Sabine POV

I flip thru the limited information the Rebel databanks held on Umbara.

Umbara.

Region: Expansion

Sector: Ghost Nebula

System: Umbara System

Atmosphere: Type I (Breathable)

Native Species: Umbarans

Umbarans.

Tell me about them.

Knowing the Empire, they'll use the locals as their first line of defense.

Near Humans.

Okay.

A highly secretive and manipulative people.

That's great.

I need combat information.

I don't think I'm going to get one of these worms to chat.

Due to Umbara being in a state of permanent twilight, their sense of vision is finely tuned. They can see parts of the ultraviolet spectrum, but at the cost of being blinded (at least temporarily) by bright light.

I turn and look over to some of the clones that are going thru grenades.

I bet a lot of those are flash grenades.

Primarily a energy weapon based society. Including tanks.

Tanks.

If it comes o it, I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve.

The planet could use some brightening up anyway.

I flick off the files in my visor and stand to look at Rex, who is standing in the doorway to the cockpit.

"Should we start the scanners to try and get in contact with the ground teams?"

Rex shook his head.

"No. Chop is too thick."

He doesn't mean Chopper.

"Chop?" One of the clones asked quietly.

"The clouds. That makes it almost impossible to communicate on a level other than on the ground." Rex frowned.

He hates this place.

"You really hate this place! Don't ya!" One of the other clones asked loudly.

Rex turned to us and nodded.

"Yeah. There's a lot of reasons I hate this place."

I don't think you could pay him enough credits to come here.

But he's here.

For Ezra.

And kind of for me.

"Oh, before I forget. We brought something for you." Echo said, perking up.

He's been quiet for the most part. Looking at holos.

"Really?" I ask.

Rex suddenly smiled.

"Yeah. Your blasters will do well for the most part, but if you get outmatched down there…" He said, as Echo dug into a locker beside him.

And then pulled out a blaster rifle.

"We modified it a little. We know you like the physical sights and not the digital sights."

I…

I smile up at them.

"Thank you. I…this means a lot."

Rex and Echo smiled at me, and Echo handed me the rifle.

Ooh.

Well balanced.

"The power pack miiight be a little illegal. But I don't think that's what they'll think when you're firing at them." Echo joked.

Rex and one of the other clones laughed.

"The best defense is a good offense, as they say."

"Right you are Crosshair."

All these guys have strange names.

Hunter.

Crosshair.

Tech.

Wrecker.

It's them, me, Rex, Echo and a couple other clones that haven't spoken yet.

One of them handed me some caf earlier.

I said thank you, and he just nodded respectfully.

The weird thing about them, is that they all have different voices.

They don't look like clones.

They don't act like clones.

They seem different.

But Echo told me that they're clones.

Which is really weird.

He said that they're defective, but the defects are to their advantage in combat.

"Sabine."

I turn and see one of the clones, the one with a thin face wave me over.

"Yeah? Crosshair right?" I smile at him.

They did get me off Denon.

One shotted our entire escort.

"Yup. Can I see your rifle?" He asked politely.

I reach back and grab it from where I propped it next to my seat, then hand it to him.

"Hmm…it's just barely off to the right. Aim a smidge left, and it'll work out great." He said, looking thru the sight, then handing it back to me.

"How much is a smidge?" I ask.

One of the clones laughed quietly.

"Shut it Tech…try a nanometer or two."

A NANOMETER?

That's not perceptible to the human eye!

"That's it?" I ask.

"It can make the difference between a kill and a flesh wound." Crosshair replied with a smile.

"You're mental." Hunter, the one with a headband said, returning with a cup of caf. "Don't get into her head over a couple of nanometers."

Crosshair simply turned and looked at him with a blank face.

"I'm trying to help."

"I know." Hunter replied.

"Thank you." I smile at Crosshair.

I always try to listen to advice.

I usually don't listen unless I start having a problem with.

But I always try to listen.

As Mom once told me, the biggest fool is one who doesn't listen to advice.

"Jumping out of hyperspace." Rex called out to the rest of the ship.

Everyone quickly started moving back to their chairs.

I barely sit down before the ship lurches and loud explosions can be heard outside the hull.

"We punched thru the blockade. Reinforcements haven't arrived yet." I hear somebody say.

"Just get us down on the surface safely. That is our only priority at the moment." Rex said firmly, holding onto a piece of rigging tied to one of the support structures.

"Strap in. We may get bumpy." Echo told me, holding onto a rigging next to Rex.

I fasten my seatbelt and listen as the ship is clearly flying thru the atmosphere.

Everything either is a explosion, or us moving at top speed.

I glance around and see that all the clones are not strapped in, and are either standing like Echo and Rex, or sitting and holding onto their seats.

Crazies.

BOOM!

WHIZZZZZZZZZ!

WHOOOMPH!

"We've got a clear shot to the LZ, but it's about 10 clicks farther back than expected."

"Because of course." Echo immediately quips.

Rex simply frowns.

"That's fine. Just get us there."

Rex stopped looking to the cockpit and began double checking that he has everything.

I look down at my new blaster rifle and see that it has straps.

"It's collapsible. Fold it." Echo said over the din around us.

"Huh?" I reply.

Echo simply stepped forward, pressed a button on the side and the blaster simply folded neatly in two.

Whoa!

I look up to Crosshair and Hunter looking impressed.

"Neat trick." Hunter deadpanned.

"Opening the side hatches!" Somebody yelled.

All the clones stood quickly as the two side doors quickly opened, revealing…

Nothing but dark gray?

Huh?

"See? That's the WHOLE PLANET!" Rex yelled at the rest of us.

"How do you see?" Crosshair asked.

"You don't! And the people are everywhere! They're not called the shadow people for nothing!" Rex replies, clearly aggravated.

He can't stand this place.

It…it's like the night sky in Keldabe, right before the sun starts to rise.

It's just nothing but gray.

In the blink of an eye, blaster fire, both blue and red starts appearing.

"50 meters!"

Okay.

It's go time.

The ship quickly begins slowing down, and I get to my feet.

The noise simply gets louder as we get closer to the ground.

"GO GO GO!" I barely hear Rex yell to everyone, then lead the way out.

I jump behind Echo and follow his lead, ducking behind a large rock.

Get your footing.

I quickly glance around, scoping the situation out.

Temperate fauna.

It's kind of hot.

For a dark planet.

Humid.

Dirt's…dirt.

I peek out behind the rock, and about 20 feet ahead of us are the front lines.

Rex quickly darts out and hustles to a spot near the middle.

I quickly follow, with echo and right behind me.

"What do we got?" Rex asked simply, helmet hiding his expression.

"Even numbers sir. We're winning so far, and are trying to divert their forces to one side or the other to create a hole so your team can punch thru. But they aren't biting."

"On both sides?" Echo asked.

"On both sides sir!" The soldier replied simply.

"What can we do to change that?" Rex asked.

"Concentrate your fire on a sector?" The soldier suggested.

Rex nodded, and Echo didn't react at all.

This is obscenely loud.

Explosions, screams, blaster fire.

Everything.

Rex motioned with two fingers for us to fall back to the others.

I nod, then run back to the big rock in a crouch.

Echo scrambles over me and Rex stops beside me.

"What's the plan Captain! It's your show!" Hunter yelled sarcastically, firing towards the front lines.

I quickly poke my head up, but can't see what he's firing at.

"We're punching a hole to the left side. Can you see what's over there?" Rex asked him.

Wrecker and a few of the other clones looked out over their position.

"About 20 Umbarans, couple of turrets…not too bad."

"Punch it." Echo said simply.

"Go. We're right here." Rex told everyone.

Immediately, as if programmed, everyone hopped up and started for the front lines.

And started yelling.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" One of the clones, I think Wrecker yelled.

I quickly follow, keeping my head down.

This is real.

I can get shot.

Trench.

The front line is a trench.

I quickly hop down in the trench, pull out my rifle, and open fire.

One.

Two.

"TOO EASY!" Somebody yelled.

BOOM!

I'm slightly thrown off, and duck down.

"ARTILLARY!" Rex yelled. "RIGHT!"

I pop up and swivel right to see a massive cannon charging up a green light.

Right at us.

I hear somebody yell, then get shoved forward.

I get three steps away, then am pushed down.

BOOOOOMMMMMMMM!

My entire body shakes along with the earth.

I'm okay.

I'm okay.

I pop up and fire at the cannon.

Nothing.

"Boom time!" Somebody said, then Wrecker and another clone began a dead sprint to the cannon.

"COVER FIRE!"

Without another thought, I start firing on the small crew cabin I can barely see up top.

You just can't…see!

The only way I know something is there, is there's a green-ish tinge up there.

The tinge ducked down, then Wrecker threw something onto the cannon and started back to—

I duck as a massive explosion erupts from where the cannon used to be.

Then I pop back to my feet.

Gotta keep moving.

"C'mon!" I hear Echo or Rex yell.

I hop out of the trench and start toward then cannon.

And then trip and fall flat on my face.

Ow.

"Hehehe…"

I whip around and see a…human thing with a helmet full of green gas rise up out of the ground.

"AAHHH!"

I kick it in the helmet while scrambling for my guns.

By the time I get to them, it is getting fired on from behind me.

A flurry of bolts pepper the…thing, and it falls lifelessly to the ground.

I try to claw back to my feet before I'm pulled onto my feet.

"You okay?" Rex asked me.

"Yeah! Just surprised me!"

"That's an Umbaran! Keep 'em peeled! Last time I was here they ambushed us from behind!" Rex said, then pushed me forward towards the cannon.

I scramble to the cannon and look around.

We're advancing.

I look down the line, and see the Umbarans start to retreat.

"I've got a visual!" Somebody yelled behind me.

I turn and see that it's Tech.

He's got some sort of vision finder.

"How far?"

"10 clicks. Not bad. But of open land…"

"They aren't retreating there?" Echo or Rex asked.

"No! They're falling back into the tropical foliage!" Hunter said before firing down the line with a sneer on his face.

Why would they do that?

"It's a trap." I blurt out, turning to Rex.

"Something is missing. It's like they're funneling us to the building." Rex muttered.

"It's the only thing in between us and the other lines!" Echo added.

"I HATE THIS PLANET!" One of the other clones yelled, then pulling out a chain gun.

Ooh!

He started down the line, forcing the Umbarans into a hastier retreat.

I hear Rex sigh to my right.

"Forward! If we see Stormies, to the plants on either flank!" Rex said, then pointing to the bank of large leaved plants on both sides.

I can barely make out something in the distance.

Just barely.

"Aye aye…" Somebody said, before we start moving forward.

I end up to the left of Echo, closer to the other clones as we run forward, quickly but cautiously.

We're about 10 feet in when blaster fire starts coming in from everywhere.

I pull out my blaster, then am tossed bodily aside, landing in a heap.

Jeez…

I shake my hea,d then see it was Wrecker.

"I CAME TO FIGHT YOU KNOW!" I yell at him, firing on where some of the shots are coming in.

"But we're also supposed to protect you!" Hunter replied.

"How about this?" I ask. "We both fight, and if I do need protecting, then do it!"

I don't wait for Hunter to reply, cycle thru my menus and land on missiles.

Have a piece of this.

My wristband pops up, I barely hear the calming whirr of the missile, then it's off.

BOOM!

Gotcha!

"What was that?" I hear somebody yell at me.

"My bag of tricks!" I call out, then climb out from behind the plant and launch myself at where I just shot my missile using my jetpack.

I land, then see a camouflaged Stormtrooper trying to get to his feet.

"Hah!" I yell, then jump at him and punch him as hard as I can.

The Stormtrooper let out a grunt, and I pull out my blaster.

"Bang!"

Without another thought, I turn and see the other Stormtroopers, still holed up on Rex's side.

I fire up another missile, and fire it just as fire comes from the direction of Hunter and the other clones.

BOOM!

"I have GOT to get me one of those!" Wrecker said, as Hunter and the others pop up.

Seconds later, Rex is leading Echo straight towards the building, slightly crouched.

I seize the opportunity to follow and close the gap between us just before we reach the building.

We aren't being fired on.

"Get the door." I hear somebody say, and Echo dropped to his knees and began typing into a keypad rapidly.

The doors shot open.

No red bolts peppering us or pinning us down.

"Go…" Somebody growled, as I hop in maybe a foot, then grab some cover near a corner.

Ahead is a narrow hallway.

I look back, and everybody is doing the same thing I did.

Rex and I are leading the way.

Rex motioned for us to advance, and I pull out my blasters while prepping a missile quickly.

I quickly grab more cover in a niche in the wall.

There's nothing.

It's silent.

I don't like this.

"It's way too quiet." I hear Hunter hiss.

"I agree 100% Hunter…slowly now. Anything that moves." Rex replied, dropping his voice at the end.

He slid stealthily back into the open hallway, then directed us to the left.

I let Hunter go first, then slip behind him.

Rex slapped a console and the door opened.

To nothing.

Silence.

I hustle inside behind Hunter, then stand up and look around.

"Hasty retreat." Crosshair said.

There's stuff scattered everywhere.

"Like they didn't know we were coming." Echo said.

There's bacta tanks and datapads strewn on the floor.

But no actual people or droids.

Rex picked up a datapad and tried turning it on.

"Dead." He muttered.

"Kill switch. Probably all of them." Tech said.

"Next room." Echo muttered.

Our footsteps echo thru the hall as we file back into the hall.

"Scanned the surrounding area. No heat signatures." Echo said, sounding frustrated.

"How far?" Rex asked without looking at him

"Outside." Echo retorted.

Ezra…

Are you here?

Come on.

"You think they moved him?" Hunter asked.

"Hastily, maybe." Rex said, then started forward.

My stomach shrivels up, and I sigh.

No.

He's here.

He's got to be here.

Our intel is right.

Chopper and Zeb are right.

Rex slapped open another door, and we hustle inside.

Communications room.

An old one.

Banks of computers and screens.

A holoterminal and a table are propped up against the side wall.

"All dead." Rex said, anger in his voice.

"We need to go off the assumption that nobody is here." Hunter said to Rex.

I whip around to face Hunter.

"Ezra's—"

"We don't know about him. I'm talking Stormtroopers." He replied calmly.

I stare him down.

Is he lying.

I quickly look at his eyes and hands, the two easiest ways to tell if somebody is lying.

Nope.

"Fine. Proceed cautiously however." Rex said, then led the way out of the room.

Once we're back in the hallway, I look down the length of it.

It breaks off into two separate forks.

Left and Right.

Rex starts back down the hallway, opening the first door on the right.

"Barracks." Wrecker boomed out.

"Where is he?" I hear Crosshair mutter.

Echo didn't answer, and we move to the next room.

More barracks.

I resisted the urge to flip a table and walk out after taking about three steps inside.

I turn back to the door we came into as the others are inside the barracks.

Nothing.

Where is everyone?

Some Imperial installation this is.

There was one squad of Stormtroopers, and the rest are locals.

Meat shields.

Cowards.

Rex, Echo and the other filed back to the hall and keep progressing.

Storage room.

With all but one drawer yanked open.

There's crap everywhere.

"Uhh…" I say, pointing to the unopened drawer.

"I got it…stay back." Hunter said.

Wrecker and Rex quickly flip over two tables and turn them our direction in case of an explosion.

I poke my head up as Hunter walks to the drawer.

"Opening it…now." He called out to us, then putting his hand on the handle and pulling on it.

"Uhm…Rex? Echo. Either of you give out a pauldron?" He asked, sounding confused.

EZRA!

I gasp and jump forward as Rex and Echo hustle to Hunter.

It's Ezra's jacket.

Rex gently pulled it out to reveal the rest of his clothes, boots, and his datapad.

"Whoa…" Echo muttered, then stuck his hand into the drawyer.

And pulled out half of Ezra's lightsaber.

"A blaster?" Crosshair asked.

"Lightsaber." Rex muttered.

"It's a clean cut." Echo turned to Rex.

Rex looked at it.

"Lightsaber."

The other clones perk up and look to Echo and Rex.

"Cut…by a lightsaber?" Hunter asked Rex.

"Think so…Why else would you do it?" Echo asked.

"Is the crystal inside?" Rex asked.

Echo peered inside the half with the barrel, then nodded.

"Everything's here. It's been fiddled with though."

"It comes with us." Rex said bluntly.

"I got it." Tech said, opening up his backpack.

Together, Echo and Hunter dump all of Ezra's stuff inside, datapad on top.

Why did he have a datapad on him on Denon?

Huh.

"He's close boys…let's finish this." Rex said, then led us out of the room.

Once outside, I see that there are one more set of rooms on either side.

This place isn't that big.

I hope they didn't lock him up in some underground cell like in a bad holofilm.

Surely not.

"Open that door. I've got this side." Rex said to Echo, pointing to the door in front of us on the right.

Silently, we all split into teams.

I stay on Rex's side with Crosshair and Wrecker.

Echo, Tech, Hunter and the other clones are on the other side.

Rex slaps open our door, and as I turn into the new room, I hear Echo do the same.

Monitoring.

It's a one way mirror.

"Monitoring! One way mirror! Can't see thru!" I hear Tech call out to us.

"Same thing!" I call back.

Rex sighed loudly.

"Where'd they hide him…" He muttered, walking out of the door.

"New plan. We pick a side. Go in guns a ready. One of these sides has to be holding something. It's too quiet." Hunter said to us once we all meet back up in the hall.

It's dead silent.

We're the only ones here.

"Alright. Which way first?" Rex asked.

Wrecke and Echo point right.

Crosshair, the other clones Tech and I point left.

"Left it is then." Hunter said simply.

Rex wordlessly started down the hall, and turned left, reaching for his blasters as he did.

NOTHING!

Still…NOTHING!

I don't like this.

This is bad.

I look ahead and see that there's only one door.

On the left side of this left hallway.

Rex stationed himself on the left side of the door.

Echo placed himself on the right.

I slide next to Echo, and everybody else follows suit.

"Flash first, then find a light if it's dark. Okay?" Rex asked Echo and Hunter, both on that side.

Echo nodded once.

"One…

Two…"

Rex slapped the console just to the inside of the door, and Echo bounced a grenade in smoothly.

Clink…clink…

I cover my eyes and—

PHUUMPH!

I lower my arms and see that it's pitch black.

Echo took initiative and moved forward.

"Light." I hear him say as I'm following Echo.

Echo has his hand on the wall, off to the right.

Flick.

The room is lit up, and I cover my eyes.

Photo receptors are—

"Make sure he's not trapped…" I hear Rex say quickly as Tech rushes past me.

I gasp, and freeze.

...

Oh man.

Oh no…

Rex and Echo are both looking up at…Ezra.

"He's breathing. I think he's sedated." Tech said quickly, fingers on Ezra's neck.

"Wolffe, Wrecker, door. I don't want any surprises." Rex barked out.

I'm frozen as they brush past me and station themselves outside the door.

It's kind of a big room.

He's…

He's really beat up.

There are a lot of tubes hooked up to him that Echo is currently looking at.

"Is this a little of what I looked like?" Echo asked, still inspecting Ezra's…tubes.

"A little…you were a lot skinnier and a lot more robotic." Rex muttered.

It doesn't look like he lost a bunch of weight.

He's skinny, has marks on every inch of his skin, has dried blood on his shirt, gigantic bags on his eyes, cuts and big bruises on his legs…

And I'm sure that's not the half of it.

"Two cuts on the left arm and shin, like the Denon report." Tech said.

"Big…hole. Above left elbow. Looks like a drill." Echo says, sounding disgusted and furious simultaneously.

I take a step forward but Rex stops me.

"Find out what he's on, and begin unhooking him. Wolffe?" Rex called out.

"Clear!" A clone replied.

"Jeez kid. They beat you up pretty good huh?" Hunter said quietly, looking up at Ezra.

They've got him shackled to this…torture table looking thing.

Big, heavy restraints on both his arms and legs.

"I've got a solution to combat Osofibrillation." Tech calls out.

"Basic?" Rex asks.

"A condition when one has been shocked by such a voltage that it affects their skeletal and nervous system."

"That comes with us." Hunter says immediately.

"What else?"

"It looks like IV's, and anti infection solutions. A lot of these cuts are bad." Echo mutters.

No…

"Can we free him?" Rex got to the point.

"Yes. But I want everything we got on our escape ship. And he's going to the nearest friendly medical station." Tech said.

Hunter quickly pressed his comm and turned away from Rex, Ezra and I.

"We've got the prize. Stable, but wounded critically. Request for immediate evac and medical support on the ship." Hunter barked into his comm.

"Received 99. Evac team en route to clear a path." A unfamiliar voice replied.

"Okay." Hunter sighed, then clicked off his comm.

"I can free him now." Tech said. "Release the tubes."

"They come too." Rex said.

Crosshair jumps forward and starts taking bags of…stuff from Echo as he unplugs them.

I take a couple from them, and the names are foreign.

And not in basic.

"Unlocking him in three…two…one…" Tech called out, then unplugged something.

Ezra lifelessly falls off the table, leave blood smeared on the table behind him.

I jump forward to catch him, but Rex beats me to it.

"I gotcha kid…we've gotcha…" he said quietly.

"Perimeter. Around me. We're leaving quickly, but cleanly." Rex told Hunter.

"Wreck?" Hunter called out.

"Clear!"

"We're bouncing." Hunter replied, pulling out his blaster.

I pull mine out, and shake my head.

Come on now.

Let's get out of here.

Ezra hasn't moved this whole time.

"Are you sure he's alive?" Rex quietly asked Tech.

"Absolutely. Last thing I saw was a sedative that'd knock out anybody. And a lot of it was already gone."

"So they drugged him." Echo said.

Tech shrugged before Rex lifted Ezra onto his shoulder.

I turn and walk out of the door to see everybody waiting for us.

They all groan when they see Ezra.

The blood is clearly visible.

"Is he okay?" One of the clones asked.

"For now…let's move." Rex said quietly.

Hunter and echo quickly take point and begin down the hallway.

I'm behind Hunter, with Rex right beside me.

Ezra's arm is swinging limply at the edge of my vision.

Focus.

There's nothing you can do right now.

Just get him out, then we can start thinking about what's next.

Before long, we're in the main hallway and advancing quickly on the door.

Hunter rushes forward and opens the door for us, allowing the sounds of a battle off in the distance to float to us.

C'mon…

"Faster." Rex growled, and we all pick up the pace, jogging at a crouch thru the dark gray landscape.

"Three blinks left." Echo calls out.

That's the ship.

Silently, we all turn and pick up the pace even more.

Within a minute, I can see friendly soldiers.

"We're your escort. The ship is—" A sldier points us to a ship directly ahead of us, about 100 feet away.

"We see that! Guard our flank!" Hunter barks at him.

Immediately a squadron of soldiers swarmed behind us, guarding our back.

The battle is way off in the distance to the right.

We're clear.

All clear.

Echo and Hunter rush onto the ship, then step aside as Rex storms past me, Tech right on his heels.

I numbly grab onto a rigging and nearly collapse.

Thump Thump.

My heart's pounding.

I didn't notice.

I was too nervous about getting out.

There was…no one.

Not a soul.

The ship's engines fire, and we begin to rise.

We're safe.

We're good.

"They left him for us. Just sitting there." I hear Hunter mutter.

I look to my right and see that Rex and Tech went thru a closed door.

Ezra…

I let go of my rigging and walk back there.

When the door opens, I see that Rex has his helmet off, and Tech, along with a medical droid are plugging bags into a machine just like…

Just like the one he was just plugged into.

The top display has a bunch of lines on it, all dramatically rising and falling.

"Top one is heart rate." Rex tells me without looking away from it.

It's the one with the biggest spikes.

"Is that good or bad?" I ask cluelessly.

I don't know.

"It means his heart is still strong. He'll live. But we don't even know about any of…this." Tech said, rising to his feet and gesturing to Ezra.

They have him laid out and a bed with…filmy sheets.

"Anything on that Sedative?" Rex asked.

"It's Nyex. The stuff I was hooked on after I got my…limbs." Echo said, frowning at Rex.

Hooked on?

"A lot of it?"

"Yes." The medical droid suddenly said, causing my head to pop up. "There appears to be enough Nyex already administered to keep him sedated for a standard week before he would wake up."

"Is that hurting him." Rex asked.

That seems like a lot.

"I don't think so, but I can't say for certain." Tech muttered, looking at ezra's left arm.

The trashed one.

"Didn't you say hey drilled into his arm?" I ask quietly.

Echo turned away from Ezra's ribs and looked at me.

"Yeah. That did look infected."

"Why treat him when you can torture him more."

"The more pressing matter is the Osofibrillation. His nervous system will require at least a week in Intensive Care to recover to a functional state."

"Define functional." Rex said immediately.

"At a standard level for a normal human." The droid replied.

"Does that include his brain?"

Oh no.

His brain.

"Yes." The droid said mechanically.

"Brain waves are stable. He's not a vegetable or anything. The Osofibrillation is just a result from being repeatedly shocked." Tech said simply.

I sigh, and let my head fall into my hands.

I think he may be okay.

Even though he looks dead right now.

"We're going to start on these infections now. That way we can get him into bacta faster." Echo told Rex.

Rex nodded.

I look back at the machine, to where Ezra's heart rate is.

Up, down.

Up, down.

Up, down.

He might be okay.

He's out of there.

He might be okay.