"Sir, please wake up." Those words, combined with the stormtrooper speaking them shaking him, were what rose Thrawn form unconsciousness. As he opened his eyes, he immediately noted the mostly destroyed bridge of his Star Destroyer, before his gaze was drawn to the giant black birds circling around the comand tower outside.
"Trooper, what is the ship's and crews' status?" The Chiss inquired as he continued to observe the wildlife of whatever planet the Purgils crashed them on.

"The engineers had to remotely shut down the main reactor to prevent it from going critical." The stormtrooper began to inform him, reading all this all this information from a datapad that had been prepared before coming to check on his superior officer. "The hangars have been heavily damaged, the Purgil damaged our hypercom systems and the local wildlife has entered the lower levels and begun to destroy whatever and whomever they come across."

As he finished, the Stormtrooper held the datapad out for the Grand Admiral to take. Taking his eyes of the rather fascinating wildlife with its bone covered head and clawed wings, Thrawn took a look at the datapad, playing footage of the Destroyer's security cameras showing black furred, anooba like creatures with white and red bone plates covering their skulls, similar to those of the birds outside.

The video prepared for the Admiral was not from one single camera, but all clips featured the same behaviour of the beasts tearing first into anyone they found in the corridors, tearing through a trooper's body glove with their claws and crushing armor between their jaws. But once their 'prey' was dead, instead of eating them like he assumed they would, they moved on, ripping and tearing apart every piece of tech they came across. When they encountered troopers that were conscious, the imperial troops were horribly outmatched, the beasts taking the few hits the Stormtrooper managed before closing in and tearing them to pieces. The few times his troops managed to take down a beast, it began to degrade rapidly, exuding a black smoke of some Kind.

"These creatures are a most curious breed, have you locked the blast doors to keep them from reaching our position?"
"Yes sir, although this meant leaving most of the surviving crew to the beasts' mercy." The trooper replied, saluting as Thrawn stood up beside him.
"And what about the young Ezra Bridger?" Thrawn inquired as he turned to leave the empty bridge, the trooper following right behind him.

"We have him cuffed and under guard in a small storage room, as the detention levels are cut off now."
"Please lead me to him." Thrawn said has he read through the other information that had been prepared for him.
"Right away sir." The Trooper replied as he moved ahead of Thrawn and began to lead the Chiss through various corridors.

"How much personel are we left with after the crash and these beasts?" The Grand Admiral inquired, as such information was not to be found on the Datapad.
"So far we have three squads of troopers and a couple engineers that were off duty and managed to avoid serious injury in the crash, there are more survivors that have yet to regain consciousness."
"That seems fewer than I would expect." Thrawn replied as the trooper stopped before a door flanked by a pair of troopers

"Sir this is where we are keeping the Rebel prisoner." The trooper informed Thrawn in an attempt to avoid the officer's question.
"Very well" Thrawn replied before turning to the Stormtroopers guarding the door. "Troopers, let me speak to the prisoner."

Saluting their Grand Admiral, one of the troopers activated the door controls, revealing an empty room, except for the young human boy sitting in the middle of it, hands tied behind his back.
"Hello Ezra Bridger, I must applaud you for the plan that lead us to this situation, using Purgil like this was certainly a move not even I could have predicted." Thrawn began as he stood before the sitting Padawan.
"Thank you." Ezra replied somewhat sarcastically.
"However we are now stuck in a Situation that seems less than ideal for all of us." The Chiss continued as he held out the datapad so the rebel could watch the footage of the beasts terrorizing most levels of the Chimaera, causing him to lean back slightly in shock.
"What are those things?" The boy asked in shock as he watched one of the black furred creatures tear apart stormtroopers.
"I do not know yet, but as we are stranded on this planet for the foreseeable future, presumably until we manage to repair the damages caused by the purgil and the crash, I propose a truce." Thrawn told the young boy as he leaned down to be closer to the sitting humans eye level. "Until the time we manage to either unearth a shuttle from the damaged hangars or contact anyone else in the galaxy, we will have much better chance to stand up against these monsters if we bundle our resources."
"So what's in it for me?" Ezra responded sharply. "once you find a way off this planet, I will just be your prisoner again, or be stuck here on my own with those things."
"If you agree to help us survive against these beasts with your mystical skills, I will personally see to it that you are let go on the first spaceport we reach after leaving this planet." Thrawn offered the young Padawan as he put the datapad away.
"And what guarantee do I have beyond your word?" Ezra asked, going over the offer in his head to try and find the catch.
"None, but what do you have to lose?" Thrawn said as he turned to leave the room.
"Alright alright, I will help your bucket heads just this once." Ezra responded with a frown on his face.
"Good choice boy." Thrawn said as he called for his Stormtroopers. "Trooper, release our ally from his bindings and then escort us both to my quarters."

"Right away sir." The soldiers replied before one of them stepped inside the small room and took of the Padawan's handcuffs.
Standing up, Ezra rubbed his wrists as he followed after Thrawn and his troopers.
"Why are we headed for your quarters?" The boy asked carefully.
"If you are to assist us fight these creatures, you will need your weapon." Thrawn simply states as he follows his troopers, glad that the young Jedi had agreed to his proposal. Now either Ezra Bridger would make it easier to hold these beasts back if they managed to get past the blast doors, or would die trying, either option would advance the cause of the Empire.
A few moments later, they arrived at their destination and the troopers took position on either side of the door before Thrawn gestured for Ezra to follow after him. Once inside the Grand Admiral picked up a cylindrical object from the floor, where it had most likely fallen during the crash.

"According to what I have read, many Jedi regarded this weapon as their life. While I did hope to study its construction, I feel it is more prudent to hand it back, now that you have agreed to assist my men." Thrawn said as he presented the lightsaber to its owner.
Without comment, Ezra takes it and clips it to his belt. "So what should I do now Grand Admiral"
"I will get a better look at the facilities we have to work with for now, you are welcome to join me Padawan." Thrawn stated before he stepped outside and walked off.


So second part of the prologue, this time form the rebels cast PoV. I do hope I manahed to get Ezra rightish at least.
I do hope all of you enjoyed this, and thanks for all of thsoe who already favored and followed.