Yes, I'm back. And I wanna say THANKS so much. I got SO MUCH positive feedback last chapter. According to almost every review, it was my best chapter so far. Also, I'm gonna attempt to get at least 2,000 words a chapter. This is also gonna mean that updates might take longer. That seams best though, longer chapters but slower update times. Anyway, y'all ready for chapter 5, CAUSE I AM!
The light almost blinded Kanan. After his eyes adjusted to the suns, he looked behind him into the ghost, to find the rest of the crew. He saw Zeb slowly getting up, and Sabine was still unstrapping herself from her seat. Kanan looked around once more, and saw Ezra still strapped in.
He quickly ran to him, trying to get him out of the seat. After he undid the first strap, Kanan saw his eyes flicker open, and he let out a small grunt. Just then, Sabine ran up beside Kanan, trying to help with the clutter of safety straps.
Ezra slowly gained consciousness, and with that came pain.
"I'm going to find Hera!" said Kanan as they freed Ezra.
Once out, Sabine helped him to his feet. Ezra's hands were still shaking from the electricity that had just run through his body. His arms and legs still felt a little numb. Sabine quickly put his arm over her shoulder and she let some of his weight fall on her.
Zeb walked over to Chopper, who lay on the ground face down. Zeb helped him up and slowly examined him to see the damage. Chopper, then started making muzzled beeps and squeaks trying to show how he was still functioning, to an extent.
Just then, Hera and Kanan ran through the door. They all stopped and looked at each other before Kanan broke the silence.
"Well, we have to find help. Two of our thruster engines are done and we no doubt have structural damage." He said as he looked out into the wasteland of sand.
"Ugghh… this is gonna suck for me, isn't it." Zeb grumbled.
"Yea, 'till it hits dark. Lothal had some open plains almost like this. The temperature drops dramatically at night." Ezra piped up
Kanan let out a small smile and said, "Alright, I'll get some supplies and we'll head out. It'll only take a few minutes." He said as he started opening closets and small cabinets containing some Water, food rations, and bags of what looked like a cloth of some sort.
"I'll help." Hera said
Zeb followed too. He helped carry the bag while Kanan and Hera split the water and food.
Kanan then noticed Ezra's backpack. His lightsaber was barely hanging out. Kanan grabbed it instantly and slid it down into his pocket on his thigh. He pushed it as far as it would go so only the tip of the hilt was showing, so Kanan didn't worry
Then Sabine grabbed her helmet, which was laying on the ground beside her, with Ezra's arm still around her.
"We can only carry enough for barely one day's worth of supplies, so we'll have to find a port quickly." Kanan said
"Will we find what were looking for?" Sabine asked
"Don't worry, if Tatooine is anything like I've heard, you can find anything." Kanan finished as he made his way out of the ship and onto the burning sand.
The sand was burning hot. They could all feel it through their boots, all except Zeb, whose feet seemed on fire. They could see the rays of the suns reflecting off the sand.
"Well, here we go." Kanan said as they began to walk.
Hours later:
They had finally made it to some sort of Canyon. The walls of the canyon were all rock and steep. It looked to be a few hundred feet high from where they were standing.
Night was getting closer. This meant darkness, and darkness meant cold. Right now, the temperature felt good, but that wasn't made to last.
Kanan spotted a cave that looked like a great place to stop.
They all unloaded their supplies and set it up. Hera used some of what they had to make a fire. Darkness surrounded them. It was quiet all around, not even a breeze's whistle to be heard.
Hera was using a utensil to keep the fire from burning out; Kanan and Zeb had already laid down next to the fire, trying to fall asleep. Chopper sat out next to the entrance to the cave on lookout, Ezra just sat holding his knees to his chest and staring into the fire from the wall of the cave, and Sabine was a few feet away turned over on her side, asleep. Ezra's eyes slowly closed and he fell into a sleep, like everyone else.
Later:
Ezra woke up. It was still slightly dark outside. He stared around noticing no one was inside the cave. He heard voices outside, then blaster-fire. He quickly got up and ran outside, carrying his back-pack in one hand. Once he was outside, he saw Kanan and the Inquisitor brawling. Their sabers clashed and cracked as they hit each-other. Ezra looked around seeing Hera, Sabine, and Zeb fighting off stormtroopers. As his friends took-down most of the troopers, he noticed Kanan quickly being overpowered by the Inquisitor. Ezra saw Hera run, trying to get to Kanan and aid him. Ezra saw a laser bullet strike her in the calf from the troopers blaster-fire. As he looked to where the bullet did come from, he saw even more stormtroopers than before just coming.
Ezra stood in disbelief, it was like he was in a trance. He couldn't move. Then, he noticed The Inquisitor take out Kanan's feet. Kanan landed on his back with a loud THUD, and then The Inquisitor swung his sword once more. This swing of the blade managed to miss Kanan's saber blade by mere inches, and it sliced Kanan's wrist, separating his hand from his arm. Ezra heard Kanan's scream as the Jedi had just then, given up. The Inquisitor started to bring down his sword. A bullet then flew past The Inquisitor's face, and he turned to its shooter. Sabine was rushing The Inquisitor, firing both of her blasters in near unison. He then raised his hand and aimed at her. She then started slowly floating into the air. Ezra, could hear her gasps for air as he was obviously crushing her wind-pipes. Just then he noticed Zeb being gunned down, and then being forced to his knees by the troopers with his hand being cuffed at the same time.
Ezra felt a burning sensation in his chest. His head started to ache, like it was about to burst. He fell to his knees and he grabbed his hair as he wished for this pain to cease. The pain then ended as quickly as it had started. Ezra slowly stood up and reached into his back-pack. Out, came his lightsaber.
Ezra then felt hatred in his heart. Hatred not just towards The Inquisitor, but for every Imperial he ever had met, seen, or heard of. His eyes turned from a Bright Blue to a Glistening gold.
The Inquisitor stopped choking Sabine, and let her fall to the ground. He saw the boy and smiled.
Ezra pressed a small button on his hilt, and a green blade appeared. Ezra slowly made his way to The Inquisitor.
The Inquisitor walked forward a couple steps and then set his feet into a defensive stance.
"Ready to meet the end?" The inquisitor asked with an evil smirk.
Ezra paid no attention to what he said. He kept walking with his lightsaber at his side. Ezra held the saber at the end of the hilt, allowing the lightsaber to skim across the ground, making the sound of scorching sand.
The Inquisitor then quickly jumped at Ezra, which was easily blocked by the young boy. Ezra then attacked from the left and caught The Inquisitor off guard. This caused him to stumble backwards a couple feet.
The Inquisitor then ignited the other half of his double-bladed saber knowing he was, for the first time, evenly matched. Ezra saw this and looked to his side and he saw his master. Seeing Kanan's somewhat life-less body enraged him even more. Ezra the aimed his hand at the object lying next to Kanan, his blue lightsaber.
Ezra held both of the lightsaber's in front of him, with his armed crossed. And this time, Ezra attacked.
The Inquisitor was truly dumbfounded by the Boy's saber skill. The Inquisitor the lunged forward, trying to stab Ezra. Ezra, of course, dodged it and brought down one of his lightsabers at The Inquisitor. This cut The Inquisitor's arm off from the elbow.
Ezra spun around and placed both of the lightsabers at The Inquisitors throat.
The Inquisitor, smiled and laughed, instead of the suspected beg.
Ezra confused, shouted "Why are you happy?!"
"Because either way, I win. You can kill me, but you can't kill every last Imperial in the universe."
Ezra turned his head and saw the battalion of stormtroopers behind him, then looked back at The Inquisitor.
"Your friends will die. Every last one." He said to Ezra
"No." Ezra said back.
"Your master will be killed here. Jedi aren't prisoners. That Lasat could be useful, he will become a slave to the Empire." He continued
"NO." Ezra said with a heightened tone of voice.
"That Twi'lek will most likely die of her injuries, and that mandalorian girl..well I don't know about her. She will most likely be tried for crimes against The Empire, then she'll die imprisoned somewhere in the Empire.
"How about I kill you instead?!" Ezra said as his eyes started to tear up.
"Yes, strike me down. Take my place in The Empire and save your friends. Let the hatred consume you, let it fuel you to strike me down!" The Inquisitor tempted
Ezra looked down and dropped Kanan's lightsaber out of his hand, then he picked up The Inquisitor's red saber and held it beside his own at The Inquisitors throat.
Just as he was about to separate The Inquisitors head from his body, he felt a cool sense come over him. Everything slowed down. Ezra closed his eyes as he listened to a voice.
"Kill him, you must not. Leads to the dark side it does."
"Who.. why are…?"" Ezra asked in much confusion.
Ezra opened his eyes and all he saw was a small light in the darkness around him. The circle of light seemed so far way.
"Know me in time you will. Resist the Dark side you must, destroy you it will."
"But….I Don't…" Ezra still didn't know what to say.
"Darkside, nice it seems. Hmmm?"
"Unlimited power it offers, but death the price is for that power. Corrupts, the dark side does." The voice continued
Ezra heard and understood every word, but he couldn't look away from the light.
"What…what is the light?" Ezra asked as he looked around in the darkness.
"Mmmm, good question, for yourself you must find out.
"Understand later you will." Then Ezra slowly lost sight of the light
Ezra jumped and leaned up from the cold floor of the cave. He saw the fire dimly burning, about to go out. He was slightly sweating and was breathing very hard.
"Ezra?" said a whisper
Ezra jumped at the voice. He looked to his left to see Sabine, sitting on the ground, looking at him.
"I had a.."
"A bad dream?" She asked
Ezra looked into space and thought about what had just happened. What kind of dream did he have?
"Yea, you could say that." Ezra said nervously.
"What about you? Or could you just not sleep?
"I don't know. Kind of both I guess.
Just then, wind gushed through the small cave, almost blowing the fire out. This also caused a chill to run through Ezra's body, who's clothes were still torn in places from the battle on the station.
Sabine noticed and acted quickly. She got up and walked a few feet towards Ezra, then sat down right beside him. She kept scooting towards him after she had already sat down.
"Here" She said in a soft voice as she put her arm around him as she put her arms around him and rested her head on his chest.
Ezra seemed surprised at first but quickly got over it and put right arm around her and his left over hers'.
Every few moments, Sabine would try and get closer to him. She had scooted so close, that her head was about to press against his chin.
As the fire finally started going out, they were both almost asleep and both were calm and happy.
Lastly, the fire finally went out and darkness filled the cave. Just as Ezra was about to fall asleep, he felt Sabine move up closer to him in a quick motion, and he felt her lips meet his. This lasted for a couple seconds, until they both fell asleep, in each other's arms.
Not to toot my own horn, but I loved writing this chapter because I think this tops the last chapter for the best one so far. And I loved writing the dream, that was awesome. And by the way, I wrote the first 600 something words SUPER tired a couple nights ago so… sorry if it kinda sucked at the beginning. Tell me what ya'll think about that chapter and
'May the force be with you'.
