Living with Jedi
Ezra's sister
Kanan:
I was sitting in the common room when Chopper rolled in looking for Zeb. He beeped that there was an unknown incoming transmission for him.
"An unidentified transmission for Zeb? I'm curious about who this mysterious informant is. I'll com big guy to get in here." I say. Chop beeps again.
"Zeb, report in here. Chop has incoming transmission for you."
"What, who would possibly be calling for me?" The big guy responds.
"Don't know. Mind if stick around and find out? It's not like I could see them anyways." I ask.
"Sure boss. I could probably use the extra set of ears. Be there in a sec." He replies.
It isn't long before he answered the transmission.
"Agent Kallus?" We both say.
"Don't be so shocked. I apparently miss judged you rebels. I made a mistake not taking you up on your offer on that moon Zeb. They only sent a single TIE to check out the distress signal. No one even cared that I was gone." Kallus says.
"As sad as that is, why are you calling me now?" Zeb ask.
"I wanted to thank you for saving my life back there. I found a holovideo you might be interested in. It's about the boy." Kallus says.
"Ezra? What do you know about Ezra that we don't?" I ask.
"Before his parents were executed his mother recorded this for him. It was her dying wish that he received it. The inquisitors were keeping this for if you all were captured. They were going to use it to torture him. I watched it. You guys need to see this." The agent says.
"Then play it." Zeb says. The image changes to Mira Bridger.
"I want my last words to be to my son! He has to know this." Mira says to an Imperial officer.
"Ezra, baby I'm so very proud of you!" She cries.
"You're living a life you should have had all along. There's something I have to tell you. I have to tell you why we did what we did. We kept secrets from you Ez. We hid your ability from you, and more."
They knew and they hid it from him. Why?
"We did it to protect you. You showed signs from birth of being strong with the force just like your sister did."
Ezra has a sister?
"After we lost her… we couldn't lose you too. We sent out the transmissions so someone would fight against the empire so we could tell you the truth. So you had the freedom to be yourself and use your ability. We knew what would happen if the empire found out about your ability. We didn't want that life for you."
That explains a lot.
"About your sister, she was three years older than you. On her first birthday Jedi Master Billaba came to get her. We had handed her over to the Jedi order."
My hand covered my mouth. If I could cry I would. I know how they lost their daughter. The same way I lost everyone I knew. My master was why they lost their daughter. Now I'm giving their son the life both their kids should have had. I didn't know if I could listen to the rest, but I was frozen. Rex and Hera were now in the room.
"She was in the temple when the clones attacked it. It wasn't a clone that killed her. A family friend went to Coreasont to see what happen. She was killed with a lightsaber. We didn't know who the Jedi was that betrayed the order and did this. We never believed that the Jedi could have betrayed the republic. After words we heard how Master Billaba and her Padawan Caleb died."
Was even more frozen now. I know remembered a small girl that looked a lot like Ezra being in temple the last time I was there. She was close to my master and I. She had asked if we were going to check on her baby brother. That had to be Ezra's sister. Worse yet most of my crew and I heard my real name followed by the word died. Hera and Zeb both looked at me.
"When we heard that a Jedi survived the purge had found you. Ezra that was the day we heard your message. Hearing your voice again. We started planning our escape then. We had to find you and your friends and thank them. We're both so proud of you son. Become the Jedi you were meant to be. Like my aunts before you."
So the force ran in his family. They wanted their kids to be Jedi. My master had known his parents. They trusted her with their kids. If things had gone differently I would have gone with her to take him to the temple. Funny how the force works sometimes. The video ended with gun shots. Mira fell.
"Give this to the Seventh Sister. It may be of use to her." The imperial officer ordered.
"I'm sorry for your losses. I realize now that like the the Lassan the Jedi purge and the Bridgers execution were just to make an example. They were wrong. I'll try to make up for that however I can. I'm staying on the inside. I'll collect as much information as I can with out getting caught. Your rebellion needs an insider. It's the lest I can do. Your crew alone has seen the worst of the empire. I now understand why you all fight against it." Kallus says.
"Thank you agent Kallus. This information is valuable to all of us. We'll notify the others about your transmissions. The rebellion appreciate the information you will provide." Hera says.
The transmission ends.
"Chopper did you record that?" Zeb asked. Chopper beeps a yes.
"Don't show it to Ezra yet. That's the last thing he needs right now." I say.
"Kanan Jarrus, it was his mothers dying wish from him to see this…" Hera says before I interrupt her.
"Yes, and he already blames himself for Ashoka's death and my eyes. Do you really think that seeing this now will help him? His parents lost their lives for the same reason I lost my sight and Ashoka gave up her life. To protect him. Knowing that he had a sister and that was killed in the same purge that killed my master. My master took her to the temple were she was slaughtered. Probably by one of the inquisitors or that Sith we fought. His parents were expecting my master and I to come to test him. I can barely handle that information myself. There's no way he can right now. Not in his state."
"So we're not going to show him this." Zeb says. It wasn't a question.
"When he's ready we can show him but that might be a while." I say.
Suddenly I'm back at the temple that last time. Master Billaba and I am walking to our ship. A blue haired girl with eyes like Ezra's runs up to us.
"Master, I believe we have someone tagging along." I say as the girl tugs on my robe.
"I see Caleb. What do you want Sara?" Billaba asked.
"I had another vision about my baby brother. Are you and Padawan Dume going to test him yet? Will he be training with me soon?" The young girl asked.
"I haven't even sensed that he's been born yet. If your visions are stronger than it won't be long. Perhaps after this battle. It will be nice to have a mission that has nothing to do with this war for once."
"Master what planet is he on?" I asked.
"Lothal, the war hasn't reached there yet, so there will be no need for our clones when we go." Depa says. I was a little upset about that at the time. I liked fighting in battles. Now I wish we would have had a mission like that back then.
"Can I go with you?" Sara asked.
"We'll see young Bridger. Once we return I'll see what I can do, but don't get your hopes up." My master told the girl.
"How do you know he'll even be strong with the force? There's only a 50% chance." I ask.
"I just know he will be. I can feel it." Sara says.
"I hope you're right. I trained along side my sister. It's something not many Jedi have the chance to do. Lucky the force runs in your family as it does in mine." Billaba says.
"We learned about Lothal in master Yoda's class. It is an ancient Jedi planet. Some of the strongest and best Jedi have come from there. Will my brother and I be one of them?" Sara asked.
"I'll answer this one master. Sara, the future can be hard to see. Especially for those of us that haven't finished our training yet. We're more open to visions because of our age but they are also harder to understand. Only time and the force can tell what will happen. Our visions only show us one option that could happen." I tell the girl.
If I had known how right Sara had been, or that I was talking about my future Padawan at the time… I had forgotten about that day. I'll never forget that conversation again. Especially now that I know My master, Sara, and I had been talking about Ezra.
Rex spoke up. "If I had went in the temple with the rest of the 501st I could have saved her. Ezra would still have his sister. I saved Ashoka instead of that girl."
"Rex, you can't blame yourself. You did what was best. Ashoka started this rebellion and she gave her life to save Ezra." Hera says.
I can't help but blame him. Doesn't matter how much time pass I still have trouble trusting the clone the way Ezra does. If Ezra knew Rex had a chance to save part of his family he'd lose that trust as well. I couldn't believe that the kid actually lost someone during order 66. He never even got the chance to know them. For once I hated the Jedi order that raised me for taking that away from the kid. I never even thought about if I had siblings of my own. Did Caleb Dume have little siblings that never got to know him? Clearly, they thought I was dead. The Bridgers did. They would never learn otherwise ether.
* Sorry about the feels! I'm watching Legacies, twilight of the apprentice, mystery of chopper base, relics of the old republic, & blood sisters while typing this. Actually I'm just watching a rebel Marathon. I'm going to start watching the movies later today. All 7 in episode order. As always
May the force be with you always.
- Cass