Chapter 5
"Ezra, you did it! You were right, this was way faster than picking the lock myself", said Sabine.
"Huh?", I said, opening my eyes.
"Time to open this box!", exclaimed Sabine.
"How long was I out?", I asked, trying to process what I just went through.
"For like a minute. You picked the lock really quickly", she answered.
So, was that a vision?
"Ezra, I'm opening this now", she warned, making sure I was looking.
"Right, lets do that", I said. I feel a little dizzy.
Sabine excitedly opened up the box. I looked inside and saw a book, an old comm, an empty jar and a few notebooks.
"Lets see what they say", I said, taking out the book and note books.
"Are you sure? It might be Hera's diary", she said, turning to look at me while I opened up the book.
"Could be, I don't understand a word in here", I said, flipping through the book and notebooks, "Do you know what language this is?", I ask Sabine.
"No. Not any of them, there seems to be different languages written in here, just not any that I can identify", she said confused.
"Maybe there's something else in the box", said Sabine going back to the box, "Blueprints?"
"Let me see", I said, peering over her shoulder. They look awfully lot like the facility I was in a few minutes ago. Just in a larger scale.
I can even see the forest, maybe it was a vision!
"Do you have any idea what these are for?", asked Sabine.
Maybe.
"No, I'm kind of lost with this", I lied.
If no time passed here while I was in my vision, it won't make any sense to Sabine. I need to think this over first.
Maybe even talk to Kanan.
"Meeting in the comm room", said Hera through the inter comm.
"What do we do?", I ask Sabine in a bit of a panic.
"We hide the box in here for now. I doubt Hera will notice it's missing. Then we can try to figure out what it is", she answered.
She can't seriously still think this is worth it, can she? Yet, it's so intriguing.
"Now lets go before anyone gets suspicious"; said Sabine, hiding the box before leaving her room with me behind her.
We were the last ones to arrive, but not enough that it would cause any suspicion.
"Alright now that we are all here, Kanan can start our mission brief", said Hera, sitting down.
"We already got another mission?", asked Zeb.
"A last minute one, considering we're near the area of emergency. Imperial guards have been spotted patrolling through the small local town causing destruction. It's a patrol small enough for us to defeat them", said Kanan.
"But won't that just encourage them to come back with more firepower?", asked Zeb.
"We've thought about that. The Rebellion will take care of the citizens in a few weeks. We just have to delay the invasion", Kanan answered.
Everyone nodded at that. It was weird, we didn't usually do that, but I guess helping people in any way is still good and definitely necessary.
"So, do we attack directly, or will we go in the cover of night? We need a plan", said Sabine.
"We will land in a secluded area in the forest and investigate how big this troop really is. If they have a base, we will destroy it and capture them until the Rebellion can pick them up", explained Hera.
We were shown a small map of the area and something felt familiar about this. I can't help but feel like the force is trying to tell you something.
I looked at Kanan and he seemed to be looking at me back. At least his head turned in my direction and back quickly.
"We will be there soon so relax", said Hera, standing up presumably to pilot the ship.
I look at Sabine and stand up to leave. I sense Sabine is following me now, I guess it's back to her room.
We landed on the planet, what was it called again? I can't really remember and were headed to the small town.
This forest looked very similar to the one in my vision, too bad I haven't been able to talk to Kanan about it yet. Maybe I will get a chance today.
We get to the town and don't see any Imperials.
"Careful, we don't know where they might appear. We should go talk to some locals, they might be able to help us", said Kanan, starting to walk on the street casually.
We stared at him for a moment before joining him. I concentrate on the force, trying to find any current dangers, which were none existent. Something was just off. Karan must still be struggling with his sight, I sensed it back in the ship.
"Who are you?", asked someone from behind us.
We turn around to find a middle-aged woman with purple hair behind us holding a blaster aimed at us.
"It's alright ma'am, we're here to help with your Imp, situation", I explained calmly.
She looked at us, scanning each and every one of us.
"You seem trustworthy enough. More so than those stormtroopers. I'll let you circle around for now", she said walking away.
"Where are you going?", asked Zeb.
She didn't answer. Didn't even turn around. I guess we'll have to find out more about the Imperial presence here by someone, nicer.
We keep walking around when we hear a door open.
"What are you still doing out there? Come in before the patrol comes around", said a man.
A man is opening his door to let us into his home. If he wants to rush a bunch of strangers inside, the Empire must have left an impression on the people here.
We reluctantly go inside and the man closes the door behind us.
"What were you thinking? After what they did last time, we should behave as best we can. Don't want them ransacking the whole place", he said sitting down.
"I'm sorry we just landed, the troops are patrolling the streets?", asked Hera calmly.
"Yes, they're looking for something, someone. I thought they would leave it all behind when they left years ago, but it's happening again", he said.
"What's happening again?", asked Hera.
"I'd rather not go into details. Who are you? You don't look familiar", he said looking at each one of us.
"We're with the Rebellion", said Kanan, "We're going to help".
"The Rebellion, I'm not sure it's a good idea they get involved. Who knows what they'll do to them", he said.
What is he so afraid of?
"I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Kyll and I hope you can help, though, I don't think you'll be able to", Kyll said.
"Not with that attitude", whispered Sabine into my ear.
I brushed her off and said, "Don't worry, we've handled worse things than stormtroopers", I said.
"Thanks for everything Kyll, but I think we should be leaving", said Hera.
"I wouldn't suggest it at this hour. Security gets pretty tight and if they catch you without papers, you'll disappear", Kyll said.
"What do you mean, disappear?", asked Zeb.
This is starting to get creepy.
"A few years ago, this planet was dominated by Imperials. They were strict with their rules and any disobedience of them would get you arrested. The only thing is, that they never came back, not even when they left", he explained.
"Do you know if they have a base yet?", asked Kanan.
"They're using the old one", Kyll answered.
"Great, do you know where this base is? If it's old, their usual tools might be outdated", said Kanan.
"No. No one knows where their base is except for them and don't feel confident with your weapons. Only a light saber might stand a chance, and even then it might not be enough", he said desperately.
"How did you defeat them last time?", asked Zeb.
He looked at the floor, "We didn't, they left. Of course right after ransacking and checking the town about twenty times", Kyll said, "Anyways I'm going to go sleep, to much emotional baggage. I suggest you stay the night".
Kyll then went somewhere else in the house and left us alone.
"So what do we do?", I asked.
"We should stay here for the night", said Kanan, to our surprise.
"Are you sure Kanan? We don't know if Kyll's trustworthy and the ship isn't far away", said Hera.
"I sense no danger here. If we want to talk to as many people as we can to try and figure out where that base is we should start looking as early as possible", he explained.
I guess that makes sense, we wouldn't have to walk all the way from the ship to here.
"Well, is there anything else we have to do or discuss?" asked Sabine.
"Not really. We should listen to Kryll and it got late while we were talking to him. I don't think it's worth checking out the town right now", explained Kanan.
I'm reluctant to stay, this could be a trap. But Kanan does have a better connection to the force than I do, so if he thinks we should stay I trust him. He was right about Maul.
A/N: Thanks for reading, I hope you liked the chapter. Feel free to leave a review.
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