S.R.F. Ch. 6

A/N Aaaww man. I'm sorry guys,

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"What are we doing here?"

"A hundred credits says that Zeb punched someone out."

Sabine proceeded to feebly punch a grinning Ezra's arm.

"Hey!" He said, trying not to show just how much his arm hurt.

"Hera would never let them. You're- . . ."

"Send for more men! We can't hold him down, he's an animal!" Said a muffled voice from inside the jail.

"Never mind. Bet's off. Let's just go." Sabine said, charging ahead at a hobble's pace to avoid the grin she could already imagine on Ezra's smug face.

Ezra was behind Sabine in an instant in case she fell over, and ended up nearly doing what he was ready to prevent when she suddenly stopped in the middle of the corridor. He moved around her ready to see how many guards were taking on Zeb and possibly jump in when he started to get overpowered, maybe jump in a minute or two after that.

For the second time that day, Ezra was shocked to see that man again.

"It's Rex."

"Ugh. I should've taken you on that bet!" Sabine said a bit exasperated, sitting down on a bench.

"Should we do something?" Ezra said blankly, sitting down next to the Mandalorion.

"Like what? We're here for our guys. There's not much we can do for him at this point." Sabine said, wincing slightly as Rex jabbed a man in the throat as if to further prove her point.

The pair watched on in silence for the next five minutes as Rex brutally managed to hold off the Stormtroopers who only managed to overpower the man when enough reinforcements arrived to each individually hold down a limb.

"Sabine? Ezra? Guys, over here!" Kanan said from around a corner, quickly disappearing behind it.

Having to elbow Ezra in the ribs to pay attention, she motioned for him to follow as she got off to see where Kanan went off to.

"What are you guys doing here?" Kanan said, walking back up to the duo.

"Ezra brought us here. Don't know how he knew."

"I can't really explain it. I guess it kind of makes sense. Not really though."

"That there, my young padawan, is the force. It gives you a kind of knowingness about stuff in general. I'd compare it to a women's intuition, but considering how Hera's in jail, I'm going to go ahead and debunk that now and here."

Both Street Rat and Artist stood alike gaping like fish at Kanan. Sabine was the first to fall out of her stupor.

"You mean Hera was arrested? What happened? Are we compromised?" Sabine asked incredulously, only bothering to bring her voice down to a loud whisper at the very end.

"No, no, nothing like that. And she's fine. They haven't processed her yet, and if our luck holds out, they never will."

"What are you talking about?" Ezra asked, barely being able to wrap the fact the it was Hera in there around his head.

"Well, one of the servers got a bit too touchy for Hera's taste when we were laying low at the bar. Honestly, I was just playing my part of the drunk and rowdy bar-dwelling citizen of the Empire, but Hera took it to heart and proceeded to pummel said server. Troopers ended up barging in with the worst timing like always and they dragged her off with Chopper, Zeb, and me in tow after her. Chopper's working on getting us clearance to the cells and I didn't even need to distract anybody."

"Yeah, we noticed the ruckus."

"Oh! Hey, follow me and don't say a thing Ezra. Sabine, you go wait for us by the entrance. We might need to make a quick getaway."

"Can do."

Without a word, Kanan took off, walking towards a pair of clones dragging away Rex across the room.

"Hey, where are you going?" Ezra said, easily matching his stride.

"Shh! We're going to the cells, what else?"

"But how are we go-. . ."

"Shhh! Watch closely and you might learn something." Kana said with his back to Ezra as they approached the two men who had stopped to open the security door.

"You there! You aren't allowed here!"

"We are allowed here. You've been given orders to escort us throughout the cells." Kanan said, waving his hand in front of the trooper.

"What are you talking abo- . . ." The trooper wasn't allowed to finish as Kanan scrunched up his face and visibly tensed his body.

"Yes. You're. . . right. Let's… go."

The clone on the right turned around and swiped a key card to open a blast door that led to a hallway full of cells on both sides. Ezra tried to keep his cool but eventually lost it as they walked along the corridor looking for Hera.

"What was that? You totally changed his mind and you didn't even threaten him!"

"Is that really the only way you've seen people change their minds Ezra?"

"Well, yes. You don't exactly grow up with words of comfort on the streets Kanan. And you still haven't answered my question."

"It's an old Jedi Mind Trick. Really only useful on the weak minded, but still useful nonetheless. I'm uhhh, not really sure on how I do it, so it's not the easiest thing to teach."

"There she is!"

The trooper that Kanan hadn't addressed turned around to face them.

"You two stay here while we dispose of this prisoner." He said as he turned to the other side of the corridor to attend to who else? Rex.

Kanan quickly used the force to open the lock while the two clones went to the other side of the corridor and had their backs turned to them.

"Kanan! Finally, you're here. You know, you're the one who messed up. You ought' to be in here. Oh! Ezra, what are you doing here?!" Hera said angrily, only to become nervous when she realized Ezra was there with them.

"Now Hera, I'm not going to embarrass you and tell the kid the story, but don't be so quick to leave Hera. The door's open, doesn't mean the coast is clear yet. Give us a second."

"Eerrghh. You were the one who messed up anyways… You got no right to try and threaten me…"

Kanan only gave a hearty chuckle, while Ezra tried not to laugh. That's when he felt an overbearing heat on his back for the second time that day before meeting the merciful numbness of unconsciousness.

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Holy shit guys, I'm sorry I was gone so long. This is my best story, so I'm definitely going to be more responsible with it. That being said, if I got any Naruto fans, please check out my new Naruto story, cause I wasn't very happy with how Sakura thought she understood Naruto.