Some of you have pointed this out, but chapter 8, 9 and 10 are all adapted from Dragons: Race to the Edge Season 6. The episode named 'Triple Cross'. Breakdown is that the main villain of previous season works with the protagonist to get revenge, and ends up sacrificing himself for the hero. All adapted because I loved the villain.

Anyway, this is the end of that arc, with those who have seen 'Triple Cross' knowing how this chapter ends. It was fun for me to adapt the How To Train Your Dragon characters into Star Wars: Rebels. I think, and have been told in reviews, that it works surprisingly well.

On to Chapter Ten: Triple Cross

Enjoy!

"I knew you'd betray me." Ezra glared at the Inquisitor from his cell. "You didn't change."

"Tell me, Inquisitor." Thrawn was watching this exchange with interest. "How did you manage to Ezra when so many others, myself included, have failed?"

The Inquisitor grinned. "It was my greatest gambit. Simple, but effective. I convince him that I wanted to betray you and needed his help."

"Impressive."

Pryce stepped into the holding room. "Now let's get this over with and kill the boy."

The Pau'an shook his head. "Need I remind you that the boy is Force-Sensitive? My mission from Lord Vader means I must deliver Bridger to my Master personally."

"Hmm. This conversation would be better served in private." Thrawn ushered the duo out of the room, leaving Ezra alone in his cell.

"Now Bridger knows what your mission comprises of." Pryce was furious. "Your loose lips could jeopardize everything! Lord Vader gave us explicit instructions regarding the secrecy surrounding Project Rebirth."

"As usual, Governor, you're missing the big picture." The Inquisitor turned to Thrawn. "We won. With the Rebellion's most powerful Force-Sensitive captured, we can get anything we want now."

"Have you forgotten about our purpose? And our Master?" Pryce wasn't letting it go. "This will only slow us down!"

The Inquisitor bristled. "I'm sorry, who was the one actually captured Ezra Bridger? Perhaps our Master would like to know about the Leader of Lothal's consistent failure."

"How dare you-"

Thrawn stood. "This bickering is pointless." He glanced at Pryce. "Get rid of Bridger."

The Inquisitor stopped Pryce as she was walking out. "Wait."

"Why?" Pryce turned on the Inquisitor. "Why do you want him alive? He's bested you time and again, made a fool out of this Empire."

"And humiliated you with defeat after defeat." Thrawn grabbed the Pau'an and held him against a wall. "You'll notice, Grand Inquisitor, that this chamber is modified. To nullify Force Powers." He watched as the Inquisitor's eyes widened. "The entire facility is like this. Do you really think your betrayal went unnoticed? That your efforts in bringing Bridger here wouldn't reveal you for the snake you really are?"

The Inquisitor grinned. "Maybe." He pressed a button. "But you didn't think I had no plan, right?"

Explosions rang out across the compound, and Ezra grinned and activated his comlink. "That's our cue, Sabine!" He opened the cell with the key the Inquisitor gave him, and grabbed his lightsaber. "Let's go."

On my way!

Ezra quietly snuck out the room, meeting up with Sabine near the control room. "I really hope this works."

She nodded. "Me too."

They raced into the control room and activated the computer, only to find that the entire station had been shut down from the reactor room. Ezra pounded his fist into the wall. "Karabast! They knew we were coming! The Inquisitor must have tipped them off. How could I have been so stupid?"

"Apparently." Laborious breathing could be heard from the other side of the room, and the Inquisitor appeared, leaning against a wall. "Thrawn wasn't as easy to fool as I thought."

Ezra turned. "You double-crossing- the antidote! Where is the antidote?"

The Pau'an chuckled. "There isn't one!" He continued laughing. "You really don't know your gasses, do you, Ezra? Daxfor is harmless. I knew there was no other way to get your help. I would never hurt you or Sabine."

Sabine and Ezra traded glances as the Inquisitor continued. "When Thrawn and Pryce left me for dead, a Jedi saved me. I've spent most of my life hunting Jedi, killing them." He chuckled. "That's the final irony, I suppose." He collapsed against the terminal, back burned with blaster bolts.

Ezra ran to him. "Inquisitor!"

"This is it for me." He chuckled softly. "The end of the game."

Ezra grabbed one of his arms and put it around his shoulders. "Come on. We need to go."

Shouting could be heard, and the Inquisitor let go of Ezra and grabbed his lightsaber. "Go. I'll hold them off until you're out."

Ezra shook his head. "No. I'm not gonna leave you."

The Inquisitor chuckled. "Ezra. You're more ruthless than you realise. I know you will defeat Thrawn and Pryce." He dropped something into Ezra's hand. "Now GO!"

Ezra and Sabine ran out of the control room, hearing the Pau'an's lightsaber ignite. Ezra activated his comm. "Inquisitor! There are explosive barrels of fuel in there."

Moments later, an explosion sounded, and Ezra glanced at Sabine. "Faster!"

After a few minutes of running, they reached the exit-only to find Pryce waiting for them. "Well played, Bridger. But you were too slow." Stormtroopers surrounded them, and Ezra let out a yell.

Pryce smiled. "Is that all? Your pathetic plan fails, and a frustrated yell shall be your final words? I expected more from Ezra Bridger."

Sabine glared at the Governor. "Actually, it was the Inquisitor's pathetic plan that failed. And, by the way? He wasn't yelling in frustration."

Blaster fire could be heard from outside, and Ezra and Sabine incapacitated the troopers behind them. Pryce's eyes widened momentarily, until she was thrown to the other end of the hallway by the Force.

The door opened, to reveal Kanan standing on the other side. "Come on, Kids! We need to go!"

Back on the Ghost, Ezra was talking to Kanan. "Thrawn and Pryce are involved in some secret project. Called Rebirth. I don't know what that means."

Hera shook her head. "I can't believe the Inquisitor sacrificed himself to save you."

Kanan shrugged. "Could just be the Force at work. As confusing as all this is, we just have to trust that it will all make sense in the end."

Sabine stood beside Ezra. "It's weird having the Inquisitor gone. It's almost like-"

He nodded. "I get it." His mind went back to when he was in the caves at the Lothal Jedi Temple. "We've learned a lot from him." Ezra sighed. "I'll meet up with you guys in a bit. I…need to think."

Ezra sat on top of the Ghost. "It didn't have to end like this."

"You okay, Kid?" Kanan stood beside him. "What's going on?"

Ezra stared at the horizon. "Something doesn't feel right, Kanan. Earlier, Thrawn asked the Inquisitor how he captured me when 'so many others, myself included, failed?'" He looked at his Master. "Thrawn and I have never met in this timeline. He's never tried to capture me in this place. What if it's not just you guys gaining the memories I have of you, but our enemies?"

Kanan frowned. "It does make sense. Explains why the Inquisitor was so willing to fight against the Empire." He sighed. "We'll just have to wait and see. Trust the Force, Ezra."

Ezra closed his eyes. "Of course. But, we're fighting a losing battle, aren't we?"

Kanan shrugged. "We were losing long before you showed up. You coming gave us hope; we've used that hope. We're slowly depleting the Empire of resources they need to win. It's only a matter of time before it all comes to a head."

Ezra nodded and stood. "And we'll be ready when it does."

I really had a lot of fun with this arc. So, be on the lookout for more chapter like this. (It also serves as a convenient Segway into the next part of the story.)

Please let me know what you thought of all this, if you thought it worked, if you thought it didn't, or if you just despise me as a person and want to tell me. (Okay, not that last one)

Thanks for reading!