Note: I do not own Star Wars or any of its characters. Within this story there will be original characters, but everything else is owned by Lucasfilm and Disney.
The Mandalorian and the Lasat already knew where to check first for their missing Specter, and it was all thanks to Ezra. If he hadn't noticed the boy in Kanan's clothes, they both sure wouldn't have. So the two had to plan a break in to an Imperial detention center hoping the kid they were helping would help them to find Kanan.
The issue of course was getting in there, and the two hid to discuss a game plan. Zeb suggested to just run straight in and open fire, but Sabine spoke up about high level security and how running in their was a suicidal idea. If Ezra was there he could have snuck through the ventilation system and allowed them access, but he wasn't there.
The two had settled on a plan involving smoke bombs and Sabine was about to ask Hera if they could have Chopper for another part before a voice spoke up, "You know, for breaking into a detention center, you two sure don't seem at all experienced."
The two looked up to see Switch (although neither would have known it was Switch) up on the edge of the rooftop leaning with an arm on their hand. The girl smiled and replied, "I can help you two out if you cut me a deal."
"We're all s-"
"I know you two are with Blink."
Sabine and Zeb looked at each other confused before Zeb replied, "We don't know anyone named Blink."
Switch rolled their eyes and corrected herself, "Ezra Bridger."
The two seemed go on alert as she jumped own and put her hands in her pockets, "I'll help you two get into the detention center if you can agree to fly me off of this planet. I don't care where, I'm just sick of Lothal."
Sabine shook her head and replied, "Sorry, we aren't taking anymore passengers."
"Then you both will get yourselves killed."
"I doubt that." Zeb chimed in as Switch turned towards him irritated and replied, "If anyone goes in there with weapons drawn or any intentions of breaking in, there is a gas released that will knock you out instantly. It goes through helmets, goes through armor, and it goes through skin. The high security officials stay behind clear walls of… I don't know what it is but keeps them from getting knocked out. Even if they knock out their own Stormtroopers in the process." Switch crossed their arms and replied, "Had it specially installed for the street-kids who try to escape. We're tricky."
The two rebels looked at one another before turning to Switch, "So what's your plan?"
"Are you agreeing to get me off of this planet?"
"Yeah yeah, whatever. Just get us in and we'll find ya somewhere. So what bright idea do you have?" Zeb seemed clearly annoyed by the agreement and Switch opened up her bag. She looked through it for a moment before pulling out two sets of handcuffs.
"It's time to… arrest you."
"Where did you eve-"
"Now, this won't look good if you guys don't look a little beaten up." Switch spoke her thoughts, then she pulled out her blaster, set it to stun, and shot Zeb in the head.
Sabine got up on the defensive and pulled out her blaster to fire at Switch, who rolled to Zeb and put the handcuffs on him. Zeb was still conscious but dizzy on the ground. He shouted, "Karabast!" before grumbling something about a terrible headache. Sabine shot once at Switch who rolled out of the way shouting, "Woah woah woah! I'm going to keep your helmet on and if you're in that armor I don't need to have physical damage or roughage done!"
At that moment Sabine realized what Switch was trying to do, she didn't like it, but she went to put her blaster away before Switch replied, "Lets have me take the weapons, you know? Just so they aren't taken when you get in there."
Sabine really did not like that suggestion. She kept everything else, but handed Switch the blaster. Switch somehow managed to put everything into her bag,,including Zeb's bo-rifle, and Sabine tried to figure out how she managed that one. She put the handcuffs on Sabine and then looked over the scene, helped Zeb up off the ground and she clapped her hands, "Alright, lets turn you two in."
Switch pulled a chain and connected the two handcuffs so she could bring the two without them "running off". As Switch began to lead the way she stopped and pointed up to the roof and shouted, "I know you're up there Motor-mouth! Keep quiet about this until after we're done."
Sabine looked around and noticed there were about four or five children hiding around and eavesdropping. She wondered if it had always been like this on Lothal because she never noticed it before.
Switch led the way to the detention center and when she entered she got quite a few stares. She made her way to the front, which was blocked off by what looked like glass with reflective shields up and she spoke to the person behind it, "I caught two of the rebels you were on a search for."
There were even more stares before Switch spoke, "So you can take these two if you give me the bounty you had for them. You said you'd give more for alive."
Sabine's eyes widened, although it couldn't be seen because of the helmet, and she spoke, "Did y-"
"Shh." Switch murmured under her breath. A couple stormtroopers went and searched the two rebels, taking mostly Sabine's bombs and something they deemed suspicious in Zeb's pocket ("That's a rock ya bucketheads. It isn't gonna detonate.") after confirming it was Sabine and Zeb, the glass was opened and they were allowed through. Or at least, Sabine and Zeb were. But before they were taken, Switch bumped into Sabine and within the span of three seconds managed to put the blaster back in its holster, give Sabine a detonator, and slipped a handcuff key into Sabine's hands.
They were led out, Switch was paid, and she waited just a little longer to see what the two would do now that they were past the main security.
Sabine motioned at Zeb in some sort of cue, which made him stare in confusion before before she moved up both of her hands and flicked her nose. Then he understood, and the Lasat began to fake a sneeze. The guards stopped as he replied, "Sorry, when I sneeze I sneeze loud and sometimes things sha- sha-" he then sneezed again, which sent the two troopers off balance and Sabine lowered her legs and tripped them up. She used the key to get Zeb out of the handcuffs, and then Zeb took the key and helped out Sabine. The two knocked the two floored bucketheads out, Sabine taking a cell access key out of their pockets, and the two looked around.
"Alright Sabine, what now?"
"We look in the cells for the kid with Kanan's clothes."
The two clearly had to operate fast, but fortunately Lothal didn't usually have so much crime so there didn't seem to be too many cells. There were a couple of smugglers in there, and there was finally a cell with a bunch of street-kids. They glanced through it before they saw the boy and Zeb pointed, "You there, you Twig?"
The boy's eyes lightened up as he turned and ran over to the front of the cell. He had a device pressed to his lips and Sabine let out a gasp, "Why would they do something like that?"
Zeb turned to Sabine confused, "Huh?"
Sabine opened up the cell and all of the kids ran out but stuck to the area as Sabine pointed to the device, "This is a de-vocular implant."
"Eh..De-vo what now?"
Sabine looked closer at the implant replying, "De-vocular implants are instant effect implants that were created to silence those that spoke out against the Empire to a high degree. It keeps them from protesting and getting others to rally by literally releasing chemicals to eventually destroy the vocal chords. But…" Sabine looked Twig in the eyes and questioned, "Did you speak out against the Empire?"
Twig shook his head and pointed to Kanan's clothes and ran in place. Both of the rebels could not understand him and they looked at the two other kids that were also in the cell and Zeb spoke, "A'right… ya Lothrats get free passes out." the kids looked excited but Twig looked distressed as he tried again to pull at the implant but Sabine stopped him, telling the kid he might accidentally rip it out. Twig looked at Sabine and his eyes screamed do you have a better option?
Sabine let out a sigh and shook her head, "I don't know how to remove an implant as highly sophisticated as a de-vocular implant. I'm sorry."
The two rebels decided it was best to start breaking out of there. Zeb didn't have his bo-rifle but he at least had his strength. When the five escaped convicts ran down the hall they were met with no opposition. Passing by the two stormtroopers they had downed just a few minutes ago. When they got to the front room, the breakout officially began.
Switch saw the group on the other side of the glass and knew it was time for her to do something to distract the outside party. Switch pulled a couple of her cups out of her bag and her marble. She sat in the middle of the floor, getting annoyed stares from guards as they walked up to her, "Excuse me, could you plea-"
"Would any of you like to play a guessing game? You guess which cup the marble is under!"
Sabine and Zeb broke into the main control room with the gas first and knocked out the men, Twig and the other two kids tackled some of the other guards. Gurds from other rooms began to enter and Sabine used the one detonator Switch managed to hand her and she slid it under the five entering troopers and fired at it.
Switch slammed the cup onto the ground over the marble at the exact same time Zeb had thrown an inside guard up against the glass. All attention from the outside party was towards the girl on the floor. A couple of rounds with the marble managed to humor the guards before the comm finally went off.
"Everyone on the outside, this is a code red. I repeat, this is a code re- AH."
The guards turned around but by then the rebels were exiting the glass portion. The eight guards in the room all turned immediately with their blasters in one swift motion, Switch slipped her cups and marble back into her bag and threw Zeb his bo-rifle. The group turned to Switch, who pulled out a smoke bomb and detonated it.
There was blaster fire for a few short moments before the six troublemakers made it out. They hid back in the alley from before, the two kids running off. Leaving Switch, Twig, Zeb, and Sabine.
"Alright Twig, we need to know where Kanan is. Do you know?"
Twig made an unsure motion but pointed to the ground and made a smelly motion with his hand.
Zeb let out an annoyed roar, "I don't smell that bad ya rat!"
Sabine looked at Zeb annoyed before replying, "In the sewers?"
Twig nodded furiously but covered his eyes and motioned around as if he were blind and checking around. The Lasat crossed his arms, "I understand that one. Dark, smelly sewers."
Sabine let out a quick comment, "Sounds perfect for you. You can mask the smell and we don't have to see you."
Zeb glared at Sabine as she laughed and replied, "Sorry, I felt the need to. We should get to him quickly. Who knows what he's doing down there."
