Chapter 9: Stop
Ezra and Sabine opened the door, they saw a women in a black uniform and two stormtroopers behind her.
"Hello, I'm Officer Mercury" the officer looked quite young. "We're here to search the room"
"Sure, come on in" Sabine said while stepping aside.
"What are the names of the students in this room?" Mercury stepped through the door.
"Blue, Moon, Star, Paint, Snow and Stripe" Ezra answered simpily.
"And where are the other 4 of you?" the women waved the stormtroopers to search the room.
"They're asleep" Sabine walked towards the bedroom. "I'll go wake them up"
"Have you seen anything odd recently?" the officer asked calmly.
"No, this school maybe" Ezra joked.
"Well, allow us to do our search then we will leave" Mercury brushed passed the blue haired boy.
Ezra walked into the bedroom the see Sabine waking everyone up, Anne was woken first and she tried to wake up.
"I think he could do with some sleep" Anne stated, moving a hand to his forehead.
"He can't sleep now, we have to answer some questions" Sabine was waking Snow.
"He could give out on us" Anne warned.
"Wake him when he needs to be questioned, then there isn't a worry" Snow smiled at Sabine.
"Is there a problem?" an extra voice said.
"Yes officer, our roommate here needs sleep or else his body could stop working" Anne explained.
"Let him sleep, I have no time for questions" the officer approached Riley. "Where did he come from?"
"What happened to not enough time for questions?" Moon cheeked.
"Just answer the question, he could be a good friend of mine" the officer tilted Riley's head for a better look.
"Mandalor" Sabine blurted.
"It's good to see you again Sabine" the officer pulled out a small box from her pocket. "Give this to your brother when he wakes"
"Sure thing Krystal" Sabine took the box.
"Troopers let's leave, there's nothing here" Krystal shouted.
The three left the apartment leaving Sabine with a smile and the other four in shock.
"Who was that?" Anne broke the silence.
"That was a good friend, she helped us get away from the empire a few times" Sabine explained and handed the box to Anne. "She was saved by Riley when she thought climbing roofs was a good idea in the city"
"Let's go to sleep, tomorrow is the last day of the search" Moon yawned while walking to the bedroom.
"Wait, I want to know more about this Krystal" Anne said with an annoyed tone.
"She was a cadet when she first met Riley, she took a liking to him after he saved her. She would make troopers turn the other way or help us find unbelievably good hiding spots" Sabine started.
"What about you?" Moon asked.
"She first saw me as an annoying brat because I would be too scared to leave Riley's side, he protected me all the time and i felt defenseless without him" Sabine felt embarrassed at how she admitted she used to be scared a lot.
"So, why does she like you now" Snow wss curious.
"When we stayed impn the city once, Riley went to get some food and she watched over me" Sabine smiled at the memoire. "We talked and it turned out we had a lot in common"
"Why did you never leave Riley?" Ezra brought out a question that Sabine didn't know how to answer.
"I don't know" Sabine thought about it. "I guess because he was my older brother and he changed since the day i found him"
"He didn't let you leave did he?" Anne said with amusement.
"No" Sabine laughed slightly.
"What's that noise?" Moon looked around the room for the source.
"What no-" Anne was cut of by sudden screaming. "Riley!"
Anne ran into the bedroom with everyone else behind her, they found Riley rolling on the floor. Anne dropped down her to him, she hugged him gently and talked to him in hushed words.
"What's happening?" Moon was scared for her friend.
"He's having a nightmare, I know he has them but he never had any in the past two months" Snow was also terrified since she never seen Riley have one.
Riley calmed down but Anne didn't want to move, everyone else stayed for ccompany.
"I should have known better" Anne said angrily.
"It's not your fault, he has them" Sabine reassured.
"But I make sure he doesn't" Anne kissed Riley lightly and hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry"
"Is it always a big deal?" Moon asked.
"We have to calm him, but other than that, no" Ezra explained. "Anne's just over protective right now, he keeps her safe from harm and she protects him from this"
"That's quite serious, and it's only been two months?" Moon was shocked at how quickly bonds form.
"Yeah, I've thought about leaving him before but I always have that memory and we made a promise" Anne smiled at how calmly Riley was sleeping.
"You thought about breaking up?!" Sabine was almost furious.
"Have you met the guy?" Anne said sarcastically. "I'll always stay with him"
"Good, because Ezra here was going to try and make you two break up" Snow almost shouted.
"What?!" Anne glared at the boy.
"It will stop us from getting distracted from our mission" Ezra defended.
"And that's your decision?!" Anne was pissed.
"What has he done for you?" Ezra regreted saying that, he knew what Riley had done for all of them.
"He saved my life, gave me a home, helped my family, gave me friends and this necklace!" Anne pointed at the gem on her neck. "Shall I go on?!"
"Calm down Anne, you're going to kill Riley!" Snow pried Anne's grip from Riley's neck.
"Oh god" Anne crawled back a few feet into Sabine. "What did I do?"
"You strangled him, do you still think you're a perfect couple?" Ezra asked in rage.
"I'm sorry" Anne was crying into Sabine's shoulder.
"Look what you did Ezra!" Moon checked Riley's breathing. "He's fine, you only knocked him out and there should be no damage to the wind pipe"
"I'm sorry" Anne was still crying. "Maybe It shouldn't happen"
"What shouldn't happen?" Snow asked sitting next to Anne, hugging her to give comfort.
"Us, I almost killed him" Anne cried harder.
"Have you met the guy?" Sabine joked hoping to lighten the mood. "He's too hard to kill"
"I'm sorry" Anne tried to run off but Snow and Sabine wouldn't let go.
"You're staying here" Moon said joining the other girls.
"I'll leave" Ezra hated himself for what he done, he just made Anne strangle Riley. He left the room with rage towards himself.
"Why did I do that?" Anne didn't want to look at Riley incase he had any marks.
"You loved him so much you just got angry" Snow said still hugging her friend in need.
"He won't forgive me" Anne tries to run again but everyone just held onto her.
"The only person Riley doesn't forgive is himself" Snow said softly.
"How will he react when he finds out?" Anne finally gained the courage to look at Riley, he had no marks which made Anne a little happier.
"Just like we are" Sabine let go and went to speak to Ezra.
"I'll go with you Sabine, Anne needs to be alone" Snow said letting go of Anne.
"He won't think of you any differently" Moon let go of Anne and followed the other two.
"But how will he feel?" Anne asked while messing with her necklace.
Anne stood up and walked over to the bed where Riley laid, she wanted to run away but she also wanted to stay. Anne made up her mind and laid on the bed with Riley, he instinctively put his arms around her.
"I was just over reacting, you're too kind" Anne smiled and kissed Riley before trying to fall asleep.
With Snow, Sabine, Moon and Ezra
"What the hell Riley?!" Snow tried not to shout.
"You should tell them before things get worse" Sabine pushed.
"Ok, I'm planning a party for Anne and Riley since their birthday's are in the same week and I wanted Moon to be there, I acted like that in there to keep out any suspensions" Ezra explained and could swear that Snow was about to explode with confusion.
"That's really nice, but maybe you shouldn't have done that thing you did" Moon scowled.
"Krill gave me the perfect cover and I didn't want you two knowing" Ezra sighed with relief now that he wasn't going to get beaten.
"Why didn't you want us to know?!" Snow was still in rant mode.
"Because it was meant to be a surprise" Ezra threw his hands up in the air. "Surprise"
"Calm down Snow, your face doesn't match your hair" Sabine joked which earned her a glare.
"I don't how how to feel about this!" Snow collapsed on the sofa. "I guess I can let it slide"
"Yes" Ezra cried with happiness. "Who wants to help?"
"Sure, it could be fun" Moon looked at the book Ezra handed her.
"I'll keep them distracted" Snow said while moving over to the book Moon held.
"I'm sorry for what I acted like" Ezra sat down on the sofa.
"Just don't make things worse" Moon was impressed with how the rebels planned, saying that they are rebels.
"Anne took a lot of work to calm down" Sabine joked while picking up a beeping communicator. "Sabine here"
"We've talked to fulcrum and we have a base in the fields by Ezra's tower" Hera said a bit exhausted.
"Already?" Snow asked approaching Sabine.
"She had one in case we needed it" Hera shouted over the sound of lazer fire.
"Are you ok?" Ezra asked worried.
"No, you guys are better at shooting TIEs" a wooping sound came through the comms. "We're fine now"
"We'll be back soon" Sabine said before putting her communicator back.
"I still don't know I can go" Moon sat against the wall. "I can't leave my family"
"I'm not going to say I understand" Snow said while sitting next to Moon. "We lost our parents when we were younger, you still have yours"
"I also don't know if I can trust you people" Moon looked at the hurt faces on her friends.
"Why?" Anne asked walking into the room with Riley behind her.
"Because you only told me your stories, not what has happened" Moon looked at Riley who was removing his shirt.
"This scar was formed when I was shot for trying to protect my parents" Riley said while pointing to a star shaped scar, he moved his hand to another at his waist. "I got this one after being stabbed by a lightsaber for saving a force sensitive child and her family"
"You don't have to show me that" Moon said being hurt by looking at his scars.
"You said you wanted to know what the Empire did" Riley put his shirt back on.
"Would you like to see my scars?" Anne asked lightly.
"You have more than one?" Ezra was shocked she hadn't been messing with the Empire to his knowledge.
"Riley gave me a few while he was saving me" Anne punched his arm.
"Don't complain" Riley said while hugging her.
"Did you tell Riley yet?" Snow asked.
"Tell me what?" Riley saw how nervous Anne was. "Anne, what happened?"
"Just promise me you won't leave" Anne dragged Riley over to the sofa.
"I already promised" Riley looked into her deep violet eyes.
"I was angry with Ezra and I was strangling you without realising" Anne jumped when Riley wrapped her in his arms, she cried silently into his chest.
"It's alright, you didn't hurt me badly" Riley glared at Ezra.
"I thought you would be angry with me" Anne felt warm inside, she gave him the box.
"Don't worry" he opened the box to reveal a few photos and a dog tag. "Where did you get this box?"
"Your friend Krystal gave it to us, why?" Anne noticed that Riley seemed distressed. "Riley?"
"Sorry, it's just a bad memory" Riley took out the dog tag and attached it to Anne's necklace. "Nothing to worry about, this is from when I first met her after becoming part of fulcrum's rebellion"
"At least I'll always have something to remember you by" Anne kissed Riley.
"When did you become so emotional Anne?" Sabine asked.
"It was when you left, I never wanted anyone to leave me again" Anne explained. "Sorry if I'm not tough like I use to be"
"If you want, I teach you some medic skills" Riley proposed. "That way you have something to do and I will have someone to help me"
"What's the catch?" Ezra asked.
"She'll have to stay on the Ghost during our missions" Riley said.
"Yes, I would love to do that" Anne jumpes up. "It'll be fun, right?"
"Until you get your first real deal on someone" Riley left for the bedroom.
"What does that mean?" Moon asked curiously.
"It means it'll be fun until Anne has to work on someone" Snow explained.
After 5 minutes, Riley returned with a medical kit and a small book. He taught Anne for about an hour on the different injuries and how to treat them, she was amazed at how Riley could remember all the information he had taught her. Everyone then went to bed besides Anne and Riley who talked for a little while, soon they both fell asleep in each others arms.
A/N, I'm still on holiday and won't be back until Sunday, I'm sorry if anything is out of place or contains an odd letter but i'm not use to writing on a tablet. Goodbye and don't give up on your stories.