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Shorter chapter than normal, but it's also earlier than normal, so it balances out.

This story is also on Wattpad if anyone is interested in looking at it. There may be some changes due to the benefit of hindsight...

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"Still no response?"

Sabine was silent, mentally debating hurling her communicator into one of Yavin's stone walls. For the past six months, Sabine and Hera had tried to find Ezra, failing in every attempt. They had chased leads of entire gangs disappearing almost overnight, of Imperial Complexes falling, all loosely connected. The annoying thing was, they had no idea what the link was.

Sabine shook her head. "No. Ezra must have changed comms." She sighed and paced the floor of the former Rebel Command Centre. "So, Ezra thinks I'm dead, and somehow ends up on Yavin? What's the link?"

Hera frowned. "I don't know. Why would Ezra even come here?"

"I can answer that." Both women looked up as Kallus entered the room. "Commander Bridger landed here and demanded to see Senator Mothma. I refused, but then he told me you had been shot, Sabine." He spared her a small smile, which she returned. "Commander Bridger was intent on confronting Senator Mothma. After, the Commander left, and Senator Mothma told me he had found a lead, but wouldn't share."

"How long ago was this?"

Kallus sighed. "Seven months ago."

"Just after the attack." Sabine glanced at Hera. "What do you think?"

Hera gestured for Kallus to join them. "Is there a common enemy you and Ezra shared?"

Sabine laughed. "Too many. But none that can find us and deploy an assassin."

Hera turned to a data pad. "Then let's start narrowing down the list."


"Senator, there's a-"

And explosion rocked the compound, and Tristan Saxon stood. "Lock down all entrances!" He pulled out a blaster pistol. "And ready my ship."

The door to the compound blew upon, but his men just stood there. Saxon backed up. "Fire!"

"They can't." A blaster pistol shot each of the unmoving men, and Ezra Bridger stood there, hate in his eyes.

"Bridger?"

Ezra slowly walked forward, pointing his blaster pistol at Saxon. "It took me a long time to find you. To peel back all the layers of people you hid behind."

Saxon backed away slowly. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

Ezra's face clenched in anger as he continued. "But I stayed patient, because ever since the day you had her killed," Ezra grabbed the Senator and pressed the pistol to his throat. "The only thing keeping me going was this moment."

Saxon frowned. "It would seem you were involved in some manner of tragedy, but I assure you, I had nothing to do with it."

Ezra scoffed and slammed his pistol into Saxon's jaw, sending him to the ground. Then he kicked the man, watching him curl up in pain. "Sabine and me, we had gotten out of all this together; and we were going to start a whole new life." He crouched down beside Saxon. "But you came along and took that all away in a split second."

Ezra stood and pointed his pistol at Saxon. "It wasn't just my wife you murdered." His face contorted with rage mingled with sorrow. "She was carrying my son." Dimly, he registered Saxon's look of shock.

"What?"

Ezra took another step forward, blaster shaking, face trembling. "You killed my son!" He closed his eye, tears slipping unbidden. "And now, I'm going to kill you."

"Ezra!"

Ezra clenched his jaw. "Stay out of this, Hera! This has nothing to do with you!"

"Sabine's still alive!"

Ezra looked back, shocked, then refocused on Saxon. "No. She died, I felt it."

"Ezra!"

Ezra fully dropped the pistol, turning around to stare at Sabine. "You-You're dead."

Sabine took off her helmet and smiled. "I'm not." She took a step forward. "Ezra, it's me."

Forgetting Saxon, Ezra ran to Sabine and embraced her tightly, tears running down his face. "I thought I lost you."

Sabine laughed in joy and kissed him. "I'm still here."

Ezra rested his forehead atop hers. "I love you."

Sabine softly pecked his cheek. "I love you too."

The sound of a ship's engines firing up broke the happy couple out of their revelry, and Ezra sighed as they watched Saxon escape. "He's just going to keep sending assassins after us."

Hera had a small smile on. "Why don't you reach out with the Force, see if it can help us?"

Ezra nodded and slipped into a trance, drawn instantly to his wife. "Sabine…" He opened his eye, startled as he looked at her midsection. "Did-"

Sabine took his hand. "There's someone on Krownest who's waiting to meet you." She whispered.


Sabine smiled as they entered the atmosphere of Krownest. "Su cuy'gar, buir, Ni've brought Ezra o'r at haa'taylir Caleb"

Ezra glanced at her. "Caleb?"

Sabine's smile grew. "For Kanan." She looked into his eye. "Seemed fitting."

Ezra nodded and took her hand. "It is."

Countess Wren sounded. "Te ad'ika Kelir cuyir waiting tion'tuur gar arrive Sab'ika."

Ezra leaned forward. "Ni cuy' o'r gar entye. Vor entye par taking baatir be ner aliit."

Sabine stared at him. His Mando'a was nearly perfect, just slightly accented. "How…"

Ezra lifted a hand as Countess Wren responded, seemingly less surprised. "Gar cuyir aliit, Ezra. Gar took baatir be sabine tion'tuur vi couldn't. Bal par ibac, Ni cuy' forever o'r gar entye."

Ezra chuckled. "Let's Jor'chaajir bic even then."

The transmission ended, and Ezra lowered his hand, switching back into basic. "Your father taught me while we were on Krownest. He said it may come in handy." He stood as Sabine landed the Gauntlet. "You ready?"

Sabine nodded and took his hand. "I've been waiting a while for this."

After reuniting with Hera, who was in the Phantom II, the trio made their way to the Wren Compound, with Ezra stopping as he stared at the small bundle Ursa Wren held. "Is that…?"

Sabine smiled and took his hand. "Ezra Bridger, meet Caleb Wren."

Ezra's gaze flicked to her for a second, before resting on his son. "You named him after Kanan."

Sabine nodded. "Seemed fitting." She watched with a grin on her face as Ezra slowly took the child from Ursa, talking to him in a higher sounding voice. "I'm just glad he wasn't a girl."

Ezra cradled Caleb in his arms as he turned to her. "Why?"

Hera laughed. "A girl would have controlled you from the first moment you laid eyes on her. She would have wrapped you around her finger."

Ezra gave a half-shrug, still focused on Caleb. "Probably." He drew his free arm around Sabine and held her close. "Come on, let's get out of the cold."

Kyle Marr crouched behind one of the pillars of the complex, terrified. His first week on the job, and someone had broken in. Inwardly, he cursed his superiors. He hadn't even had enough time to discover where the armoury was, so all he had was a blaster pistol with nine charges left.

The doors blew open, and Kyle raised his pistol, pointing it at the Mandalorian standing before him. "Stop-"

A blaster bolt to the neck stopped his cry, and Tristan Saxon stepped over his body, and focused on the prisoner the guard had been protecting. "Can you fight?"

Kei Larson raised his head and smiled. "Always."

Saxon nodded and kicked the fallen blaster pistol over to him. "Then let's go."


Mando'a translations.

Su cuy'gar, buir, Ni've brought Ezra o'r at haa'taylir Caleb. In Basic is: Hello, Mother, I've brought Ezra in to see Caleb."

Te ad'ika Kelir cuyir waiting tion'tuur gar arrive Sab'ika. In Basic is: the Little One shall are waiting when you arrive ,Sab'ika

Ni cuy' o'r gar entye. Vor entye par taking baatir be ner aliit. In Basic is: I am in your debt. Thank you for taking care of my family.

Gar cuyir aliit, Ezra. Gar took baatir be sabine tion'tuur vi couldn't. Bal par ibac, Ni cuy' forever o'r gar entye. In Basic is: You are family, Ezra. You took care of Sabine when we couldn't. And for that, I am forever in your debt.

Let's Jor'chaajir bic even then: In Basic is: Let's call it even then.


Chapter Notes!

I). I've read countless fanfictions where Ezra's son is named Ephraim, and his daughter is named Mira. But all of those stories take place before Season 4. Now, after Kanan's death, I feel like Ezra would absolutely name his son after Kanan. Hence, Caleb.

II). For anyone upset that this arc lasted only three chapters, that's fair. I try not to write physiological stuff I have no clue how it works, and childbirth is one of those. So I had to find a way around that. So we time jumped seven months. But, this arc does have lasting effects, as Ezra's going to have to deal with the fact he left Sabine alone-after promising the opposite-during the hardest months of her life.

III). As previously stated, I've begun posting this story on Wattpad. I'd recommend you check it out, not only because it'll make me happy:), but also because I have stories on there that won't be on FF, and vice versa. For instance, a story on Wattpad right now is called Redemption Story, that won't be on here. But on FanFiction, there's a story called Blindsided that I'm working on that won't be there. I'm also thinking about splitting a series between the two sites. Or two separate series on both sites that come together. Still thinking.

Anyway, I'm on there as Judge1964 if you're interested. Hopefully you are, because I'm rather lonely at the moment...

Thanks for reading!

Judge