Chapter 5: An Unlikely Alliance

Ezra's P.O.V

The next morning came. I groaned as I opened my eyes, sitting up in the bed and rubbing my forehead. Everything that occurred the previous day happened so quickly that my mind was still glued to it; rescuing Sabine. Part of me inside was still telling me to not trust her and to take her out, but the other part of me still told me to trust her on this. At this point, it was only us by the looks of things, so if were gonna get off this planet then I had to work with her. I sat on the edge of the bed, rubbing my eyes. Today was another day, another day with her.

"Morning." I looked to the door across the hall and saw that Sabine was up as well.

"Morning." I replied, casually.

"You were out all right." she said.

"So were you." I responded, getting up on my feet.

"Take this." she said as she tossed me something. I saw that it was a ration bar. "You're probably hungry after everything." Can't believe she was giving me something in return for everything.

"Thanks." I said simply, opening my bar and taking a bite out of it, leaning against the wall. Sabine was doing the same thing, crossing her arms. We both were silent.

"So." she spoke up.

"So?" I replied.

"Is your Republic looking for you?" Sabine asked. I asked the same thing about her Sith employers or Mandos. "I don't know honestly. Thank Manda that they are, even though most of them think I died in the bombardment, with my brother." I heard a bit of a sniffle coming from her, as well as saw a small tear coming from her right eye. Was she crying? I thought Mandalorians never cry. I remember that the first thing I was told, along with the other younglings, about them was that they were warriors who never showed any emotion whatsoever, like people who never had a soul and only cared about the fight practically. But this, this was the first time ever that I saw one cry. And then came a small weep that escaped her. I knew I was going to regret the next thing I was going to do.

I walked across over to Sabine's cell and put a hand on her shoulder. She jolted from the sudden touch of her enemy, preparing to almost hit me until she didn't, sobbing. I kept my hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry about your brother." I said. I could have sworn that I felt my stomach tighten from what I said, as there was no way that I gave my own enemy my own sympathy. Sabine was a bit shocked from what I said, judging from her emotions thanks to the Force.

"Thank you." she said. "And I'm sorry about your master." Now I was the one shocked. "Though my brother may be dead, I offer you his sorrow and my sorrow for your master's death." I was in even more shock. My own enemy? Apologizing? This was getting more and more shocking by the seconds. I remained silent. "You may not accept my apology, but I accept yours, and I can understand that you're probably just as shocked as I am. Believe me, I am too." And here she was, talking to me again. This time not as an enemy, but as one who sympathized with my loss just as I was with her loss. However, there were better things to discuss, myself changing the topic.

"We have to leave this place as soon as possible. Is there, one, transport we could use that is still operational? And two, is there somewhere we could go for extraction?" I had a feeling that I shouldn't have said that last part, considering that I highly doubt that the Republic is coming for me. Like with Sabine and her brother, the Republic and Jedi think I died with Kanan.

"Well, that's gonna be a bit hard since most of the transport most likely got destroyed during the bombardment. That, and the nearest settlement is like a three day's walk or so." Sabine answered.

"Then we'd better get going ASAP. But before we go, I can't go anywhere without my saber if you still have it."

"Hang on." Sabine walked out of her cell and turned right. I followed her down the hall until she came up on a locker. Punching in a pass code, it opened and we went in. "We keep most prisoner's weapons in here. Your lightsaber is on that table." she said, pointing to it. Beside it, I saw Kanan's. A tear escaped my eye when I grabbed mine and then looked at Kanan's. The only fatherly figure in my life that I had was gone, and I felt like I was alone until that day he found me.

I was only four and alone on Lothal. I used to be an orphan who stole stuff just to survive until Kanan found me. He took me in and I was thankful ever since, but now it felt like I was alone again. However, the only person I had at this point, for now, was Sabine, and I had to trust her. I took Kanan's saber, equipping it to my belt on the left side and then equipped mine on the right side.

"Thanks, Sabine." I said.

"Let's go." she said. I followed her back the way we came, the Mando going into the cell she was in earlier and putting on her helmet. She gestured for me to follow her with her head, and we had to pry the door open due to the events from yesterday. Once we did, we saw that the entire camp on top of us was destroyed. And there was a gap between us and the surface. However, I knew I'd be able to make it easily thanks to my abilities, but Sabine may not have been able to. "I got it." she said, using her jetpack to fly up to the surface. "Come on."

"I got it." I responded, force jumping and doing a front flip in the air until I landed next to her. Without a word we walked away from the destroyed camp, heading out into the openness that was Balmorra. Exactly half an hour passed, and nothing happened. Suddenly, the sound of a ship approaching echoed throughout the sky. An imperial Eclipse Interceptor flew overhead. Looks like we were about to have company.

The ship landed in front of us. "Friends of yours?" I asked.

"Let's just say... they might want to have a word with me." Sabine said with a tiny, tiny hint of nervousness in her voice. Something told me that these were probably the Sith employers that hired those Mandalorian mercs. Two figured exited the ship, both looking like Sith Lords. One wore a mask that concealed the face of the male figure, the other wore a dark cloak draped over her shoulders. I could tell that the other figure was a female from the stature. The male was the first to speak.

"Wren, I am impressed to see that you survived the bombardment. I was looking to having a personal word with you." he said underneath his mask. "Where is your brother, first of all?"

"He did not make it." Sabine quickly responded.

"A shame. He would have put you in your place as well, for he had informed me of a little mishap that happened. To my understanding, Lord Jadus told me that you two were ordered, by him personally, to take in two Jedi and kill them if neither of them gave up info that was valuable to our forces. To my understanding, he dispatched one of them, while one remains." He eyed me underneath his mask when he said that. I equipped my saber, about to ignite it when a flick of the Sith's hand froze me in place. His apprentice pulled our her red lightsaber, igniting it and was about to strike me until he stopped her. "No. Leave him be, for now." The apprentice, disappointed with what her master was going with, obeyed, keeping her saber steady. "Tell me, Wren. Why did you not kill THIS Jedi?" Sabine was silent. "I asked you a question, and you shall answer it. Why did you not kill this Jedi? Hmm?"

"I-I-I..." Sabine stuttered.

"You what?" the Sith asked, impatiently.

"I wasn't able to."

"Any why was that?"

"Because...because..."

"I don't want to here it. I could tell that you spared him, but you don't want to tell me that, do you?"

"It's not what you think..." The Sith started force choking her, the Mandalorian gasping for air as she started grasping her throat.

"You think that you could get away with something like that, don't you? Not today. Yotuo, kill them both."

"Yes, master." She positioned her saber towards Sabine. I had to do something, and do something I did.

With a grunt, I performed a quick slash, catching the apprentice off guard, in a blade lock. I sensed Sabine pulled out her cortosis blade and she and the Sith Lord were engaged in combat.

I kicked the apprentice in the stomach, herself stumbling back as her cloak dropped, revealing herself. The apprentice was a red twi'lek, with yellow Sith eyes and black striped tattoos going down her lekku. She grunted as she came at me with hard blows, myself blocking each of them and then striking her at her shoulder where it was open. Enraged, she force pushed me back. I went flying back into the ship, my body crashing hard into the side of it, causing a huge dent. I fell down to the ground, groaning. I'm even surprised I didn't break anything from the huge impact. "What's the matter, Jedi? Too in pain?" Yotuo questioned, a smirk on her face as she made her way towards me, twirling her lightsaber around. I groaned before I "responded," by pushing her back with the force. The twi'lek went flying back and I got up, igniting my saber.

Like earlier, she came at me with hard blows, and that was when I noticed something. Clearly she wasn't playing smart, which meant that she was leaving herself open just enough. She engaged me in a lock, both of us grunting as we struggled to get advantage over the other. Finally, the opening presented itself.

With a quick flick of my blade, I slashed both her legs. The twi'lek let out a cry and moan of pain, her lightsaber falling out of her hands. I delivered a hard kick to her face, and then another, and then another, to the point where blood was pouring out of her mouth. She moaned and groaned in pain, and then I kicked her one last time. "And stay down." I said as I started heading over to Sabine, who looked like she (surprisingly) stood her ground against the Sith. Just as I headed over to her, I sensed the apprentice try to make a move, preparing myself for her attack, only for the force signature to suddenly fade away by the sound of a blaster shot. I heard the sound of her body drop to the ground, and saw the smoke at the end of the barrel of Sabine's pistol. She lowered it, giving me a firm nod. However, this confrontation wasn't over.

"Look out!" I yelled, using the Force to send the Sith flying back when he tried to take her out. He was on his back as his body slid against the ground, myself picking him up and slamming him down over and over again. I pulled him to me with the Force, and then bludgeoned my lightsaber into his stomach. He let out a gasp before he completely lost the life in him. Deactivating my saber, he fell down to the floor. An unlikely alliance just triumphed.

"Thank you." Sabine said.

"No, thank you." I replied.

"For what?" she asked.

"For saving my life." I answered.

"And thank you once again, for saving mine." She holstered her pistols.

"So what now?" I asked.

"Well, there is a ship here. Thinking what I'm thinking?"

"We could use it to get off this planet." We both headed for the entrance ramp. "After you." Sabine nodded and went ahead of me. I followed her into the cockpit. "Know how to fly this thing?" I asked.

"You?" Sabine responded.

"Nope."

"In that case, I'll fly this thing." she said, sitting in the pilot's seat and taking off her helmet.

"Are you sure this thing will fly despite the dent?"

"Hopefully it does."