A/N, I don't know how long I'll continue this story but I'm hoping that it will be here for a long time.
Chapter 12: Training day
Riley woke up the next morning with a bad headache, he was about to stand up but saw that Anne was still asleep so he just sat there with his arm around her.
"Morning Riley" Ezra walked in with a wrench.
"Doing some repairs?"
"Nah, going to dismantle chopper" Ezra walked to the door then turned around when he noticed Anne. "What's going on?"
"She's asleep" Riley already knew what Ezra was talking about because it made sense.
"It's more than that, are you dating?" Ezra smirked when Riley looked at Anne. "You are!"
"Ezra! Quite!" Riley tried his best to stay silent. "It's not a big deal, now go and dismantle chopper so Hera can kill you"
"On second thought, Hera might be mad and it would be morally wrong to destroy a friend's body" Ezra walked back to his room trying not to laugh.
"That kid, always the comedian" Riley sat back realising that his headache was only getting worse.
Riley sat there thinking about what he would do today, he missed training yesterday since it was Sabine's birthday, he also needed to do a Supply run for the Ghost. He was probably thinking for hours because he got interrupted when Anne woke up.
"Morning Anne" Anne jumped forgetting that Riley was next to her.
"Sorry, I forgot you were there" She sat up properly and cuddled up to Riley. "You almost did it again last night"
"Almost?" Riley was worried that he might of scared Anne.
"You were about to but then you hugged me tighter and calmed down" Anne looked into Riley's grey eyes.
"I'm sorry if I scared you" Riley stood up. "I'm off to train, coming?"
"Sure" Anne stood up and walked outside with Riley.
Riley grabbed a bag with the equipment and started setting it up, the targets were storm trooper helmets on top of sticks. The targets were placed at different distances, there are 8 targets and each further by 2 meters.
"Ok, you go first" Riley handed Anne a pistol.
"It's been a while" Anne tried not to be embarrassed.
"Then it's needed" Riley chuckled a little.
Anne stood at the line Riley marked out and started shooting, she hit 5 targets.
"Nice" Riley set up the targets again and took the pistol from Anne he fired 3 shots before being tackled from behind and firing a stray shot.
"You're not beating me" Anne pinned Riley to the ground but he just picked her up. "Put me down!"
"No, you should have thought about that before knocking me over" Riley laughed as he carried Anne up a hill and set her down at the top.
"Why here?" Anne sat down and looked at the horizon, it was till sun rise.
"I need to talk about something" Riley sat down next to Anne.
"About what?" Anne just looked at Riley with a worried face. It's only been a couple of hours and he's already 'talking'.
"My nightmares, have I ever grabbed my chest when I panicked?" Riley moving his hand over it.
"Yeah, why?" Anne calmed a little knowing it wasn't really bad but more personal.
"Well, it's when I dream about being alone. When I was captured that time, they tortured me mentally and made me relive memories. Every time I dream about losing someone I get a pain from when I was shot during the torture." Riley looked slowly into Anne's purple eyes.
"Why tell me this?" Anne wanted to hug Riley, to reassure him.
"Because when you said I almost did it again, I realised that why I have people I care about around, I'm calmer and more relaxed" Riley lied back hoping that he wouldn't be questioned again.
"I never knew you were this emotional"
"I'm all over the place recently"
"Why?"
"Because three days after I ran away from Sabine, was the day I was tortured" Riley was surprised when Anne jumped on top of him.
"You'll be fine, and more relaxed" Riley lied back hoping that he wouldn't be questioned again.
"I never knew you were this emotional"
"I'm all over the place recently"
"Why?"
"Because three days after I ran away from Sabine, was the day I was tortured" Riley was surprised when Anne jumped on top of him.
"You'll be fine, you have a family again" Anne rested her head on Riley's chest.
"That's the problem, I don't want to lose it again" Anne kissed Riley on the lips and he kissed back.
"You won't, because I won't let you" Anne smiled and rested her head again, Riley put a hand on her head.
"Thanks"
Riley and Anne fell asleep for about an hour before they were awoken by the snickering of the group.
"Problem?" Riley asked before being dragged by Jack. "Hey!"
"We have a mission, and you need to get ready" Jack smiled.
"So, stop dragging me" Riley couldn't get up since he was being dragged too fast.
"Nah, too much fun"
It wasn't far to the ship and when Jack let go, Riley went to his and Sabine's room to grab his gear. He put it on and grabbed his helmet, his weapon and disk that was about the size of his hand. He reached the Cargo bay to be met by the crew but not wearing any gear.
"Am I the only one going?" Riley was met by nods. "Why?"
"We need you to recon an imperial base" Kanan gave Riley a data pad with the details.
"Can't be too hard, it should take me until this afternoon" Riley pocketed the data pad and left the ship.
"Will he be alright?" Anne was concerned since the base he was scouting currently had the Emperor visiting.
"He'll be fine, it also gives us time to do some work on the surprise" Sabine jumped up and went to grab her paint, Zeb went to get cooking with Ezra, Hera and Kanan kept Riley busy while Anne and Jack started hanging some banners.
"How do you feel about Riley?" Anne was still trying to hang the banners but was shorter than Jack by 2 foot.
"I'm starting to like him more but he's still a bit odd" Jack hung his end and went to help Anne.
"He's had a difficult past" Anne tried to refuse Jack's help but he helped anyway.
"I know, why were you on top of that hill this morning?" Jack gave Anne an evil smirk.
"We were just chatting" Anne blushed at Jacks smirk because he knew how much she liked Riley. "Don't try too hard, you'll only end up disappointed" Anne laughed then she started the other banner.
With Ezra and Zeb
Ezra and Zeb were both in the kitchen making a cake. Ezra was making the frosting while Zeb was making the cake itself.
"Kid, stop messing around with the sugar" Zeb was putting the mix he made in the oven.
"Why is the bag so big?" Ezra struggled to lift it.
"It's not your just small" Zeb grinned.
"Just help"
"Fine"
Zeb walked over and helped Ezra, he lifted the bag with a little difficulty but got the right amount.
"Actually, that big I a little big" Zeb scratched his head in confusion.
"I wonder how everyone else is doing." Ezra started to make the frosting.
"They've got the easier jobs" Zeb sat down then realised something. "Where's Chopper?"
"Um…I think he's supposed to be here, but went with Hera instead"
"As long as the rust bucket isn't making us screw up this time"
With Kanan, Hera and Chopper
"How you doing?" Kanan spoke into comms.
"Too good, something isn't right" Riley's voice sounded crackly from the speaker.
"The Emperor is there today" Hera said earning a glare from Kanan.
"That just makes it easier, but he isn't here because the flags aren't red" Riley had concern in his voice.
"Just finish the recon and you'll be fine" Kanan looked worried, something was up.
"Oh, no. Kanan, I now know why there were little guards recently. Sending the feed" Kanan and Hera looked at a screen on the wall, it showed a building being constructed.
The building looked tall even though it's not finished, the building had red flags down it and an odd symbol. The symbol wasn't new, but it looked familiar.
"Riley, that's enough come back" Hera almost shouted.
"Too late, they saw me. I'll be back so-" Riley was cut off.
"Riley, Riley!" Hera was met by only static.
"Damn it, this is my fault" Kanan sat down with head in hands.
"Calm down, he can take care of himself" Hera sat in her seat. "We can only wait to come back"
"Your right" Kanan was reassured when Chopper tried to hug Kanan, which was unusual.
With Sabine
Sabine had gathered the paints that Riley had bought her, they were special since some contained glitter and others dispensed multi-coloured paint. She was painting the walls and some more signs.
"I hope he likes it" Sabine jumped when a girl spoke, she turned to see Anne.
"He will, he really appreciates the things people do for him" Sabine carried on the art she was doing.
"We need new clothes"
"Why?" Sabine stopped her work, she was never the dress type of girl.
"Because we need to look good if the rest of the ship is" Anne gave an eye roll to Sabine. "Come on"
"Um…I'll think about it"
"Well I'm off to see what the rest of the crew think" Anne ran off.
"I really, don't want to wear a dress" Sabine returned to her painting.
The painting was of Riley, his helmet under arm and his gun clipped to his belt. Next to him was their parents to either side, she needed the book to remember what her parents looked like since it's been a long time when she last saw them.
When Sabine was finished she went to her room to do some of the things in her book.
With Riley
Riley had been on the run for hours, he had several platoons of storm troopers. He ran to the centre of Capital City hoping he would lose them there. When he reached the centre, he ran into an abandoned house with the symbol on it just like his own.
Riley got inside after finding a hole in the roof, he walked around to examine the home, it was dusty. He went to the sofa and slept until it was over, but he couldn't he needed to get back to the crew, to his family.
After about half an hour, Riley made his way back to the Ghost. He stopped at the hill he was on that morning to see everyone gathered waiting for him. He walked slowly towards them, wondering why they were waiting.
A/N, I want to thank the other writers on Fan fiction for all the ideas, admit ably I didn't think of all the ideas but I also didn't completely steal them. I also want to let you guys know that you are now officially part of my life. Goodbye