Chapter 4: Imperial Standoff

Kanan's P.O.V

A few minutes into the blaster battle, and we were getting overrun by the imperials. More of them were coming at us every minute, and we were running out of options. "We're pinned down! Anybody got any bright ideas!?" I asked, yelling over the sounds of blaster fire, shooting back.

"We can head into the shipyard! We'll have more cover there!" Alex yelled, him shooting back with his wrist blasters. "What about that criminal gang!?" Sabine asked, her yelling over the blaster fire as well. Alex shot back at a few troopers before saying, "Forget them! The Empire will make short work of them anyway! Let them kill each other." "Let's go then!" Ezra said, all of us bolting from the hill and sprinting down towards the shipyard.

Alex was right about one thing. There was a criminal gang here, and they were opening fire on us from the entrance, but like he suggested earlier, the Empire did take them out easily. We got inside the shipyard, where more of those criminals opened fire on us. We took them out quickly, until we found a good spot where Hera could land within the yard. Taking cover behind some ships in the yard, we continued our blaster battle with the imperials, and some of the criminals, those who managed to survive long enough against the Empire anyway.

"We're pinned down! How long until our extraction arrives, Kanan!?" Zeb asked, blasting more troopers. "About 10 minutes, Zeb, just a little bit longer!" I responded, shooting my pistol at the imperials and switching to my lightsaber to deflect incoming attacks. "They just keep coming. How many of those guys are there?" Alex asked, blasting back at them. "Too many!" Ezra responded. Just as we kept fighting off the imperials longer, we heard one of Alex's gadgets start beeping.

"What is it?" Sabine asked him. Alex got in cover and took a look at his gadget, the same one that could track imperial registered personnel, and he was shocked. "What is it?" I asked him. "Oh no. He's here." Alex said, fearfully. "Who?" Zeb asked. At that moment, the imperials stopped firing at us. This was seriously not normal.

"Attention, rebels, this is your only warning." said a voice over a loudspeaker, and guess who it turned out to be? No one other than Agent Kallus. Great. "Ah great, Agent Kallus." Ezra muttered. "Karabast." Alex and Zeb said at the same time. "Surrender immediately, have Dragon turned over to us, and we promise you that you'll all be arrested with no causalities. Your decision comes now, OR ELSE." Kallus said.

"Kallus! You might as well take me since we've been at odds since that night when you were involved in my friend's arrest!" Alex called out to him. "Alex, what the heck are you doing!?" I angrily asked him, my teeth gritting while I tugged on his shoulder. "I can't risk you all to die. I might as well just surrender myself for the sake of you guys. That's what my parents taught me, to be the one to step up to the plate for the sake of others. I'm sorry, guys." Alex said. Just as he prepared to give himself up to Kallus, we heard a ship in the air. "Look!" Ezra exclaimed. Thank the force for this.

The Ghost appeared in the air, coming in for a run on the imperials. The nose canons started firing down at the imperials, taking them out. We provided some assistance by also helping Hera out with the imperials as she made another attack run on them. By the time her third attack run came, the imperials were retreating, the Ghost setting down in front of us. "Here's our ride, get in." I ordered the team, all of us getting on the Ghost.

After we all boarded the ship, we took off from Lothal, heading into space. Once we were in orbit, the hyperdrive was engaged, and we were off to hyperspace. Now that the heat was off, it was time for Alex to meet Hera and get himself acclimated with the Ghost since he most likely was gonna be living with us on it. We met up in the common area with our new recruit, where his acclimation was going to begin.

"So this is your common area, huh? It's not bad." Alex commented once he walked in. "So you're Dragon?" Hera asked. "That's my alias I assumed if you want to call me that." Alex answered. "I'm Alex. I was the one who helped your crew out before the city went on lockdown last night." He held his hand out to shake hands with Hera. "Hera. Pleasure to have you join us, Alex." the twi'lek said, shaking his hand. "Welcome onboard the Ghost. I would suggest getting yourself acclimated with my ship since you might most likely be living with us, depending on what our leader says."

"Leader?" Alex asked. "We're just a small cell that joined up with a larger and more organized rebel cell, so we're under the command of the leader of that cell. He'll be the one deciding if you stay with us, Alex, which most likely might be a yes." Hera explained. "Right. So, care to give me a tour of the Ghost?" Alex asked. "No problem. Sabine, can you give Alex a tour please?" Hera asked her. "Sure thing. Follow me." the Mandalorian said to the new member, touring him around the Ghost.

Now that we escaped Lothal and are on the way back to the fleet, all that is left is to get Alex recruited officially.