Y'all thought I was dead? Na, I'm back to fulfill my promise. What promise, you ask? Finishing the story of course. I have a lot of reasons I have been away from righting, but I'm back, and really look forward to finishing my first and only fanfiction (For now). Also I recommend reading my chapters slowly and carefully. Might miss something if ya don't ;)
Ezra was in a stance prepped for defense and dodge. Ready for anything, his senses were keen. Unknowing of what to do, he tried to deflate the situation.
He raised his arms up slightly, in a way to show he meant no harm. "I'm not looking for a fight. I am looking for my friends. M..My name is Ezra Bridger." The soldier's emotions did not change. The weapons were still pointed towards him. That was until a Togruta appeared from the temple as well, "Lower your weapons, he's a friend."
Some did so very instinctively, to the words of their leading commander. Others were slightly hesitant, but obeyed the order.
"Bridger, you just missed your friends." Ahsoka said walking towards him.
Ezra looked upon her with a confused stare.
"My name is Ahsoka Tano. I am the leader of this Rebel cell."
"So they were here. I need to get back to them. Can you tell me where they went?" Ezra said quickly.
"In due time, but for now come with me. We have some things to discuss." Ahsoka said, motioning him to follow her and the soldiers into the Temple.
"Chop, stay out here with the ship."
Chopper gave a few unenthusiastic beeps and returned to the Phantom.
Ezra walked inside behind Ahsoka, in awe of the massive size of the building. Ships, Weapons, hundreds upon hundreds of soldiers.
"You're friends have been here for a few months. I had recruited them to this place very shortly after you had departed." She explained.
"How did you find them?"
"I had been in communication with them for a few months. You might have known me as Fulcrum at the time."
"Oh yea, I heard Hera and Kanan talk about you here and there."
"We decided since your group had caused, 'trouble' for the Empire, we could definitely use your help in this fight." She continued. They were making way to the Barracks. She led him to an empty room.
"It's getting late, get cleaned up and I shall brief you more in the morning. I'll have people bring you some clothes."
"But I need to get to my friends as soon as possible." He reiterated.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine. You should get some much needed rest." She told him, leaving him to his privacy. She turned back around just before walking out completely.
He looked around his room. Nothing unbelievable. Small washroom accompanied by another room with just enough to hold a bed and little walk space. It was almost too dull for his liking.
"Don't know how Sabine put up with this." Giving a small smirk.
He then undressed while walking towards the shower.
In the Ghost:
"Alright we are about to drop out of hyperspace." Hera announced over coms.
Sabine and Zeb made their way to the cockpit. What they saw, were ships of massive size. Obviously Rebellion. The fleet was flourishing with smaller fighters and the occasional frigate passing by.
"Wow, Ahsoka wasn't kidding when she said this was a big fleet." Hera said, examining the ships.
They then received a message from the transport they arrived with. They told the Ghost crew to follow them into the command ships' hanger. It was obviously the largest of the ships.
They entered the hanger filled with fighter and gunships alike. They exited the ghost, met by crew members and staff of the ship. They were asked to be seen at the Bridge.
As they walked inside the innards of the goliath ship, they conversed.
"Why ya think the Admiral wanted us?" Zeb asked the two women.
"Who knows? Maybe we'll get a mission." Sabine told him.
"Well whatever happens, we will help this Rebellion anyway we can." Hera reminded them.
"Alright, the Admiral is waiting for you. You may enter." The soldier and his counterpart waited behind them at the door.
Hera looked at both of them, then went first into the door.
The Bridge was filled with a white glow, and they spotted one Mon Calamarian speaking very in tune with another Mon Calamari and Black haired man. They assumed that that the one speaking, had to be the Admiral, due to his excessive amount of patches. He made eye contact with the Ghost crew. He gave what looked like his first smile in weeks.
"You must be Hera Syndulla, and this must be the rest of your group." The Admiral exclaimed.
"Yes, and this is Zeb Orrelious and-"
"I'm Sabine" She butted in.
"What an honor and relief it is to finally meet you." He slightly bowed.
"I am Admiral Ackbar. Leading Commander of this Rebellion."
The Mon Calamari behind him made his way off, while the other man still followed.
"This is my Naval Commander, Jun Sato." Ackbar told them.
"I'm excited to finally have you on this ship and truly part of this rebellion." Sato told them.
"Pleasure to meet you both." Hera said.
Ackbar examined the group one more time.
"Excuse me, but… If I recall correctly, Ahsoka used to speak of a Jedi. A boy to be exact. Is he not with you?"
They looked at each other, the Hera looked back at the Admiral. "He's not with us at the moment. He's uhh…" Hera paused trying to think of what to say.
"Jedi business." Sabine followed, smirking, then she added; "We uh, don't really know when he'll be back." Her head sulked.
Zeb saw her, "Aye but we shouldn't worry. Like we said, he's a Jedi. 'S gonna take more than a few Stormtroopers to take him down. He'll be back soon." Zeb said.
"Agreed. We do have more to worry about than our missing friend." Ackbar continued.
He took a deep breath. "Well, the real reason I wanted you up here as soon as possible was for this question."
They were paying close attention to him.
"How soon will all of you be ready for a mission?"
Sabine, Hera, and Zeb smiled at each other before Hera gave a response, "As soon as we're needed Admiral."
Yavin 4 Base:
Ezra exited the shower. His first in months. He walked over to the foggy mirror. He examined his now ragged face. Looking down onto the small counter, he saw the basic utensils a person would need. He took one of the razors in his hand. He looked in the mirror. Over 18 years old and he was about to shave for the first time.
"Well, here goes nothing." He said to himself before he shaved himself for the first time ever.
15 minutes later:
Ezra had finally finished. The pain was over for him. Exiting the washroom, he found a new pair of clothes on the bed. A dark green long sleeve button-up top that fit pretty tight, along with Brown jumpsuit like pants that came with a holster and belt, already carrying a small blaster and capable of carrying even more equipment.
Once he was finished putting on his new apparel, the door opened. At first he didn't see anyone, until he looked lower to see Chopper.
Chopper looked up at the different looking Ezra for a few seconds, until the droid burst out in his version of laughing after seeing his cut filled face from the shaving a few moments earlier.
"Oh can it rust bucket." Ezra said down on the bed.
"Hey, didn't I tell you to stay on the Phantom?" He gave Chopper a stern look. Chopper responded in beeps that explained how Ahsoka told him to just stay in the same room as Ezra. Ezra rolled his eyes, fell bacl on the bed then he turned on his side, He fell asleep almost immediately without even getting under the covers. Chopper then took it upon himself to close the door back and put himself in rest mode, waiting for morning.
Early next morning:
The morning felt blissful when he started to wake. Along with his shower, a good night's sleep was also something that avoided him while he was on Dagobah. He awoke to the cold, due to him falling asleep bare, in only his clothes. He turned over to face the room. He saw Chopper and the light on his front that flickered every 15 seconds, making it known he was in rest mode. Ezra knew it was 15 seconds because he had counted it at least 10 times just lying there not wanting to get up. That was until his door slid open.
Ezra immediately popped up, seeing his new friend Ahsoka in the doorway.
"Well, if I were you, I'd be getting prepared to leave." She said, smiling. He grinned back, looked down at his feet, "Hey, before we leave, could I ask something of you?" he said, looking back up.
"Well, I need some things." He said getting up, reaching for his pocket, and pulling out a piece of paper. It was the schematics for a lightsaber.
She looked at his waste, examining it. She had just then realized he didn't have one. She looked back at him with a slight frown.
"You can check the armory for those pieces. In the weapons depot mainly. While you do that, I'll get the ship ready for our departure." She said heading for the exit.
He gave her a strange look, "'Our' departure?"
She looked back, "I felt like I should probably tag along." She said, finally leaving the room. He then tried his best to find the Armory. It took him a couple minutes, but he felt like he was finally learning his way around this place.
He pulled out the paper, the small, blow-glowing Kyber crystal, and bean his work on a nearby workbench.
Many minutes later:
He examined his finished work. It was a very basic style (It looks like the one Ezra has now in the TV show, except this one has a blue blade). He remembered the first time he made a lightsaber. It was with Kanan. He hadn't thought about Kanan in so long. It bothered him in a way.
He truly didn't want to forget him, but he sort of did at the same time. The pain that filled him remembering that day, and the sadness. It haunted him.
He finally brought himself to the present.
"Alright, enough of that." He said to himself under his breath. He tried to retrace his steps back to the hanger, where the Phantom supposedly was.
Chopper was waiting for him at the door entering the hanger. He immediately spotted the Phantom. Ahsoka was talking to some rebel soldier, before Ezra walked up, ready to leave.
The soldier made his way off, "You ready?" Ahsoka asked.
"As I'll ever be." He said following her into the Phantom, Chopper followed behind him. He took the main pilot seat, as she took co-pilot. They took off into orbit. Ahsoka gave Chopper the coordinates, and Ezra pressed a few buttons, launching them into Hyperspace.
In the Inquisitor's Star Destroyer:
The Inquisitor was in a training simulation. The temperature was turned up and the Bots were at full strength. His body was straining, but it had gone through worse. To make is slightly easier he had removed most of his upper body armor.
The door opened, pausing the simulation. He grew enraged, "This better be something worth my time." He looked toward the door, seeing an imperial officer with Mara standing behind him.
"We have some very important news sir." The officer insisted.
"It better be." He almost gritted his teeth together.
"Oh calm down, It's not like you actually were improving anything in here." Mara said, giving him her smart comment.
The Inquisitor eyed her down, before looking back at the Officer. "What is it?"
"Uh, the Rebels, originally from Lothal…the ones you were…tasked with hunting down. We think we have captured them. They match all previous sighting descriptions.
"You have the boy?" The Inquisitor perked up, intrigued.
"Well…sir. That is where you come in. He isn't with them. They were captured along with a small group of other rebels. Most likely ordered on a scouting mission."
The Inquisitor thought to himself until the officer finished, "We thought you could interrogate them, to try and find out the location of your true target."
He thought, this was his first lead in months on the Jedi. This could, and most likely would be, his only lead he could get.
"Very well. Prepare a shuttle for their location." He ordered, walking away to his quarters before his soon departure.
With most of the crew being captured on their first mission for the Rebellion, how will they fare? How will Ezra react when he finds out? What's going to happen to them? Just read the next chapter when it comes out to find out. And I really need to explain this now. I hadn't really been writing because I truly didn't know where I was going with this. I debated over it for months, but now I think I have the whole Arc planned out pretty well. Anyway, like I said before, I'm extremely open for suggestions for later chapters and even just conversations in PM's. I really like connecting with my readers and I want to know what y'all think. I'm out for now, 'May the force be with you.'
