Danny P.O.V.
The Sith lord slowly walked toward us, the red light of his lightsaber reflecting off of his helmet. I could so much anger and hate coming from him.
"Kanan look out!" Hera yelled in fear as the Sith attacked him. he managed to block the attack.
"Ezra, get out of here, he's more than you can handle." I ordered the younger Jedi. He looked at me with protesting eyes, but I glared at him, my eyes glowing an intimidating green, leaving no room for argument. He sighed and deactivated his lightsaber, running towards the shuttle. The Stormtroopers started firing at the rest of the crew, but they fired back, Ezra deflecting their bullets.
I lunged at the Sith, swinging at him with both of my lightsabers, but he blocked my attack. I pulled back, leaving an opening for Kanan to attack. He tried to stab at the Sith, but said Sith caught him by the wrist, and tossed him aside like a ragdoll. I growled at the Sith and charged him, but he force pushed me into a walker's leg. He used the Force to push one of my lightsabers to my throat.
"Your Master has deceived you into believing you can become a Jedi." He spoke for the first time, his voice echoing inside his helmet.
"He's not my Master, and I'm not trying to become a Jedi." I hissed back and broke free from his grip. He was taken by surprise, but quickly recovered and managed to block my strike.
"Kanan, go! I got this." I said to Kanan when I saw him stand up. He was about to protest, but when he saw me holding my own against the Sith, he did as I said.
The Sith and I exchanged multiple blows.
"Your technique is familiar. Who is your Master, if not the Jedi?" The Sith asked. He seemed curious, as if the battle he and I were in wasn't serious in any way.
"These lips are sealed." I hissed at him and retook my battle stance.
"The Force is strong with you, Boy." He said as he took his own battle stance.
"Join me on the Dark Side, become my Apprentice, and you will be given power beyond your imagination." He tried to tempt me. I smirked at him under my helmet; something tells me he could sense it.
"I've said these following words before, to another person who wanted me as an apprentice; you are one seriously crazed up Fruitloop." I deadpanned as I lunged at him. He blocked my attack again.
"Pity, you would make a fine Sith." He said as he force pushed me back. I noticed 2 of Sabine's explosives plant themselves on the walker next to the Sith. The explosives detonated, and I took the opportunity to force push the Sith into the area the walker was falling. Said walker landed right on top of him. I clipped my lightsabers onto my belt and headed for the shuttle, only to stop when I heard the sound of metal being moved.
I turned and saw the Sith, on one knee, holding the walker up with the Force.
"If that doesn't kill him, what will?" Ezra asked with wide eyes.
"Not us, let's go!" Kanan exclaimed as the Sith dropped the walker. As we ran towards the shuttle, Sabine shot at the Sith, only for him to deflect the 2 blasts back at her with his lightsaber, hitting her chest and head. Luckily, her armor protected her from any lethal injuries. Kanan, Ezra and I jumped into the shuttle, which was already taking off, and the ramp closed as the shuttle sped off. I could sense the Sith lord's gaze on our shuttle, even as we left the Complex.
I was sitting next to Sabine in the shuttle, both of us being treated by Hera. I may or may not have been slashed by the Sith on my shoulder.
"You 2 OK?" She asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I'll live." Sabine answered, removing her helmet.
"So will I." I responded, taking my own helmet off.
"Kanan, what was that?! A-another Inquisitor?" Ezra asked with a raised voice.
"No; something far worse." Kanan muttered, fear dripping out of his voice.
"What? What could possibly be worse?" Ezra asked with eyes wide in fear and shock.
"A Sith Lord." I spoke up. Ezra looked at me, and then back to Kanan, who nodded.
"The ancient enemy of the Jedi." Kanan elaborated.
"H-how do we f-fight him?" Ezra stuttered, clearly afraid of the Sith.
"Fight him? Ezra, we were lucky to survive! If Danny wasn't here, who knows what would've happened to us!" Kanan exclaimed to his Padawan. I couldn't help feeling a small amount of pride at being able to fight a Sith so well, but I knew that I wouldn't have lasted much longer; that Sith was definitely more powerful than I am at the moment.
"That settles it. I'm going to make for orbit so we can jump out of here." Hera said as she got up and headed towards the cockpit.
"Bad idea, Hera." I said, stopping her.
"I agree. He'll probably have a blockade waiting for us." Kanan warned.
"And this shuttle is slow, with barely any weapons or shields." Sabine said as she climbed the ladder to the bridge, stopping halfway.
"Looks like we're going to have to smuggle ourselves offworld for a change." She added before going up the rest of the ladder.
"That's not a bad idea." Hera said with a hand on her chin and a small smile.
"You got a plan Hera?" I asked her. She nodded.
"I think I know the right man to smuggle us offworld." She replied before climbing the ladder herself. I noticed Kanan and Ezra share a look.
"Not him!" They said sternly, only to be ignored by Hera.
"Who?" I asked, receiving no answer.
I was eventually informed that we were making a deal with a smuggler named Lando Calrission, and that we were giving him 3 of the 7 shield generators we stole. I was currently sitting in the cargo bay, thinking about the Sith lord. He said my technique was familiar to him, does he know Ahsoka? I was snapped out of my thoughts by a feminine voice.
"Hey, you OK?" Sabine asked as she approached me.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking about the Sith." I told her as she sat beside me. She nodded in understanding.
"I can understand that, he seemed like a tough opponent." She mused. I nodded in agreement.
"He was. I don't know how much longer I would've lasted." I told her. We chatted a little more before she decided to stop beating around the bush.
"I've been meaning to ask you something, about your armor and blaster." She said.
"I'm not Mandolorian." I told her. She nodded.
"I didn't think so. I wanted to know where you got it." She said. I took a small while to contemplate my answer. How do you explain a ghost conjuring up armor and a weapon for you?
"My Father made it by hand and gave it to me when I left home; he based the design off of Mandolorian armour. Shortly after, I met with Ahsoka and we started working together for the rebellion and training." I explained. Not a total lie.
"He made it by hand?" Sabine asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, except for the stealth tech, that was me." I told her. I made the stealth tech to compensate for my loss of my invisibility power.
"Wow. You must be good with mechanics." Sabine mused. I chuckled and nodded.
"That I am. My Father taught me everything I know." I told her. She looked at me with wide eyes and then at my vambrace with starry eyes.
"You think you could show me how to make that?" She asked with hidden childish excitement, making me chuckle.
"Sure." I told her. She smiled brightly as we landed and the others entered. The ramp opened, revealing a farm.
"Shall we go?" I asked the crew, who nodded. We all headed for the farm, and were greeted by a brown painted droid.
"You must be Lando's droid." Hera said, putting emphasis on the word 'must.'
"Yes Ma'am." The droid responded in a Texan-like accent.
"I have prepared everything according to Calrission's instructions." The droid said.
"Is one of you a mechanic?" It asked.
"Oh, guess that's me." Sabine said, pointing to herself with her thumb.
"Mind giving me a hand?" She asked me as she turned to face me.
"No problem." I responded as we both took our helmets off. Chopper beeped in anger.
"No Chopper, you're not the mechanic." Sabine and I said in unison, chuckling afterwards. We followed the droid into the farm, but then I noticed a large cloud of smoke in the distance. Ezra and Kanan were headed towards it on speeders.
"Please tell me there's no intelligent life there?" I begged Sabine, pointing at the cloud. She sighed sadly and shook her head.
"That's Tarkintown, a refugee camp we helped multiple times." She explained. I looked away in pain; innocent people needlessly dying and/or being taken prisoner really tears me apart.
"Hey, there's nothing we could have done." Sabine said soothingly as she put her hand on my shoulder in comfort.
"Right now the best thing we can do is come up with a plan to get off this planet so this doesn't happen again." she said. I took a deep breath and smiled at her gratefully before nodding.
"Thanks Sabine." I said with a smile which she returned.
"Now, how do we get off this planet?" We asked ourselves as we went through the mechanics we had available.
Sabine and I had come up with a plan to get off Lothal together. We were about to explain it, but Ezra and Kanan returned, telling us about Tarkintown's condition. We all came to the agreement that it would be better for us to leave, for the good of Lothal.
"So, what's the plan for getting off Lothal?" Ezra asked.
"Lando had these old transponders lying around." Sabine said, gesturing to the orange devices scattered behind us.
"Sabine and I are going to tune their signals to match our shuttle, and then we'll scatter them across the area." I explained.
"Sounds like a lousy Lando plan." Kanan said, nudging Zeb with a grin, earning a chuckle from the Lasat.
"No, it's Lando's gear; it was mine and Danny's plan." Sabine informed them, crossing her arms.
"With these transponders sending out the same signal as the shuttle, we should be able to slip by unnoticed." She said, leaning against one of the transponders.
"The only part that concerns me is the 'should.' Is there any guarantee that our plan will or will not work?" I asked her. She shrugged.
"I'd say about 70/30 odds." She replied.
"Heh, sounds like a lousy Danny/Sabine plan." Zeb whispered to Kanan with a chuckle.
"Better than Lando's." Kanan whispered back.
"You 2 do realize I have enhanced hearing right?" I asked them. They looked at me with wide eyes before shutting up.
Our plan worked! We made it off of Lothal, and managed a jump into Hyperspace. The Empire managed to figure out our ruse, but by then, it was too late, we had already jumped into Hyperspace. We were all currently sitting in the cargo bay, and Hera climbed down the ladder to join us.
"Never thought I'd say this; but thank you Lando." Hera said as she reached the bottom of the ladder.
"One of you has got to tell me about the bad blood with Lando you have." I pointed out.
"That is a story for another time." Hera said with slight shudder of disgust; probably a bad memory.
"So, if we can't go back to Lothal, where are we going?" Kanan asked his crew; I'm not part of this crew.
"What do you mean? We're part of the rebellion now." Hera responded, looking at Kanan with confusion.
"Are we? Are we all sure about that?" Kanan asked all of us, including me.
"Hey, I go where Ahsoka goes. If she's with you, I'm with you. If she's with the Rebellion, I'm with the Rebellion." I answered.
"It might be a good idea for us to grab the Ghost and lay low for a while." Sabine suggested.
"I like fighting with Phoenix Squadron, reminds me of the Honor Guard." Zeb spoke up.
"Besides, they're counting on us, we can't just abandon them." he added.
"Ezra?" Hera asked the young padawan for his opinion.
"We can't do anything for Lothal now, but maybe the Rebels can help us become stronger, so we can go back and change things. I think we should stay with the Rebels." Ezra declared. Kanan looked deep in thought at his apprentice's words.
We made it back to the Rebel fleet and boarded the command ship. As we were headed for the bridge, Chopper zoomed out of the shuttle, beeping urgently.
"Oh no..." I said with wide eyes as Chopper beeped.
"Chopper says that a tracking beacon activated on our shuttle moments ago!" Sabine exclaimed with wide eyes.
"What does that mean?" Ezra asked with his own eyes widened.
"It means that the Empire tracked us here." I exclaimed as we ran to the bridge.
"Commander Sato!" Hera called as we reached the bridge.
"We need to jump, now!" I said to him with my voice raised.
"Danny, what's going on?" Ahsoka asked, seeming a little confused.
"Our shuttle was tracked!" Hera exclaimed. Before anyone could reply, one of the main officers spoke up.
"Commander, we're scanning a ship entering our sector." The officer said. Commander Sato brought up a holographic map of our sector, showing all ships within scanning range.
"We're tracking one target; no other ships have entered the system." The officer informed.
"Move Phoenix Squadron to intercept." Commander Sato ordered.
Eight Phoenix fighters moved to intercept the fighter and shot at it. The fighter easily dodged every shot that was directed at it.
"That guy is one hell of a pilot!" I exclaimed in shock.
"Indeed." Ahsoka agreed as the fighter took out 2 Phoenix fighters.
"We've lost Phoenix 1 and 2!" one of the Phoenix fighters called into the com. We all noticed the fighter heading straight towards the ship we were on, on the map.
"He's heading straight for us!" Ezra exclaimed, pointing at the map. The fighter fired at us, hitting with precision. Half of us almost fell over at the impact.
"How can one fighter best our entire squadron?" Sato asked no one in particular.
"Your pilots are outmatched Commander!" Hera exclaimed and ran to the door.
"What are you doing?" Kanan asked her.
"Getting involved!" Hera shot back and ran out, probably to the Ghost.
"Not without me you're not!" Kanan called and ran after her, Sabine and Zeb close behind.
"Ok if we tag along?" Ahsoka asked Ezra before he left.
"You kidding? Danny's practically part of the crew already! The more the merrier." Ezra said as we ran after the others. I don't know why, but I felt such a rush of happiness when Ezra said I was practically part of the Ghost crew. They all knew what I was, I explained when I first met them, and they genuinely didn't care; I could sense it.
We all got onto the Ghost and went to the spots that we wre needed in.
"Everyone, check in!" Hera ordered into the com.
"Tail gun, check." Zeb responded.
"Turret, check." Sabine replied.
"Nose gun, check." Ezra answered. The rest of us were in the pilot room, Hera at the pilot's seat, obviously, Ahsoka in co-pilot seat, Kanan behind Ahsoka, and me behind Hera.
"Alright kids, make Mom and Dad proud." Hera said into the com.
"Here it comes!" Kanan exclaimed, pointing out the window as the mysterious fighter shot at the Command ship.
"Ghost moving to engage!" Hera informed the Command ship through the com as we seperated from it and took off towards the fighter.
"I'm on him!" Sabine exclaimed and shot at the fighter, missing as he flew evasively.
"Who is this guy?" She asked as he landed another hit on the command ship, damaging the hyperdrive, leaving it dead in space.
"The force is strong with this one." Ahsoka said out loud, surprising me.
"Kanan, Danny, let's find out how strong." She instructed. I nodded in response.
"How can I help?" Kanan asked.
"Just remember your training." Ahsoka replied. Kanan nodded and took a deep breath. He placed his right hand on Ahsoka's shoulder and extended his left. Ahsoka and I also outstretched our right arms and closed our eyes.
"There's something familiar about him... I feel so cold." Ezra said through the com softly, before gasping.
"I think I know who it is!" Ezra exclaimed through the com.
"Back on Lothal, I felt something! Kanan and Danny felt it too!" He said as we fell deeper into our trance.
"The fear, the anger, the hate! It's the Sith Lord Danny faced!" Ezra said in realization through the com. I don't know what, but I felt something. And then I heard a voice.
"The Apprentice lives." It said. At that point I heard Ahsoka scream, and everything went black.
Having woken up, Ahsoka and I were sitting in the pilot's room of the Ghost, Ahsoka in the pilot seat, and me beside her. The Fleet had managed to escape with minimal casualties, but our Command ship was destroyed.
"Are you gonna tell me about what happened?" I asked her. I still didn't fully understand what happened. Ahsoka shook her head in response.
"No, I want to be certain about it before we make any kind of conclusion." She replied.
"Understood Master." I said. At that point, Ezra and Kanan walked in.
"Ahsoka, Danny, Hera said you wanted to speak with us." Ezra stated. Ahsoka nodded.
"Please, come in." She said with a slight smile.
"Are you 2 OK?" Ezra asked.
"We're fine." I told him.
"Thank you." Ahsoka said.
"I wanted to ask all 3 of you at once about the Sith you faced." She explained as they sat down.
"Not much to tell. The Dark Side was practically oozing out of him." I said, shuddering at the memory.
"You know we faced an Inquisitor before, but this was nothing like that." Kanan said.
"Yeah, the fear, anger and hate, you felt it." Ezra said, shivering in fear.
"I haven't sense a presence like that since-" Kanan started, but was cut off by Ahsoka.
"The Clone Wars." She finished for him, earning a nod from Kanan.
"Ahsoka, do you know who or what he is?" Ezra asked. Ahsoka was silent for a moment before speaking.
"No, but I do know he'll be coming, all of them will." She replied, staring into space, literally. I could tell she was hiding something, but I know not to pry.
"Then we better be ready to fight." Ezra said bravely.
"We need to find the strength to fight." Kanan corrected him.
"The greater courage is knowing when not to fight." he added as the door opened, revealing the rest of the Ghost crew.
"And we'll be beside you, either way." Hera said with a smile. We all smiled at her gratefully, but I noticed Ahsoka had a terrified look on her face when she turned away. Something about this Sith Lord scares her; that much I could see.
3rd Person P.O.V.
Darth Vader walked into the bridge of the Star Destroyer he was on, greeted by Agent Kallus and the Captain of the ship.
"With their Command Ship destroyed, the Rebel Fleet has been shattered. You have them on the run." Kallus said to the Sith Lord with a wide smile.
"Clear the bridge." Vader ordered the Agent, paying no mind to what he said. Kallus and the Captain shared a confused look, but did as they were told. Vader was left alone on the bridge and bowed before the holographic image of the Emperor that appeared.
"Lord Vader, have you dealt with the Rebels in the Lothal system?" Palpatine asked his Apprentice.
"Yes Master, they are broken." Vader replied simply.
"And yet I sense in you something more to your Victory." Palpatine stated.
"I believe the Apprentice of Anakin Skywalker lives, and is in league with these Rebels." Vader elaborated.
"Are you certain?" Palpatine asked.
"It was her, and she seems to have taken on her own Apprentice; one who is immensely strong in the Force." Vader confirmed to his Master.
"Interesting; very interesting." Palpatine said.
"This is an opportunity we cannot let pass. Skywalker's Apprentice could lead us to other lost Jedi." Palpatine suggested.
"Including Kenobi?" Vader asked his Master.
"Perhaps, if he still lives." Palpatine answered.
"Be patient, my Apprentice. For now, dispatch another Inquisitor to hunt them down. I want this Apprentice you speak of alive; he may be an excellent addition to the Sith Order." Palpatine ordered, eliciting a bow from Vader.
"As you wish, My Master." Vader replied in obedience as the transmission was cut.
A/N: Please review! No reviews = no updates. And I haven't seen very many lately.