Lost and Found

Chapter Prologue

Delphine has taken Ezra to a planet unknown to the Rebellion, and tries to forcefully get Ezra to love her and forget Sabine.

During that time, the entire Phoenix Squadron goes on a galaxy-wide search for the missing Jedi, eventually getting a distress signal from the Starbird.

End Chapter Prologue

"WE HAVE TO FIND HIM!" Sabine yells. She has been trying to convince Mon Mothma and the other Rebel leaders to send their fleets out to find Ezra for almost 2 hours.

"We understand how you feel, Sabine, and we want to find him, too," Mon Mothma explains. "But they have disappeared from all of our scanners, and we don't know where they went."

"Then let me go. I'll go search for him even if I have to be alone," Sabine requested.

"I'm sorry, but your request is denied..." Mothma says before being interrupted.

"Gar're an osi'yaim!" Sabine yelled.

"Sabine, calm down," Wedge said.

"I can't calm down! I refuse to calm down... I..." she broke down into tears then, right in front of the Rebellion High Command. "I can't lose him again..."

"Sabine..." Hera said.

"Vaii cuyir gar... Ezra...Vaii cuyir gar?" Sabine asked quietly, speaking Mando'a.

She wasn't trying to guilt trip the entire council, she didn't have to either. They all wanted to find Ezra, but they didn't have the resources for a galaxy wide search. If they were to send out signals to help, the Empire will know they are more vulnerable than usual, and take that chance to wipe them out whenever they can.

Finally, Hera spoke up. "What if only Phoenix Squadron were to look for him? We wouldn't be attracting as much attention as the entire Rebellion."

Mon Mothma pondered this request, "If your squad is willing..."

"My entire squadron is loyal to me. If I'm going out in a galaxy wide search, then they will follow suit. Not by my orders, but by their own choice. Ask every last one of them if you have to."

After a moment, Mothma spoke, "I'm afraid there's no need to ask your squadron. Ezra is part of Phoenix Squadron, so it makes sense that they would be willing to help another squad member. Your request has been granted, General Syndulla."

"Thank you, ma'am."

Hera left the room and activated her comlink, "Phoenix Squadron report to the hangar immediately."

*Meanwhile with Ezra*

He finally opened his eyes, only to see an unfamiliar horizon. It took him a few moments to realize he wasn't on Yavin anymore, then he remembered what happened. It all came back to him a little too fast.

"It's about time you woke up, love," a voice said. Ezra looked over to see Delphine sitting next to him. "I was afraid you would never wake up."

"Where the hell are we?" Ezra demanded.

"Honestly I don't know," she replied. "This system isn't on any star charts. It's completely unknown to anybody."

Ezra glared at her, but she continued to speak, "It's a mysterious place, this planet. It can be like Yavin one day, but like Hoth the next. I hope you packed some extra supplies in your ship."

"Where is my ship?" Ezra asked.

"I'm not going to tell you. I hid it so you couldn't escape. And don't even think about using a blaster or your lightsaber. They're back on the ship as well." she smiled.

"Whatever you are trying to do, knock it off."

"Or what? You have no weapons. Nothing to threaten me with. You can't escape me, Ezra Bridger," she said climbing on top of him. "And nobody can find you. You're all mine now."

She attempted to kiss him, but ended up getting a punch in the face. She looked at him startled.

"Stay. Away. From me," Ezra growled dangerously.

"Or what? You have no weapons!" she yelled.

"Hands work enough," Ezra remarked.

"For the record I also have some hand to hand training, Bridger," she said.

"You have made the biggest mistake in your life, Katz." The way Ezra said 'Katz' made it sound like an insult.

"Then tell me my mistake!"

Ezra started talking casually, "Well for one you definitely pissed of a Mandalorian, which is never a good idea in case you didn't know, you violated everything you said you worked for to try to get to me, I also know as a fact that you pissed of Hera, which also is never a good idea, and don't get me started with Kanan..."

Delphine just stared at him as he spoke.

"I can keep going with the list... did I mention Zeb, yet?"

"Well lucky for me, they will never find us," Delphine said, coldly.

"We'll see about that," Ezra shot back.

Delphine left the room, obviously not too happy with Ezra, but he didn't care.

"One other mistake: You are trying to keep a Jedi hidden," he said, closing his eyes. He began to meditate.

"All wings call in," Hera ordered through the Ghost's comms.

"Phoenix two standing by," Wedge called.

Phoenix three standing by," Hobbie called.

Phoenix four standing by," another pilot said.

The rest of Phoenix squadron finished calling in.

"Prepare to jump to Hyperspace," Hera said.

"Copy Phoenix Leader," Wedge said.

Hera looked over to the monitor, checking on Sabine, who is sitting in the common room, head in her hands. Zeb was keeping her company, trying to cheer her up, but so far wasn't doing too well.

She sighed, "Chopper is the Hyperdrive ready?"

Chopper beeped in reply.

"Alright. Let's go find our missing Jedi," she said, pushing up on the hyperdrive's throttle. All ships of Phoenix Squadron began their search, starting at Lothal.

Kanan entered the cockpit then. "We on our way?"

"Just sent the squad to hyperspace."

"Good, because Sabine is asking for you," Kanan said.

"Do you think Ezra is going to be ok?" Hera asked him then.

"He's grown up a lot since we first found him. He's strong. He'll be alright," Kanan said, reassuringly.

"I hope so... I'm guessing you couldn't connect with him?"

"Not yet. But I'm sure he'll find his way back to us if anything," he replied.

Hera walked up to Kanan and pulled him into a hug. "What do I tell Sabine?"

"The truth. I'm sure she knows he'll be alright," Kanan said, kissing the top of Hera's head.

"Alright, here we go."

"Come on Sabine, you're a Mandalorian for crying out loud. You can..." Zeb tried to say.

"You don't understand, Zeb," Sabine shot back, tears streaming down her face.

"As a matter of fact I do understand. I..." Zeb started to say when Hera walked in.

"Sabine..." Hera said.

Sabine looked over to Hera. Then she stood up, "Did it start?"

Hera nodded, "We're looking for him, just like you wanted..." Her sentence was cut short when Sabine suddenly passed out.

"Sabine?" Hera called. No answer. "Sabine!"

Still no answer. "Zeb get her to her room. She needs to rest."

"Yes ma'am." Zeb carried Sabine to her room.

"What happened?" Kanan asked.

"I don't know. Sh-She just suddenly passed out," Hera explained, slightly stuttering.

"She's under a lot of stress. She can't think properly without knowing if Ezra is safe or not," Kanan said. "We need to find Ezra and fast. For the sake of Sabine's sanity."

Delphine kept banging on the door, trying to open it. But Ezra was having too much fun. Every time the door was about to open, Ezra just shut it in her face.

"Come on, sweety," Delphine complained. "Let me in!"

"Not going to happen."

"And why not?"

"Because I'm not interested in you."

Those words stung Delphine and she started to attempt to break down the door.

"But I am interested in you, and that's good enough."

"I've never liked people who has a 'My way or the highway' attitude... which sounds a lot like the Empire." Ezra said.

"Don't compare me to the Empire! I hate those guys!"

"As much as you hate Sabine?" Ezra shot back.

"Why do you love her so much?"

"What's not to love about her?"

"You're a Jedi and she's a Mandalorian. You're not supposed to love each other!"

"Well some things have definitely changed then."

Delphine finally managed to break open the door and she tackled Ezra to the ground. Before Ezra could react, she kissed him with all her passion.

"You know," Delphine said after breaking the kiss. "I fell in love with you when we first met. You were kind, funny, and nothing seemed to bother you. You always seem to care about others. Then I heard you and Sabine were together and I couldn't take it anymore. But now, it's just us and we should just forget everybody." Silence was all that was heard. So Delphine took that as a chance to continue.

"I thought we had something, Ezra. I really did. But Sabine, got in my way and I can't allow that."

"Well you're going to have to allow it," Ezra said throwing Delphine off of him when she tried to kiss him again, knocking her unconscious. "Because I never liked you in that way. It was always Sabine."

He ran out of the room, and located the main entrance of the building.

"Haar'chak! How does this thing open?"

He found the lock and tried to hack into it. Instead he got a massive ERROR on the panel.

'Guess I'll have to improvise' he thought to himself. He looked up and found a ventilation shaft.

Ezra groaned, "I guess that'll have to do for now." He jumped up and climbed into the vents. He eventually found the outside ventilation shaft and broke through. Once outside, he could really see what kind of planet he was on. It looked like Yavin, with a mix of Tatooine and Lothal. He also remembered what Delphine said earlier.

"It can be like Yavin one day, but like Hoth the next."

"Thanks for the tip," Ezra said as he ran into the nearby forest.

Sabine was fast asleep, at last, allowing Hera, Zeb, and Kanan to relax a little. Kanan was meditating in his room, Hera was in the cockpit, staring at the star charts, checking off all the systems they have been to. As for Zeb, he was eating his favorite snack. (Those little triangular waffle thingies)

"No, no, no we've already checked that system," Hera said through the comms. She was speaking to the leaders of 5 other search groups.

"Where else could they be? Obviously not Mandalore, or Lothal," a pilot said.

"Yes obviously they aren't there because we've already checked in with those systems," Wedge reminded the other pilot.

"Hang on a second, guys. I might be onto something but I need to..." She studied the hyperspace routes. Rebel scanners picked up the general direction the Starbird was going before it jumped into hyperspace. "All search groups, rendezvous at the Yavin system. I have an idea."

"Copy Phoenix Leader. We're on our way," the group leaders responded.

Kanan could feel a connection through the Force. It matched Ezra's Force signature, but it was far away. He opened his eyes and ran out to the cockpit.

"Hera!" Kanan called.

"What is it, love?"

"I might know where Ezra is, but I can't really explain it. I'm going to have to direct you to it." Kanan explained.

"Well I think I'm onto something, too. We're on rendezvous with the rest of the squadron. It's going to be a blind jump, but we might get somewhere."

The Navicomputer started beeping, alerting Hera that they have arrived. She dropped the Ghost out of hyperspace, and waited for the rest of her squad to catch up.

"Which way did they go, Kanan?" Hera asked.

Kanan focused on the Force and said, "140 degrees to the left."

Hera steered the ship to the exact direction the Starbird jumped. The rest of the squadron came out of hyperspace next to the Ghost.

"Phoenix two to Phoenix Leader, all wings accounted for. What are your orders?" Wedge called through the comms.

"All wings hold your position. I'm going to do a blind jump," Hera said.

"Isn't that dangerous?" Phoenix 6 asked.

"She know's what she's doing, Phoenix 6," Wedge said.

"Yes sir."

I'll send you coordinates once I leave hyperspace." Hera said.

"Copy that. We'll... be here I guess," Wedge said.

Hera jumped the ship into hyperspace then.

"Ok when do I drop out?"

"I don't know, but I can say it's going to be a while." Kanan said.

"Then let's make it quick. The Ghost isn't going it's fastest." She set the hyperdrive's throttle to maximum.

"I'll be ready to drop out on your word," Hera said.

*A few minutes later*

"We're close..." Kanan said.

"I'm ready," Hera responded.

There was silence for a few moments, then Kanan shouted, "NOW!"

Hera dropped the Ghost out of Hyperspace. They were in the middle of nowhere.

"Phoenix Leader to Phoenix 2 and 3, do you copy?"

"We hear you Phoenix Leader, loud and clear." Wedge said.

"Jump to these coordinates," She transmitted the coordinates she was at.

"Transmission received. We are on our way."

*Back with the rest of Phoenix Squad*

"Cruisers 2 and 3, jump to these coordinates. Alpha and Delta wings, follow us. We're on rendezvous with Phoenix Lead."

"But sir, there's nothing out there!"

"Just do it. We've already run out of options!"

"Yes sir!"

The chosen ships jumped into hyperspace at full speed, straight for the Ghost.

"Well... what do we do?" Phoenix 6 asked.

"We should RTB. But be ready to takeoff again if needed." Phoenix 4 replied.

"Copy Phoenix 4, we'll follow your lead."

The remaining X-wings and cruisers flew back to the base.

*Back to the Ghost...again*

Phoenix 2 and 3 along with the cruisers and Alpha and Delta wings came out of hyperspace next to the Ghost.

"Phoenix Leader, all designated wings accounted for." Wedge said.

"Copy that Phoenix 2," she turned to Kanan. "Now what? There's nothing here."

"I'm going to have to wait for Ezra to connect to the Force again to see how close he is." Kanan said.

"Ok," she turned back to the controls. "All wings standby. Dock with the cruisers if you have to. We're going to be here for a bit."

Ezra just kept running. He knew Delphine was awake at this point and would do anything to stop him from leaving. He also knew she was crazy, completely lost her mind.

Eventually, he found a good tree to climb into. The branches were large enough to walk on, which also meant he would be able to meditate without being easily found. He climbed up the tree, occasionally using the Force to leap from handhold to handhold. Finally he made it to a very high, but very large, branch.

He looked around the area, and sensing no life forms nearby, he sat on his knees and started to meditate. He needed to locate his lightsaber by connecting with the crystal inside. Find the lightsaber, I find the ship he thought to himself. But he also needed to connect with Kanan.

He was able to locate his lightsaber and his ship, but wasn't able to connect with Kanan completely, though enough to let them know they are close.

He heard something in the distance and opened his eyes. Just off to his left, he saw a massive forest fire. Fortunately for him he didn't need to go that direction. Unfortunately it meant he could rest any longer. He jumped out of the tree and began running again, this time towards his ship.

Then he heard the familiar sound of a speeder. 'Haar'chak, she's onto me. If I'm going to hide... well, there's nowhere to hide. But I can't fight either.'

He just kept running, this time using the Force to run a bit faster. Everything went by in a blur, but the sound of the speeder was getting closer. He stopped and closed his eyes, trying to locate the speeder. It didn't take long, though. He opened his eyes again, and turned around. He saw Delphine on the speeder bike, chasing him.

"You really are a crazy bitch aren't you" he muttered. He used the Force the throw the bike to the side, in the process throwing Delphine off course. But he knew he couldn't keep that up for much longer. He was getting really tired. He kept running for another 2 klicks and stopped. He felt the kyber crystal in his lightsaber. It was very close.

He looked around a bit and a glint caught his eye. Sitting in the bushes, was the Starbird. He couldn't celebrate though as he felt Delphine's presence getting closer. He ran to the ship and opened the ramp. He ran straight to the cockpit and tried to send out a signal. He didn't have time to takeoff, because by the time he did, Delphine would have already been onboard.

Right as he pushed the distress button on the console, he heard a click behind him. He raised his hands in a surrender-like fashion.

"Now, love, step away from the console," she said, pointing a blaster pistol at him. His DL-44 heavy blaster pistol.

He stepped away from the console and turned around. "What's the point in all this?" he asked.

"I just wanted to be with you, love," she said smiling.

"You're sick in the head," Ezra said.

"Now now, that's now how you talk to a woman now is it?" she asked, a seductive tone in her voice.

Ezra only stared, "You're joking right?"

She lowered the pistol. "What?"

"This is a fucking joke," he said chuckling.

Delphine only looked confused, "What are you talking about?"

Ezra closed his eyes for a moment, then reopened them. "The blaster isn't armed. You're bluffing."

"How do you know that?" She asked.

"Do I really have to answer that?"

"Phoenix Leader, I'm picking up a distress beacon 2 parsecs at 70 degrees starboard," Wedge said.

"I can see that. All ships jump to those coordinates." Hera said. "This could be him."

Sabine walked into the cockpit, then. "What's going on?" she asked.

"I think we just found him," Hera said.

Sabine's eyes grew wide, "We found him? Where is he?"

"That's what we're going to find out," Hera replied.

Before anybody knew it, they arrived at their destination.

"Phoenix Squadron, hold here. I'm calling for backup." Hera said. Ahead of them, there was a fleet of old Separatist vessels. If they were active, no one knew, but it's best to have precaution.

Half an hour later, all of Phoenix Squadron came out of hyperspace, along with two MC80 Liberty star cruisers.

"All wings, Operation Recovery is a go!" the captain of one of the MC80s ordered.

"Operation Recovery? This was a Search and Rescue operation, I didn't think it would be an all out military operation," Hera said.

"It's not, I just call it that because it sounds cool," the captain said.

There was some laughter heard by some of the pilots, but Wedge stepped in, "Alright boys, cut the chatter. Let's just bring our man home."

"I'm with you, Wedge," Phoenix 6 said.

"Be careful, we don't know if those ships are active," Hera said.

"Noted, General. All wings show caution. If we have to fight, so be it, but let's hope we won't have to."

"Even IF your friends find this planet, it's under a Separatist blockade," Delphine explained.

"Separatists? I thought they were all deactivated!"

"They were. I just reactivated them and told them to destroy anybody that tries to leave or enter the system without clearance," she said grinning. "Now... where were we?"

She tried to kiss Ezra again, but was pushed back once more.

"You can't evade me for long, Bridger," she said. "Otherwise, I'll just kill Sabine."

"And how do you think you can do that?" Ezra asked.

"I know she will try to hug and kiss you and all that, so all I would have to do, is set up a holographic version of you. When she runs to the fake you and realizes it's not actually you, I'll be right behind her with a gun to her head." she said. "And this time, it will not be set to stun."

She started laughing at the thought. All the blood rushed out of his face.

"Y-You can't be serious..." he stammered.

"There is only one way to save her, though," she said. "Break up with her and be mine."

"No... I won't do that," Ezra said.

"Then I guess she'll die when she comes to get you," she said.

Contacts started popping up all over the X-wings' scopes, alerting the pilot that there are hostiles on them.

"I've got a contact, bearing 1-6-0!" Phoenix 4 said.

"He's on my six. Somebody get it off my 6!" Phoenix 7 yelled through the comms, but it was too late. His ship was hit and it exploded.

"Karabast those ships are active!" Hera yelled.

"All wings, break formation! Engage all hostiles!" Wedge called over the comms.

"Well Argos, I suppose this turned into an official military operation," Hera said to the captain of one of the MC80s.

"All capital ships, engage the blockade. We have to break through," Argos ordered. "We're outnumbered! Call for reinforcements!"

"Yes sir, right away," a bridge officer said.

"Delphine, if you want to hurt anybody, hurt the Empire. You don't want to hurt Sabine," Ezra said, trying to reason with her. There was nothing else he could do.

"I don't care who I have to hurt as long as I have you," she said.

"You'll never have me," Ezra said.

"Then that's too bad, because either way, I'm going to kill Sabine."

Ezra's mood took a huge turn, "You. Wouldn't. Dare. Touch her!"

"Oh but I would, love."

The rebel fleet was holding their own against the former Separatist Alliance, though there were more of the enemy than rebels.

"We're getting hit hard out here!" Wedge called, evading a dozen missiles and shooting down a vulture droid.

"Tell me about it!" Hobbie replied.

Just then a massive starship came out of hyperspace in front of a squad of A wings.

"HOLY SHIT! ALL WINGS BREAK!" The squadron almost crashed into the hull of a MC80a warship.

"Bloody hell next time tell us when you're going to drop in, Admiral!" an A-wing pilot yelled.

Another MC80a dropped out of hyperspace, right next to the first.

"Glad we got here in time. What's the target?" the Admiral of one of the MC80a's asked.

"That blockade ahead of us. We need to get through," Hera replied.

"Copy that. All forward batteries focus fire on the nearest enemy starship!"

Every ship in the fleet opened fire on the enemy blockade.

"Sabine, you need to get down there and find Ezra," Hera said.

"How am I going to get down there?" she asked. Using the Phantom wasn't an option considering it was still marked as a Separatist ship.

"There's something new you can try out. Just get to the cargo hold," Hera said.

"Yes ma'am." Sabine climbed down the ladder to the cargo hold and sees an escape pod. "Why is there an escape pod in here?"

"Don't know, just use it to get to the surface." Hera said.

"Yes ma'am."

"General Syndulla, there's an opening in the blockade. You're clear to drop the package." Wedge said.

"Roger. Keep me covered."

"Will do."

They flew in close to the atmosphere. "Alright Sabine, hang on tight."

Suddenly, the pod was shot out of the cargo bay and falling straight for the planet's surface.

Ezra and Delphine looked up and saw an orange streak in the sky. It landed 200 meters from them with a loud bang, but nothing exploded.

There was a lot of dust and smoke, enough to cover Sabine as she climbed out of the pod, weapons drawn.

She saw the Starbird and made her way to it carefully. She was able to board the ship before getting hit in the back of the head with something hard. She fell to the ground, and felt herself get pulled up, feeling something cold and metal against her head.

"So what's it going to be, Bridger? Love me, or she dies." Delphine threatened.

Sabine looked up, and even with her blurry vision from the hit, she could still see Ezra. He looked terrified.

"I... I can't," Ezra said. "I..." There was silence... but suddenly, the air seemed to change.

Ezra's eyes closed and he reached out with his right hand. Almost right away, a banging sound was heard in one of the compartments.

Delphine pressed the gun to Sabine's head, "If that lightsaber reaches your hand, she's dead!"

"You..." Sabine started to say.

"Shut up!" Delphine yelled, hitting Sabine in the back with a pipe. She stifled a scream, but a whimper still made it out of her mouth.

She pulled the trigger, but her hand was knocked to the side, causing her to miss. Ezra used that as a cue to Force push Delphine out of the ship. The compartment door opened and his lightsaber reached his hand.

Delphine got back to her feet and charged at Sabine, about ready to kill her, but before she could reach the ramp, Ezra stepped between her and Sabine, lightsaber ignited.

"Back off!" he warned. He could sense Sabine trying to stand back up. He had to protect her at all cost.

"You wouldn't kill easily, Bridger." Delphine said.

Ezra sighed, "You're right. I wouldn't..." There was a moment of silence before he spoke again. "But she would." With that he sidestepped and Sabine took a shot at Delphine, hitting her right in the chest. The hit was enough to put her to the ground. She didn't move for a few moments leading Ezra and Sabine to presume she's dead.

Ezra shut off his lightsaber and looked at Sabine. She looked right back at him, still trying to decide if this was a dream or reality. But even then she couldn't take the wait any longer. She ran over to Ezra and threw herself on him, crying uncontrollably.

"Sabine..." Ezra whispered. "Thank you."

Sabine looked right into his eyes, "Why are you thanking me?" she asked confused.

"You came to look for me, didn't you?" he smiled. Sabine laughed a bit, and kissed Ezra passionately.

Ezra returned the kiss, but was interrupted by his own ship. The power was back.

"Let's go home," Ezra said.

Haar'chak this chapter is pretty long already. I should save some ideas for the next chapters.

If anything was missing detail, let me know and I can try to fix it. Reviews are welcome. Just make sure any ideas you have for future chapters are sent from the latest chapter you see.

This chapter was also written in the middle of the night because that's when I have the most privacy. But I tend to skip a lot of details which is something I am trying to fix.

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from the Star Wars Rebels series. They rightfully belong to Disney.