Cap.7 – Artistic escape and mysterious notes.
An hour ago…
Kanan's POV
"…I hate you, and you're out of the team" I said firmly while I leaved.
I could see Ezra's face being filled with sadness and horror
I knew that he would follow me and try to stop me, so I began to run as fastest as I could to stay away of him. I didn't know where I was going, but I sensed how my padawan was determined to find me. Come on Ezra, if he had common sense, he would stop following me… But my padawan didn't have common sense sometimes.
I was still running without direction, until it darkened and it began to rain. Common kid, stay away from me, you'll be safer that way.
I began to trot and I removed the raindrops in my face, when suddenly, happened what I feared: I couldn't sense Ezra anymore.
"Ezra?!" I yelled with my voice filled with worry.
There was no answer.
No, no, no, this wasn't part of the plan.
I began to panic, it was more dangerous that he was lost in the middle of the nowhere in a cold and rainy night!
I tried to locate his Force signature, when suddenly I felt a weak presence. I began to run in the direction of the weak signature. After a few minutes, I found a person in the ground: Ezra.
I carried him carefully and I sent him "waves sleep" so he could be completely asleep.
I began to walk more confident that Ezra was with me, safe and sound. I could tell that he was freezing to death, so I began to walk a little bit faster.
I finally arrived to Ezra's old transmission tower. I didn't know if that was the safest place for him to stay, but unless would be a place where I could keep an eye on him.
I carried him with the Force and I began to climb the ladder, when finally I arrived to the entry of his tower.
I carried him and I felt that he was wet.
I entered to the tower and I turned the lights on, after that, I laid my padawan in a bed. I wander around the room and I saw that his stuff was already in there, so I took a new pair of clothes for my padawan.
I took of his wet clothes and I put him the dry ones. After that, I injected him a formula so he didn't catch a fever or a cold.
I leaved his light saber in a little table beside the bed and I turned a little light on, then, I cover him so he could enter in heat.
"Specter 1 to Specter 2, I'm ready" I informed Hera through my comm.
"Roger that Specter 1, we'll see in a minute" said the Twi'lek through her comm.
I waited for Hera inside the tower, sitting beside my padawan.
I couldn't believe what I just told him, I was really harsh with him. I'll never forget his face being filled with sadness and fear when he heard my words.
I pet Ezra in his hair while he slept profoundly, when suddenly, I heard the Ghost landing.
I looked at my padawan one more time before getting out of the tower. I couldn't leave him, I just couldn't… but it was the only solution.
I get out of the tower and entered to the Ghost.
Third Person.
Kanan entered to the Ghost and went to the control room, where he found Hera, Sabine and Chopper sitting quietly.
The Jedi didn't say a word. He sat in his seat and gazed to the window.
Hera gazed at him with worry. She knew that it must have been very hard to leave the kid, so she gave him pats in the Jedi's shoulder to comfort him.
Kanan looked at her and gave a weak smile. He felt horrible for leaving his padawan alone again. Half of his mind told him to go back, apologize with Ezra, and if he wanted to protect the kid, leave him with Rex, but the other half of his mind told him to stay, to forget about that other crazy idea, the past is in the past, and if he leaved Ezra with Rex, he'll die before saying the word: Clone.
Hera landed the Ghost really away from Ezra's tower or even town, and Kanan stopped on sending "waves sleep" to his padawan.
All of them just stared looking at each other silently, until Sabine saw that she was going to cry, so she ran to her bedroom and closed the door with lock.
Hera stood up being followed by Kanan to the Mandalorian's bedroom.
"Sabine? Sabine, please, open the door" asked Hera while she knocked in the door.
"No" denied the artist, but when she said it, her voice broke.
"Common, Sabine, let us in" asked the Twi'lek.
"Leave me alone!" ordered Sabine.
Kanan gave Hera a look saying that they better obeyed the artist.
The Jedi went to his cabin and Hera went to the kitchen, not before hugging each other.
Sabine's POV
I began to cry silently. We have done it. There was no return. Ezra was gone, gone! I would never see that smile that brighten the most darkest places, or those big electric blue eyes filled with hope…
Concentrate! I thought.
I may wasn't Force sensitive, but I knew that this was a big mistake…
And I would try to fix it.
I put my helmet on my head and I began to think on a way to get out of the ship.
If Ezra taught me something, was that in desperate moments used the vents.
So I did it. I crawled 'till I get out of the Ghost, once I was out, I began to run into Ezra's tower direction.
It stilled raining, but I didn't care, I only cared about Ezra.
Finally I arrived to the transmissions tower.
I climbed the ladder and I found myself facing a closed door, I was about to open it and then…
I stopped.
I thought the reason why Kanan did all this. It was to protect the kid. If I entered, all of our suffer would be in vain.
I had an idea. I recorded a message explaining Ezra why we leaved him, when I was done, I hided the transmission. If Kanan or Hera found out what I did, I would be in serious problems, but I prefer that than Ezra not knowing the real reason of why we leaved him… Of course, the kid had to find the message first.
I gazed sadly at the door, leaving a tear falling through my cheek.
"I'm sorry kid" I whispered to nobody in specific while I got down of the ladder.
Meanwhile in the Ghost…
Third Person.
Hera decided to prepare hot chocolate and some sandwiches to the crew, unless that way she could cheer them up.
She decided to go to Sabine's room first, and when she arrived, she knocked on the door.
"Sabine? Sabine it's me, Hera, could you open the door?" asked the Twi'lek.
There was no answer.
"Hey, I know you're upset, but being locked on your room will not make any difference, come on Sabine, please?" said Hera sweetly.
The pilot opened the door and saw it in darkness.
"Sabine?" asked Hera a little bit worried.
Suddenly, she saw something: The vent was open.
"Oh no" realizing what just happened "Kanan, Zeb, Sabine's not here!"
"What?!" asked both Jedi and Lasat at unison.
"She's not in her cabin and the vent's lock is open!" said Hera beginning to panic.
"Don't worry, she couldn't go any far" said the Jedi trying to calm the pilot.
Zeb got out of his cabin and took his comm.
"Specter 4 to Specter 5, answer Specter 5" said the Lasat through his comm.
There was no response, but after a minute, his comm. Sounded.
"Specter 5 here" said Sabine.
"Where are you?" asked the Jedi.
"Don't worry, I'm almost there" answered the artist.
The 3 of them went to the platform and saw Sabine approaching.
When she arrived, Kanan asked angry:
"Where the heck you went?!" asked Kanan.
"Hey, sorry, I was only making sure that your padawan was safe!" said the Mandalorian defending herself.
"Both of you stop! Sabine, go to your room" ordered Hera.
"But…" replied the artist.
"Sabine" said Zeb in a warning mode.
The artist gazed at Kanan mad, but accepted and went to her cabin, being followed by Zeb.
"And you, Kanan, look, I know this is hard to you, it is to everybody, but not for that you need to retaliate with Sabine" said the pilot.
"I know, I'll go apologize" sighed the Jedi.
He entered to the artist's cabin and said:
"Hey Sabine, I'm sorry, is just that is been a long and hard day and I haven't over passed yet" apologized Kanan.
"I'm sorry too Kanan, is just that…" said Sabine while she hugged Kanan trying not to cry "I can't believe we abandoned him"
Kanan stared at her at shock. He never saw Sabine giving displays of affection to anyone. He always saw the artist like a lone wolf, but guess he was wrong…
Zeb didn't know what to do. He was speechless seeing his little sister hugging Kanan, but in a way, it was kind of good, it was like a family.
Hera arrived and saw Sabine hugging Kanan. Hera went with her and hugged her too. Zeb just was there, but after a minute, he decided that he also needed a hug.
Everyone needed comfort…
And the only person that could give it to them wasn't there.
Meanwhile in the transmission's tower.
Ezra's POV
I woke up suddenly and I saw that I was in my transmission's tower. Wait, my tower? How I got in there?
I stood up of my bed and I saw that I had different clothes: I had a black T-shirt with long sleeves and blue jeans (the same clothes that I used to save my brother).
I began to walk around with questions passing through my head. I saw that all my things were in a corner, everything: My backpack, a few books, the stormtrooper helmet that Sabine painted to me a while back, the prank's list that Zeb, Chopper and I had planned and the old holo-disk with my parent's picture.
So this wasn't a nightmare. I was real! All of Kanan's words were true. I leaved myself fall slowly to the ground, after that, I hugged my legs and began to cry silently.
Suddenly, Kanan's word resounded in my head:
"You're no more than a mistake…"
"…A Loth-rat that is unable to do one thing that worth it…"
"…No wonder why your parents abandoned you…"
"…I hate you, and you're out of the team…"
"…I hate you…"
"…I hate you…"
"STOP IT!" I yelled, but deep inside, I knew it was true. I only was a nuisance, I never helped anyone, I just caused trouble.
I began to think:
I would never return to paint with Sabine…
I would never return to make pranks with Zeb and Chopper…
I would never return to learn how to fly a ship with Hera…
I would never return to train with Kanan…
I wasn't part of the rebellion anymore.
Hi rebels.
Ok, things are only getting worse.
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