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Chapter 14: Colorful Expressions

The two Jedi had managed to get up and into the shaft unnoticed. Ezra, being much smaller, could move a little faster than his master who kept getting hung up on screws and corner turns.

Kanan wouldn't say anything, but anytime pressure was put on his knee it would send fireworks into his vision temporarily; this is what was truly slowing him down. He had made a quick mental assessment and decided that his patella was most likely shattered.

After about 20 minutes of squeezing himself through the vents and silently cursing and wishing he had a few of Sabine's surprises they had gotten through about 1000 feet of ductwork.

Kanan ran into the boots of his student smacking them to tell him silently to keep going. He wanted to get out of this base. They didn't move and neither did Ezra.

"What's that? It's sounds like something is leaking…" The youth whispered. Kanan almost told him to be quiet, but soon he heard it to. The faint but growing sound of hissing. At first Kanan didn't know what it was but soon it was clear. The ducts were being filled with something.

The Jedi didn't know what, but he wasn't going to stick around to find out. He looked through the closest grate and saw that it was one of the halls really close to the South exit.

"6, get ready to drop and run." Kanan positioned his lightsaber and activated it slicing through the vent allowing the two humans to fall a good 10 feet down. Ezra landed gracefully but Kanan hit hard on his knee and paused to keep the pain from venting out. Soon they were running as the alarms sounded.

The older human picked up his link.

"We could really use a pick up Spectre 2. We're near the South exit." He waited for a response as he ran.

"If you hadn't shut off your communications Spectre 1, you would know that the South Exit is fully covered by Imps." Kanan skidded to a stop as he heard this, Ezra almost ran into him.

"Then which exit do you suggest Spectre 2." He growled at the com. Each step was causing pain and he was getting more frustrated by their situation. Kanan was also mad at himself for not realizing the extent of his injury sooner.

"The far North exit. Use the ducts. They should be large enough for you."

"They're large enough but being filled with gas. Give me another option, 2." Kanan looked up to see troops running at them.

"Never mind, we'll figure out a way. Keep your eyes out for us."

Ezra had started to fire his blaster at the Imps running at them. Kanan was trying to think on his toes what to do. He used the force to shove the imperials back with enough force to stun them.

"We're going out the South Exit." He finally decided.

"But Spectre 2 said-" Kanan quickly cut off his student blasting a trooper that had risen.

"I know what Spectre 2 said. But we'll have a better chance when we're out in the open. Right now we have no way of escaping." He said as they headed to the door and busted it open.

Hera wasn't kidding. As they two emerged and the doors shut. Kanan and Ezra found themselves faced with about 100 guns aimed right at them. The older Jedi felt the panic of his student rise and he sent a small calming wave to let him know to trust him.

"Really guys? This isn't very fair now. 100 to 2? Come on." Kanan grinned as he teased the Stormtroopers. He stepped in front of Ezra to block him and reached behind him to give a small motion for his student to hand him his lightsaber.

"Get your hands up where we can see them. Put down your weapons. You're under arrest for crimes against the Empire." One of them with Orange armor said.

"Well which is it? We can't do both right now. And you're a crime for being so ugly." Ezra couldn't resist being sarcastic.

He clipped his saber to the back of his master's belt and put his hands up. Kanan put his lightsaber and blaster down slowly.

"We know the kid has a lightsaber too. Put it down on the ground." Kanan glared at the soldier that had his gun pointed right at his student. He made a note to take him out first.

"Yeah, about that I don't have it. See?" Ezra turned around gently and slowly so they could see he was unarmed. The youth saw Sabine and Zeb disappear from view on the roof. He knew a plan was in motion to get them out of the situation.

Kanan joined the kid with his hands up. He seemed to see something in the distance. A few seconds later right as the troopers began to move in there was the sound of roaring engines as Hera swooped down from the clouds and rained fire on the Imperial troops.

Kanan called his saber and grabbed Ezra's and lit them both up using the two to keep a good barrier of gun fire from the two.

Seconds later, colorful explosions started around the base taking out any vehicles.

"Up on the roof." Kanan nodded to the roof before he held out his hands, cupped and ready to boost of Ezra. Ezra placed his foot and used a mixture of the force, his own skills and Kanan to launch himself onto the roof. Kanan quickly followed managing to grab the edge of the wall and pull himself up.

"It's about time. What took so long?" Kanan said waiting for Hera to pick them up. He was picking off the troopers one by one with his blaster.

"Hera had to drop us off and we had to sneak back on. We knew you had the situation under control 1." Sabine said with mild amusement as she took out two more Imps.

"You didn't put up a lot of explosions. You run out?" Ezra teased.

"You kidding? That was the warm up performance. The real show will start when we get off the roof and are safely in the ship. Did you get your part of the mission completed?" She asked throwing a detonator at a large group of bucket heads.

"Yep, by now the virus will be loaded into the data system. Once we can get on the ship, I'd say this was a success." Ezra grinned. He glanced to his now silent master who was concentrating on ruining the day for many Imperial soldiers. He felt something, pain? Had Kanan been injured?

As if that was Hera's cue, the Ghost flew in low, ramp open and the four jumped in. As they did Sabine hit her detonator switch and the whole base went up in bright flames. The teenage girl smiled.

"It's so beautiful." The teenage girl marveled at her colorful expression against the Empire.

The ramp shut as they walked up the cargo hold. Kanan was doing his best to not limp. He reached out through the force willing it to block his pain for now. Not only did he have something wrong with his knee, but when the blaster fire had started he had managed to block a shot from hitting Ezra. It was so subtle that the youth probably took no notice.