Hey guys, are you ready for the rest of Ezra and Sabine's time on Corellia? Well, I hope you are, cause that is what this is.
Streets of Corellian Capital City Coronet
Ezra and Choni were moving as fast as they could throughout the streets of Coronet. Moving quickly and silently throughout the city was of utmost importance for the two since the hotel that Choni was staying at was on the other side of the town from where they were. Ezra spent the time that they were moving keeping active probes out in the force for incoming Imperials.
"We're almost there now," Choni said as they stopped at an intersection.
"Okay, hopefully, we can get back to the Phantom without causing much of a disturbance," Ezra said as he looked both ways. Trying to scan for any imperials that may be watching them as they sought to move through the streets.
"Let's hurry; my sister is all I have. Please," Choni pleaded as they walked across the street.
Entering the hotel, they were greeted by a dozen stormtroopers lining up the civilians and patting them down. Seemingly searching for something or someone. Dashing back out the doors before they were spotted.
"Man they mobilize quickly," Choni said as the two of them ducked into an alley to avoid another patrol.
"Yeah, wouldn't be surprised if there was a few Star Destroyers just one hyperspace jump away from here for this exact reason." Ezra commented as he looked up the side of the hotel, "What floor did you say you were staying on?"
"I didn't, but I am staying on the seventh floor," Choni said looking up at the many windows and balconies. Sure she was successful, but not successful enough to allow her to get a penthouse suite in the luxury hotel.
"Hmm," Was all that Ezra said in reply, to bad he left his sabers back in the motel where he and Sabine were staying or would have stayed had that stupid spy not been at the cafe.
Looking above himself, Ezra gauged the terrain that they were currently stuck in. The back alley had a few dumpsters and boxes. But what caught Ezra's attention was a ledge on the building beside the hotel, it was just high enough that they could get to the seventh floor easily. He could probably reach it no problem, but the biggest problem was Choni. How would she get up there?
"You wouldn't happen to be a Jedi in disguise would you?" Ezra asked in jest as he considered his options.
"No, why would I be?" Choni said, looking at Ezra with confusion before he turned and squatted down.
"Well, in that case. All I have to say is hop on and hold tight," Ezra said, before motioning for Choni to climb onto his back.
A little taken aback by the gesture Choni stepped forward and did a little jump to get on Ezra's back. After adjusting the new load, and making sure that she wouldn't fall Ezra jumped onto a dumpster and used it as a springboard to launch himself towards the ledge. Reaching out Ezra was just able to grab ahold of the ledge before managing to pull himself up and over it. Sprawling on the ground and panting a little he turned to Choni.
"You know, you look heavier than you look," Ezra teased, earning him a slap from Choni. Standing up Ezra looked over at the hotel and could see the seventh-floor balcony just a jump away. This was a lot closer then the ledge they were currently on. Getting themselves back into the previous situation with Choni on his back and holding tight Ezra took a running jump and landed on the balcony with both feet, as quiet as a loth-cat.
"Okay, we're on the seventh floor. Which room is yours?" Ezra asked as Choni climbed down from his back.
"It's just down the hall, first door on the left," Choni said as they heard what they suspected were Stormtroopers coming up the hallway.
"Okay, looks like they are starting to go through the rooms individually, we have to be quick," Ezra spoke in a low voice so as to avoid detection from the troopers.
Choni nodded as she and Ezra started to move towards the hotel room that Choni was staying in. As soon as they pulled the door closed behind them, Choni was greeted by a hug from a small girl. It was evident that the young girl was terrified from the stormtroopers outside the room.
"Choni, the soldiers are all over! Are they coming for you?" the girl cried into Choni's waist.
"No, honey. They aren't here for me. But we need to get out of here; the empire wouldn't care if we got swept up in the controversy," Choni said looking into the golden brown eyes of the toddler.
"Okay, who is the funny man?" Choni's sister said, seeming to take the news that the Empire was after them in stride. Probably not understanding the gravity of the situation.
"This is Ezra, he and his girlfriend are going to help us get out of here," Choni explained as she started to get a few clothes packed up, along with a few idols off of a makeshift altar.
"Oh, Hi, My name is Shilli, I am Choni's sister," Shilli said as she held her hand out to Ezra, who cautiously took it.
"Nice to meet you Shilli," Ezra replied with a smile before looking up and seeing Choni was done packing up, "You ready?" Ezra asked as they heard knocking at the door.
"Shilli, it's me. Could you please open the door?" A voice called out.
"That's the nanny. Her name is Carly," Choni said as she pulled the door open to reveal a bruised and beaten human with several stormtroopers behind her holding her up by her arms. Before throwing her into the room.
"I'm sorry Ms. Choni, they threatened my family," Was all Carly got out before she fell into unconsciousness.
"Freeze right there, you are under arrest rebel scum," An Imperial officer called from behind one of the stormtroopers.
Ezra raised his hands, usually, even without his sabers, he could take on what looked like a squad of stormtroopers no problem. But some civilians could get hurt, and he couldn't deflect blaster shots without his sabers, so he was cornered. The Imperial officer strode forward with a blaster pointed right at his chest. Ezra felt his mind going one hundred miles an hour as he tried to come up with a way to get out of this. Ezra closed his eyes and calmed his mind, feeling what the force wanted him to do at this moment. What happened next surprised everyone in the room.
Ezra shot his hands out and used a massive force push to knock the stormtroopers back into the hallway, before using force lightning to kill the Imperial officer that was standing in front of him. Reaching out with the force Ezra drew the blasters away from the troopers before smirking and allowing himself to give into the dark side for a bit of a show. With yellow eyes, he simply said, "Run,"
The un-armed stormtroopers seeing the powerful force adept standing before them ran over each other as they tried to get out of the hallway and to gather reinforcements to try and corral the Je'daii.
"We need to hurry, more will be on the way," Ezra breathed out before turning and seeing the horrified faces of Choni and Shilli.
"Choni, did he kill that man?" Shilli whispered to her sister loud enough for Ezra to hear.
"Yes, he did," Choni answered while looking at Ezra darkly, "I appreciate that you are sticking your neck out to save my sister and me, but do you have to be so violent?"
"It was either that or be captured," Ezra said as he checked the hallway before motioning for them to follow. Choni sighed in desperation; she had seen enough death to last her a lifetime.
"Why do they want to hurt us?" Shilli asked innocently
"Well, the Empire doesn't like certain people, Ezra happens to be one of those people," Choni explained as she walked back down the hall toward the balcony that they used to get access to the seventh floor.
"You mean like how you like girls instead of boys?" Shilli asked trying to comprehend everything was going on.
Ezra raised a finger up and touched his ear, and mumbled something that the two Pantorans couldn't hear due to him being a few steps ahead of them.
"Yeah, except Ezra and his girlfriend are disliked by the empire for standing up to them," Choni said as they approached the ledge, "How are we supposed to get down from here? Those reinforcements are probably on their way up here as we speak,"
"Simple, we jump," Ezra said as he vaulted over the ledge, Choni was about to protest before she heard someone call out. "Hey, stop right there!"
Choni looked back and saw at least one hundred stormtroopers pouring down the hallway towards them. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Choni chose to trust Ezra and grasped Shilli's hand and propelled herself over the ledge.
With Sabine
Sabine moved on from the alleyway where the former spy was. It was suddenly much harder to go through the streets unnoticed as she could see several stormtroopers from the local garrison were in the streets holding up photos of her and Ezra. Ducking into an alleyway that shot off of the main road that Sabine was on, she tried to figure out exactly where she was from a holo-map that was being displayed on her arm.
"Ezra could have gone for the gear, don't know why I am doing this," Sabine grumbled as she moved through the streets, trying to get her bearings in the unfamiliar environment.
Sabine double checked the map and continued toward the motel that she and Ezra were staying at. Moving in the shadows of the fading sunlight, Sabine was able to carefully make her way towards the motel. Once there Sabine unlocked the door and stepped inside and locked it behind her as she gathered up Ezra's few belongings, and his sabers, along with her clothes and various weapons.
After a quick change into her Mandalorian armour, Sabine strapped her blasters to her side and checked the surroundings outside of the motel room with the infrared vision that her helmet allowed. Seeing no Stormtroopers in the immediate vicinity, Sabine set off for the Phantom.
Trudging through the dark streets, Sabine made it to the Phantom first, dialing up Ezra on a comm link that he had on him, Sabine let him know that she was there and waiting.
"Sorry Sabine, could use a pick-up at the Hotel, it's half a click away from the phantom, on Garber and we are going to be in the alleyway on the north side," Came a mumbled response, obviously he was on the run from the Imperials and needed her assistance. Smiling Sabine figured that is why he told her to get their stuff because he knew that he would need her to save his ass.
Climbing aboard the Phantom, Sabine fired it up before taking off toward the location of the Hotel. Once arriving Sabine maneuvered the tiny ship into the cramped alleyway, scraping the wings on a few dumpsters and scaring the crap out of a few homeless people. But other than that She was able to make it through the alleyway quietly. As soon as Sabine came upon a balcony, she felt a thump on the top of the Phantom followed by two screams before a startled yelp caused Sabine to chuckle as she opened the access hatch to allow them inside. She turned to see Choni clutching a mid-sized bag along with what looked like a four-year-old Pantoran that stood roughly three feet tall and gripped as hard as she could to her sister's waist, apparently terrified of the experience she just went through.
"What took you so long?" Ezra joked as he jumped through the access hatch and walked up behind Sabine as she veered the Phantom for the atmosphere and began calculating the jump to lightspeed.
"Well, you can either have something done right or fast, I chose to do it right," Sabine quipped back as she finished the calculations. Only for an Imperial Star Destroyer to drop out of hyperspace blocking their route to safety. And captured the Phantom in a tractor beam.
Okay, guys, sorry about the long wait on this one. Took me a little while to figure out how I wanted everything to go for this chapter. But I hope you have a wonderful Memorial day.
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