Chapter 8
5 hours left
One key remaining
The whole crew just stared in astonishment. No one could speak. No one could think. How, what, when, Where the only things that could come to mind.
"o-ok" Hera was the first one to form a sentence. "looks like we were wrong, Ezra did open chopper first." Her knuckles were beginning to turn pail, she was grasping the key so hard.
"Well come on!" said Zeb getting up, "we've only got, what? Five hours before sundown, let's get moving!"
"Hold up!" yelled Hera. "No one's going anywhere until we put Chopper back together!"
"But Hera" Zeb argued, "why do all of us need to stay here, why can't some of us stay and put the rust bucket back together and the rest go find the key!"
"Because," said Sabine stepping in, "Ezra's hidden these keys in very hard-to-get-at places, heck, I passed out trying to get the first key, something tells me we are going to need all the man power we can get to find the last one!"
"But we don't even know if we're finding the keys in order! For all we know the worst is behind us."
"Zeb!" Sabine said growing more frustrated, "all thoughs keys that he hid in the clever little spots, that was him going easy! To find the last key and open that box, were going to need all hands on deck, and yes that involves all of us together, and Chopper in one piece! Got it!?"
"ok fine! But it's going to take at least an hour to put rust bucket back in one piece, we need all the time we can get!"
"THAT'S IT" Hera finally said, "Zeb, you want as much time as possible, stop wasting so much time arguing and grab a screw driver! Or do you want me to use your full name again?!" Zeb, sighing in defeat, made his way over to the tool box and began working agents the clock to put Chopper back in one piece.
"There!" said Sabine "only took half an hour! How ya feeling Chop?" All he did was zap Zeb and Kanan five or six times.
"OW! Alright, alright! I'm sorry ok!" the boys screamed after the ninth of so time they were electrocuted.
"Chop, I think they learned their lessons already!" Hera said with a slight laugh, "now, dose any one have any thoughts on were the last key is? Keeping in mind that were a little time sensitive right now."
"Six" Sabine mumbled to herself, "why six"
"What did you say?" Asked Kanan
"Huh, oh nothing, sorry"
"Sabine," he said rolling his eyes, "if you have even the slightest idea, just say it. Zeb just suggested that the key could be in a sock drawer, there are clearly no dumb ideas."
"Hey!" said Zeb intervening.
"well" Sabine began, "why six? I figured all the locks were put on the box awhile ago, but then I remembered that when Ezra first joined the Ghost, on one of our runs, he also got a lock when we were in town, didn't read much into it at the time."
"what's so special about the number six?" asked Zeb.
"His spectour!" exclaimed Hera, "Spectour six!"
" So the six means something?" asked Zeb
"Exactly" said Kanan, "the question is, does it mean something from his old life of something from his new one."
"New, it has to be from is new one!" Sabine yelled, as if it were obvious, "spectour six! New life!"
"I don't know, what would something from his 'new' life even be?" Said Kanan in a uneven voice.
"His com!" said Hera, "spectour six, we only use our spectours with our com's, maybe he used a secret compartment again?!"
"I don't know" said Kanan, thinking they were going it the wrong direction, "he hasn't used the same hiding style more than once."
"Until now!" said Sabine getting the whole crew on her side.
'uh-oh' thought Kanan, they had less than five hours left, and Kanan feared that they were about to waste all their time looking in the wrong place.