Mandalor. Time 1 P.M. The Wren Clan Manor.
After work, Ezra and Sabine were preparing the house for the quests. What mean that Sabine is saying what Ezra's doing wrong and he must do it again, this time like Sabine wants it to be done. After almost 17 years of marriage you would think that they would finally find a way to get along. But no, they are still the same brat who they were, only older, bigger and with 3 brats on their own.
Mira find it quit amusing how her are acting like a teenegers, but she is not in a mood to laugh. After the dinner, or she will be send to the New Jedi Templer, cut off from the Galaxy, keeping safe like some kind of secret or holocron, or she will be send to her grandmother who...si her grandmother and Sabine mother. There will not be any ice cream for breakfast if you know what it mean. So no. She is not happy about this family visit.
Some time later. The house, food, Ezra and Sabine were ready. They were all dressed in their typical clothers. Ezra was in his normal, dark Jedi grow and Sabine in her multicolored mandalorian armor. After a quick inpection from Sabine, Ezra get an information from that the Ghost has arrived and Syndulla family is coming to their house. Ezra and Sabine went outside of the house to welcom them.
,,Mira! Ghost is on the planet! They will be here for moment! Are you ready!?" Sabine asked standing in the doors frame before leaving home, from some reason Mira was with them in the main lobby but they did not asked why, they just left Mira be in her room.
,,Yes Mom! I need to dress up my beskad and I will join to you and dad!" Mira responded. The doors to her room were close but Sabine heard her very well so she just leav and joined Ezra outside. Mira looked throught her room's window outside and after a short moment she began to up her armor plates on.
At the same time Sabine and Ezra were waiting. They did not saiud anything since their left the house, it was not like the silince between them was akward, but you can say uncomfortable. No one know what to say about their situation. Mira always was a sensitive topic for them, they want the best for her and they are ready to give her anything, but this can mean that it may hurt her feeling what is the last thing they want to do. After a moment Ezra has enought of that silence and tried to said something smart.
,, I sense a conflict in her head. Do you think that she can know what we want to do?" Ezra asked. Since yesterday, Ezra could feel that Mira is bothering with something. Like when she first time was fixing a droid or when she first time tried to drive a speeder. Then she was thinking soo hard, tried to push every single button and tried to find the best way to control these things. That usually did not ended well.
,,Of course she already know. She is our daughter. I will not be surprise if she already know Heras and Kanans answer for our question?" Sabine said in her joking tone, giving Ezra a light punch on left arm and wamr smile. Then Ezra looked at her giving her a similar smile and he grabbed Sabines hand and inserted his fingers with her's. She was not showing this, but Sabine also was worry about what is gonning to happen today. They never wanted to close or hide Mira like Luke's aunt and uncel did that with him because of Darth Vader. They wanted their children to be free, to make their own decisions, to make friend and just to be normal. Not to chase a Sith Lords across the Galaxy. Rona and Johan were not a problem, they knew that they are strong enought to fight with Ben and the First Order, Mira doestn't know that and it force Sabine and Ezra to do something hard to keep her save.
After short moment Mira left the house dressed in her normal orange armor and stood next to Sabine left side, and with no word wait for the quests.
They did not wait long, soon after Mira joined Ezra and Sabine, they noticed typical mandalorian Hover taxi who was flying in they way. From a distance they could see and adult ( you can't say old) man with long, gray and brown beard- most of his beard is gray, but few hairs still are dark brown, scar across his eyes, dressed in Jedi Grand Master bright brown robe, cape and pants, with lightsaber handing on his belt. Next to him was an adult twi'lek woman dressed in normal rebel pilote uniform with her best makeup on her face. And behind them was standign a yound adult twi'lek girl with her lekku smaller than her mothers, dressed in silver shirt and black pants, with lightsaber on belt.
The Hover taxi landed down and all three walked closer to the Bridger family. Kanan stood in front to Ezra, Hera in front to Sabine and Dawn in front to Mira. They did not said a word yet, but give each other a small friendly smiles when they were waiting for Kanan to do his rutine when they were meeting each other. As a Grand Jedi master he could not just walk into someone house and say 'Hi!' First he need to bend ver lown and wait for the host to do the same.
,,Master. I am happy to see you again in my home." Ezra said when he bowed bakc to his old master. Kanan just nodded in repeat, straightened up and wanted to say something very long and boring.
,,So am I my old padawan. This is pleasure to see you and your family again after..."
,,Oh! Enough this formalities, come here Ezra!" Hera could not hold any longer of these Jedi stuffs. She rolled her eyes cutting Kanan off in middle of sentence and quickly hugged Ezra wrapping her arms around him like there was to tomorrow. Ezra was cauch little off guard, so Kanan was, what made Sabine, Dawn and Mira giggling, but after a second or two he hugged her back. After this Dawn, Kanan, Sabine and Kanan started to hugging and welcoming each other while Hera was still hugging Ezra.
,,I'm soo glad to see you again boss." Sabine said with a playfull smile when she hugged Kanan. Kanan just rolled his eyes thinking that she should not call him like this now, but true be told he like when they are calling him like thins so he hugged her back. In meantime Hera stopped hugging Ezra and noticed that Dawn and Mira stopped hugging each other. She never ever miss a chance where it comes to hugg Mira so she quickly abandoned Ezra and give Mira a bonectushing hugg.
,, My little Mira. Why you must grow up so fast. You are almost taller than me." Hera said with her eyes close because if they were open ,her makeup would be probably destroyed by now . Everyone know that it is not true, Mira was shorter than Hera, but try to expalin that to her. Hera is thinking than Mira is too tall since she was tall enought to take her a blue milk from the Ghost's cupboard on her own.
,, I am happy to see you Nana...*cough*... But can you put me down please?" Mira said when Hera cut Mira air access off and lifetd her up a bit. Hera opened her eyes and just realized how strong she hugged her and put her down.
,,Sorry. I just really missed you and your sister, and brother. Speaking of which. Where is Rona? She always was shyl but I hoped that she will welcome us. And where is Jonah?" Hera asked when she left Mira go and went to hugg Sabine. Sabine give her a stong hugg and after a short moment she give her an answer.
,,Rona is with my mother. She want again try to make her an armor. Jonah is on Courusant with my father in his art school. Some important artist want to see his arts." Sabine said very proud of her sons art skills. Since Johan was 6 years old, a lot of people were already aking for gim to join their art schools and other young talents prgrams but Sabine did not trusted them. Lucky for her, she have a farher who after the war opened his own art school and took her son, and his grandson after his wings.
,,Really? He is that good?" Hera asked teasting with a smile on her face when she stopped hugging Sabine. Sabine pretended to be offended, but her fake mad face expression haven't done anything more than just make a smile on Hera's face bigger.
,,Good!? They said that he is the best. My father told me that he will be the best artist in this century, if not in the history. Like Grandfather like Grandson. About grandfathers talk? How Kai took the new?" Sabine asked. Some time ago, Hera father was forced to take a retirement. He was not happy about this but in his age he could not refuse or try any kind of trick. After a few days he called Hera and told her that he want to spend more time with his family. Hera was suprised, but she agreed, of course they could not all together just take a free week and stay on Rylot with her, so they decided that they are gonna visiting him in diffrent times. Kai was the first one who had to suffer.
,,Not so well, but better than I thought. They are still on Rylot. Last time when I talk with them, my dad said that he is gving him a lessons about our culture, history and that he is working to much with machines." Hera said rooling her eyes when she mentioned her father. After these years their relationships grew stronger and warmer. After some time Hera started to call him dad just like she used when she was a child, but there still were some fights or conflicts between them.
At the same time. Ezra and Kanan hugged each other and they both went to hugg Mira and Dawn. Dawn stood in front to him and she bowed to him really low like Kanan had taught her.
,,Master Briger. It's good to see you." Dawn said polite which respet in her voice. Ezra was smiling at her the whole time, what make Dawn smile to him back, but to her suprise he did not bend to her back.
,,Bowing to me. You are showing respect to your old master Dawn. But you know, my old padawan, how much I hate official meeting, soo come here and hug me." Ezra said which friendly voice and arms wide open waiting for Dawn. It is one of the many thing that Dawn love about Ezra, that when they are together, like a family, he is just like she remember him when she was small. Even if she do not call him Ezzy anymore in publick, she still does it sometimes when there are just frends aroud them.
,,For the Force sake Dawn. Look at you. You look exacly like your mother now." Ezra said when he watched Dawn after the hug and she give him a shyl smile in respond. She know that she doesn't look like her mother perfect image, her lekkus are shorter, skin brighter and she have these freckles on her face, but it is nice to heard that she look like her wonderfull mother.
,,Go to home guys, we have many things to tell."Sabine said when she start leading them to the house and everyone was just making they way inside when Mira grabbed Dawn's hand and stopped her.
,,Exactly Mom. I want to take Dawn to the town and show her something in the shops. Can go? Pleasee." Mira said dragging last word, trying to not showing anything what what may make them wonder something.
Sabine was liking this idea. It would make the talk more safety than with Mira and Dawn in the next rooms or in theyard. Sabine looked at Hera and Kanan and they both nooded, knowing that they should not talk about this what they said in the holo-transmission when Mira is close. Then Sabine looked at Ezra, he didn't moved or said anything just give her a look who said 'That will be better'.
,,Ok. But come back before evening. And take care of yourselfs." Sabine said warmly, turnig her head back to Mira and Dawn smiling a bit to them.
,, Yes Mom, Bye." Mira said very enthusiastic, pulled Dawn by her arm and started slowly running to the town, dragging Dawn behind her, wanting to speak with her as soon as possible with no other eyes or ears. Adults watching this scene which a small laughs and smiles before they waled to the house.
After moment a short moment Mira and Dawn were in the centers of Keldabe, the street were full of people dressed in typical mandalorian clothers and the speeder were flying abover their heads. It was anothee cozy sunny day in the capital city. Dawn and Mira were walking side by side, but not speaking yet. Dawn was expecting Mira to start talking about some awensome things in the town, or about new blasters, fight forms, jetpack, speeders or jus about anything. But she was quiet, and when Mira is quiet it means that something bad had happened. And Dawn have idea what it may be, she had seen Mira like this before, maybe time.
,,So where is Kori?" Dawn asked starting a small talk and watching Mira's reactions. She was again expecting a explosion of joy, or anger about something what Kori did or didn't. But Mira still was walking looking at the ground and maybe not even hearting what Dawn said. Dawn now for sure knew that something was odd so she nipped Mira's left arm to wake her up.
,,Au! What?" Mira asked loudly, suprised and still dreaming a little, rubbing the place when Dawn nipped her.
,, Kori. Your boyfriend, You know, tall, 17 years old boy, Togruta male, with big blue and white lekku.?"Dawn reminded her describin Kori's characteristing in the air making a small exaples of his height.
,, Aaa Kori. He is on Coruscant with General Organa. He is doing some important stuff for her. Some problems with a smugglers from the lowers levers I think. " Mira said not really interested in speaking about this right now. Since she wasn't working in the field any more, she wasn't around Kori for a long time. Ezra and Kanan decided that Mira need to stay alone for a bit, with no strong emotions around her, ignoring her protests. She wished he was here, he would know what to say, he would make her smile and to say that everything is going to be good, and she would belive if even if it was a lie, what of couse wouln't be, Kori never lied to her, never ever.
,,Again? He is still busy. When was the last time you saw him? He should pay more attencion to yours relationship." Dawn said surprised and a bit mad, she know that they both are busy, but she also remember the time when they were in the one crew with Kai, Sasha and others. Before everything what happened with. He always was stopping for a minute or two for her and vice versa. But now they were barerly speaking, exactly Mira was barerly speaking to anyone now. Dawn is not really sure when she was last time speaking with Mira. Soo many things changed soo quickly.
,,Said the girl without ANY relationship. You maybe are 6 years older, but I had 6 time more boyfriends than you ever had. Don't worry about him. Kori is just busy, I have a holo conferencios with him. From time to time. EEEEh. Enought about this. I didn't bring you here to talking about boys." Mira said changing the topick before she will start another fight or start screaming, she has enought problem not, she doesn't need any more.
,,Okay. So about what do you want?" Dawn asked stopping their walk and crossing her arms on her chest. If Mira don't want to speak about problems than mean that she want to do something to solve them and she need help. Her help. Some thing never change.
,,Do you have your Ghost's key?" Mira asked with hope in her eyes and voice. Ghost is her last chance and the best chance to show everyone that she is ready. Ready to be back in the action. But she can't do it alone. And Ezra is keeping the Starbird's key next to his lightsaber. Hot wiring is not an option, not when Sabine is also using this ship.
,,Yes. But why do you..." Dawn start not really knowing that her answer is gonna make any problems, but she stopped talking when she saw a malicious smile forming on Mira's face.
At the same time, in the major. Ezra Sabine Hera and Kanan were in the living room sitting on the couches on the opossite sides, with the cofe tabel between them. Sabine and Ezra were expalin why they called Hera and Kanan, what is happening with Mira and that they are worried about what is going to happen if she will be again on the front line and something goes wrong. Kanan and Hera know what they feel, after all, they also have a force sensitive daugher who was a teeneger once, but Dawn was diffrent kind of teeneger what makes it difucilt to give them answer.
,,... And we don't know what we must to do. And why we're asking you guys for an advice." Ezra finished his sentence looking at Kanan and Hera while holdign hands with Sabine right next to him. They waiting for a moment for someone to say something but Hera and Kanan needed time to think. Kanan was stroking his beard thinking about the best option while Hera crossed her arms and hold her chin while thinking.
,,That isn't simple problem. Mira really need to learn how to control her emotions if she want to became a Jedi Knight. I, on your place, will ..." Kanan was speadking to Ezra and Sabone while stroking his beard and when he almost said what would make Ezra beeing right, when...
,,...Send her to your Temple on Dagobah and cut her off from galaxy. She doesn't need theory about live. She need training. You guys should send her to her grandmother. She need her family and Rona is gonna help her. Or to me! I will get her some easily duties. We have some calm time now. She will not see any battlefield. And I will..." Hera Interrupted Kanan sentence and start telling them her option pretty excited about idea of having her new best crew back in action. Mira and Dawn were always taking the most difficult missions and never failed soo having them back is gonning to make thing only better. But Kanan wasn't very much into that idea, and he started to fight back.
,,...Not teach her how to control the Force. The Templer is..." Kanan interrupted her again and started explaining why Dagobah is they best option, and Hera was telling that it's a batha shit idea. They were arguing, almost yelling at each other at the same time, each of them telling someting different. They were arguing mostly like Ezra and Sabine before, but with higher volume. At this time, Ezra and Sabine were still sitting like before, watching Hera and Kanan fight, and they were not soo happy about this. Not only they did not get an answers they needed, but they also started a fight between Kanan and Hera.
Kanan and Hera were arguing by a moment when Ezra and Sabine were watching themm but they actions were stopped by Hera's com-link signal. They both stopped they 'conservaton'. Hera give Kanan one last deadly loook wo said that they are not finish and pulled her com-link out from her pocked.
,,It's Chopper." Hera said to Sabine and Ezra when she saw who was calling her. She turned the transmision on and the first think they heard were lound and very quick astro-mech's screams, yells and other sounds typical for running in panick droid.
,,Chop slow down. I don't undestan... What happen!? What which Ghost? Stolen!? What about Mira!? Mira stolen Ghost!?." Hera said slowly picking up some words Choppper said in a rush, like someone was chasing him. When she said the last two news, their reactions were...different. While Ezra and Sabine were in a shock with their jaws hanging and eyes wide open, Kanan's blood was boiling in his vains, clenching his hand into a tight fists, and Hera was trying her best to not to burst a breath taking laught. She was expecting something like this to happen, but she wasn't expecting that to happen soo fast.
,,Exactly about some like that I wanted to prevent. That is the end without a propert training in a temple. There never was such a problems with Dawn, she would never did something like..." Kanan started again his speech of 'How important Jedi tempel training is' but he was cutt off by another of Chopper's loud screams.
,,What did you said Chopper? Where you are? Which Dawn? Where is Dawn? ON Ghost?" Hera said caching another, most important, words from Chopper, making her best suprised face, and failing in hiding her wide smile. After that, Sabine, Ezra and Hera crossed their arms, and they all, even Tala who was lying on the capet between the two couches, looked at Kanan with smiles similar to this one who Hera has on her face.
At the same time. Ghost was already in the hypersace, faar away from Mandalor. Chopper somehow menaged to find a com-link and call Hera, but he could not speak to her, because just when he pressed the comunicator buttton, Dawn heard him and was trying to take the com-link from him, before he said something to Hera. She was chaising him by a longer moment, but he finally had nowehere to escape, and Dawn somehow convinced him to not call their parents any more and help them. Chopper wasn't to much into this idea, but Dawn promised him an oli bath after this, and that was all what he needed.
When Dawn was running after Chopper, Mira was in the cockpit, piloting and trying to bloke incoming holo-transmissions from Mandalore, in that way to send them back to the sender. After a short while Mira did that without making too big mess in the wires and Dawn come back to cockpit. She sat on the co-pilot left seat next to Mira still breathing heacly after her and Chappers small race around the ship.
,,Can you remind me why we are doing it?" Dawn aske resting her head agains the chairs, watching the hiperspace redux tunnel by a while. She of course remember why they are doing this, but she want to heard it again, to make sure that it is worth the problems they are gonna be after that.
,,I told you. My parents think that I'm not a good Jedi. I have to show them that they are wrong and they don't have to send me to the Tempel." Mira explained pushing a few buttons on the Ghost-panel and turning the autopilote mod on.
,,And how the fact, that we stolen Ghost is supposed to help us?" Dawn asked twisting on her chair, turning to look at Mira with arms crossed and steady look at her face. Doing something reckless or even insane like this was Mira's rutine, but it was usually causing more problems that it solved in the past.
,,We did not stolne Ghost. We only borrow him. You will take me to some planet. I will do something very in Jedi style like before and everything will end just fine." Mira said crossing her arms behend her head, resting her back agains her sit. She said that very confident and not worring about anything when Dawn just sighed.
,,I've have bad feeling about this." Dawn said a bit nervous twisting her chair right and writing a coordinats to the nearest, infamous placet where Mira maybe will have a chance to show off how great Jedi she is.
,,Come on Dawn. Where is the girl who spend full night on uncle Hondo space platform on her 16 birthday?"Mira asked Dawn try to make her more confident and a bit less stressed. They already steal Ghost and were ignoring their parents holo-call. They cannot be in bigger problems than now.
,,After that night, that girl could become a very young mother. And get from her father 2 months of very hard Jedi training. So she doesn't like to risking too much now." Dawn said crossing her arms and giving Mira a hard look narrowing her eyes at this memory. Just for the record. It wasn't Dawn's idea to have her birthday party there. She wanted to do it on Ghost, with just few friend and her crew, but SOMEONE, had a 'better idea', and decided to throw fer a suprise party there. It could be nice, if it less in a pirate and mando style and more in Jedi and Rylot style...okay. Forget about Rylot style, just Jedi. But Mira've get the point.
,,Okay Okay. We must just have to fly to Outer Rim. Rescue some people and go back to home. This can't be hard for one Jedi and one Jedi-Mandalorian warrior girls." Mira said giving up and changing topic a bit and actually making Dawn more confident. It really wasn't something hard, they were doing worst things back in time than this. It should be pice of cake.
,,Okay. You convinced me." she said which small smile rolling her eyes while Mira was in ectasy. She said that just in time when Ghost came out of hyperspace in some sector in the Outher Rims.
,,YESS! Take us to Tatooine. We will definitely find some work for a Jedi there." Mira said poting her finger at the window jumping a bit in her seat. Dawn chuckled a bit at her child like reaction. But deep inside she is also glad that they are again doing some missions together. Maybe if they will do right, there will be doing this more often.
Many hours and more planet later. Mira and Dawn where almost on evry planet on this side of galaxy. They were on Rylot, Tatooine, Rodia, Christophis, Scarif, Kamino, Bothauwi. And they still did not find anything to do for Jedi. There was nothing, but literally nothing to do, even the local cops/security forces had nothing for them, no crimes, no murders, not even a missing cat to find. Now they are deep in the Hutt Space not soo farr from Nal Hutta. Still without any good, epick things on their counts.
,,WHY! NOTHING IS HAPPENING TODAY!" Mira screamed at the Ghost ceiling, sitting on her chair pulling her hairs out in anger. They were almost everywhere where crimes and criminals were commo like rain on Kamino, and still nothing. It's quiet irritating for her.
,,You know? As a Jedi. You should be happy about that." Dawn said bored and tired, piloting Ghost in the process. She really was thinking that she should ask Mira if they can fly back to home. But the deadly look who Mira was giving her now,standing next to her chair with hands on her hip, changed her mind before she could say anything.
,,Check the nearest planet!" Mira said loudly anger clearny in her voice collapsing in her back and crossing arms on her chest and crossing her legs, right leg on top of the left one. Dawn slowly start to undertand why Ezra and Sabine were thinking that Mira need some training about emotions. She only rolled her eyes and found on the Ghost panel's some informations about a violet plante in front of them.
,,This planet is called Teth. On her surface is a giant jungle." Dawn read aloud all informations she have on the cocpic about Teth. The informations are prety old if you ask her, it looks like they were not upriged since the Clone Wars.
,,And?" Mira asked rasing an eyebrow. It's not much, even Sacrif had more informations, even if he is half burned now. There always was something to write about a planet, it history, for example, so Mira waited for something more.
,,And nothing more. After the Clone Wars, Great Rotta the Hutt have forbidden to live on this planet for a reason...Sentimental Reason? What mean for us... That we will not meet anybody on this planet." Dawn readed extra information on the bottom of the holo-page and said thet last part more to herself than for Mira because she know what Mira is gonna say. At least what she will do.
,,What mean. This planet is a excellent for the First Order to prepare army for a invasion." Mira said which enthusiasm in the voice and the same spart in her eyes. Dawn, on the other hand, make some half irrritated half tired noises and lied down on the pilot chair putting both of her hands on her forehead.
,,You said the same about half of unknow planet we went. But about Kamino you said: 'this is so famous place that a someone for sure is doing something evil and no one yet check that out'. But on Nar Hutta you said that if some will not attack us there, no one will attack us nowh..BANG..." Dawn was complainnig showing the number ow visited planet on her fingers,REALY, tired this whole situation. She wanted to scream that they should go back to home, but she was cutt off when Ghost get two blasts into his top parts, close to his dorsal laser cannon.
Girls were not waiting long to see who attacked them. They both heard a very characteristic sound of TIE-Fighter who was flying around them in typical for this type of ship way. The only thing what suprised them, -except of this suprise attack- was this that the TIE-Fighter was not black, but bright yellow. Poor job if you ask Mira, but still looks better than the old ones. They did not have a time to keep watching him for too long because now he rutned around and again storted to shoot at them.
,,See!? I was right!." Mira said damn proud of herself, trying to stay in her seat when Dawn was dodging the TIE's blasts. That was quiet easy, whoever is in this TIE is not a great, or at least good pilote.
,,This isn't the First Order TIE. Too old type. This is probably some pirates or old Empire soldiers." Dawn said where the TIE shoot again.
Dawn had no problem in dodging all his blast, that was a short fight, looking at his style, Dawn knew where he will be even before him. When Ghost was in a good place, Dawn blasted two time exactly in the place where the TIE was flying by. The blasts hit the TIE polote cocpit and there was nothig left from not usuall, yellow TIE fighter. Mira was smiling wide open, happy to again feel this feeling when adreanaline run in all of your veins. Dawn on the other hand was more worried about it that it was only one TIE, it is not happening very often too meet one Tie.
,,TIE always fly in groups, they probably have a ship, base or something like that near by. Maybe we should call for backu..." Dawn tried to say that they should report it. Even if that was suppose to be a solo, mission, TIEs still are dangerous, and if there is nore of them, or, the Force forbid, if Mira is right, they are going to meet an entre startfleet.
,,ARE YOU KIDDING? We were just looking for something like that! Start the landing procedure."Mira said a bit tooo loud for Daw's liking, boundcing on her seat and quickly taking control over the ship. Mira was quckly getting into the planet atmosphere too much focused on the fly to notice how Dawn crossed her arms and was waiting for moment, where Mira will discover the facts that she doesn't know the Ghost's landing procedure in a jungle.
After a short time, Mira and Dawn hid Ghost in the jungle, it wasn't hard, everywhere were a tall trees, purple plants and dark fog, Ghost could not be hided better. Next Mira and Dawn jused their jetpacks to see what is in the arena. On the first look, it was nothing strange for a jungle, but a bit more futher, they notice few tall trees cutted down but something very sharply. The stumps of cutted trees were forming a small trail leading deeper into a jungle.
The longer the girls were walking that trail, the less trees were around them. They were walking by a longer moment, but at least they both walked on top of one, stump bare hill, there was not mark after a trees who were living on thet hill in the past, now there was only a shot dark grey grass. From that hill, they saw that large area of the jungle was cutted, burned and destroyed in the most savaging way. Whoever was doing this, wasn't caring a bit about the plants and animals on this planet, looking at the ground in front of her, Mira can swear that they used an explosive devices, bomps maybe flame grenades.
And in a middle of the death area was a simply ,military looking, camp in a poor condition. Next to the camp were two very characteristic ships, every Jedi, if not every person in the Galaxy, know what these ships where. One of the two ships down there was a red pinted Trandoshan dropship and the second one was a dark, Trandoshan slave ship, between them were three, or maybe four old TIE starfighter every single one yellow painted. But trandoshans never was logging or selling anything wood made. The only thing was tradoshans are doing, front the begining of their kind existance, is hunting. That camp in the valey in front of them is not an illegal logging camp it is a trandoshan slave camp. And trust me when, when someone is teling you that there is nothing worse than trandoshan slave camp, he is almost right.
The camp was simply build, showing everything inside, thrandoshans are not good at building things up, they are better at burning them down. Mira and Dawn ouldsee everything inside of the camp from that hill where were standing. Close to the starship were a tents where trendoshans probably sleep and eat, the tents were forming a circle and in the center of this circle, was a thousand if not more cages with animals, and some sentience specie, They were poorly feed and dressed, and the night was the ground was humidly. Mira and Dawn did not have to use the force to feel that they suffer a great pain.
,,You were right, There really is something what we neeed to do." Dawn said to Mira still watching the camp. Good think that she have her electrobinoculars with her, hanging on her jetpack. Using them, Dawn started watching and counting down how many guard is in the camp and where they have their armor.
Mira on the other hand was speechless. She was watching the camp with here eyes cold and her face stiff. She had seen this kind of thig before, but it never get better, not for her at least. This pain, suffering, everything what she saw back in the time was coming back to her head. Every bad memory, every lost friend, family memeber, every time when someone close to her almost died and this feeling of guilty she is carring from soo long was coming back to her right now. And that was horrible.
,,Remember when last time we were doing something like that?." Mira asked thinking about past holding herself on her arms, dropping her head down watching for a moment a dark glass, it was helping a bit, too see that something small like grass can survive the destruction of fire.
,,When we saved the baby-Lasats or when Kori was captured by the Kamarians-pirates?"Dawn asked still wathing the slave camp not yet feeling what Mira mean, she was thinking that Mira was again starting a small talk with her while she was making the plan up.
,,When Rona was shot down during that small fight with slave traffickers. It place is simillar to the place where we found her." Mira said looking around, The gound was dead, the pants were burned, the grass was in ashes, the sky was dark red shit even the smell of ships, bodies and death was the same.
,,Maybe. I don't remember, but why are you asking about it?" Dawn asked still looking at the camp, but a bit curious, or worried about Mira now. She is not speaking about this kind of things very often, only when something bother her, and it never is good.
,,Did you ever notice that our plans, rescue missions and everything what we were doing...We alway had some problems or something went wrong and someone get hurt." Mira said, dropping her head again and closing her eyes a bit. Now Dawn get that, Mira have something what old people call a post fail depression. The more mistakes you made, the more you want to fix it and neve do it again. It sound good, but it make you paranoiacial and makes missions harder. Everyone had this once, and there is no cure for it, only to undertand that even the best plan can go wrong. Dawn stopped watching the camp looked at Mira who was still watching the ground, put a hand on her left arm and wait for her to say what she need to.
,,We can't do this again. I'm missing it too much. Working with you, helping people, even writing reports after missions, have our won crew. This time we must did everythink like in the book. To show that we are ready." Mira said with little sad voice who slowly was getting stronger. Dawn's presence, her hand on her arm and her supper makes her stonger and more conficent to say what she feel.
Dawn know very well what Mira mean. After everything what happened, she too was doing her old usuall. Kanan was trying to keep her close, very often in his Templer, keeping an eye on her whole time, Hera was trying her best, but Kanan was more stubborn than even. She wasn't working or doing missions on her own, by lost free months she always was doing a mission with Kanan and Hera. It wasn't bad, but just...She and Mira aren't a little kind anymore, and they just want to have their own missison. Write their own stories. Dawn will probably never said that to her, but she also want to do this mission well to show Kanan that she also is ready to again be on her own.
Dawn was not telling anything what she jus throught, she was just waiting for Mira to look at her. When she did that, Dawn give her a warm smile and patted her arm a bit.
,,Don't worry Mira. I'm sure that your parent also want this. I remember how proud they was after every time when we were doing some mission. We need now only good and very clever plan if we want save the people and I will not be suprise if General Organa..." Dawn was saying this very brightly and warmly smily all time to Mira, but she was cutt off by a loud hiss from behind them.
,,Who you are! What are you doing here!" The lizard voice interrupted Dawn sentence.
Mira and Dawn were cauch off guard by the stange voice, but both of them noticed a small, lizard like accent. Girls slowly turned back to where the voice come from and saw a young light green Trandoshan hunter with black paint on his face with a shotgun pointed at them, not looking really friendly. He must have noticed Mira and Dawn when they were using their jetpack, and he was following them since their landed on the ground, he was just waiting for a good moment to strike. Good moment like when they are that close to his camp, that he need only to yell to warn the other about them.
Mira knew that there is no point in speaking with Trandoshans, she needed to think fast and act smart, if he will warn other trandoshans, they will lost the element of suprise and some of the trandoshans may escape with their prisoners. The only good option for them now was to make sure that he will not do anything.
Mira quickl like lightning pulled her WESTAR-35 blaster pistols out and blasted them at the hunter. Mira was quick, but Trandoshan hunter was already poiting his blaster at Dawn and when he saw the smallest move of Mira's hands, he shoot at Dawn at the same when Mira shoot at him. If Mira's blasts did not killed him, the blast who Dawn reflected back to him by her lightsaber for sure did.
The hunter was dead and girls were safe, for a moment. Three blast shots and one lightsaber sound was enought for the other trandoshans in the camp to undertand that someone is close to thir camp. The sound were coming from the bare hill at the sound where they saw two persons, one with lightsaber and second with blasters and a dead body of one of their hunters. They did not needed anything more, they just grabbed their blasters and started to shoot at the hill. They blasts were not really hitting anything, only one out of ten would hit Dawn or Mira, but Dawn was making sure that the blast will not hit her or Mira when she was shooting back at them.
After a while, there was too many blast from trandoshans for Dawn to reflect at the same time to protect Mira and herself. Changing their strategy, girls used their jetpack to fly away from the hill and try to take as many trandoshans as possible from the sky. That was a good idea, trandoshans are good hunters, but their aim is a terrible disaster when the prey is moving, or in this case flying and shooting back at them.
,,The most clever plan I ever saw in my life." Mira said sarcastically to Dawn while flying on her jetpack, shooting and dodging the blasts. Not like she is complaining or anything, but when Dawn said that they need a plan she was expecting something more than just attack from the sky.
,,It have been a while since I was on the mission too." Dawn said rolling her eyes and deflecting another blast, flying close to Mira making sure that nothing will hit her. She really had a plan, really good pla, (lies), she was just not expecting than someone was following them and prepering a trap.
,,Next time. I'm making up the plan." Mira said flying up putting her blaster back in her hostel. There was a lot of trandoshans, and she run out of the ammo, lucky for her, she stll have her lightsabers and the force. It was time to bring the fight down onto the ground.
,,Less talk! More fight!" Dawn yeled when she deflected the last blast and landed on the ground close to few trandosans who just lost their heads. Although it was a dangerous situation, and tough fight, both girls were very happy that they were doing this. That they were again fighting together, alongside, having each other back while there are surrounded and out number by the enemies but still winning easly. There really is no better feelings than it. Fighting together again evil, that is, for what they both live.
When Dawn and Mira were busy fighting with the Thrandoshans, they did not notice that Trandoshans have some hide up in their sleeve. Exactly one big, heavy, blaster cannon powerfull enought to shot a starship down. There was no change for girls to notive this before it will be too late, not when they were cutting dozen of trandoshans down with their lightsaber. Some prisons in the trandoshans' cages noticed it and were trying to pull the bars out, but no one was stong enought to do it. Except of one prisoner, was a tall, brow furred, young wookie warrior.
It took a bit of efford for him, but after a while the bars were pulled out and the prisons were free. Many of them runned to free the others, while the wookie warrior found the fight and the blaster more important than it. He did not have a weapon, but when you are a wookie, all you need are your hands. Trandoshans who were preparing the blaster cannon, did not even seen what hit, kicked and ripped their limb off. When the wookie was done with the three trandoshans, he was thinking that he should help two Jedi who were still fighting with about 20 more trandoshans hunter, and this laser cannon was almost begging to be use agains these trandoshans.
Mira and Dawn were not expecting this have blaster fire who was coming out of nowhere, but they welcomed him happily when they noticed that anyone who was using this blaster cannon, used it to shot down half of the trandoshans who were blasting at them. The second half of the enemies was not a problem for Dawn and Mira, most of them tried to escape to the jungle, but Mira and Dawn both used the force to catch them, next to pull them back to the camp and lock them in their own cages, just to show them how nice it is to be close in a small metal box,
After the fight ended, Mira and Dawn helped to free other people and animals who were locked in the cages. A lot of people helped and thanked them for everything, and it felt soo nice to again heard that they both did something good. Not like it was something new for Mira and Dawn, but it is one of this feeling who never gets boring. When everyone was free and all Trandoshans, this who were still alive, were locked up, Dawn and Mira decide to take the ex-prisons to Ghost.
Some time later. Ghost was in the hyperpace on his way to Yavin IV where is the Resistance Base. It is a place where Ghost and General Hera Syndulla usually were stationed when there was nothing serious going on in the Resistance. Ghost was on the auto-pilote so Dawn and Mira have a while to speak with some of the new passangers, they were asking a bout who they are, what are their names and so on. Finally they meet a wookie warrior who helped them much in the battle, girls wanted to thanks him for his help, but he was the first to speak.
,,Welcom my friends. I am Kittwar from Kashyyyk. What is your names?" The very happy wookie asked in Shyriiwok, he for sure was glad to be free again, what is nothing suprising for a wookie to be friendly for a persons who helped him.
,,I am Padawan Dawn Syndulla, Capitan the Ghost ship. This is Padawan Mira Wren-Bridger. We want to thank..." Dawn was trying to say that they are grateful for his help and that they will take him to home, but when he head their names he almost jumped on hi feet and cut Dawn off
,,Bridger? Like Ezra Bridge? You know him?" Kitwarr asked again very ectited about it. Dawn and Mira were suprised and their slowly noodded.
Then Kitwarr similed even wider and before Dawn and Mira knew, they both were in a bone crushing, wookie hug. Kitwarr was hugging them as tight as he could, speaking how nice to meet them, that he know Mira''s father, how good is to meet them and more other things, but Dawn and Mira had a problem in undertanding him, because he was speaking too fast and they have too less oxygent in their lungs to listen to him any longer.
After that breath taking hug, and a five minutes of blessed relieve. Mira and Dawn were in the Yavin IV base with saved prisoners and animals. Mira, Dawn and Kitwarr had a little problem with the soldiers who were in the base, something about stolen Ghost, regulations, and General Syndulla orders, but a ship full of prisons who need help, and a wookie with a laser canno in hands, was enought for them to let Ghost stay in the base for a while.
When they finished writing all the reports and all prisoners get necesery medical help, Mira and Dawn went back to Ghost who was waiting in the hangar, and were waiting for some orders. But no one really was asking them about anything so they were just waiting, for their parent to find them here. They were not waiting too for to get information that Geral Syndulla and Comander Bridger arrived to the base. They also saw how they walked out from the starbird and that they were not really in a mood for discussion.
,,MIRA HERA BRIGER-WREN! You have no idea in what kind of problem you are!" Ezra yelled at Mira who was watching from the Ghost window how he was leading Kanan, Hera and Sabine from Starbird's ramp to the Ghost's doors. The wors in this siruasion was it that he used Mira's second name, what means that there is going to be some serious discussion between them. Adults were slowly coming on board, making the atmosphere more and more terrifying for Mira and Dawn who were waiting in common room standing side by side, watching the floor.
,,Hi Dad, Hi Mom." Mira and Dawn said in unison when the adult walked to the common room, and when their both raised their head up too look at their parents, they both knew. They are screwed. No one really said anithing on the begging, they were just looking at them with their arms crossed, watching them with the looks who were making Dawn and Mira fell so, soo small.
,,You two will meditating about your action until you both turn 40!" Kanan said not sounding mat at the start, but slowly with every word, he was getting louder and louder and at the end he sounded more like evil sith lord for them than the old good Kanan. The vision of doing nothing execpt of mediditating half of their lives was not something what was making girl feeling better, and there still was something to get from Hera and Sabine. Can it get any worse?
,,We will speak about that later. Now. You two will tell us why did you do that." Hera, the force bless her, said. It looks like she was the only one who was not really mad at Mira and Dawn, what is strange because their stolen her ship, but girls will not complain about that. Mira, who was the last one to talk now, knew that Dawn should not suffer for Mira's stupid and reckless idea of showing off, the plan was her, all the blame should also be her, that is how it work.
,,Don't be mad at Dawn Grandpa. That is all my fault. I was afraid that mom and dad will send me to the Tempel. I wanted to prove them that I don't have to. I wanted to prove myself that I don't need to. I know that it was wrong, but I was too scared to think about that.I'm really, really sorry." Mira wispered very shyly and sadly. She just realized that by doing something that unexpected and irrational she just proved that she really need the tempel and everything what it mean. That's sad, but she understand that, and after today, after their failed plan and unprepared fight, she will be more than ready to do what her parents think is the best for her.
As you could expect, her confession changed the mood of this meeting. Ezra, Sabine, even Kanan were not mad at them anymore, well still are but now they have something more important to do than yelling at them for what they did. Mira and Dawn helped a lot of people today, but it there was more trandoshans, or Kitwarr was not there to help them, or there was a starhips in that battel, it could looks diffrent now. They did good, but only thank their luck, and Jedi should never count on the luck, not when the innocents are on the line of blaster fire.
,,Oh Mira. We never meant to..." Sabine start softly and calmly walking a bit closer to Mira, trying to expalin what they wanted to do, and what they and Kanan with Hera decided to do, but she was cut off by com-link sygnal from the holo-tabel. Ezra was thinking that he should cancel the call but he looked at Sabine and she shook her head, telling without word to answer that. Kanan and Hera agreed so Ezra walked over to the table and started the holo-conversation.
,,Finally. I'm trying to contact with you a whole day Ezra." General Organa's hologram said to Ezra
,,General Organa." Ezra said surprised, and bowed to the Leia hologram with all due respect to her.
,,Come on Ezra. You don't must called me General. This is not an official conversation. Relax." Leia said waving her hand to him, not carring now about the protocols and Ezra did what she wanted.
,,Why you are calling to us Leia?" Sabine asked still standing close to Mira but turned to the holo-tabel. Not like that she is not happy to see her, but when Leia call unofficial, it usually means that something is happening and they already have too much problems now.
,,I wanted to be first to say that I'm glat that Mira and Dawn are back in action. I was worried a bit that you would do something stupid. Like sending her to the Temple or so. I knew it wasn't easy for you,after what happened with Ben. So I want to tell you a good news by myself." Leia said very cheerful not really noticing the shick and embarassed on their faces when she said that first part. Kanan looked a bit hurt by Leia's comment about the tempel and he wanted to say something, but lucky for him, he was stopped by Hera who kicked him in his toe.
,,Good news?" Ezra and Sabine asked together suprised and concerned a bit, ignoring Knana and Hera actions in the background.
,,I was speaking with Ackbar,Wedge and Wullffwarro. And we decided together. That Mira will again have crew with Dawn but this time under the orders of the General Syndulla! This aren't great news? They can take Ghost as their ship and Chopper as they astromech! Are you happy, guys? Because I am." Leia said very happy, giving them a hintes what she mean and moving their eyes from Kanan to them, giving them another clue what she want, or in the other words, who she doesn't want to say anything. She knew that it will be easier to convice Ezra and Sabine than Kanan, and if their both agree, Mira and Dawn will be again woirking together in the Resistence fleet. If Ezra ir Sabine had any doubts before, now they are sure what they have to do.
,,Yes, We are very happy Leia. Thanks for the news." Ezra said smiling to her a bit nodding in understanding showing her that he got the clue. Leia only smiled back to him and turned the transmission off giving them their privacy their really need now. When Ezra turned around, he saw that Mira, Dawn and Kanan were very shocked and confused, exactly everyone were a bit shocked, except of Hera who was smiling very widly with her old knowing look.
Ezra only rolled his eyes at Hera and then turned his attecntion back to Mira and Dawn. He put his hand on his hips, tried to keep his sabbac face, took deep breath of the air and finally was ready to say something what he should have seen long time ago.
,,Mira! You and Dawn need to get your things back to your rooms, Kitwarr can take my and uncle Zeb's old cabine. Clean the ship up and make sure that you have everything before the next mission. Is that clear?"Ezra asked smiling a bit, trying to sound a bit serious but not really soudnig like that becasue of his small chuckled.
To say that Dawn and Mira were happy was an understatement. Their face literally shoot up which a wide smiles on their faces, and loud squealing when they both hugged each other, jumping a bit in the place. Then Mira run to Sabine and hugged her really tightly saying thank you over and over again, next she run to Ezra and jump up on his neck.
,,THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH DADDY." Mira thank you few time more, really loudly and a bit too close to Ezra ear but he did not sound to care, instead he just hugged her back and spined around a bit. Mira finally stopped spaking only to kiss Ezra's left cheek and again start telling them how glad she is. At this time, Dawn did pretty much the sam, exept of this that she was not running, jumping and screaming. She just walked to Kannan, who was still in a shock, and hugged him, then she moved to Hera was was more than ready to get a hug from Dawn.
,,Come on Dawn. We need to prepare the cabines before you will bring your things here." Hera said to Dawn when they stopped hugging and walked with her to one of the Ghost's rooms where they have something to clean the ship up. At this time Sabine and Ezra took Mira from Ghost to Starbird where they already have Mira's things, all packed up an ready to move to her cabine on the Ghost.
The only person who was now in the common room was Kanan who still was in the shhock of this what really happened. He needed the longer moment than everyone others to really undertand, that it was going to happen since the begging and no one, exept of him, was really thinking that Mira and Dawn will come to his Tempel on Dagoboh like he was sugesting.
,,Is nobody caring about my opinion!?" Kanan asked loudly to the empty room, mad as hell that again, no one was really listening to him or doing who he think, how just like was was not a cammander of this group anymore.
,,'No'" Someone said out of nowhere. Kanan could not see, but he saw how Chopper said it to him while droving from the corridor by the common room, riding to the cocpit pilote, showing him, that even he never was caring too much about Kanan's opinion.
-Author Note:
1. I don't have many information about Mira's old crew and boyfriends -I know very little about torugan Kori. I know the he once was her husband in future and had kids, but who knows if it won't change again. I just love Meldy for that. She is always doing something new for time to time if her fans ask nicely. But about other like this Nustolan or Twilek boy- I don't know anything and what are their duties in the New Republic or the Resistance force(for me these two are the same). I know only that Kori was a gunner on Ghost for short time, and he was a sparing partner, but about others I don't know anything. The same about Dawn's love life, I have no idea if she ever had a boyfriend because of this Miraverse changes/ reboots I will be glad if any of you will write me any informations about their crew: what means their name, species, functions, past etc. But maybe I will write a bit about their old crew members like this Lasat girl and others if you will give me info about them. I also will write some conflict between old and new crew. Just for fun. Sorry for errors.
2. If I'm correct when Mira is 16, Rona -Mira's sister- is 12 years old and Jonah-their brother- is 10 year old. For me he is too young for fight, and I read that he is more like his grandfather-man of art and words not fighter, or there was a reebot again. And Dawn is 21 years old when Mira is 16. I don't know how old Dawn brother-Kai- is but I will put him into this story in age 17/ 19. Also no clue about the cannon son of Hera, soo maybe I will just shup up.
3. As I said. I know that Mira and Dawn have their own crew. But Meldy didn't draw/write their official names and last picture of this crew(I know that she did, but the end of the series make her drawing another characters so...fu**k). So I will slowly make their crew bigger and if I will get more infromations about their old crew, I will put them into my stories. Now in this moment in the new Ghost Crew is Mira, Dawn and Kitwarr - wookie kid who Ezra saved in the first season, second episode of Star Wars Rebels series. I know what you want to say, How original. Wookie in the crew. To be honest I put a wookie in this crew only to write one future chapter I have in my head. This chapter will be about the Life Day. Star Wars nerds know what that means. ;) Prepare to suffer.
Sorry for mistakes. I'm still learnig and my english still need time. Don't like? Don't hate, just stop read.