Sabine was waiting at the lift gate waiting for Kanan and Ezra. She had changed into the most Earth-like thing she could find in her cabin, a blue/purple jacket and stretch pants. She had put some temporary black paint in her hair and eyebrows but left one lock of hair her blue/green color.
Ezra finally showed up at the lift gate, his hair also had some temporary black paint in his hair and eyebrows. He wore an orange t-shirt with his usual pants.
"Seriously?" Sabine remarked.
"What?"
"You barely look any different than usual." Sabine said "You couldn't have at least wore any other color?"
"Hey, what can I say? It's my color." Ezra defended.
Sabine rolled her eyes "What is taking Kanan so long?"
Ezra shrugged "I don't know. Maybe he's trying to think if he should leave his light-saber or not."
"I'm taking my pistols, I just painted them to look like an Earth gun and put them in my boots."
"I'm taking my light-saber, I just put it in my back-pack." Ezra said turning around and pointing at a gray string-bag.
Kanan then came down the ladder to the lift gate, he was dressed in a black t-shirt and his normal pants and a string-bag like Ezra's. He held a piece of paper in his hands with all of the supplies written on it.
"Okay so let's go over the rules, don't talk to anyone, don't look at anyone, we don't walk too close and..."
"We know, this place is very dangerous. You don't have to remind us every 30 seconds." Ezra moaned.
"I know, but..."
"We'll be okay." Sabine said.
"Ok, we'll walk to the nearest market and come back the way we came." Kanan explained.
"Hey Kanan, are you bringing your light-saber?" Ezra asked.
"Yes, I put it in my bag." Kanan said.
"Come on." Sabine said walking out of the ship, Ezra and Kanan followed.
The three had walked for a while until they walked into a cluster of buildings lining a street.
"Where is their market?" Ezra asked, exhausted from the long walk.
"Do they even have a market?" Sabine questioned.
"I don't know, but we need food." Kanan said.
"How are we going to pay for our supplies if their currency is different?" Ezra asked.
Kanan's heart dropped, "How could I've been so stupid?" he thought to himself. They all stopped in their tracks realizing their mistake. Then the three noticed how quiet and empty the city was.
"Wait..." Sabine said "If Earth is so populated, why is no one here?"
"We got to get back to the ship." Kanan said sternly.
They started to sprint down the street and froze in their tracks.
"Stop!" a woman yelled.
They turned around to see a woman dressed in a black uniform with a badge on her left side of the top.
"The city is on lock-down. Why are you outside your homes?" the woman asked.
"Sorry, mam. We didn't know that the city was on lockdown." Kanan said.
"Hmm..." the woman said suspiciously "Why were you running?"
"We need to get home, um... we forgot about the food we were cooking." Sabine lied.
"Excuse me mam, but why is the city on lockdown?" Ezra asked.
"We are in search of a suspect. That is why it's best for everyone to stay in their homes." the woman explained.
"Yes, will do mam." Ezra said.
"One more question" said the woman "Why were you out of your homes?"
"Because we were looking for him." Kanan said pointing at Ezra "You know teens."
"Alright, go on to your homes. Stay safe."
"Will do." Sabine said, then sprinting off towards the direction from which they just came from. Ezra and Kanan followed.
Meanwhile on the Ghost, Hera was attempting to fix the communication to the fleet. But, she had no such luck. Zeb was running diagnostics on the ship and Chopper was attempting to fix the hyper-space drive.
Zeb was in the cargo bay when he heard something very soft. Having the best hearing on the crew, he could hear most things others can't. He was about to look in the crates next to him to investigate the sound until he heard Hera.
"Zeb, how's it looking?"
"The diagnostic is still running. It'll be a while." Zeb called back.
"Ok, tell me if the others come."
"I will."
As if on cue, there was a knocking on the lift gate.
"Hera! They're here!" Zeb yelled.
"Already?" Hera called
The lift gate lowered, showing Ezra,Kanan and Sabine standing outside, out of breath.
"You didn't get the supplies?" Zeb asked.
"No, the city was on lock-down." Kanan answered.
"How come?"
"Some suspect on the loose." Sabine told him.
"Hmm..." Hera said, entering the cargo bay "They would never do something like that unless it's really serious." The lift gate then closed.
"Yeah. I guess so." Kanan agreed.
Ezra sat on the edge of a crate and the lid and him fell to the floor. Revealing a girl in the crate. She looked up, with pure fear on her face, and she screamed.
Zeb grabbed the girl by the collar of her black hoodie and growled.
"Please don't kill me!" she yelled.
"Why are you on our ship?" Kanan questioned.
"Let me go!" the girl pleaded.
"Kanan, wait." Ezra said stepping between Kanan and the girl. "I sense her fear, Zeb put her down."
Kanan gave Zeb a nod and he dropped the girl.
Ezra offered the girl a hand as she struggled to get up. She declined his hand and stood fully up.
"Why are you here?" Sabine asked the girl "And what is your name?"
"I was being chased." she answered.
"Why?" Hera asked.
"Um...I...was accused of something and I needed a place to hide." she said looking at the floor.
"Are you the suspect that the police officers are looking for?" Ezra asked.
"Maybe?" the girl said.
"What are you accused of?" Sabine asked.
"I don't know, but the police want to arrest me for some reason."
"What is your name?" Zeb asked.
"Ab- Athena. My name is Athena. What are your names?"
"If I told you, we'd have to kill you." Zeb sneered.
"But, I told you my name." 'Athena' said.
"Yeah, so?" Zeb said.
Ezra stepped towards the girl and put his hand between him and Athena. "I'm Ezra."
They shook hands, and the girl still looked scared. And Ezra took away his hand.
"Where are you from?" Hera question.
"Here, in Cleveland,Ohio."
Athena didn't look at Hera, instead she looked at the floor. Hera realized that she had probably only seen humans before and was scared to death of her and Zeb.
"Um... Ezra, Sabine watch her. Zeb,Kanan, I need to talk to you." Hera told everyone.
Hera, Zeb and Kanan went up the ladder, leaving the three teenagers in the cargo bay.
"So...what's it like living on Earth?" Ezra asked. "You don't seem like a violent person."
"What do mean?"
"Ohh..." Ezra realized that Athena had not even known that there were actually other livable planets in the galaxy.
"Are you, aliens?" Athena asked.
"What do you mean?" Sabine asked.
"Are you from space?"
Sabine was shocked by this question, but realized the same thing as Ezra had.
"We are from other planets,yes." Sabine said.
"That can't be true..." Athena had more worry on her face "I must be dreaming. You can't be. That's all fiction, made up." she backed away from them.
"You aren't dreaming." Ezra said to Athena.
"I have to be, that's why...wait, what were those 2 others in the room?"
"Do you mean Zeb and Hera? Hera is a Twi'lek and Zeb is a Lasat." Ezra explained.
"But...but..."
Sabine placed a hand on Athena's shoulder. "Calm down, you're okay."
Athena didn't relax at all so Sabine sat herself and Athena on a crate. "I'm gonna have to do a lot of explaining."