Ok everyone. Just a heads up this chapter is going to be short because the next episode is Ezra going into the academy and since in this story he's too old, I kinda skipped it, and since the next episode is mainly Sabine and Hera I'm going to be adding something to make it seem longer.
Ezra sat on his bed looking at his necklace as he held it in front of his head, he knew that he should be doing something else but he couldn't help it. Sabine and Hera where on the Phantom somewhere so there was nothing else to do. Besides he liked looking at it, when he did he was remained of home. He closed his eyes and he could feel his mother's hands as they slightly touched his neck as she but it around his neck, and the kiss she placed on his head "Oh, what happened to you?" He mumbled to himself.
"What happened to who?" He heard someone say, he turned his head and saw Kanan leaning against the door way.
Ezra put the necklace back around his neck as he jumped off his bunk and landed next to his armor, which was nicely gathered together leaning against the wall "My mother. I haven't seen her in nine years. Just can't help but wonder where she is" he said calmly as he walked past Kanan and headed for the common room.
"hey, hold on" Kanan said placing a hand on Ezra's shoulder "we have a lesson" he said as they both turned around and started for his room.
They both walked inside, Kanan went to a small table he used for mediation and gestured to Ezra to sit opposite him. Ezra complied and sat in front of him and Kanan sat in a meditative stance "close your eyes" he ordered as he did it himself, Ezra took a deep breath and closed his eyes "you'll find that mediation is a Jedi's primarily past time. When you do it, you allow yourself to open up to the force allowing it to pass through you, guide you" Kanan said as he could feel Ezra try and connect with the force "Your thoughts are still on your mother" he said using the force to read Ezra.
"there's just so many unanswered questions" Ezra replied "to this day I don't know why she left me on Lothal. She said it had something to do with who my father was"
"do you know who he was?" Kanan asked.
"no, I have no idea. But I can't help but think that my mother knew that I could use the force"
Kanan frowned slightly "why do you say that?" He asked. If Ezra was eighteen now, that would mean he was at least two years old when the empire took command. As far as he knew Mandalore still did a Midichlorian count on its new born to see if they could become Jedi, so why would the republic never try to bring him in to the order.
"when she left me with the Bridger's, I asked her why I had to leave home and she said that if the empire ever learned what I could do, who my father was, they would keep on coming for me. She also said that I need to trust in the force when she placed this necklace around my neck" Ezra explained as best he could, he was sure that he was remembering that right but it's been nine years.
Kanan was becoming more and more interested in this, it was very unlike any Mandalorian to believe in the force, let alone want to keep force sensitives safe. Though he could understand that if the force sensitive was your own son, that might change things "who was your mother?" Kanan couldn't help but ask.
"Bo-Katan" Ezra answered. At least he thought that was her name, he was sure, but not very sure. What nine-year-old calls their parents by their names.
"that name sound familiar" Kanan said.
"yeah, I think she was popular during the clone wars or something. Honestly, Sabine probably knows more about her than me" Ezra said but before Kanan could replay the door opened and Zeb stepped in.
"don't mean to intrude but Hera and Sabine are back" he said before walking off. Kanan and Ezra both stood up and headed for the common room where the ladder to the Phantom was. They entered to see Sabine and Hera com done with Chopper from the Phantom.
"everyone ok" Kanan asked Hera as Sabine quickly went to sit down by the table and crossed her arms in anger. Ezra also took note that she was avoiding his gaze.
"yeah we're fine but I scraped the Phantoms underbelly" Hera complained.
"you?" Kanan asked surprised and with a little bit of joy in his voice.
"it was somewhat unavoidable, once your plan went south" Hera pointing right at Kanan.
"Ah, there you go. New there had to be a way this was my fault" he replied with a smirk.
"and you were right dear" Hera smiled back "Zeb I need to Phantom ready to pick up the supplies from Falcrom, adjust the steering and run a diagnostic. Chopper and Ezra will help you with any problems you find" she ordered.
"really?" Zeb said skeptically "have you met them?" He asked earning jab in the arm from Ezra as they headed up the Phantom while Kanan and Hera went to cock-pit. As Ezra followed Chopper up the ladder, his head turned to Sabine who was leaning on the table.
"hey, what's going on?" Asked as he stood in front of her.
Sabine looked up at him, they haven't really talked since that kiss. Which was a very nice kiss Sabine had to admit but they hadn't talked about it. She decided to just let it go for now "are you ok with this?" Sabine asked "with not knowing everything about the missions" she clarified.
Ezra shrugged "well, I don't like it but it's not that bad" he said offering her a hand. Sabine took it and stood up "I've ran with some different people back on Lothal, it could be worse" he said before turning to go up the ladder.
"This diagnostic's taking forever" Zeb complained "How's it going in there?" He asked Ezra as he was in the ships engine doing some work.
"Hera was right. Steering's definitely out of whack. But I almost got it fixed" he replied.
"There we go. Life support filters need cleansing. Chopper, as soon as Ezra's out of the repair duct, purge 'em" Zeb said to Chopper.
"All fixed!" Ezra announced. Chopper couldn't help but laugh as he started the purge "Whoa! Hey!" Ezra yelled as the engine began to fill with smoke.
"Perfect. Steering and life support are back in working order. Nice work" Zeb said as he turned and saw Ezra climb out of the engine looking angry as the smoke disappeared. He laughed "Sorry, kid. I told him to wait till you were out" he explained.
Ezra saw Chopper roll past him laughing "ha. Ha" she said sarcastically as he picked up Chopper and dropped him in the engine "laugh your way out of that" he said smirking as he walked past Zeb jabbing him in the arm for laughing that him. As Ezra left the Phantom Chopper used his thruster to lift himself to freedom. He beeped angrily flying after him hitting Zeb on the way. The next thing Ezra knew, he, Zeb and Chopper where all rolling around fighting in front of the cock-pit door.
But it didn't last long as they all froze as the door opened reviling Sabine and Hera "I take it you've finished the repairs?" Hera asked.
"Uh, you were right. The steering needed fixing, which I did" Ezra said smiling at the two.
"And life support filters needed purging, which we also did" Zeb added
Chopper didn't play ball and smacked Ezra with his arm and zapped Zeb "Chopper! I'm gonna dismantle that nut bucket!" He yelled running after him.
"Leave a few bolts for me" Ezra yelled as well as he followed the two.
Zeb was sitting at the table about to dig in some space waffles as Ezra sat across from him with a data pad reading some things of his data chip "Specter 2 to Specter 4 com in" Hera said over the com to Zeb "Specter 2 to Specter 4 com in" she repeated sounding concerned.
Zeb sighed as he ignored the food he was just about the eat and picked up his com "go ahead specter 2" Zeb said.
"you ran a diagnostic on the Phantom, right?" Hera asked.
"of course" Zeb said as Ezra looked up from the data pad.
"and you checked the results?" She asked. Zeb and Ezra's eyes both widened as Ezra slightly shook his head.
They both stood up and ran to the door where the Phantom docks with the rest of the Ghost and they saw a warning on the console Zeb did the diagnostics on "Specter 2 be advised there might be a problem with the fuel line" Zeb said calmly as he scratched the back of his neck.
"NO SHIT. Guys we have a situation" Hera said down the com before Ezra and Zeb both headed for Kanan's room.
"this is your fault, you and Chopper" Zeb cursed.
"you where the one doing the Diagnostic, you should have checked" Ezra spat back
"I'll check you, into the wall"
"we have to tell Kanan, but doing tell him that's it our fault" Ezra suggested.
"ok" Zeb sighed.
"Kanan" Zeb and Ezra both said they entered his room to see him with his eyes closed in a meditative stance.
Kanan raised his hand to silence them "Hera and Sabine are in danger" he said opening his eyes.
"how did you know, could you sense it" Ezra asked.
"no, I could hear you two arguing outside the door" Kanan scowled at them as he grabbed Zeb's com "Where on are way specter two"
Ezra stood with Zeb in the cargo hold in full armor as the Ghost lowered onto the platform where Sabine and Hera were standing on top of the Phantom firing a swarm of creatures. The cargo doors opened and they could see Sabine and Hera looking up and smiling at them. Ezra and Zeb began to open fire at the creature's as they charged again "come on guys, we gotta go" Ezra said as he jumped on the Phantom and pushed Sabine back onto the Ghost's ramp as Hera did the same leaving Ezra on the Phantoms roof alone "These guys aren't so tough" he said as Hera and Sabine jumped back on the Ghost's ramp. "Whoa! Whoa!" He said as the creatures began to over whelm him "Oh! Karabast!" Ezra said as he was slashed on the arm and pushed on his back by one of them.
He struggled slightly top get it off of him "Ezra, come on!" Sabine yelled as Ezra used his repulser to blast the creature off of him. Ezra stood up and jumped onto the Ghosts ramp not noticing the blood dripping from his arm.
They all started to back up into the cargo hold still firing at the creatures who tried to climb in as well "Chopper close her up" Zeb said as Chopper started to close the ramp. They all continued to fire the ramp was closing, Zeb couldn't help but the one that was just hanging to the sides of the door "HEY, No hitchhikers!" He said as the creature fell off the ramp and to the ground "Kanan, we're all aboard" he said the Kanan over the com who piloted the Ghost over the Phantom
"Engaging magnetic lock" Hera said as she activated the locks and the Phantom magnetized to the bottom of the Ghost.
Everyone took a sigh of relief as the ship entered hyperspace "Look, Hera, I'm sorry about not checking the diagnostic" Zeb said sincerely.
Before Hera could respond the sound of something dropping drew everyone's attention. They all turned to see Ezra leaning against the wall with his blaster on the ground next to his feet in a small pool of blood that was dropping from his arm. Sabine went to his side to check the damage as he slowly took his helmet off, wincing as he did.
"you ok, Ezra" Hera asked as she walked up to him.
"yeah, I'm fine" he said waving her off.
"he should be ok, but he'll need a patch up" Sabine answered as she looked away from his arm and picked his blaster up off the ground and placing it back in its holster.
Ezra sat at the table in the common area out of his armor with his stitched-up arm drinking some caf reading off the data pad like he did before. Sabine came in and quickly walked over to him. She stood in front of him with a scowl on her face. Ezra looked up at her and sighed, he stood up and moved around the table in front of her "Ok, what have I done now?" He asked.
Without missing a second of time Sabine created a fist and punched Ezra right across the face. Ezra didn't have time to block the blow so he took to the right of his jaw at full force, closing his eyes and shaking his head. He turned to Sabine was annoyed expression "Don't ever do that again" Sabine hissed at Ezra before turning and leaving for her bunk.
"huh-uh" Ezra said stroking his jaw slightly before taking his data chip out of the data pad and followed her. Walking into her bunk without knocking, deciding that if she just punched him in the face he doesn't have to knock. "and what might that be?" He asked walking in to see her pacing in front of her bed.
"you taking the fall for me" Sabine spat "when we're on mission, you don't get to get hurt because you were looking after me. That's not how this works"
"no?" Ezra asked "because last time I checked, I team looked after each other. A family looked after each other and don't you say that's not true because when I asked who you all are when we first met, you said and I quote "we're a crew, a team, in some ways a family" so was that not true?" Ezra asked.
He could see Sabine slumbering for words "I already lost two families Sabine, I promise you I'm not going to lose another. So, if you're in trouble, get used to me helping you because that's what I'm going to do. Every. Single. Time" he said taking a step towards her.
Sabine looked up into his eyes as he now stood only an inch or two away from her "don't do it" she said quietly.
"don't do what?" Ezra whispered as his eyes darted back and forth between her eyes and lips.
"what you're thinking about doing" she said as Ezra swears he could see a little fear in her eyes.
"why not? Are you afraid you'll like it?" he asked.
"please, don't" she said shaking her head slightly.
"if you stop me, I'll won't" Ezra said calmly before leaning in and gently placing his lips on hers. Sabine placed her hands on his chest and was about to push him back but something stopped her. She clenched her hands turning them into fits gripping his clothes. Sabine breathed through her nose as she felt Ezra's hands grip her hips pulling her closer towards him. Sabine couldn't help it any longer and she slowly lifted her arms around his neck.
The two separated and rested their heads against each other. Both breathing calmly and slowly looking into each other's eyes "balls in you court sweetheart" Ezra said as he slowly let go of her hips and took a step back from her towards the door "what you do with it is up to you" he said before turning and walking out the door leaving Sabine alone with her thoughts.
As he left Sabine took a deep breath and sat on the edge of her bed thinking about what just happened.
Ok guys, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Like I said it was short but the next is 'Empire Day' and 'Gathering Forces' I love those two episodes so I have something fun planned for them.
Anyway, I'm working on the next chapter for Starkiller and I know some of you are eager for it so here's a sample.
"are you sure you want to do this" Kanan asked as he stood next to Ezra who looked at the vast number of troops loading into the republic battlecruiser's.
"this was the last piece of the puzzle Kanan" Ezra replied turning back to face his old master "with this" he said gesturing behind him "with these soldiers, we have everything we need. It's time to show the galaxy what The New Republic is really capable of" he explained as Marris walked up to the two.
"Master Brigder, we've heard back from Mon Mothma. They have Jyn Erso and news about this super weapon she kept on ranting about" she said.
Ezra and Kana both looked at each other "Marris tell Admiral Akbar, that I'll be heading to Yavin VI. And that Captian Rex is in charge of our new recruits" Ezra said before leaving.
There you go, shouldn't be more than a couple of days before posting new chapter. Until then let me know what you think in the reviews until then I will see you in the next chapter 'May the force be with you'
