

"Keep it going..." Ezra said.

"Looking good," Sabine added.

Wedge pushed the throttle all the way, the hyperdrive starting to whine.

"That a good thing, Sabine?" Ezra asked.

"Yes, very." She called down to Wedge. "Alright shut her down. Looks like the new hyperdrive is responding well."

"She is actually," Wedge said. "The readings show perfect performance."

Ezra grinned. "Now it's time for Sabine's favorite part."

Sabine looked at him. "Wait what?"

"The armament, remember? She needs new guns," Ezra explained.

"Oh right. I forgot about that," Sabine said.

Wedge shook his head, laughing, "The mighty Mandalorian forgets about weapons. That's a first."

Sabine was going to hide her face in her helmet, but remembered she left it in her room. So she hid behind Ezra instead.

Ezra laughed, "What are you doing?"

"What does it look like? I'm hiding," she said.

Ezra turned around to face her, "You don't have to be ashamed."

Sabine grabbed his head and kissed him, passionately. Several seconds ticked by when, "*Ahem* are you two done?"

Wedge was laughing as they broke the kiss.

"I-I'm sorry. I-I don't know why I d-did that..." Sabine stammered, turning red.

"You got to control your hormones, Commander Sabine," Wedge said, laughing.

Ezra was just as red as Sabine. "W-*cough* We should... g-get back to work."

"Y-Yeah," Sabine finally said.

"Wedge, can you bring the guns over here?" Ezra asked.

"You only want the guns? Or should I bring the entire package?"

"Bring the package. Let's see what we can fit on the ship." Ezra said.

"Yes sir" Wedge said with a salute.

Ezra sighed.

"Is that necessary?" Sabine asked Ezra.

"I prefer not to have people salute to me," He grumbles.

Sabine laughs softly, giving him a quick kiss. "I, for one, like the attention."

"Easy for you to say. I don't hear people calling you 'Ma'am' everywhere you go," Ezra remarked.

Wedge returned with the entire weapons package. "Ok!" he yelled getting their attention. "We have anti-ship mines, guns, missiles, flares, turret emplacements, deployable scanners..." He read off the entire list of offensive and defensive armaments.

"What all do you want on this?"

Ezra and Sabine said at the same time, "Whatever we can fit."

"How are they doing?" Kanan asked Hera.

"They are doing great. Everything has been quiet ever since this morning," she replied.

"Good. What are they fixing up this time?"

"They just finished the hyperdrive from what I can tell. I think they are replacing and adding new offensive and defensive armaments."

"Really?"

"Well the ship was constructed during the Clone War, so it makes sense that all its systems are outdated." Hera explained.

"I suppose. They better not go overboard."

"Since Sabine is there, they're bound to go a bit overboard with the weapons, love. At least as long as the ship can handle it."

"They better not blow up the hangar."

Hera laughs. "I'm sure they won't. They have Wedge there to help, remember?"

"Like you said, Sabine is there, and we both know how stubborn she can be."

Hera wraps her arms around Kanan, "She listens to Ezra a lot now that they're together. I've never seen them fight each other." She rests her head on Kanan's chest, and Kanan returns the embrace.

"I guess you're right."

"We can attach the concussion missile racks in one of the extra external compartment. If we add two racks we should be able to have a total of 8 ST2 concussion missiles, then." Sabine said, looking over the design of the ship. Everyone was wearing a kind of earpiece or headset.

"Ok so where would the MG7 Proton torpedoes go?" Ezra asked.

Sabine looked at the holographic ship. The ship's design was constantly being updated to keep record of what's happening on the outside.

"We could try to fit one with each of the ST2s..." She looked at the shipment roster. "Wedge, when is that CED8089Y shield generator getting here? We'll need it until we can find a better one."

"It should be here in a couple minutes. One of the Y-wings is crippled beyond repair, but they managed to save the shield generator."

"Good," She looked back at the armament roster. There's a spot where the flares could be armed and deployed. "Ezra, where are the flares?"

"They should be next to the ship."

"I found a perfect spot for them. Can you get an engineer to remove the guns for you for a moment?"

"Yeah sure." He called over one of the engineers. "Do me a favor and get these guns detached for me."

"Yes, Commander," the engineer said.

"I could do without the Commander," he silently grumbled to himself.

Ezra found Sabine studying the rear compartments of the ship from the outside. "Is this where the flares will go?" Ezra asked.

"These compartments usually hold spare parts, but we can always put them in the cargo hold, so to answer your question, yes."

"Alright. I remember the TIE Defender has some projectile missiles, so these would definitely help." Ezra said.

Sabine smiled. The engineer Ezra assigned to take his place walked up. "Sir, the cannons have been removed. Do you know what kind of laser cannon you want installed?"

"I'll have to look over the weapons roster, first."

"Yes, sir. If you need me, I'll just be over there," the engineer said, pointing to the holotable in the corner. Several other engineers were playing Dejarik or Sabacc.

Ezra nodded, relieving the engineer.

Sabine grinned. Ezra notices the grin and asks, "What's so funny?"

"You have become quite a respected Rebel officer and leader, love."

Ezra sighed, "I'd rather skip the formalities, actually. I'm not used to it."

"Well you're going to have to get used to it," Sabine smiled.

"I know..." Ezra then had an idea. He grinned, catching Sabine's attention.

"What?" Sabine asked.

"Naas vutyc," Ezra says chuckling.

Sabine shifts her weight to one leg and rests a hand on her hip. "Really? What are you really thinking about?" Sabine asked, leaning into him.

"Ni shi mirdir be pehea mesh'la gar cuyir," Ezra says, speaking fluent Mando'a. Sabine blushes at Ezra's words. Her heart flutters at the compliment, even better that he said it in her native language.

"Tion'jor Vor entye," Sabine replies.

Wedge looks over at them, smiling though he has no idea what they are saying.

Well it's about time! This chapter is getting really long, and it's only the first!

Now since it is frustrating to type it out, hope it helped: Mando'a to English: Naas vutyc - Nothing special; Ni shi mirdir be pehea mesh'la gar cuyir - I just think of how beautiful you are; Tion'jor Vor entye - Why thank you

Also, I was stuck on how I wanted this story to work so if the dialogue was a little cheesy or something like that, let me know. Most of this was written in the middle of the night so... yeah.

Most ideas I have while writing tend to stick onto one chapter so if I need to fix that problem, tell me that, too.

Any ideas for the next chapter are welcome, but please tell me your story ideas in the latest chapter that you see. I've had requests to have Sabine and Ezra do something in the next chapter, when that next chapter was already out, so basically what I'm saying is, keep up to date with the story if you can when making those kinds of requests.

Also when it comes to HeraxKanan situations, it's very weird for me to write about that since I'm used to Ezrabine/Sabezra/Ezbine etc. so bear with me on that.

As for Delphine Katz, it literally took me at least 5 minutes to come up with that name.

Story was different than originally planned, but I made Ezra sound a little bit too overpowered in the first copy so I changed it to how it is now.

Disclaimer: The characters in this story, except for Delphine Katz, belong to Disney.