Chapter 2

The Imperial star destroyer emerged from hyperspace above Jedha. Ezra, still hidden in the vent, decided to head back to the armory and hide out, until the ship landed. He crawled back towards the armory, hearing the commander say" All troops prepare for landing." He reached the vent over top of the armory, and was about to climb back in, when two scout troopers walked in.

"Let's get this check for stowaways over with," one of the said. The other nodded in agreement. Ezra thought about waiting until they were done, but was impatient, and instead crawled through the the air cut to the hanger of the star destroyer. Upon reaching it, he beheld stormtroopers, tie pilots, and imperial mechanics working here and there. He knew if these evil doers landed on Jedha, it would not make a terrible situation any better. That was when he made the decision; he would bring down this destroyer. Crawling back through the vent, he peered down toward the armory, where the two scout troopers were still thoroughly checking the cargo for stowaways. From the vent opening, he shot both grunts with his electric slingshot They cried out in pain, and colapsed in a heap. He quckly got one of their blasters, and searched nearby crates for bombs. Fortunately for him, they were labeled. He stuffed his backpack full of small, disk-shaped, explosives, and held a detonator for them in his hand. He made sure to hide the troopers bodies in a crate of rifles before he left. After taking some of them out of course.

Ezra checked the Star destroyer holo schematic he stole, to determine the look and location of the life support systems on the destroyer. After finding it he crawled, quickly but quietly, toward the room where the life support was. This time, there were no pesky imperials to bother him. Probably because they were preparing for landing. Wasting no time, he planted the explosives on th glowing blue cylinders of the life support system, and then headed right back toward the vent.

An Imperial TIE pilot was busy checking the weapon systems on his ship, completely oblivious to his surroundings. So he didn't see it coming when Ezra landed, feet first, right on top of him. He checked to see if the trooper was unconscious; he was. The young Bridger then took the man's oversized helmet and oxygen tank, and jumped into the open cockpit. Studying his holo-schematic, he learned how to operate the TIE fighter, then started the ship, which was on the ground since it was being repaired. He piloted the ship into the air, the imperials noticing for the first time. Before they could do anything though, the blue haired orphan inside began firing at everything in sight; ships, personnel, the walls of the hangar, and the clamps for the TIE fighters. The Imperials were screaming in terror, but Ezra had no sympathy. They had terrorized his home world, Lothal, for too long. Payback is a bitch.

Once the hangar, and everyone in it, was destroyed, Ezra shot the shield generators of the hangar. Once the shield was down, his ship was sucked out, along with the dead bodies and destroyed ships. He quickly regained control of the ship. The emergency hangar doors automatically activated and sealed the hangar.

The Imperials on the bridge, heard and felt the hangar being destroyed. A few seconds into it, a stormtrooper radioed the bridge and said," We're under attack, sir! A TIE fighter has been hijacked, and it's , Aaah!" The trooper and his comm were annihilated.

"What the heck is going on Admiral Tessler."

"What you do think is going on, Captain Daniels?! We have a stowaway who stealing a TIE from us!"

A few second later, the two men saw their stolen ship leaving the west side of ship. "Open fire on that TIE immediately!" Tessler demanded. But before the pilots could fire the ships laser cannons, the son of Mira and Ephraim Bridger detonated the bombs. The star destroyers life support was destroyed, it's explosion rocked the ship, and all of the ships inhabitants eimmediately began to claw at their oxygen-deprived throats, especially Tessler and Daniels.

Ezra, meanwhile, kept flying the ship he stole toward the atmosphere. Once he penetrated it, the ship was surrounded by fire. It was fortunate that TIES had heat shields, even though they didn't have deflector shields. Ezra would be toast, literally, if it didn't.

It took him about five minutes to penetrate the atmosphere enough for the ship to stop burning. It took him a minute longer to safely land on the near barren surface of Jedha. He climbed up to the cockpit hatch, and looked up at the sky for about two minutes. The star destroyer then fell vertically out of the sky, toward the sandy ground, and exploded in a huge fireball, in only ten seconds. Ezra guessed that the suffocating Imperials had accidently turned off the ship's engines off.

"That was very impressive, young man," a voice said from behind Ezra, startling him into whirling around. He saw a clearly blind man, clean shaven, wearing a blue robe and white shirt, and riding a camel. He also had a stick with a metal top strapped to his back. Behind him, also on the camel, was a long haired bearded man, wearing red armor and carrying a big rifle.

"I don't think that us two adults, or even a team of us could have done what you did. You kick ass kid." He complimented.

As if sensing the blue mop-topped kid's question, the blind one said, " My name is Chirrut Imwe, and this my friend Baze Malbus. We are guardians of the Whills. We'll, one of us was." He looked toward his lifelong friends sadly, who cynically shrugged.

"Malbus lost his faith in the force after enduring the Empire's opression. I've retained mine."

"You're talking about the energy field that gives Jedi their powers, and surrounds all living things right?"

Chirrut nodded.

"My parents used to tell me all about the Jedi, their beliefs, and their exploits. When the Jedi were wiped out, my mom and dad, unlike the majority of the Galaxy, refused to believe the Jedi were traitors. Are you a Jedi?" Ezra inquired.

"He's not even force-sensitive," Baze Malbus spoke up. "But he believes firmly in the force, and that it decides everyone's fate. I don't agree with him, but I admire his faith." The grizzled war veteran smiled at his friend.

Chirrut explained to Ezra how he had been meditating and had a vision of the boy appearing on the desert world of Jedha. He believed it was the will of the force that they met. Ezra agreed, saying that the commander of the destroyer he took out had revealed the true sinister purpose behind taking Kyber crystals from Jedha, alarming the two resistance fighters immediately.

"It isn't safe to talk here, my son. Come back with us to our hideout."

Chirrut patted the spot in front of him on the camel, and Ezra, without a word, hopped on the desert beast. The trio turned around and started riding south towards their and their comrades hideout.

Author's note: I never understood how Ezra and Luke could know about the Jedi but not the Force. So Ezra knows about it in this story. Also, some of you make think Ezra overpowered in bringing down a star destroyer and stealing a tie fighter. It is the incompetence of the imperials, and the guidance of the force that enable him to do that. Also, yes, normal animals do exist in my version of the Star Wars universe.