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Chapter 3: Confrontation
Standing in front of his alley way was three low ranked Imperials. How did he know they were Imperials? They all wore the same helmet biker helmets.
"We've been waiting for you." the first said.
"How did you find me?" Ezra asked.
"This box has been here for months, and there is food in it." the second explained. "You are the only person in this city that lives on the streets, and this just screams, someone's 'home.' Pathetic." He used air quotes around 'home'.
"Well, it isn't much, but it provides shelter, sort of, and no one bothered me, until now." Ezra said.
"Winter is getting closer Phantom, it's going to get cold." the first said.
"Gee, thanks Mr. Science." I had no idea it got cold in winter." Ezra said.
'Mr. Science' as he was now dubbed, was not happy with his new name.
"You know our offer still stands." the second tried to intervene.
"And like I told you this time last year, I'm not joining your mob." Ezra said. Why would he want to join the people responsible for his parents' deaths, not that they knew that?
"You do remember what happened last year?" Mr. Science said.
"You know, it is hard to remember specific, trivial things." Ezra said.
Mr. Science glared. "If you don't join us, well, you will have to find a new 'home.'" He smirked.
Ezra knew they were going to do something to his box, but he would sooner die than join them. "My answer remains and always will be the same. I will not join you guys."
Mr. Science snapped his fingers and number three went number one all over and inside his box.
"Aw, come on." Ezra said.
"We will give you until the end of the month to revise you decision." Mr. Science said after the other finished, and the three Imperials stalked off.
After they left he approached the box, which now strongly smelled of urine. The Imperial had even peed on his food.
"I just bought that." Ezra sighed. "With stolen money granted, but I wasn't finished." He left the alley way, to go find a new place to stay. It would be hard, it took him forever to find that box which he had been staying in since early March. Maybe he could just go to the local park, and sleep in the tunnel slide. He headed that way, no one paid any mind to him.
Meanwhile across town, Kanan had just finished his shift and started the walk home, thinking about what to do with Hera tomorrow. He was so distracted, he plowed right into someone.
"I'm sorry." Kanan said. The other didn't respond and kept walking, he turned and saw it was a young boy but didn't get a good look before the kid turned the corner. "Man, parents need to teach their kids manners."
Upon entering his apartment Kanan found a flyer under the door for a pizza delivery service. "Why not," Kanan shrugged and ordered a pizza. After calling it in Kanan took a quick shower letting his brown hair fall down to his shoulders and got clean. He had just finished drying off and putting on some fresh clothes when the door bell rang.
Kanan opened the door.
"One medium meat pizza, extra bacon?" the delivery boy, who seemed to be about eighteen, asked.
"Yes." Kanan said.
"$8.50." the delivery boy announced.
Kanan handed him a ten. "Keep the change."
"Thank you, have a nice night." the delivery boy said handing him his pizza.
"You too." Kanan said, taking the pizza and closing the door.
Sitting on the couch he turned on the T.V. and tried to find something that sparked his interest. Finding nothing he settled for the news.
"In another news it seems like the Imperials have been rather quite recently." the news anchor woman announced.
"Good thing to, you remember that last time they were acting up and someone spoke out?" the anchor man asked.
"They were never heard from again. No one is quite sure what happened. How long ago was that?" the anchor woman asked.
"About eight years ago I think." the anchor man said.
Eight years exactly on the end of the month, Ezra thought to himself. They seriously want him to join them on the anniversary of the day they killed his parents. It was enough to bring a slightly amused smile to his face as he made his way to the half way point of the tunnel slide of the park.
"This seems like a safe spot." Ezra said to himself. "Who would check a slide for a sleeping homeless orphan." His stomach rumbled in hunger, he would have to shop-lift or pick-pocket tomorrow, or both.
Ezra thought about how on his way he someone had bumped into him. He heard them say sorry but he kept walking, wanting to get to the park before it got to dark, so he could make the final decision if it was a good place to spend the night. Ezra got to the park and decided it was a good place as any to stay. He climbed up and crawled into the tunnel slide, he went down about halfway before he positioned himself so he wouldn't slide down, and fell asleep, hungry.
On the other hand, on the hand, on the other side of town Kanan went to bed, well fed because he had a half a pizza for supper, he planned on eating the other part for lunch tomorrow. His dreams were haunted, strangely by Phantom, instead of his old partner Depa Billaba. Phantom and he were in an empty room with no windows or door together, he didn't say anything, he just stood there staring at him.
"What are you doing here?" Kanan tried to ask.
He did not respond, he just stared at Kanan, scrutinizing him.
"Do you want something?" Kanan asked.
Phantom remained silent, before disappearing like, well a phantom, from the exit-less room.
Kanan was woken up suddenly by his alarm clock.
At the same time Ezra woke up from a dream a very similar dream. He was alone in a room with the strange officer.
"Who are you?" Ezra asked.
The officer didn't say anything.
"What do you want with me?" Ezra asked.
The officer didn't respond but disappeared.
When Ezra woke up he was jarred from his position, causing him to tumble down the slide onto the hard ground.
"Ouch." Ezra said, holding his head, which he ended up landing on.
He stood up, dusted himself off the best he could from his already normally dirty clothes. His stomach rumbled from hunger, having not eaten in the past 24 hours thanks to the Imperials.
"Well, there won't be many people carrying around cash right now, I guess I'm pinching something from a store." Ezra mumbled.
Okay Here's the thing. I do plan on trying to update this story, but I am in the school play so I don't get much time to work on the story sometimes.
P.S. I'm going to write a little 3-shot in response to "Fire Across the Galaxy." That will be posted soon. Please just try to be patient. I would like to thank the person on tumblr who drew the cover picture. If anyone is interested in following me on tumblr my URL is ravenclaw-rebel3390. I usually follow back.