Stubborn Ezra
Chapter 4
"Ezra," Kanan called, as he walked out of the Ghost and towards his padawan. 'He's been acting weird.' thought Kanan, 'What could be wrong.' He was truly worried and wished Ezra wasn't so hard headed. Kanan tried to reach out through the force, but realized Ezra was still keeping him out. Kanan sighed in frustration. He reached Ezra and was about to ask him what was wrong, but suddenly Ezra collapsed. Kanan caught him before he could hit the ground.
Kanan noticed that Ezra's skin was burning to the touch, and instantly knew that the kid was sick. "Stubborn kid," Kanan mumbled as he picked him up bridal style, then spoke to Hera who had a look of surprise and worry on her face, "He's sick." Then he headed into the Ghost and towards the medical bay. Hera, Zeb, and Sabine followed closely behind, each equally worried for their friend.
A little while later….
Kanan and Hera had given Ezra some medicine and put a cool rag on his head. Hera had sent Chopper, Zeb, and Sabine out to try and fix the blown engine. But it seemed impossible without supplies, and equipment.
Kanan and Hera sat beside the medical bed waiting for Ezra to regain consciousness. Hera changed the cool rag every couple of minutes and each time the rag was hot from Ezra's fever. This worried Kanan and Hera, especially since his fever was continuously going up and not seeming to stop. It would soon become deadly.
Chopper was convinced the lasat did everything just to drive him nuts.
"What?" Zeb asked the rust bucket as he beeped and grumbled at him. "I don't understand a thing he's saying." He directed this statement at Sabine.
Who was intentionally ignoring them, trying to get the engine fixed, which was probably impossible, it was broken beyond repair. "He said you're doing it wrong." Sabine translated, returning to work.
Before Zeb could retort, it suddenly started to pour down rain, a tropical storm had hit out of no-where.
"We need to get inside!" Sabine shouted over the roaring wind. Zeb grabbed Chopper and followed Sabine they fought their way through the pouring rain, and wind towards the Ghost.
Zeb, Sabine, and Chopper came running into the Ghost out of the pouring rain and closed the ramp of the Ghost when they were inside. "We'll at least you finally got a bath." Mumbled Sabine.
"What'd you say." Zeb asked as he set Chopper down. Which the droid protested loudly about being picked up like a common piece of machinery.
"Nothin'." Sabine answered quickly, as she headed farther inside the Ghost as it rocked in the hurricane force winds.
Kanan and Hera were nearly knocked out of their seats as the Ghost lurched in the wind. Hera ran out of the med bay towards the cockpit, to see what was happening and to prevent any more damage from happening to the Ghost. After making sure Ezra was fine Kanan followed Hera towards the cockpit.
When Kanan entered the cockpit, he saw Hera hovering over the control panel, pressing buttons. "What happened?" Kanan asked.
"A tropical storm came out of no-where, it has hurricane force winds," Hera answered, "We could be blown away. I've engaged the Ghost's planetary locks, but it may not do much good with the strength of this storm."
Chopper rolled in followed by Sabine and a soaking wet Zeb. "It's really bad out there." Sabine stated.
"No kiddin'." Mumbled Zeb, he did not enjoy being wet.
"Were you guys able to get anything done." Hera inquired as she turned to face Zeb, and Sabine.
"No," Sabine answered, "the engine looks completely busted."
"Great!" Exclaimed Hera as she sat in her seat. "We haven't been able to contact anyone for help either."
"Have we been able to locate any type of civilization on this planet?" Kanan questioned.
"The mapping systems of the Ghost were damaged in the crash," Hera replied, "We wouldn't know till Chopper fixes it." Chopper started to make a lot of beeping and grumbling sounds. "What do you mean I asked you to fix the mapping systems after you fixed the com." Hera groaned, exasperated at the situation. "O.K." she addressed the rest of the team present, "it looks like we're in for a long night. The mapping system can't be fixed until the storm dies down."
Later that night as the storm was raging and howling on, the members of the Ghost had all gone to sleep. Kanan who had decided to stay in the med bay with Ezra, had fallen asleep in there. Then suddenly there was a loud howling outside followed by banging on the Ghost haul.