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TROOPS: NEW YORK
A Spectre Returns
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
"Do I know you?" Ezra asked.
"We met on Tatooine once." Ezra thought for a moment and then it clicked.
"Master Kenobi. How did I end up here?"
"The Force sent you here like it did to me and Master Skywalker." Ezra cringed at the mention of Skywalker. This did not go unnoticed by Obi-Wan.
"Anakin is no longer under the influence of a Sith Lord. However, his grandson is and this one is a persistant one. Only fitting since he was Maul's master at one point. You are one of only two people in the galaxy to say no to him. The other is Anakin's son. Darth Sidious attacked Anakin's son and forgot the reason Anakin had joined him in the first place. Anakin threw Sidious down the Second Death Star's reactor care and saved his son redeeming himself in the process." Obi-Wan explained.
"How long will I be here?" Ezra asked.
"This room? I do not know. That is up to your doctor and then General Felth. On Earth? This is going to be your new home. You have a purpose here."
"General Felth?" Ezra asked confused.
"You've been out of touch for so long that events have transpired in which you have no knowledge of. The Empire you know no longer exists. If you see a man wearing a dress around here, know that he is a Corporal and it is somewhat normal. I'm sure General Felth will introduce himself to you eventually. I have to go make sure Anakin or Joshua haven't tried to put our Jedi Code through a paper shredder again and tell General Felth about you assuming Jabba the Hutt didn't match something in their system." Obi-Wan said and left. Ezra stared at the ceiling when another person entered the room. This one was a teenager with dark hair.
"Hi, I'm Josh. Josh Myers, my dad basically runs the military." He said.
"I'm Jabba." Ezra said prompting Josh to laugh.
"That's not your real name. One, you're not fat. Two, you're not a woman trying to squeeze her Staten Island Ferryboat sized foot into a shoe that's the size of a city cab and then throwing a fit when it doesn't fit. So, who are you really?"
"You got me. Ezra Bridger, Jedi of some sort." Josh smiled and Ezra could tell it was a friendly smile.
"Welcome to New York."
Tevin was chatting with Max about Max's failed interview with Ezra.
"He's not Jabba the Hutt." Max said as he followed Tevin from the office's small kitchen back to Tevin's office.
"What did our computer say when you put that in as an alias?"
"No matches found. So whoever he is, either he's got no record or someone thinks he's either dead or missing." They entered Tevin's office.
"Oh kriff." Tevin said. Sitting in his chair reading a file was Colonel Thompson of the US Army's Intelligence Division or the CIA depending on who you asked.
"Don't you knock when you enter a room?"
"Thompson, how did you get in here?"
"That's classified."
"Radar!" Tevin called.
"Yes, sir?" The Sergeant said as he appeared behind Max.
"Hey! I was just sitting by the main elevators. How did you get in here?"
"The freight elevator or the stairs." Max said sarcastically.
"I want to talk about the occupant of that escape pod, Felth. And don't play dumb. You're not as good at it as I am."
"Guy has no ID on him and the only name he gave us was Jabba the Hutt." Tevin said.
"You mean I worked over someone for nothing."
"You realize you would have just tanked a criminal case doing that if this was one."
"Thompson, this doesn't concern you, the CIA, or whoever it is you work for this week." Tevin stated clearly trying to keep calm.
"I want to talk to the prisoner." Thompson said.
"One, he's not a prisoner and two, you're not going near anyone in this building without my permission." Thompson pulled out a piece of paper.
"What is that?" Max asked.
"His permission." Thompson pointed at Tevin who snapped his fingers which summoned a pair of Death Troopers.
"This man is leaving the building and is not to be readmitted. Tell downstairs if they let him back in, they'll be court-martialed." The troopers grabbed Thompson and dragged him away. Tevin turned to Max.
"Something else?"
"Master Kenobi stopped by as I was leaving. Maybe our guest felt more comfortable talking with him."
"You want me to go get Master Kenobi." Radar said before Tevin was able to speak.
Josh was still chatting with Ezra when Obi-Wan and Tevin entered Ezra's room.
"Joshua, isn't there someplace else you can be?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Dad's at another First Order related meeting. This guy said he was a Hutt."
"We know. Go bother Commander Titus and take Klinger with you." Tevin told Josh who ran off. Both Ezra and Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow.
"Tell me he wasn't an Admiral once. By the way, Ezra Bridger. Josh was showing me pictures of what he said was a big-mouthed Hutt named Rosie." Ezra said.
"Tevin Felth. He was an Admiral until he let pirates make off with a very expensive Interdictor. That got him busted down to Captain until he said the same group of pirates hijacked his Star Destroyer. That got hm busted down to Commander and reassigned here where he's been a pain in my butt about my resident cross-dresser. I suspect he gave those ships to the First Order, but I have no proof of it. Was there some reason you gave Max a bogus name?"
"I saw Stormtroopers and assumed I was being taken prisoner. It's in my Imperial Security Bureau file as an alias."
"Well, you're not a prisoner. I just ask that you properly introduce yourself to Max. It's the CIA you have to worry about, but I had the nutjob they supposedly sent here thrown out of the building and gave orders that he is not allowed back in. As soon as the doctor clears you and a few other details are worked out, you'll be out of this room. Also, the ISB and any other agencies that relate to it no longer exist. So, your ISB file is probably destroyed." Tevin explained as Ezra smiled before remembering what he wanted to ask Tevin and Obi-Wan.
"Can I get something to eat and what's a First Order?"
"I'll see what the doctor says about the first one and the second one is a terrorist group that made off with our property and holds onto the ideas of the Old Empire."Tevin left Ezra alone with Obi-Wan.
"I will discuss your status within our order with Anakin and Michael when they return from the meeting they are at. It is possible that you will be Knighted." He said and left as a C1 Series Astromech rolled into the room and began making noise at Ezra.
"How could you possibly know me?" Ezra asked without even looking at the droid. The droid picked up a boot and threw it hitting Ezra in the head. This caused Ezra to jog his memory.
"Ow, Chopper!" Ezra shouted and finally looked at the droid who had picked up a boot.
"Chopper? How did you end up here?" Chopper let out a series of noises.
"Yeah this planet does look primitive." A doctor and a nurse walked into the room before Chopper could throw the other boot at Ezra.
"General Felth said you were hungry and that he wanted to get you out of this room as soon as possible. You look okay, some minor nutritional issues that we can address just by getting food in you. The medics said you had no broken bones and we found none on your x-rays." The nurse checked Ezra's vital signs.
"Vital signs are within range." She said before noticing Chopper.
"What was this droid about to do with that boot?"
"Hit me with it like he did the other one."
"Out." The nurse said to Chopper and began chasing him out of the room.
"I'm going to let General Felth know he can do what he wants with you as soon as I get you some food. You can eat a normal diet." The doctor said as he wrote down a bunch of notes and discharge instructions on Ezra's chart. Within the next few hours, Ezra was given the food that had been ordered for him and moved to Tevin's office. A pair of Stormtroopers appeared with a person wearing a huge hat trying to cover their face.
"General, we caught this person trying to steal one of the cars out of the garage."
"I'll take it from here." The Stormtroopers left and Tevin turned to the person.
"Ok Klinger, what gives?"
"How did you know it was me?" The Corporal said in surprise.
"The locals know better then to try and make off with one of our vehicles. On top of that, you need a keycard to even get in the garage from the street. Which means, it had to be an inside job."
"I need to get out of this city for a while."
"I'll see what I can do. Dismissed." Klinger left while a bewildered look appeared on Ezra's face.
"Freak." Came the sound of Commander Titus who barged into the office without knocking.
"General are you aware that there is a card game being played in one of the meeting rooms?"
"I was told and invited to it. But, I'm still working on getting Ezra settled in." Titus turned to Ezra and then pulled his gun.
"Killing you would be a service to my family."
"I see you want to get demoted again just like your ancestor." Ezra said.
"Forget a demotion. That gun goes off, I'm having him court-martialed for careless weapons discharge or attempted murder while the evidence that he's a traitor is gathered. You really think I buy the stories of pirates being able to seize two capital ships? My kids tell better stories then that." Tevin said. Titus raised his weapon and Ezra reached out with The Force pushing Titus over a file cabinet which caused the Commander to lose his weapon and out the door. At that moment, Chopper wheeled over and grabbed Titus' weapon off the floor followed by Josh, another teenager who Ezra had never seen before, a pair of women, Radar, Klinger, a much older officer, and a pair of Death Troopers.
"Place Ensign Titus under arrest." The older officer said to the troopers who grabbed Titus and dragged him away.
"He was warned. Show's over, back to work." Tevin said to everyone.
"It is a suitable charge to keep him in a brig while we prove he is a traitor." The older officer said.
"I know it is Admiral. Brains do not run in his family. Ezra here encountered an ancestor of his. By the way, Ezra Bridger meet Admiral Firmus Piett, my wife Kelly who is my second-in-command, Lieutenant Colonel Rex, and Landon McKnight. Colonel Rex is another member of the Jedi Order here and Landon is my daughter's shoe guy." Ezra nodded at all of them and despite being around members of The Empire finally felt at ease.