Hey guys! Im so sorry this is a late upload, I've been working on this chapter for a bit and just when I thought I had a day to finish it... Events happened and it caused this. Either way I hope you guys like this chapter of And So It Begins, sorry if it's a tad fast paced at any point in this. I did my best not to rush it yet... That always happens somewhere in a chapter.
They had been running for what seemed forever. Ahsoka had run ahead more as a scout for where they needed to go, at any turns she waited for them so they could discuss the direction to go. Sabine led the group after Ahsoka, even though Kanan had argued against it. After a bit of arguing Hera had stepped in and told Kanan to calm down about her being the one to lead them. Now they were heading to meet Ahsoka again, having believed they might have found a possible method of escape. After a while they made it, finding Ahsoka using the force to keep the door from opening.
"Seems our possible exit has been discovered," She said, her voice sounding partially strained since most of her energy was focused on keeping the door closed. Kanan closed his eyes to sense the life forces of those on the other side before helping Ahsoka keep the door closed.
"How many of them are there?" Sabine asked.
"To many," Kanan responded.
"We can take em," Zeb said.
Kanan sighed. There was silence for quiet a few seconds, allowing some of what was being said on the other side to be heard, which was mainly shouting orders about trying anything to open the door. Eventually Hera broke the silence, "Fighting might be the only way to escape." Aria looked at her, her hand on her lightsaber.
"It's worth trying, not much more can get worse," Ahsoka said.
Kanan quietly sighed, "I agree." The others voiced their agreements, Zeb a lot louder and more confident with agreeing than the others. Ahsoka opened her eyes, no longer focusing on the door. Her hand fell to her remaining lightsaber. Soon after Kanan did the same. Almost immediately the door slid open and they ran towards it, the Jedi activating their lightsabers well the remainder of the crew readied their blasters to fire. They exited the building and entered a landing bay. As soon as they where out in the open the landing bay way filled with bright color as blasts were fired from one side to another and with the lightsabers activated. Every attempt the Jedi got the lightsabers were deflecting blasts back at the stormtroopers. Many had gone down but the stormtroopers were pushing forward, having forced the rebels back towards the door.
"Chopper!" Kanan yelled through his com link. The astromech could be heard making a series of beeps and whirls in response. "We need a pickup!" Again the astromech responded with a series of beeps and whirls. Kanan quickly ducked down as a blast nearly hit him in the head.
"Chopper's on his way!" Sabine said to Zeb, who'd looked confused at what the astromech had responded with.
"That's great but it won't mean anything if we are killed!" Zeb responded, firing blasts. The battle continued on before Ahsoka ran towards the on coming troops, jumping over them. A few of them turned and began to fire blasts at her but she dodged the blasts before running forward and killing them. Noting this Aria ran towards the troops as well, killing as many as she could before jumping back as blasts were shot her way. Kanan ran forward and began helping Aria well Ahsoka still was killing off as many of the troops from behind as she could. The rest of the group took this as a chance to push forward.
More and more troops fell and quickly the remaining stormtroopers began to fall back, one of them could be heard trying to get reinforcements. The group let them go. Kanan and Hera looked to the sky, waiting for the Ghost to finally arrive.
"He should be here by now," Zeb muttered. Kanan glanced in his direction, giving a faint and barely noticeable nod in agreement. His gaze ever so slightly filled with concern as he looked towards the skies again.
"It'll be ok, he'll arrive," Hera said to Kanan, placing a hand on his shoulder and giving him a reassuring smile. Kanan met her smile with a smile of his own but it quickly faded. Hera let out a quiet sigh.
Moments of silence passed until something could be heard, getting louder and louder showing it was getting closer and closer quickly. Kanan looked back to the sky and gave a faint smile as he saw the Ghost approaching. After a few seconds the ship landed and they boarded.
Hera gave a warm smile to Chopper as he greeted them before rushing off to the cockpit. Sabine smiled, "It's good to be home," She said with a smile. Kanan nodded in agreement and Zeb gave a slight smile.
Well it's been a long journey on this story, over a year of writing and rewriting this to get to where it is now. Thanks to all of you guys for supporting this story and helping me improve it. Just so you know there will be a sequel to it and this is not the final chapter. Hopefully I will get the final chapter out tomorrow and hopefully it will help you guys understand the sequel a lot better when that does come out. See you guys later and may the force be with you, always.