Chapter 2
"Ok" Ezra started, "so it's still pretty early so you guys have approximately 24h before sundown. If you fail to find all six key's, which you will, then you must respect my privacy and deal with the fact that you will never know what is in the box, Any questions?" Zeb raised his hand, Ezra continued, "and no Zeb you cannot ask what's in the box." Zeb put his hand down.
"let's do this!" yelled Sabine, "calm down" said Kanan with a slight laugh, "anyone know where to start?". "What about chopper?" said Sabine, "ya" added Zeb, "can't that rust bucket find the keys with a magnate or something?". "Sorry Zeb" said Hera, "Choppers charging, and besides isn't that cheating?" "Nope" said Zeb "all we need to do is find them by sunset, kid didn't say anything ells." " Come on were losing sunlight!" Sabine said compatibly. "ok" said Hera, " think about it, he must have hidden the box when he first joined the crew, so where was one of the first places he went when he first got on the ship? Where was somewhere only he could go?", she asked, even though she clearly already knew the answer. "The vents!" said Kanan, getting more and more into the 'game', if you will. "That's right!" said Sabine, but how are we going to fit in there? I don't even think I'll fit," she said gesturing to her small body. "Well you'll just have to" said Hera, " there are enough vent's in here to keep us busy for hours, but we don't exactly have that kind of time. Ezra has must have been through the whole vent system a hundred times, but who wants to bet that he tapped the key in the same vent that he first crawled through when Zeb threw him in the closet, that first day?," "That's brilliant" beamed Sabine. "Glad you like it," said Hera "because you'll be the one doing the crawling." "Wait, what?!" Sabine said, it looked like she was going to argue so Kanan stepped in, "come on Sabine, would you rather Zeb do it!" "Fine." She said not looking to happy. "But only because we ARE finding out what's in that box", she looked up at the vents, "one way or another."
"you doing ok in there Sabine?" Kanan asked through the com. Sabine responded, "I now (gasp) have a new, ow, respect for (pant) Ezra!" she said as she crawled through the tiny air vent. "Ok Sabine" said Kanan, " do you see the key?", "this might be a bad time to bring up the fact that I'm claustrophobic!" she yelled into the com, they could hear her pants getting louder through the com. "ok Sabine" Hera said in a calming voice, "just stay focused and try to stay calm. Do you want to come out?" Her voice was low and soft, which seemed to calm Sabine, if only for a moment. "No" Sabine said, " I'm (gasp) almost there, just (pant pant) give me a sec" she said, trying to sound calm, though the crew knew she was freaking out. But they also knew that she wasn't coming out of that vent without that key. They waited for a second before responding again, "Sabine, did you find the key yet?" Kanan asked. No answer. "Sabine?" Still no answer. "Sabine!" "What's happening up there?" Zeb asked, not even trying to mask his worry. "I think she passed out" Kanan said already sticking his head through the vent, only to see Sabine's feet not movie about three feet from where he was. Kanan pulled himself half way into the vent just enough to grab her legs and pull her out. She was on the floor in a daze, everyone looked kind of fuzzy. "That's it" said Zeb grabbing her by the shoulders and shaking her out of it. She immediately started gasping for air. "Get her a paper bag!" Hera called. Whale Sabine sat on the floor breathing through the bag the others started talking, "now what?" said Zeb looking at Sabine, seeing her breaths get slower in the bag, as she calmed down, "well" said Kanan, "were not putting Sabine back in that vent." "No need" said Sabine, uncurling her fingers to expose the gold metal key in her hand. "do I deliver or do I deliver?!" said Sabine, obviously pleased with herself. "Well ok then" said Hera, one down, 5 to go!" "and 21 more hours left" added Zeb.