A/N: Please Keep In Mind This Is The First Battle I've Ever Writeen About. Oh, there are several different scenes in this chapter, but I can't figure out how to get the things I used to separate each to stay when I post the chapter. So, I apologize for this being a little hard to read. I'm trying something else, so if this doesn't work, I don't know what else to do.

As the battle outside between Stormtroopers and rebel soldiers ensued, the cantina patrons ran for cover. None of them were about to be caught up in a battle between the two armies unless they knew it would prove gain for them. But, Ty and Jacen headed towards the entrance and prepared themselves.

"Looks like we'll get our chance to kill some rebels after all," Jacen said as he readied his blaster rifle.

"Looks like it," Ty replied as he readied his.

"Cover me, I'm going in," Jacen said.

"Jacen, wait!" Ty said.

But, it was too late. No sooner than he did, Jacen ran out the door, barely missing being shot, and rolled into the alley across from the cantina. Ty ran out and crouched behind a large wooden crate outside the door. As the battle raged on, Ty looked around to see where the rebel fire was coming from. Every where he looked, he saw the Stormtroopers who had been on the mission, local Stormtroopers, and rebel soldiers running around.

As Ty looked around, Jacen fired his blaster rifle and got a hit on a rebel soldier as he ran from one alley to another and killed him.

"Yes! My first rebel kill!" Jacen said.

"Keep your celebration until the end of the battle, soldier!" the Stormtrooper commander ordered over the comlink.

Ty fired his rifle but missed the rebel he aimed at. Seeing Ty, the rebel fired his blaster rifle at him but Ty ducked behind the crate just as the laser flew past where his head had just been. At this point, Ty's heart was pounding. He had often seen battles between the Empire and rebellion on holos, but it was nothing compared to actually being in the battle. Suddenly, a laser fired from behind Ty and seconds later hit the same rebel soldier followed by his body dropping to the ground. Then, one of the Stormtroopers who had come on the mission crouched next to Ty.

"Be careful," he said, "that one almost got you."

"Thanks," Ty replied.

"Don't mention it," the Stormtrooper replied. "There looks like there's only about ten more rebels. Come on, you're friend needs help!"

The Stormtrooper motioned to where Jacen now was and Ty looked. Indeed, Jacen was taking cover behind a building and was in a firefight with four rebels.

"Yeah, let's go back him up," Ty said. Ty and the Stormtrooper made sure it was all clear and made their way slowly where Jacen was as close as possible.

Ty fired his blaster rifle and hit one of the rebels. The other three ducked out of the way before being hit. Suddenly, from where they were hiding, something was seen flying through the air and landed near where Jacen, Ty, and the Stormtrooper were.

"It's a thermal detonator!" Ty yelled as he realized what it was. "Get out of the way!"

As the three ran, the thermal detonator exploded and fortunately cost no damage on the three Stormtroopers.

The battle raged on for another standard twenty minutes. In the end, the Empire had won the battle with over fifteen rebel soldiers dead. Unfortunately, eleven of the twenty Stormtroopers who had been on their training mission had been killed. Once the battle ended, the remaining Stormtroopers regrouped with their commander and headed for the shuttle landing.

Admiral Drayson sat in his chair as the Stormtrooper commander entered. The unit had just arrived back aboard the Star Destroyer and Admiral Drayson wanted to speak with the commander immediately for his report to give to Emperor Palpatine.

"What happened down there, commander?" Admiral Drayson asked.

"Sir, the rebels caught us in surprise," the commander said.

"So, what you're telling me," Admiral Drayson said, "is that when I tell Emperor Palpatine, I need to tell him we lost eleven new Stormtroopers to a random rebel attack?"

"Admiral Drayson," the commander said, "I've been a Stormtrooper for some time now. I've seen a lot of battles in that time, especially involving the Rebel Alliance. With all due respect, this was no surprise attack. If you ask me, the entire attack seemed well planned. Almost as if they were expecting us."

"Are you saying you believe I have a rebel sympathizer on my Star Destroyer?" Admiral Drayson asked.

"If the rebels were waiting for us," the commander said, "I really see no other explanation."

"It's been noted," Admiral Drayson replied. "If there is a sympathizer onboard, he won't be much longer. You are dismissed."

"Yes, sir" the commander said, saluted, and walked out.

Admiral Drayson sighed. A rebel sympathizer on his Star Destroyer? If there was, he would be found out and killed. Now, Admiral Drayson needed to alert Captain Vuroan and get him to look into the matter after reporting to Emperor Palpatine.

"Just like those damn rebels," Jacen said to Ty and Ian. "All we were doing was getting due to Emperor Palpatine and they attack us. No one was getting hurt or anything until they came along. Now, eleven people we saw for years on Carida are dead!"

"Jacen, calm down," Ty said. "We got them. They lost the battle."

"I know! It's still not fair! I grew up with one of the people that got killed today!" Jacen replied. "I hate the rebellion! It'll be a day too late when we wipe them out. First, they kill thousands of Imperial soldiers on the Death Star and now this!"

Just by the expression on his face, Ty and Ian could tell Jacen was very angry. If looks could kill, the Rebel Alliance couldn't stand a chance against him. Indeed, Ty and Ian were upset and mad as well, but they couldn't hold a candle to Jacen.

"Jacen, the rebels got what they deserved," Ian said. "All we can do now is move on and try our to make sure they're stopped and don't bring disorder back to the galaxy."

"These people had families!" Jacen said, getting angrier. "It makes me sick to think they had to die just because they wanted to serve the Empire."

"But--"

"But nothing! My father died because of the rebels!" Jacen said. Then, he just stopped because he knew he had said too much.

"You're father was killed by the rebels?" Ty asked.

Jacen didn't say anything at first. He just looked away with sadness on his face.

"Yeah," Jacen replied.

"How?" Ty asked.

"He…he was aboard the Death Star," Jacen replied. "He had just been promoted to colonel a few days before the Battle of Yavin."

"I'm sorry Jacen," Ian said.

"Don't worry about it," Jacen replied. "The Rebel Alliance will pay one day. I'll make sure of it."

Ty had no idea. No wonder Jacen would get so angry at the mention of the Rebel Alliance.

He couldn't get caught. No, couldn't have that happen because he knew how rebel sympathizers were treated in the Empire. One thing was for sure, he had to make sure his tracks were covered as well as possible from now on. It had taken some years, but he now saw how evil the Empire and Emperor Palpatine were and that's why his loyalty had drifted to the Rebel Alliance. Emperor Palpatine didn't have the galaxy's best interest at heart. No, he was only worried about himself. That's why, as a rebel supporter, he had secretly transmitted information on the Stormtrooper recruits going on Tatooine to either force the taxes out of the owners or arrest them.

From this point forward, especially over the next few days as Admiral Drayson looked into the matter of the rebel sympathizer, he would need to be careful.