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Ezra leaned back with his arms crossed as he sat around the central console on the bridge of the command ship, the majority of the big players of Phoenix squadron where present as Sato addressed everyone "one of our fulcrum agents were able to get us some data on the ship that was Ezra claims to have seem over Mandalore" he started and Ezra couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Sure, he knew that some people didn't want to believe him when he told them about that monster of a ship but the fact so many didn't was a little annoying, blaming it on seeing things, brain damage or him just not knowing the specs of the ship and taking a guess.
Sato looked down and sighed "as much as we would all like to deny it, we cannot anymore" he pressed a button on the console and a holo image of the ship Ezra saw appeared for everyone to see. Muttering came from all around Ezra as he saw the look of horror that everyone seemed to have and he couldn't blame them.
"Karabast" Zeb said reaching up and grabbing the back of his head.
"this ship is called the Executor. It seems to be the first of a new breed of ship types. Super Star destroyers. It is nineteen thousand meters long and is the personal flag ship to Lord Vader" Sato explained as more holo of regular Star destroyers which where tinny in comparison "I will send you all the specs later but for now all you need to know is that this is a one ship fleet killer. I am giving you all I direct order as well as requesting the same to our allies around the galaxy. If this ship is spotted, you are to immediately retreat from the area" though they weren't happy, everyone in the room couldn't help but agree.
Ezra didn't want to admit but that thing would be able to wipe out the entire squadron on its own with practically no trouble. Sabine sat next to him and he smiled when he felt her through the force, there wasn't fear, there was excitement. Proof she was a Mando through and through, seeing the challenge, knowing about the epic battle that would take place around that thing, made her blood pump and Ezra couldn't help but feel the same.
"On another note, we were able to get an accurate number from the Hunters guild" Ezra sat up slightly at hearing that. The Hunters guild is the less formal name for the bounty Hunters guild, the guild everyone uses when they want to do hunting. They're right up there with the merchants and bank guilds. If the information came from there, it is legit "unfortunately, it is worse than we thought"
'there's the fear' Ezra said to himself as he felt the emotion coming off of Sabine.
"another order for everyone here to follow" Sato said "Ezra Kryze is to not go out in public in any fashion without a disguise as the bounty on him at the present time is five hundred million credits"
'holy shit' Ezra thought to himself as everyone else is no doubt thinking the same thing 'Vader really wants Kanobi' he couldn't help but add. Though it wasn't too bad, sure for one person it's shit tone but in the face of the full galactic economy, it was nothing. Still though, a lot for just one person.
"that is all for now, I suggest you all go over the data on this dreadnought just in case" even as he said that Ezra could see Hera already on a data pad no doubt going over it.
"Ezra let's go" Kanan said as he tapped his padawan on the shoulder.
Ezra nodded before turning to Sabine "I've got training, talk to you later?" he said standing up.
"sure" she said as he leaned in and gave her a quick kiss before turning to leave.
3 hours later
'nice and easy' Ezra thought to himself as he sneaked in close to his target. Nearly every light in the ship was out and the crew would be asleep and unable to stop him from completing his mission. Everything has been planned and practiced, all that is left is the execution.
Placing his back against the cold wall next to the doorway, slowly moving his head around the corner. A cold smile found its way to his lips, there was the target, their back turned away from him. Pulling his head back, he looked at the solid grey wall in front of him as he stood in the small metal corridor. Taking one more deep breath, he moved.
Quickly turning the corner, he moved in.
Ezra rushed forward as his hand quickly pressing the close button as he did, before his target could turn around as they heard the door close and quick footsteps approaching. Ezra pounced, wrapping an arm around their neck and the other being used to keep their left arm secured behind their back "got you" he hissed into their ear "you had to know you couldn't run forever, bounty hunter scum" he scowled.
But before he could bask in his victory, his target started to struggle and Ezra was forced to let go of their arm in order to tighten the one around their neck "I'll never tell you anything" they said in a distinctive female voice "you rebel bastard" she scowled.
"Yes, you will" he said pushing her body against the wall, causing her to be sandwiched between them. With the extra force exerted against her, he was able to remove his left arm but keeping the right around her neck "where is the Black Sun command ship?" he asked.
"I'll die before I betray the sun" she spat in rage trying to fight against him.
"yes you will" Ezra said before he smirked as the idea was formed in his head "I have many ways to get you to talk" he smiled as he breathed her scent in, his free hand moving down her body. Feeling the softness of her body as it was contained only by thin piece of clothing, a small tight shirt and small soft shorts "and you will talk" he smirked before without warning he quickly inserted his hand down the front of her shorts, his fingers brushing up against her newly shaven pussy.
"ah, you bastard" Sabine said with force but Ezra could feel how her body was reacting to him "this won't be enough"
"patience" he said pulling back slightly as he used the force to keep her pinned to the wall. Knowing that he wouldn't be able to keep this up forever he quickly reached down and pulled the shorts off completely "we've only just started" he said moving forward and grabbed her again. This time when he did, instead of keeping her pinned to the wall, he grabbed her from around the arms and dragged her to the bed. Throwing her down face first Ezra placed both hands on her back keeping her from getting back up. Pulling one hand back he gave her ass a hard slap, causing her body to jerk slightly.
Without warning he inserted his fingers into her which caused her to moan into the mattress, not waiting a single moment he pulled his fingers out and in again. Using his other hand he grabbed a fistful of her hair and pulled her face up which aloud her loud moaning to be heard "tell me where the ship is" he ordered.
Sabine managed to get enough will power to stop the moaning in order to turn her head slightly to look him in the eye "never" she scowled "and you'll have to do better than this if you want me to talk"
Ezra's angry glare intensified "within the hour, you'll be begging me for mercy" he said forcing her face forward again. This time he removed his own pants and positioned himself before her, taking his hard cock he shoved it into her. He could see Sabine's entire body shiver as he entered her, then is started to thrust. This was a new game he was playing and he way to achieve victory, he was slow, very slow. So slow that Sabine wouldn't get anything out of it.
And based on the way Sabine's body tried to slam against him in order to get more out of it, he assumed it was working. He leaned down until he was on top her, his mouth right next to his ear "just tell me what I want, then you can get it" he hissed "tell me" he spoke, this time going quickly for a few moments before stopping again "Tell me!" this time he spoke a little louder.
Sabine turned her head to look him right in the eye, she didn't say anything and that was the problem. They starred at each other for a moment before Ezra sighed "fine, but you were warned" he remained before pulling his cock out and aligning it with her asshole and as he looked right into her eyes, he slowly started to insert himself. He smirked as he saw her try everything she could to not change her facial expressions but was failing miserably. As he pushed himself in he couldn't help but admit 'this feels amazing'
Sabine grimaced as her face fell into the bed looking torn between moaning in pain or pleasure "tell me" he said "where is the ship?" he thrusted again.
"I..." she moaned "I won't... betray them" she finished biting down on the cover "would you... just... just do it" she said.
"You can have it" Ezra assured as he wrapped his hand around her neck and pulled her up, her back pressing against his front. His cock connecting the two together as he thrusted into her ass "you just have to say it. Tell me where the ship is, and I'll let you come" he reached down and pulled her top over her head, leaving her completely bare.
"their... their..." she started struggling to resist, Ezra clamped his hand on her breast, tightening around her nipple "the Locast system!" she yelled before her head slumped forward in defeat "they're in the Locast system"
Ezra smirked as he leaned forward, his mouth right next to her ear "good girl" he said before pushing her forward, taking his cock out of her ass and shoving back into her pussy but unlike last time, this time he slammed it back and forth in a quick motion. Soon giving Sabine the realise she so desperately needed. But that didn't mean he was done.
Thirty minutes later the two lovers rested on the bed leaning into each other as they each held the other in a loving embrace "wow, that was fun" Ezra said smiling.
A dry chuckle came from Sabine "it had its moments" she said turning to face him "but next time, I'm the interrogator" she promised.
Ezra looked at her for a moment before nodding "fair enough, not that it matters, you'll never make me talk" he challenged.
Sabine started to laugh slightly "trust me Ezra" she said reaching around him, her fingers dangerously close to a certain hole he had that she's never gotten close to before "I'll make you talk" she smiled before resting her head back into his neck.
Ezra could only look to the ceiling with wide eyes, not knowing if he should be happy she's so into this or scarred she's so into this. He could only guess. Turning back to her sleeping face, he just shrugged before reaching around and holding her close. That was a worry for future Ezra to deal with.
There was still a smile on Ezra's face as he leaned back in his chair within the blockade runner, just thinking about it made him shift in his seat. Hell, he'd still be there with her if it wasn't for the new mission. Therefore, he sat where it was now, heading to the Del Zennis system to see what happened to a ship that's gone missing. It should take too long and who knows, when he gets back Sabine might be painting the Tempest, honestly he was surprised she hasn't done it yet.
"We'll be arriving in the Del Zennis system any minute" one of the crew members said.
Upon hearing this Ezra sat up in his chair and looked out the front window "I already gave the star chats a look, if someone happened to that ship instead of an accident, it shouldn't be hard to miss.
"When Captain Syndulla said you volunteered for this mission, she insisted you could be helpful" Sato said as he stood strong, his hands behind his back "Let us hope that is true"
"Don't worry about it" Ezra said standing up and walking forward until he stood next to the commander "this is part of the new training idea Kanan gave me, I should be able to use the force to help predict if somethings wrong" he added looking out into the view of hyperspace. This was when Ezra felt a familiar tingling in the back of his mind, that was also when he decided to hate his own stupid mouth "Something's coming" Ezra said aloud as he started to move forward towards the pilot's controls.
Before he could even get half wat there the ship started to violently rock side to side causing him to almost fall to the ground "Commander, we've lost hyperdrive control"
"Emergency positions!" Sato shouted.
"What the hell is happening?" Ezra said grabbing one of the pilots chairs as he attempted to steady himself "are we being attacked in hyperspace? How the fuck is that possible?" he asked with an amazed but also angry voice.
"We're being pulled out of hyperspace" one of the pilots said as he and the co pilot furiously tried to get control of the ship. That was when Ezra looked out the window as the familiar view of hyperspace changed and the tunnel began to collapse and the entire ship seemed to be pulled out of hyperspace.
"Secure all stations and get me a status report" Sato ordered as he tried to regain control of the situation.
The crew members tried to follow his instructions but weren't able to "Instruments are frozen!" one of the shouted as a large shadow seemed to move over head.
"What the hell is that?" Ezra said as he stood from his chair and moved forward towards the window. It was too big to be a star destroyer and he started to panic, being reminded of Vader's super dreadnought but thankfully that didn't last long, this wasn't that. That became clear when he saw four bulbose objects that seemed to be spread out over the ship. Vader's ship didn't have those.
"Send a distress signal, now!" Sato said as he pushed a button that was placed in his arm rest "Phoenix home to Ghost, we've been pulled out of hyperspace. The Empire..." he started before the lights cut out and the single went dead.
"We have to repel them" Ezra said as he unclipped his lightsaber and made his way out of the bridge.
"NO!" Sato said causing him to stop and turn around to face the commander "if we do nothing but fight then we confirm our guilt to them. We must play the part of those who follow all legal channels" he insisted.
Ezra felt his eyes widen at the thought "are you out of your mind?" he asked "I'm one of the most wanted men in the empire, they'll know who we are the second they see me"
Sato and Ezra both tried to maintain their balance as the whole ship shook, they both looked out the front window as they saw the blockade runner being swallowed by the must larger ship before Ezra could attempt something else however Sato grabbed him by the arm and turned him around to face him "Kryze, you are one of this cells most valuable assists" he said suddenly causing Ezra to tilt his head in confusion "I hope you will forgive me for this" and without another word of warning, Sato punched him in the face.
"THE FUCK!" Ezra said as his was rocked to the side "what the hell Sat..." he started before Sato punched him again.
As Ezra looked at Sato he glanced over the commander's shoulder and saw his reflection in the front window of the ship as the few of the Imperial ships hanger came into view but that wasn't what he noticed however, what first came to mind was how badly he was bruised and just like that it snapped "oh I get it" he added.
"Everyone" Sato said turning to the rest of the bridge crew "quickly" and without another word he punched Ezra again and he didn't try and stop it "we must make him unrecognizable and then place him within the med-bay" he punched again, this time causing Ezra's vision to go blurry.
All Ezra saw was white as he started to come to, he wasn't completely knocked out, he remembered himself being dragged down the corridors. Based on how he was feeling he at least has a concussion "what is the meaning of this?" a voice said. As Ezra turned his head, he could make out the figures of a couple of different people.
"Everyone on this ship is under arrest on charges of treason against the empire" another voice said as the silhouette of what Ezra could guess was an officer come towards him "what happened to him?"
"He was in engineering when you did whatever it was you did and he wasn't strapped in like many others" the woman's voice, the medics he guessed said.
"Regardless, he's under arrest just like you are" he said back.
"Fine but I'm not leaving his side while he still needs medical attention" she insisted.
"hhmm, we won't be able to get a facial identification like this. We'll move him to the med-bay of our ship and run a DNA test there" two more figures approached him and although he himself wasn't moving he could feel the bed he was on being dragged somewhere.
As he was being moved his vision seemed to be improving and he could see that he was being lowered down the entrance ramp of the blockade runner into the main hanger of the ship they were on. Ezra didn't know what it was called but he knew it wasn't just some random Star Destroyer, it can't be.
Though he still wasn't at one hundred percent and he doubted that he would be until he got some medication for his head cause it hurt like hell, he still needed to come up with a plan. Right now he was just thankful that he wasn't being checked for any profiles he has, if he did they would be able to tell that he was a very highly wanted man.
Which also gave him an opportunity to try and come up with a plan to get out of this, closing his eyes he played the role of unconscious. He was confident he could get them out of this but it would be tricky "make sure he's secure" a voice said and Ezra felt someone place a hand cuff on his wrist. To what he assumed was the bed, that was something he could easily get out of. It was the rest of the ship that was the problem.
He would need to get out of the bed, take out any guards that were nearby. Hopefully one of them would have Armor that fit him, it had to be trooper armour as he needed the helmet to hide his face. Make his way towards the brig, free Sato and the rest of the crew, hopefully find a way to destroy this ship and escape. Yeah, this is gonna be tricky.
But he needed to act quickly, the longer he waited the lower his chances of success get "alright, let's see if we can figure out who you are" a voice said randomly as Ezra felt someone grab his arm. He opened his eyes just in time to see a needle make its way into his arm.
Acting as quickly as possible Ezra reached up in order to grab the neck of the medic. As his first impression went it was a woman in her mid-twenties with dark hair and a look of terror came to her face. Not really thinking about that, Ezra squeezed and used the force to augment his arm in order to lift the woman off the ground as he stood up. Not waiting for someone to barge in of them, he was lucky he wasn't caught yet but that may be because of his hand chocking the air out of the woman making sure she couldn't scream. Quickly turning around, he slammed the head of the woman onto the edge of the bed knocking her out.
Dropping the body to the ground he turned to see that the rest of the medical bay seemed to be empty for now, it wasn't large. It only seemed to have five other beds in there, but he doubted that this was the only one of the ship, there must be at least a dozen medical bays spread out all over the place. Looking down to his wrist he saw the cuff that was keeping him in place, waving his left hand the cuff was unlocked.
Looking down to the ground where he dropped the medic, he couldn't help but roll his eyes "sorry about this" he said reaching down to pick her up and placed her on the bed he was on "it's not personal" he added.
Looking back up he saw the door to the bay and didn't need to be a force user to know that they're where a lot of troopers on the other side of that door. he needed to bring one in without anyone else but how the hell was he supposed to do that?
Unfortunately, he didn't have enough time to react before the door opened and two troopers walked in "Doctor, we need the report on... HEY" one of them said as they both raised their blasters at him. Before he could fire Ezra raised his own hands and used the force to lift them into the air and pulled them towards him "AH" was all they could say before Ezra moved both of his arms out at his side which led to both of the troopers close lining themselves on his arms knocking themselves out.
There was a moment of silence as Ezra watched the door, waiting to see if anyone had heard anything. After a few seconds Ezra let out a breath and looked down to the two troopers, though he soon settled on the larger of the two "again, sorry about this. It's not personal" he said before taking the helmet off his head.
After a few minutes of stupidly good luck, due to not one person coming in. Ezra was fully clothed in the armor "ok, let's get to the brig" he said to himself as he opened the door and stepped outside. The hallway was mostly empty, though he could see the odd trooper walking down here and there. Before he started to move, he waited until everyone nearby wasn't looking in his direction. Without waiting he blindly lifted his elbow and slammed it backwards into the door controls, he didn't use the blaster for obvious reasons.
Now that he was sure no would stumble upon his escape Ezra started to move forwards down the hall. With his blaster in both hands, standard imperial walking stance and all that. He knew where he was going thankfully, that was the thing about the empire, you've been on one ship you've been on them all. They are nearly always designed the same way, true this one was clearly different from any other he's been on his the past but right now he just needed to hope that the brig would still be in the same place, he should know he's been in enough of them.
It would also be really nice if Sato had his lightsaber on him. He could not afford to lose that. As he continued to walk the corridors of the ship started to get more and more busy to the point that when Ezra turned the next corner there was burly any room to move it was that full of troopers, officers, crew maintenance workers, droids, the works.
Forcing himself to remain calm despite everything around him, he continued to walk towards his destination. It was just a few more minutes before he managed to find what he was looking for, turning one more corner he could stopped in front of the armored door that led to the cell block. Hoping that the guards in front of the doors wouldn't ask him for any identification because that would be a problem.
Though as he stopped in front of the door, the guards on either side of it didn't flinch until one of them blindly pressed one of the buttons a button and the door opened. Ezra gave the man a nod before walking inside, entering the long red coloured corridors of the prison cell. With a quickening of his pace Ezra started to slightly jog down the halls of the prison, stopping for a moment he reached out with the force in an attempt to better understand where Sato and the crew were.
The problem with that is that Ezra hasn't spent a long amount of time around the crew of that ship. If it was a member of the Ghost crew then that wouldn't be a problem but he barely knows these guys, so Ezra did the next best thing and just reached out in a general sense. What he got further down the hall he was in was a general mix of emotions from fear to acceptance. That was enough for Ezra as he ran down the corridor and stopped in front of one of the doors.
Looking at the controls for the door Ezra raised his hand and waved it, reaching out with the force as he did so. Much to his delight the door opened revealing the crew, all of which seemed to be ok but clearly nervous as he could see some of them where in the middle of pacing.
Sato was in the lead and immediately gave him a frown, but Ezra stepped into the cell and lifted his helmet, and he could feel the crew's relief upon seeing his beaten-up face "Kryze, it's good to see you" Sato said.
"likewise, commander" Ezra said as he turned around and waved his hand again, this time shutting the door to the cell giving them some privacy "is this everyone?" he asked looking around the room, only about fifth teen or so people.
"yes this is everyone" he said back before he reached behind his back and give something to Ezra "I believe this is yours" he looked down to see half of his lightsaber hilt in his hand.
Ezra grabbed the piece and looked at it closely, before he could ask, another member of the crew came forward and handed him another piece of the hilt which Ezra quickly took. Three more members stepped forward handed Ezra more pieces which he happily took. After a moment Ezra's lightsaber was completed "what's the plan?" he asked the commander placing the tool on his belt.
Sato took a moment to stroke his chin, clearly in thought "we cannot let this ship stand as it is. Something capable of pulling us out of hyperspace can do serious damage to the squadron we must destroy this ship" he decided.
"not an easy thing to do" Ezra commented "but if I can get to the engine. I could bring it down" he promised.
Sato looked at him for a moment then nodded "then how do we all get out, the path back to the blockade runner will not be a clear one, with no weapons to defend themselves" he said as if thinking out loud, all others thinking about what was being said.
"Where is the ship?" Ezra asked "how far away from the engine is it?" he asked.
"Impounded" a voice said, Ezra turned to see a woman in a medics clothes. It was then he realized that this must have been the woman who was the medical officer on the ship, the one that covered for him back in the Blockade Runner "it's in the starboard hanger" she said.
"that's pretty far away" Ezra muttered "this could work. If I can do real damage to the engine everyone would come running, leaving the path from here to the hanger open"
"But what about you?" the medic asked, concern in her tone "you'll have to get through all the crew that come your way" she said.
"It shouldn't be too bad" Ezra said back quickly "I've still got the armor, I should be able to bluff my way past the troopers. If I make sure those that see me do this lose me in the crowd"
"What about us?" another voice said, Ezra turned to face the man and recognized him as one of the pilots "we won't be able to just run to the ship"
Ezra brought his hand up to his chin as he stroked his chin in thought "the disguise won't work with all of you, someone would notice something" he said.
"maybe they don't need all of us" the medic said.
"what do you mean?" Ezra asked.
"what if only three of us had armor and weapons, they could play the role of escorts at least" he said.
Ezra had to admit that it wasn't the worst idea "but they won't just let us get back on our ship" another voice said.
"no" Ezra added "but if the ship is as damaged as I'm going to make it, the ones looking over it won't care to much about the Blockade Runner. They'll have other things to worry about" he added.
There was a moment of silence before Sato spoke up "I believe we have a plan" he said as everyone nodded "now we need to get the armor we need"
Ezra nodded "that shouldn't be too hard, we'll just need to lore some troopers here then ambush them"
"How do you propose to do that?" Sato asked.
Ezra looked at him for a moment before turning his head to the lock at the side of the door, without a word he raised his blaster and fired at the mechanism causing it to break "that should do it"
He went back outside and closed the door without explaining to anyone what he was doing, closing the door behind him he turned and raised his weapon in a fighting stance. It was only a few minutes before he heard the thudding of footsteps down the corridors "HEY!" a voice shouted, Ezra turned his armored head to see a group of three troopers running towards him "what's going on?" the lead trooper asked.
"unknown" Ezra said back, keeping his weapon trained on the door though he moved to the side allowing the troopers to take the lead "but think they're messing with the locks" he informed.
The lead trooper nodded "stunners only, we need them alive" he said as the two other troopers followed suit.
"On your go" Ezra said as lifted his hand and readied himself to open the door.
The three soldiers raised their weapons and aimed at the door "go" he said. Ezra nodded and pressed the button opening the door "BACK UP!" he shouted as he entered the room, the others closely behind him "BACK AGASINT THE WALL!" Ezra came in last with his weapon raised to see the crew shuffle back against the wall "What where you doing to the..." that was as far as they got before Ezra fired three stunners from his rifle and the bodies dropped to the ground.
"ok, when you hear the sirens make your way towards the hanger" he turned and left without a word. Though he left the door open behind him, since he shot the lock they wouldn't be able to open it from the inside. He just needed to hope no one noticed and if they did, the crew could handle it. Though he immediately cursed his luck as soon as he turned his head two troopers sprinted towards him. Acting completely on instinct he raised his weapon and fired again, and their bodies fell like lumps.
He was about to walk forwards and drag them back into the cell but before he could a droid made itself known and had a familiar tone to its beep "Chopper? Is that you?" he asked in a shocked tone.
The droid beeped frantically as it approached the two downed troopers "for fucks sake" Ezra quickly said as he approached the two, he was about to take their helmets off but then stopped when he realized that it wouldn't be the best idea to do that in the middle of the open and exposed corridor. Moving his hands away from their helmets he instead grabbed their hands and dragged them back into the cell.
"Kryze, what happened?" Sato asked as he looked at the down bodies "does anyone think this armor would fit them?" he asked the group.
"hold off on that" Ezra said as Chopper dropped down the steps into the cell "close that door" he said.
'Bop bop' Chopper said as he used one of his arms to reach up and press a button shutting the door.
Now knowing that he was safer than before Ezra reached down and lifted the helmets of Kanan and Rex who continued to moan.
Thankfully still alive despite the bolt hole that where in their chests. Seems the armor of the clone troopers wasn't to bad "hey" Ezra said shaking their shoulders as they woke up.
"wha... what happened?" Kanan said as he tried to sit up but stopped when the pain from the bolt hit him and he fell back down.
"it seems you were shot" the female voice of the medic said as she immediately moved forward without warning and almost pushed Ezra aside as she started to remove the pieces of armor "though, you'll live" she added once she saw Kanan's chest "the amour took most of the damage.
'Bop Bop' Chopper said and Ezra couldn't help but give him the stink eye 'you little LothRat' he thought to himself.
"you shot us!" Kanan scowled as he looked at his Padawan, but Rex couldn't help but chuckle as he shuffled himself backwards against the cell wall.
"good instincts kid, can't afford to take chances" he added with a smile "but we don't have time, we need to get out of here"
"I'll deal with that" Ezra said as he stood up and made his way back to the door "Commander I need you to catch them up on what the plan is" without another word he turned and made his way out of the cell and with a quick step he started to move out of the brig.
With his lightsaber on the back of his belt, hidden from view, from those in the front at least. The doors opened and Ezra calmed himself down as he entered the bright corridors of the ship, which was once again full of activity.
He couldn't help but be nervous as he walked. Perhaps now the adrenaline has only just started to were off. Despite what others may think even the most trained and experienced fighters still have adrenaline rushing through them when something happens, it's a basic biological response and when a lot bumps through you like when in a life-or-death situation and it starts to were off, it does hit hard.
Though he did everything he could to not show it outward, he couldn't afford to attract any extra attention. He was almost using the force as a crutch at this point, he couldn't help but think what he would be like if he couldn't use it at all.
He's been walking for a good ten minutes now and it was taking a lot of mental processing trying to remember the different turns he was taking trying to get to the engine. He was confident he could find his way back but it was going to be a complete pain in his ass.
With one final turn his finds the target he's been looking for 'thank Mando that the imperils are so cocky' he thought to himself as he went through the final door with the guards next to it not even batting an eye. So confident that they wouldn't be attacked that they didn't even check for any type of ID. Though once he entered he couldn't help but stop and roll his eyes 'of course' he thought to himself.
The engine room was massive, a large open atrium with the work console on top of what looked like the main engine nodes. The bridges that people use to get to those consoles where very thin and had no protection, if there was a slight tremor while someone was walking across it. Tough they're dead.
With calm step Ezra walked across the bridge towards the connection of three different consoles that would regulate the large engine. When he reached the opposite side and stopped at the first console, standing behind one of the engineers typing away. There were a good number of people here, most were working but there were a few troopers acting as guards as well.
Ezra was about to pull his lightsaber and started slashing at all the consoles and hope that would be enough damage. Though when he turned and looked at the back of one of the techy's, he shrugged 'won't do any harm' he thought.
Without another word he stepped forward and stood beside him "hey" he said.
The engineer glanced at him "how's it going" he greeted back, not turning his head from the console.
"you ever think about working planet side instead of a ship?" Ezra asked with a casual tone.
The guys chuckled "every fucking day" he added.
"oh yeah?" he said back.
"Are you kidding?" he said turning his body to look at Ezra "look at that thing" he raised his hand and gestured to the bridge "I know the empire has a reputation when it comes to safety but this is just ridicules" Ezra couldn't help but nod along "and when I was asked to come on a ship I was going to say no because I'm not stupid but then I was told this ship was supposed to be state of the art, brand new, a new breed. Ok, I said. Surely it can't still be bad" he gestured to the bridge again "and there you fucking go"
"you're not wrong" Ezra added "I mean this armor doesn't protect me from anything but hey, at least we're not Tie pilots" he joked.
"Haha" he laughed "but still" he paused "I mean I've been saying this for years, forget health care, forget Retirement. I just want a railing. One railing, right here!" he pointed to the bottom of the walkway "I mean I've nearly fallen over this thing so many times. The reason I'm here is because the guy I replaced fell off and died"
"jeez" Ezra shook his head, both playing the role and honestly surprised "bad way to go" he said looking over the edge.
"could be worse, at least he didn't fall in the core" he added pointing to the large glowing red top in the center of the engine node "not only would that kill in a much more painful way but also because the things so fragile, it would most likely damage it so badly it'll cause a chain reaction bringing the whole ship down"
Ezra nodded "you don't say" he asked as he walked around the console until he stood on the other side, above the node "that's good to know" he wasn't going to do it, he couldn't. The guy helped him after all. The one on the opposite working on one of the other consoles. Well, fuck'em. Ezra quickly raised his hand and grabbed him with the force. Before the engineer could even think about what to do, he was thrown backwards and all he could do was scream.
Ezra lowered his arm just in time to see everyone turn to look at who was screaming "FOR FUCKS SA..." Ezra's new friend said before the body hit the node and an explosion immediately followed knocking everyone of their feet, Ezra included and he picked himself up just in time to see someone else fall off "FUCKING RAILINGS! THEY'RE IMPORTANT!" he shouted again.
"just run" Ezra said as he picked the guy up and they both ran towards the exit. The sounds of more explosions following the two. They ran through the door as the ships alarm began to sound and everyone was running around in a panic.
"I need to get to the bridge, tell them to shut off the power before the entire ship blows" his new friend said.
"good luck" was all Ezra said as he sprinted down all the different twists and turns he made trying to get to the hanger. All he could do now is hope that the others would be there too. He couldn't help but breath sigh in relief when he caught sight of the crew turning a corner, two troopers behind them but he would guess that they were just other members of the crew in disguise.
Not wanting to shout out and alert all the personal in every direction, he just followed and turned the corner and smiled at the sight of the hanger where the Blockade runner sat waiting for them "come on, let's go" the voice of Kanan said as two troopers waited at the edge of the ramp waving everyone else to get in.
"HOLD IT!" the voice of Rex came from the other trooper as he raised his weapon at Ezra who didn't even slow down.
"It's me Rex" he said as he passed the two and made it into the ship the others behind him.
"what did you do?" Kanan asked "the whole ships going crazy"
"I blew up the engines and possibly destroyed the ship as well but we'll have to wait and see on that" he explained as the three took off their helmets and made it to the bridge.
"Sir. We're still clamped in place" one of the pilots said.
"It shouldn't be much longer" he said to himself as he looked out the front window with a steady gaze. Practically preying to the force that that engineer had made it to the bridge. Then there was a sudden jolt and he could see the view of the insides of the hanger leave his view as the blockade runner fell out of the bottom hanger of the star destroyer "I really like that guy" he said knowing that the engineer was able to get the captain to shut off power what he could only guess to all nonessential systems, which must include the docking clamps that was holding them in place.
"get us out of here, Now!" Sato ordered and the pilots wasted no time in getting the ship into hyperspace and once they were. Everyone breathed a sigh in relief. Ezra about to turn and apologies to Rex for shooting him but before he could someone interrupted him "Gentlemen, my crew and I owe you our gratitude" he said to the three of them "especially you Ezra, I don't know what we would have done without you there to help. Not to mention your contradictions to every mission you take part in" he added with a voice of pride and out of the corner he could see Kanan and Rex smiling slightly "it's time you be recognized for what you're worth. From now on you'll lead your own missions, as lieutenant commander"
"fuck off. Seriously" Ezra asked as he crossed his arms "a promotion?" he said.
"don't underestimate yourself kid" Rex said as he walked forward and placed a hand on his shoulder "you do good work on every mission you go on, you've deserve the chance to lead your own"
"but don't think this gets you out of training" Kanan added though he was smiling himself "being a Jedi comes first remember" he said.
"I know" Ezra nodded "I'll need to let Sabine know. She wanted to paint the Tempest when she next got the chance, if I'm leading missions you bet I'm going to be using that bad boy to do it"
"fair enough but don't let her go to crazy with it" Kanan replied knowing that he can't lead troops in some brightly patterned ship.
"yeah of course" Ezra nodded 'I wonder if I could get a reward from her about the promotion' he thought to himself.
Ok guys all done, quick idea what would you guys think of Ezra having his own team to do missions apart from the Ghost crew? Like I've been thinking of bringing in some other characters, no-one major of course, maybe some minor legends characters though I was thinking of bringing in the Bad Batch and others like them. What do you think?
Let me know in the reviews down below. I'll see you guys in the next chapter.
