Hey guys sorry for the long wait but I won't leave anymore gaps this big in the future, well at least that the plan. Anyway, let's do this.
Sabine and Ezra's Quarters
It's been two days since Vader. Two days since Phoenix Squadron lost its command ship and two days since Ezra moved his stuff into Sabines room. To say he was happy right now was an understatement. Sitting on the edge of Sabine's bed with, dressed in a pair of pants and boots, no shirt. It was still early, normally by now he would be in the common room having breakfast but Sabine insisted that he stay until she stepped out of the bath room. He didn't know why but with everything the two have done after he moved in which included breaking in the bed, they didn't get a new bed but for Ezra it was like getting a new one. It wasn't and they both new it but they didn't really care, it was nice to have an excuse to get a little loud.
Though Ezra's mind was still darkened by everything he found out on Lothal, who the masked man was, after that he pumped Kanan and Ashoka both on what they knew about Sith lords. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to really help him but at the end of the day it didn't matter. All he had to do was get to Mandalore and find his mother as soon as possible, he needed to do it before Vader did. The only problem is he hasn't told anyone yet, at the end of the day the only person he wanted to know about that was Sabine, to everyone else. Kanan, Hera, Ashoka, Zeb. It just wasn't their business, no matter how much of a dick that made him sound like, it's true, he needed to do this alone.
However, he was pulled for his thoughts when the door to the bathroom opened and Sabine stepped out. Ezra smiled at the sight, there was some steam escaping from the bathroom, no doubt Sabine had a hot shower but that's not what drew his attention. Sabine was only wearing one thing and that was a tower around her hair. The smirk on his face grew as he looked at her up and down, taking in her wet body that only made her beauty stand out more. He didn't even notice her walking towards him until she sat down in his lap.
Ezra sighed as he knew that his pants where getting wet from her dripping body as it leaned onto his "if this is what you wanted me to wait for, I don't have a problem with it but I haven't eaten anything yet and from last night I really need to get some fuel in me" he started.
Sabine laughed at his words "oh Ezra, it's cute you think you could say no to me. but that's not what I meant. I have something to show you" she said smiling.
It was Ezra's turned to laugh now "yeah that's true, you're like a drug. I'm just completely addict to you" he said as his right hand found its way to her breast. Not taking his eyes off of it, he leaned in and he kissed to area where the nipple was. He felt Sabine's hand find its way to the back of his head, he didn't need to look up to see that she closed her eyes and rested her head atop his. Seeing that as no form of protest he took a step forward, his mouth opened wider and he took the whole top of her breast into his mouth and began to move his tongue.
Without even thinking about it, just following his instincts. His hand dropped from her breast and landed between her legs. Sabine gasped in shock as she felt Ezra's hand gently land on her womanhood, Ezra always took his time when it came to this, one of the many reasons why she loved him so much. Sabine's mouth opened as she expelled a deep breath onto his head. He smiled and started to kiss and suck at her neck as he felt the wetness of her arousal as it seeped onto his hand. With a small push, she jumped slightly as Ezra's finger entered her "oh... oh god" she moaned as the finger slipped out and back in.
Ezra smirked at her reaction "you like that baby?" He asked softly. He felt Sabine's head grind against his in a nodding formation.
"Just... Just" she gasped as she began to lose her patience "will you just..."
Ezra chuckled "I'm sorry, what was that?" He asked with a smile "I can't hear you over the sound of your moaning"
Sabine forcefully grabbed his head and turned it to face her, Ezra was surprised to see the looked of pure frustration. She didn't say anything, put she let go of his head, she grabbed the towel around her head and pulled it down. Ezra's eye brows rose at the sight, his hand quickly left her body 'so that's what she wanted me to see' he thought to himself as he found his eyes glowed to her head "what'd you think?" She asked managing to compose herself.
Ezra was amazed, instead of her dark blue hair with orange tips. It was now a light blue with turquoise around the edges. He smiled as his hand reached up a brushed a thread of hair of her fore head and to the side "just when I think you can't get any more beautiful" Sabine laughed at his words thinking he was just being sweet "I mean it, it looks much better than before" Sabine smiled this time, with genuine joy.
"so...?" Sabine started with teasing smile "you gonna fuck me or what?" This time Ezra laughed before standing up and holding Sabine close to him as she wrapped her legs around his waist. He walked over to the bath room as he used the force to pull his boots and pants off without even moving his hands "why are we going into the bathroom?" She asked.
"because if we're going to do this, we're going to need a shower anyway. Might as well kill two birds with one stone" he smiled as he stepped into the shower and with a tilt of the head, the valve turned and the hot water sprayed out over their bodies. It went without saying that Ezra was fully erect with everything that's happened and knowing her well enough by now, with the fingering she was open and ready. Not wanting to waste any more time, he lowered her body to better fit his and he quickly penetrated her body.
Sabine's head leaned back and her mouth was left open "fuck yes" she whispered as Ezra began to thrust into her again and again "Harder, harder" she said and Ezra was more than happy to oblige.
Phoenix Squadron command room
After a very fun and lucrative session of love making, Ezra and Sabine made their way off the Ghost and to the new command ship. Sabine was happy to be wearing her armor again, Ezra would be lying if he said he wasn't jealous but he had a feeling Sabine tried to make him feel better with the shower sex. And he was ok with that. Upon entering the room, they saw the Ghost crew, commander Sato and Ashoka "The destruction of our command ship has severely limited our ability to fight the Empire in this sector" Sato said as Ezra began to walk around the holo table.
"So maybe fighting isn't a good idea right now" Ezra said as everyone turned to face him "Commander Sato, sir" he added respectfully "it goes without saying that are last run in with the empire went... really bad. For now, it might best that we lay low and regain are strength" he finished.
"You are never shy with your opinions, Ezra Bridger" Sato stated "but establishing a base is a good idea" he agreed.
Hera sighed before stepping forward "Problem is, none of the potential bases we know of have the tactical advantage we need to protect what's left of our fleet" she explained as Kanan walked up behind her.
"Or aid the nearby systems suffering from Imperial oppression" he suggested with a hopeful look.
"We can't help others if we can't help ourselves, Kanan" she smiled back "If only we had more allies" she sighed.
"I know someone who might be able to help us" Ashoka said, everyone turned to face her "A great military commander with a vast knowledge of the Outer Rim. He could assist us in finding a base, and his experienced leadership would make him a powerful ally" everyone was listening to her with interest.
"How do we recruit this leader?" Sato asked stroking his chin.
"That's the problem. I lost track of him a long time ago, and all my transmissions have gone unanswered" she added looking down at the ground thinking deeply.
"well" Ezra said crossing his arms "we haven't tried to find him yet, let us do it" he said.
Ashoka nodded at him "Well, there is one option I've not yet attempted"
The Ghost, Bridge
Hera, Ezra, Sabine and Kanan all sat waiting for Ashoka to come and tell them what her idea was, thankfully it didn't take long as she soon entered carrying the head of an old droid "Is that the head of an old tactical droid?" Kanan said with great interest.
Ashoka nodded at his words "These droids were great at finding things, calculating. Found my master and I a few times when we didn't want to be found" she explained.
Ezra tilted his head at her "how is an old droid head supposed to help us find this friend of yours?" He asked.
"Well, I heard he was last seen in the Seelos system. You can start there" she said before turning around.
"So, You're not coming with us?" Ezra asked confused by her actions.
"I have something else to attend to" she sighed.
"The Sith Lord?" Kanan guessed.
"There are questions, questions that need answering" she said.
"you sure you don't want any of us to go with you?" Ezra asked unsure.
"You have your own mission, Ezra. And, Kanan, if you find my friend, you must trust him" she added stepping over the threshold of the door.
"If he's all the things you say, we can't afford not to" Kanan shrugged.
"Trust him" Ashoka frowned at him before the door closed
"What was that about?" Ezra asked.
"I have no idea" Kanan shrugged before the Ghost entered hyperspace.
Phantom
Ezra stood behind Kanan as he piloted the small ship towards the dessert planet. Sabine walked up behind him and placed the droids head on top of the control's "Well, let's fire this thing up" she said before the sound of static came from the head "I think it's scanning for a signal of some kind" she guessed.
"maybe this droid really is good to find a guy out here, it must be ridiculously easy to get lost out here"
"Maybe that was the idea" Zeb said from the back of the ship, sitting calmly waiting for them to find whatever they're looking for "What if this great commander we're looking for doesn't want to be found?" He added.
"7567. 7567" the droid said out loud, over and over again.
"It's homing in on something" Sabine said as Kanan piloted the ship in the direction of the single.
"There" Ezra pointing at a small black dot on the horizon "what is that?" He asked thinking out loud.
As they got closer and closer, the image of what the dot was became clearer "we'll son of a bitch" Ezra said to himself as they all looked at the old AT-TE and it didn't take a genius to see that it has been heavily modified.
"Now that is a work of art" Sabine said smiling at what they were looking at.
"Looks like an old Republic tank, used during the Clone Wars" Kanan said with a nervous and angry look as he landed the ship in front of the tank which also stopped.
The group stepped out of the ship with Ezra and Kanan in the front "Ezra, be on guard" Kanan warned him.
Ezra frowned at his words before going after him, the doors to the tank opened and three men stepped out. Zeb scoffed "It's just a bunch of old geezers"
"Well-armed old geezers" Sabine added from behind her helmet.
"What do you want?" The man in front shouted at the crew.
"We're looking for someone" Kanan shouted back.
"Well, that's too bad, 'cause there's nobody out here" he said back.
Ezra sighed knowing to well that Kanan was going to shout something and that would just start something they didn't need. He stepped forwards in front of Kana "Hey, do any of you recognize the number 7567?" He shouted at the group.
Instantly all of them became on guard grabbing their weapons tighter "What did you just say?" The one in front asked.
Ezra nodded at him "oh good, so you do know the number 7567" he smiled.
The man was taken back "I haven't heard those digits in... Well, that's my birth number" he announced.
"wait" Ezra frowned "your what?" He asked confused.
"They're clones" Kanan growled before pushing Ezra backwards and igniting his saber.
Ezra quickly grabbed his arm "Kanan, wait. What the hell are you doing?!" He shouted getting in front of him.
All of the men let their jaws drop at the sight of the weapon "Jedi" one of the said aiming their weapons "They've come for revenge" he said before taking two shots aimed at Kanan.
The force warned Ezra of the incoming shots giving him enough time get out of the way leaving Kanan time to block the shots "Drop the blaster, old man" Zeb warned as he and Sabine aimed their weapons at them.
"Don't try it, boyo! I'll gun you down" the... clone on the right said.
"Stand down, troopers. Now!" The one in the middle said to the others "That's an order, soldier"
"But he's a Jedi. A Jedi!" The one on the left said aiming his weapon
"I know. I know" he said gently "But they weren't the ones that betrayed us. Remember? Wolffe, remember?" He added.
Ezra turned to look at Kanan with a stern expression "Kanan, lock it down" he said forcing Kanan's arm down "Ahsoka said to trust them" he remained him.
"Sorry about the, um, weapons malfunction" the one in front said nervously scratching the back of his neck "My friend here is just a little defensive. See, we haven't seen a Jedi since, uh Well, it's been a while"
"Ok then" Ezra said stepping forward "My name's Ezra. This is Kanan. That's Sabine and Zeb. It's good to meet you, 7567" he added politely.
"Actually, my name is Rex" Rex said straightening his back "Captain, 501st
Clone Battalion. Meet Commanders Gregor" he pointed to his left "and Wolffe" he pointed to his right.
"good to meet you captain" Ezra said "Ahsoka Tano sent us to find you" he informed.
"Ahsoka Tano" Rex said in a voice that almost sounded like it was full of awe "I fought by her side from the Battle of Christophsis to the siege of Mandalore. And a friend of hers is a friend of mine" he smiled before turning back to the tank "come on inside, let's have a talk" he finished before heading back into the tank.
"we're leaving" Kanan said before turning around and heading back to the ship.
"Excuse me?" Ezra asked with a shocked face, how could he just walk away? He asked himself "No, where not" Ezra said grabbing Kanan's arm and pulling him towards the tank "Sabine, park the Phantom on that thing so we can get moving. Zeb with us" he said with a voice of authority. It went without saying that everyone did what they were told.
Five minutes go by and the Phantom is parked on the tank as it was now moving. The four entered the tank and where greeted by the clones who were scattered around room.
"Hey" Gregor said looking at Zeb "You're a big one, aren't you?
"Bigger than you" Zeb frowned looking down at the clone.
"wow" Ezra said looking at one of the helmets, he picked it up to have a closer look.
"Hey, hey" Rex said nervously "Easy with those, son"
Ezra rolled his eyes him "Right, I might move the dust"
"How is Commander Tano?" Rex asked.
"In trouble" Ezra started getting the attention of the clone "she one of the new leaders of what well hopefully become a full-scale rebellion. But it's not going well, the empire is tearing us apart. We need to find a base but we don't know where to look, we could use your help" he said trying to explain the whole situation in one sentence, not something done easily but he felt he did a good job.
Rex was silent for a moment "Well, I'm not sure I'm much help to anyone these days" he said sighing before leaning back and closing his eyes "Didn't you hear? The Emperor said the clone army has outserved its purpose and retired us. Now we spend our days just telling stories and slinging for joopas" he said putting his arms behind his head in a relaxing manner.
Kanan scoffed loudly "This was a wasted trip. You heard the clone. He's not interested" he said turning around ready to leave.
"Wait" Ezra said loud enough to make him stop, Ezra turned back to face Rex "don't try and deny it, I know you don't like the Empire" he said leaning forward.
Rex looked at Ezra for a moment before shrugging "Well, the Empire certainly isn't the Republic, but you can't do anything about that" he answered.
Ezra tilted his head at him like he just spoke nonsense "well, here's an idea. You could do what clones do best. Fight" he said.
Rex looked at him with a sad face "Sorry, son. My days as a soldier are over"
He closed his eyes and sighed "Fine, Okay, if you don't want to fight, that's up to you, but you could still help. We need to find a base, somewhere we can gather are forces. Ahsoka said you knew all sorts of secret locations in the Outer Rim" he explained.
Rex took a moment to think about what he said, he briefly looked over to Wolf and Gregor before turning back to him "Well, my memory isn't what it once was, but, um, there are a few spots I never bothered to report to the Empire. Look, why don't you wait outside and I'll put together a list of coordinates" he finished standing up and leading him towards the exit, Sabine and Kanan with him.
Ezra stepped outside understanding Rex wanted to talk to the others, his friends before he did something he would regret. He saw Kanan quickly move towards the rusty and crumbling railing of tank, he glanced over to Sabine who looked back with a helmet under her arm. Both sharing a worried glance. He walked over to him and quickly grabbed his arm turning him around "what the hell was that?" He asked in an angry tone.
Kanan quickly frowned "nobody said anything about dealing with clones" he spoke.
"who cares if they're clones" Ezra spoke louder but before either of them could go any further the door opened and Gregor stepped out.
"You know, I was thinking, since we're providing you with a list of bases, um, there's something you can do to help us" he spoke smiling and clapping his hands enthusiastically.
"No, thanks" Kanan quickly sighed and turning around, going back on the railing.
"Ignore him" Ezra stepped forward "What do you need?" He walked over towards him.
Gregor smiled at Ezra as he wrapped his arm around him "out there, deep below, roam the joopa" he said waving at the horizon "Elusive big game. When we're lucky enough to sling one in, it'll feed us for the whole year" he said smiling.
"Okay" Sabine said taking a step forward becoming interested herself "What do you need?" She asked.
Gregor laughed slightly before turning to Zeb "Him" he pointed.
Zeb turned to face him with a look of boredom "Huh? What?" He asked completely out of the loop.
While Gregor and Rex where getting Zeb ready for, whatever they need him for. Ezra had a brief talk with Sabine the whole situation they were in he went up to find Kanan and see what his problem was because if he didn't get his act together, this mission would fail. Walking up to the Phantom he opened the door and saw Kanan sitting at the pilot's chair messing around with his saber "I get it. You don't trust or like these clones, but you need to get your shit together" he scowled walking beside him.
Kanan turned to look at him with gaze of anger "You don't understand. They're dangerous" he spat "They could..."
"They could what?!" Ezra shouted back "Rex seems like an ok guy, the fun uncle kind of guy. Ahsoka said to trust him. You trust her, don't you?" He asked.
Kanan turned to him and shot out of his seat "You weren't there" he snarled "you were still just a little kid on Mandalore. You didn't see it"
Ezra shrugged "what? The pruge?" he guessed.
"I don't feel like discussing it" Kanan spat before he turned and sat back down.
"Fine" Ezra said turning and heading for the exit "It was at the end" Kanan spoke up again "the end of the war. Our fellow soldiers, the clones, the ones we Jedi fought side by side with, suddenly turned and betrayed us. I watched them kill my master. She fought beside them for years, and they gunned her down in a second, and then came for me. Later they said they had chips in their heads that made them do it. Said they had no choice" he said sounding like it practically ripped his heart out to tell him that. Ezra knew what the purge was but actually hearing it from someone who was there, that made it sounded different.
"I didn't betray my Jedi" a voice came from behind them, they both turned and saw Rex leaning against the wall of the ship "Wolffe, Gregor and I all removed our control chips. We all have a choice" he sighed before leaving.
"Well, for what it's worth" Ezra quickly added "I believe we can trust Rex at least" he finished before walking out. Hoping that Zeb was done by now, he made his way to the front of the tank, he had to admit he was finding it hard not to get a little motion sick from the waving back and forth. Reached the front he saw Sabine resting against the side railing facing forward, Gregor was right at the front point of the walk way and Zeb was walking across the ground in front of the tank with an electrical tether attached to him.
Turning to face him, Sabine smiled as he reached her and wrapped his arm around her waist holding her close "If we're lucky, we'll catch Big Bongo today" Gregor cheered clapping his hands.
Ezra and Sabine couldn't help but laugh at him a little, it was amazing. He was like a child "Let's get this over with. I'm getting hungry" they heard Zeb moan from the front of the tank.
"Keep on going forward. Just a little bit more. We're coming up on a hot spot!" Gregor continued to boast and cheer.
"Your hot spot looks like everywhere else on this desolate rock" Zeb spat back but stopped in his tracks when what seemed like a massive explosion occurred in the distance, like it was shot by a blast from a Tie fighter but the explosion came from underground.
"Out there" Gergor shouted literally jumping up and down at the sight.
"All right, full stop" Rex ordered as he sat on the main cannon.
Ezra couldn't help but let go of Sabine and move closer to the front of the tank behind Gregor "All right. Just a little bit more. Little more" he said as Zeb began to slowly walk forward "You know, we really appreciate this. I mean, we, we should do well today, with your friend here" he smiled turning to face Ezra.
He nodded back at him "Yeah, well, Zeb's got a hell of a right hook. Believe me, I know" he finished stroking his jaw.
Gregor looked at him in confusion for a moment before laughing out loud "Oh, oh. I'm sure, I'm sure. But really, I mean, joopa supposedly love Lasats"
Now it was Ezra's turn to look confused "They love them? What do you mean?" Sabine asked.
"Well, they say they love the smell, or I guess they love the taste as well" Gregor said as Ezra started to get a very bad feeling "And maybe it's about the texture. You know"
Ezra looked at the whole situation again and saw the cable that was attached to and how he was not on the tank, which had a big gun "oh son of a bitch, you're using him as bate"
"Oh" Gregor rolled his eyes smiling "hunter, bait, it's all the same"
"No, it's not!" Kanan shouted as he stood by the barrel of the cannon "Zeb, you better get back here right now!" He shouted.
Three more explosions occurred in front of them "Zeb, what is that?" Sabine asked shouteding.
"Zeb, run you dumbass! it's gonna eat you!" Ezra shouted.
"Zeb, run!" Kanan yelled.
"Get out of there!" Sabine yelled.
"Run!" Ezra shouted before another explosion came from right under Zeb's feet. Kanan, Sabine and Ezra's eyes all shot open before something, like a tongue wrapped itself around him before he dragged him into the ground.
"ZEB" Ezra shouted as the tether was pulled across the ground breaking it as it was pulled further away.
"Whoo-hoo! This could be him! Our Big Bongo!" Gregor cheered as the tank began to move forward again.
"Hey, I bet you know a thing or two about mechanics" Rex said looking to Sabine.
"Yeah, good bet" she said with an arrogant smirk.
"Keep an eye on this regulator. The line can overheat and shut down. No line, no joopa, no Zeb" he informed.
"Got it" she said climbing up to the cannon.
Ezra rolled his eyes knowing that it's too late to stop them so he might as well help "Well, what about the two of us?"
"You got the best job o0f all! When the line swings around, you'll charge it with the electro-poles. Hit the line with the rod, and it'll send a bolt of energy down to the joopa. Do it enough, and you should bring it up to the surface" he said giggling like a child as he handed Ezra an electrical rod.
"Here's one for you, General" he smiled to Kanan.
"Don't call me that I was never a general" he scolded.
"Uh, my mistake. Sorry, Commander" he corrected himself.
"No, it's not..." Kanan tried to argue before he sighed and took the rod.
The tank started to push forward grinding against the ground "Hit it! Now!" Gregor said. Kanan and Ezra both followed as instructed and jammed the rods into the tether. It felt like the entire ground was shaking as whatever was underground seemed to be getting closer to the surface "That's it! That's it! Ooh! He didn't like that! Hit him again!" He cheered "He's a runnin'. Hit that line! Bring him up" he said again but once they did the tether began to get smaller and weaker.
"We're losing the regulator" Sabine said as Ezra turned his head to see her climb on the cannon in order to fix it.
"Full stop, Wolffe! Dig in! This is where we finish the battle!" Rex ordered and Ezra could easily tell that why he was the captain.
"Sabine!" Ezra shouted as he could tell that the tether is getting weaker.
"I know, I know. Working on it!" Sabine shouted with panic in her voice "Got it" she shouted as the tether went back to its strong self but it was now out of reach.
Ezra jumped up on the rail to get in reach "Ezra!" Kanan yelled as he passed him the other rod, without thinking Ezra jammed both rods into the tether giving it one final push.
Ezra's eyes shot open as the ground split open in front of him and a large... worm was the only way to describe it shot out, the tether in its mouth "It is Big Bongo!" Gregor cheered.
"What a smell" Ezra cringed as he back flipped off the railing and landed behind Kanan, before Ezra could as what the plan was a shot ran out from the cannon and landed in the Joopa landed dead lying next to the tank almost matching its size.
Everyone ran to the side of the tank to get a better view; a smile came on Ezra's and Sabine's faces as the mouth opened and Zeb crawled out "Zeb!" Ezra shouted as Gregor jumped down.
"Nice catch, old-timers" Sabine smiled.
"Yeah! Way to go. Now that, that was impressive" Rex said walking up beside her.
"Impressive? You almost got my friend eaten!" Kanan scolded.
"Yeah. Ugh. I was in that thing's mouth!" Zeb yelled at the top of his lungs but Gregor just laughed.
"Oh! Head to toe. But look at you. You brought in our biggest catch ever" he smiled turning his around to look at the creture.
"I... I did? Actually, it wasn't so bad, Kanan. I... I knew I had the beast from the beginning" he smiled turning to face him.
"And you are a natural" Rex said turning to face Ezra.
"We held up our end of the deal, Captain. Now it's time to get us those coordinates so we can go" Kanan said placing his hands on his hips.
"I'll get 'em. But you might consider staying for dinner" he smiled back.
"It's gonna be delicious!" Gregor added from behind as he and Zeb still looked over their catch.
"That thing tried to eat me. Only fair I get to see how it tastes" Zeb smiled.
"Can't say no to a good meal. Right, Kanan?" Ezra said turning to face him.
After everything was done and the Joopa was strung up, the sun had set. The clones where inside, Kanan was in the Phantom. That left Ezra and Sabine standing outside the tank, in front on the railing facing the sun. Sabine rested her head on his shoulder and he had an arm around her waist "so when are you going to tell me?" She asked.
"tell you what?" Ezra breathed in deeply turning his head and at the same time smelling her hair.
"tell me what's keeping you up at knight" she said.
"later" he quickly said "when we're back on the Ghost, promise" he added, that seemed to be enough for now as she didn't say anything back.
The door opened behind them and Rex walked out "I've assembled a list of potential bases and clearance codes and a few protocols the Imperials still use. Should be of some use" he smiled.
"Thanks, Rex" Ezra smiled at him.
"They're on our main computer. You're gonna need..." He tried to explain.
"Data tapes? I got this" Sabine said interrupting him, leaving Ezra's arm and heading inside.
"You were brave today, kid. You jumped right in there to help. A great Jedi once told me that the best leaders lead by example. You do that well" Rex said to him as he stood by Ezra against the rail.
"Thanks" he said "I didn't always use to be like that but hanging around Kanan and the rest of the crew. Well, it changed me. I even sacrificed myself for them" he added with a smile "it's where I got this" he said gesturing to his eye.
Rex and Ezra both glanced at Kanan "Mmm. You know, I don't think he likes me. Or ever will. Can't say I blame him. The war left its scars on all of us"
"are... are you sure you don't want to fight?" He asked.
"You know, I've out served my purpose for that kind of fighting, I'm afraid. After the war, I questioned the point of the whole thing. All those men died, and for what?" He said looking out over the horizon.
Ezra lifted his arm and placed a hand on his shoulder "for the republic" he answered before the door burst open and an angry looking Sabine came out holding a data pad.
"The clones gave us up. They warned the Empire we're here" she said.
"Wait, what?" Ezra asked turning to Rex.
"You're mistaken. We would never do that" he said back with a stern expression.
"Oh, I found the binary transmission to the Empire. And there are messages Ahsoka sent to Rex, and he never answered her!" She spat.
Rex's eyes shot opened "What? I never got any messages from Commander Tano" he said grabbing the data pad from her hand.
"I knew it! I told you, they can't be trusted" Kanan said marching forward ready to attack.
Ezra placed his hand out and made a fist on his chest halting him "Kanan, back off. Is this true?" He asked turning to Rex.
"Wolffe. What did you do?" Rex asked.
"I... I contacted the Empire. If they found out that we were helping Jedi, they'd wipe us out" he addited with a heavy heart.
"Sabine, go warn Hera. Tell her to scan for incoming ships" Kanan ordered and she quickly ran towards the Phantom.
"I wanted to protect you guys, protect our squad. The war is over. We are free men. We can't live under the fear of the Empire for the rest of our lives, Wolffe. That's not freedom" Rex spoke grabbing him by both shoulders.
"You're right. They're not our enemy. I'm sorry" Wolffe said in a voice of great shame.
"Kanan!" Sabine shouted as an explosion was heard from above.
Ezra's heart instantly started beating faster "SABINE!" He shouted using the force to jump to the Phantom just in time to see a probe jump over the side.
"Probes! I hate probes!" He heard Zeb shout.
Seeing that Sabine was fine as she rested behind some cover Ezra quickly jumped back down and grabbed a rifle "Rex. You gotta make this right" he said throwing it to him.
Without hesitation he turned and aimed at the fleeing droid, there was a moment of silence before he fired. The bolt flew through the air and landed on its target. The droid quickly hit the ground dead "Yes!" Everyone smiled.
"Huh. Nice shot" Kanan admitted.
Everyone got off and ran towards it to get a better look "How long has this thing been watching us?" Ezra asked as they all reached it.
"Long enough. How's the Phantom?" Kanan asked turning to Sabine.
"Well, engine took a direct hit. We're not going anywhere until I can fix it" she answered in an annoyed voice.
"Wait. You mean we're stranded?" Zeb asked.
"Yep. And the Empire' on its way" Rex answered.
And down, that took a lot longer then was planned. Anyway, sorry for the long wait but I'm going on holiday soon so I wanted to get these all out while I still had time too. As always, I wanted to let you all know to please leave a review or PM me and I will see it, I always do.
Also, I would like to make an announcement. If any of you are familiar with Discord I would like to say that I have created a server that everyone is free to join. The link is /G5GEVXf and if anyone can't get that just send me a PM and I'll invite you. If anyone doesn't know what Discord it is a social media software that can be used to talk to other people, I recommend you get it if you want to talk more regularly.
Until I see you in the next chapter, may the force be with you
