Stubborn Ezra

Chapter 2

Ezra stumbled into the cockpit as the Ghost's shield were hit again from the relentless attacks of the TIE fighters,

"Stop and surrender, you rebels." Stated the Imperial officer over the com.

"In your dreams." Hera mumbled to no one in particular. When she realized that Ezra had come in, she asked with worry lacing her voice, "Where have you been?" Before Ezra could respond, Hera maneuvered the Ghost to avoid another round of fire from the TIE fighters, sending Ezra tumbling to the floor, he groaned in pain as his already aching body began to hurt even more. "Ezra, I need you to help Chopper fix the hyperdrive." Hera commanded.

Ezra groaned again, then in an effort to seem normal said, "OK, but it still not really my strong suit." trying to suppress another coughing fit. He then got up off the ground, and walked towards the control panel, he then got down under the control panel and started messing with the wires as they started to blur together. He rubbed his eyes getting frustrated, he fiddled with a couple more wires.

Then he heard Hera shout in joy, "Great job Ezra!" As she pushed the hyperspace button, and watched the starry sky, fade into the familiar blue, and white of hyperspace.

Ezra just laid under the counsel for a minute trying to get his eyes to refocus. He stood up and slumped into the copilot chair, feeling a hundred times worse than he had earlier. He just sat there looking at the blue and white of hyperspace as Hera got on the com, "Is everybody alright?" she asked the Ghost crew.

Kanan, Sabine, and Zeb were shooting down, what seemed like hundreds of, TIEs. For every TIE they shot down two more took its place. When they thought that all hope was lost they entered hyperspace, they all slumped back in their chairs in relief.

Then Hera's voice came over the com, "Everybody alright?"

"Yeah." Kanan replied through his com.

"What took the rust bucket so long?" asked Zeb, through his com.

"Yeah, we're alive!" Sabine hollered through her com.

They all got down from manning the guns and headed for the cockpit.

"Ezra… Ezra." Ezra realized Hera was talking to him,

"Huh, What?" Ezra said trying to focus on Hera.

"I asked if you were feeling alright? you seem a little pale." Hera asked reaching over to feel Ezra's forehead.

He jerked away before she could see if he was running a fever or not, "Yeah I'm fine, never better" He lied. He didn't like lying to Hera, but he didn't want the crew to know he was sick. He was used to being on his own, and continuing on whenever he got sick, otherwise he would not have survived as long as he did on the streets by himself.

Hera knew Ezra was lying because the kid couldn't look any sicker, he was also shivering, even though she knew the Ghost's temperature regulators were working fine, one thing that luckily did not break too often. But before she could call him out, the rest of the team entered the cockpit and sat in their seats, all except Kanan since Ezra was in his seat.

"Where are we heading?" Kanan asked, he looked over at Ezra and instantly Knew something was wrong. He tried to reach out through their connection in the force, but realized the kid was keeping out. He got frustrated and decided to confront him later about it.

"UMM... I don't know." Hera said. The rest of the team looked at her dumbfounded. "Chopper where are we going?" she asked Chopper.

Chopper made a lot of grumbling and beeping noises, which translated to I don't know. why are you asking me?

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW!' Hera shouted at the robot, as it just made more beeping noises and left. "Ezra do you know where we're going?" Hera asked him hopefully.

"Nope." was the teens short reply, not paying much attention to what was going on, drifting in and out of consciousness. He could feel Kanan trying to sense what was going on with him through the force, but he kept him out.

"Well I guess we'll just have to wait and see." Sabine said, also worried about Ezra, she could also tell he wasn't quite himself.

" 'Ey kid are you feeling alright." Zeb asked Ezra.

"I'm fine." Ezra nearly hollered in response getting annoyed at his crew.

Kanan was about to say something when they suddenly came out of hyperspace. "What planet is that." Sabine asked. Before anyone could answer one of the Ghost's engines blew from all the damage it had taken earlier in the battle.

"Prepare for an emergency landing." Hera told the rest of the crew. As the Ghost plummeted towards the mysterious planet.