New Guy From Earth Chapter 12, a star wars rebels fanfic

Chapter 12: Unlikely Help

Jacob's P.O.V

Ezra and I lay in our hotel room sleeping until the next morning to continue the drive. While stuck in a dream, my alarm on my phone went off, playing "Panama" by Van Halen.

"Panama, Panama

Panama, Panama!"

Both of us groaned as we started waking up. I looked to see what time it was on my phone, and it was 6:50 am, Greenwich Meantime. Ezra and I agreed to wake up at that time, and we did as planned. "Morning, cuz." Ezra said. "Morning, cuz." I replied. "Let's get ready. We have a long drive ahead of us." "With you on that one." Ezra said, getting into the bathroom to get ready for the morning. He came out, I did the morning routine, both of us got dressed, and headed out to get breakfast.

We got some breakfast sandwiches over at the hotel dining area, which we requested to go, checked out of the hotel, and then we got back to the car. "You're probably tired, so I'll drive." I offered. "You sure? I can drive just fine." Ezra said. "I know you probably can, but though I don't know you well enough, I know you well enough for a fact that you're not a morning person. It's okay, Ez, don't worry about it." "Whatever you say, Jake." I got in, Ezra got in, we buckled up, and then I continued driving us towards Scotland.

"By the way, just to let you know, Jake, the crew are on their way right now." Ezra informed me. "When did you find out?" I asked. "Earlier while you were brushing up and doing your morning routine." "Did they say when they'll be here?" "They'll let us know when they're close." "Explains much. Speaking of which, do you have your lightsaber on you still, Ez?"

"Why are you asking?" "Just wondering." Ezra reached for his backpack in the back, and opened it up. "Here it is. I'm surprised Trenick didn't take it earlier." Ezra said. "Yeah. Me too. Weird." I replied. "I know, right? Anyway, I'm going to take a nap in the meantime. Keep on driving us, and if anything, you know what to do, Jake." "You got it, Ezra." He was off to sleep while I kept on driving.

Two hours flew by as I kept on driving and listening to my songs with my headphones on, and then I immediately paused my music when I caught something on the speedometer. I seriously should have noticed this! I saw a red light blinking, and it was bad. It meant that we were out of fuel. This was bad. I pulled the car over to the side of the road, and woke up Ezra.

"Ezra. Ezra, wake up!" I said, jolting him. "I love you so much, Sabine." Ezra muttered happily as he woke up. I cocked an eyebrow, but didn't wanna know anything. "What's wrong?" he asked. "We're out of fuel." I replied. "What!?" "Not kidding. Take a look for yourself." Ezra looked at the speedometer, and saw that the fuel meter was on E. "Karabast! What now?" my cousin asked.

"I'll check to see if there are any gas stations nearby." I said, going on my phone and looking for the nearest ones. Unfortunately, the only nearest ones were about 5-10 miles away, by driving, which means walking there would take a while. I told Ezra the news, and now we were thinking what to do next.

"I think I have an idea." Ezra said. "What?" I asked. "We get out of the car, and see if we could hail a ride, and ask the person behind the wheel if they have fuel we could use." "Well, Ez, it's risky considering that we're wanted on Earth, but it's either that or walking for a long time to the nearest gas station." "I think we might as well just do that." "Okay. Let's get out, and hail for other drivers."

We got out, sticking our arms out on the side of the road, cars passing by and not bothering to stop for us. We sat there for nearly 10 minutes now, and still nothing happened. However, a white Mercedes pulled up to us. This was starting to look good. Ezra and I approached the car, the driver rolling down his window.

The driver was a white male with tan skin, appeared to have a slim build, light brown hair that was cut short, but not that short, light brown eyes, and he looked like he had a beard that was shaven recently. He looked like he was my age, maybe a tiny bit younger or older. I wasn't able to tell really.

"Can I help you?" the driver asked in an American accent, to my surprise. "Yeah. We were wondering if you would have any fuel for us. You see, we're out of fuel, and we would like to know if you have any that you would be willing to lend to us so that we could fill up our car and get going." I requested from him. "Wait, you're them." the driver spoke.

"Who?" Ezra asked, trying to hide the truth. "The two people from the news, you two awfully look like them. Can I help you two out?" the driver asked. Ezra and I looked at each other. "I'm sorry, what did you just say?" I asked. "You are Ezra and Ian Bridger. I want to help you out." the driver explained. "Nope. Nice try, but we're no-" "Hold that thought, Ezra. Sir, what is your name first of all?"

"Elias." the driver responded. "And you said that you want to help us, right?" "Correct. Your car looks like it's out of the picture. Listen, if you need a ride to where you're going, I'll get you there." Ezra and I were extremely unsure of this. Though Elias looked convincing enough, we were sure that he would report us. However, Ezra and I were wrong when we ended up sensing Elias telling the truth through the force. "Where are you two headed?" Elias asked us.

"Scotland." Ezra said. "Hop in." Elias replied.

I got up in front next to Elias on his left, Ezra behind him. Elias got back on the road, and we were off.

"Why are you helping us though?" Ezra asked. "The entire world wants you both dead, but you two didn't even do anything. I think that it's wrong, and so do the people of Earth." Elias answered. "What do you mean exactly?" I asked. "No one wants you to get captured and executed. In fact, people across the globe were protesting against your capture. It's almost as if they like you both." Elias answered.

"So, Ian, how does it feel to end up going into space after living your life on Earth?" "Call me Jacob, Elias." "Why Jacob?" "You see, it's a long story. I was born as Jacob, grew up with the name, and then found out recently that my real name is actually Ian. Put it this way, Elias: you grow up knowing something extremely well throughout your life, only realizing a whole different truth behind that one thing once you're older than when you were a kid or a teenager." "Explains much."

"Why are people protesting against our capture?" Ezra asked. "I honestly do not know actually. Even most of the governments of the world don't know why. Heck, protesters even ended up clashing with police in Moscow two nights ago when the Russian government attempted to put down the protests after they seemed to be getting out of hand." Elias answered.

Ezra yawned and then said, "In the meantime, I'm going to sleep. I'm tired." "Me too. Elias, think you could keep on driving?" I asked. "Sure thing. Just sleep and I'll let you know when we're coming up on something." Elias replied. "Thanks." I said, dozing off.

Ezra's P.O.V

I was asleep, having a great dream about me and Sabine in love, me finally scoring the girl of my dreams. I was well asleep into the dream, until my commlink went off.

"Ezra, are you there? Come in." Sabine's voice came from the comm. I groaned as I woke up, grabbing my comm and putting it to my mouth. "Sabine, hello?" I said. "About time you picked up. We were starting to get worried about you. Where are you?" she asked.

"Jacob, where are we now?" I asked my cousin, who was now driving while Elias dozed off next to him. "We are at least another good two hours away from the Scottish border. We'll be there soon." Jacob responded. "Sabine, are you still here?" "Right here, Ez. So?" "Jacob said that we are another good two hours away from the border of the location. When will you be here?"

"Currently, we just came out of the cluster and entered Earth's galaxy. We are expected to arrive on Earth in about 10 hours." Sabine let out a sigh and then said over the comm, "Karabast. I'm coming, Hera." "What happened?"

"A technical problem just occurred in the cockpit. Hera said that it's not too bad, but still needs my help to fix it. I gotta go and help her out. Talk to you later, Ezra." "I'll see you later. Specter 6 out."

"Specter 5 out."

Our call ended, and Elias woke up. "Where are we now?" he asked. "We're almost in Scotland, about another two hours until we get to the border." Jacob answered. "That's good to know. What time is it?" Elias asked. "About 12:10." Jacob answered. "Damn, I could go for something. You guys hungry?" Elias asked us, my stomach rumbling after he asked us.

"I would say yes to that." I said. "Same thing." Jacob said. "Lucky for us, there is a rest stop coming up ahead. We could go in and get something to eat and use the bathroom." Elias said. "I'll get us there." Jacob said.

"You sure you wanna keep on driving, Jacob?" Elias asked. "I could go on for another few minutes until we get to the stop. How far is it, Elias?" "About another five minutes." "Fine. I'll get us there no problem."

Just like that, Jacob got us to the rest stop, where we parked and then headed in, heading to the men's room. After we washed up, we agreed on getting this Earth food called "pizza" for lunch. I haven't tried it yet, and it looked good from what I was able to tell. Elias said that he'd pay for us all, getting us all 1 regular slice each. We got our food, Elias payed, we headed back to the car, where we ate once we got in, with me volunteering to drive for a little while. I took a bite out of my pizza. "It's good." I said after that bite.

"I told you so, Ezra." Jacob said. "It's popular here on Earth." Elias added. "Well, if you're all ready, let's get outta here." I said, engaging the ignition. "Let's roll." Jacob said, him and Elias buckling up. I pulled us out of the parking lot, and we got back on the road.

"How bout some driving music?" Elias suggested. "What's on your mind?" Jacob asked. "Light Come On?" Elias suggested. "What's that?" I asked. "It's a country song by Jason Aldean." Jacob answered. "What he said." Elias added. "Fine. Let's see what's up with this one." I said, Elias playing the song via a setting called "blue tooth."

"You're a crack-of-dawn, Monday-morning, coffee strong

Poured everything you got into a paycheck Friday night
You're a Powerstroke diesel, backhoe-riding king of beers, 18-wheeler
Driving, living life in between the lines
Of clocking in and quitting time

But then the six-string circus comes to town
We hang them speakers over the crowd

When the lights come on, everybody's screaming
Lighters in the sky, yeah, everybody's singing
Every word to every song to a girl to take it home tonight
When the lights come on, everybody's feeling
A hallelujah high from the floor to the ceiling
Yeah, the drink that we're drinking, the smoke that we're smoking
The party we throw, it's going all night long
When the lights come on
When the lights come on

You're a little shy thing with a wild side
On a night like this, you just can't hide
Cause it's time to live it up
So come on and raise your cup

If we're talkin' 'bout memories, yeah, we're gonna make 'em
Talkin' 'bout rules, you know we're gonna break 'em

Yeah, we all the same cause we thinkin' the same thing
We on the same page cause we sippin' the same drink
Here's a little something to thank y'all for showing up
Aldean and the boys about to blow it up, haha

"Well?" Elias asked. "It's alright." I said. I honestly didn't like it as much really, but that was just my opinion. Honestly, some of the other songs I listened while here was good enough. "It was okay. I'm not that big into country really." Jacob said.

"Speaking of which Elias, do you like country even?" "I do, Jacob. Why do you ask?" "Just wondering. Where are you from by the way?" "Dallas. Where do you come from, Jacob?"

"I come from Seattle." "Cool. Ever been to the UK, any of you?" "First time in the UK. Not bad I guess."

"Second time on Earth, first time in this part of it." I answered. "When were you here the first time, Ez?" Elias asked. "A few days ago. My crew came to the planet when I detected something, and we came here, stumbling upon Jacob. So we took him with us, and now we're back here after Jake and I got captured a day or two ago." I said. "Who did you two get captured by?" Elias asked.

"It was by some dude named Trenick I believe, and he brought us to this arena where there were hundreds, if not, thousands of representatives of different countries of Earth present there. Trenick turned out to be a merc hired by the governments to capture us, and then he demanded a higher payment, which was rejected. Then the governments were fighting over who would take us, and next thing I remember was that Jacob and I blacked out, and we woke up on some aerial vehicle, crashing later." I said.

"Wait. You were involved in that US Military plane crash two nights ago?" Elias asked. "Where did you here about that?" Jacob asked. "One, the news. Two, I was based in a US Military base south of London, where the plane took off. It crashed near London, and investigators are working things out now." Elias said. "So wait, you're basically saying, Elias, that you were there when we took off before we crashed?" Jacob inquired.

"I was. I felt like it was wrong for America to be taking you guys over something you didn't do, so I did what was right." Elias said. "And that was?" I asked. "I chose to find you two and help you out. Note: I did not know where you were heading, but news reports suggested that you were heading north possibly, so I tracked Jacob's cell phone signal, and found you two. Listen, I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier because I was afraid." Elias admitted. Jacob and I sensed the truth, and we accepted it. "Elias, we forgive you." Jacob said, me nodding in agreement as I kept on driving.

"Out of all of the help Ezra and I have gotten in our lives on different worlds in different galaxies, you perhaps were the biggest one. I mean, you being a military member who decided to help us out instead of turning us in? You've helped us out a great deal, and we thank you for that." Jacob said. "Jacob Bridger, I am thankful to be helping you two out." Elias replied. "So, does that mean that your boys at the military will help us out?" I asked.

"Not all of them, but let's just say that a really, really good amount of them will help. I'll contact them now and see if we could get some assistance from them before we get to Scotland in case warnings of you two possibly coming around that area get out there. Trust me, Bridger cousins, I got your back." Elias said.

"Thank you so much, Elias." I said.

Meanwhile on the Ghost

Sabine's P.O.V

"There. That should do it." I said, fixing up Hera's problem in the cockpit. All I did was reconnect a few wires connecting the navi computer, and that seemed to do the trick. "Thanks for your help, Sabine." Hera said. "Anytime." I replied, leaving the cockpit.

"How's Ezra doing?" Zeb asked in the common area while I was passing by there. "He said that he'll be at the location in about 2 hours last time I spoke to him." I replied. "You sure he's okay with his cousin?" Zeb asked. "I spoke to him, and it's all good." I answered. At that moment, the alarms of the ship went off. "What's going on?" Zeb asked. "Something's going down. You know the drill, get to the turrets!" I replied, rushing to the turrets.

I manned one of them, arming it. "Sabine, Zeb, Alex, are the turrets manned?" Hera asked over the comms. "Specter 7 is good to go." Alex replied from his gunner position. "I'm good." Zeb replied. "Ready to go." I replied, aiming the turret, looking around for danger.

"See anything?" Kanan asked over the comms. "Negative. Something doesn't feel right." Alex responded. "You're telling me, mate. I can't even get anything on my scope." Zeb replied. "Nope. Nothing here. Hera, are you even sure that something's going down?" I asked. "If the alarms went off and there's no danger present, Sabine, I would check just to be extra safe." Hera replied.

"Wait, what's that!?" Alex came in. "What are you seeing, Specter 7?" Kanan asked. "I got something, but I can't see it anywhere." Alex answered. "I'm not even-hold up, I'm seeing it right now." I said, seeing a ship that was right near ours.

It looked like Trenick's ship. Ah karabast! He's probably coming for us. "Sabine, what are you seeing?" Zeb asked. "It's Trenick's ship!" I said. "Hold your fire. We don't want to attract attention." Alex suggested. "I'm with Alex on this one." Kanan came in. "Powering down until Trenick gets out of sight." Hera informed us, the whole ship going dark.

"Nobody make sudden movements." Alex ordered us. I have a bad feeling about this still.