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The ship was broken. Hera could give no other explanation. For the first time, Hera couldn't figure out what was wrong with the Ghost. She had Chopper run three diagnostics, but they all came back saying the ship was fine. Then she had done one and the results were the same.

But the ship wasn't fine. For the past few days, the ship's electricity would go haywire. Doors would open by themselves. The heat would start to run automatically. Once, the controls started up by themselves and the ship had hovered when no one was controlling it.

All of this was very disconcerting to Hera. She was always able to control her ship. But now, she couldn't even stop it from flying itself.

Hera wasn't the only one that was frustrated. When Hera was angry, usually the whole crew followed along because Hera was not easy on anyone.

Chopper couldn't fix the problems, so Hera got angry with him. She tried to make Chopper plug into the Ghost's main router for the whole day, waiting for something to go wrong so they could investigate it. But Chopper had to recharge after 6 hours, making Hera irrationally irritated.

Kanan foolishly kept asking if she was alright and if she found the problem and he would always get angry comments back, making him sorry that he cared so much.

Sabine fed off of Hera's anger and she stayed in her room most of the day, painting. This aggravated Hera, who wanted Sabine to be more helpful.

Zeb intelligently stayed out of Hera's way for the most part, but when Hera walked in on him doing nothing, she always put him to work on some pointless task.

Although Ezra wasn't yelled at by Hera, he could also sense Hera's anger all the time and needed reassurance from the other crew members that she wasn't angry at him. Along with this, the ship had scared him a few times, especially when the shower had turned on when he was brushing his teeth and his door to his room had opened by itself and shut, making Ezra think that there was an invisible monster following him around.

This was how the crew lived for two days, waiting for Hera to find the problem and attempting to avoid her wrath. Fulcrum had called the day before to tell them that they had to deliver some supplies that they kept on their ship to a group of rebel sympathizers. This should be an easy mission, but with all the malfunctioning, the crew was stressed out about this mission.

Hera called the crew to a meeting in the common room to discuss the mission.

"We'll have to fly, but luckily the mission is on the planet. Hopefully we won't have to leave the planet until I can get this fixed."

"Hera," Hera's gaze fell on Kanan, making him regret that he even talked. "Maybe we should get some technician or specialist to look at the ship."

"Why? Am I not good enough?"

"No, no you're really good. But I think maybe you need a break."

"Are you saying I look tired?" Hera snapped. "I'm going to figure out this problem if it's the last thing I do."

"That might be the last thing you do, Kanan," Zeb said with a smile. Hera turned her glare onto him.

"What have you been doing all day? After the mission I want you to scrub the interior of the ship."

"But I did that yesterday."

"I don't care, what else are you going to do?" Zeb didn't say anything. HE just rolled his eyes and sighed.

At that moment, the fridge opened on its own.

"The monster is in here now!" Ezra said.

"Ezra, there is no monster! It's the ship malfunctioning," Hera said, the words coming out harsher than she meant them to be.

Ezra, thinking he did something wrong, slumped down in his seat so that Hera couldn't see him anymore. He rested his head on Kanan's legs and Kanan pet his hair. The others gave Hera accusing glares, but stopped as soon as they met Hera's intense and angry eyes.

"Let's get back on topic. Fulcrum wants this mission to go smoothly. Now, I want Kanan, Sabine, and Zeb to be in the cargo bay, ready to jump out. This is Empire territory. If I land, they'll know. The supplies shouldn't be far behind. We will meet at the rendezvous point. Okay?"

The crew nodded. Hera went back to the cockpit.

"What do I do?" Ezra asked, picking his head up once Hera was gone. "Do I get to come?"

"Not this time." Kanan answered.

"But I got to last time."

"Yes, but last time was different. This time it's more dangerous. You get to stay here and help Hera and Chopper."

"Yeah, keep that invisible monster company," Zeb said, chuckling to himself.

Ezra looked at Zeb with wide eyes.

"You think it's real? But Mama said it's not real. Is it real?"

"Zeb was just joking, Ez," Sabine said. Then she glared at Zeb. "Don't scare the kid, Hera has enough to worry about as it is."

"I was joking, like you said."

"Well that's not helping right now."

"Quit it you two. Time to get ready." Kanan cut them off from having another argument. "Ezra, you can help us get ready. Could you go grab our coms and bring them to the cargo bay?" Ezra nodded and made his way toward the cockpit, where they left their coms.

By the time Ezra found all the coms and Chopper made sure they were connected, the crew was ready for their mission. Ezra passed out the coms and hovered near the crew, wishing he could come along.

"We'll be there in 10 minutes. Everyone get ready to jump. I'll hover over the jump zone and…" But the rest of Hera's words were drowned out by the cargo bay door opening on it's own.

Ezra, who stood near the opening, wobbled as the door opened to the air. As Hera continued to fly at the same speed, oblivious to the cargo bay door, the wind whipped through the bay, knocking the crew off their feet.

Kanan attempted to call Hera on his com, but he dropped it and it went sailing out the open door. He slowly started to make his way over to the control panel that closed the bay door. Zeb and Sabine both held onto a handle on the wall or floor. Sabine watched helplessly as Ezra wobbled, desperately looking for something to hold on to. He tripped as a gust of wind took him and he cried out, reaching for anything to grab onto. Sabine couldn't just watch Ezra struggle, so she let go of the wall with one hand and grabbed for Ezra's hand. Ezra slipped a little more, now only holding onto the edge of the door. Sabine let go of her handle and caught Ezra's hand, pulling him back to safety just as a gust of wind blew, knocking both Sabine and Ezra out the bay door.

Zeb watched in horror as the two tumbled out of the ship. He ran toward the edge. In that instant, Kanan felt Ezra's fear and panic. He forgot his attempts to shut the door and searched for his Padawan. He felt Ezra getting farther and farther away from him. Then, the whole ship tipped and sent Zeb and Kanan flying out the door as well.

In midair, Sabine held tightly to Ezra, not willing to let go. She knew she was screaming and could hear Ezra's high pitched scream. Sabine hugged Ezra closer to her and shut her eyes. Then, she felt a splash and was enveloped in complete blackness. Sabine's body went into shock at the cold of the water they landed in. She struggled to stay afloat, splashing at the water to let her to the surface to breathe. But there was only one thought running through her mind at that moment. Ezra can't swim.

The impact of the water had separated Ezra and Sabine and she had no idea where he was. More panic and anxiety took over her already shock-ridden body and she struggled to breathe, although she had already broken the surface. Her breaths came in short gasps as she looked around. On top of everything else, waves moved through the water, sending her under each time one splashed over her. Sabine was helpless. She could barely help herself, much less Ezra. But even in her panicked state, she went back underwater and searched the dark water for the young boy.

On her third attempt at looking for Ezra, a hairy arm grabbed onto her and pulled her to the surface. She clutched onto the hand, not wanting to let go. Sabine wiped water out of her eyes with her other hand. She saw a soaked purple face and big yellow eyes.

"Zeb."

"Hey, Sabine. Hold onto my back." Zeb moved her over to his back. She clutched on.

"Zeb, Ezra. He...can't swim. He's drowning. He's dead." But as she spoke, she saw Kanan dive under the water and retrieve the small boy. Sabine couldn't relax at the sight. The boy was choking up water and barely breathing.

Kanan and Zeb swam close to each other. Sabine could hear Kanan telling the kid to cough it up.

"Is he...okay?" Zeb yelled over the crashing waves.

"We have to get to shore. It's the only way we can help him," Kanan said. Ezra could barely breathe over the water that had gotten into him. Waves continued to crash into them, taking Ezra's breath away when he tried to breathe after his violent coughing fits.

"Which way should we go?" Zeb asked.

Kanan pointed to the nearest shore he saw. Once they were there, Zeb set Sabine down and went over to Kanan, who was kneeling with Ezra bending over his knee, choking up water.

"Cough it all up, kid. It's okay. I'm right here." Ezra coughed up water and at one point threw up his lunch, but finally, he could breathe normally.

Kanan held Ezra close as the kid was racked with sobs at what had happened. Seeing the kid alright and breathing again, Sabine's panic faded and she was left drained and exhausted.

Zeb went over to her and sat down next to her.

"Are ya alright?"

Sabine looked at him and then collapsed into his shoulder. Zeb was shocked, but he pulled Sabine closer to him and patted her back.

"I let him drown. I...I couldn't save him. He was dying and all I could do was panic and struggle to even swim. You had to save me. I should have saved him. I should have been more careful. I had him when we were in the air, but we got separated. He almost died because of me."

"Sabine, he's okay. He choked up a buncha water and some food, but now he's fine. And don't be hard on yerself. Yer the one that saved him first. If none of us had gone over with 'im, we wouldn'ta been able to find you guys. We saw you strugglin', so we knew where to look for the kid."

Sabine nodded, but still felt bad. What was worse was their situation. For all they knew, Hera still thought they were on the ship. Once she figured out they weren't with her, none of the crew knew what she would do.