Chapter 10

Sabine and Ezra decide to tell Clan Wren about their engagement, but keep out the part of her pregnancy.

Delphine finds out Sabine is pregnant and once again thinks of a plan to get to Ezra... only now she is willing to kill whoever gets in her way, whether it's Jedi or Mandalorian. And this time is willing to go to the extremes to keep him with her.

Sabine and Ezra were sitting in front of the holotable, in their quarters, talking to Countess Ursa Wren, when Hera walks in and starts talking with the Countess about wedding arrangements. She was careful to leave the unborn baby out of the conversation as Sabine drags Ezra out of the room.

"Sabine?" he asks.

"Something's not right, Ezra," she says. Before Ezra could say anymore, she continues to speak. "It's not our engagement or our child... I just have a bad feeling something's going to happen."

"Nothing bad is going to happen," Ezra says, kissing the top of her head. "I won't let anything bad happen."

Sabine leans into him, nuzzling his neck. "I hope so..." she whispers.

"Sabine, your mother wants to speak to both of you," Hera called.

"We're coming," Sabine called back. They walked back into the room and saw a concerned Ursa Wren.

"Is everything alright, daughter?" she asked.

"Yes..." she said. She could feel something with the child, like something's bothering it. She fell over, but Ezra caught her and gently laid her on the bench.

"Sabine? Sabine!" he yelled.

"Bridger, what's happening with her?" Ursa asked.

"I-I-I don't know... S-She was just fine a minute ago," he stammered.

"You didn't do anything to her did you? You didn't harm her?" Alrich asked out of nowhere.

"I didn't hurt her in any way, sir. I..." Before he could finish, he suddenly felt cold.

"Ezra, what is it?" Hera asked.

"Vi linibar at ba'slanar," he said. "Vi linibar at ba'slanar, jii!"

"Countess what is he saying?" Hera asked.

"'Vi linibar at ba'slanar; We need to leave,'"Ursa said, suddenly very concerned.

"Ezra, what do you mean you need to leave?" Hera asked him.

"Something's going to happen. Sabine and I need to leave!" he exclaimed. Before anything could happen, the door exploded, knocking communications offline for a few seconds.

A rumbling could be felt throughout the base, as red lights appeared across the living levels of the base. The nearby sensors reported explosive activity.

"Sir, there's been explosives detonated around the primary quarters!" he yelled.

His commander ran over to see. He carefully inspected the data and paled.

"That's Bridger's room. General Syndulla and Commanders Bridger and Wren are in there!" he turned his attention to the communications. "I need security and recovery teams at these coordinates!" He sent the focused coordinates to all squad leaders.

"Lockdown the entire base!" he ordered.

"I'm way ahead of you, sir!" the lieutenant replied.

"This is Yavin Base to the fleet, there's been a breach inside the base. We are set to our highest level of security."

Sabine woke up first to see white. A lot of white. She blinked once. Twice.

"Oh good, you're awake," somebody said. "I need you to confirm your ID. What's your name?"

"S-Sabine... My n-name's Sabine," she said, barely able to speak.

"Commander Wren, is that right?" the woman asked.

"T-That's right..." She looked around. "Where am I? What happened?"

"Your room exploded. You're lucky to have been behind a bench when it happened. Most of the debris flew towards you."

"Where am I?" she asked again, only this time she did not have any patience left.

"You're in the medical bay on Yavin. General Hera is also here, but she's still unconscious," the medic replied.

Sabine looked around some more. "Where's Ezra?"

"Who?"

"Commander Ezra Bridger! He was with me in the room. WHERE IS HE?" she yelled.

"Commander, please, you have to calm down... your child..." the medic started. Sabine froze in fear.

"What about my child?" she asked, her voice full of fear.

"It still seems fine, but the sudden explosion could give it some problems... it's still in it's early development so it's not likely."

Sabine sighed, but nowhere near relieved. "And... what about Ezra?"

The medic looked down. "We never found him. We can tell you he's most likely still alive, and there was an unauthorized launch."

Sabine's eyes grew wide, her breathing escalating. "Ezra..."

"Commander, I need you to calm down..." the medic said.

"No... no... Ezra..." she said, burying her face in her hands, sobbing. She was close to a panic attack, the first in over a month, but she was able to control it through her sobbing.

"Wakey wakey, love," an all too familiar voice said. "You must be pretty hungry."

Ezra opened his eyes and shot up in the bed. He looked around and saw Delphine sitting in the corner. She was holding an empty syringe in her hands.

"Can you remember what happened?" she asked.

He thought for a moment, but he couldn't remember anything. "No... What happened?"

Delphine jumped up, throwing the syringe out a window. "That's not important right now, I'm just glad you're with me." She gave him a kiss, but he pushed her back.

"Stay back, Katz!" he warned. Delphine paled.

'It should have worked. He's supposed to love me now.'

"I don't know what's going on, but you're freaking me out!" he yelled.

"Come on, love, I'm your girlfriend," she said smiling.

"What? Since when?" he asked, confused. He felt like there was something else. No, someone else in his life. He feels connected to somebody else, but doesn't know who. The only thing he knows is that Delphine did something, but he doesn't know what.

"We've been dating for 2 years, Ezra," she lied, trying to convince him. Little did she know, Ezra remembered how to use the Force, but even that was a bit cloudy.

"You're lying..." he said, confused, but knowing she's lying. "We... We were never together!"

"Sweetheart," she started but Ezra was extremely pissed off.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? WHERE AM I?" he yelled with fury. His eyes started to show a golden outline.

"Ezra... calm down," she said in a soothing voice. Somehow, Ezra was able to calm down.

"You're safe, Ezra. I promise you that we're safe," she whispered, pulling him into a hug.

*Two Days Later*

"We need to find him!" Sabine yelled at Mon Mothma.

"This is the second time something like this actually happened. I'm afraid we can't do anything but wait," she replied calmly.

"I am not waiting until Ezra is safe!" Sabine continued. "I... I CAN'T LOSE HIM!"

"I know how you feel, but I'm sure your boyfriend is safe... well, as safe as Delphine can keep him," the senator said.

"He not... my boyfriend..." she said. "He's my... my..." she broke down then, every person in the room watching all of this unfold.

"With all due respect, senator," Hera said. "Ezra... proposed to Sabine a few days ago. They're engaged."

Mon Mothma only stared coldly, "Even then I'm sure he's alright. We just need to wait for something to show up."

"I'm pregnant..." Sabine suddenly said. She knows the entire thing is being broadcasted to not only the entire base, but every single Rebel in the Yavin system. Bases, fleets, all of them. Including her family; But if she was going to get their help she had to tell them everything.

"Sabine, you can't be serious," Tristan said from the other side of the holo table.

(The Wren family managed to send some of their best warriors to Yavin, to try and help out.)

"It's true... all of it..." she said quietly. This was not how she wanted to tell everyone, but she had no choice.

"Sabine... " a holographic image of Ursa said. "Why didn't you tell us that?"

"I was going to tell all of you... but I didn't want you all to think so low of Ezra," she replied.

"Sabine, I've told him once before that you two had my blessing from the start," Alrich said.

"And as much as I hate to admit, I would like to add him to our family..." Ursa said, bitterly. She wasn't happy about all this.

"I was going to adopt his last name..." Sabine said then, earning a lot of unhappy looks.

"You're turning your back to our family heritage?" Ursa asked.

"No I'll still have the Wren name... It's complicated..." she said, trying not to break down again. "Without him, I am nothing."

"Sabine that's not true," Tristan said.

"The night I almost killed him, I... If he was dead, I wouldn't be..." her voice broke.

Everybody was quiet again, except for Sabine's quiet sobbing.

"This... is very major Deja' vu..." an officer said, referring to the first time Ezra was missing. "We were able to find him back then. I believe we can still find him now."

"But now we don't know which way they went! Yes Delphine was dumb, but she's clever at the same time. I hate to say it, but I think he's gone," another said, much to Sabine's disliking.

"HE'S NOT GONE!" she screamed at the officer.

"Sabine!" Ursa scolded.

"I'm... sorry," she said, "But I refuse to accept he's gone. I won't do it."

"We know you wouldn't," Ursa said, calmly. "Which is why we will help you."

Sabine looked up surprised. "Mother..."

"I'd rather you keep your sanity, Sabine. Don't get me wrong, he will be tested again," she said, but before she could continue, Sabine doubled over and held her stomach.

"Ah... That... felt weird..." she said, talking about the baby.

"What does it feel like?" Kanan asked.

"I feel cold inside... only where the baby is," she said.

Kanan frowned, "It sounds like it has felt a disturbance... likely from Ezra."

"We need to get you back to medical, just in case," Hera said, placing a hand on Sabine's shoulder. Sabine nodded and returned to the medical bay.

After a few moments of silence, Mon Mothma spoke up.

"I see this is more than a personal request," she said. "I'll authorize all our ships to search, but under no means must we stay grouped in one place at one time."

"Understood, senator!" the admirals and captains said in almost perfect unison.

"Ezra," Delphine sang. "Are you alright?"

"Perfectly fine, thank you," he said. His eyes remained closed as he was focusing on the Force... or trying to. Delphine kept talking to him when he tried to meditate and it was annoying.

"What do you want to do with me?" she asked with a seductive tone in her voice.

"Nothing," he simply replied.

"Please? I want to do something with you," she said.

"And I don't. Now if you will please just shut the kriff up, I'm in the middle of something," he said, annoyance in his voice.

Delphine huffed and stormed out of the room. 'He is just so stubborn. He doesn't remember anything, but he's still resisting me.

"Sabine, I need to talk to you," Ursa said when she boarded the family starship.

"I know what you're going to say," she said sadly. "You're upset that we never told you about the pregnancy. The engagement was brand new though..."

Ursa sighed. "You took the words right out of my mouth, again."

Sabine gave a sad smile, "You're my mother. Nothing will change that right?"

"Right. Now about your boyfriend..."

"Fiance," Sabine corrected.

"I know how much he means to you, but does the entire Rebellion have to search for him?"

"I...I don't know..." Sabine said. "I can't just sit around and do nothing..."

"Think of your child, Sabine. I'm sure Ezra can find his way home," Ursa said.

"Something's different, mother. Delphine did something I can feel it..." Sabine said. It was one of those connections that develop with somebody important in your life. Ursa understood that very well. "And I think my child can feel it, too..."

"Father to child connections I presume?"

"No... more like the Force..."

Ursa sighed. "I should have known your child would have Force abilities..."

"It's entirely possible. I'm not 100% sure about that, yet." She rubbed her belly softly. There was a small, but mostly unnoticeable, bump now. Her thoughts traveled to Ezra and she formed a pained expression, almost like a wince.

Ursa gave her daughter a hug. "It's ok, Sabine. We'll find him soon enough."

"I hope we can actually find him in time..." she said.

"Sabine!" Ursa exclaimed, almost scolding her. "You should know better than to think like that! I've never really been fond of Jedi, like all Mandalorians, but the two you found, are not worth the doubt. Especially your Jedi boy-" she caught herself, "Your... fiance."

Sabine wiped a tear from her eye, "You mean it?"

"Of course I mean it! I'm Mandalorian aren't I? True Mandalorians protect their honor, and above all, family. Bridger is already thought of as a brother to our clan."

Sabine hugged her mother, tears in her eyes.

"Ezra, you have to eat!" Delphine complained as she tried to get him to eat something.

"I told you, dear. I'm not hungry!" he said.

It's been over a week, and Delphine managed to modify the serum a bit, so now Ezra believes Delphine is the one for him, and no memory of Sabine.

"You haven't eaten all day!" she protested.

"So what? I've lasted much longer without food," he replied with a smug look. Delphine huffed and stormed out the door, leaving Ezra alone in the room.

He just started relaxing when, "Hang in there Ezra! I'm coming"

His eyes shot opened and he jumped up. "The hell was that?" he asked himself.

"Haar'chak! Where the hell can he be?" Sabine yelled in frustration. It's been another two weeks since Ezra's disappearance. By now, she was about 2 months pregnant, but the baby bump was still relatively small.

"Sabine, you need to rest," Wedge said, leading her to the bench.

"I can't rest, Wedge. Not until Ezra is home again," she said.

Wedge has been assigned to keep an eye on Sabine while everybody searches for Ezra. She's exhausted from the constant movement of her baby, since it's asking for it's father. Nobody knew Ezra as well as Wedge, except for Hera, Sabine, and the rest of the Ghost crew.

"You need rest whether you want to or not! Do you want to be sick when we find him?" he snapped. Sabine took a step back in shock. Wedge never snaps at anybody, but considering how things have been the past few weeks, it's understandable.

"I'm sorry, Wedge, but... I can't... I..." she tried to say.

"Think of your child. I'm not telling you this only for your health, but your child's health as well," he pointed out.

"Alright... fine... but ONLY because of my child," she said.

Wedge sighed, "Things really have gotten harder with Ezra missing..." He walked into the bridge of the CR90 he was commanding. It was only a temporary command, since there weren't a lot of flagships to lead different search groups.

"I need a status report!" he ordered.

An ensign ran up to him and handed him the data pad. "Everything's all quiet, sir. No sign of Commander Bridger!"

"At ease, ensign. I'm not in the mood for formalities," Wedge said.

"Yes sir, I'm sorry sir," the ensign said, obviously very nervous. This was his first assignment with the Rebels after all.

"Sir, there's an incoming transmission from Home One!" the comms officer said.

"Open the channel."

"Right away."

The channel was opened as a hologram appeared, revealing Hera and Mon Mothma.

"Lieutenant Commander Antilles, how is your patrol coming along?" the senator asked.

"It's all quiet over here. No sign of Ezra anywhere," he reported.

"We've checked most of the systems that are not under Imperial control... including that one where he was at before. It's all clear," Hera said. "How's Sabine doing?"

"She's refusing to sleep most of the time, but otherwise she's doing... well," he said.

"That's good to hear... I guess. This is a hard time for her, after all. You can't blame her," Hera said.

"I know. We need to find Ezra and fast..." Wedge started but was interrupted.

"Sir, I'm picking something up on scanners!"

"What is it?" he asked.

"It's..." the officer looked over the data. His eyes widened. "It's a modified Kom'rk-class fighter, identified as Starbird sir!"

"Scan for lifeforms, immediately!"

"Way ahead of you, sir! There's only one lifeform..."

"Open a channel. Hail the ship," he ordered.

The officer pressed a few buttons, "Channel open sir."

"Attention Starbird. This is Lieutenant Commander Wedge Antilles, identify yourself immediately!"

He pushed a button on his console to mute his mics and turned to his flight officer. "Order our fighters to maneuver to Formation 7."

"Yes sir!"

(Formation 7 is just something I came up with. It's supposed to be like a miniature blockade around a ship to prevent its jump to hyperspace)

"All fighters reporting they're in formation, sir."

"Good," he said as a response came from the Starbird.

"It's been awhile, Wedge. Lieutenant Commander huh? Very nice. If you're looking for Ezra, he's not with me right now," Delphine said through the comms.

"I know that much already. You're going to lead us to him," Wedge said. He double checked the previous transmission with Central Command; They were still active. He pressed a button and made sure they were hearing all of this.

"I think not, Antilles. Once I jump, the coordinates would be scrambled. You can't trace me," she said, thinking she won. However, Wedge had a different idea; One to make her think she got away.

"All wings... pull off Formation 7," he said, surprising everybody. "Maneuver to Defense Formation. Hobbie, Tabs on Tango."

(You'll see what all that was in a minute. I know, sounds pretty dumb but I can't think of anything better)

"What did you just do?" Delphine asked.

"You win. You're completely right: we can't track you. You don't have Ezra with you, so we can't stop you here either," he explained.

"O-Okay then. Until next time, Antilles," she said right before she jumped into hyperspace.

"She's gone, sir. What exactly are you up to?" the ensign asked.

Wedge grinned, "Giving her a false sense of security. All wings RTB. We're done here."

All the ships broke formation and jumped back to Yavin.

Delphine was puzzled by what just happened, but the more she thought about it, the more sense it seemed to make. After all, if they boarded the ship, she would have deleted the coordinates to where she's keeping Ezra. And he wasn't with her at the moment so they wouldn't get anywhere with her. She came out of hyperspace and flew the ship down to the buildings. She landed the ship then, just outside of the house.

"Delphine, where exactly did you go?" Ezra asked. He was standing at the door.

"I told you I was going off world to pick up a few things," she said sweetly, giving him a light kiss. (He still couldn't remember anything and thinks they are actually a couple)

"Sure..." he said, not quite believing all of it. "Well there's food inside. You look hungry."

"You WHAT?" Sabine yelled at Wedge. "How could you let her get away like that? Are you crazy?"

"Relax, Sabine. I had Hobbie place a tracker on the ship just before it jumped. As always, Katz is clever, but dumb at the same time," Wedge said with a grin.

Sabine stood there dumbfounded. "You're tracking her?"

"Yeah. She led us right to him. Now all we have to do, is get a small battle group to get her to back down."

Sabine stood up, careful not to move too fast. "What are we waiting for?"

"We're waiting for the green light from Mon Mothma. She's reviewing the data as we speak," Wedge said.

Minutes later

"This is Battle Fleet Echo, rendezvous complete. All ships line up to the following coordinates! Light's red," Wedge said to all the ships in his group.

"Copy, Echo One. All wings at red light," the squad leaders reported.

*10 minutes later*

"LCDR Antilles," an officer from Central Command called in. "Operation is on green light. Cleared to proceed."

"Copy that Command," he switched channels to his fleet. "All wings: Light is Green. I repeat, Light is Green."

All the ships jumped to hyperspace as soon as the order was given. They were on their way to get Ezra back for the second, and last, time.

The orbital consoles were going nuts as multiple ships appeared from hyperspace. However, the alarms were shut off by Ezra, not thinking much about it, so Delphine didn't know what was coming. She was also a little ways away from the house, trying to find some fruit in the woods.

Ezra then heard some loud booms and the sound of engines dying down. He rushed outside to see a formation of CR90 corvettes, an MC80 Liberty-class warship, and some wings of X-wings flying around, securing the area.

"What the kriff?" he asked. He saw a shuttle fly undock from one of the CR90s and fly straight towards him. It landed not far from him, as he just stood there, surprised.

The ramp opened, and Sabine walked out, looking for Ezra. She had weapons ready, as did her security escort.

"Ezra!" Sabine yelled as she ran over to him. She stopped running as she saw his expression.

"I'm sorry... do I know you?" he asked. She seems familiar, but he doesn't know how.

"Ezra? It's me... Sabine..." she said. "I'm your fiance, remember?"

"I'm sorry, I don't remember you," he said.

"Please, Ezra," she said taking his hand and showing her the ring he gave her. "You don't remember this?"

"I... I've seen that ring before... I think..." he said. His mind was clearing a bit.

"Ezra... our child... You don't remember?" she asked, her heart breaking. "Or this?"

She handed him his lightsaber, which he just stared at. "Ezra... Please try to remember..." she said.

"I'm sorry, I don't know you," he said. Sabine tried everything she could think of. Kissing him, telling him all the fun things they've done together. Nothing rang a bell for him... at least until he placed his hands on her belly in an attempt to push her away. As soon as his hands connected, he felt a shock and froze.

Just then, everything came flooding back to him. How he got there, what really happened, the night he proposed to Sabine, the very night they tried for a child, everything came back to him.

"S-Sabine?" he murmured.

Sabine about burst into tears, but Delphine showed up suddenly.

"Ezra get away from her! She's dangerous!" she yelled, holding his DL-44 blaster pistol.

He backed up slowly, then, but he was already back to normal. All the rebel soldiers aimed their guns at Delphine, but there was no clean shot. Wherever they moved, they couldn't shoot without risking hitting either Ezra or Sabine.

Ezra backed up enough to give Delphine a clean shot at Sabine. She fired the pistol, but a flash of green spun around Ezra as the shot was deflected into the ground.

"Ezra! What are you doing?" Delphine yelled.

"Back off, Katz!" he yelled back. Sabine was frozen still, surprised by the action.

"I love you Ezra and you love me, not this... this..." she never got a chance to finish because Ezra interrupted her.

"Don't you fucking dare finish that sentence, gar dinii!" he yelled. (Gar dinii = You lunatic)

"What did you just call me, Ezra?" Delphine asked, poison in her voice.

"Stay! AWAY! FROM US!" he yelled, pointing the saber at her. Delphine glared at Sabine.

"All this time and you already steal him from me in a matter of minutes! It's all your fault, Sabine!" She raised the pistol and fired at Sabine, but Ezra deflected every shot, careful not to hit the rebel officers. Eventually, one of the shots was redirected back to Delphine, hitting her in the shoulder. Ezra used that chance to take the gun from her.

"Surrender, Katz! You're outnumbered and outgunned!" the officers yelled. Ezra holstered his pistol and deactivated his lightsaber. Delphine tried to take the Starbird, but Ezra was faster. Before she could even touch the ramp, Ezra was already at the top of it, glaring dangerously down at her.

"Threaten us again, we'll see what happens next," he warned.

"What would you do? Send me off to another prison?" she said, mocking him.

"Sunspot to be exact," he said, making the color drain from her face. She's heard a lot about prisoners at Sunspot, and it was definitely a place nobody wants to go to. Though it's full of Imperials, she's certain she would be treated as one.

"And how do you expect to get me there?" she said.

"You might not even survive the journey there if you ask me," he growled.

"Well then, I'm not going anywhere without killing at least one person here," she said, running to Sabine. She tried to defend herself, but Delphine caught her off guard and twisted her arm to her back at a painful angle, making Sabine scream in pain.

"LET HER GO!" Ezra yelled.

Delphine pressed a smaller blaster pistol against Sabine's head. "One more step from anybody, and she dies."

Sabine stared at Ezra, fear in her eyes, but also hatred. "Delphine, you are so lucky I can't do much."

"Because I have your arm behind you?" she asked, almost mocking her. Before Sabine could answer, there was a loud crack and Delphine screamed in pain, holding her wrist. She dropped the blaster, and her hand hung limp... but it was not how it was supposed to be.

Sabine broke free and turned around, blaster pointed right at Delphine.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY HAND?" she screamed. Her wrist looked like it's been crushed. Sabine turned around, to see Ezra lowering his hand. He just used the Force to twist Delphine's hand around, completely breaking the bones off from the arm.

(Sounds very painful. I cringed a bit just by writing it.)

"I told you not to threaten us again, didn't I? Though next time, it's your neck," he said. This wasn't Ezra at all, this was something completely different.

"Ezra, calm down," Sabine said. She stood next to him and grabbed his hand. "This isn't you, Ezra. Snap out of it."

Ezra looked at Sabine, then to the soldiers around him. They all looked scared, now. He blinked a couple times and his foggy eyes cleared. He stumbled a bit, but some of the medics caught him.

"Are you alright?" a medic asked.

Ezra didn't respond. Instead, everything went dark for him as his vision and his hearing faded.

Haar'chak I went a bit far with Ezra didn't I? If you want Delphine to return, then I say it's possible. Can't guarantee it though right now.

Also, I am updating as fast as I can and new chapters are started during school and finished at late night, sometimes a day or two after starting. Depends on the ideas I have and how busy I am. If there's anything you don't understand, I can edit to clear it up or explain it in the next chapter.

Also, ODST Ezra B: to answer your question, it's complicated plot convenience. But Just because Sabine is pregnant, doesn't necessarily mean riding a speeder would kill the baby. And she's not doing too much, but I can edit the story a bit to make a bit more sense. :)