Chapter Six TPF
Surprise Training.
Ezra's POV
Flash back
The Ghost sets down on the hidden landing pad and slowly descends into the base.
"Old Separatist base?" Rex asks watching the walls as we go down into the hanger.
"Yup never found and completely hidden from sensors from above." Sabine says smiling.
"Clever bastards." Wolfe grumbles.
"They had a thing for hidden bases that's for sure." Coric says sitting back.
"Well it's being put to good use now." Hera says tapping various buttons.
"Yeah for a rebellion that might not work." Rex says leaning back.
"It may be a long road but the Republic will be back." Sabine says firmly.
"You say that like it's actually going to happen." Gregor says smiling.
"You try hard enough anything is possible." Kanan says smiling.
"Jedi always optimistic." Rex says grinning.
"We try to be and I believe that there is a friend of your's is here to see you in." I say gesturing to the Togruta standing in front of the Ghost.
"She always did like to personally see things through." Rex says grabbing his helmet.
"C'mon boys let's go report in to the Commander." Rex says standing up and heading for the exit.
"Sir yes sir!" Gregor, Wolfe, and Coric sound out standing up and marching to the back.
"Well let's go greet the Commander." I say standing up and following them to the back. We all go the back and the clones assemble into formation. The ramp opens and the clones march forward with the rest of us following.
"Commander Tano sir. Republic clone squad 501st reporting with wounded." Rex says saluting.
"Captain Rex. It's good to see again." Ahsoka says smiling. "Now who's wounded?"
"Echo ma'am." Coric says stepping forward.
"Echo? But wasn't he killed on Lola Sayu?" Ahsoka asks looking confused.
"No ma'am, later in the war after… well after you left during a battle for Anaxes we discovered he was still alive and got him back. This was shortly before the Empire was declared and afterward they did the same to him that the Techno union had done to him." Rex explains.
"Permission to take him to the medical facilities Sir?" Coric asks.
"Permission granted. Medbay prepare for a wounded man." Ahsoka says into her comm.
"Well done Kanan and crew. Just one thing. Don't ever go near Coruscant again. I can't believe that you made it out of there alive." She says frowning at us.
"Wasn't their fault Commander. We said that the only way we join is if they got Echo back and they did so you have what's left of the original 501st at your disposal and only yours we won't take orders from people we don't have respect for." Rex says seriously.
"I think that can be arranged." Ahsoka says smiling.
"But don't take my best cell on another suicide mission to Coruscant again. It's hard enough to find Jedi these days without having you trying to get them killed." She says teasing.
"Haha yes sir." Rex says laughing.
"So have they convinced you to trust them yet?" Ahsoka asks turning to us.
"I don't trust easily Ahsoka. Especially not clones, not after what they did to the Order. But having said that I have respect for these men. I don't trust them yet but I am trying." Kanan says trying to smile.
"We understand sir. Until you do trust us consider all ill will forgotten." Gregor says taking off his helmet.
"Well your mission was a huge success let's go report in to Commander Sato." Ahsoka says walking off.
"It's nice to see you again Snips." Rex says taking off his helmet.
"It's nice to see you again to Rex." Ahsoka says happiness very evident in her voice.
"Snips?" I ask moving beside Rex.
"Skywalker's nickname for her. I wouldn't call her that if I were you though." He says grinning widely.
"Okay." I say shrugging and falling back beside Sabine.
"What was that about?" She whispers to me.
"I was asking about Ahsoka's apparent nickname." I whisper back.
"Hey cut the chatter." Kanan says looking back as we enter the main control room.
"Commander Sato looks like they were very successful." Ahsoka says motioning for the Commander to come over.
"You didn't tell me that these allies of your's were clones. Can they be trusted?" He asks a hard look of scrutinization on his face inspecting the clones.
"They can be trusted Sato however they have on condition with their service to the Rebellion." Ahsoka says glaring at Sato.
"And what is that?" He asks not flinching at the glares from all of us.
"They wish only to take orders from me." Ahsoka says not backing down.
"And why's that?" He asks looking at the clones suspiciously.
"Because we followed orders from people we didn't respect before and that led the founding of the Empire and the death of the Jedi. The only people to have any respect for the clone army. So if you want us to fight for you we will only take orders from a Jedi." Rex says stepping forward.
Sato looks at him for a moment.
"Very well. I will have to clear this with my superiors but I think that we can agree to this." Sato says a small smile on his face.
"Thank you Commander Sato. Now where will we be bunking?" Wolfe asks.
"And where is the medbay? I need to check on Echo's condition." Coric asks.
"I'll show you to the medbay Coric." I say walking to the door.
"Thanks Ezra." He says following.
"I'll come too." Sabine says following.
"No you won't young lady you and I need to take stock of the explosives." Hera says blocking her way.
"Okay then let's go take stock of the explosives." Sabine says smiling at me.
"See you later Sabine." I wave and leave with Coric.
"You two are together most of the time?" Coric asks.
"Yeah." I say smiling.
"So how long have you two been sleeping together?" He asks grinning.
"Sleeping together as in?" I ask looking at him amused.
"You know what I mean doin' the horizontal shuffle." He says smirking at me.
"We haven't done that. The most we've done is kiss."
"The way you two work together could've sworn that would've happened a long time ago." Coric says looking at me disbelievingly.
"Nope. I have to earn that right with her." I say smiling as I quote her.
"Her words?" Coric asks laughing a little.
"Yup. Now I just need to figure out what exactly she means by them." I say stepping into the lift.
"Good luck with that but I wouldn't piss her off in anyway if I were you." He says frowning.
"Haha I know what her wrath feels like Coric. Don't feel to bad about it she'll come around." I say laughing.
"She's not going to let that go for a while is she?" Coric asks sighing.
"Nope do you have any idea how long she took to warm up to me?" He shakes his head as we get off the lift.
"Almost a year and me saving her life." I say smiling.
"And pissing her off a few times in there." I say walking to the door of the medbay.
"And here we are." I say opening the doors.
"Thank you Ezra. And don't worry about the Mandalorian I'm sure that she'll come around in time." Coric says before going off to find Echo.
"Are you injured?" A medic asks me.
"Not to sure got kicked in the chest pretty hard and I was wondering if you could
check if I cracked a rib?" I ask.
"Absolutely. Come with me." He says walking off.
I follow wordlessly.
"Alright lets see your chest." He says after leading me to bed. I unzip my suit and peel it back.
"Wow." He says looking at the large purple bruise in the center of my chest.
"Well damn. I didn't think that he kicked me that hard." I say laughing a little.
"How are you even breathing easily?" He asks looking stunned at me.
"I've had worse." I say shrugging.
"Really? You're what sixteen?" He asks looking at me annoyed.
"Yup. Been on the streets since I was seven. I learned how to survive the hard way." I say smirking.
"Is that how you got that scar?" He asks pointing to my side.
"Bounty hunter got a lucky shot." I say poking my bruise.
"Ow." I say wincing a little bit.
"Well don't be stupid." He says smiling.
"Oh and that's funny to you?" I ask glaring at him.
"Yes. Now let me get you some muscle relaxant and I would recommend that you take it easy for the next few days." He says walking to a cabinet.
"Thanks and I will do my best to take it easy but with my training regiment I can't guarantee anything." I say pulling my suit back on.
"Here this should get you out of it for three days." He says handing me a data pad with a note on it and a small container.
"Thanks. Again." I say smiling.
"Yeah well can't have our people collapsing and expect to win." He says smirking.
"Haha." I laugh walking away.
"Crazy." I hear him mutter.
"Yup." I say leaving the medbay.
End of Flashback.
That was three weeks ago.
Since then my chest has healed, Rex and the rest of the clones have been fully accepted in and started training recruits to fight. Echo has woken up and gotten cybernetic replacements for his missing body parts. Sabine and I have been training most of the time. Hardly gotten to see each other since they decided to train us separately since she is a far better fighter then I. Between Rex and Kanan both training me I have a fairly busy schedule. Wake up and eat. Run the entire base, every hall and the outline of the entire hangar bay. Then blaster training with Rex. After that lunch sometimes with Sabine or someone else on the Ghost crew. Then lightsabre training with Ahsoka and Kanan. I've been learning the finer points of Makashi or Form two with a few moves from Form three tossed in for blaster deflection. Then weight training after that to build muscle. Then after supper I work on learning battle strategies using simulators that use past battles giving me command of one side and someone else the other side. Most of the time it's Rex or Wolfe. I lose most of the time. If we don't do battle strategies then I am in the flight simulator. Either against the computer or someone else. Sabine occasionally, although those tend to end quickly with her winning. Then just enough time to use the fresher before going to bed exhausted from the day. Doesn't leave me much free time.
I set the blaster that I have been using the past hour down and turn to Rex.
"So what now?" I ask smiling.
"You've been improving remind me later today that we have to modify your lightsabre to fire a lethal blast instead of just stun." He says pointing to it.
"Will do. Anything else?" I ask wanting to get going to lunch.
"Yes, but it can wait until this evening." He says smiling.
"You got it sir." I say giving a mock salute.
"You know that you actually do have to salute me right?" He asks smirking.
"Yeah but technically you aren't part of the rebellion. You just work for Ahsoka." I point out.
"That doesn't mean that I don't outrank you. Ahsoka gave me as much authority over you that she has." He counters.
"Fair enough." I say shrugging and ducking out the door.
I head for the cafeteria immediately. I get there without running into anyone I know. I walk in to see Hera, Sabine and Kanan all sitting at one table. I wave and head for the kitchen. They back before I go in and order.
"Ezra my boy what will it be today?" The head chef asks smiling.
"Bantha steaks and veggies sound pretty good to me right now." I say smiling.
"You got it. It'll be about twenty minutes." He says getting to work.
"Thanks." I say grabbing a cup and filling it with juice.
"No problem." He says.
I walk out and head for Sabine and the others.
"Hey guys how's it going?" I ask sitting beside Sabine.
"Meetings. You?" Kanan says.
"Training same as always. Hera?" I ask looking her.
"Working on the fighters and with their pilots on fighter formation and tactics." She says smiling.
"What about you?" I ask smiling at the mandalorian beside me.
"Same as you training and experimenting with explosives." She says smiling.
"You two don't talk every night?" Kanan asks smirking.
"Nope our training schedule is different and so we get off at different times. And by the time that I am or Sabine is one of is already asleep." I explain.
"So you two haven't been seeing much of each other?" Hera asks.
"No not much unless it's in a starfighter sim." Sabine answers.
"I figured that you two would be seeing each other as much as possible." Kanan says smirking at me.
"We see each other enough Kanan. What about you and Hera?" I ask smirking.
"None of your business." He says frowning.
"Hey you opened it for fair game remember."
"No I didn't." He says still frowning.
"So what's the rebellion up to?" Sabine asks trying to change the subject.
"We are currently trying to regroup our group. After the lose of the command ship and so many fighters we have been having trouble being effective." Hera says frowning.
"So what do we need to do?" I ask.
"We need to be causing the Empire trouble without losses and that's difficult." Hera says still frowning.
"Do we need targets?" Sabine asks.
"No we have targets. It's getting the people with enough experience we need to hit them." She explains.
"Why don't we hit them?" I ask confused.
"Because we are here running the base and training." Kanan says frowning.
"I know you don't like it dear but we need to train more in case we run into the Inquisitor and you know it." Hera says looking at him with a knowing look.
"What do you mean?" Sabine asks.
"It's because of me. Isn't it." I say thinking that it's because I lost control.
"Not entirely. I need more practice with my lightsabre as much as you do. But it also has to do with the fact that you did lose control of your emotions. That's why we have been focusing on even control and calm fighting moves." Kanan explains.
"That makes sense." Sabine says.
"So what are we doing today?" I ask wanting to move on.
"We are going to put all the practice you have been doing to the test." Kanan says eagerly.
"What do you mean to the test?" I ask growing suspicious.
"You will have to wait and see." He says mysteriously.
"This is going to end so well." I say sarcastically.
"Yes it will." Sabine says smiling at me.
"Wait you know what's going on?" I ask surprised.
"Not a word Wren." Hera says threat lacing her voice.
"Oh c'mon oh mighty Mando please?" I ask making a puppy dog face.
"Not gonna work." She says shoving me playfully.
"Hey." I say shoving her back.
"Knock it off kids." Hera says laughing a little.
"We're not kids." Sabine says trying to frown but failing to.
"So if we're the kids what does that make you two?" I ask in good humour.
"Well obviously that makes them the mom and dad. And by extension married." Sabine answers pointing a finger at the couple.
"We are not married." Hera says frowning.
"So you are in a relationship?" I ask.
"I never said that Ezra." Hera says.
"But you didn't deny it." Sabine says.
"Since when are you two good at interrogating people?" Kanan asks.
"Haha we work well together. And you didn't answer?" I point out.
"Kanan?" Hera asks.
"I am not answering this now go get your food." He says waving me off.
"Fine." I say standing up taking my cup with me.
"Mind grabbing me a cup of water?" Sabine asks.
"Sure." I say walking to the kitchen.
I move through the doors and grab a cup filling it up with water then refilling mine.
"Here you are." The head chef says setting a plate down beside me.
"Thank you. It looks delicious." I say smiling.
"No problem my boy." He says moving back to the stove. I grab the cups and my plate, juggling them as I walk back out the door. I walk over and set it all down surprisingly not spilling it all.
"Thank you." Sabine says as I hand her, her cup.
"No problem." I say smiling at her.
"So are you two going to answer?" I ask cutting into a bantha steak.
"No." Kanan says.
"Okay then." Sabine says taking a sip from her cup.
"Wait you two aren't going to question more?" Kanan asks looking mildly surprised.
"No. We'll figure it out eventually, or you two will finally just come out with it after Kanan finally gets the bantha balls to ask you to marry him." I say smirking at the glare Kanan is giving me. "Hey."
"What?" Sabine asks halfway through stealing a bite from my steak. "Don't like sharing your food?"
"Can't you get your own?"
"I could but I'm not that hungry." She says stabbing a carrot.
"Jeez you two are worse than Hera and I were when we first met." Kanan says shaking his head.
"Really? You're judging us." Sabine asks raising an eyebrow.
"Yes." He says smiling. "Now Hera and Sabine have some stuff to take care of."
"Right, let's go Sabine." Hera says standing up and motioning for Sabine to follow.
"See you later Ezra." Sabine says standing.
"Bye." I say between bites.
"So you two are dating?" Kanan asks looking serious.
"Well we talked about it and we haven't really labeled it. It's more like we're each other's cabur.*" I say finishing off the last bantha steak on my plate.
"Cabur?" He asks confused.
"Sorry. Protectors." I say while finishing off my meal.
"Seems like a mandalorian way of thinking." He says a blank look on his face.
"Ha. It's something I picked up from a long time ago." I say a sad smile on my face.
"From your past relationship?" He asks sounding as neutral as possible.
"I told you not to go there Kanan. But yes." I say glaring at him.
"You protected her?" He asks.
"Yes but a lot of good that did in the end." I say standing up and walking away angrily.
"Ezra!" Kanan says worriedly standing up.
"Kanan. I told you not to ask about that. I warned you and you still prode." I say trying to control my anger.
"I just want to understand." He says following.
"Well understand this. Do not ask me again. I won't say it again." I threaten before heading into the kitchen.
"Ezra I-"
"I said don't ask." I say setting my dishes down.
"I-I'm not. I just wanted to say that you should really calm down before this afternoon's exercise." He says calmly.
"Oh I'm calm." I say sarcastically.
"No you're not. Now there's while until our session. You should go meditate." He says turning to leave.
"I'll be in my room until then." I say following.
"I'll send Sabine for you when it's time." He says turning his head to smirk.
"Thanks." I say splitting down a different passage. I walk to my room steadily letting my anger go replacing it with peace.
"You are getting better at releasing your anger." I reach my room and turn around to see Ahsoka.
"Hey Ahsoka." I say smiling.
"Ezra, How are you doing?" She asks stopping to talk.
"Not bad." I say opening my door. "You want to talk inside?"
"I suppose it would be better then the hall." She says stepping in.
"So what do you want to talk about?" I ask sitting in the middle of the floor and starting to meditate.
"I wanted to see what the anger was about that was rolling off you." She says sitting at the small desk in my room. It's a simple room, bed, desk, and dresser. Small but everything I need.
"Oh." I say frowning.
"I take it you don't really want to talk about it?" She asks cautiously.
"Not really but if you could talk to Kanan about not digging into certain parts of my past it would make me very happy." I say evenly.
"What parts?" She asks sounding confused.
"Relationships. That good enough for you?" I ask sarcastically.
"Haha. Yes." She laughs.
"So will you talk to him?" I ask smiling a bit.
"Yes I will talk to him about not pushing you into an angry response." She says standing.
"Finally someone agrees that some parts of my past are off limits." I say happily.
"What about Sabine?" She asks smiling.
"She does but she still wants me to tell." I say smiling.
"So do you just not want anyone to know or just one or two?" She asks moving to the door.
"Only one and she's dead." I say solemnly.
"That's sad. But don't let the past interfere with the future." She says opening the door.
"I try not to. It only happens when people try to dig into it." I say focusing on the force once more.
"I understand." She says closing the door.
A while later. I can sense Sabine at the door. I've been focusing on seeing people in the force and who they are. I open the door with the force before she can.
"Ezra?" She asks poking her head into the room.
"Yes?" I ask smiling.
"Ready for this training session?" She asks stepping in.
"Yes. So what is it?" I ask.
"Not telling I want it to be a surprise." She says excitedly.
"Well let's go then." I say standing up enthusiastically.
"Glad you're enthusiastic about this." She says smiling and heading out the door.
"Why's that?" I ask cautiously following her.
"Because I know what's gonna happen." She says looking back dangerously.
"I'm not sure I like where this is going." I say slightly afraid.
"Haha. Don't worry I'm sure you'll live." She says joking.
"Haha yeah…." I say still unsure. We walk into the training room we've been using and see Kanan, Ahsoka, Rex, Echo, Wolfe, Coric, Hera, and Zeb.
"Hey guys. What's up?" I ask happy to see them.
"We were just discussing your training and how to improve it." Rex says.
"Yeah I think we need to up your weight and lightsabre training." Kanan says.
"Whatever you guys think is best for my training. So what is my training session today?" I ask eager to get it going.
"Right. Sabine do you want to tell him or should I?" Kanan asks excitedly.
"I am going to be your session today. When I grew up I was trained for a while to wield a beskad*. A curved sword." She says smiling.
"And I've been training again with Kanan." I look around at the others stopping on Kanan who has a giant grin on his face.
"So I'm dueling you?" I ask hoping to hear a no.
"Oh yes you get to duel your girlfriend." Kanan says obviously happy about this.
"So what is the purpose of training her to wield a lightsabre?" I ask pulling mine off my waist and setting it to stun.
"Because much to my displeasure. The higher powers have decided to make Sabine and you a more permanent two person team." Kanan says looking at Hera unhappily.
"It's been decided Kanan. You and I both know that they can take care of themselves and they have been training hard for this." She says looking back unhappily.
"I take it you two aren't agreeing about this?" Sabine asks.
"No, but I can't discount the progress you've both made." He says shifting focus. "Now you two let's get this going."
"You both know the rules but just incase, remember no headshots or below the belt blows. Now Sabine since you don't have a lightsabre go pick one over there. They are all training swords but be sure to check the power level before dueling." Ahsoka says pointing to a small rack by the door. Sabine nods and heads over to the rack.
"So what have you been learning about you're fighting style Ezra?" Coric asks.
"From two or Makashi, is all about conserving energy and being efficient. Giving ground in one or two step moves while slowing the other person down. And with a few moves from From three, the one Kanan uses, I am also becoming quite proficient at deflecting blaster shots." I explain.
"Alright ready Ezra?" Sabine asks standing a few feet away with a lightsabre similar to Kanan's only without the top being able to come off.
"Yes." I say igniting my blade and facing her sideways. The starting stance for Makashi.
"Good." She says putting her helmet on.
"Whenever you're ready." I say focusing in the force. She ignites her blade and waves it around to get a feel for it. Facing me she holds the blade at a downward angle away from her. I look at her not moving.
She strikes first with a heavy downward blow.
I sidestep it and slice at her.
She quickly tightens up blocking the blow.
Not bad no panic.
She slices at me.
I block it and counter with a slice of my own.
She dodges and kicks low.
I jump over it chopping down one handed.
She blocks it and spins around slicing.
I block at an upwards angle causing the blade to skip over.
I take advantage of her momentum and through a roundhouse kick at her side.
She blocks but before I can pull my leg back she grabs it.
Uh oh.
She bring her lightsabre around moving to 'amputate' it.
I block and pull my leg away.
She keeps pressure on my blade and pulls back.
I push forward and knock her off balance.
She falls back trying to stay standing. I slice.
She blocks but falls more out of balance.
I smile before jabbing causing her to twist to the side.
I kick out hitting her in the stomach and causing her to fall to the ground lightsabre falling out of her grasp.
I steady my blade at her chest before she can grab her lightsabre again.
After a few moments I take my blade away and deactivate it.
"Not bad Ezra. I thought for sure she had you when she grabbed your leg." Kanan says smiling.
I extend a hand to Sabine who takes it.
"I thought she did to." I say smiling.
"You reacted in a way I didn't see coming. Good job." Sabine says grabbing her lost blade.
"I just saw an opening and took it." I say looking at Kanan.
"That's exactly what you should be doing Ezra. Now the rest of us need to take a look at some reports so you two have the rest of the day off. Go have some fun." Kanan says smiling.
"Thanks Kanan." I say looking to Sabine.
"Want to go train in the fighter simulator?" She asks.
"Sure, sounds good to me." I say smiling.
"Well then let's go." She says taking her helmet off.
"After you oh mighty Mando." I say opening the door.
"A gentleman I didn't know you had it in you." She says teasing me.
"Of course I just tend to bury it deep down." I say smirking.
"So what should we train in today?" She asks as reach the lift.
"How about the Mandalorian fighter?" I ask.
"You want to train in a fighter that was built for my people?" She asks disbelieving.
"You never know what might happen. We could run run across two and not be able to liberate them from hostiles." I say smirking.
"C'mon you ridiculous jetii*" Sabine says programing the first simulator.
"Jetii being a Jedi?" I ask unsure of the translation.
"Yes. Now where do you want to fight?" She asks holding up the various choices. Deep space, atmosphere above Mustafar, and an asteroid field.
"Let's go with the asteroid field good practice to fight in an unpredictable environment." I say thinking.
"I like your choice." Sabine says smiling.
"Now let's go have some fun. Oh and I tossed in some programed Imperial fighters for fun." She says hopping into her simulator.
"Thanks for the heads up." I say getting into mine.
"So let's see." I say studying the controls recalling what I had memorized about them.
"Good to go?" I hear over the internal comms.
"Good to go." I say starting up my fighter.
I look at the surroundings. I'm situated on the edge of a large asteroid field, TIE fighters coming in from the left and Sabine out of sight.
Might as well deal with the TIEs first.
I turn my fighter to face the fighters while looking at me screens.
Good shields should hold for a while. Armour is high might even take a good scrape or two with an asteroid. Now let's see what this thing can do.
I think to myself as the TIEs close in I can see five of them in a V formation. I focus on the lead fighter and pull the trigger.
The lead TIE bursts into flames as the rest break off into two pairs.
One down, four to go.
Two fly straight at me while the other two fly around me keeping a safe distance.
Worry about those two later.
I focus on the two headed for me. I fire at the left TIE while dodging fire. It's stabilizer flies off while I peel off dodging more fire.
The TIE manages to hit me with a blast taking a notch from my shields.
It flies past me and I turn to follow. The TIE copies me forcing me to turn or take another hit.
I turn into the asteroids and dive under a small one.
The TIE following does the same while firing. I look for an opening and see two asteroids on a collision course with each other.
An idea pops in my head.
No way he's dumb enough to follow me through there. Right?
I shrug and head for them. I dive down and around several smaller ones making myself hard to hit.
The TIE keeps firing anyway causing small explosions destroying several asteroids in my way.
I dodge around the debris and slip my thin profile fighter through the two asteroids.
The TIE unbelievably follows and is crushed.
"Haha." I laugh out in victory.
I turn my fighter around and looking for the other two. Only to see Sabine diving down from around a large asteroid.
"Karabast." I curse turning to circle around a medium sized asteroid.
"Running scared are we?" Sabine asks following expertly.
"Not a chance." I say flipping the table by leading her into an almost impossible to avoid asteroid.
She pulls up scrapping the asteroid with the under belly of her fighter.
"That was clever." She grumbles firing at me while I weave around asteroids.
"I'm glad you liked it." I say smiling as I spot the last two TIEs.
I head for the TIEs in a roundabout way.
She follows landing a hit occasionally taking my shield down to about a third of their original strength.
She maybe working for it but she's taking me down slowly. I finally see the TIEs hiding behind a giant asteroid.
She's not going to like this. I think smiling.
I skirt the edge of the asteroid hiding my presence from the TIEs.
But Sabine is making a large turn not noticing the TIEs. But the TIEs are noticing her. They pull in behind her and start firing.
"Why you little." Sabine growls angrily realizing what I did.
"Oh did you not see that coming?" I ask sarcastically smirking.
I fly around the asteroid and take up a spot far enough away to watch her fight.
She's better then them but they have the element of surprise. They must have hit her several times cause there are scorch marks on one the wings.
Shields must be down too. I think to myself heading for the now one fighter.
Sabine flies high over the large asteroid and I fly low hiding under it.
The TIE comes into view just in time to explode in a volley of yellow blaster shots.
"Where are you?" Sabine asks aloud. She comes into view and I line up a shot on the scrapped underbelly.
I fire hitting the exposed spot. The fighter bursts into flames almost immediately.
"What the haran*!?" She yells trying to regain control.
I follow and finish off the damaged fighter quickly.
I do a victory loop around her fighter and then end the sim.
I hop out to see a glaring Sabine.
"That was a dirty trick Bridger." She says walking over to me.
"I think that was a clever trick using a common enemy to distract and damage you." I argue staring at her.
"You're too smart for your own good." She says punching me in the shoulder.
"Hey." I say rubbing the sore spot.
"Good job taking out the TIE's. And me." She says smirking.
"Yeah well you train with someone good enough you learn to adapt." I say smirking back.
"Well what else do you want to do today?" She asks.
"I picked last time you pick." I say. She smiles.
"I say we go back to your room and watch some holo TV."
"As you wish might Mando." I say heading for the lift.
"Haha." She laughs happily. I smile hitting the call button on the lift. We step in.
"So how good are you at treating wounds?" I ask trying to keep the conversation rolling.
"I can bandage and take care of almost all minor to medium wounds and a few major ones. But it's not like I was trained as a doctor. I was trained by my mom as a field medic as most Mandalorians are. If you enter a fight with allies you want to be able to take care of them if they get injured." Sabine explains as we walk to my room.
"So you trained to be able to take care of others in a larger fight or just in general?" I ask.
"More so after the fight or in cover so that I'm not exposing myself." She explains.
"Keep yourself safe then save others." I simplify.
"Yes. So what do you want to watch?" She asks opening the door to my room.
"I never really watched much holo other than through a store or house window at night." I say grabbing my holo projector and setting up on my desk.
"So you don't really care what we watch?"
"Not really do you have something you want to watch?" I ask turning it on and holding the remote out to her.
"Yes thank you." She says taking the remote and flipping through various holo channels.
She looks through shows and settles on a reality show.
"A reality show?" I ask.
"I know but I like this one." She says hopping on the bed.
"C'mon before it starts." She says patting the bed beside her. I smile before sitting beside her.
"So what's this one about?" I ask watching the opening credits.
"So see the woman there on the left."...
A/N So once again life is going well for Ezra. Girlfriend, good training. Who else wants to cause some trouble for him. Some hilarious trouble. Also once again a huge thanks to Rebel Spectre Six for beta reading this. Awesome Job and for those of you who are reading this story and haven't already read Rebel Spectre Six's own story I highly recommend that you take a look I quite like them.