Stubborn Ezra
Chapter 8
Kanan was in his room trying to reach Ezra through the force but the kid had been blocking him out. Kanan was about to stop for the night and try to get some sleep when Ezra finally opened himself up to Kanan. He could tell that Ezra was tired, but he could also feel the kid's underlying curiosity towards something. 'Curiosity killed the loth cat.' Kanan thought, and Ezra's curiosity tended to get him into a lot of trouble. Kanan could sense Ezra's location, but he had gotten pretty far away. 'How'd you get so far?' Kanan thought through their bond. He did not receive an answer and could feel that Ezra had drifted into unconsciousness. Kanan sighed then stood up and stretched. He wanted now more than ever to go after his stubborn padawan. But knew he was more likely to get lost in the storm then make it to Ezra. He decided to try and get some sleep.
As Ezra slept, a single pair of glowing red eyes watched him.
The storm had finally died down as the Ghost crew awoke. "We need to head out while the storm is calm." Kanan stated as he packed some supplies they may need.
"Kay, but where are we going to start?" asked Zeb, "It's not like we can track 'im, he can be anywhere on this planet."
"I know where he is." Kanan stated as he grabbed the bag he had packed the night before and walked towards the loading bay of the Ghost.
"How?!" Zeb asked surprised.
"Through our bond," Kanan explained, "the kid finally decided to let me in."
"Well you better find him quickly, we don't know how long till the storm will start up again." Hera warned, "Me and Chopper will stay here and continue to work on the Ghost; there's not much we can do about the engine, but maybe can repair the communications."
"Don't worry we'll be home in time for dinner." Kanan replied, that got a small smile out of Hera. Kanan walked out of the Ghost and towards the forest Zeb and Sabine following.
Ezra woke up feeling worse than he did the night before, the sun shone weakly through the hole in the door he had made the night before. He used the wall he was leaning against to help him get to his feet. 'What is this place?' He thought. The sun's light did not reach very far into the compound, so he activated his lightsaber using it as a flashlight as he wandered farther into the compound his curiosity getting the better of him. While he walked around the compound he noticed offices, bedrooms, labs and even cafeterias. At the end of a long hallway was a door that was slightly ajar. Ezra peered through the slightly ajar door, and through the dim light that the high windows allowed in he noticed it was a hanger. He slowly slid to the ground with his back against the door; deciding to rest, having expended the little energy he had, and fell asleep. If he had been paying attention he would have realized the ships were Imperial, and that there was a pair of glowing red eyes.
After about 30 minutes of trudging through the forest, they stumbled onto a clearing with an old Imperial station of some sort. it was rusted, and plant life had grown around most of it showing that it had been abandoned for some time.
"At least the planet doesn't have any bucketheads left." Mumbled Zeb. They continued to walk closer to the building being cautious of any traps that the bucketheads could have left.
"Yeah but what could have run the Imperials off?" Sabine questioned.
Who said they were ran off maybe this planet just had nothing to offer." stated Zeb.
"Maybe…" Sabine mumbled as they came to the door.
"Looks like the kid went inside." Zeb said as he looked at the hole in the door. Kanan drew his lightsaber and made the whole bigger so they could fit through.
"Looks like he wandered farther into the compound," Kanan sighed he held up his lightsaber and looked around the main room. He reached for his and Ezra's bond and felt it leading him down one of the hallways. "This way he ordered." as he began walking down one of the hallways.
Ezra awoke with a start as he fell and hit the ground. "What..." he exclaimed startled, he stood up, and realize that the door that had been previously slightly ajar was now open which had caused him to fall over. He stepped through the door with his lightsaber drawn, so he could see better. Ezra wandered around the hanger and examined the ships most of them were in decent condition. He wandered around the front of another ship when something jumped out at him and knocked him to the ground; causing his lightsaber to fly from his hand and to deactivate he let out a startled scream as a creature growled at him.