It didn't take long for everyone to pack what was left, the only things remaining where some rations and the tenting equipment, everything else was taken, packed up or at the very least thrown onto ships. Bo was standing on the bridge of the lead ship. It was a simple cruiser but it was Mandalorian in make and design so it could go toe to toe with the best of them. But even with this, they wouldn't last long in a fight against that dreadnought that Ezra could sense Vader was on. That thing was gonna be a damn fleet killer.
Not to mention the two dozen destroyers heading towards them. The alarms where blaring and everyone was running in different directions down the corridors of the ship as Ezra walked calmly.
He waved his arm and the door in front of him opened to revile the bridge, he saw his mother and the holograms of several standing around the command table for the ship talking franticly and making gestures to the table which showed a projection of the what he could only assume was the immediate air space. He calmly walked forward and stood next to Bo while crossing his arms looking closely at the holo.
He could easily make out a number of fifth-teen ships that where theirs, completely Mandalorian in design, all facing the same direction while behind them was what must have been double that number of Star Destroyers behind them "My Lady" one of the holograms said "we're a few minutes away from hyperspace but at the rate this is going, that dreadnought will be on us before we can make the jump" he started but was interrupted before he could continue.
"and assuming that this thing is as armed as it looks like, we won't last long" another said before he shook violently, trying to steady himself. He turned to his left and looked like he was talking to someone before turning back "and the destroyers just entered weapons range, shields should hold until we make the jump and the rear guns should give as good as we get"
"but that won't matter once the big one gets in range" Bo said placing a finger on her chin as the front point of what Ezra could only assume was the dreadnaught started to form at the very edge of the table and was moving in further.
"what if you divert power from the forward shields and push them into the thrusters" Ezra said speaking up.
The others looked to him for a moment before one spoke "we normally would but the problem is once we do that, we'll get swarmed by those Tie fighters. While we'd happily blast dozens of them, they must have over hundred fighters between them and that dreadnaught must have just as many, more or some type of advanced fighters that we haven't seen yet" he explained.
"we don't have the numbers or the position to defend ourselves from so many fighters" Bo continued "but we might not have a choice"
Ezra frowned at her words trying to think of some way to get out of this, that was when he saw it. A very large, very red warning side appeared on the map "oh for fucks sake" he muttered to himself "what about that?" he asked pointing to the red zone.
No one said anything immediately but he knew that this wouldn't end well based on their faces. Slowly they all turned to face him "you're insane" the one on the left started.
"though" the middle added "we would last longer than they would"
Katan pinched the gap in-between her eyes "fucks sake" she said "Helm, set a course for that asteroid field" she ordered.
There was a moment of silence from the pilot's chair before a response "yes my lady" he said and even though he couldn't feel it. Ezra looked out the front of the ship and would see the millions and millions of boulders.
"I hope your plan works" Katan said as the ship jerked slightly.
"me too" he said back as the holo's disappeared "at the very least we'll last longer than they will. The Destroyers at least, no idea about the big one" he didn't want to say it openly but that thing terrified him, he doubted there was ship like that anywhere else in the galaxy.
"Griffon" Katan said to someone as they worked on console "transfer all auxiliary power to the thrusters, that includes the blasters" she ordered.
"Yes ma'am" he said back "shall I tell the other ships to do the same?" he asked.
"Yes" he immediately said back.
"powering down the weapons?" Ezra asked as he raised an eyebrow at her.
She chuckled at him "seems you still have much to learn" she started "now that we're going through the asteroid field, we don't want to clear a path for ourselves because it's makes it easier for them, they'll just follow the path we make" she explained.
Ezra nodded, not hard to understand her logic "so we move as much as possible, forcing them to do the same"
"exactly" she nodded "the difference being they can't take the same amount of damage than we can" He opened his mouth to speak but the ship rocked back and forth causing him to stumble "might want to strap yourself in" she added.
"agreed" he said as he quickly found a seat and tied himself down.
What followed next was probably the most nerve-wracking hour of his life. Every few seconds there was a bang or a rumble or the whole ship shook, people shouting on coms saying their shields were dropping. The only solace he took was that they didn't lose any of the ships and the imperials were doing just as bad, in fact it would be ok to say they were doing even worse considering all the fighters they sent were quickly destroyed by the debris.
"why aren't you wearing your Armor?" Bo asked as she sat beside him.
"what?" he quickly asked back surprised by the sudden question "you want to do this now?" he said.
She raised an eye brow at him "Ezra, I shouldn't have to tell you how important our Armor is to are kind, to the creed" she said with a sterner tone.
"it was taken when I was captured" he said seeing no point in not telling her.
"captured?" her whole body turned to face him, or at least as much as it could with her whole body trapped in her seat.
He looked to her for a moment before sighing, not noticing that he did start to forget about the asteroids "I joined a crew when I decided to be a Jedi, or at least training to be one. Back then we were more along the line of freedom fighters, fighting the Empire, pissing them off" he explained "but a job went badly and I was captured by one of the emperor's attack dogs. I was with them for around a week before the crew came back for me, then after we joined what could be called a rebellion if you're feeling generous"
Bo eyed him critically for a moment before she turned back forward "are you alright?" she asked quietly.
"I am now" he added back and he was being honest. After he first got away it was hard for a couple of days but the thing that made it better was the same thing that always made it better, Sabine was there for him 'in that lingerie' he also added to himself. He couldn't help but give himself a small sigh, that was a hell of an afternoon before they left for a mission.
"So, you lost the Armor that has been in this family for three generations" she sternly said, now that she knows he's ok now.
"Yes, I lost the Armor" he quickly said back with an eye roll "you're welcome for saving your life by the way" he remaindered her.
"I didn't ask you to do that" she frowned "and I would never ask you do risk yourself like that, espec..." she was cut off as the ship rocked side to side again "especially against someone like him" her eyes met the corner of her eye, no doubt thinking about the Sith Lord.
Ezra's own head turned back forwards "yeah, him I've met before" he muttered to himself but it was loud enough for her to hear.
"where" she immediately said back.
"Lothal" he answered "went just a little bit better than this time around" he added.
"My lady!" the voice of the pilot said as he shouted from his seat "the empire just lost of its destroyers" as the words left his mouth Ezra and Bo both stood up despite the consent banging and shacking of the ship.
They reached the holo table and Bo pressed a few buttons and a holo screen of what Ezra could only assume was a rear external camera. It showed a clear image of one the imperial star destroyers expect unlike how they usually look this was seemed heavily damaged, fires all over it, the command bridge had a massive hole in it. The rest of the ships didn't look to much better either, the entire thing seemed to lose all power and wasn't even trying to get out of the way of the asteroids "Helm, how long until hyperspace jump?" she asked.
"2 minutes, assuming we survive. Are shields are barely holding together" he said back.
Bo opened her mouth to replay but before she could she was cut off from a loud alarm that filled the room "Ma'am! Loosing that destroyer must have pissed someone off, that dreadnought just increased speed, they've entered weapons range!"
"evasive manoeuvres! Get us in between those asteroids and that blaster fire" she ordered. After a few moments of silence where Ezra saw nothing but the ship turn direction a single second after "GGGAHHH" Bo said as the ship looked like it was hit. Bo and Ezra not being strapped down were lifted into the air and slammed back down by the G-force "Status!" she shouted while Ezra grunted in pain as he tried to pick himself back up.
"The asteroid took most of the damage" the helm said as he terminal sparked but he continued to give out commands to the ship "Sheilds at ten percent, one more attack like that and we're done" he said.
As Bo started to ask more questions, Ezra just zoned out on his own, his mind deep in thought. They wouldn't survive this unless they had a plan, no, not even that. They needed something that just couldn't be predicted, a hail Merry, a damn miracle. That was when it hit him, his eyes widened as he realized it 'that might just work' he thought to himself as he staggered forward towards the back of the chair the pilot was using, slightly shoving his mother in the process "here" he said as grabbed his shoulder getting his attention "I want you to broadcast everything I say over every channel you have, even the imperials" he said as he walked a few steps to the right to what he assumes where the com controls.
"what are you doing?" Bo asked.
"giving them a reason not to kill us" he said as he nodded towards the pilot who himself looked towards Bo for conformation who only sighed and gave a hand gesture for him to go ahead "alright you sack of shit" Ezra said down the com "you can beat me into the ground, you can kill my mother and everyone I care about. But you can't kill me, can you?" he asked, pretending that this was just him and the one in black talking "you can say it's for me to join you, be an inquisitor, stand by your side but we both know that's just a lie. I know why you want me so badly, it's not for another servant or slave to do your bidding, it's for what I know. You don't want me, you want the ones I can lead you too, Kanan Jarrus, Ahsoka Tano" he paused for a moment as he tried to think of someone else in order to drive the point home and only one more name came to mind immediately "Obi-Wan Kanobi" he said remembering the name of the Jedi who's message he heard from the holocron when he first met everyone.
He tried not to notice how cold he suddenly became, like he was on an artic world without any clothes, then he knew without a shadow of a doubt that he had the one in Black's attention. But what he didn't notice at all was the look of shock and worry that Bo gave him when he said that name. "but if you kill me by destroying the ship I'm on, you'll never know where they are. Yes, you could try and disable us but if you do that then we'll be completely vulnerable to all the large rocks of death coming towards us. Or you can break away and try another day. You're call" he said before hanging up his end.
There was a very tense moment of silence. As everyone on the bridge was looking towards him, their faces not holding shock and awe but just worry and a small glimpse of hope "Ma'am" the pilot said "they're powering down their weapons"
Before anyone could cheer however, a voice came through the com "you may escape me now" the black one's voice said "but I will find you soon, very soon" that was all that was said but he might as well make an hour-long speech cause was the impact it had. Ezra believed him.
"Ready to jump" the Pilot said.
"NOW!" Bo shouted.
Ezra sighed in relief as the cold left him and he saw the lane of hyperspace before him.
Ezra sat calmly within the small bedroom on the ship as they made their way through hyperspace, she knew he was here, she knew what he was waiting for and he knew she was on her way. He could sense her 'this was it' he thought to himself 'time got answers' she was outside his door. The meditative pose he was sitting in didn't help, probably because he wasn't meditating. Yeah, that was it, not that he could help it. He had more things that occupied his mind.
The door opened and Bo stepped in. Unlike before she was no longer wearing her armour, well the armour parts of her armour at least, all the plates had been removed giving it a more casual look. She slowly stepped in and stood in front of him. There was just silence as he looked up into her eyes, he gave a small sigh as he slid to the other end of the bed giving her room to move to the other side. Some more room might have been nice but this wasn't a luxury ship, beggars can't be choosers.
"I didn't know that you knew Obi-Wan Kenobi" she said.
"I don't" he said back "I just remember the name from a message that was in a holocron, a err... a Jedi data drive thing" he said knowing that she probably wouldn't know what one was and honestly he didn't really know to be honest "does it really matter?" he asked with a sigh in in his voice.
Bo let a sad chuckle escape her mouth as she rested her elbows on her knees and leaned forward staring blankly at the door "yeah, it really does" she said.
"Mother, what are you not telling me?" he asked turning to face her slightly.
Her eyes landed on the ground for a moment before she let out one final sigh before looking back up "what do you want to know?" she asked.
"why did you take me to Lothal?" he asked immediately, not wanting to waste any time when it came to these questions, he didn't want to risk anything interrupting them again.
"To keep you safe" she said back just as quickly. The same answer he remembered, not what he was looking for "but that's the truth" she insisted "Ezra, when the Republic fell and the empire was created. It was a dark time for our people. A civil war had over taken the capital and the entire city was a warzone" Ezra had turned to face her but he also leaned back even further until he was resting his back against the wall as well as sitting on the bed.
"and how did that happen?" he asked, not knowing anything about anything about this.
Bo gave a chuckle "it's a long story" she said.
Ezra frowned "you have until we get to wherever we're going" he said sternly, making it clear there was no debate on the matter.
She looked at him for a moment before turning back forward "it all officially started about two years before the clone wars ended" she began "but our family was in danger long before that. Ezra, I have a sister. Satine, she and I where never really close but we were family and family are always everything to our kind" she leaned back and copied Ezra's pose but on the opposite side of the bed.
"so, no matter how much we didn't like each other we always cared but there was a moment when things changed" Bo gave a chuckle "she decided to become a pacifist, a laughable notion but despite what I thought she did well, when she reached the age of twenty-five, she was elected as the duchess of Mandalore and because of that position she started to direct Mandalore away from our worrier ways and towards peace" she frowned at her own words and scowl on her face "not a day goes by where I don't regret sticking with her"
"you didn't?" Ezra asked.
She shook her head "Satine and I disagreed on a lot of things, this was one of them. When she became the duchess, I joined my mentor, Pre Vizsla. Who was the leader of house Vizsla at the time, he led the house and every clan under it against Satine in an effort to take Mandalore back into are worrier ways" it wasn't hard for Ezra to see that she was having a hard time talking about this but he didn't care.
He needed to know this "you joined a cause that would go after your own sister?" he asked.
"I never wanted to hurt her" she quickly said back "it was always stated that Satine wouldn't be hurt, just removed from power. It wasn't easy but we were slowly gaining ground, until we got fucked right in the ass" she scowled and Ezra saw her fist clench "we were doing a scouting run and came across an escape pod where we found two zabraks on the brink of death, we brought them back to camp and fixed them up. Then we learnt what they were, called themselves Maul and Savage, said they were Sith"
"What" Ezra immediately said alarmed as his eyes widened "Sith?" he asked.
"you know what they are?" Bo asked surprised, still not really knowing herself. Only the basics.
"they're the Jedi's ancient enemy" he said remembering what Kanan taught him "there's never been peace between us. Seems to be going around" he muttered that part "the one who nearly killed you is a Sith"
"Vader" she quickly added "His name his lord Vader, he's the emperor's right hand" she told him "what you just did back there put a very big target on your back and don't mistake it Ezra, he has the entire empire at his beck and call" she warned.
"I'll be sure to keep my head down" he said, there was a small sarcastic tone in his voice but he was completely serious "don't stop. Keep talking" he added.
She sighed before continuing "anyway, Pre came up with a plan. I'll spare you the details but the two Sith would use the small criminal empire they gathered and attack the city, because everyone there was a pacifist now, they wouldn't know how to fight and we'd come in to save the day. Which is exactly what we did. After that Satine was overthrown and placed in temporary imprisonment"
"let me guess" Ezra said as he looked Bo right in the eye "this is where the 'fucked up the ass' came" he added.
Bo frowned at him before continuing "yeah, after we won Pre turned on Maul & Savage and we locked them up as well. It was maybe an hour or two before they broke out. Then it all came down, Maul broke into the throne room and challenged Viszla to a trail by combat"
"he accepted?" Ezra interrupted with a surprised voice "what made him think he could win that fight?"
"Pre was in position of the Dark Saber" she admitted and gave a small smile came on her face as he saw the shocked look on Ezra own "he couldn't say no, he would have been seen as a coward and unfit to keep his position" she looked down and shook her head with a sigh "but despite how skilled and how equipped he was, it wasn't enough. Maul killed him and took the Dark Saber with him and with it, he had obtained leadership over Mandalore" her fist clenched and a look of pure hatred appeared on her face "but of course no outsider should ever have the right to rule Mandalore, so I led a coup of my own. We had to retreat of course, needed to consolidate a power base in order to fight back" she stopped talking.
Ezra's head tilted to the side as he looked at her, something wasn't right, he could feel it, he didn't know if it was through the force or just his gut but he knew Bo was having trouble talking about this next part "keep going" he pressed.
She looked back up at him before continuing "I don't know why he wanted this but Maul joined us because he wanted revenge. Revenge against the Jedi who ruined him, Obi-Wan Kenobi. I don't know that story so don't bother asking, all you need to know is that Maul set a trap and Kenobi walked right into it" she said.
"why would a Jedi master like Kenobi just fall for a trap like that, he was supposed to be one of the strongest in the Jedi" Ezra said, remembering what Kanan had told him when he gave Ezra the overview of the Jedi when they had a small history lesson.
"the bait he used" she said back calmly but there was a distance in her eyes "I don't know how it happened but Satine and Kenobi had... something between them, definitely romantic" she added "he came in to save her, failed and... and Maul killed Satine in front of him"
"I'm sorry" he said with a sympathetic smile as he looked at the water that started to form in the corner of her eyes but it seemed that she powered through it.
"after that it was a not stop fight for the freedom of Mandalore, for two years we fought and it came to a head when I teamed up with a Republic legion that was placed under the command of Ashoka Tano..." she said
"Ashoka?" Ezra asked suddenly interrupting her "she was there?"
"I don't know how you know her but if your Ashoka is a female Togruta with two lightsabres, then yeah. Her" she added "with her help along with the clones we were able to beat the traitors who followed Maul and the Republic captured him. We won" she chuckled "for about a day, we one for day. Then the news came that the Republic was over and the Empire was created. Of course, we couldn't fight them off, we didn't have the numbers or the support. A week later Saxon comes in and shouts all his bullshit about following him and the empire to glory. Not a lot of us where happy with that but I had something else on my mind because the day after that it was made clear what you could do" she said.
Ezra sat up slightly at the mention of him "it was undeniable, you could use the force, you said there was no way for someone to know that young, you're wrong. There were signs" she laughed at that "so ironic, I spent my entire life fighting to uphold the old ways and tradition of Mandalore and you were born with the ability to wield the weapon of the only enemy to best us. The Jedi. At first, I was excited by the possibility, if we could have trained you to use that power it could have been the weapon, we needed to turn the tide. Then it was made clear that couldn't have happened, because the empire had a plan, one of the first things they did was round up and capture every Jedi they could find. They were coming for you, someone talked about what you could do and it was leaked to the empire. You couldn't stay" she looked him dead in the eye "so I reached out to an old contact of mine, Gall Trayvis. I called in a favour he owed me and had a fake identify made for you, so Ezra Kryze died and Ezra Bridger was born. The rest you know"
She stopped talking and Ezra just looked at her, there was silence between them for a few moments before Bo turned and stood up "I know this is a lot to take in, I'll give you some time to thi..." she was cut off as Ezra lifted his hand and used the force to pull her back until she landed on the back wall over the bed. Ezra stood up, his hand still raised but after a moment he dropped her.
"that was nice story" he started as Bo picked herself up "and I know it was the truth but you're still hiding something" he pressed "you mentioned me once that entire story and you barely told me anything I didn't know" he looked right into her eyes "I'm going to ask this, one more time. What are you not telling me?"
Bo looked at him for a moment before she scowled and closed her eyes with a sigh. She scooted forward until she leaning off it with her elbows resting on her knees looking up at him "I told you that no matter what Satine and I felt for each other we were still sisters, we always cared for each other. So, we had a way to reach each other in case of emerge... actually no, not even that. It was encase something happened and we just needed to see each other. We were a year into this small civil war against each other when Satine used that signal that gave me a meeting point along with a time. I went without a second thought" she stood up and looked him right in the eye "I didn't know what I was expecting when I arrived, but at the bottom of that list. Was Satine, my little sister, standing in front of me. With a small baby boy in her arms"
All the breath left Ezra's lungs and his heart didn't just skip a beat, it stopped, his mind doing everything in his power to understand what he was being told "I don't know when it happened but I can guess. During her reign as duchess the separatists made a move against her and the Jedi sent Kenobi to protect her. I assume it happened sometime then"
"...what?" Ezra breathed out with barely any sound in his voice.
"Ezra. I'm not your mother, I'm your aunt. Your mother, your real mother was Satine Kryze and your father. Is Obi-Wan Kenobi" she spoke with a clear voice but now she failed to keep her eyes from watering and Ezra could see a single tear escape her eye.
He took some deep breaths before turning around and placing his hands on the wall in an effort to stable himself as he didn't trust his to keep him off the ground "why... why didn't you tell me this?" he asked.
"because it didn't matter" Bo stressed as she walked forward and forced him to turn around and placed both hands on his shoulders as he leaned back against the wall "Ezra what knowing have changed?" she asked "nothing" she stressed "it wouldn't have changed anything; you didn't need to know"
"no" Ezra shook his head "I didn't need to but I had every right" he frowned at her.
"Ezra the Jedi where being hunted everywhere and killed on sight. I wanted you as far from them as possible, it was noticeable enough you could become one of them, add on that your father was a Jedi master. It was too much" she explained "Look Ezra take an hour and just try to process all of this" Bo placed a hand on his cheek and looked him right in the eye "just remember, I will always love and to me, you will always be my son" she finished before she left.
Ezra barely heard the door closed as she left the room. That was when the last of his strength left him and he slid to the ground taking deep breath, he didn't know how to deal with this. It was then, in that moment all he wanted was to be with Sabine again.
He must have been sitting there for the entire flight, just trying to process what he heard, he didn't know what it would be that was hidden from him. But there was nothing that could have prepared him for everything, his father was Obi-Wan Kenobi. A Jedi master and his mothe...Bo-Katan was his aunt. His mother was a pacifist 'god, she'd be so disappointed in me' he thought to himself, he shook his head. That didn't matter, what the former duchess of Mandalore thought about him didn't matter anymore now than it did an hour ago.
He looked down and shook his head, that wasn't fair, she was his mother. That alone gave him a reason to respect her 'but not now' he thought, he needed to get back to the Ghost. He was gonna need a lot more time to get over the shock of this.
He took one last breath he stood up and opened the door. He started to walk towards the bridge, it only took him a minute but when he got there, he was shocked for the tenth time today. As the door opened, he was given a clear view outside the window and what he saw took his breath away.
It was a fleet, that was the only word he could use it. There must have been over a hundred different ships all flying around the planet they were orbiting "It's good isn't it?" Bo said as she stood next to him "these are all the clans and houses that are against the empire and their occupation of our home" she explained.
"I need to leave" Ezra stated before she could start another conversation.
Bo didn't say anything, but he could feel her sadness and disappointment through the force "I understand, you have every right to be angry..."
"I'm not" he interrupted her, he turned around to face her and walked in to wrap his arms around her "I'm not mad, I just... I can't stay, I have my own people who need me and I need them too"
Bo's arms held grabbed him a little tighter for a moment before letting go "I understand, I just... I hoped we would have more time" she added.
"we will" he reassured her "I don't hate you and a part of me does want to stay but I can't give up what I've got, I know this isn't what you want to hear but I'm a part of a crew, I'm a padawan. I made a promise that I would be a Jedi, I will see that through"
"I want to help you with this Ezra, really I do" she assured him "the fact you said you and the crew you're with are against the empire helps but my duty is the freedom of Mandalore. I can't help you as much as I would like, but that doesn't mean I can't do anything" she finished with a smile before turning around "follow me" she said.
Ezra did as he was told and followed her through the ship, no words were exchanged between them as they walked at a calm pace. It wasn't until she stopped in front of a portside window did he start to understand what she meant. Outside the ship clamped onto one of the docking rigs was a Kom'rk-class fighter, the dominant mandalorian fighter ship. Light speed capabilities, shields, room for cargo, powerful weapons. Not a ship you want to go up against "you can't just give me this" he said without any doubt and there wasn't, even if she was in charge. She couldn't just give away a fighter like this, not when they would need it.
"normally I couldn't" she held a small smirk "but this isn't a gift, it's a reward. You saved my life from Vader no matter how you look at it, a debt has been put in place. If you accept, the debt will have been satisfied" she explained.
He smiled at her "I accept" he said.
"I was considering armour but..." she hesitated before carrying on.
"that would be too much" he finished for her, nodding in understanding "I lost that armour, I need to prove I'm worthy to wear it again" he said.
Bo looked at him before nodding. She turned around and hugged him again "I love you Ezra" she said.
"I love you too" he said back before heading towards the ship.
Ezra leaned back in the pilot's chair as he detached from the repurposed transport ship and looked out into space. For the first time in what felt like days, he just let out a breath and relaxed. Despite everything that happened he just smiled, he did it, he saved her, he did what he set out to do and even if he looked like he took a Star Destroy blaster to the face, must have broken at least a dozen bones, fought Vader and survived, he lost the Phantom but he gained something much better.
All in all, this was worth the trouble. Now he had a problem though, he lost the beacon Hera gave him in order to track the Ghost down again, lost it when he landed on Concord Dawn. So, he had no way to find the Ghost again, which was a problem. The spent ten or fifth teen minutes just thinking about what he should do until he just decided to do what Kanan had taught him, use the force.
He held his hand over the nav system and closed his eyes, he reaches out through the force and allows it to fill him up. To guide him. He didn't see the coordinates being typed in, all he saw was her face, her scent, the feeling of her body pressed up against his. The annoying feeling of an electric shock hitting his leg. The uncomfortable but endearing feeling of a hairy arm wrapped around his neck. The comforting hand on his shoulder. The feeling of understanding from the one kneeling across from him.
He opened his eyes just in time to see the lever get pulled backwards and the ship was heading into hyperspace. He didn't know where he was going but one think is for sure, he trusted the force. He took a deep breath and relaxed into the chair "we're gonna need to come up with a name for you" he said aloud.
He'd been in hyperspace for two hours now and honestly, he had nearly fell asleep, he didn't do much. Just changed his clothes, there wasn't a lot of options but thankfully the ship was stocked so he had the under suit that would go with the armour, without the armour. It would do for now at least.
A beeping caught his attention and despite his tiered state, he quickly exited hyperspace and came out within the system of a dull looking world. After a second glance he could see a couple of imperial light cruisers that seemed to be firing at something. Acting on instinct he increased thrust, powered the shields and powered weapons. As he got closer, he got a clearer view and he sighed in relief at what he saw. Two blockade runners and a familiar freighter "I love you force" he said out loud as he accelerated.
There was a familiar beeping on the com and he answered "unidentified fighter, you are trespassing into an active warzone. If you do not turn around and vacate the area, you will be treated as an hostile and fired upon'
Ezra frowned at the voice "Kallus" he said out loud "Kallus is that you?" he asked.
"how do you know my name?" he asked "identify yourself immediately" he ordered.
"you don't remember me, I'm hurt" he said as he looked out the window and saw an oddly shaped orange fighter that was breaking away from the blockade runners and making a bee line straight for the imperials "But, I think you have more to worry about then me right now" he added as he hung up the com.
Knowing was on that ship before he realized it and moved forwards and locked his blasters onto the Tie's that were surrounding that fighter before he fired, taking one of them out easily. It wasn't until he was right behind the Ghost that he realized that his new ship was almost the same size, just thinner. He took the sign that the Phoenix ships didn't attack him as a good sign and parked himself up alongside the Ghost, covering that orange ship as best he could.
That was until he saw the ship go off on its own without any support, he was about to radio them until his jaw dropped as he saw that one single fighter fire a concentrated blast that took out one of the cruisers. He was flying blind for a few moments as he tried to collect himself. He barely noticed entering the atmosphere of the planet and the peaceful light of the planets sky.
It was then he realized what the Ghost was doing as he saw it drop some cargo towards the ground, the com started to beep again and he answered "please tell me this is who I think it is" Sabine's voice came through the com.
Ezra just took a moment to listen to it, it was like a drink of water after a drought "yeah, it's me" he added calmly.
"you're ok?" she said.
"I'm ok" he confirmed "a little beat up but I'm ok"
"Good" Hera said through the com "because as much as I would very much like to know what happened to the Phantom" she pressed with a sterner tone "we need to get out of here before enemy reinforcements arrive" she ordered.
He smiled "understood" he said as all three ships pulled up into space and towards the retreating blockade runners.
"we have conformation the drop was successful" commander Sato's voice came through the com "let's go home Pheonix squadron" he ordered.
"Copy that commander" Ezra said "Hera you wanna take the Ghost ahead, I'll cover the retreat" he said.
"I'm not in the Ghost Ezra but that's not a bad idea, Kanan cover me While I dock with the command ship. Ezra, take care of those Tie's" she said.
He did as he was told, took care of some Tie's as they tried to cause trouble but they were no match for the Mandalorian fighter and within a few moments, the small squad of ships were safe in hyperspace again. As they flew in the hyperspace lane, his eyes landed on that fighter which was attached to the command ship and he knew, the force was telling him, she was there "there's something you want to tell us" Kanans voice came through the com.
"there's a lot I want to tell you" he confirmed.
He walked out of the air lock of his new ship and stood in between his ship and the blockade runner. The door opened and he was greeted with a white hallway, that was full of a group of people. Sabine was standing in the front with Hera just behind her on the right, Kanan the left, Chopper was in front of him and Zeb was in the middle at the back but his large frame made him easily noticeable.
Ezra locked eyes on Sabine and a small smile found its way to his face. He walked forward a couple of steps before she did the same with her own smile, when she was just a step away, she added a little jump and Ezra wrapped his arms around her back as he held her in the air for a moment before he dropped her back down but they didn't let go of each other. He had his eyes closed as he just took everything about in, he barely felt the other arms wrap around them and soon it was clear the entire Ghost crew was together again.
"So" Hera started as everyone pulled back but he kept an arm around Sabine waist "what happened to the Phantom?" she asked with a happy but stern tone.
Ezra looked at her before glancing at the whole crew "I have a lot to tell you guys" he said preparing himself for a long conversation.
Ok guys, I'm gonna call it here. Sorry for the long wait but it took a while for me to decide but yes. This is 100% truth for this story Ezra Kyze is a Kenobi. he is the son of Obi-wan and Satine.
Let me know what you all think and I've got good news, now that the independent chapters are done, the new chapters should be coming out quicker now because now It's back to the original episodes as templates again.
I'll see you all in the next chapter, may the force be with you.
