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When Ezra finally reawakens three days have passed since the invasion of Krownest. He awakens at first to the strange, metallic, almost sterile smell of a medbay followed by the loud proclamation of "the patient is awake" by a med droid.
As soon as Ezras eyes open his suspicions are confirmed as he finds white washed walls of a medical bay around him with the only colour coming from where Sabine stands beside him his hand in hers. He looks up and after attempting a smile that feels more like a grimace he asks "what happened?"
Sabine's eyes are red as if she has been crying and it takes her a moment before she responds "You nearly died Ez'ika" she pauses a moment clearly reliving the pain and suffering from the moment days past as she says "the walker, it fired on the cliff before you could destroy it." Then gaining strength she says "it took us 4 hours to dig you out of the rubble"
Ezra grimaces as he starts to remember flashes from just before he had fallen and he finally takes a moment to look down. As he does he is shocked and quickly asks "Sabine, what happened to my leg!?"
Sabine squeezes his hand tightly in her own before she says "the armour, it saved your life, but even then there was nothing it could do to stop the crushing force of all that rock." She brings her other hand up and rubs the back of his as she says "by the time we got you out of there, the damage was too extensive, they couldn't save your leg"
Ezra doesn't even know what to say, instead he finds a sense of numbness falling over him as he says "I see" in a hollow voice
Sabine however doesn't let him wallow in despair, instead placing her hand to his cheek and drawing him into a kiss, when she eventually pulls back and is sure she has his attention she says "hey, it's going to be alright, Mother has already arranged for you to get the best replacement money can buy. And I know it's not the same, but you're still here, still alive, with me, and because of you hundreds more still live"
It's then Ezra seems to realise that he doesn't even know what happened, or where he is "Sabine, where are we?" He asks
"We're on a rebel medical frigate, after what happened, the empire decided to cut their losses and avoid a ground invasion, they gave command Base Delta Zero. Hen that happened we knew we had to leave, the air wasn't even going to be breathable soon, so, I called Hera."
Ezra perks up hearing the name of his surrogate mother "Hera's here?" He asks excitedly
Sabine smiles softly at him her hand still rubbing lightly against his cheek "she is, and she said to tell you that she is going to have words about what she calls 'you and your Kanan style plans'"
Ezra smiles at this chuckling softly before Sabine continues "anyway, once we knew what the empire planned it became a matter of getting everything off planet quickly, luckily for us the Alliance has been scouting for supplies to rebuild somewhere called Echo Base? Anyway, Mother managed to convince them to help us off planet in exchange for our cold weather gear and some help setting up."
"Where are we going now?" Ezra asks
This time Sabine seems to shrink a bit and she looks out a window behind Ezra into the vastness of space as she says "I don't know, the Empire destroyed Mandalor, Krownest, practically anywhere that was Mandolorian Space. Some of the clans are talking about going into hiding, like the days of the Jedi-Mandolorian War with secret Coverts scattered around the universe. But, I was thinking..."
"Thinking what?" Ezra questions as Sabine trails off
"What about if we went to Lothal?" Sabine questions looking at him "Clans Wren Kryze, and Onyo owe you a debt Ezra, you saved us when the empire came to wipe us out, and what if we repaid that by helping free and protect your people?"
Ezra sits there a few moments shocked by where she was taking this, but truly he should not be, Sabine has always been prone to action and grand gestures and this was no different. "Sabine, I love you" he begins getting a soft smile in return before he continues "but you can't risk your Clan, the last of your people, over a debt that doesn't exist."
Sabine looks at him shocked before she asks "What?"
Ezra smiles leaning up to place his hand on her cheek despite the twinge of pain it causes "Sabine, your people don't owe me anything, if anything I owe them. Without you I wouldn't be here right now, without you I probably would have fallen to the dark side and never returned, so you see, if anyone owes a debt it is me. I owe you Sabine for being the shining light in the darkness that guides me home. So no, the clans don't owe me anything, because for me Sabine everything that happened was just a drop in the bucket, nothing compared to what I owe you."
Sabine goes to speak, but instead they are interrupted by a voice from the door. "Be that as it may Ezra Bridger, Clan Wren shall accompany you to Lothal" Says Ursa Wren before continuing "and if I know my fellow Clan leaders they shall say the same."
Ezra looks at Ursa and says "Countess, I..."
Ursa smiles at her daughter before focussing on Ezra as she says "not another word Bridger, my decision is made" then she smirks mischievously continuing "besides, it will be nice to be somewhere warm, and I would like to be close to my grandchildren when they arrive"
"Mom!" Sabine exclaims