Chapter 13: Captured

Trenick's P.O.V

"Sir, we have a ship that just came up on our radar." one of my men informed me, me walking towards him to examine his discovery. "Hmm, it seems like our old friends may be here to potentially rescue our Bridgers." I said. "What are your orders, sir?" the same man asked me. "We make a move on them before they make one on us. After all, they think that powering their ship down will avoid detection. Well, not with the force that is." I said.

"Men, everybody prepare yourselves. It's time to have a word with the friends of the Bridgers. Prepare to lock their ship with ours." "Yes, Trenick." one of my men replied. We moved towards the ship that was powered down, while I went to my quarters to meditate, to use the force to shall I say "prepare" them.

I entered my quarters, going on both my knees, concentrating deeply in the force.

On the Ghost

Sabine's P.O.V

"Why is he moving towards us?" I asked, fearfully, knowing what may have been coming. "Oh no. I think he knows we're here." Hera replied. "Buckle up, everyone. We're heading to Earth now to grab our boys." The twi'lek powered the Ghost up, and we attempted to flee from Trenick. All of a sudden, we stopped moving, the engines still going at full power with no movement.

"Why aren't we moving?!" Alex asked. "I think he caught us." Zeb replied. "Karabast. If we're being brought in, we'd better prepare ourselves. Arm up." Kanan ordered us, me and the other two gunners leaving the turrets to grab our gear.

Just as I finished grabbing my gear, we felt the Ghost shake, colliding with something, which I thought was Trenick's ship. "Going somewhere?" Trenick asked over the comms, evilly. "Well, if you are, it's okay, because I'm coming for you now!" Trenick warned us. Karabast. I think we were about to be boarded. "Prepare the defenses!" Kanan ordered us, all of us barricading the cargo bay, where Kanan informed us that he sensed them about to enter via the docking bridge that they deployed. We took cover, aiming our blasters, waiting for the danger to come.

Just as we thought, they were breaching. The door blew open, and Trenick's men came in, blasters firing. We fired back, but in the end, there was only five of us and way more enemies, giving them an advantage. As we kept on firing our blasters back at Trenick and his men, I spotted a gas grenade that landed next to me. "Gas grenade!" I yelled over the shots being fired. I attempted to pick it up and throw it back, but it was too late.

The gas went off, and next thing we knew, we were all unconscious.

Later

I groaned as I started regaining conciseness, my vision a bit blurry at first, but then I was able to see more clearly. However, I noticed that I was on the floor, my hands cuffed behind my back. Trenick! Just as I realized that, one of Trenick's men came to me. "You, get up now!" he ordered, getting me on my feet violently. "Now move, Mandalorian scum!" he added threateningly, pointing a blaster behind my back. Wow! He did not just call me that! With really no choice here, I complied and started walking.

"Walk faster!" he ordered, me feeling his breath on my neck. Without saying a word, I kept on moving, picking up my pace. He held me at blaster point as we kept on walking throughout the ship. The walk ended when I was moved into a room, and I saw the rest of my friends, but not Alex, on their knees and handcuffed. "Get beside them, Mando!" I was ordered. I got beside Zeb, where I felt my leg get swept by the same henchman, getting me violently on my knees. "Now stay there like a good Mandalorian!" I was ordered by him. I couldn't take it anymore from him, so I retorted.

"Stop calling me those things, you scum!" I retorted, which earned me a hard slap across the face from him. "Shut up, or I'll kill you and all of your friends myself, with or without my boss' orders!" he fired back. Just as he did, I saw Alex being brought in by two henchmen.

"Let me go!" he ordered, trying to break free, but the henchmen weren't gonna let him. They carried him, and literally threw him next to me. "On your knees now, Lothal scum!" one of the henchmen ordered Alex, in which Alex complied, but spat at one of them, which got a blaster barrel pointed to his head. The sight of that made my mind race like crazy. If they killed Alex right in front of us, then they would be monsters for making us all watch them kill my old friend. "Maybe next time you'll learn better!" the one pointing the blaster said, pulling the trigger, but there was only a click. "You're lucky that this thing's on safety."

Then, the door in front of us opened, revealing Trenick. "Men, let me deal with them please." Trenick requested, his men moving off to the side. "So, it looks like we are going to have a nice long talk, a long talk about your Bridgers." Trenick told us, looking down at us. Just as he was looking down, what we all saw in him was down right disturbing.

His eyes were not green like the first time we encountered him. They were now yellow with red rings around them, meaning that Trenick gave in fully.

"Let us go!" Zeb barked at him. Trenick let out an evil chuckle. "I'm sorry, but no. I could let you go, but I'm not going to until I have what I came for. Where are Ian and Ezra Bridger!?" he demanded from all of us. "We have no idea!" Hera retorted. "You do, don't you? Where are they?" Trenick asked. All of us denied telling Trenick what he wanted to know.

"Fine then. If you all refuse to talk, I guess I'll just have to make a personal example out of one of you to get you to talk." He reached into something in his combat gear, pulling out a knife. Ah Karabast! He's going to stab one of us, I just know it! "Let's see here, who to start off with first?" Trenick wondered as he eyed each and every one of us with his bright, hate filled eyes.

"Ah, you, the twi'lek." Trenick said, coming up to Hera, taking a knee in front of her. "Where are your friends?" he asked her. "I'm not telling you anything!" she retorted, spitting at his face. Trenick did not like that one bit, wiping the spit off his face, and signaling for two of his men. They came up, and held Hera against her will. "Where are they!?" Trenick demanded more furiously. "I refuse to talk!" Hera yelled into his face. "Well then, since you are being difficult, you shall be made a personal example first."

He took his knife, and touched her lekku with the tip of his blade. I couldn't watch this. However, we were all forced to watch this go down when Trenick's men forced us to watch him make a personal example out of Hera. Trenick smiled maliciously, then he stuck the blade inside and slid the knife down Hera's lekku, causing the twi'lek to scream out in pain. However, he stopped after about 10 seconds of that.

"Where are the Bridgers!?" Trenick screamed out at us. We all refused, and then instead of making us personal examples, Trenick sighed, and then left. "All of you keep an eye on them. I will return soon." Trenick sternly reminded his men, leaving.

I just pray that Ezra can sense us. Please, Ezra, please sense all of us.

Meanwhile back on Earth

Ezra's P.O.V

Elias and Jacob ended up dozing off while I drove the car for the next leg of the journey, and then out of nowhere, I felt a disturbance in the force.

I sensed Trenick, and he captured the crew. I sensed that they're being held hostage on Trenick's ship, and I knew I had to save them. But how am I supposed to get into space from this planet. Unless...Elias did tell me that the governments of Earth are hiding things from the people sometimes, which includes secret projects. Maybe there was something that could get Jacob and me into space. I had to wake them both up.

"Elias, Jake, wake up. We have a problem." I informed them. They groaned as they woke up. "What is it?" Jacob asked. "The crew got captured." I said. "By Trenick?" Jacob asked. "Yes. We need to find a way to get into space to safe them. Elias, are there any bases nearby that have some kind of spaceship or something like that?" I asked Elias.

"Actually, there is an SAS base near here, about 20 minutes if we keep driving in this direction. There is a prototype for a spaceship-like thing that the Brits are developing. I have a friend who works at this base. I'll call him now." Elias said. "But what about us?" Jacob asked. "Don't worry. I already said that you have my back, and my friend has got your backs also." Elias said, contacting his friend.

Later, after a five minute call, he hung up. "He said that he'll be willing to help us, along with the rest of the SAS unit that is there. BUT, he did say that it has to be kept top secret when we take this prototype out for its test flight." Elias said. "Good. At least we have American and British backup." Jacob said. "What can I say, Jake? People here don't want us captured as Elias pointed out earlier. How far is the base, Elias?" I asked.

"Get off at this exit, make a left, and follow the road." Elias directed me. "By the way, Elias or Jacob, what does SAS stand for?" I asked. "Special Air Services." both of them said.

I drove, and we came up on what seemed to be the base. There were two soldiers guarding the entrance, both of them wearing dark clothing with what looked like gas masks on their faces. They immediately saluted when we pulled up.

"Is Thatch here?" Elias asked. "Yes, sir. He has been waiting for you." one of the soldiers replied. "Where can we find him?" Elias asked. "We have SAS personnel that will direct you to Thatch and the prototype." the other one replied. "Good." Elias said, the soldiers giving me the gesture to drive in.

I followed the soldiers' directions as they pointed out where to go in the base, and eventually, we pulled up to a big hangar, where another one of those SAS soldiers was waiting with his gas mask on, signaling me to stop the car with a raise of his hand. I stopped the car, and we got out, the soldier removing his gas mask.

When he took it off, it was a human male that had Kanan's skin tone, a buzz cut in light brown hair, blue eyes, a muscular build, and he was clean shaven.

"Meet Thatch." Elias said.