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Sparks of Rebellion
Chapter 21: Stealth Strike
Ferus was talking to Ahsoka to catch things up with her.
"So let me get this straight."Ferus commented. "After leaving Raada and decided to go to the small sparsely populated world in the Thabeska system, you were followed by a starship flown by a female Black Sun agent, who had come to extort credits from you for the damage your smuggling activities with the Fardis had inflicted on their operations. In order to pay off these "debts," the Black Sun agent offered you a job, but threatened to kill you if you did not accept her offer?"
"Yes."Ahsoka replied. "Though the Black Sun ship managed to damage my freighter's starboard engine. Before my ship could sustain further damage, a larger ship appeared in the atmosphere and chased the Black Sun ship away. I managed to take my freighter into space, but my port engine was burned. Before I could engage the hyperdrive, I was caught in the tractor beam of the second ship that I had encountered. This ship belonged to soldiers, who were sent by Senator Organa to find me."
Ferus chuckled. "Well that's impressive."
"How is Padme?"Ahsoka asked.
"What?"Ferus demanded with a frown.
"How is Padme?"Ahsoka repeated. "I haven't seen her since I left the order."
"She's gone, Ahsoka."Ferus responded.
"Gone?"Ahsoka said. "I don't understand-"
"SHE'S GONE, SHE'S DEAD!"Ferus shouted in anger. "She's been dead for the last 15 years and there is nothing we can do! Nothing!"
Ahsoka looked shocked not knowing to say and let the information be filled in her.
The senator that was like a big sister to her was dead.
"Now that you know what I had to go through, the rest of it figure out by yourself."Ferus replied with a glare.
The man left the room leaving his former friend by herself.
Traveling through Hyperspace...
Commander Sato, Ezra and Lisa were on their way to the Del Zennis system to investigate the disappearance of one of their own patrols.
"We'll be arriving in the Del Zennis system any moment."A rebel pilot admitted.
"Well, we're coming up on the last known position of our missing patrol, but I already checked the star charts."Ezra admitted. "There's nothing out here."
Commander Sato frowned at him.
"But obviously, that's not true since the ship went missing, so, you know, there must be something out here."Ezra remarked nervously.
"When Captain Syndulla said you volunteered for this mission, she insisted you could be helpful."Commander Sato reminded. "Let us hope that is true."
"He properly came just to impress me."Lisa thought smugly as she checked on the chart.
Her expression changed when she felt a disturbance in the force.
"Something's about to happen."Ezra said as he walked forward.
"Commander, we've lost hyperdrive control."the second rebel pilot stated. "Emergency positions."
Suddenly the ship got pulled out of hyperspace.
"What's going on?"Lisa asked in worry.
"We're being pulled out of hyperspace."the first rebel pilot responded.
"Secure all stations and get me status report."Commander Sato ordered.
An unknown imperial vessel appeared above the rebel ship.
"Instruments have frozen!"A rebel pilot responded.
"It's a Star Destroyer!"Ezra answered.
"No. That is something else."Commander Sato replied. "Send the distress signal. Now!"
He pressed a button on one of the screens.
"Phoenix Home to Ghost."Commander Sato said. "We've been pulled out of hyperspace. The Empire..."
Sato's call got cut short after the ship suddenly lost power as Ezra and Lisa both got nervous expressions of what was going to happen next.
At Garel...
The Ghost crew was listening to Commander Sato's distress call.
"Phoenix Home to Ghost. We've been pulled out of hyperspace."Commander Sato said. "The Empire..."
Then the transmission went off.
"The transmission was jammed."Hera commented. "But still, that doesn't make any sense. You can't pull a ship out of hyperspace because you never know exactly where it is. A tractor beam can't get a lock."
"That's 'cause this isn't a tractor beam. It's a gravity well."Sabine responded. "When I was at the academy, they were developing a new cruiser with gravity well projectors powerful enough to pull a ship out of hyperspace."
"Well, it looks like they finished it."Kanan said.
"Chances are they're still testing the system."Sabine stated. "If they follow Imperial procedure, the testing zone for this type of ship wouldn't be that large. You'll probably find it not far from where we lost contact with Commander Sato."
"All right, everybody. Gear up."Kanan ordered as he stood up. "We're goin' out there."
"Not everybody."Hera admitted. "You and Rex will go to that system. Find that ship, and I bet you find Ezra and the others."
"Not Rex!"Kanan groaned. "I'll take Zeb or Sabine."
"Rex's military experience will be invaluable and he can also impersonate a stormtrooper."Hera explained.
"Right."Kanan responded sarcastically. "That's because he is a stormtrooper."
"No, he was a clone trooper."Hera corrected.
"Same thing."Kanan replied with a frown.
"Kanan, I sent Ezra."Hera reminded. "This is the only way."
"All right."Kanan answered. "We'll get 'em back. All of them."
Meanwhile...
Commander Sato, Ezra and Lisa had their arms chained and were taken away by stormtroopers.
"Don't worry, Commander."Ezra assured. "I'll get us out of this. I've been captured many times."
"You're not putting my mind at ease."Commander Sato replied.
"Well, I've escaped a lot too."Ezra remarked.
"Obviously."Lisa mumbled.
The three were brought to the bridge where they meet Admiral Titus.
"Rebels."Admiral Titus said. "Out here searching for your missing patrol, I assume."
"We are members of the Corporate Alliance."Admiral Titus replied. "You have taken possession of my ships illegally and I demand you release us."
"You are in a position to demand nothing, Commander Sato."Admiral Titus stated. "Ah, yes. I am familiar with your activities in this sector. I suspected if we captured even one rebel ship, others would race to the rescue. But I dared not hope we'd capture someone as significant as you."
He looked at Ezra.
"And what would your name be, young man?"Admiral Titus asked.
"Jabba the Hutt."Ezra responded.
"Indeed. You are a tad small for a Hutt, but I know someone else that goes by the name Jabba Ezra Bridger."Admiral Titus answered. "I imagine Agent Kallus will be quite pleased to hear you have joined us."
The admiral looked at Lisa.
"And you, young lady, must be Ferus Olin's mole?"Admiral Titus asked.
"I've been called worst."Lisa replied simply.
"Secure them."Admiral Titus ordered.
The stormtroopers took Commander Sato, Ezra and Lisa away.
At the Ghost...
Kanan went to see Rex.
"Look, for the record, this wasn't my idea."Kanan stated.
"Just try to act like a professional."Rex responded.
"What if you get in there and forget whose side you're on?"Kanan questioned.
"I would never be on their side or wear their junk armour."Rex replied.
Zeb brought two stormtroopers he captured.
"Here are your disguises."Zeb remarked.
The lasat threw the stormtroopers to the floor.
Rex frowned. "Perfect."
After putting on the stormtrooper armours, Rex and Kanan walked out of the Ghost.
"This garbage is nothing like clone armour."Rex muttered.
"Looks a little tight on you, old man."Kanan joked.
"Yeah? Well, at least I know how to wear it."Rex retorted.
Hera walked forward with two rebel soliders.
"Kanan, Rex."Hera said. "Once you're in, signal me, and I'll come in with Phoenix Squadron to blast you all out."
"How are we getting in anyway?"Kanan asked.
Sabine shows up with a stolen Imperial shuttle behind the two men.
"How is it the Empire lets us keep stealing these things?"Kanan questioned.
"Oh."Rex said. "I thought it was the same one we used before."
In Space...
The stolen shuttle travelled to hyperspace.
Inside the Ghost...
Chopper was disguised as an Imperial communication droid and there was a painting of Kanan and Rex from Sabine behind the shuttle's wall.
"I don't know why she does that."Kanan scoffed.
"I believe it's called artistic expression."Rex responded.
"Yeah?"Kanan asked. "Well, my expression is wrong. I'm not happy about being on this mission."
"Really?"Rex questioned with a smirk. "That wasn't clear."
Chopper let out a giggling beep.
"Once we board this thing, Chopper will plug in, find out where they have our people, and we get them out of there."Kanan admitted.
"We've got to disable this weapon, whatever it is."Rex reminded. "If the Empire is able to intercept our ships in hyperspace, this rebel movement won't last long."
"I hear what you're saying, but remember, this is a rescue mission, first and foremost."Kanan commented.
"We're coming up on Ezra's last known position."Kanan stated.
"Let's just hope we can find that ship fast."Rex said.
The shuttle emerges from hyperspace and sees the Empire's new ship in sight.
"Uh-oh."Kanan responded.
"Shuttle S257, this is a restricted area."An imperial pilot stated.
"Copy that, sir. Boy, are we glad to see you."Rex remarked. "We have a 157. Repeat, a 157."
"You are not cleared."the imperial pilot responded. "This is a 675 test zone and off-limits to you, S257."
"Well, if we don't get some help soon, we're gonna have a 3376 on our hands."Rex admitted. "I don't think you're gonna want to have a 3376 off your starboard side, now, would you, sir?"
"Shuttle S257, requesting your emergency access code."the imperial pilot answered.
"Copy that, sir."Rex said. "Priority protocol 7..."
Kanan growled and looked at Chopper.
"This is the stuff I can't stand, protocol nonsense."Kanan replied with a frown.
"Stand by for code check."the imperial pilot answered.
"Cody and I practically invented these emergency protocols back in the Clone War."Rex complemented. "Trust me, the codes are good."
Kanan groaned and rolled his eyes.
Then there was beeping sound.
"Copy, Shuttle S257."the imperial pilot said. "You are clear to proceed on heading 1599 to hangar 11."
"Thank you, sir."Rex responded and smiled at Kanan. "See? They don't suspect a thing."
Down in the Detection Block...
Three stormtroopers were escorting Ezra to his cell.
"Move along, rebel."the second stormtrooper ordered.
"Hey, just so you know, when I escape, I won't hurt any of you."Ezra admitted.
"Yeah, that's great, kid. I feel real safe."the first stormtrooper replied sarcastically.
"You shouldn't."Ezra replied.
The fifteen year old boy uses the force to activate his lightsaber that was attached to the first stormtrooper.
Ezra breaks free of his captives and overpowers the troopers.
"You see?"Ezra asked with a smile. "You're fine."
Then a punching sound was heard and two stormtroopers got thrown to the wall as Lisa walked forward.
"These stormtroopers sure don't know how to treat a lady."Lisa said in disappointment.
"Oh Lisa, I was just going to rescue you."Ezra remarked.
"That's sweet, but I'm tougher than I look."Lisa commented.
The young jedi see two stormtroopers approaching them, but Ezra uses the stun gun on his lightsaber to take them out.
Then Ezra and Lisa see Chopper arriving.
"Chopper?"Ezra asked in confusion.
Ezra and Lisa removed the stormtroopers helmets, revealing Kanan and Rex.
"Kanan!"Ezra said.
"Rex!"Lisa protested. "Rex, come on!"
Kanan and Rex woke up, but felt a little disoriented after being stung.
"What just happened?"Kanan asked.
"Well actually..."Lisa started.
"Oh, did you see them? We were so outnumbered."Ezra admitted. "There was a firefight. A big firefight, actually. You guys fought great."
"Thanks."Kanan responded. "All I saw was you."
Chopper shows them a holographic projection of what actually happened.
"You shot us!"Kanan growled. "I can't believe you shot us!"
"I mean, you, you were dressed like stormtroopers."Ezra answered.
"Yeah!"Kanan said.
"You shot us!"Rex laughed.
"I set it to stun."Ezra stated.
"Yeah, well, you should've used kill."Rex remarked.
"What?"Kanan demanded.
"Well, just in case it wasn't us."Rex responded. "I mean..."
"This armor doesn't protect you from anything!"Kanan argued.
"Well, I told you."Rex said.
"Hey, now is not the time."Lisa reminded with a frown. "We gotta find Sato and sabotage this ship. They have this gravity weapon thing that you properly know about now."
"So what's your plan?"Rex asked.
"Well, we should probably split up."Ezra suggested. "We'll take Chopper and he can get us to the reactor that powers this thing. You two bust out Sato."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa."Kanan said. "We are not splitting up! Let's get Sato and get out of here."
"The kids are right."Rex admitted. "We have to destroy this ship."
"Do you know how many stormtroopers are heading this way?"Kanan asked.
"It doesn't matter."Rex responded
"Can't afford to separate!"Kanan snapped.
"We have to protect the fleet."Rex reminded.
"Will you two quit it already?!"Ezra begged. "Part of the reason we took this mission was to get a break from this!"
"Okay, us and Chopper will meet you at Sato's ship."Lisa commented. "Argue again and you two will share a cell together."
Ezra and Lisa went away with Chopper.
"They take after Hera and Ferus sometimes."Kanan admitted.
Rex nodded in agreement before he and Kanan placed their helmets back on.
At the Bridge...
A imperial officer went up to Admiral Titus.
"Sir, we've had a breach in the detention level."the imperial officer reported. "The prisoners known as Jabba and the jedi's mole have escaped."
"Lock all levels down."Admiral Titus responded. "Sweep the vessel and secure the hangar bays."
"Yes, sir."the imperial officer replied.
"And, Commander, when you find the brats, eliminate them."Admiral Titus ordered. "I would hate it if we proved Agent Kallus right."
"Yes, sir."the imperial officer said. "Right away."
In the Detection Block...
"Locking down."An imperial officer ordered. "Secure detention block. Two of the rebels has escaped. Do not attempt capture. Eliminate the targets."
Kanan and Rex walked toward a group of stormtroopers.
"I got this one."Rex said.
"We don't have time for another one of your long-winded bluffs."Kanan reminded.
"Oh, you got a better plan?"Rex asked.
"Yeah."Kanan replied.
"Well, what is it?"Rex questioned.
"This!"Kanan replied.
He fired at the stormtroopers causing Rex to do the same.
"So much for stealth."Rex commented.
"It's not like they don't know we're here."Kanan answered.
Ezra, Lisa and and Chopper soon reach the reactor core for the gravity wells.
"That must be the reactor core for the gravity weapon."Ezra said.
"Okay, so what's the plan?"Lisa asked.
Chopper let out a beep.
"What?"Ezra questioned. "You have a plan?"
"And we're the baits."Lisa said in disbelief.
"Okay."Ezra agreed. "We will draw them away. Most of the time they ignore droids anyway."
Ezra and Lisa sneaked into the room without being noticed, but then gets spotted by the technicians.
"Hold it!"
"We've got intruders!"
The two teenagers makes a run for it as the technicians open fire on them.
Ezra and Lisa activated their lightsabers as they went down.
"Come and get us!"Ezra encouraged.
"Or you guys just too slow?"Lisa insulted.
Chopper entered the scene and accesses one of the terminals.
He turns off the gravity, making it difficult for Ezra and Lisa to fight back.
"They've shut off gravity!"
"This wasn't part of the plan!"Ezra reminded.
Lisa uses her lightsaber to deflect the blasts of the technicians.
Chopper gives a respond.
"Don't you dare!"Lisa warned.
"Don't you do it!"Ezra protested. "Not yet!"
Ezra and Lisa landed safely while the technicians fell to their deaths.
The two rushed up to Chopper who beeped at them.
"You better have sabotaged it."Ezra reminded.
Chopper beeped at them.
"What do you mean, you think you did?"Ezra questioned.
Stormtroopers from the below entrance fired at the rebels.
"Let's get out of here!"Lisa stated.
Back at the Detection Block...
Kanan and Rex fired at the stormtroopers.
"Never expected to make it this far with you for a partner."Kanan admitted.
"You know, you're not the first Jedi I've fought beside."Rex commented.
"But probably the last."Kanan responded.
Rex fired more blasts at the stormtroopers.
"Wow."Kanan remarked. "You really do shoot like a stormtrooper."
"Guess I don't have too much to worry about."Kanan stated.
"It's this helmet."Rex growled and removed the stormtrooper helmet. "I can't see!"
He throws his helmet at a stormtrooper, knocking him out.
Kanan went to the cell where Commander Sato and the rebel pilots were.
"Commander."Kanan greeted and handed his blaster to Sato.
"Kanan."Commander Sato said. "They're keeping Ezra and Lisa in separate have to find them."
"Ezra's doing fine and Lisa is with him."Kanan assured.
"You mean they escaped?"Commander Sato asked in surprise. "On their own?"
"Yeah."Kanan agreed. "They tend to do that."
The Jedi Knight and the rebels went up to Rex.
"We don't have time for this."Kanan said. "I'll pull, you fire."
"Just like old times."Rex chuckled.
"Settle down, Captain."Kanan commented.
He uses the force to bring the stormtroopers forward so that Rex can shoot them down.
At the Hallway...
Ezra and Lisa walked carefully with their lightsabers out as Chopper followed closely.
"Kanan."Ezra said. "We're on our way back. Where are you?"
"We're headed for Sato's ship."Kanan replied.
"Roger that."Ezra responded.
More stormtroopers show up and begin to overpower the other rebels.
"There's too many of them!"Kanan shouted.
"I'm too old for all this running."Rex commented.
"What are you doing?"Kanan demanded.
"Get those men out of here."Rex admitted. "They need you. I can slow them down, now go!"
"Stop trying to impress me."Kanan stated.
"I'm not trying to impress you!"Rex answered. "I'll see you back at the ship!"
Rex seals the door and takes on the pursuing stormtroopers single handed, but gets stunned and captured.
At the Bridge...
Admiral Titus was listening to the reports.
"Cell block AA-24 is compromised."
"Escaped prisoners last seen on level four."
"They're impersonating our security personnel!"
Rex was brought to Admiral Titus.
"A clone."Admiral Titus said.
You're a bright one."Rex joked.
"I had your number scanned. 7567, Captain Rex."Admiral Titus responded in surprise. "You were a hero once. You and your kind brought peace to the galaxy. Why would you lower yourself to fight with traitors? Where is your loyalty?"
"My loyalty was to the Republic, not your Empire."Rex replied.
"I serve the order you put into place, Captain."Admiral Titus reminded. "I believe you want to do the right thing. Surrender all your compatriots and I will offer you not only immunity, but reinstatement at an Imperial training academy. You could wear that armour and be proud of your service again."
"Oh, I'm proud of my service."Rex remarked. "But I really hate this armour."
"That's unfortunate, because you are going to die in it."Admiral Titus replied with a smirk.
An interrogator droid was brought forward and started torturing Rex.
At the Hallway...
Kanan, Ezra, Lisa and the rebels continued fighting the stormtroopers.
"We sabotaged the reactor."Lisa explained. "Let's get out of here."
"Get Sato and his crew to the blockade runner."Kanan ordered.
"Where are you going?"Ezra asked.
"I've gotta get my friend."Kanan replied and rushed off.
"Wait. Friend?"Ezra said.
"He means Rex."Lisa remarked in approval.
"We can't get through."Commander Sato stated. "Where is Kanan going?"
"Don't worry."Ezra assured. "We've got this."
"You've got this?"Commander Sato questioned.
Ezra and Lisa rushed forward and took down the firing stormtroopers with their jedi skills.
"Hey!"Lisa called out.
"Come on!"Commander Sato ordered his men. "They've got this."
The rebels get passed the attacking stormtroopers and make it back to their ship.
Back at the Bridge...
Admiral Titus prepares to finish off Rex.
"I am going to terminate you not like a soldier or honoured veteran."Admiral Titus threatened. "Oh, no. You will be discarded and forgotten, like an obsolete piece of field equipment. And no one will know or care."
"I will!"Kanan answered and removed his helmet.
The jedi knight takes out the interrogator droid and fires at the stormtroopers.
"Stop them!"Admiral Titus ordered.
Kanan saves Rex while the Admiral flees from the fight.
"Wow."Rex responded. "Nice to know you care."
"Don't ruin this."Kanan reminded.
The jedi helps Rex run through the corridors while taking down the stormtroopers.
"The whole ship's between us and that hangar."Rex stated.
"Ezra, tell Sato to take off."Kanan ordered in his comlink.
"No way."Ezra replied. "We're not leaving!"
"Just do it."Kanan answered. "We've got another way out."
The two men ran in the hallway.
"We've got to get back to the ship."Rex said.
"No time."Kanan replied.
"Then how are we getting out of here?"Rex asked and his eyes widen. "Escape pods!"
Kanan and Rex went inside an escape pod.
Inside the CR90 corvette...
"We're free of the docking clamps, but Imperial reinforcements are trying to cut their way on to the ship."A rebel pilot reported.
"Where are the others?"Commander Sato asked.
"Kanan ordered us to go."Ezra replied. "He said they have another way out."
"I hope they get out in time."Lisa commented.
"Pilot, disengage."Commander Sato ordered.
In Space...
Commander Sato and his crew departed from the Imperial ship then picked up Kanan and Rex in their escape pod.
The rebels prepared to do a hyperspace jump, but get caught in the gravity well once again and are being pulled back to the Imperial ship.
In the CR90 corvette...
"Hey, you sabotaged that thing, right?"Kanan asked.
"Of course we did!"Lisa replied and looked at Chopper. "Right, Chopper?"
Chopper beeped at her.
"Chopper!"Ezra snapped. "You said you sabotaged it."
Chopper gives a response.
"What do you mean, wait for it?"Ezra asked. "Wait for what?"
The rebels notice the gravity weapon was pulling every ship in sight.
"Chopper's rigged their own weapon against them."Ezra said. "It's pulling everything in."
"Including us!"Kanan stated.
The two Arquitens-class command cruisers alongside collide with the Admiral's ship, destroying it in the process.
"Commander!"the first rebel pilot shouted. "We're free!"
In Space...
With the gravity weapon gone, the rebels were free and escaped.
In the CR90 corvette...
The rebel pilots cheered at their victory.
Chopper let out a happy beep.
"Oh, now you're the big hero?"Ezra asked.
Chopper beeped at Ezra.
"It was a team effort."Ezra reminded with a frown.
Lisa chuckled at the sight.
In Space...
Agent Kallus arrived at the area where the imperial ship was destroyed with a shuttle.
"Sir, we found something."An imperial pilot reported.
A small hologram of Admiral Titus appeared.
"Agent Kallus."Admiral Titus said.
"Admiral."Agent Kallus responded and smirked. "Had some problems with the boy and the mole, I see."
Admiral Titus gritted his teeth in anger.
In the CR90 corvette...
"Lady and gentlemen."Commander Sato said. "My crew and I owe you our gratitude. All four of you."
"Thanks, Commander."Lisa responded kindly.
Ezra looked at Kanan and Rex.
"You know, when you two aren't fighting each other, you fight really well together, jedi and clones."Ezra commented. "Now I get it."
"It's nice to see you two placed your differences aside."Lisa remarked.
Chopper let out a giggling beep before following the two teenagers.
"Kids."Kanan commented. "You know, crazy ideas."
"Yeah."Rex agreed. "You know. Thanks."
"Yeah. Yeah. I know."Kanan admitted.
"Well, I guess there's nothing more to say about it."Rex replied.
"Hey, Rex."Kanan responded.
Rex turned around and sees Kanan saluted causing him to do the same.
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