Chapter Thirteen: Here Comes the BOUNTY HUNTERS. Here comes the BOUNTY HUNTERS.

I flopped backwards onto my bed, a sigh escaping me. After such a full day yesterday, today was kind of boring. Apparently Caleb and his master had a mission somewhere off planet, and were no longer available to keep me entertained. Vaguely I wondered if Master Windu was still on planet, or if he left as well. Shoving that thought to the back of my head, I rolled over onto my side, staring at the far wall. I hadn't even moved into such a position for very long before the door swished open to allow a man wearing a Jedi robe that was a bit big on him, to enter the room. Warning bells went off in my head as I noted that he had his hood pulled low over his face... oh. And his force-signature wasn't bright enough to be force-sensitive. "Wow.. either your lost or this is the first kidnapping attempt I've ever been in." I stared blankly at him as if he were crazy.

He raised his hood up slightly to reveal that he had blue skin. ""How did you figure out that I am here to take you away?"

"I used my head..." I vaguely wondered if he was used to his being complete idiots. "You just gonna stand there or are you going to try to haul me out of here?" Maybe I'll go easy on him... I haven't been successfully kidnapped in awhile so it might be fun. He suddenly burst into action, pain erupting on the side of my head as everything once again went very dark...

~Sabine's POV~

"Ow... Ow... okay I've been at this for the past hour. Can I please be done!?" I leaned against the exercise equipment, mentally wishing they weren't so against my way of building strength back up. Then again they appear to be more worried about what I'll do if I left their sight.

"Very well..." My physical therapist glanced down at her tablet, marking something on it.

I pushed myself away from the equipment, tired of doing what I suspected was a far better torture routine than what the Imps usually use. As I stretched out my kinks, I froze as I felt something in the force. Part of me wanted to ignore it, I was in no condition to answer it... but the other half recognized that feeling only too well. "Ezra..." I whispered his name under my breath, my heart clenching in my chest. Who in the galaxy would want to kidnap him when the two of us where clear back out now? None of our enemies should now about our existence yet, or even be powerful enough to be considered an enemy!

"Who is Ezra dear?" Satine appeared behind me, placing a gentle hand on my shoulder.

I quickly shrugged her off, annoyance flaring up inside of me. "My little brother. It's fine." Not. Not fine. One of these days he's gonna get himself killed!

Satine must have figured out how to read me like an open book since she glanced back at one of my guards...her orders against all of my protests. "See if you can't find any records of an Ezra... particularly one that just went missing within the last few seconds."

"Right away ma'am." He saluted at her, before rushing off to do some digging.

Something told me that they probably wouldn't find anything on him... but just in case I probably should speed things up and go after the Dark Saber sooner rather than later.

~Mace's POV, Same time as Sabine's~

I froze when I felt the bond between me and Ezra suddenly darken. It didn't go away all the way, which was good since that meant he was still alive... but it felt off. Like something was seriously wrong. Leaping to my feet, I bolted out of the conference room. "Ezra is in trouble!"

"Who's Ezra?" "Mace! What are you talking about!? Even most of the Order doesn't even know about the fact that the Sith broke the Rule of Two!" Anakin hollered after me from where he was standing behind his wife... Yoda had arranged for him to guard her for the next two weeks so that he could get a break from the war, mainly, though, it was so that Anakin could spend quality time with her.

"What?!" The air-splitting screech made me realize that perhaps revealing that Ezra was in trouble in front of a press conference that Senator Sky-Amidala and Senator Organa was probably not the best idea out there. Ezra was in trouble though so I did not care.

It only took a few minutes to get back into the temple, but it felt like it was far too long still. Sprinting down the crowded halls... why wasn't anyone in class right now!?, I barreled on down to the Medical Wing... Bursting into the hall I nearly knocked a very frightened looking Master Che down in my hurry. "Master Che! Ezra.. is he..?" I couldn't finish the question.

She shook her head, before dropping her voice so as to speak quickly and urgently to me in private. "Someone knocked out the guards that were stationed just outside his door. He's no longer in his room and there isn't any signs really of a struggle..."

"Do you think his Sith uncle found him already?"

She shook her head fervently, brow creasing with concern. "No... I do not think that is it. Something else is going on... I strongly believe that you need to find the lad before much longer."

"I know... he is in far over his head..."

~A few Hours Later, Ezra's POV~

I groaned as I tried to force my eyes opened, the room I appeared to be in being dimly lit. Twisting my wrists, I quickly realized that I was bond hand and foot. Apparently whoever took me didn't want to take any chances. I opened my mouth, with the intention to call out how unfunny this whole thing was, only to discover that a gag had been shoved into place while I was out of it. Great. My least favorite kind of bounty hunter... the actually smart kind.

"You didn't say nothin' about' him bein' a Sith! I thought it was a Jedi!" The bounty hunter that had taken me appeared to be quite angry about something.

"Calm down Bane. You will still get your pay once you arrive with the package. Am I understood?" Bane...that must be my captor's name.

"Of course your worship." Uh... whoever wanted me this time must be a noble of some sort.

"Good." They must have hung up, I mean he mentioned something about making a delivery so obviously we probably had a ways to travel. Chances were we were headed out to another planet. I seriously hope that it was Lothal. I can lose him pretty easy there. But anyway, I could hear footsteps headed back to me. Tensing, I snapped my eyes fully open to see that I was in the cargo hold of some sort of ship, struggling like nuts against my bonds.

The door hissed open and brighter light than before flooded the immediate area. I flinched at the brightness, barely able to note that Bane was standing in the enter of it all... "Well well well... looks who's up for this trip..."

A/N: Done! Good cliffhanger to leave it at, don't you agree? Anyways, Ezra is now in serious trouble, and Satine is getting pretty close to reuniting Sabine with him so we shall see how Sabine handles doing her 'assigned task' while still recovering.

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