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The Adventures of a Time Traveling Padawan Chap 11
11.1
"You have to make a connection-Ezra, don't even think about it."
Ezra pouted and lowered the pie.
"You have to make a connection-there's something behind me isn't there."
An oddly NonAwake Ezra nodded mutely.
Kanan turned around, ready to deal with whatever hell the loops had decided to throw at him this time, and flat out fainted when he came face to face with Freddy's face.
"You have to make a connection-"
"Hey master?" Sabine raised her hand.
"Yes, Sabine." Kanan rubbed his hand over his forehead. Why did he have to deal with two padawans?
"Why can't we just pet it?"
Kanan facepalmed.
'You have to make a connection-' Kanan couldn't help but stop in his instructions and snicker. 'To… your dragon…' He couldn't stop the snickers.
'What?' Eragon looked at his teacher curiously.
'Nothing, nothing at all.'
'…You're Awake aren't you.'
'Aw dang it… To be fair I'm a looper from a different loop.'
'I have been incredibly confused for quite a while.' The NonAwake Glaedr rumbled tiredly.
"You have to make a connection-"
"I have Wi-Fi, does that count?" Ezra waved his tablet.
"Connection a make to have you-"
"Loop this hate I."
"You have to make a connection-" Kanan twitched and screamed when a snowball hit his face. "Nonononono-"
"Huh, so it existed in baseline too..?"
11.2
Ezra allowed his anger at the Inquisitor to power him as he reached with the Force to the mind sequestered at the bottom of the ravine-
Actually he just used his powerful connection with the Force to do it, but appearances you know.
The Inquisitor's eyes widened while the deadly looking creature towered over Ezra and snarled viciously at him… and then he frowned in confusion when Ezra smirked.
"Go ahead and say it, I look pretty badass."
11.3
"I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you,"
"Ezra, what did you do to Zeb?"
"That was so frickin awesome." Ezra squeed. Actually squeed. Hera couldn't hold in the 'aww' at how cute it was.
"I hate you I hate you I hate you,"
"Don't worry, it was just a stunt loop gone wrong." Sabine shrugged, enjoying the rare loop where everyone but Kanan was Awake and they could therefore drive him insane without any retribution later in the loops.
11.4
Kallus gaped when an explosion went off in his face…
...and then he blinked and he was sitting in his desk. He calmly stood up and cancelled all his duties for the day, luckily minor ones that could be pushed off on lackeys, then walked out of his office and headed to his private quarters. Once there he calmly and casually turned off any security cameras.
And there he proceeded to have a complete mental breakdown.
Yoyo'd: Ezra.
BTHead: …How do you know that name?
BTHead: And for that, how did you get me on this chat?
BTHead: This is my company's private browser!
Yoyo'd: If I wasn't currently losing my composure in every way possible I would be able to remember the code words you told me, but since I'm not thinking clearly I can't remember a bit of it. I'm looping and please tell me that I didn't actually…
BTHead: Wait a second…
BTHead: Oh my god.
BTHead: …Agent Kallus?
Yoyo'd: I'm not 'good' right now but I was. I'm currently trying my hardest to settle the moral conflictions in my mind. I am very VERY positive that is not something best done in the environment the Empire has.
BTHead: …
BTHead: I'll… organize a… something between my company and the Empire...
BTHead: Try and hold it together until then, okay?
Yoyo'd: Thank you.
Yoyo'd: …Please hurry.
Kallus was sitting on Ezra's couch.
Agent Kallus was sitting on Ezra Bridger's couch.
Nope, no matter how Zeb thought that sentence he couldn't make it make sense.
"Uh… Ezra?"
Kallus twitched violently.
"No you can't punch him. He's looping now."
"Wait… WHAT?!"
Ezra watched the trembling man worriedly. In the loop where he'd used the Ying Yang Yoyo on Kallus, the reversed Agent had helped prevent the destruction of Zeb's planet and therefore allowed for an extremely satisfying vacation loop for the lasat.
Considering the positions the destruction of his planet usually put him in within the loops, Zeb deserved that vacation too.
Ezra had regretted the fact that the Agent had ended up killed in the conflict though. Sure he was going to be there next loop without any memory of it happening, but Ezra hated any deaths in the loops.
So when around twenty loops later Kallus contacted him telling him he was looping, Ezra could be forgiven for feeling a strange mixture of relief, excitement, and dread.
The good version of Agent Kallus was actually a very, well… good person and Ezra had actually started to like the guy. (Unlike Jack's situation, Kallus was actually a competent villain. He was just unlucky enough to have a more competent rebel crew foiling his attempts at capturing them.)
Zeb had only barely accepted the fact that Kallus was there to help, so there was no real help the Agent could receive emotionally from the lasat. But right now Ezra needed anyone who'd been there in the situation to help the man sort through loop memories of being evil and memories of doing good.
So, despite his reservations on the matter, Ezra asked Zeb to come to his tower early in the loops.
"Yes, he's looping. Apparently he became enough of a friend to me that loop that it activated him." Ezra cut Zeb off before he could speak. "Right now not only is he dealing with the shock of his first loop, but he's having to deal with current loop memories and the loop memories of that loop." Ezra crossed his arms with a demanding look. It was his 'I'm the Anchor of this loop and could kick your butt if you make me angry' look. "Just think for a second. Try and see what he's going through at the moment."
Zeb huffed but complied and thought about it. He remembered the confusion of his own first loop… then remembered the few former villains from other loops he'd met. They talked about things they did in baseline casually at best and with multiple flinches and guilty looks at worst.
Zeb suddenly remembered Gajeel's baseline and physically flinched when he realized how absolutely horrible Kallus must be feeling at the moment.
"Eh… sorry?" He offered.
"Good enough, considering what's between you two." Ezra nodded. "Now. The biggest problem we have right now is that his PreAwakening self was not good… But in the other loop he was made good, not reformed." Zeb blinked. "He's having trouble separating the 'good' him and the 'bad' him." Ezra deadpanned.
"Well why didn't you just say so?"
"Frag you. Right now we just need to encourage his 'good' self to be in charge. Obviously his 'bad' self is not a good idea." Ezra plopped down on the couch, Zeb walking over to stand near the two.
"Uh, hey Kallus…" He began awkwardly.
"Zeb, you speak more languages than technically exist if you count the boundaries of this loop. Why can you not hold a conversation?"
"Frag you."
Kallus snorted slightly. "Let's hope the rest of this conversation is as enlightening." His voice was shaky.
"Is it a conversation when we're bickering?"
"Are you going to ask another meaningless question?"
Kallus relaxed as the two sniped back and forth. This was what he'd seen much of in his first loop. It was actually comforting listening to them.
He settled in for a long, extremely amusing time until his head would stop hurting.
11.5
Ezra Awoke and paled.
"NOT. FRICKIN. HAPPENING." He stormed past the Inquisitor and without a second thought headed to throw himself out an airlock somewhere to subsequently end the loop.
The Inquisitor raised an eyebrow at his apprentice but continued on down the hallway.
11.6
"Um, Mike?"
"Yes, younger me?"
"Number one, stop calling me that it's creepy. Number two, what are you doing?"
"I'm doing Science! Now leave unless you want to be the first human to glow in the dark and spontaneously combust…"
Ezra backed out of the room warily.
11.7
Ezra blinked and shook his head as he Awoke, and then fistpumped. He loved these loops! And right on time too!
"Mom, Dad, we need to talk! I have a girlfriend and I need to know what you guys know about time loops!"
Sabine smiled as she shook Ezra's parent's hands. "You guys are taking this very well,"
"Well him using the Force and pulling out a lightsaber was very convincing." Ephraim shook his head. "Also, he did give us some time to absorb the idea…"
Mira smiled. "And the way he talked about you? He's in love, not just a crush." Sabine blushed slightly. "That doesn't come without experience."
"Mom, Dad…" Ezra whined with a blush of his own. "You know that I'm capable of literally dying of embarrassment, right?"
"That loop cannot be related to other loops." Sabine said amusedly.
"Worth a try." Ezra looked between his girlfriend and his two parents. "So, I uh… have something to talk to Kanan about…" Ezra scratched the back of his head. "I'll just leave you guys to… bond, or something." Ezra rushed out of the room.
"Wow, he must be really nervous. He's handled rotten egg-bombs with less nerves."
Ephraim couldn't help but chuckle. "Well, let's 'bond'. What is it you like to do, Sabine?"
"Sabine, what did you do to my parents?" Ezra watched with wide eyes as he walked into the room ten hours later to see three shapes covered in glowing blue powder.
"Tried to show them how to make egg-bombs." She blew powder out her nose. "Not sure what happened."
"It was fun all the same." Mira giggled.
"What did you tell them." Ezra demanded with a horrified expression.
"Only some of my favorite loops." Sabine teased.
"I hate you."
"Love you too."
With Ezra, previously…
'Kanan, I… I'm nervous. I'm not sure I can go through with all of this.'
'Relax Ezra, you two are made for each other. This'll work out.'
'But what if she doesn't like my parents? What if they don't like her?! Then what if when I meet her's something happens and-' Ezra was surprised to receive the mental equivalent of a slap in the face.
'I know that the Jedi order doesn't allow love, but screw that we're time loopers so I'm giving you advice anyways. Ezra, you both love each other. You've both made some big steps with each other already and I'm sure everything will go fine. From what I've seen, your parents are great. She'll love them and they'll enjoy meeting her even if they're confused out of their minds. As for her's? I don't think you have to worry much about that.'
'Why not?'
'Remember how a long while back there were those crashes in Yggdrasil and some things were lost in the loops? Well, Sabine told me once that her baseline past was one of those things.'
'…Oh…'
'Exactly. You can still ask, but you're most likely going to get told the same thing. So hurry up on your planning and know that we're always here to give you some strength and advice.'
'…You guys were listening in.'
'Actually, Kanan invited us to listen. And if what I just picked up is true I'm hugging you with a squee the next time I see you.' Hera said amusedly.
11.8
"You're joking." Ezra stared at Hera, who looked more like Chopper this particular loop.
"HA-HA. DA-LEK-TWI-LEK. I-GET-IT. CHOP-PER, STOP-LAUGH-ING." Hera waved a mechanical doohickey through the air.
"I'm going to go back to bed and pretend this loop never happened." Sabine said monotone as she turned back around.
Ezra opened his mouth once she left.
"NO-EZ-RA, YOU-CAN-NOT-RUN-EX-PER-I-MENTS. WHO-VERSE-IS-READ-ON-LY-RE-MEM-BER? DON'T-WANT-TO-MAKE-AN-Y-MOD-ER-AT-ORS-AN-GRY. WHY-DO-DA-LEKS-HAVE-TO-TALK-SO-STU-PID?!"
Kanan facepalmed and followed Sabine's example.
11.9
"You have to make a connection-"
"Didne wee alreadeh goo oover thus?"
"You have to make a connection-"
Kanan blinked as Ezra and the creature were both suddenly on the ground snoring. He sighed.
"This is what I get for trying to teach…"
"You have to make a… a… Dangit, Zeb, Ezra, would you please stop that?!"
After uncountable lifetimes of experimenting with this exact topic, Zeb had finally found one thing that no Jedi could ever focus through.
He vwapped through his kazoo again, Ezra snickering and doing the same.
"You have to make a connection," Kanan paused when nothing different happened. No humorous interruptions by loopers, no random event happening that didn't happen in baseline, nothing.
"Yes Kanan?" Ezra raised an eyebrow, a mischievous gleam in his eyes.
"Oh I see what you did there."
The lesson continued.
11.1
*I like messing around with this.
11.2
*My thoughts regarding this scene.
11.3
*They like screwing around with NonAwake Kanan because he can't get back at them later.
11.4
*And now you know why I was doing that! *fistpumps* I love good!Kallus~
*Also poor Kallus he is so confused.
11.5
*Haha I don't even really know I feel like that would be his response to that loop.
11.6
*7.1
*'Mike' really likes to mess with his nonlooping self.
11.7
*Sometimes Ezra will have loops where either 1: the Empire doesn't kill/capture his parents or 2: the Empire doesn't exist at all. He really loves those loops but they usually make him pretty gloomy afterwards.
11.8
*Lek?
11.9
*More~
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