Chapter 8
The morning came quick. Ezra turned on his side to face the wall before opening his eyes
"Ezra, Sabine, Zeb, We need you in the cockpit" Kanan shouted down the hall
"Arggg... what time is it?" Zeb moaned
Ezra turned again dropping his hand over the side of the bunk
"...Are we in the air?" Ezra asked sleepily
"Seems like it" Zeb said yawning
"Why?" Ezra asked
"How am I supposed to know?" Zeb asked sarcastically
Zeb and Ezra both yawned before covering themselves in there blankets moments before the door opened to reveal Kanan standing arms crossed
"Did you not hear me?"
"Yes" Zeb said still facing the wall
Ezra turned and faced Kanan and saw how distressed he looked, he then sighed before sitting up and throwing his blanket of.
"Alright we're up" He said yawning
"Good. Be in the cockpit in 2 minutes" Kanan said walking away
"What's his problem?" Zeb said sitting up stretching
"Maybe something happened while we were asleep?" Ezra suggested turning to Zeb
"Then why wait until now to wake us all up?" Zeb asked standing
"I don't know everything" Ezra said walking toward the door
"Now you know how I feel" Zeb said grinning as the door opened
Ezra looked over his shoulder and smirked before Sabine appeared in front of him
"Where did you go?" Sabine whispered
"What?" Ezra asked confused
Sabine pulled Ezra from the room letting the door close with the confused Zeb still on the inside. Sabine threw Ezra out onto the small balcony area then looked at him
"Where did you go?" She asked again
"When?" Ezra asked
"Last night... I saw you come back to the ship" Sabine said folding her arms
"Does it matter? Hera was there" Ezra said trying to walk back up the corridor
"Um yes" Sabine said pulling Ezra back
"You tell me you get shot by someone in that city... then you go back there, didn't it occur to you that that person could still have been there?" Sabine asked getting frustrated
"They wasn't alright" Ezra said rolling his eyes
"Why did you go there anyhow?" Sabine asked folding her arms again
"Does it matter?" Ezra asked with attitude
"Yes it matters... What if troopers followed you back to the ship?" Sabine asked
"I made sure there wasn't any before I came back" Ezra said rolling his eyes
"...Ezra" Sabine said still frustrated
"Look... not everything has to do with you" Ezra said pushing away from Sabine
Sabine watched as Ezra walked back into the corridor and toward the cockpit, she sighed before following.
Ezra walked up the corridor, he came to the open door to the cockpit and leant on the frame of the door and listened to Hera and Kanan talking
"I wish you would stop being so paranoid" Hera said sighing as she turned to Kanan
"I'm not being paranoid" Kanan said folding his arms turning away from Hera slightly
"Now you're just being childish" Hera said smirking
"Look... Hera, the empire sent out a message" Kanan began
"I know Kanan, I saw it too" Hera said sighing
"Well, then you know why..." Kanan began
"Ezra!" Hera said noticing Ezra slightly surprised
"What was in the message?" Ezra asked folding his arms
"The empire sent a message to Lothal" Hera explained
"So?" Sabine asked walking into the cockpit from behind Ezra
"That message was for us, Agent Kallus knows more than we think... mainly about Ezra" Hera explained turning to Kanan
"I don't get it... why would they be so interested in the kid when the Inquisitors been after Kanan all this time... why the change? Zeb asked climbing up the ladder
"The Inquisitor wants to get rid of Jedi's... as Ezra is getting stronger; he's becoming a better Jedi" Kanan explained
"So, the inquisitor and Kallus take care of Ezra, he won't have a chance to become a Jedi" Hera explained leaning back on her chair
"Creating a hole in the rebellion" Kanan explained looking at Hera
"I thought he was already a Jedi" Zeb said looking at Ezra still leaning on the door frame
"Well, he's getting there... we still have a lot of training to do" Kanan said looking around Zeb to Ezra who was looking the opposite way
"Weren't you going to training today?" Sabine asked looking at Ezra then at Kanan
"Yes... but now" Kanan began
"We can't, why doesn't that surprise me" Ezra said rolling his eyes and dropping his arms
"Ezra" Kanan began
Sabine looked at Ezra and saw as he turned and walked down the hall again
"What was that all about?" Zeb asked
"I'll talk to him" Kanan said standing up and walking past Zeb and Sabine
Sabine sighed before moving away from the door letting it close, she sat in her seat and looked away from Zeb and Hera
"...What happened?" Hera asked as her and Zeb both looked at her
"What?" Sabine asked turning her head slightly
"You and the kid" Zeb asked folding his arms
"Nothing" Sabine said sighing
"He was fine until you dragged him out the room" Zeb said
"Look, I just want to keep Ezra safe. The same as the three of you are doing" Sabine said sternly as she quickly turned her head
"We know Sabine" Hera said
"...How much do you think the empire knows about the kid?" Sabine asked turning again sighing
"More than I can say... You were lucky to have stopped them from finding out anything else" Hera said
"Yeah..." Sabine said sighing
Ezra walked up the ladder and to the top of the ship, he took a breath of fresh air before walking toward the front of the ship, he sighed before sitting where Zeb sat when he and Kanan were trying to Train. He dangled both his legs over the side of the ghost and sighed before falling backwards looking up at the clouds flying by
"Ezra..." Kanan said walking toward Ezra
Ezra looked up saw Kanan approaching him. He groaned before lifting himself up again, and then continued to watch as Kanan walked in front of him
"...What we said..." Kanan said sighing as he folded his arms and looked down at Ezra
"I already knew the empire was after me Kanan" Ezra said sternly
"Then, what's with the attitude?" Kanan asked
"It doesn't matter" Ezra said
"Ezra." Kanan said more stern
"Ugh, you're just as bad as Sabine" Ezra said standing and pushing past Kanan
"Sabine?" Kanan asked confused
"What have you and Sabine been talking about?" He asked quickly walking in front of Ezra
Ezra said nothing as he just turned his head in frustration
"You and Sabine have been hiding something, Ezra, with the empire this close to getting to us... to you" Kanan said
"You want to know what we're hiding. Then ask Sabine" Ezra said pushing past Kanan again
"I have, she's keeping it a secret to" Kanan said folding his arms
"Can't you just respect secrets? It's not like me and Sabine get told everything you and Hera hide" Ezra said as he turned angrily
"That's different Ezra" Kanan said as his tone of his voice changed
"How? How is that any different? Because I'm the kid, because you can't trust me?" Ezra said begging to shout slightly
"No" Kanan said dropping his hands frustrated
"That what is it?!" Ezra shouted
"I just want to keep you safe!" Kanan shouted back
"That doesn't explain why you don't trust me!" Ezra shouted tightening his fists
"I never said I don't trust you" Kanan said angrily
"Then why do you act it?"Ezra said lowering his voice
"I don't..." Kanan began
"I know what it's like to not be trusted by someone..." Ezra said sighing as he turned away from Kanan
"Ezra..." Kanan began
Before Kanan could finish the ship jolted suddenly, knocking both Kanan and Ezra over. Kanan quickly looked up and saw 2 tiy-fighters coming close to the ship.
"Great, just what we need" Kanan said standing up
Kanan turned and quickly helped Ezra up, as he turned to get back to the ladder the ship jolted again as one of the tiy's shot at it, Ezra and Kanan tripped again but as Ezra tripped, he tripped over the side. Ezra quickly grabbed a hold of the side of the ship and called for his teachers help as he tried to pull himself back on top of the ship. Kanan quickly without thinking, reached over the side and grabbed Ezra's hand and pulled him back to safety
"You alright?" Kanan asked kneeling beside Ezra
"Yeah" Ezra said sighing in relief
Kanan turned and looked at the tiys getting closer to the ghost, he frowned before standing and helping Ezra again, he pushed Ezra forward toward the ladder and they both quickly climbed down.
"Go and help Sabine" He instructed to Ezra
Ezra nodded before both of them ran in different directions.
"Get us out of here Hera" Kanan shouted into his com as he ran toward the cockpit
"I'm trying" Hera said as the door opened behind her and Kanan ran in
"Why's the ship going so slow?" Kanan asked his voice rose only slightly
"Not sure, Chopper and Zeb are fixing it" Hera said looking up at Kanan also her voice raised
The ship jolted again, but soon after they heard an explosion come from the back of the ship
"Good shooting Sabine" Hera said pressing buttons
The ship jolted again but this time the shot came from the front of the ghost
"Hera..." Kanan said
"I see it" Hera said
Four tiy fighters came through the clouds in front of the ghost and 1 either side
"Uh, Kanan... we got 3 more Tiy's coming from the back" Sabine said into the com
"They're trying to box us in... Zeb fix that thing quickly!" Kanan shouted loudly
"We're trying" Zeb said hitting the mechanics with one of Ezra's wrenches causing Chopper to zap him
"Arg. If you're not going to help, go and help Hera" Zeb said angrily
Chopper didn't wait to get asked twice, he quickly sped through the doors away from Zeb
"I was kidding, you bucket of bolts" Zeb shouted angrily
"Great, now what" He asked himself looking back at the wires
"You're so hopeless" A voice came from behind him
Zeb turned and watched as Ezra quickly ran around him and fiddled with the wires and cables, he connected to wires together, but was stopped before he could finish.
"If you do that the whole ship will shut down" Zeb stated slightly panicky
"Trust me" Ezra said pushing Zeb's hand away
Ezra connected the two different wires, and then the ship lights flashed off, then on again. Ezra smiled triumphantly as he attached the wires back to their slots before closing the control panel hatch again. Zeb stood behind him slightly impressed
"How'd you do that?" He asked curiously
"I've been taking parts from imperial ships for years... I guess you just pick up some thing" Ezra said smirking as he walked past Zeb
"How come Chopper couldn't fix it then?" Zeb shouted watching as Ezra ran of
"How should I know?" Ezra shouted turning and running backwards until he reached the ladder
Zeb watched as Ezra climbed the ladder, and then quickly turned and ran to the guns at the back of the ghost.
"Zeb did you fix it?" Hera asked into the com
"Yes... the kid fixed it" Zeb said sitting onto the seat of the gun
"Good, Sabine, we need a space" Hera instructed
"Got one!" Sabine shouted shooting a tiy flying in front of the ship
Hera pulled back on the lever and the ghost flew at full speed through the tiy fighters. Ezra and Sabine both in the top gun turned and saw the tiy fighters quickly coming close to the ghost, but as they did another ship could be seen, a ship only a little bigger than the ghost
"Um... Sabine" Ezra said
"Yeah I see it" Sabine said aiming
Sabine shot at the ship, but the fire was quickly avoided
"What ship is that?" Ezra asked watching it begin to fly faster
"Not sure" Sabine said
"Sabine, Ezra, I need you both at the back of the ghost" Kanan instructed walking up from behind them
"What? What for, we're shooting..." Sabine began
"I know, just go there" Kanan said pulling Sabine from the seat
Sabine didn't say or do anything until she turned to Ezra and groaned
"Common kid" She said jumping down the ladder
"...Trust me Ezra, just go" Kanan said turning to Ezra
Ezra looked at him and nodded before jumping down after Sabine.
They both ran down the corridors until reaching the balcony area, Sabine grabbed her helmet from on top of a crate and put it on just before jumping down, soon followed by Ezra.
Kanan continued to shoot at tiys but didn't aim for the larger ship, as did Zeb. He looked at the bigger ship and saw as a ramp slowly appeared from underneath, opening the ship. 4 storm troopers stood there holding their guns
"Kanan, what are they doing?" Zeb asked through the com
"They pick up enough speed, that's there chance to get aboard" Kanan said continuing to shoot at the tiys
"Get aboard?" Zeb said to himself
"Just keep aiming for the tiys" Kanan said
"Hera, open the hatch" He instructed
"What? Have you gone crazy?" Hera shouted still quickly steering the ghost
"Just do it!" Kanan shouting back as the other ship continued to pick up speed and grow closer to the ghost
Hera pressed a few buttons and the hatch in front of Sabine and Ezra slowly opened
"Sabine, Ezra, as soon as that opens, shoot, and DO NOT miss" Kanan instructed
"What does he mean by that?" Ezra asked taking out his lightsaber/ Blaster
"You're closer to him, you tell me" Sabine said taking out two of her blasters
The hatch opened and showed the ship only about 30 feet away. Sabine and Ezra quickly shot at the storm troopers on the ramp causing them to fall from the sides. They watched as a couple more appeared, and as more and more tiys were shot down by Zeb and Kanan. Sabine and Ezra quickly aimed and shot at the storm troopers as they got onto the ramp, letting each one fall back onto the grounds of Lothal. After finishing another group of storm troopers Ezra looked closer inside the ship, after looking closer he could see a control panel, much like the one in the ghost. He almost immediately knew what to do.
"Sabine, we need to both shoot at the control panel, we destroy that, and the ship shouldn't be able to keep in the air" Ezra explained looking at the control panel
Sabine looked at it then back at more storm troopers as they ran down the ramp. She and Ezra quickly knocked them off with their blasters, and then she quickly aimed and shot at the control panel, but missed
"We can't get a clear shot from this far away" She said turning to Ezra
Ezra turned back to the ship and peered over the edge
"You're not thinking what I think you are..." Sabine said dropping her hands
"It's either I do it, or they get aboard the ghost, capture Kanan and bring him back to the Inquisitor" Ezra said turning back to Sabine
"And you" Sabine mentioned putting a hand on her waist
"Exactly" Ezra said gesturing the jump
Sabine turned back and looked over the gap between the ghost and the imperial ship.
"Alright" She said
Ezra attached his blaster to his belt again and ran backwards; Sabine watched him until she turned again and aimed her blasters in case more storm troopers appeared. She waited and soon enough she watched as Ezra ran and jumped past her, only just managing to land onto the ramp on the imperial ship.
"Whoa..." Sabine said impressed
Ezra quickly ran up the ramp and looked around the ship, he hid behind a crate as 2 more storm troopers ran toward the ramp, but were quickly shot down by Sabine. Ezra looked over at the control panel, but saw it was more ceiled than the one back on the ghost
"Great..." He said to himself
He ran around the back of crates until he came to the control panel, he looked at it before looking down at his lightsaber. He took it off from his belt then looked at the panel again
"This better work..." He said slightly unsure
He made his lightsaber soon grow, the blue light shone onto the crates and walls around where he was standing, he stood back as he sliced his lightsaber along the hinges of the panel, knocking the panel clean of the wall. He stood proudly as he withdrew his lightsaber and once again put it away. He took out as many wires as he could, hearing as things shut down, and the sounds of storm troopers trying to figure out what was happening. He picked out two wires and looked at them, two wires that would corrupt a small ship if connected, like Zeb had explained, Ezra frowned before putting them together, once he did, he felt at the ship jittered slightly. He put the wires back in the control panel to make sure they would stay together then turned, he ran to the ramp and was about to jump when he noticed the ship was slowly starting to lose its speed, causing it to grow further and further away from the ghost. Ezra looked at the hatch of the ghost and saw Sabine; he then turned and saw 2 troopers running toward him. He didn't stop to think; he turned again, and quickly jumped. Ezra managed to get close enough to the ghost to grab onto the hatch with one of his hands, then quickly was pulled up by Sabine. Both of them sighed in relief kneeling beside each other. Sabine took of her helmet as her and Ezra watched as the ship quickly began to descend back to Lothal, and then watched the last of the tiys get shot from the sky.
"...Why didn't they just shoot the ship?" Ezra asked slightly out of breath
"Because, if we were to have shot it, it would have exploded damaging the ghost or the external engines" Kanan explained coming from behind Sabine and Ezra
"You did good... both of you" He said smiling as Sabine and Ezra turned to face him
"Won't they be sending more ships?" Sabine asked standing up
"Most likely..." Kanan said helping Ezra up
"So now what?" Ezra asked
"Well, for now we need to keep a low profile, keep out of the skies and places the empire know they can find us" Kanan explained putting a hand on his waist
"Weren't we already doing that?" Sabine asked
"Well, this time we need to try harder, we can't stay in the same place to long" Kanan said
"Great" Sabine said walking past them
"Everything will be fine once the empire stop searching for Ezra" Kanan said as he turned to Sabine
"It's never fine Kanan..." Ezra said sighing
Kanan sighed as he knew Ezra was right, he watched as Sabine walked up the ladder and walked through the door then let the door close. He then turned back to Ezra
"Looks like you're finally starting to think like a Jedi" He said smiling
"Messing with the controls was a smart idea"
"It wasn't exactly easy" Ezra said smiling slightly
"You still managed to take down an Imperial ship..." Kanan said
"With Sabine's help" Ezra stated
"Still, can't say I'm not impressed" Kanan said putting a hand on his waist
"...Why aren't you mad?" Ezra asked
"What?" Kanan asked
Ezra raised a brow and folded his arms, he knew if he had done something like this only the day before Kanan would have been angry with him
"These were just storm troopers, nothing I've seen you and Sabine handle before" Kanan said dropping his hands
"It's Kallus and the others like him I need you to stay away from" Kanan said putting his hand on Ezra's shoulder
"Could you handle just that?" He asked with a smile
Ezra chuckled before looking up at Kanan
"Guess it wouldn't hurt"
"Inquisitor..." Agent Kallus said walking to a room
"This was taken not long before one of our carrier ships was tampered with and crashed onto Lothal" He said slotting a video chip into a slot on a desk
The Inquisitor turned and watched the hologram taken before the ship started to crash. It showed Ezra jumping onto the carrier ship, then Ezra messing with the wires then jumping off again and Sabine helping back onto the ghost.
"The Padawan is growing stronger" The Inquisitor said as the tape ended with the ship crashing
"Find him and his master and bring them both to me, we cannot allow them to get away again"
Kallus nodded before turning and leaving the room.
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