Chapter 5: Your Weapon was Once Mine

Ezra's P.O.V

We were just about to depart for Kamino, after the Ghost gets refueled that is. I was outside, helping Zeb fuel the Ghost up. Suddenly, I sensed a force signature. And this wasn't Kanan's, it was a new, unidentified one. I felt it calling to me. "Zeb, keep fueling the Ghost up. I'll be back." I said.

"Where are you going?" the lasat asked.

"Something's not right. I'll be back in five minutes."

"Okay?"

I left the Ghost and started walking to the base, where I felt the force signature become much stronger. I felt it again and again as I made my way through the insides of the base, following its signature. After a while of walking, I sensed that the signature was coming from Zeb's sunset watching spot, the same spot where me and him watched the sunset before Malachor. But who was here, and was it my clone? God for bit if it was him at all. I got my answer when I saw a dark robed figure, looking out into the distance with his back facing me. How did he find his way over here!? I pulled out my lightsaber, about to activate it when it flew out of my hand all of a sudden, landing into the palm of the figure.

"Who are you!?" I questioned him, equipping my blaster and aiming it at him. The figure chuckled evilly, facing me.

"This is a nice weapon, padawan." the figure said.

"Very funny. Who are you and how did you get here!?"

"Me? I'm nobody."

"Liar! Who are you!?" At that moment, he sent me flying into a wall with the force, pinning me there. He approached me slowly as I tried to use the force to free myself, but his hold was too strong. When he approached me, he activated my green saber, holding it to my throat.

"Your lightsaber is really something."

"You sith!"

"Nah, I'm not one of them, and I never was one of them to begin with."

"What are you talking about?"

"Exactly what I am talking about, Bridger."

"How do you know my name!?" He deactivated my lightsaber but still held me against the wall.

"You see this weapon?"

"What about it?"

"Your weapon was once mine, and I want it back."

"I never stole this weapon from anybody. I crafted it myself."

"Oh, did you now, Ezra?"

"How do you know my name!?"

"I've always known your name, Ezra. I've always known who you are. I was there with you, Ezra, every step of your life."

"You don't know me!"

"Oh, you just aren't prepared for what is to come. Now hold still."

The robed figure proceeded to dig his ice cold fingers into my head, his fingers digging into me deeper. Then, he started showing me things.

He showed things that were beyond description. He first showed me the deaths of Vader and Palpatine, the fall of the Empire, and the fall of the sith. But then, he showed me a new threat, the Empire reborn into a new organization that was twice as powerful as the Empire ever was. He showed me a terrible war, a war between the people of the galaxy and the reborn Empire. He showed death and destruction on an unimaginable scale, so much that it was beyond description. As he let me go, I understood that he was showing me the future, and that he was the one who was responsible for it.

"I've always been there with you, Ezra." the figure said before he vanished. Who was he? Was he the REAL mysterious warrior who just made a clone of me to do his bidding? Why did he claim that my weapon was once his? Who was this guy? I got out of my thoughts when Kanan contacted me.

"Ezra, are you there?"

"Sorry, Kanan. I'll be there in a minute."

"Please. We've been waiting for you for almost ten minutes."

"Kanan, I'll explain everything later."

I made my way back to the Ghost, and we took off for Kamino once I got there. I went into the common area, where the others were already there.

"Dude, we were all ready to go. Where were you?" Alex asked.

"Guys, before you all start, let me explain." I said.

"You'd better." Kanan replied.

I sighed, and explained everything to the crew. "He claimed that my weapon was once his, and that he has always been there with me. But after my encounter with him, I'm beginning to think that what if this guy's the mysterious warrior, the real one, and what if my clone is just a pawn of his? What if this really is the real mysterious warrior?" Everyone was intrigued by this.

"I think Ezra might be on to something." Sabine said.

"He could be possibly. We'll just have to wait until we get to Kamino and hopefully we can end all of this before it gets worse. This foe has been giving us a lot of puzzles about him." Kanan replied.

"He has, love. We have a good couple of hours until we get to Kamino, so rest up until then, everyone. This mission's serious." Hera reminded us. We nodded and I went back to my room, meditating to try to get this encounter off my mind.

Kanan's P.O.V

Like Ezra, I also meditated, trying to get everything about the mysterious warrior off my mind. Just as I was stuck in a deep meditation, I heard a faint voice. "Caleb." My eyes remained closed, concentrating on the meditation at hand. "Caleb." the voice said again. I shut my eyes tight. "Ezra will be mine. I have been with him for every step of his life, and you know that clearly. You aren't prepared for what's coming."

My eyes shot open after I saw a vision of a dark figure, activating my lightsaber after I panicked. I looked around my room, panting, then when I saw that nobody was here, I went back to meditating. Whoever this warrior is, what if Ezra really was right about him? I had even more thoughts going through my head than earlier.