Chapter 4: Another Clone
Kanan's P.O.V
"A clone, of you!?" I asked Ezra, stunned.
"Yeah. I think so." Ezra replied.
"Did he look exactly like you, Ezra?"
"Exactly, minus the fact that he had those yellow eyes and pale skin." Ezra was really stunned by this in particular, even more so than I was. "But, how is that even possible, Kanan? There's no way that I was cloned."
"That's the thing though, Ezra. Who got a hold of your DNA, and who's really behind this all? And are there more of them?"
"But, if I was cloned, do you think that this 'Kamino' planet that you mentioned earlier might have been involved in this?"
"Most likely. Whoever cloned you definitely used Kamino to do it. We'd better tell the rest of the crew."
"I think save it for now, and tell them later. Besides, I really need to rest for now after witnessing...me."
"I feel you, Ezra. Get some rest. And don't worry about Sabine, she's fine."
"Goodnight, Kanan."
"Night."
Meanwhile on Kamino
The Ezra clone's P.O.V
After I revealed my true self to the rebels, I returned to Kamino after receiving orders from Lord Vader to do so. I landed my personal TIE fighter on a landing platform overlooking the city where I was told to come to. I exited my ship, stormtroopers lined up on both sides, a path in the middle made just for me. Without saying anything, my cloak above my face, I moved into the cloning facility.
Third Person P.O.V
As the clone of Ezra made his way into a room of the cloning facility, his presence was awaited by a figure, on the floor and meditating with his mind deep within the force. The figure was concentrating, until he heard the door hiss open behind him. The clone took a knee. "I have returned as ordered by Lord Vader, my master." the clone said. The figure opened up his eyes and stood up, his back towards the clone.
"So," the figure would say, "have you revealed to them your true identity?"
"Yes, my master. However, only two of them saw who I was."
"And they were?"
"The Mandalorian and the padawan only, the 'real,' true padawan."
"That is good. Now that you have revealed yourself, we can move on with our plans. At least the others have not identified you, yet. However, I sense that Caleb Dume may have been told by his apprentice of what he had seen on that arctic world where you killed one of their pilots. I fear that they could make a move on us."
"Then we must be prepared, my master."
"And you are right, my disciple. We must remain one step ahead of them, for I fear our mission may be on the verge of being compromised if they are ahead. We must make sure that we capture the padawan and Dume, for my plans will not be complete without them."
"What are your orders, my master?"
"We must be prepared if Bridger and Dume make a move on us on Kamino with their friends, my apprentice, and we must be ready for when the time comes. Until then, I do not need anything from you, nor does Lord Vader. Go to your quarters and study. I have something personal to attend to."
"As you wish, my master."
The clone of Ezra left the room, with the figure leaving the room a few minutes later when he sensed his apprentice enter his room. He walked down the halls of the Kaminoan facility, getting into an elevator and heading down to the very bottom level. He got out once the elevator came to a halt, walking through the cloning area. He kept on walking through the halls, until he came up on a door that was being guarded by two stormtroopers. Without any words, the troopers stood aside for the figure, opening up the door. The figure entered the room, walking down to the very end of the room, where another clone was waiting for him, this time a female clone.
Using the force, the figure woke the clone, the stasis chamber opening up, the female clone dropping to the ground, grunting. Smiling evilly under his dark cloak, the figure approached his clone as he looked at her. He then pulled out a lightsaber, activating it, revealing a crimson blade. Without any resistance, the female clone got on both her knees, staring at the ground as the figure brought his lightsaber near her shoulders.
"You were once a person who believed that tyranny was wrong." the figure said. "You were once a person who blindly obeyed such tyrants. You were once a person who was known for her creativity and art. You were once a person who was did not hesitate to be rebellious in a time like this. But now, that person is no more. That person died, and now she has been reincarnated, reborn." After delivering his speech, the figure put away his lightsaber, concealing it under his dark robes.
"Rise, Sabine."
The clone of Sabine rose, opening up her yellow, dark side eyes, far from what her beautiful brown eyes were. Her skin wasn't tan, it was pale. Her hair was not colorful, it was jet black. And most of all, she now had the force to wield.
"What is thy bidding, my master?" the clone of Sabine asked, taking a knee in front of the figure.
"The rebels may be on their way to Kamino to make a move on us." the figure explained. "We must be ready for their arrival, and you have to be ready as well. Go now, and practice your lightsaber combat, for you will need it for when you face the jedi."
"Yes, my master." the clone of the Mandalorian artist replied, leaving into the training area.
When she got there, the clone was given her own red lightsaber, activating it when training droids came into the room. They all aimed their blasters, opening fire at the clone as she deflected each blast flawlessly, force pushing some of them on the ground. Some of the droids that were still up charged at the clone with their electrostaffs, in which Sabine cut them down with ease, her movements with her lightsaber swift and agile. After she took out the last of the droids, Sabine deactivated her lightsaber.
"So, it seems that the process has been perfected." the figure said, taking out his red lightsaber. "Learn now how to combat Jedi, my apprentice."
Without hesitation, the clone of Sabine readied herself, activated her lightsaber, and began dueling with the figure.
The next morning
Chopper Base
Ezra's P.O.V
"He had my nose, my used to be long hair, my exact eye shape and jawline, and most importantly, he was powerful in the force. After seeing his face, I think that this mysterious warrior may be a clone of me." I said to the the rest of us at the table in the kitchen during breakfast, discussing the encounter yesterday with the mysterious warrior, who turned out to be a clone of me.
"That just seems wrong though." Hera said. "Besides, if you were to be cloned, you would need the genetic data of the genetic template to my knowledge."
"You do." Sabine said. "But who got the DNA of Ezra in the first place, and how, and who is the genetic template if there was one?"
"That's something I've been wondering as well." Kanan replied.
"There could be more clones of Ezra potentially." Zeb said. "Who knows how many Ezras we'll be dealing with." The table laughed a tiny bit because his joke was somewhat funny. I didn't think it was funny, and so punched him in the shoulder.
"We might have to go to Kamino to get our answers." I said.
"Kamino's dangerous." Alex said. "It's a major imperial planet, with the occupation being high there."
"But if we are really going to stop clones of me from coming after us, then we'd have to make a move on Kamino." I replied.
"Most importantly, find out why this foe's after you and Kanan in particular." Sabine said.
"I guess it's a mission then. We're heading out to Kamino soon." Kanan said.
Life in the rebellion keeps getting interesting, Bridger.