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Sparks of Rebellion
Chapter 8: Empire Day Part 2
In Lothal...
It was night time.
The Imperials stage a parade of Imperial Troop Transportsand AT-DP walkers through the streets of Capital City.
"Minister, I'm honoured Governor Pryce chose me to organise this spectacle."Commandant Aresko admitted.
"This is no spectacle, Commandant."Minister Tua replied firmly and looked at the people of Lothal."Citizens, I am Minister Maketh Tua, Governor Pryce sends her regrets, but she was invited to Coruscant to celebrate with Emperor Palpatine himself!"
Taskmaster Myles Grint forced several civilians to clap at the Minister's annoucement.
"Let's hear some enthusiasm!"Taskmaster Myles demanded.
This caused the civilians to clap nervously as the rebels arrived behind the crowd.
"Okay, let's start the celebration."Kanan stated.
"Copy that."Sabine replied. "Commencing festivities."
Kanan rushed off with Hera while Sabine went with Zeb.
"Lothal is just as important to our Empire as any world in the galaxy."Minister Tua admitted. "And she wanted me to show you why, Citizens, I present you with the latest vessel from Lothal's Imperial shipyards, the Sienar Systems advanced TIE starfighter!"
The crowd cheered as Sienar Laboratory's new TIE Advanced v1.
Kanan smirked at Hera.
"Pretty, isn't it?"Kanan asked with a smirk.
"Yeah."Hera replied with a smile. "I almost feel bad about blowing it up."
"I sense we'll need to make a quick exit."Kanan said.
Hera and Kanan went away from each other.
"And who better to take this beauty on her maiden voyage than one of the best Imperial pilots on Lothal, Baron Valen Rudor."Minister Tua announced.
The crowd clapped at the TIE Pilot next to Minister Tua.
Sabine gave Zeb an explosive.
"Okay, when I say "now," throw this as high as you can."Sabine instructed.
"Okay."Zeb said and notice the explosive was beeping more. "Now? Now? Now?"
"Now."Sabine replied.
Zeb threw the explosive into the air causing fireworks to come out, distracting the crowd.
"Very good, Commandant."Minister Tua remarked. "The governor will be impressed."
"Th-Thank you, Minister."Commandant Aresko said.
"Another?"Sabine asked.
"Don't mind if I do."Zeb replied with a smirk.
He continued to distract the crowd by hurling fireworks into the sky.
Kanan sneaks under the TIE Advanced v1 to plant explosives.
While sneaking away, he was spotted by a stormtrooper but feints drunkenness.
"You there."A Stormtrooper said. "This area's off-limits."
"Did you see it? It's so beautiful!"Kanan said with a fake excited tone. "All the colors! It's like a like a rainbow!"
"Dad, what are you doing?"Ezra asked and rushed forward before looking at the Stormtrooper. "Sorry, mister, my dad is just so patriotic, you know."
"Empire Day! I love it!"Kanan said sarcastically. "All hail our glorious Empire! Right."
"Well, move along."the Stormtrooper ordered.
Kanan and Ezra walked away and went back to the crowd.
"Thanks."Kanan admitted. "Where you been?"
"Making some connections."Ezra responded. "How's the plan going?"
Kanan smiled. "Just watch."
Then the TIE Advanced v1's platform explodes, crippling the fighter.
"Yeah!"Sabine and Zeb cheered.
The civilians ran off in fright.
"Who is responsible for this?"Minister Tua said angrily. "Find them!"
The Spectres take advantage of the chaos to flee.
"Nice of you to join us, kid."Zeb stated.
"Hey, where were you?"Sabine asked.
"Why?"Ezra asked with a smile. "Did you miss me?"
"Yeah, right."Zeb answered.
The Spectres stopped running when they saw Agent Kallus and a few stormtroopers, guarding where the TIE Fighter exploded.
"Been spoilin' to finish things with Agent Kallus."Zeb said with a frown as he took out his bo-rifle.
Kanan then saw the Inquisitor coming to the scene.
"Hey, if you want to take somebody out, take out that guy!"He stated.
"Fine."Zeb replied.
He fires his bo-rifle but it misses and hits the wrecked TIE Advanced v1, incinerating the wreckage.
The rebels flee before the Grand Inquisitor can spot them.
"Specter-2, we're en route to rendezvous."Kanan said in his comlink.
"Negative, Specter-1."Hera replied."The streets are blocked, I cannot repeat cannot reach rendezvous."
"I know a place we can hole up till things calm down."Ezra admitted. "But "Shoulders" here might have a problem taking my route."
"Then we need another option."Kanan suggested.
"Nah, it's fine."Zeb replied and took out his comlink. "Specter-2, can you make it to the Old Market"
"Affirmative."Hera responded.
"I'm on my way."Zeb stated as he began climbing on a building.
"Get back to the Ghost."Kanan ordered.
Ezra looked at Kanan and Sabine.
"Follow me."He ordered.
Kanan and the rest head to Ezra's place and make arrangements to give Hera their new rendezvous coordinates.
In Naboo...
There was an imperial parade on the west of the city of Moenia, where the Emperor's Retreat was.
The citizens cheered as imperial fireworks were shot in the air despite the several stormtroopers that were guarding the area.
Queen Costil stood in a balcony watching in her private chamber with her handmaidens, Dalné and Karté.
The young queen had a small glare as she watched the sight beneath her.
"I can't believe that the people would celebrate the day liberty dies..."She thought with a frown.
Then a Shuttle arrived causing Queen Costil and her handmaidens to look at it.
The ramp of the Shuttle lowered and Lady Shade came out.
"You honour us with your presence, Lady Shade."An Imperial Man said.
"I trust that everything is processing according to plan, Lieutenant?"Lady Shade asked.
"Of course my lady."the Lieutenant replied. "Just as was instructed."
Queen Costil narrowed her eyes at seeing Lady Shade.
"Who's that lady?"Queen Costil asked.
"That's Lady Shade, your highness."Karté replied. "She is one of the Emperor's Hands and is a very dangerous woman."
"She doesn't seem so evil."Queen Costil admitted.
"Your Majesty, that lady is not normal."Dalné warned. "She has committed unspeakable crimes for the Emperor like Darth Vader has, so we must be careful when we're around her."
Queen Costil fell silent and looked down at the parade.
"So that makes her another of Palpatine's puppets."Queen Costil retorted in a quiet tone.
In Lothal...
Ezra brought Kanan and Sabine to the place he used to live.
"That's an Imperial warning declaring this building off-limits."Sabine stated. "What is this place?"
Ezra didn't respond and took out a small device to open the doors of the buildings.
"You were coming here today."Kanan said. "This was your home, wasn't it, where you grew up?"
"I grew up on the streets, alone."Ezra replied.
He opened the doors to bring Kanan and Sabine here.
Kanan closed the doors tight.
"Then why here?"Sabine asked and removed her helmet. "Why now?"
"Had this feeling."Ezra responded.
He moves the small sofa and finds a fearful Tseebo hiding in the basement.
"Tseebo, Tseebo, it's me, Ezra Bridger."Ezra declared.
Tseebo came up the ladder and started mumbling something.
"That's the Rodian the Imperials are hunting."Kanan admitted. "You know him?"
"Name's Tseebo."Ezra stated as he sat down on a sofa. "A friend of my parents, but something's wrong, what's that thing on his head?"
"Empire's been known to implant lower level technicians with cybernetic circuits."Sabine replied. "Personality sacrificed for productivity."
"Tseebo's productivity is 19% higher than average Imperial data worker."Tseebo said.
"Tseebo went to work for the Imperial information office after the Empire took my parents away."Ezra muttered.
"Your parents?"Kanan asked with a surprised look. "You never told us."
"What's to tell? They've been gone for eight years."Ezra replied as he stood up. "I've been on my own since I was seven."
"Seven, Imperial..."Tseebo started.
"What's he saying?"Kanan asked in confusion.
"He's detailing Imperial fighter deployments on Lothal."Sabine admitted.
"That's it!"Kanan remarked in realisation. "Tseebo has intel the Empire doesn't want getting out! Sabine, can you access it?"
"Uh, think so."Sabine replied and approached Tseebo. "I need a few minutes."
Kanan notice Ezra going down the basement.
"Ezra, you okay?"Kanan asked.
"I'm fine."Ezra answered with a frown.
"I told you, sometimes you have to let your guard down."Kanan commented.
"I said I'm fine."Ezra repeated as he went down the ladder.
"Ezra Bridger."Tseebo said. "Son of Ephraim and Mira Bridger, born 15 years ago today."
"Empire Day."Sabine replied in suprise. "It's Ezra's birthday."
Ezra goes into the basement and experiences a flashback of Tseebo imploring Ephraim not to put his son at risk.
"The risk you Bridgers take."
"Tseebo say you must think of your son."
"He's all we think about!"
"We're teaching Ezra to stand up for people in need."
"We're fighting for our son's freedom."
"Tseebo not fight battle Tseebo know cannot be won."
"Neither should Bridgers."
"You'll want to see this."A familiar voice said.
Ezra gasped in fright and saw it was Sabine behind him.
"What's with the old disk?"Sabine asked.
"My folks used to do underground broadcasts from here, speaking out against the Empire."Ezra replied. "It's probably just one of them."
Ezra then goes back up with an upset look.
Sabine follows after him and uses Ezra's parents' tools to activate Tseebo's holo-emitter, which started to display classified Imperial information including Imperial specs on the new TIEs and walkers, schedules of troop movements, tactics, strategies and a five year plan for Lothal and every other world in the Outer Rim.
"What are we looking at?"Kanan asked.
"It's well, it's everything."Sabine replied. "Imperial specs on the new TIEs and new T-8 Disruptors, schedules of troop movements, tactics and strategies, half of it's encrypted, but it looks like there's a five-year plan for Lothal and every other world in the Outer Rim."
Tseebo began to shook his head causing the hologram to go off.
"No wonder his brain's shorting out."Ezra commented. "All that data'd overload anyone."
"The secrets in his head must be damaging to the Empire."Kanan stated. "We'll need to smuggle him off Lothal."
"Gotta smuggle him out of town first."Sabine reminded. "You know the only reason the Imperials haven't caught him yet is because their forces were occupied with Empire Day, but the day's almost done."
Afterwards...
Sabine ambushes two stormtroopers, shooting one and knocking out the other with her fist.
"I miss Zeb."Sabine muttered, rubbing her wrist.
Kanan forces his way inside an Imperial Troop Transport and tosses out the driver.
Ezra leads a disoriented Tseebo aboard the Troop Transport.
"Come on, Tseebo."Ezra demanded and looked at Tseebo. "Move it! Shh!"
Sabine drives the Troop Transport towards the Imperial road block.
"I have no plans on stopping."Sabine stated.
"That's good to know!"Ezra said with a nervous tone.
"Stop!"Commandant Aresko shouted.
"Punch it!"Kanan ordered.
"Fire!"Commandant Aresko ordered.
The AT-DP walkers to open fire on the hijacked transport.
One of the walkers tries to crush the rebels' transport but Sabine ploughs through Aresko's transport, overturning the walker and wrecking the transport.
Ezra let out a chuckle since they made it through.
The rebels flee on the highway with Kallus' Troop Transport and two 614-AvA speeder bikes in hot pursuit.
one of the Imperial combat drivers uses a grenade to blow open the left door of the Spectres' Troop Transport.
The combat driver attacks Ezra but Kanan fights back. The man throws Kanan to the floor and tries to apprehend Tseebo.
However, Kanan uses the Force to hurl the driver at the the second combat driver, knocking out the second bike.
Kallus orders his drivers to get him closer to the hijacked Troop Transport, and climbs on top of his Troop Transport and leaps onto the hijacked vehicle.
Then the Ghost arrived and the ramp lowered revealing Zeb holding his bo-rifle.
"Remember me?"Zeb asked with a smile.
He started firing at Agent Kallus, who fired back at him.
"Specter-5 to Ghost."Sabine said. "We're coming in hot."
"Can see that."Zeb chuckled. "You got company upstairs."
"Take them down!"Agent Kallus ordered.
"Shields holding, but I need that transport taken out."Hera stated with a firm look.
Agent Kallus' transport shoots at the Ghost when it appears, but Chopper uses the ship's rear cannons to shoot at the pursuing Troop Transport, overturning it.
Zeb opens the entry ramp and shoots Kallus off the transport.
In the Rebel Transport...
"Okay, you're all clear."Zeb stated. "Pull over, and we'll-"
"Belay that."Hera replied. "Have to be a scoop job, sensors reading multiple TIEs incoming."
Ezra checked on Tseebo.
"TIE fighters will begin mass-production on Lothal within the next six weeks."Tseebo said.
"You're just full of fun facts."Ezra admitted with a smile.
Outside...
Kanan, Ezra and Tseebo went up the transport to escape.
"You ready?"Ezra asked.
"Yeah."Sabine replied and pressed a button on the transport. "Autopilot's engaged, this thing'll run till it's out of fuel."
She followed her companions up as the Ghost arrived with its ramp lowered.
"Get in!"Zeb stated.
Agent Kallus managed to cling to the back of the transport and attempted to shoot the rebels.
"Go!"Kanan yelled out. "Go!"
Ezra and Sabine transfer Tseebo and themselves onto the Ghost.
Kanan activated his lightsaber to block Agent Kallu's blast shots before jumping to the ramp.
The Ghost flies into the skies of Lothal, but were pursued by the Grand Inquisitor and his TIE escorts.
Inside the Ghost...
"I need my gunners."Hera exclaimed. "Shields won't hold long under this barrage."
"Almost there."Kanan replied.
While manning the rear cannon, Chopper was struck by a blast and knocked out causing Zeb to rush forward to man the rear gun.
"Karabast!"Zeb scowled in anger. "That came from behind! Is that scrap heap even paying attention?"
Ezra looked at Sabine.
"I have to man the nose guns."Sabine declared.
"I'm coming with-"Ezra started.
He accidentally landed on top of Tseebo before going off.
"Ezra? Ezra Bridger."Tseebo said happily. "It is you!"
"Yeah, Tseebo."Ezra replied. "It's me, but now's not the best time for a reunion."
"Ezra Bridger Tseebo-"Tseebo said and started saying something in his language.
"What's he saying?"Ezra asked.
"He says...He says he knows what happened to your parents."Sabine replied.
A surprised look grew on Ezra's face.
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