Hey, guys! How did you like the last chapter? Well, I hope you like this one because Galen and Ezra will finally be meeting the Ghost crew. So without further ado here is Brothers chapter 6.
Aboard the Rogue Shadow. Somewhere in hyperspace.
Rex sat in the cockpit as he studied the pilot before him. He had never met a pilot with this much skill and seemed so at home in the pilot's seat outside of Captain Syndulla. He had been studying the controls of the various armaments of the ship while the other members of the crew were in the back preparing for the mission. While it had been a bit of an argument, Rex conceded that he didn't know their tactics and could possibly be more of a hindrance than a help. He felt the ship drop out of hyperspace. He took one look out the window and saw that there were three star destroyers along with several dozen light and medium cruisers. Rex turned to the pilot and asked, "So, how are we going to get past that without being detected?"
"Simple," Juno replied. "We turn on the cloaking device and slip right on through. Although proxy will have to be shut down so as to prevent them from picking up on his electronic signature."
"Huh. Didn't know that the empire had cloaking technology. Thought that all there was was a few prototypes left over from the clone wars." Rex said, stroking his beard in deep thought.
"Yeah, it turned out that the major problem was the magnetic signature. And they have yet to figure out how to eliminate that fully." Juno said as she powered up the cloaking device. Proxy had been shut off earlier.
"So the imps shouldn't be able to see us right?" Rex asked as he turned and looked out the window to the daunting imperial blockade.
"No, they won't, Juno here is the best stealth pilot in the entire galaxy," Ezra spoke as he entered the cockpit. "Galen wants you to know we are ready to begin the mission whenever you are. He also says to keep my niece or nephew safe." He finished with a smirk and a wink.
Juno rolled her eyes and began scanning the ships. Scanning specifically for Lasat and Twi'lek organics. But all that came up on the scopes was human and droid.
"Guys we have a problem. There is no sign of the rebel crew anywhere." Juno said into the internal comms.
Galen came to the front and looked at Rex. "This isn't a bit of treachery on your part is it Captain?" He spoke with a threatening glare. His hands subtly going to the lightsaber strapped to his side.
"What! No! Why would the rebellion risk it's best crew to betray you guys." Rex defended himself.
As the two continued to argue Juno had a thought. She didn't know where it came from. But she decided to do a preliminary planetary scan. That is when a Twi'lek and Lasat signature came up on the planet's surface.
"That's really odd." She said to herself. Before turning and addressing the two in the middle of their heated pissing match.
"Hey! If any blood is spilled on my ship I will make both of you go over it with a fine-tooth comb." She threatened in a louder voice than necessary. "I think that I might have found your crew. They, at least the Lasat and the Twi'lek are on the planet's surface."
"Why would the empire take them there?" Galen questioned.
"Does it really matter? We need to go and rescue them!" Rex said frustration starting to get into his voice over this crew's lack of decision.
"We are still rescuing them. Don't you get your clone armour in a knot now. But it begs the question why? What is the point? They could have just as easily executed them on the ship." Galen continued. "I smell a trap." He finished.
"Well, the best way to know is to spring the trap," Ezra said as he entered the cockpit. Already briefed due to his eavesdropping on the conversations. Galen pulled him aside and leaned into his ear.
"That would be unwise brother. I have sensed the dark side, while it doesn't feel like Vader's presence. It does feel like some his lackey inquisitors." He whispered.
"Well in that case we know we can beat them. They can't stand up to us." Ezra whispered back. "Besides. It could very well be something else altogether instead of a trap set for us." He finished.
Sighing Galen had to agree. Most imperials didn't know of their existence, and the few that did were either dead or located in the capital on Coruscant.
"Very well." Nodding to Juno as he said this. "Take us in. But don't disengage the cloaking until we reach the surface."
"Right away," Juno replied as she maneuvered the ship between the massive star destroyers and made for the planet's surface. At this Ezra turned and walked back towards his quarters. He went through a little ritual he started after Vader gave him a saber for a mission. Without a properly aligned crystal. So now he checked everything, the alignment, the charge, and how clean it was. As he was finishing up he went over to his chest. Inside was his battle mask and clothes. Other than providing anonymity in battle the mask did have a functioning comm link and it showed his vital signs to Juno in the shadow while in battle. It also was made of cortosis and could deflect a lightsaber if needed. But he and Galen mostly wore them on the off chance that a probe droid saw them and would use this to identify them to the imperials Slowly dawning it he looked at the bottom of the mostly empty trunk. There was a simple plush doll, one he had taken from the massacre of the Pantoran village. It had belonged to the little girl whom he had bisected. He had kept it as a trophy at first but then when he and Galen escaped he kept it as a reminder, never to become like what he once was ever again.
Aboard the shuttle with the specters. Five minutes earlier.
Sabine hated being crammed into the storage hold of the troop transport. The binders dug into her wrists and she couldn't see due to the lack of light. She was still semi-shaking due to the display of Kanan being blinded. She could have sworn that Hera had cried at the sight of her new husband getting his eyes being destroyed by the dark sider's blade. But there was a stormtrooper blocking the view. Now all that could be heard was the engines and Hera speaking words of comfort to Kanan. Suddenly the motion stopped and the engines were cut. The door to the hold was thrown open. Seizing the opportunity Sabine stood and lunged at the imperial. Only to be stopped in a force grip by the first brother. The tall human grabbed his lightsaber and moved to strike her down only to be stopped at the last moment by the Grand Inquisitor.
"In due time brother, but for the staging to be believed we must use these beastly weapons the uncivilized swine that are the wookies use." He stated with an air of annoyance.
Dropping the blade the first brother grimaced. "Must we? Why do we need to stage the deaths of these traitors? They are of no use to us. They won't reveal any information." He said rage making it into his voice.
"Yes, for this needs to be perfect. And don't worry. We will get the information that we desire." The Grand Inquisitor stated. Turning around several Mandalorian warriors from Gar Saxon began filing into the room and forcing the Spectres to their feet. Sabine was now pissed and shouted at the traitors.
"How could you side with the empire! They are dangerous! They will end up betraying Mandalore!" She shouted and struggled against her restraints.
"Quiet traitorous scum. You may have to be alive but that doesn't mean you can't have a broken jaw!" One of the warriors stated as he punched her on the cheek.
This pissed off Zeb who reached out and grabbed the Mando by his collar despite the restraints and started to try to crush his throat, armour and all and shouted, "You keep your bloody hands off her!" only to be stopped by a shock to his side by another warrior.
The Lasat dropped to his knees and tried to recover only to be met by a boot to his face. As he tried to gather his bearings a side door opened and the members of the crew were led to a clearing in the forest. Then the Grand Inquisitor, walked in front of Kanan, swinging Kanan's lightsaber started to monolog to him.
"I know that you can't see right now. But let me make a deal with you. And I will even pay you the respect of being honest. Your crew is going to die here on this planet at my command. However. You get to decide how long they suffer." Turning he motioned to one of the Mandalorians. "Let's start with the Lasat. First Sister you get the honours. Go ahead and start skinning him." He stated when suddenly someone walked out of the trees wearing a set of grey robes, their face was obscured by a simple mask reminiscent of Darth Revan's.
"Let them go!" The figure shouted as he opened his robes to reveal a simple tunic underneath and a single lightsaber swinging at his side.
"Who are you!" the head Mandalorian shouted.
"I have no quarrel with Mandalore, so I will provide you this warrior. Leave now. Or be destroyed."
While this was going on the Grand Inquisitor watched. "Surely the rebellion didn't have more Jedi did they?" he thought but he continued to watch the exchange in silence as he kept the other two inquisitors at bay, intrigued by what would happen.
The Mandalorian. Not taking him seriously simply responded, "Mandalorians don't run from a good fight."
"Very well then. Don't say I didn't warn you." The person said as they made a motion to their back and out of the woods two twirling lightsabers, one blue and one red, came and stuck into the chests of two of the Mandalorians. Stunned by this revelation the Mando looked back only to find the figure had closed the gap. He didn't even get a chance to fire as he was beheaded by a blue lightsaber.
Instantly the Mandalorians started to fire into the woods, but it was of no use as the red and blue saber were called from the chests of the two killed earlier and found their way to another being who had jumped out of the woods.
It was a completely one-sided battle as the two adversaries used their complete mastery of combative force use to decimate the forty Mandalorians. When one would attempt to use their jetpack to gain altitude they were either cut-up by a saber throw, crushed in a force grip, or fried by force lightning. Their rockets on their packs were just deflected back at the shooter. Any grappling resulted in either being bisected or getting your neck broken. Pretty soon thirty lay dead, and another five dying and five unconscious. This infuriated the Grand Inquisitor who stepped forward as he started to speak he was cut off by a massive force blast that threw him over the Ghost crew and other inquisitors. When he was hit he dropped Kanan's lightsaber and it landed by a tree roughly six yards from Sabine, she slowly started over to it. As she was doing this the figure with the blue lightsaber jumped over the crew and attacked the Grand Inquisitor. Then the one with a blue and red saber stepped in front of the crew as he brought his arms straight out and blasted the first brother and first sister back into the woods that surrounded the clearing.
Sabine started to scoot faster over to Kanan's saber. Once she got close enough she reached out and grabbed the hilt and hit the button. Soon the familiar pop-hiss of the blade being switched on sounded. Using some skillful handiwork she maneuvered the blade to cut the binders off. As she did so the first sister came out of the woods, her eyes glowing yellow with hate. She saw Sabine and thought to herself, "Fuck the Grand Inquisitor's plan. I will just kill them myself." She called her sabers to her hands and rushed the Mandalorian. Sabine's eyes widened under her helmet and she brought the saber up to block the forceful strike from the Twi'lek inquisitor. Backpedaling she got a glimpse as the first brother unleashed a force push against the person that had the two lightsabers knocking him hard into a tree less than three feet away from her.
The figure though seemed to shake off the violent attack and actually came to her rescue and that is when he said the first thing to her all day.
"You sure you know how to use that thing?" He said over the clash of sabers.
"Well, I am not dead yet." Sabine retorted as the person used a force push against the Inquisitor knocking her back a few feet before turning to block a powerful attack coming from the first brother.
"That's because she is toying with you." He shot back, "look just follow my lead and listen carefully to my instructions."
"Whatever you say," Sabine said as she dodged one of the inquisitors sabers and blocked the other.
"High block right." He said and Sabine brought her saber up to the right catching the Inquisitor off guard. Using the split second he now had the figure reached back and over Sabine thrusting his saber into the throat of the Twi'lek killing her instantly. Sabine was stunned. She knew that inquisitors were tough. It took Kanan everything that he had to kill the last Grand Inquisitor. But that, that seemed too easy. She whirled around and saw the battle being re-engaged between the first brother and the figure. But it was no contest. The figure cut off his hand holding the saber then fired a burst of force lightning so strong it killed him on the spot.
"Was that really necessary?" Sabine said in shock, electrocution wasn't a way she wanted anyone to go out.
"Their kind don't deserve any better." The figure stated with bitterness. His mask obstructing the view of his face. "Quick my brother should be finished with the Grand Inquisitor soon-." Then suddenly the other figure came flying through the air and slammed into the ground, coming to a stop in front of the two. Looking down the figure with the two sabers joked with the other.
"Wirklich Bruder? Sie werden von ihm geschlagen?" (Really brother? You are getting beaten by him?) The figure with two sabers said.
"Nun, er hat Glück, und Sie hatten Hilfe." (Well, he got lucky, and you had help.) the other brother accused. Turning they noticed the odd look being given them by Sabine. Obviously, she couldn't understand them.
But it didn't matter as the one with two sabers turned and saw the Grand Inquisitor charging them with his saber staff drawn. He looked down and helped his brother up. As he got up the one with one saber took a step back and nodded. The one with two sabers drew them and got in a defensive stance as the Grand Inquisitor ran and jumped up getting ready to deliver a killing blow. Only to be met by twin sabers blocking his blow and bringing him to a standstill. Then the one with a single saber jumped over him and began an offensive from the back.
Then the fight began as the two brothers fought with synchronization that put anything that Sabine had ever seen to shame. One would defend the other while one would attack, all while flipping and spinning in the air. The Grand Inquisitor started to become more and more upset and soon got angry lashing out, he got a lucky strike on the one with two sabers hitting him about mid-way up his thigh causing him to fall to the ground with a shout of pain. A look of pleasure came over his features before he turned and saw the glowing orange eyes of the other one. Immediately any attempt that the Inquisitor made to defend himself was overpowered as the skinny guy thrashed him and ended up cutting his saber staff in half. As he did that the figure jumped in the air and came down and split the Inquisitor in half from head to groin.
The one with his single saber turned and came to the one on the ground and offered him a hand up. To his credit, the other one stood up and besides a slight limp that he shook off after a few steps they seemed unharmed. Sabine finally noticed the Ghost crew who had seemed to have watched the entire thing in awe, well except for Kanan, but he had enough of an idea due to the force. As the two brothers went over to the others Sabine seemed to be frozen in place. Thousands of thoughts and questions seemed to come through her mind at once. "Who are these two? What are they? Are they friend or foe? Who sent them?" seemed to be the most persistent though. Another thought popped up also. One that she didn't expect. "Why does the one with the two sabers seem so cute?" that stopped everything for her. "Cute?" since when did she worry about if a saviour was cute or not? Putting off the thought, for now, she shook herself from her dream like state and walked over to Kanan and the others. As the two brothers strode the one with a single saber spoke into a comm link Sabine guessed was in his helmet. "This is Starkiller one to Eclipse we are ready for pickup. Have Proxy prep the medstation." He then turned to the crew and introduced himself and his companion.
"I assume that you all are wondering things right now. But it isn't safe to talk here. Our extraction point is about three klicks away. So for now just call me Starkiller one and my brother Starkiller two." He spoke as he turned and began leading to where the brothers had emerged.
The other brother turned and looked at the Jedi. Seeing him struggle with his now blind state he reached out an arm to help him walk. Only to have the Twi'lek take over and support the weight of the Jedi.
"It's fine," she said, "I can lead him."
"Okay, I will bring up the rear. Be ready, my brother is known to keep a suicide pace when moving. Try to keep up." He said as he fell behind them and started to scan for any incoming reinforcements.
Sabine kept up at first but slowly fell back to Starkiller two. She noticed that his limp was back, though not very obvious, despite being hit with one of the most dangerous weapons in the galaxy. He seemed to be just fine. She finally turned to him and blurted out, "Why?"
Completely confused Starkiller two responded with a quirked head, "Why what?"
"Why were you guys here? How did you know we were here? How do you use the force so well? And why do you use the dark side?" Sabine rattled off in quick succession.
Stunned Starkiller two merely stopped and seemed to stare at her before continuing on in silence. Still scanning the woods to look for incoming imperials. Figuring she wouldn't get an answer Sabine made a dissatisfied grunt and trekked onwards.
"We were sent by the force. Your friends, Commander Sato I believe, told us this is where you were sent. I have trained for the past ten years with the force. Because I and my brother are Je'daii." Starkiller two said just as quickly as Sabine said.
Now it was Sabine's turn to be in quietly stunned. This person was quite intriguing. She had never met someone like him. She was also silently thanking the Manda that they were on their side, at least for now.
"So, are you guys bounty hunters?" Sabine asked again. Trying to weasel out more information, when suddenly Starkiller two threw his arm out and stopped her. Looking down at the arm across her breastplate. She wondered what caused him to do that when suddenly he brought his other hand up to his face and made a shushing motion. Listening she couldn't hear anything, despite the added help of the speakers in her helmet. Then faster than her eye could process he called his sabers to his hand and brought it up and deflected a blaster bolt right back at one of the Mandalorians, this one had been knocked unconscious by a force blast in the early part of the fight. However, he knew that the other four would be upon them soon. Hitting up his comms he warned his brother, "Starkiller two to Starkiller one. We better double time it. Or else we may have company soon."
"Roger that. Eclipse hope you have the ship powered up and ready to go we should be there in five." Starkiller one said over the radio.
Turning to Sabine as he continued on his way to the ship he answered her question.
"We aren't bounty hunters. We are just a family that hates the empire." Starkiller two stated with an edge in his voice. He hoped that she wouldn't continue. But alas. Today was not his day.
"Why do you hate them?" Sabine asked.
Sighing Starkiller two knew that if he lied to her, she would find out. And if he told her the truth he would be betraying Galen's trust. So he opted to tell her the vaguest of details.
"The empire killed my parent's and forced me into slavery. That is where I met Galen. We eventually escaped and now we are here." He said with as even of a tone as he could muster.
For some reason he couldn't keep his eyes off of her, he didn't understand why. He had yet to see her face, just as she had yet to see his. But for some reason, she seemed very attractive. And this bothered him. Not because he didn't want to be, but why? Why was he attracted to someone he had just met. Maybe he just had some sort of syndrome that some psychiatrist with a fancy piece of paper with someone's signature on it that said he was smart would be able to tell him why. But alas he didn't have access to one and he didn't wish to seek one out. Turning forward he waited for her response.
But he never got one as they came upon the ship. Rex strode out quickly to help Kanan aboard. And as soon as they got loaded a missile came out of the woods only to be stopped in mid-air and turned back at the shooter. This scattered the other three Mandalorians and caused them to fall back allowing the Rogue Shadow to escape with the crew.
As they began to exit the atmosphere they saw the flagship Eternal explode into a ball of flame that engulfed the entire ship. Sabine muttered, "Look how pretty it is." Watching in awe they almost missed an incoming distress beacon on a rebel frequency. Once they locked onto the beacon they stealthily maneuvered the ship towards it and found a jettisoned escape pod. Recognizing the signature Hera with a bacta patch on her forehead from a small scrape she attained during the capture let out a happy sigh.
"I recognize the frequency. It's Chopper." She stated, almost unable to contain her excitement. She sprinted back to the airlock and waited for the all clear from Juno. When she received the confirmation she opened it up to reveal a very cranky C1 unit and a body on a laurie. Looking down she realized it must have been someone who helped him escape and sabotage the ship. Placing a hand on the scorched breastplate she muttered a simple prayer in Twi'leki and said. "Arni'soyacho freetaa chee" (Thank you, brave warrior.)
She helped chopper maneuver the laurie into the hold of the ship as Juno maneuvered her way around the wreckage and jumped to hyperspace towards Atollon.
As soon as she came back to the common room of the ship she saw everyone minus Kanan, who was being helped by Proxy in the medstation, and who was also filling him in on the details of the meeting through a speaker in his shoulder.
Starkiller one stepped in front of the crew of the Ghost, removing his mask and stated. "My name is Galen Marek. This is my brother, Ezra Bridger. And the kind lady you have met in the cockpit is my wife Juno Eclipse-Marek. Do you guys have any questions?"
The crew sat there dumbfounded. Who were these people? And how did they not only take on forty Mandalorians, a people who were famed for being able to combat force users but take on three inquisitors and kill them like it was nothing?
"Who sent you?" Hera suddenly spoke up, her worries about Kanan put to the back of her mind for right now.
"The force." Ezra responded, "But your friend, Commander Sato gave us the coordinates."
This seemed to cause even more confusion among the Ghost crew. They weren't Jedi. At least that wasn't what they seemed. They would have to consult Kanan on that though.
"Where do you come from?" Zeb's gruff voice came through. Surprising everyone.
"As much as you guys seem like a nice lot. Let's just say the past is where the past belongs." Galen said as he stepped forward.
"Why? Because you use the dark side?" Kanan suddenly said as he seemed to appear out of nowhere. A simple gauze covering his eyes.
"We don't just use the dark side Jedi. We use both, never drawing close to one or the other. We are Je'daii." Galen said in a defensive manner. Both him and Ezra felt their fear and adrenaline spike. But after a few moments, the tension passed as the Jedi knight took the answer, although still seemed suspicious.
"Look it is going to be a two-day travel via hyperspace, not counting refueling and making multiple jumps to get back to your base. Why don't I go make some food. Ezra? Can you help the Lasat and the Mandalorian with any injuries they may have. And you two, Hera and Kanan isn't it? Could you go help my wife in the cockpit? I am sure that she would like another person to talk to besides Rex and my brother and me." He said with a smirk at the finish before heading towards the small galley with Proxy in tow.
Ezra led Zeb and Sabine to the medstation. While space was limited on the Rogue Shadow they did have a few necessities for taking care of minor injuries. Turning to examine the two he could see what looked like some blood and matted fur on the Lasats neck and forearm. Grabbing a bacta patch and some shears he looked at the Lasat who gave him a death glare, before sighing in defeat and allowing him to shave away at the injured areas and apply the then went and did a minor preliminary scan of him and found no internal injuries. After that was done the gruff former Honor Guardsman turned to the Je'daii and said, "I think that I need some sleep after the adventure I have just been through. Anywhere flat I can sleep?"
"Yeah, hold on." Grabbing a comlink from his belt he radioed up Proxy. "Proxy, would you be so kind as to show Zeb to the training room and set up a cot for him?"
"Right away master." Proxy's voice came over the commlink. Soon enough the holo-droid came through the door and motioned to the Lasat. That left only Sabine and Ezra in the medstation. Ezra had finally had a good look at her face and thought he had never seen a more beautiful woman in all of his travels throughout the galaxy. From her almond eyes to the olive colour of her skin. It really made him squirm as he realized he had been staring for a good three minutes. Blushing he turned away, only to swore he saw a faint blush cover her cheeks. And in that moment he tried to wonder what she was thinking. In fact, she was doing the exact same thing. Seeing his face at the meeting was an interesting revelation. The light tan he had made her seem to fade into an abyss. Then she got to his eyes. They were the most amazing shade of blue that she had ever seen.
"Damn. He is pretty hot." Sabine thought. As a small blush hit her features. Ezra moved to get a closer look at her. Noticing that she seemed to have no external injuries he reached for the scanner and said, "Umm, if you would like for me to get Hera for this, I can do so."
Sabine again blushed as she would be required to remove her armour to receive the scan.
"No, that's fine. Just turn around." She said, "And no peeking" She stated in simple jest. But like a soldier following orders he simply turned around and allowed for her to remove the plates of Mandalorian Iron and get essentially into her skivvies. With the Lasat it had been so easy due to him simply wearing a mesh that the scanner could penetrate. But the bodysuit underneath her armour would block the scans and wouldn't reveal any major problems. It was one of the many things that Ezra wished they had sprung for when they were still with Vader. Because despite all of the bloodshed and manipulation, at least you still got the best equipment when you were sent out on missions.
"There should be a medical gown in the cabinet to your right. Just put it on over your undergarments" Ezra spoke with as even of a voice that he could muster. He really hoped that Juno or Galen didn't walk in at this moment, he would never hear the end of it about his first time being in a room with a nearly naked woman. Or worse, the Jedi or Twi'lek walking in and seeing this and getting the wrong impression. He already knew that the Jedi didn't trust him or his brother. This would only solidify it in his mind that they were not to be trusted.
"Okay, I am finished," Sabine said breaking up his internal reverie. As he turned he could see that she opted to stay in just her underwear, consisting of simple boy shorts, and a sports bra. Caught off guard he couldn't help but stare. She was a goddess. It was insane, he had seen plenty of naked women in the seedier areas he had been sent as an assassin. But none of them compared to the Mandalorian beauty that stood before him. Gathering his wits he motioned to the medical table. Sabine laid on the table, feeling the coldness of the metal surface as he began the simple scan. After two minutes he looked at the results. It was found that she had simple bruising of her ribcage and a light application of bacta and some muscle relaxants would do the trick. Handing her the bacta and the relaxants he motioned to her ribcage, "You have some bruising there on your ribcage. This should help you recover. I will go ahead and leave you to it." Turning to leave he was met by a simple "Wait." Turning back around to acknowledge her she seemed to fidget and finally said aloud. "What about your leg. You got hit with that saber, and I saw you limping. Do you want me to look at it?"
"Ah, you know I think that I will have Proxy look at it after dinner." he said trying again to get out of the room with the beautiful woman before him, who was still half naked.
"Oh come on, I also saw you smash into that tree. Let me at least have a look. And this way if anyone comes in I won't be the only one half naked." she said with a sly grin and a look in her eyes that seemed to issue it more as a challenge than a statement.
Sighing in defeat like the Lasat before him he simply nodded and made his way over to the examination table. Sitting on it, he rolled his pants down to his knees and pulled up his boxers to reveal the wound.
Sabine gasped. When she saw him take the blow she was a few yards away and it had looked like a glancing shot. But now that she was up close, she didn't know how he could be walking. The saber had gouged into the muscle tissue and burnt what looked like an excruciating wound into his thigh.
"How could you walk at that pace with this? And then continue onwards as if nothing was wrong?" She spoke in rapid succession. Before turning to glare at him, "I am going to need to see your ribs and do a body scan. You could have potential internal bleeding. And you better get your brother in here and have him get checked out too."
"Waha?" Ezra was only able to choke out before he felt the coolness of some bacta being applied and the pressure of a bandage being wrapped around his leg.
"Don't play stupid. Let me see your back. You could be seriously hurt." Sabine reiterated.
Sensing that she wouldn't take no for an answer he sighed, then carefully and cautiously lifted his tunic to reveal his naked torso.
His body was littered with countless scars. From where Sabine could only guess. But many of them looked deep and painful. As she got closer to his neck she could see the obvious discomfort that he was feeling at her seeing such an intimate thing as this. Looking him in the eye all she could do was feel sorrow for the poor soul before her.
"What the hell happened to you?" Sabine whispered. Blushing in embarrassment Ezra simply responded with some more of the language that she didn't understand.
"Mein Meister war, ist ein böses Wesen." (My master was, is, an evil being) He simply stated.
"What?" She said.
"I said the past is the past and that is where it should stay. Now are you going to do the scan or not?" Ezra fired out with annoyance.
Nodding Sabine ran the scanner. After the said two minutes she found that he had a possible broken rib and even a partially collapsed lung.
"You need to go to the medical station on Atollon asap. They have more stuff than what is available here. Your brother also needs to be checked out." Sabine stated
Nodding Ezra shrugged his clothing back on and simply walked to the door before turning and looking her dead in the eye. His blue eyes burning into her own brown ones.
"Please keep what you saw between us. I don't want this to be spread throughout the rebellion. It's a bit of a personal subject." He said looking dead serious.
Sabine nodded before smiling. "Tell you what. You don't tell anyone you saw me in my underwear and I will forget what I saw, only if you and your brother go to the medical station at Atollon."
Rolling his eyes Ezra smiled and said, "Deal, although I don't know about my brother. He is even more touchy about this stuff than me. It will be worse than trying to get a Mando to surrender."
Laughing Sabine bent down to put on her undersuit. As she stood she could see he was already gone. Smiling and humming a simple tune she couldn't help but notice that despite the terrible scarring, which in her mind was kind of a turn on, he had an amazing body. "Maybe it would pay to get closer to this Je'daii. Who knows." She thought as she fastened the last of her armour to her body and went towards the smell of something delicious coming from the common room.
Wow, that was one hell of a doozy. Hope you guys can finish it. I probably should have split it into two chapters but who knows. I hope you liked the interaction between Sabine and Ezra. l do want to address something that I know you guys will comment on. And it deals with where I said that Ezra was in the same room with a half naked woman for the first time then a little later I said he had seen naked bodies due to missions. I mean it was the first time he was in the room with a possible romantic interest who was half naked. Not some two-bit hooker who I think we can all agree Sabine is not. Anyways hope you like it and hope you had a wonderful Easter.
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