Hello my fellow authors and readers of FanFiction. Okay so first off Happy New Year; goodbye 2016 and hello 2017. So yeah it's a new year and as part of my New Years resolution I have made it my effort to see two things through before this year ends; those are to get a job and to finish writing Mother of a Phantom which I have ignored to long due to job hunting, stress, writer's block and many other things; I can't give an exact time of when to expect the story to be updated as I want most if not all of the remaining story to by typed before I start posting in order to avoid more breaks. But I also have this story on the go as well and I hope I will be able to maintain writing for both of them this year; it might be do able as updates for this story take a while longer due to the length; but enough of that; I should save all of this for the outro. Bottom line here's a new chapter of The Phantom Rebel and I hope you enjoy it.


STAR WARS:

THE PHANTOM REBEL:

CHAPTER XII: STEALTH STRIKE

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FREINDS REUNITED. WHILE ON A MISSION TO DELIVER

A COURIER OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO HAVOK

OUTPOST; SABINE WREN IS REUNITED WITH A PERSON

FROM HER PAST; THE BOUNTY HUNTER KETSU ONYO.

KETSU WAS HIRED BY THE BLACK SUNS TO RETRVIE THE

COURIER AND TAKE THE INFORMATION. AFTER A STRUGGLE

AND HELP FROM HER FRIENDS; SABINE AND KETSU ARE ABE TO

RECOLINDE AND WORK TOGETHER TO ESCAPE THE EMPIRE.

FOLOWING THE SUCESSFUL DELIVERY OF THE COURIER AND

THE SEEING SABINE REUNITE WITH HER FRIEND; DANNY PHANTOM

CAN NOT HELP BUT BE REMINDED THAT HE IS SO FAR FROM HIS

FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND HAS NO IDEA HOW OR IF HE WILL BE

ABLE TO RETURN TO HIS HOME...


It had almost been a week since Sabine had reunited with Ketsu. Danny sighed; his birthday was in two days. In two days, he would be eighteen years old and there still wasn't any sign of him returning home yet. To make matters worse their still haven't been many missions as of late and Rex and Kanan were still getting into arguments over everything. They were really starting to get on Danny's nerves; which he seemed to have very little of lately. Danny for some reason found himself easily agitated in the last few days. He usually was not one to anger quickly and when he did he was good at keeping it in check but he was still finding it hard not to want to lash out at Kanan and Rex's endless arguing or Chopper from poking him with an electric prod.

There had only been one mission to come up recently; today even. One of the Rebellions ships went missing and Commander Sato was going to go investigate the disappearance. Unfortunately, Danny wasn't asked to join despite him wanting to go; right now, he would rather be anywhere then around The Ghost hearing Kanan and Rex argue. It wasn't any easier on Ezra either who was still stuck between the two of them. Danny thought that Ezra might have finally told them about their overworking him since he couldn't recall seeing the over exhaustion and frustration that hung over him like it did before their Hondo adventure. At least Ezra was allowed to go on Sato's mission; Danny and Ezra had talked before he departed and they each knew they wanted to go on the mission for the same reason; to get way from Rex and Kanan. But Ezra was the one that would be escaping the chaos today. Danny was fine with it; sure, was he bummed out but he figured Ezra might need the peace more. Last time it reached a point with Ezra they had ended up on the Hondo adventure.

Danny however, had managed to find something to occupy his time. Yesterday he finally got around to asking Sabine if she would teach him Binary. They both figured that as long as he was in this galaxy and would be working with them it would be good for him to understand Chopper. Besides Danny the only other one who couldn't understand Chopper was Zeb. She agreed but warned him before hand that binary is difficult to understand and it could take years to actually learn but they both took it as a challenge and as Sabine once said she doesn't turn down a challenge. Today had been their first lesson so not much had developed but as Danny and Sabine sat outside of The Ghost he was starting to see why not everybody could speak droid. It was difficult; the variations of the whistles and beeps; the order they appear; the pitch of volume. Danny thought learning Esperanto was challenging but he mastered that but after hearing Binary he figured he would be able to master French, Spanish, Mandarin and Latin before he could understand Binary.

It wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for the fact that Chopper had insisted he be at the lesson to see how he was progressing. Sabine figured it was a good idea because then they could work off of Chopper. However, every time Danny got something wrong; which on day one of learning a new language can happen a lot; Chopper would shock him. The droid was already on his nerves and Danny could feel his anger spiking. He had lost count of how many times he'd been shocked today alone. It was taking almost all of his concentration and focus to not tear the irritating trash can apart like he was made of tissue paper. Danny failed in completely understanding what Chopper had said again and received another shock for his trouble.

"Does he have to do that if I get it wrong?" Danny asked irritation clear in his voice.

"Well it's usually a good incentive to not get an answer or translation wrong." Sabine replied.

"Yeah well cut me some slack I'm trying to learn a new language here which you yourself warned me is difficult to learn and could take years of practice; you can't expect perfection."

"I don't but apparently, Chopper does." Sabine pointed out.

"Uh learning Esperanto was easy compared to this." Danny groaned.

"Esper-what?" Sabine asked; eyes blinking in confusion.

"Oh, Esperanto it's one of the many languages on my planet. One of my friends who happens to be a ghost speaks it and I had to learn it in order to understand him. It was difficult at first but now I'm fluent in it."

"Really can I hear some of it? Besides art and explosives, I also have an interest in languages." Sabine asked with interest.

"Certa sed vi ne povos kompreni unu vorton de tio." Danny replied in fluent Esperanto.

"Okay neat…now what did you say?"

"That's for me to know and for you to find out." Danny replied with a smirk.

"You didn't just flirt with me in another language so I wouldn't know, did you?" Sabine raised a suspicious brow.

"What…no it wasn't anything like that I promise." Danny answered quickly.

"Good because I get enough of that from Ezra."

"Yeah don't think I didn't notice his awkward attempts; Ezra isn't very subtle."

"You should have seen what he was like when we first picked him up when we were stationed on Lothal. If he wasn't fighting with Zeb and Chopper or training with Kanan he was trying to woo or impress me…" Sabine recalled the memories with amusement. "…so, are you really not going to tell me what you said?"

"Why would I do that and spoil the mystery?" Danny replied with a smirk.

"Alright then Ghost Boy if you won't tell me I guess I'll have to find out for myself. Since I'm teaching you Binary it's only fair you teach me something as well." Sabine said.

"You want to learn Esperanto?" Danny asked.

"Why not I already speak Basic, Binary, Mando'a, Huttese, Rodain, Aqualish and some Shyriiwook fluently; what's one more language and the best part is besides you I'm the only one who will know how to speak it."

"Looking to have your own secret language in this galaxy, are you?" Danny inquired; impressed that she knew so much. He only knew English and Esperanto fluently while he only knew some words and phrases in others.

"Maybe; so, you up to the challenge?" Sabine asked with a smirk.

"I'm game if you are; after all you are helping me with Binary."

Sabine seemed like she was about to say something else but paused when Danny felt himself get shocked again; this one being more powerful then the others. He whipped around to see Chopper looking at him and beeping. To be completely honest Danny had forgotten that the annoying orange bucket of bolts was here. He was actually starting to relax and feel his agitation leave before it all came back to boil. Danny's eyes instantly blazed green with fire; a faint amount of green smoke and mist pouring form his sockets to show the intensity of his burning eyes. The area around them grew slightly colder and Sabine gave a quick shiver at the sudden temperature drop. Danny got up from his spot and picked Chopper up.

"That's it come here you little…." Danny started to say.

"Sabine, Danny, Chopper get in here we have an emergency!" Hera shouted from The Ghost.

"We better see what it is." Sabine said.

"Consider yourself lucky Chopper." Danny warned.

With that Danny dropped the troublesome droid on the ground and turned to walk towards the Ghost. Sabine got up from her spot and helped Chopper up and watched as Danny departed. She was one of the more observant of the Ghost Crew except for maybe Hera and she was not blind to Danny's recent change of behaviour in the last few days. She didn't like it; sure, most of the time he was the Danny they had come to know but recently they'd been seeing him more aggravated then normal. Thankfully he hasn't been sassy or snapped at anybody yet; well unless it was Chopper which Danny had just shown he was not above throwing.

"Hey Chop; maybe you should lay off the shocking Danny thing…at least for a while if you haven't noticed he's been acting differently." Sabine said.

"Whomp-Whomp-Whaa-Whomp." Chopper beeped.

"CHOPPER! as a woman I do not find that even remotely funny. You'll be lucky if I don't tell Hera what you said." Sabine snapped.

Chopper rolled away as fast as his little wheels could take him. He ran straight to The Ghost and away from the extremely angered Mandalorian. Sabine watched the droid scamper away in fear…good. Seeing the droid out of sight; actually, rolling past Danny in his hurry Sabine started to walk to the Ghost as well. On the way to the Ghost she was debating with herself on weather or not to rat Chopper out to Hera for his comment. On the one hand, it did give her some leverage over the droid but on the other she would really like to see Hera reaction to Chopper's poorly chosen menstruation comment that he tried to pass off as a joke.


The crew had gathered around the Dejarik table. Danny sat between Kanan and Sabine while Hera started talking. Apparently, something had gone wrong on Sato's mission and they were in trouble. They might have fallen victim to whatever had befallen the first missing shuttle. The only difference this time was that they received a transmission before they lost contact. Hera had it playing on the table for them all to see; it was a hologram of Commander Sato; his face was panicked but he remained calm in the situation.

"Phoenix Home to Ghost we've been pulled out of Hyperspace, The Empire…." Commander Sato said before the recording stopped.

"The transmission was jammed but still…it doesn't make any sense. You can't pull a ship out of hyperspace because you never know exactly where it is; a tractor beam can't get a lock." Hera said.

"That's because this isn't a tractor beam it's a Gravity Well." Sabine spoke up as her eyes widened in realization.

"Eh...a what?" Zeb asked; clearly already lost.

"When I was at the Imperial Academy they were developing a new cruiser with gravity well projectors that would be powerful enough to pull a ship out of hyperspace." Sabine informed them.

"Well it looks like they finished it." Kanan said.

"Chances are they're still testing the system. If they follow Imperial procedure the testing zone for this type of ship wouldn't be that large. You'll probably find it not far from where we lost contact with Commander Sato." Sabine said.

"Alright everybody gear up we're going out there." Kanan said as he got up to go and prepare.

"Rescue mission sweet!" Danny said; finally, something to do.

"Not everybody. You and Rex will go to that system. Find that ship and I bet you'll find Ezra and the others." Hera said as she grabbed Kanan's shoulder and spun him around to face her. Danny's excitement soon came to a stop upon not hearing his name on the mission.

"Not Rex, I'll take Zeb or Sabine." Kanan whined.

"You guys can see me right; I'm not currently invisible?" Danny asked Sabine and Zeb to which both of them shook their heads.

"Rex's military experience will be invaluable and he can impersonate a Stormtrooper." Hera pointed out.

"Right that's because he is a Stormtrooper." Kanan shot back.

"No, he was a Clone Trooper." Hera corrected.

"Same thing." Kanan muttered.

"Kanan I sent Ezra on that mission this is the only way." Hera said sternly but with a hint of concern when it came to Ezra.

"Don't worry Hera we'll get them back; all of them." Danny said as he jumped up from his seat.

"We?" Kanan raised a brow.

"Uh yeah. I may not have military experience like Rex but I do have one thing that you've managed to overlook." Danny said crossing his arms.

"Which would be?" Kanan inquired.

"Stealth, I mean I know my usual plan is to go in guns blazing but I can be stealthy when I want to which is exactly what you need on rescue missions when you want to get in without a hassle. Sure, I'm no Solid Snake but unless you know anyone else who can turn himself or others invisible or intangible I'm coming along." Danny pointed out.

"Who's Solid Snake?" Zeb asked Sabine.

"No Idea." Sabine replied honestly; yet another thing she would have to ask Danny later.

"Alright you can come; Chopper you two." Kanan agreed; honestly at least that way he wouldn't be stuck with just Rex.

"Why do we have to bring the droid…never mind I just answered my own question." Danny sulked upon instantly realizing why Chopper was coming along.

"Whomp-whomp-whaa-whaa." Chopper beeped at him.

"He just insulted me, right?" Danny asked as he turned to face Sabine.

"Yeah…wait you understood him?" Sabine responded; somewhat surprised.

"Somewhat; I guess your lessons are starting to paying off…not that I ever had any doubts." Danny replied.


It was just about an hour after the mission briefing. Danny was currently in the Ghost's cargo bay with Rex; awaiting the others. Rex was currently cleaning and checking his blasters in preparation for the mission. Danny didn't have much to prepare for. As Danny watched Rex he started to get a bad feeling about the mission. He was about to go on a mission with Rex, Kanan and Chopper; it was like a dysfunctional double-date. He groaned at the thought of the whole mission being the two of them bickering the whole time. Maybe he was making a big mistake; maybe he should stay behind. No; Ezra and Commander Sato were in trouble he had to help them; he would just have to make due and hope for the best. The door to the cargo bay opened and Kanan walked in; all geared up as well.

"Look for the record this wasn't my idea." Kanan said.

"Just try to act like a professional." Rex replied.

"What if you get in there and forget what side you're on?" Kanan accused.

"I would never be on their side or wear their junk armor!" Rex snapped at Kanan offended.

Danny was about to walk away from the argument when he noticed Zeb was returning to The Ghost with visitors. Being dragged behind by his strong, lumbering, Lasat arms were two unconscious Stormtroopers. Zeb walked up the ramp into the cargo bay; he must have heard Rex's remark because he threw the two men towards Rex and Kanan with a smirk.

"Here are your disguises." Zeb informed.

"Perfect." Rex grumbles.

Danny decided to leave before another argument could break out; that and to give them room to change. Danny walked out of The Ghost and into the open. There had been a few more Rebels around today then usual. This was due to the fact that with both Ahsoka and Commander Sato away on missions; Hera was the default leader of Phoenix Squadron. He could see other Rebels and pilots scattered around and some of them were giving him a weird look as he was currently in his Phantom form. Again, glowing green eyes and a glowing body stuck out like a sore thumb. Danny started to wonder just how much the other people in Phoenix Squadron knew about him. Most of his interaction was with The Ghost Crew and Ahsoka. Danny turned around to see Rex and Kanan walk out of The Ghost. They were both now dressed in Stormtrooper armor and neither looked happy or comfortable with wearing the bland white armor.

"Is it bad that you guys pull of convincing Stormtroopers. Stay away form Zeb he might smash you." Danny teased; seeing if he could lighten the mood.

"This garbage in nothing like Clone Armor." Rex complained as he squirmed under the armor.

"Looks a little tight on you, old man." Kanan remarked.

"Yeah, well at least I know how to wear it." Rex replied as he walked over and fixed Kanan's shoulder pad which wasn't on properly.

"This was a mistake; this was such a huge mistake." Danny said as he realized this was just the beginning of his torment.

"Stop complaining you're the one who wanted on this mission." Kanan replied.

"Kanan, Rex, Danny once you're in signal me and I'll come in with Phoenix Squadron to blast you all out." Hera said as she walked up to them with two A-Wing Pilots.

"How are we getting in anyway?" Kanan asked.

They were soon answered when the sound of ships engines filled the air behind them. They all turned around to see an Imperial Transport ship land in the docking bay behind them. Danny could see Sabine in the cockpit; she signaled them that everything was ready. So, that's where Sabine had gone of to after she finished painting Chopper in Imperial colors; she had gone off to steal them a ship.

"I'm guessing with that." Danny answered for them.

"How is it the Empire keeps letting us steal these things?" Kanan asked bemused.

"Oh…I thought it was the same one we used before." Rex remarked.

"Let's just get this over with." Kanan sighed.

"Yeah I'll be with you guys in a sec." Danny spoke up.

Rex and Kanan gave him a look but they started to head towards the transport ship. Danny turned around to look at Hera and the two A-Wing pilots. One of them looked somewhat familiar to him. Then he remembered why; if he was correct one of those pilots was a Lieutenant Dicer. Danny remembered when he had been severely injured by The Seventh Sister and he required blood. There were only two people who could have donated to him and they were Sabine and Dicer. Danny had asked the medical droid if he could see her medical file picture so he knew her when he saw her; because he had something to say.

"Uh hi…excuse me but would you happen to be Lieutenant Dicer?" Danny asked.

"Uh…yes I am. Can I help you with something?" Dicer replied surprised.

"Oh no…actually you already have. I'm Danny; I was injured a while back and was told that you donated some blood. I've been meaning to track you down for a while now; you know just to say thank you for that."

"Oh…well don't mention it…anything to help a fellow Rebel."

"Yeah well; I just wanted to say thanks."

"Danny the mission?" Hera reminded him.

"I know I'm going; thanks again and don't worry Hera we'll get them all back and…" Danny said while he looked at the retreating forms of Kanan and Rex. "…I'll try my best to keep those two in line."

With that Danny left the three there as he flew over to Rex, Kanan and Chopper. He landed beside them and they all walked into the shuttle. Danny took a brief pause before boarding the transport. This might not be fun for him but he was going to rescue the others so he would just have to deal with it. He was already a little irritated so he would need to make sure he kept his anger under control. After taking a long and deep breath Danny stepped on board the transport.


So far, they had been in hyperspace for the past three hours and Danny had retreated to the back of the shuttle long ago. Rex and Kanan started bickering almost immediately and the only thing other thing for Danny to interact with was Chopper. Danny had informed them that he was going to get some rest in the back and to get him when they were arriving at the coordinates. Despite being in the back he could still overhear their arguments with the only difference now was that they were muffled by the metal walls. Chopper had been sent to tell him they were almost there and as usual he delivered it with a shock. The droid had retreated before Danny could retaliate.

Danny growled; he was sick and tired of being shocked by Chopper. Every time he got a shocked it reminded him of his accident; of his death. Danny wondered if maybe he should confess to the others why he didn't like being shocked. Well he assumed they knew he didn't like it but they didn't know the real reason behind it. Plus, Chopper also shocked Zeb and Ezra every once so it wasn't like Chopper was just simply being mean he was just being itself. It was a personal subject for him but like he had told Sabine days ago, sometimes it's good to talk. Maybe if things continued to escalate he would talk to Hera. He was sure she would understand if he told her; plus, she owned Chopper and was the only person Chopper actually listened to all of the time.

Danny got up and walked into the cockpit where the others were. As he figured, Kanan and Rex were still arguing. Danny wondered if there was some way to snap them out of it. Danny turned around to face the door to look at something that Sabine had left them. Danny had seen it first when he left the cockpit to get away from the arguing but now he took the time to study it. Sabine had left them a painting on the door to the cockpit. It was a painting of Kanan and Rex fighting together while Danny was flying overhead them while firing Ghost Rays in a cartoonish form. Danny liked it; it was simple yet detailed the same time and it got the point across. He just hoped that Sabine's message would get through to the two of them.

"Have you guys seen this?" Danny asked as Kanan and Rex turned around; seeing the painting for the first time.

"I don't know why she does that." Kanan said.

"I believe it's called artistic expression." Rex replied.

"Yeah well my expression is wrong. I'm not happy about being on this mission."

"Really that wasn't clear." Rex said while Chopper laughed and Danny groaned.

"Once we board this thing Chopper will plug in; find out where they have our people and get them out of there." Kanan said.

"We've got to disable this weapon; whatever it is. If the Empire is able to intercept our ships while in hyperspace, then this rebel movement won't last long." Rex pointed out.

"I hear what your saying but remember this is a rescue mission first and foremost. We're coming up on Ezra's last known position." Kanan informed them.

"Let's just hope we can find that ship fast." Rex replied.

They dropped out of hyperspace as the stars returned to normal. Danny loved seeing that; it was one of the things he enjoyed the most in this galaxy. However, when they dropped out of hyperspace; instead of the vast empty of space they were expecting they were greeted by the site of a massive Imperial cruiser and two smaller ones. Danny had seen Imperial Star Destroyers before but this one was different. It had massive domes on the hull and a sleeker design. This must have been the prototype ship Sabine had told them about; which meant they were in the right place.

"Shuttle S257 this is a restricted area." The com opened up.

"Copy that sir; boy are we glad to see you we have a 157 I repeat a 157." Rex replied into the com.

"You are not cleared. This is a 675 test zone and off limits to you S257."

"Well if we don't get some help soon we're going to have a 3376 on our hands. I don't think you'll want to have a 3376 off your starboard side now would you sir?"

"Shuttle S257; requesting your emergency access code."

"Copy that sir; priority protocol 7…." Rex answered.

"This is the stuff I can't stand; protocol nonsense." Kanan whispered to Chopper and Danny.

"I know right so much to remember." Danny agreed.

"Stand by for code check." The Imperial Cruiser ordered.

"Cody and I practically invented these emergency protocols during The Clone War." Rex told them.

"Wouldn't the Empire have changed them over the years I mean it would be stupid not to?" Danny asked.

"Trust me kid the codes are good." Rex replied.

"Copy Shuttle S257 you are clear to proceed on heading one-five-niner-niner to hanger 11." The Imperial Cruiser informed them.

"Thank you, sir." Rex replied.

"Idiots; I mean good for us but I expected more form this devious tyrannical Empire." Danny commented.

"See they don't suspect a thing." Rex said.

"Not yet they don't. Okay as soon as we land I'll turn inviable. You won't be able to see me but Kanan you should be able to sense me. Just know I'll be with you guys the whole time." Danny informed them.

"Alright then let's get going." Kanan agreed.

The shuttle flew straight into the designated hanger and as soon as they were in visual range they could see Commander Sato's Blockade Runner; The Liberator already pounded within. That only confirmed they were in the right place; Ezra, Sato and the others were here; now they just had to find them. Their shuttle came to a slow crawl before landing gently on the hanger floor. Chopper, Rex, Kanan and Danny all get up and make their way towards the boarding ramp. Kanan and Rex put their helmets on while Danny took the opportunity to turn invisible.

"All set?" Rex asked.

"Ready." Danny's disembodied voice answered.

"I guess; this must be like old times?" Kanan inquired teasingly.

"Just follow my lead and you'll be okay." Rex mumbled; not amused.

"No, you follow my lead." Kanan countered.

"Oh, for the love of…just go!" Danny snapped.

Danny shoved his way past the two bickering adults as the shuttle ramp lowered. Kanan and Rex were shaken and taken aback by his inviable touch as they were shoved but quickly snapped back to attention and focused as they followed the invisible Danny into the hanger. Danny was half tempted to just fly off and rescue everyone himself and leave the others behind. But he decided against it. It would be better for him to stay near the others to make sure that they didn't blow their cover or get into a heated argument. That and the fact that Danny had never been on a Star Destroyer before. He would most likely end up lost even if he could pass through floors and walls. As much as it may annoy him at the moment he would have to stick with Rex, Kanan and Chopper. Chopper wouldn't be much help either as he would probably encourage more fighting especially if the droid learned how much it annoyed him. Danny moved over to the side as they approached a large door guarded by two Stormtroopers; Kanan and Rex approached them.

"Command deck said to make your repairs and depart." One of the Stormtroopers reported.

"We need to get to maintenance." Kanan said as he moved his fingers in a weird motion.

"You need to get to maintenance." The Stormtrooper repeated.

"We can go on our way." Kanan said; again, doing the finger thing.

"You can go on your way." The Stormtrooper parroted.

Danny felt his invisible jaw drop to the floor as the two Stormtroopers suddenly stepped out of the way and opened the door to allow them to pass. Rex probably would have snickered at seeing Danny's face of utter disbelief; if he could see it because he was currently invisible. Danny quickly recovered and followed the others through the door. How did Kanan do that; he just asked nicely and they listened. Come to think of it Danny could slightly recall when he did something almost similar to that. Although he thought he had the Reality Gauntlet when he did it so…what the heck did Kanan just do and why was it so familiar to him.

"Not bad…I've seen better." Rex commented.

"Maybe I'll practice on you sometime." Kanan quipped back.

"Hold up, hold up; just what the hell was that?" Danny's disembodied voice asked.

"That was a Jedi Mind trick you can use the force to influence the weak minded." Kanan replied.

"Really because I swear on my half-life I have done something like that before." Danny said.

"You can perform a mind trick?" Kanan asked in shock and surprise. Ezra couldn't even do a mind trick yet but then again Danny was more powerful in the force than either of them.

"I don't know if it was exactly that but…it just seemed familiar. I remember doing something like that when I had the Reality Gauntlet." Danny answered.

"Reality what?" Rex asked in confusion.

"Oh, uh that's a story for another time we should focus on breaking everyone out now. I was just wondering what you did back there because I was hit by some déjà vu." Danny said.

"Well we'll have to tell Ahsoka about that later and see what to do about it in the meantime; Chopper; plug in and find Ezra and the crew." Kanan said regaining focus on the mission.

Chopper beeped in acknowledgement as he rolled over to an interface on the wall and plugged himself in. Rex and Kanan stood guard while Danny hovered invisibly near Chopper; waiting for the droid to do his work. After a couple of seconds Chopper unplugged himself and turned towards them beeping something.

"They're transferring him to a secure cell, damn that means they know who he is; let's go." Kanan said.

Their search for Ezra, Commander Sato and the other rebels resumed as they followed Chopper through the halls and corridors of the ship. Danny started taking note of all the Imperial officers and Stormtroopers they passed by. There seemed to always be one within eyesight. He found himself weaving through them as they walked down the hallway and once having to phase through one to avoid being touched. The Stormtrooper felt his ghost presence and turned to look but waved it off as a draft. Yeah, a draft on a starship in space; really how was The Empire winning with these fools as their soldiers.

They followed Chopper as he led them over to a small cylinder protruding from a wall. The cylinder opened up as Chopper approached it to reveal a small elevator. Thankfully Danny wasn't claustrophobic because the elevator was a tight fit. Chopper was in the back behind Kanan and Rex; who were shoulder to shoulder while Danny was in front of them taking up the only available space. It must have been weird for Kanan and Rex, they could see the free space but could feel Danny taking it up. They stood their for a few seconds before they remembered they were in an elevator.

"What are you doing push the button." Kanan barked.

"Which button I don't know where it is?" Rex snapped back.

"Seriously can they make their elevators any smaller?" Danny groaned as he was shoved whenever Kanan or Rex moved.

Before any of them could wonder if this could get any worse; it did. An Imperial Officer approached them and was about to enter the elevator. Danny had to back up and shoved past Kanan and Rex but found there was no more room thanks to Chopper. Danny acts quickly and climbed on top of Chopper so he is standing on top of the short droid and leaning onto Kanan and Rex for support. Just in time too as the Imperial officer entered the elevator and took up the space Danny had previously been. This was not a fun situation and Danny mentally cursed whoever designed these elevators.

"Your armor appears to be a little tight trooper." The Imperial Officer commented to Rex.

Kanan and Rex both gave a brief and awkward laugh to the officer who was probably a higher rank then them. Rex however continued and mumbled something; Danny was unable to pick it up despite the fact he was right beside him because he was too busy trying to stay atop Chopper while the droid protested the invisible boy standing on his dome. The Imperial officer however seemed to have caught the mumble and took offense.

"What was that?" The Imperial Officer sneered.

"Possible hyper sickness I'm taking 565 here on a…to…57?" Kanan said quickly.

"The commissary that's the last place I'd take him." The Imperial Officer answered in a confused tone as the elevator stopped and he got off.

"Yeah I'd take you to the commissary." Rex muttered as Danny fell to the free space on the ground.

"Seriously what is with these elevators…they don't even have a crappy jingle playing." Danny complained.

"Focus; we're arriving at the prison floor so get ready." Kanan said; though he could feel Danny's frustration through the Force clearly.

The elevator came to a stop and the doors swung open. Danny quickly dashed out and took a deep breath as he was finally free to move about freely. Kanan and Rex exited soon after with Chopper as they followed the droid towards the prison cells. After a minute or so they could hear strange sounds in the background; soon they recognized it as screaming and blaster fire and the hum of a lightsaber. That must have been Ezra; fearing the worst Kanan and Rex sprinted in the direction while Danny followed behind them. They followed the sounds and turned the corner to see a bunch of downed Stormtroopers and Ezra standing over them. Ezra turned to them and raised his blaster as he shot two stun bolts at Kanan and Rex. Danny skidded to a halt and turned visible as he watched Rex and Kanan fall to the ground. Chopper rolled up behind him and laughed while Ezra's eyes widened at Danny and Chopper's sudden appearance.

"Danny…Chopper?" Ezra asked; tone of voice revealing his shock and confusion.

"Oh…that's a bad miss." Danny said as he looked down at Kanan and Rex.

"But what are…how are…who…oh no...no, no, no, no." Ezra started to mutter.

Ezra rushed over to Danny and bent down to get a better look at the Stormtroopers. Ezra took off their helmets to reveal Kanan and Rex, both unconscious from his stun blast and groaning in pain. Ezra lifts his master up while Danny bends down to grab Rex. After a few shakes and slaps to the face both Kanan and Rex start to regain themselves as their eyes fly open in alarm. They looked like they were going to be okay; Danny and Ezra were just thankful they were hit with stun shots and not a normal blaster as that would have been bad.

"Kanan?" Ezra asked; hoping his master was okay.

"Oh…what just happened?" Kanan asked groggily.

"Oh…did…did you see them we were so outnumbered. There was a fire fight, a big fire fight actually you guys fought great." Ezra told them; obviously not wanting to tell them the truth. Danny couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Thanks, all I saw was you." Kanan replied.

"Yeah well it did all happen so fast; right Danny?" Ezra said while requesting him to back him up.

However, before Danny could decide weather to back up Ezra's fiction or not Chopper started up his holo-projector and replayed the scene from a couple of seconds ago, on loop. They all watched as Ezra shot at Kanan and Rex and for Danny to appear as they went down. Actually, it was quite humorous even as it looped again and again, shot, down, shot, down, shot, down. Ezra's face constricted into a sheepish grin as Kanan's eyes widened in shock.

"Sorry Ezra it seems Chopper wants to disprove your theory." Danny commented as he watched the footage.

"You shot us, I can't believe you shot us!" Kanan shouted in disbelief and anger.

"Well you were dressed as Stormtroopers and I didn't see Danny." Ezra shot back.

"You shot us." Rex said with a chuckle; taking the whole being shot at situation rather well.

"Yeah I set it to stun." Ezra said.

"Well you should have set it to kill." Rex informed.

"What?" Kanan and Danny shouted as they looked at Rex like he grew a second head.

"Well just in case it wasn't us." Rex pointed out.

"This armor doesn't protect you from anything." Kanan shot back.

"I told you…" Rex started to say.

"Here we go again." Danny groaned while Ezra shot Danny a look of pity figuring that the halfa had to deal with them for the last couple of hours.

"Now's not the time we've got to find Sato and sabotage this ship they have this gravity weapon thing that…" Ezra started to say until he saw the look on his comrades faces. "…you already know all this." Ezra realized.

"Yeah Sabine briefed us." Danny answered.

"So, what's your plan?" Rex asked.

"Well we should probably split up. I'll take Chopper he can get me to the reactor room while you guys bust out Sato." Ezra suggested.

"Woah, we are not splitting up let's get Sato and get out of here." Kanan snapped back.

"The kid's right we have to destroy this ship." Rex argued.

"Do you know how many Stormtroopers are heading this way?" Kanan asked as he whipped back to face the clone.

"It doesn't matter." Rex replied.

"We can't afford to separate!"

"We have to protect the fleet!"

"Oh, for god's sake will you two SHUT UP!" Danny roared.

Danny immediately jumped between Kanan and Rex and shoved the two of them back causing them to slam into the wall. The armor they were wearing clanked against the metal walls while they both froze at Danny's sudden outburst while Ezra just stared wide eyed at the situation. Danny was fuming, rage, anger and frustration poring out of him and into The Force; causing Ezra and Kanan to stiffen. Danny's eyes had been replaced with glowing orbs burning hotter then hellfire and brighter then a star; wisps of green smoke were pouring out of his sockets to signify how hot they were burning. Everything and everyone was quiet and taken aback at Danny's outburst you could hear a pin drop but all they could hear was a slight growl emanating from Danny. After a few seconds, Danny released Kanan and Rex from his hold and took a deep breath.

"Now I have had enough of this bickering; it's always the same argument with the two of you and I'm tired of hearing it; we all are. Do you know why Ezra wanted to come on this mission to begin with it was to get away form you two and your constant arguments and frankly I wished I could've joined him. Everybody is sick and tired of this Hera's tired of it, Sabine's tired of it and I'm tired of it. You don't have to like each other but I expect some professionalism while on a mission to save a member of your crew who is only in trouble because he wanted to get away form this!" Danny snapped.

No one answered; whether it was because they were still shocked at his sudden outburst or had nothing to say. Kanan did however narrow his eyes as he focused on Danny though the force; trying to calm him down and hopefully having a better reaction then the first time he tried it. Kanan could feel Danny's emotions; the anger, the rage and frustration quite clear right now but he could also feel others; emotions being bottled up inside him. This outburst was because some of emotions he'd been bottling up had slipped out. Rex just looked at the kid in shock; wondering whether to try and use his stern "Captain" voice to get Danny back in line. Ezra just took a step backwards as he felt the emotions from Danny. He didn't like them at all. After a few seconds the fire in Danny's eyes started to dim a little; but still burned hot.

"Now here's what going to happen. Ezra, Chopper and I will go to the reactor room and sabotage the ship while you two go bust out Commander Sato and the other Rebels. If you two want to bicker the whole time, then fine; whatever keeps you happy just keep the rest of us out of it. We'll meet you at back at Sato's ship come one guys." Danny ordered.

Danny spun on his heel and turned around to walk out of the hallways; turning down the corner towards the elevator leaving them behind in silence. The three of them only seemed to recover from their shock when Danny quickly returned to the hallways; looking much more like what they were used to and innocently said.

"Uh…I don't know where the reactor is." Danny admitted.

"Chop knows we'll follow him." Ezra was the only one to speak up after several seconds of silence.

Ezra gave Kanan and Rex a glance before he ran up to catch up with Danny; Chopper not to far behind him. The three of them turned the corner leaving Rex and Kanan behind to find Sato and the others and rescue them. As the three of them walked to the elevator Ezra glanced at Danny nervously who seemed to be muttering something to himself but he couldn't make it out. It hadn't escaped his attention either that Danny had been acting differently the last few days but Danny had never actually snapped at any of them before. Truth be told he was ready to snap at Kanan and Rex himself but Danny just beat him to it by a few seconds. But that didn't change the fact that Ezra found himself concerned for his friend.

"Well…that was something." Ezra broke the silence between them.

"Yeah…sorry about that I've just spent the last few hours with them and I've had it." Danny said.

"I know what you mean; remember you and me were fighting for a spot on this mission for the same reasons." Ezra replied

"Yeah…listen Ezra…I'm sorry I called you out there on your reasons for wanting this mission. That wasn't my place it's your thing I shouldn't have said anything." Danny apologized.

"It's fine Danny. Besides you said I should probably talk to Rex and Kanan, I've been meaning to but it never seemed like the right time. actually, I was about to snap at them myself but you beat me to it." Ezra admitted.

"Yeah well it might have meant more to them if the outburst came from you." Danny voiced his opinion.

"Oh, I don't know; sure, maybe it would have meant more from me with Kanan but we've both known Rex the same amount of time. Still yours was pretty strong…also quite terrifying that scary face you put on was something." Ezra says as they got in the elevator with Chopper.

"Ha that wasn't my scary face." Danny chuckled.

"It's wasn't?"

"Trust me you'd know if I was giving you my scary face. That back there was just me pissed off. My scary face is usually accompanied by an inhuman snarl; the brandishing of my fangs and that only happens when I'm extremely pissed off."

"Fangs?" Ezra inquired as the elevator doors closed.


Danny, Ezra and Chopper arrived on the floor where the reactor was located. The elevator doors sliding open to allow their exit. Chopper went on ahead to lead them in the proper direction while Danny kept a hand on Ezra's shoulder in order to keep them invisible from the multiple Imperials they had to pass. After several turns and hallway switching they eventually came to the reactor room. Ezra and Danny ducked behind the entrance and peered in to get a look at what awaited them. The reactor room was a huge room and the only things in it were a few machines and consoles in the middle accessible by bridges and panels. Danny had to raise an eyebrow at the room; the bridges weren't that wide and they had no guard rails one slip and an unfortunate person would fall into the pit below. Danny was almost afraid to look and see if there was a "Days without Accident" sign hanging somewhere.

"Wow not only is this a hazardous workspace but they don't even have guard rails or harness…I don't know who's more stupid The Empire for having this work place or the people for actually working here." Danny commented.

"That must be the reactor core for the weapon." Ezra pointed to a large console in the middle of the room.

"Whomp-Whomp-Whomp." Chopper beeped.

"What you have a plan?" Ezra repeated Chopper in disbelief.

"Whomp-Whomp-Whaa." Chopper beeped back.

"We're the bait." Ezra deadpanned.

"I don't like this plan. You know I could just fly in there and blast the core with my ghost rays." Danny suggested.

"Now who's being stupid." Ezra replied.

"What it's not like we have to be quiet anymore. I'm sure Kanan and Rex have already caught their attention. If not from breaking Sato out, then from their bickering." Danny shot back.

"No not that Danny. If you destroy the core the ship will explode before any of us can get off it." Ezra informed him.

"Oh…well how am I supposed to know that I've only just started learning about your galaxies ships." Danny replied; rubbing the back of his neck.

"You didn't but I think we should follow Chop's plan unless you have any other ideas?" Ezra inquired.

"Not unless either of you have a carboard box with you at the moment." Danny replied.

"What good would a carboard box do?" Ezra asked; confused.

"Forget it…you wouldn't understand; fine we'll follow Chop's plan…what is it." Danny sighed.

"We'll draw their fire while he works on the reactor." Ezra said while pulling his lightsaber/blaster out.

"Okay…that I can do." Danny agreed.

With that Danny and Ezra both moved into the room. Ezra ducked down and was making his way across the narrow bridge/platform while Danny flew above invisible. Ezra made a dash to one of the closest consoles on the walkways and hid behind it. Danny saw that Ezra was in a good enough position and Chopper was waiting for them; Danny in turn flew into the middle of the room and away from Ezra where he dropped his invisibility and floated above them.

"Excuse me, yeah…hi; Listen I'm new here and I'm supposed to be at the prison level to break some friends out and I think I may have gotten a little lost so if it's not too much trouble could you please point me in the right direction." Danny said in the most polite, friendly and innocent voice he could muster.

The Imperials present looked at each other in silence for a few seconds. Danny wished he could see the look on their faces but they were all wearing weird helmets that kept them concealed. After a few seconds the Imperials seemed to get over their shock as they pulled out their blasters and started shooting at him. Danny simply started to fly in different patterns; turning himself into a moving target that none of them could seem to hit. Danny would enjoy this; being able to fly a bit; if it wasn't for the fact that this was a mission; still it was nice. After a while Ezra also made his presence known by jumping out of his cover and activating his lightsaber and hopping down to a lower bridge opposite of Danny. Some of the Imperials noticed and fired at Ezra who proceeded to deflect their fire with his blade. Danny glanced over to see that Chopper was now making his way over to the core now that the Imperials had been distracted.

Chopper rolled over and plugged himself in to the interface. The malevolent droid cave a chuckle before turning gears. Suddenly the lights in the room flicked and shut off before being replaced by a red glow that screamed emergency. Then everything that hadn't been tied down started to float and Danny suddenly felt the loss of gravity in the room and quickly started to regain balance and control with his tail. He looked around to see The Imperials and Ezra were now floating in the air; trying to grab something to bring them back down. Danny seemed to be the only one with free movement at the moment. Danny decided to use it to his advantage and started to float around the room like a great sea predator stalking its prey through the ocean.

"They shut off the gravity!" an Imperial shouted out.

"This wasn't part of the plan!" Ezra yelled.

An Imperial managed to stabilize himself and looked towards Ezra; raising his blaster and firing. The recoil of the blast sent the Imperial backwards. Ezra sensing the blast easily deflected it with his lightsaber but the impact had enough force to send him flying backwards. Ezra went flying backwards until he collided with the wall and used it to push himself back towards the center of the room. Danny was content with just floating around them in circles. He couldn't help but hum the Jaws theme as he circled the imperials again. Suddenly Chopper caught their attention by bleeping something out and raising one of his stumpy little servos.

"Whomp-Whaa-Whaa." Chopper beeped.

"Don't you dare, don't you do it not yet!" Ezra screamed in panic.

"What is he about to do?" Danny asked going to full alert; he didn't like Ezra's tone.

Suddenly the lights flicked and came back on along with the gravity. Danny panicked as his mind quickly recognized what was happening; he immediately looked towards Ezra and flew towards his falling friend. Ezra smacked his head against one of the bridges and it seemed like the padawan would fall to his doom but at the last second grabbed hold of the edge and shot his other arm up to grip it. Danny reached Ezra and grabbed his flailing legs to give Ezra a boost over and onto the bridge before Danny collapsed beside him. Danny then heard sickening thuds and the screams of the men that he didn't realize were ringing in his ears fall silent. Danny hesitated looking over the bridge to see the Imperials fate but in the end forced himself to look over. He was so worried about Ezra that he didn't even think about the Imperials. They had all just fallen to their deaths and Danny didn't even try to save them.

Danny was snapped out of his thoughts by Chopper who was rolling over to them laughing. The droid passed them; purposefully rolling over their hands and fingers as he did. Danny suddenly saw red and green as the next thing he knew he was picking the droid up and chucking him across the bridge; sending the droid crashing into the wall beside the entrance. Before Chopper could get back up Danny had already dashed over to the droid and delivered a kick to the droid's dome; leaving another boot shaped dent and shattering one of the droid's optics. Chopper could only reply in a broken and static Whomp before Danny picked the droid up again and shoved him into the wall.

"What is wrong with you Chopper! Turning off the Gravity was not part of the plan; we had things under control there was no need and not only did you kill those people because of it but you almost killed Ezra!" Danny snapped; eyes once again a burning pit of hellish green fire and smoke.

"Danny it's fine I'm okay I could have gotten up on my own." Ezra said as he rubbed his head and picked up his lightsaber; though never taking his eyes off of Danny.

"And that just makes it okay he didn't need to kill those men and what if you weren't able to climb back up on your own!" Danny shot back.

"What's gotten into you lately Danny you've been acting different?" Ezra asked; voice full of concern and maybe even a hint of fear.

"Maybe I'm just sick and tired of all the arguing and the shocking and…" Danny paused as he closed his eyes and it looked like he was having a headache. After a few seconds of silence Dany muttered something before looking back at Ezra. "…you know what forget it. Chopper sabotaged the ship right so let's just get out of here." Danny snarled as he took off down the halls.

"Whomp-Whomp-Wha-ck." Chopper replied with a busted bleep.

"What do you mean you think you did?" Ezra asked the droid.

Chopper never got to answer as a blaster bolt impacted on the wall behind him; signalling that reinforcements had arrived. Ezra pulled out his lightsaber and activated it; it was time to go and meet up with Kanan and get out of here. Ezra and Chopper both dashed after Danny and soon caught up with the halfa. Danny was taking on Stormtrooper after Stormtrooper. Danny had taken the lead and was taking everything in his path out; any pour Stormtrooper that appeared in his sight was either brutally pummelled down or shot by a ghost ray. Ezra had to watch his footing as he had to walk over the bodies of unconscious Stormtroopers.

Ezra couldn't help but have his sight linger on Danny as he proceeded down the hallways like he was untouchable; taking out Imperials and shrugging off their weapons fire like it was an annoyance. Ezra could sense the anger and frustration that was pouring out of Danny. It was so unlike the Danny he had come to known over the last month; it was so unlike his friend and it scared him. Ezra knew that he would have to talk to Kanan after this; something had to be done. Speaking of Kanan he should check up and see how they were doing. Ezra reached into his pocket and pulled out his com.

"Kanan we're on our way back, where are you?" Ezra asked.

"We're heading for Sato's ship." Kanan replied over the com; it sounded like they were successful.

"Rodger that." Ezra responded.

"Was that Kanan?" Danny asked.

"Yeah sounds like he's got Sato. They're making their way back to the ship." Ezra answered.

"About time; I just want this day to end." Danny growled.

Danny then lunged to the side and grabbed a Stormtrooper by the neck. Danny then lifted the poor trooper off of his feet and slammed him in to the ground before delivering a knock out punch to the head; shattering the helmet. Danny then raised his hand and blasted another trooper into the wall without even batting an eye. Most of the troopers suddenly got the idea that maybe he shouldn't be messed with and started to flee. The others who stood their ground were quickly disposed of just like their comrades before them. Soon enough Danny was left with two last Stormtroopers; the braver of the two charged at him; only for Danny to grab him and slam him down. The other trooper raised his blaster and managed to get a couple shots into Danny. Danny growled in irritation and lunged his hand out to grab the trooper but instead found the trooper being sent flying back into a wall and crumbling to the ground unconscious.

Danny seeing that no one else that opposed them was in the hallway got back up; Ezra and Chopper following behind him but now with a slight distance between them. Soon the quiet was shattered by the sounds of distant shouting and weapons fire. Danny took off in the direction of the sound with Chopper and Ezra following him. They followed the sound until they turned the corner to see Sato and his men firing at the Stormtroopers blocking their path; Kanan with them blocking their fire with his lightsaber. The three ran up to join them as Danny continued to blast any trooper that appeared in his vision.

"We sabotaged the reactor let's get out of here." Ezra said.

"Get Sato and his crew to the Blockade Runner." Kanan ordered.

"Where are you going?" Ezra inquired.

"I have…I have get my friend." Kanan answered as he suddenly ran off.

"What friend…wait where's Rex?" Danny asked as he just noticed the old clone was not among them.

"We can't get though where is Kanan going." Sato asked.

"Don't worry I got this." Ezra replied with cocky smirk.

"You've got this?" Sato responded in disbelief.

"Yeah I…"

Ezra was cut off when he turned down the hall to see it clear. What was once a war zone being now eerily quiet as all the Stormtroopers were on the ground unconscious or groaning in pain. But Danny's handiwork was easily to spot and it seemed like the halfa had gone on ahead to clear them a path as he was no where in sight.

"…uh never mind I guess Danny has this." Ezra said; disappointment and concern in his voice.

"It seems that Phantom had gone on to clear us a path…tell me is he always this aggressive?" Sato asked.

"No…no he's not." Ezra answered honestly.


"Fall back into the hanger!" A Stormtrooper shouted.

"We can't it's been sealed to prevent the prisoners from reaching their vessel." Another one responded.

"We can't stay here we'll be…"

The chaos was broken as the lights in the hallway started to flicker. The group of gathered Stormtroopers and Imperial officers were trying to retreat into the main hanger in order to escape the approaching rebel prisoners. However, they were unable to get the door open as it had been locked down. The ships halls echoed with blaster fire and the screams of men and they were getting closer. Despite their best attempts, they could not get the door open. The lights flickered again and there was a scream as they turned around to see one Imperial be dragged off into the darkness of a hallway that lost power. The hallway was draped in an uncomfortable and unnerving silence as the Stormtroopers looked down the hallways as the lights in their hall lost power. But the loss of power was the least of their fears. Soon another sound started to fill the air besides the emergency alarms ringing through out the ship. It sounded like growling. Suddenly two balls of green light appeared amongst the darkness; like the burning eyes of a demon or a living shadow; staring at them like it was peering into their very souls. Seconds later a blade of green fire appeared and bathed the hall in green light revealing to them a glowing teenager with an expression and aura that told them that he was extremely pissed off. While most of the troops started on in fear or continued their attempts to get into the hanger; some of the braver ones raised their weapons at the glowing boy; firing as he lunged towards them.


Ezra, Chopper, Sato and his men followed the trail of unconscious and beaten Stormtroopers that Danny was leaving them. After a few minutes; and many more wounded men they turned a corner to see Danny had dug his claws into the door and was using his strength to force it open. Many of Sato's crew had heard about Phantom but even fewer had actually seen him before. But now everyone of them was eying him and the trail of destruction and unconscious troopers he left behind. Despite the fact that Danny was on their side they couldn't help but eye him with terror. Danny on the other hand was just done with today; as soon as they got back he was going to curl up in his hammock and shut himself off from the world.

Danny gave the door once last shove so it would stay open and turned to see that the others had joined him. Sato's crew took off; now having a clear path to the Blockade Runner and started to get to their positions; Sato, Ezra and Chopper made their way to the bridge while Danny just phased through the ship to join them; starling some of the Rebels at their stations.

"We're free of the docking clamps but Imperial Reinforcements are trying to cut their way in." A Rebel pilot said.

"How many troopers does this ship have…I'll be right back." Danny growled.

"That won't be necessary; where are the others?" Sato said before turning to Ezra.

"Kanan ordered us to go he said they have another way out." Ezra answered.

"Pilot disengage." Sato ordered.

With that the Blockade Runner buckled as it started to move. It flew out of the cruiser and into the vastness of space. Danny's heightened eyes spotted a lone object floating off to their side that they were making their way towards. It looked like a small pod. Danny remembered when Vizago had kicked Ezra, Chopper and himself off of his ship in one of those. That must be where Kanan and Rex were; good they would pick them up and go home. After a minute or so after flying over the pod the forms of Kanan and Rex soon appeared on the bridge; Rex seemed to have been injured though as he was clutching his stomach and seemed pale.

"You sabotaged that thing, right?" Kanan asked.

"Of course, we did…right Chop?" Ezra replied.

"Whomp-Whom-ck-Whom-ck." Chopper replied; beeping still busted.

"We are placing our faith in Chopper…can this day get any worse." Danny growled.

"Make the jump!" Sato ordered.

The stars started to do their thing as the grew bigger and blue; signalling the jump to hyperspace. However instead of jumping forward the ship buckled and was pulled back. The ship shook and everybody lost their footing as bright multi-colored lights replaced the blue glow of the stars and the ship was pulled out. The ship shook for a few more seconds before it slowly started to drift back towards the Imperial cruiser; everybody was forced to grab something in order to keep their footing.

"We're caught again." Sato shouted.

"Chopper you had one job; one job how could you mess that up!" Danny barked.

"Chopper you said you sabotaged it!" Ezra yelled.

"Whomp-Whaa-ck." Chopper beeped.

"What do you mean wait for it, wait for what?" Ezra asked confused.

They soon got their answer as Chopper pointed one of his stumpy servos out the window. They followed the direction the droid was pointing to see that all the other ships in the area were now making their way towards the cruiser just like them.

"Chopper rigged their own weapon against them." Ezra said; realizing what Chopper had done.

"Like a giant magnet; it's pulling everything in." Danny voiced.

"Including us!" Kanan pointed out.

One of the smaller cruisers which was closer crashed into the massive one and skidded across the hull. It tore through it; sending plates of metal into space before it exploded into a ball of fire and it's remains smashed into the rest of the ship and the bridge. As the other cruiser was about to do the same thing; The Blockade Runner jolted and stopped shaking. It seemed like they were free. One of the Rebel pilots looked down at his console and looked over his readings as a smile appeared on his face.

"Commander we're free!" the Rebel reported.

"Get us out of here!" Sato ordered.

With that the ship turned around and the stars once again did their things as they jumped into hyperspace. The rebels cheered in victory at their escape. Chopper spun around and swung his arms around beeping in victory as Ezra walked up to him along with Rex and Kanan. Danny however hung back and leaned against the wall; he needed to cool down; he was afraid he would lash out at someone; do what he was telling him to do. Chopper beeped something at Ezra.

"Oh, now you're the big hero." Ezra sarcastically asked.

"Whomp-Whaa-ck." Chopper beeped.

"It was a team effort." Ezra said.

"Gentleman, my crew and I owe you our gratitude all four of you." Sato said getting up from his command chair to face them.

"Thanks Commander." Ezra said before Sato turned to leave the bridge. "You know when you're not fighting each other you fight really well together. Jedi and Clones…now I get it." Ezra said while Chopper laughs.

"Kids…you know crazy ideas." Kanan said.

"Yeah…uh…you know thanks for…" Rex started to say.

"Yeah I know." Kanan cut him off.

"Well glad there's nothing more to say about it." Rex said as he turned to leave.

"Hey Rex." Kanan called out.

Rex turned around to see what Kanan wanted but instead was greeted to the sight of Kanan saluting him. Not just a quick joking salute; a real salute with respect and honor; something Rex had wanted from Kanan but never expected to see. Rex returned the salute with his own and a smile on his face. Danny looked at the two; he didn't know what happened to them after they had left them but he was glad to see that they seemed to be getting along…or at east not arguing for a change. Danny suddenly felt a pain shoot up through his back and looked down to see a small green puddle had been forming on the deck of the bridge. Danny sighed; he better go and get patched up before Hera or Sabine see him and drag him to the med bay. Danny walked past Rex and Kanan as he turned back into his human form; completely oblivious to Kanan and Rex's lingering eyes on his retreating form.


It was about four hours later that they had arrived back on Garel. During the trip, Danny, had taken the time to patch himself up; heal and simmer down. He had avoided contact with everybody once he left the med bay because he was afraid that he would hurt somebody. Danny knew he was frustrated and stressed and his nerves were on end; this wasn't anything new to him. Everybody got to this point every once in a while; even though it's unhealthy for him he gets like it more due to the events and circumstances in his life. But for some reason this time it felt different. Normally some down time to just sit, breath and relax would do him a world of good but he just wasn't calming down like he was supposed to. He had the urge to just hit something or rip anything in his reach apart; Danny didn't like it; he usually avoided getting like this because it could easily allow him to hear the whispers of him.

Once the Liberator had landed; Danny, Ezra, Chopper, Rex and Kanan disembarked and started to make their way back to The Ghost and the others waiting in another hanger. Danny was only vaguely paying attention to those around him; doing his best to ignore them and avoid hitting something. They seemed to get the hint that he wasn't in the best spot at the moment and had stopped trying to converse with him. When they had arrived at The Ghost they could see Sabine, Hera and Zeb awaiting their return. They had no doubt been giving a head up that the mission was a success and that they were on their way back. Though he was glad to see them and know that everything was all right Danny still felt a little rage of frustration within him; it just wouldn't go away. So, when the two groups walked up to each other he kept walking by; ignoring everyone's reactions as he had one destination in mind…his hammock.

"Hey Danny did you…Danny…Danny?" Sabine tried to get his attention but was completely ignored "…geez someone's in a bad mood." Sabine commented as she crossed her arms.

"Okay…what happened?" Hera sent a suspicious glare at the arriving team.

"Well it was a successful mission; we rescued Ezra, Sato and the Crew and sabotaged the Empires new project." Kanan replied.

"I mean what happened with Danny he's in a worse mood than he was this morning." Hera said.

"That might be a little our fault. I can't speak for the second phase of the mission as he ran off with Ezra and Chopper but for the first phase…we might have forgotten he was tagging along with us…" Rex started to say.

"…and we may have been arguing and fighting the entire time and he may have snapped at us after we had rescued Ezra." Kanan finished for him.

"He seemed fine after we split up but then Chopper did something that seriously ticked him off and…" Ezra started to explain before Chopper cut in.

"Whomp-Whomp-Wha-ck, ck" Chopper beeped.

"Yeah what Chopper said; Danny bashed his dome in." Ezra translated.

"Wait Danny did that to Chopper…I'll have to have a word with him later." Hera replied.

"Chopper I thought I told you to lay off bothering Danny today you know what he could do; I think you're lucky you only have a dent and a smashed optic." Sabine said as she examined Choppers damage.

"Alright I've heard enough. I don't know what's causing Danny to act like this but I need to remind him how things work around here." Hera said as she turned around to look for the halfa.

"Hera wait…let's just let him simmer down and you can yell at him tomorrow." Kanan suggested.

"Kanan I've given Danny more room then I would most with his behaviour because of his circumstances but I can't let him continue to act like this it has to stop now." Hera argued.

"I know and you're right but right now he's all wired up and out of patience if you yell at him now…I'm worried all the emotions he's been building up will boil over." Kanan said.

"What do you mean building up emotions?" Sabine inquired.

"Remember me and Ezra can sense the emotions and feelings of others…well right now Danny is bottling up all his emotions and he's doing his best to keep them in check." Kanan informed them.

"Well why is he doing that?" Zeb asked.

"Maybe he doesn't know how to deal with them; maybe he needs to talk to someone but doesn't feel like he can trust us with his personal feelings or thoughts yet; maybe it's all from being away from his friends, family and home or fighting the Empire. Look whatever it is he's holding it all in and sooner or later it's going to go off like one of Sabine's miracles." Kanan replied.

"Well then we should talk to him…we should let him know we're here for him if he needs to work something out or get something off his chest I…I don't like seeing him like this." Ezra said.

"Yeah I thought the kid was terrifying before; never crossed my mind to think of what he may be like when he's angry." Zeb said.

"Danny offered to be an ear when I met back up with Ketsu…I'm still not ready to talk to him about it…but I should at least tell him the same thing that I'm…that we're here if he needs to talk." Sabine said.

"If stress is part of the problem then I have some ideas that may work; we used them on rookie's that couldn't adapt to war fast enough. I'm not sure if they'll work on him but I can give it a try." Rex said.

"Whomp-ck, Whaa." Chopper beeped.

"No Chopper; while Danny is in trouble for what he did to you; you will be giving him more than one no shocking day and I suppose I can let him simmer down but I will be talking to him tomorrow. Maybe I can get him to talk about what's all bothering him as well." Hera said.

"I'll also see if he's willing to talk but I'll also be informing Ahsoka of his behaviour change. She has been teaching him and she's been away for a while on Rebellion business. She might be able to help as well." Kanan said.

"Alright so everyone here that? Give Danny space for the rest of the evening then tomorrow after I'm done yelling at him try and get him to open up; and Chopper no shocking him." Hera said.

Everyone nodded before they all dispersed to go and do something else. Hera however walked up beside Kanan who waited for all the others to go before they began to talk.

"I'm worried about him Hera. Danny's a good kid; he's brave, good hearted and has strong morals..." Kanan started to say.

"But…" Hera probed for Kanan to continue.

"…but lately I've just sensed all this anger in him and it worries me and I'm worried he might accidentally open himself to the Dark Side like Ezra did."

"I'm sure he'll be fine. Once he's simmered down and we've talked to him. And like you said he has strong morals I doubt he would give into it so easily." Hera argued.

"It doesn't take much Hera. Like I said even Ezra used it accidentally." Kanan sighed.

"What's really bothering you love?" Hera probed.

"What I saw him doing today; what Ezra said he saw him doing while we were escaping…I'm worried about Danny. What if we fail to help him though this and he accidentally opens himself to the Dark Side; only instead of closing himself off again he embraces it. Imaging this Rebellion fighting against the Empire with him on their side…we wouldn't stand a chance." Kanan admitted.

Hera gently massaged Kanan's shoulder. She would be lying if the thought of Danny being an enemy didn't cross her mind within the first few days of meeting him. But after knowing him; after living with him as a part of their crew; as their family for about a month there was no way she could imagine the smart, curious, brave and morally strong boy be part of the tyrannical Empire. But she could see where Kanan was coming from. She didn't understand the Force like he or Ezra did but she knew more than the rest of her crew save for maybe Rex. She had heard tales of what Dark Siders could do and how it was easy to fall to the Dark Side. While she still believed that Danny's morals would prevent him from falling she was still going to make sure that she and her crew would do everything from preventing it.


Danny laid in his hammock. His eyes staring at the metal ceiling; he had isolated himself from the others and wrapped himself up in the warm comforts of his makeshift bed. His body ached from his injures and exploits of the day and his head was hammering with a killer headache. The adrenalin of rage and energy refusing to leave his body as he tired to force sleep upon him to end the day. He had never felt like this before; being so angry but not being able to alleviate it. He didn't get it; they had saved Ezra, Sato and his crew; they had sabotaged and destroyed the Empire's latest scheme and Rex and Kanan now seemed to be on friendlier terms and haven't argued once since he had left them behind in the prison level. Everything was fine so why was he so angry; frustrated and stressed he could understand but why all this anger; why couldn't it just go asway; why couldn't he just shut up.

Because weather you like it or not I am you; you should just except who you really are; it's much easier and way more fun.

Danny tried to ignore the voice in his head when his hearing picked something else up. It was the slightest of movement outside the door to the room. Then following the steps were slight whispers; Danny didn't bother enhancing his hearing. He didn't want to nor care at this point; all he wanted was to be free of this anger, him and go to sleep.

Don't you hear them they fear you and are planning to do something about it before you can destroy them.

"Shut up." Danny commanded in a low, whisper-like hiss.

You know I'm right and that's what you hate; you hate it that I'm right.

Danny was broken from his thoughts when the whispers outside the door silenced and the door opened. Danny didn't have to turn his head to know that it was his roommates at the door. Danny must have lost track of the time; he didn't know how long he had been lying their but it must be late if both Zeb and Ezra were coming to the room after avoiding it all day. Ezra and Zeb slowly entered the room with the door shutting behind them. Danny, unable to bear the silence he had craved up to this point spoke first.

"Look guys you can quit the tip-toeing; I'm not going to snap or attack you I've just had a long day and want it to end." Danny told them.

"Yeah…well we just wanted to give you some space kid…you're clearly going through something at the moment." Zeb said.

"Yeah we all have bad days; figured we'd give you the space and by tomorrow you'd be feeling like your normal self…though fair warning Hera might chew you out tomorrow for damaging Chopper." Ezra informed him.

That bucket of bolts deserved it; I personally think it should be lucky it's even still in once piece after the amount of times it's shocked us. If that overbearing Twi'lek expects us to apologize I will personally rip her tails off her head like they were a wishbone.

"Thanks for the heads up." Danny replied doing his best to ignore him.

"So yeah…but Danny if there is…" Ezra started to say before Danny cut him off.

"If your about to say you can talk to us save it Ezra honestly I don't even know why I'm like this and right now I just want to go to sleep and start tomorrow fresh; thanks for the concern but it's not what I need right now." Danny brushed Ezra off.

"Okay I just figured I'd offer…you gave me advice on things figured I'd return it…sorry if I bothered you." Ezra replied; though there was some hurt and fear in his voice.

See they fear you; they know the power we have and they fear for their very lives as they should. They think you're a monster and when they know the truth; when they know just what you really are and what you can do they will turn on you. It's only a matter of time until you will be forced to destroy them; do it now while you have their trust; watch the betrayal and fear in their eyes turn to nothing as their souls leave their bodies. You know you want to so just do it; show them you're the monster they think you are.

"I'm not; I won't be you." Danny hissed.

"What was that?" Ezra inquired; just hearing Danny's comment.

"I…nothing…I'm sorry Ezra; I know you're just trying to help…but I'm not in the right state of mind for it at the moment." Danny apologized.

Nothing else was said that night; at least nothing audible. Danny was of course still tormented by the voice in his head for a while after before he finally started to feel his body tire and weaken as the sleep that avoided him all day finally took him under it's dark blanket.


Okay; there you go I hope you enjoyed the chapter as I have no idea when the next one will be available; just know that it will be Future of the Force where it will focus on Ahsoka and Danny for most of the chapter and have Danny rematching the Inquisitors. Then after that it will be Legacy and then A Princess on Lothal because of two things; one is the way the episodes are framed they happen right after the other and the second is Carrie Fisher passed and though she had nothing to do with the Rebels Leia I still want to do that sooner then later but I am going to try and get MOAP back on the board so that might affect when they come out. Other then that after the Leia episode I might do Concord Dawn or I'll do one of the original things I planned. Also don't worry I haven't forgotten about Amity or Dani or Skulker or anybody else from Danny's universe we will be seeing them again soon. That's basically what I have planned at the moment to give you an idea of where the story is going.

For those of you wondering what Danny said in Esperanto; I was going to leave it as a mystery for you to figure out; but some people wouldn't like that so here's his translation. Esperanto translation: "Sure but you won't be able to understand a single word of it." So there you go in case you were wondering now it's time to address some of the things in this chapter before I get on to reviews.

First off someone PM'd me and said that Danny shouldn't have that hard a time understanding ships as his parents invented the Spectre Speeder which he and his friends can fly. While this it true; you also have to keep in mind that Danny's parents invented it so Danny probably has a good idea how it all works; second the Spectre Speeder while advanced was made on Earth and is not as advanced as most of the ships in the Star wars galaxies so Danny has to work and understanding the difference before he can fly a ship as well as the speeder and about the idea of the Spectre Speeder becoming the Phantom II instead of the Separatist ship that they did get (which would also be impossible to use they way they are using it due to size.) all I have to say is...interesting I'll think about it.

Also we see that Danny is starting to lose it here. He's getting closer to the breakdown I said as you can clearly see he's starting to hear Dan. I always figured Danny would just assign Dan to any dark thoughts he has but in the Star Wars universe when you trend close to the dark side it will whisper to you; Dan is that whisper as we've already seen Danny's dark side; still he hasn't crossed over to it yet because unlike most people in this universe he knows what will become of him if he dose. And for the thing on his fangs; while its not official I and a lot of people always figured and liked the idea that when Danny got older and more powerful he would develop fangs that would appear whenever he got angry.

Now I'm going to assume everyone reading this has seen Rogue One at this point but if not here's your spoiler warning skip to the next part if you want to avoid. I liked it; it was much better than Force Awakens which I said was a copy of A New Hope from the get go. And hey Hera, Chopper and The Ghost have been confirmed to live at least up until the events of A New Hope and Hera gets a promotion. I like Hera but I still would have preferred if I got confirmation that Sabine lives to a New Hope. Also that Vader scene; best scene in the movie and the whole saga; that's the Vader we all love and fear can we have a solo Vader movie now that's just that please. But in all Rogue One was good and the only weakness with the film I could see was the plot; it was fine but we all knew that they would succeed in getting the plans to the Death Star; it's a prequel we al knew they would do it so it lacked some thrills and tension; it was still a good movie but that was it's one weakness.

Now we also got to see the mid-season trailer fro Rebels and al I have to say. Sabine, Mandalore, Sabine's Mother, Darksaber, Thrawn, Rebel Base being discovered, and MAUL VS OLD BEN KENOBI. I can't wait to see what they do this season. Now I think that's all I have to say on this so let's get onto reviews which; their were more this time around; again I shouldn't complain but still I like them.

thelastsoul232: That's one of the things I find tricky to write in this story and I don't really know what would actually happen if Danny killed but I do know it wouldn't be good for him or his obsession.

CloudyRaven: Well yeah maybe they didn't catch on and I think they will kick themselves for letting Chopper shock Danny when they really find out why he hates electricity. Also I can't wait to write about Hera and Ezra's reactions to finding out about Dani's backstory; like jim89 said this story could have been a lot interesting if I chose to have Dani join them instead of Danny. Oh well I like the way I'm writing it. It was a missed opportunity but maybe someone else could do a story like that.

Gold1992: Yeah the space thing with Vlad changed things. Also I figured I would have given Danny some trouble in space because it made sense their was no Gravity. When Danny went into space in Flirting with Disaster he had a helmet and a jetpack. Now about your point with The Ghost Zone; true that could be a factor but; and here's my argument it is shown in many episodes when humans or in the Ghost Zone they are not flying or hovering or floating in the zone; they are standing on the ground and moving like the other ghosts as they explore the zone. So going by this I figure that the Ghost Zone dose have some gravity to it; maybe not much but enough that you can stick to the ground; maybe comparing it to water; their isn't so much gravity but it is there; in space their is no gravity so I figured Danny would have a harder time; and before you point it out in this chapter where they lost the gravity it was only in the small contained room and Danny was already in motion before it went off so he already had enough momentum to keep himself flying. Great argument though.

SPARTAN-626: So you caught that reference; nice; that was back when The Big Bang Theory was still a good show; I stopped watching it sometime during season six because I couldn't stand it anymore; I fear it's going to suffer from the same problem their sister show Two and a Half Men suffered from; they don't know when to quit and keep the show alive and kicking its corpse for material. Anyways; mini-rant aside and back tot he story. Not much I can say that hasn't been said already; yes I can't wait to get to Visions and Voices; the overshadow thing; I'm still thinking and yes Dani will be coming soon and I think you got a little glimpse of Danny and the dark side here; look forward to your next review.

wiseguy2415: He's...in the Star Wars galaxy; can't give you much of a better answer then that and remember space is limitless so really he could be anywhere now.

Guest: Well at least your honest about it; if there's one thing I hate just as much as a hypocrite it's one who refuses to admit it when they are called out on it; but yeah I figure I might go that route and yeah I think I'm write about Nick and Butch two; Kids shows today are different from kids shows in 2004. Heck shows are always different; the reason why G.I. JOE had laser guns in their cartoon in the eighties was because they couldn't have fire arms in a kids show; time change.

gilly boy: I don't think anyone can understand the Force. Interesting on the Vader Danny thing; I'll look into that and see if I can use or explore it more in the future. And yeah Danny is going to be a big deal in this galaxy; I have plans and ideas.

ShatteredPrime1994: At this point it is a running gag and this Chapter continued it; I wonder if there will be a time where I will let Danny get by injury free.

story maker 4899: Thanks for your opinions which understand and can't tell you much of Danny's plans of when he get's back to Earth cause well I don't know if he's going back yet.

J: Thanks good to know your a fan of some of my best work; and yeah if I do go with DannyXSabine I will do it right and make it feel real to the best of my ability and also the Darksaber would work better with Sabine because it's an important part of her heritage and a symbol of power to Mandalorians; plus Danny had his Ecto-Blades. Dani will also be coming soon but don't expect her in the next few chapters; she still has to get to the universe.

DP-Observant69: I think he would need a jetpack before he's able to dogfight with TIE's in space; but in an atmosphere he definitely can but I'll keep this in mind for the future

FrostHunter: Yeah Danny going to need more training; well Ahsoka is in the next chapter so...

Chaos Infinity-X: God point on the attractions thing as Danny definitely would look fro that in a girl; I still haven't fully decided on DannyXSabine yet but I will keep this in mind if I do.

jim89: Yeah Dani's coming soon and about the Valerie thing; yeah it may be a cop out but she didn't find out until Phantom Planet; also I haven't decided if she's going to end up in the Star Wars Universe for a bit but if she dose I want to have her fight Danny a bit; can't do that if she knows Danny's Danny. Don't know if I'm doing that yet but I want to keep the option open. Yes Danny is still struggling with languages, species and mechancis of the universe; but he is getting better on some of them. Like your points on Sabine, Danny's morals and Dani. Glad you enjoy the story and I'm looking forward to your review of this one; hopefully we don't have any review glitches this time around.

So that's all I have to say about this; again I have plans for this story but I want to focus on MOAP. So hopefully I will have the next chapter for this out in let's say...a month as that seems to be the average time and hopefully I will have some of MOAP done by then as well; I will also be looking for a job. So as always if you haven't already and you like the story please follow and favorite and please everybody review; let me know what you think; until next time...

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