I don't own Star Wars Rebels or the characters but my own. Some of the plot will belong tome but mostly I'll follow the show. The next episode will be on January 5th at 9 pm I think.
Silence filled the air as I sent Ezra to the ground with my punch. I shook my hand, the one that I used to punch Ezra, because it stung a little. Zeb than bursted out laughing. "Kid she really nailed you on that one!" I just shook my head a little at Zeb's laughing outburst. Ezra glared at the laughing Lasat before slowly stood up, wincing as he rubbed his now red cheek.
"Why'd you do that for Nali?!" Ezra snapped at me, annoyed. Did he think I'll give him a hug when I saw him after a couple of months? I crossed my arms, glaring at Ezra.
"Where were you all these months?!" I growled at him. "I was worried sick, wondering if you were dead or alive after I heard you disappeared after stealing some supplies from the Empire!"
"Well, I kind of joined the rebels when they saved me." Ezra rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Why didn't you come and tell me?" I could feel my right eye twitch slightly.
"What happened to your arm Nali?!" Ezra dodged my question when he noticed the red bandages around my arm. I rolled my eyes and turned around with my back facing them. I sat back down in the chair at the front of what they called the Phantom. "What are you doing Nali?" I started pressing some buttons, ignoring Ezra, trying to find the button that closes the door.
"Hey kid, we still need some answers from you." A rough hand gripped my shoulder, spinning me around. Damn you Zeb. "Isn't it obvious why the Empire wanted me now?" I snapped at them.
"Then feel free to enlighten us Nali." Kanan spoke up as he stood next to a hurt looking Ezra. A prick of guilt flooded me as I saw Ezra, looking hurt probably because I've been ignoring him. I deserve to feel this way, don't feel guilty for ignoring him, he abandoned me to hang out with the rebels. I mentally tried to cheer myself up, to keep me from apologizing to Ezra, and pushed the guilt down deep in my heart.
Kanan raised an eyebrow at me, probably waiting for my response.
"The troopers that tried to capture me said I was suspected of working with the rebels, right? They even had a picture of me on their data pad." Ezra looked confused and a little angry when I said the troopers tried capture me. "Well, saying as my old pal Ezra is now part of the rebels, if you ask around the town we lived close to, you'll find out we were almost always together. The Empire put two and two together and thought I was a rebel." I stiffly said as I drummed my fingers on my knees.
"That would explain why they tried to kill you." Kanan muttered to himself. I yanked my arm away from Zeb and stood up walking past them. "Now where are you going now kid?" Zeb questioned, probably expecting me to make another escape attempt.
"Don't want to stay any longer in the presence of a certain someone. Besides, I need new bandages, my wound is hurting again." I called over my shoulder as I continued down the hallway.
I could practically feel hurt rolling of Ezra in waves from his aura. I hesitated for a second, wanting to run back and hug him, but forced myself to keep on moving. I didn't like being mean to him, but he left me and I didn't want to be hurt again when he leaves me again all alone.
I jumped, startled, as I felt a hand on my shoulder. I glanced to my left and saw Kanan. I was probably lost in thought or I would've heard him coming. "What do you want?" I mumbled as I kept on walking, with him walking beside me. "You have history with Ezra." Kanan stated.
"No really? I always punch random people." Sarcasm dripped from my voice. Kanan glanced at me before looking straight ahead. "Tell me, I feel that you are not angry at him, yet you are acting like you are. Why?" I stopped walking, Kanan now in front of me looking down at me.
"I am angry." I whispered, not sounding very convincing. I brushed past Kanan, only for him to grab my arm, stopping me. "Hera is in the cockpit, she'll clean your wound better than me. It's located straight down this hallway." With that said, Kanan let go of my arm and took a turn into a room to the left of us.
I could see a bed before the doors closed, his bedroom perhaps. How did he know what I feel? He just gets more confusing as the minutes tick by. I looked behind me for a second, hoping deep down Ezra was there, but no one was in my sights.
I sighed, but kept on walking. I rubbed my bandaged wound, as it was really throbbing now. What did they blast me with?! I didn't see but it must've been the blaster, right? But it's so painful.
I came across a set of doors and pressed a button to open it. I entered looking around, yup it's the cockpit alright. "Hera? You in here?" I called out as I walked in. "Over here." Hera turned around, as she was sitting in the pilot's chair, and looked at me. "They managed to find you huh?" Hera stood up after she put the ship on auto pilot and walked over to me. "Yup. Kanan sent me because my wound needs re-dressing." I showed her my bloodied bandage on my wound.
"I got you dear, hold on." Hera went to one of the cabinets in near the door and started looking around. "I usually keep my first aid kit in here instead of the med bay so it's nearer to me."
I just nodded absently as I looked out the window. Is it just me, or is everything blurry outside? I rubbed my eyes and looked out again. Nope, still blurry.
I looked back where Hera was and saw nothing but a green blur. "Hera?" I mumbled out, as I started feeling dizzy. I don't feel so good. I heard Hera shout something before I fell to the floor, and saw nothing but darkness.
I opened my eyes and saw I was on a beach of some sorts. I still couldn't move, much to my displeasure, but I could still hear and see. I saw what looked like the ship I was on land down. I watched curiously as the ramp opened up and some figures ran out. I recognized Ezra, Zeb, Kanan, and some other person.
It was a girl, about a year or two older than me with long brown hair with blond highlights and different color eyes. Her left eye was a hazel color and her right eye was an emerald green color. She looked taller than Ezra by an inch or two, which me and Ezra were the same height last time I checked.
Something was familiar about her. I squinted at her, trying to make her features clearer, than it hit me like a brick. It couldn't be!
I shot up, panting as I looked around me wildly. I was in a bed of some sorts, with a single white sheet on it. The room I was in looked like a med bay of some sorts. There was a room divider to the right of the bed I was in, probably dividing me from another section of the room in case of another sick person.
I heard a door open to the left of me and saw Sabine walk in. "You're awake!" She sounded surprised and quickly went to my side. "How long was I out?" I asked as I looked at her curiously. "Two days." My jaw dropped as I stared at her in shock. "Y-Your kidding?! It just felt like a couple of minutes!" I moaned as I fell back into the bed and curled up with the pillow.
"You know, Ezra was really worried when he heard you passed out." Sabine began casually. I knew where this was going. "I bet he flirted with you a couple of times huh?" I countered, just as casually as I glanced at her. "I hate it when he does. I'm just not interested, after all he has you." Sabine slyly said with a smirk on her face. I could feel heat raising to my cheeks as I buried my face in my pillow.
Sabine laughed at my reaction and left saying something about getting Hera to check on me. I laid quietly for a few seconds before sitting up again. Was Ezra really worried about me? I shook my head quickly. Impossible.
I brought my left arm in front of me to check on my wound. It stopped bleeding or it just got recently re bandaged because there was not a speck of red on the bandage. I sighed as I swung my legs over the side of the bed just as the door whooshed open. I looked over and saw Hera and Kanan enter, a med kit in Hera's hands.
She sat down in a chair next to me while Kanan just leaned against the wall with his arms crossed. "How are you feeling Nali?" Hera gently took off the bandages to get a better look at my wound. "I'm feeling fine." I replied, watching her clean my wound. "Why did I pass out?"
"You were poisoned. Whatever hit you had poison on it and it entered your bloodstream. I managed to get all the poison out so you should be fine now." Hera re wrapped my wound, as it was still healing and she didn't want it to be infected. "Thanks." I smiled a little at Hera as she stood up. "No problem dear, I'll be in the cockpit if you need me." Hera patted me on the head before leaving.
I looked over at Kanan, who was not leaving. "What do you want?" I tilted my head to the left as I stared at Kanan. "I felt something in the Force when you passed out." Kanan took the seat that Hera was just sitting in before she left. "The Force?" I echoed back.
"Yes, I felt a ripple in the Force twice since you've been aboard the Ghost." The Ghost must be the name of the ship we were on. "I got no idea what you're talking about." I pointed out bluntly. Besides, twice? Why would he tell me about something I don't even know about?
Wait, what about those visions I had? I had two visions since I came aboard the Ghost. Could Kanan have felt that? But, I don't even know what the Force is.
Kanan looked at me with a guarded look. Luckily, the door opened saving me from anything else Kanan wanted to ask me. "Nali! You're alright!" Ezra beamed at me as he saw I was awake. "Are you alright? Does your wound hurt? Do you need something?" Ezra rambled on as he stood to the right of me, next to where Kanan was sitting.
I sighed as I stood up and put my hands on Ezra's shoulders to calm him. "I'm alright Ezra, a little poison is not going to stop me anytime soon." I smiled reassuring at him. I saw a light pink color faintly dust his cheeks, but dismissed it as nothing important. I let go of Ezra and turned to Kanan. "Where are we?" I questioned. Hera said they were going to take me home, but do I still want that?
"We're on a supply run. We'll take you back home when it's over." Kanan assured me as he stood up. "Supply run? What are you picking up?" I tapped a finger on my chin curiously as I looked up at Kanan with owlish eyes.
"Nothing you need to know. You'll be staying on the ship with Hera." Kanan said before leaving the room, which also left me and Ezra alone. I stole a glance at Ezra, just to see he looked a little uncomfortable. I huffed as I crossed my arms and turned towards him. "What is it?" I mumbled as I stared at the floor.
"Uh, how have you, um, been Nali?" Ezra began awkwardly.
"Fine considering I was left behind by my best friend." I hissed.
"I was doing it to protect you!" Ezra objected.
"From what?!"
"The Empire! Being part of the rebels is dangerous and I didn't want you to get hurt Nali." Ezra whispered the last part, but I managed to hear it. I sighed as I rubbed my forehead with my left hand. "Ezra, I don't mind being in danger as long as we're together. Remember our promise?" I asked gently.
"Yeah. We'll stick together through anything and protect each other. How could I forget?" Ezra sighed as he looked at me. "Do you forgive me Nali?"
I tried to keep a straight face, but damn it, Ezra gave me his best puppy dog face. "Fine, I forgive you. I could never stay mad at you for long." I groaned loudly. I yelped when Ezra gave me a hug. "Thanks Nali." Ezra mumbled over my shoulder. I hugged back, despite my red face.
We pulled away from each other after a couple of seconds just as Ezra's comm link beeped. Ezra grabbed the comm from his belt and pressed a button. "What is it?"
"Ezra, it's time for the mission." Kanan's voice sounded over the comm link. "Tell Nali to go to the cockpit with Hera."
Ezra gave me a quick glance to make sure I heard that, which I nodded to, than to the door. "Copy that Kanan."
Ezra put the comm back on his belt before glancing at me. "Are you going to be alright Nali?" I nodded in response. "Kanan needs you, go on!" I shooed him out of the room, closing the door behind him before turning towards the bed. I smoothed the sheet so there were no wrinkles in the sheet. I fluffed the pillow also, so it looked like no one slept there for two days straight.
I left the med bay and went wondering, looking for the cockpit since I had no idea where I was going. They all probably left the ship already since I saw no signs of the crew. Finally, I entered the cockpit after at least five minutes. "Hi Hera, how's the mission going?" I sat down in the chair next to Hera as I looked out the window.
We were on a planet that had a lot of lava on it. "Going great so far." Hera said as she looked over at me. I hummed in response as I looked around. There was what looked like a base near the Ghost, but we were concealed by the big jagged rocks that surrounded us.
I squeaked when a pillar of lava shot up suddenly from the river of lava that was right in front of us. "Don't worry dear, we'll be out of here in no time." Hera said, which soothed me a little.
I felt something, something familiar.
I gasped as everything went dark, again.
I was in a small room, which had a bunch of supply crates in it. It was a vision, since I couldn't move my body. I saw the doors open from the corner of my eyes and a group of people coming in.
When they came into my line of vision more clearly, I recognized that it was the crew. "Spectre 5, Spectre 4, guard the doors." I heard Kanan order the two, who both had their blasters out. "You got it." Zeb growled as he shot through the door, which led to a grunt as a thud echoed.
I guess they have code names when on missions.
I saw Kanan signal to Ezra to grab some crates. More shots were fired from Sabine and Zeb as some shots were fired back at them. "Hurry up!" Zeb shouted as he ducked to avoid a shot. "We're trying!" Kanan shouted back as he activated the anti-gravity on some of the crates.
But, something didn't feel right. The atmosphere of the room felt, quite hot to me. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see something red coming from a crack in the floor. I didn't need to be a genius to know what that burning liquid was.
Lava.
I tried to shout a warning, but I couldn't open my mouth. I could only watch as a pillar of lava exploded from the floor.
"NO!"
I jolted awake, scared as I glanced around. I was still in the cockpit of the Ghost, with Hera leaning over me with a worried expression on her face. "Nali? Are you alright dear?" Hera helped me stand up as I held a hand to my forehead, my heart pounding loudly. "You suddenly blacked out, what happened?"
"How long was I out?" I ignored her question as I glanced out the window. "Just a few minutes Nali, is something wrong?"
"Something bad is going to happen Hera. Don't you feel it?" I breathed out as I started walking towards the door. "Wait! Nali what-" I didn't hear the rest, I started running through the ship. I remembered where the ramp was and quickly made my way to that area.
I gasped when I felt the heat on my face outside of the ship. I put a hand over my mouth and nose to block the smoke from the lava and pushed on. I managed to make it to the entrance to the base where there were a couple of unconscious troopers. When I passed them and entered the base with the door closing behind me, it occurred to me.
I had no weapon.
I face palmed at the realization I just came to. Sure I had my energy slingshot but all it did was shock people for a couple of seconds. I only used it to shock merchants while I stole some of their supplies and made a break for it.
That was my strategy for survival.
I came across a couple of other unconscious troopers and tried their blasters, but all the blasters were broken. Just my luck, I thought bitterly. At this rate, I'll never find them in time. I hissed in annoyance as I turned a corner.
Just in time to see a group of storm troopers shooting around a corner. I tried to back away, than yelped as I tripped over my own feet and landed on my ass. Of course it had to echo and give away my location to the troopers.
"Hey! Over there!" One of the troopers pointed at me and the rest of them decided to start shooting at me, since I was more of an easy target than their original target. I got to my feet in time to avoid a couple of blasts. I yelped when one went right by my ear. Alright, time to go.
I spun on my heels to bolt for cover, just to see at least five troopers come from the left side of the hallway. Five in front of me, at least three or four behind me, well time to duck and roll. I spun around on my heels, again, and ran towards the direction I was facing.
I ducked and rolled to avoid some shots and, lucky for me, some of the stray shots hit some of the troopers in my way. I quickly sprinted past the troopers and made a left turn, and saw Zeb and Sabine in the middle of a doorway.
"Kid?! What are you doing here?!" Zeb shouted as he shot some troopers behind me as I ran past him into the room I saw in my vision. "Nali?! What are you doing here?!" Ezra ran up to me as I leaned over with my hands on my knees, panting.
I glanced up and saw Kanan next to a couple of crates that had their anti-gravity activated. "Lava. We're above a lava stream that's about to blow." I wheezed out as I stood up straight.
"How do you know this?" Kanan pushed a crate to where Ezra and I were standing. I saw it in a vision, but you won't believe me. "I-I saw a lava river that goes below the base and saw it was, um, bubbling so I thought it'll explode and make a pillar of lava like the others I saw outside." I lied as I looked around nervously.
I stole a glance at Kanan after a couple of seconds and he seemed deep in thought. Finally, after what seemed like ages, he nodded at me and turned around. "Spectre 6 and Nali, help me with these crates so we can leave immediately. Spectre 4 and Spectre 5, hold your positions." Kanan ordered and several "Yes sir!" echoed through the room as we got to work.
I grabbed a couple of crates with the anti-gravity on and pulled them over to the door where Zeb and Sabine were. I stopped as I saw something red on the floor. My eyes widened as I quickly turned and shrieked, "HURRY! LAVA IS ENTERING THROUGH THE FLOOR ALREADY!"
Everyone seemed startled, but quickly ran out of the room, thanks to Zeb and Sabine for finishing off the last troopers, as they saw the lava bubbling from the crack in the floor. I sprinted after them, with the crates I had even though I had some trouble. As soon as I left the room, lava bursted through the floor and started flowing through the room, burning everything in its path. Damn it, a lava flood is just what I needed.
I squeaked as I tripped over a blaster that was next to a dead trooper. Ezra stopped and turned around alarmed. "Nali!" I looked up and shouted, "Keep going Ezra! I'll catch up!" Ezra looked ready to ignore me and come back and help me when the floor between us started melting as lava started raising.
"GO!" I screamed at him as I got up. "I'll find another way out Ezra. I'm not about to die here yet." Ezra hesitated before Kanan yelled at him to hurry, than started running after everyone with his crate of supplies.
I looked behind me, just to see lava coming. I cursed at my luck, I was stuck between burning lava. I glanced around me, trying to find anything, but saw nothing that'll help me. I checked my belt for anything, but I only had smoke bombs. I coughed, as the smoke was reaching me now, and covered my mouth and nose.
God damn it, I'm going to die here. There's nothing around me but a dead storm trooper, a dead blaster and the crates-
Wait, crates? I looked towards the crates, and started taking the top off. "Yes! Just what I need!" I chirped happily as I saw a couple of illegal grenades in the crate I opened. These bad boys can blow up an exit for me.
I took out two grenades and turned them on, they both started beeping as I stuck them on the walls. Thank goodness they're sticky. I quickly ducked behind one of the crates and put my hands over my ears as I waited for the grenades to blow up.
I felt a tremor as it blew up. I stood up and mentally cheered as I saw a big hole in the wall. I grabbed the two crates, and closed the one I opened, and started pulling them through the wall.
I saw I was now outside the base, but surrounded by lava again. I looked up as I heard a whooshing sound and saw the Ghost floating a few feet away from me. The ramp opened and Kanan and Ezra were both holding on to the inner walls. "Nali! Jump!" Kanan shouted as he held out his hand. "Leave the crates!"
I looked at the crates and pushed them ahead of me to the edge. I than looked up at them than back at the crates. "You can lift stuff can't you?! Just lift the damn crates!" I snapped at Kanan as I climbed on top of one of the crates.
"Together Ezra." Kanan lifted his arms towards where I was, with Ezra following his example. I could feel the crate I was on tremble a little before slowly raising in the air. I squeaked as I clung onto the crate.
I'm afraid of heights.
Even though I jump roofs to escape angry merchants, I've always hated heights. Though I never told Ezra that, I didn't want him to worry every time we went somewhere high. A few blasts shot past me, surprising me as I quickly turned around to see a couple of troopers on top of the base. I hissed in annoyance, and glanced at Kanan and Ezra.
Both of them had their eyes closed shut in concentration, vulnerable to the troopers. I stood up, a little wobbly at first, and shot a couple balls of pink energy at the highest level at them. It sent one of them off the top of the base into the raising lava below, lucky me.
I shot the other troopers, forcing them to back up, and Kanan and Ezra gently lowered the crate I was on, and the other one, into the Ghost. Kanan quickly closed the ramp and shouted through his comm link, "Get us out of here Hera! We got Nali!" I got off the crate and stretched. "I'm going to bed, I don't know why but I'm exhausted." I yawned as I started walking towards the med bay.
It was true, now that all the action was done, I feel like I'm going to drop any second now. "Wait! Nali, how did you know about the lava? I know you lied at the base." Ezra stopped me by grabbing my arm and forcing me to turn around and look at him. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you-" I started off saying, rather sassy if I might add, than stopped because I started feeling dizzy.
This is the same feeling I get before I have another of those 'visions' I guess.
I started falling forward, but got caught by a pair of arms. Before I could see who caught me, everything went to a familiar darkness. I wonder what I'll see this time.
