Okay, I put myself on an internet ban and I have gotten so much more done. (happy sigh) I think this story is going well. Some scenes are exactly like the show, others aren't.
Kallus stops in the middle of his message when it flickers red. "by the light of lothal's moons." He turns around and sees Thrawn standing in the door way. "that is your code phrase, isn't it Agent Kallus? Or would you prefer I address you as fulcrum?" A communication jammer held in his hand. "I'm afraid your rebel friends won't receive your warning."
Kallus jumps up in anger. Yelling as he tries to kick him. Thrawn blocks that and the punches thrown. He manages to hit Kallus in the chest twice before throwing him to the ground. Kallus jumps back up to face him.
"your technique is good but limited by your training in the imperial academy."
Kallus reaches for a loose trooper helmet.
"predictable."
Kallus throws it only for it to be caught by Thrawn. He slides into him, knocking Thrawn over. He stands and crushes the device. He puts up his fists, "you talk too much."
they trade blows. Thrawn knees him in the solar plexus then stomps on his leg. He swing kicks his face, sending him flying into the railing. Two troopers pick him up. Thrawn steps up to him, "you have the heart of a rebel."
Kallus retorts, "I'll take that as a complement."
they drag him inside for interrogation.
Kallus hangs by his wrists over a beam. Thrawn walks around a hologram of the Galaxy, "you may have transmitted your warning Agent, but, in doing so you've given me the last piece of the puzzle." a red line pops up, "this is the trajectory of general Dodona's fleet," another line pops up, "and this is the area of your transmission. Taken separately they mean nothing, but together..."
"nothing. There's no planet there. The rebels are smarter than you give them credit for." Kallus interrupts.
"a pity you do not study art Agent Kallus. There is much it can show you, if you know where to look." he pushes a button, "such as a system which does not appear on imperial charts, but is represented in the art of the ancient people of this sector. I believe they call this Attalon. Now the home of your rebel base." he speaks into a communicator, "Admiral Constantine, deploy the fleet to these co-ordinates. We will join you shortly."
a look of blended panic and guilt crosses Kallus' face.
"Fulcrum sent a message but we think he was captured. We must assume we were discovered. Maketh, get everyone on the ships to leave." General Dodonna orders. He picks up a com link, "code red, everyone to your ships. We need to evacuate." lights and sirens blare as everyone obeys. Maketh runs around making sure there were no stragglers. She then grabs her son and climbs onto the ghost.
Thrawn had flown down to the planet. Ezra and the mandalorians take down the sensors of the imperial blockade. An officer turns to Governor Price, "Governor, a problem."
she turns to him, "I don't want to hear it! Just, stop them. Nothing gets through"
Kallus shakes his head, mocking lightly"Thrawn's not going to be happy when you make him mess of his fleet."
she orders, "throw this traitor out the airlock."
two troopers grab him and drag him to the elevator. The doors close as he smiles.
He walks out of the elevator, dropping the cuffs. The guards unconscious behind makes his way to an escape pod, leaving unconscious troopers in his wake. He ejects the pod and sends co-ordinates to the ghost. They scoop him up seconds later and he relaxes. He runs up to the bridge, just in time to jump to hyper space.
He stands outside the bridge, feeling the accusations, whether real or imagined. Kallus turns to Kanan, "Kanan, thank you. for taking me in."
He puts his hand on Kallus' shoulder, "thank you, for risking everything."
Kallus nods and watches Kanan enter.
Maketh steps over to him with a med-kit. She gingerly touches his face, "what happened?"
"nothing serious. How are you?"
she dabs his cut lip with a wipe, "better, now that I know you're safe. Do you want to meet him?"
he blinks, "him who?"
she smiles, "your son."
he smiles, nodding. She pulls him to Sabine's room where Rex was bouncing the almost two year old on his knee. He looks up and hands him to her, leaving the room. She holds the child close, "do you want to hold him?"
he carefully takes him while she corrects him. He looks at her, tears in his eyes, "he's beautiful. What's his name?"
"well, I was going to wait for you but Rex has been calling him "cub". It's not really a name..."
"Timathy." he interrupts.
"what?" she looks at him, confused.
"Timathy Kallus. It was the name my first guardian used." he explains, eyes never leaving the curious boy.
She smiles, "I think it's a very nice name. I was also thinking we could name him after my father, Ross."
"Timathy Ross Kallus." he thinks, "possibly, does it sound right to you?" he looks at her.
She nods slowly, "it works, besides, we'll only use his middle name when he's in trouble."
he puts down the baby and hugs her, laughing quietly.
Thank you Lasatgirl60, I loved the review and it gave me an idea on how to end this story.
More reviews are welcome.