The speeder trip took close to half an hour the undercover rebels sitting in tense silence. When they started to climb the gradual incline towards the tunnels exit the two teens gazed at each other with great relief. They arrived in a room almost identical to the one back in Lothal City. The room had a pair of double doors on the far wall which were swung open to reveal a cavernous hall next door. The two teens stepped out of the speeder, still hand in hand, and headed towards the door. They had nearly made it through when a burly man stepped in front of them.
He was colossal, his piercing green eyes glaring down at the two of them. He was bald, with brown stubble around his mouth. His arms and legs were muscular and he had a long vibro-blade on his back.
"Good evening Sir and to you Madam. If you do not mind me enquiring what brings you to our auction this evening, I do not recognise either of you from the buyers list." His voice was smooth like honey but Ezra could sense the violence behind it.
Ezra could feel Sabine preparing to spring into action so spoke quickly to diffuse the situation. "My acquaintance and I heard about this auction from a couple of friends of ours." Ezra thought quickly "The Batari's" Ezra recalled the names of the delegates from their emails. "Once they told us we simple had to rush over here, we were on Mandalor you see." This answer seemed to sooth the man mountain and he allowed them to pass. The two teen's walked through the doors and let out a sigh of relief. The large art hall, was full of dignitaries with varying amounts of security. They stood admiring chunks of wall with beautiful murals in spray paint. All hand one thing in common, the skull of a Mythosaur a mark of the Mandalorians. The two teens performed a quick circuit of the room looking for whatever Sabine's masterpiece was, Ezra was still uncertain of this as the young Mandalorian would still not share the information. Sabine's chest sunk "There's no sign of it. They must be keeping it in another room." It was at that moment the two rebels heard the loud braying laughter. Their heads whipped round to see an old Twi'lek standing nearby. He walked towards them stroking a Lekku, "You are looking for the newest piece, no? It is in the next hall, I'm afraid you and your girlfriend will have to wait."
"We're not date-" Ezra had begun to protest but the ex-senator had drifted off towards a nearby door. Sabine grabbed the young Jedi's hand and lead him to follow. They watched Orn Free Taa open the door and exit the room. The two rebels followed him, they were unable to pass through due to the nearby density of guards, all wearing the traditional black and gold. They stood next to the control panel of the door, Sabine leaning against the wall and Ezra stood in front of her. Sabine used one hand to start rewiring the door and kept an eye for detection over Ezra's shoulder. Two nearby guards were starting to show an interest in the pair. Sabine, noticing this, needed a way to avert their gazes from her busy hands. She grabbed Ezra by the collar and pulled him into a deep kiss.
Ezra's mind melted his hands instinctively reaching to cup Sabine's face. His eyes closed and he let himself forget, forget the trouble they were in, forget the heartbreak he'd faced, forget everything but the beautiful Sabine Wren. The two guards, noticing the young couple everted their gazes and walked away. Sabine pressed the final button on the door control's and it swished open. Despite the accomplishment of their task Sabine didn't pull away from the kiss, instead she wrapped her now free hand round the boys neck. The stayed there kissing for a good few minutes before they eventually broke apart. Sabine grinned at the boy, grabbed his hand and lead him through the door.
The next Hall was smaller than the previous with a large exit on one wall, it's blast door we currently sealed. In the rooms centre was a colossal Imperial AT-ST. It was covered in paint of varying colours but all typical of Sabine. In front of it stood Orn Free Taa mesmerised by the giant in front of him. As they walked towards him silently Sabine hiked up her dress to grab her blasters which were strapped to her lower leg. She then reached for a chain round her neck, and slowly pulled Ezra's lightsabre from round her neck and tossed it to him.
The young Mandalorian crept behind the Twi'lek and levelled both her weapons at the back of his head. The twi'lek whipped round at the sound of the guns being activated. He jumped back, slipped and landed at the foot of the walker.
"What are you doing!" The Twi'lek's voice was cracked and he looked terrified.
Sabine loomed over him guns levelled ready to fire "You stole from me, You took my work and sold it for money. You butchered what it stood for, just for a cheap profit." Sabine's voice was dark and quavering with emotion. "I'm going to kill you, you pitiful old man."
Ezra lunged forwards grabbing Sabine's arm "Sabine you can't do this, it's not who you are. You have to stop, please!"
At the last word Sabine seemed to come out of a trance she dropped her weapons and wrapped her arms around the young Jedi. Ezra could feel her shaking against him.
"Thank you so much, you saved my life, she was going to kill me." Sabine looked down at the simpering twi'lek.
"Shut up" Her foot collided with his face with an almighty crack. The Twi'lek slumped to the floor. Sabine looked at the disapproving teen next to her. "What? I didn't kill him."