Chapter Seven
An interesting development.
Ezra's POV
"Ezra, focus." Kanan says as Sabine's blade slides past my own almost taking off my nose.
"Trying to but someone keeps telling me things." I say blocking another side slice.
"You must be able to focus with any distractions." He says smiling.
"I am focused." I say turning another slice from the left into a bladelock.
"Why must you use strength?" He asks watching Sabine push me off balance.
"Sorry, old habits die hard." I say regaining my balance before jabbing.
"Your old habits are going to get you killed eventually." Kanan says smirking as
Sabine dodges my jab before kicking me the stomach.
"You don't say." I say winded.
"C'mon Ezra a girl to much for you to handle?" Sabine teases letting me regaining my breath.
"Normally I would say no, but you aren't a girl." I say falling back into my starting stance.
"Then what I am?" She asks smiling.
"You're a woman." I say chopping down.
She blocks before punching. I dodge the blow and throw out an elbow.
"Not bad." Kanan says as Sabine knocks the elbow away retaliating with her own.
She hits me right in the chin sending me spinning.
"Ezra. What have I been telling you don't play their game play your own." Kanan says sighing.
Right.
I stand waiting for her to attack.
She starts with a heavy downward chop.
I sidestep and block her blade from slicing up.
She spins kicking out.
I dodge the kick and slice down just missing her leg.
I take a step back letting her attack waiting for an opportunity.
She slices, I block.
She jabs, I parry making her take a step back.
She drops her guard to strike.
I step in close past her saber slicing.
I stop the blade at her throat.
She looks at me surprised then smilies.
"There you are Ezra." Kanan says happily.
I lower and deactivate my blade.
"That was surprisingly quick. What was my mistake?" She asks deactivating her blade.
"When you went to what I assume was a going to be a downward chop, You left a hole in your defenses that I slide past and used to my advantage. If I were you I wouldn't do a single downward chop put them off balance before delivering the final blow." I explain while grabbing my water bottle.
I take a long gulp before looking back at Kanan. "Right Kanan?"
"Well Ezra, I'm impressed you have been studying your material. Yes, Sabine you opened yourself up when you went to add strength to your blow." Kanan says smiling.
"Okay." She says simply.
"Kanan I need you, Ezra and Sabine in the hanger now." Hera sounds out from Kanan's wrist comm's.
"On our way." Kanan responds heading for the door. Sabine and I glance at each other before following.
"What's going on?" Sabine asks as we walk through the door.
"I have no idea, but judging by how Hera sounded it's nothing good." Kanan says walking up to the lift and hitting the call button.
We stay silent until reaching the hanger bay. A badly damaged ship is descending into the base and there are several medics waiting for the ship.
I spy Coric in the group.
"Hey Coric what's going on?" I ask walking up to the group while Kanan as Sabine go over to Hera.
"I'm not sure on the details but from what I know there are some severely injured people on that ship needing immediate medical assistance. So they sent everyone they could." Coric explains while ship finishes descending.
"Gotta go." Coric says leading the group of medics aboard the ship.
"Ezra come over here." Kanan says.
I walk over and Hera is looking very serious.
"What's up with the damaged ship?" I ask looking over the several holes in the ship.
"They were trying to get some meds from an Imperial hospital and were caught." Hera says grimly.
"And now they need those meds which they ended up not getting." Kanan says watching them unload four people on stretchers.
"So we go get the meds." Sabine says determinedly.
"Yes, well the only problem is that the only place that we can get those meds is from a guarded hospital wing on Lothal. And Lothal is a place that is on high alert for our presence." Hera explains.
"So what happens to them if they don't get the meds that they need?" I ask watching them load the injured into a lift.
"Most likely they won't make it." Kanan says frowning.
"Then there's no choice really. When do we leave?" I ask smiling.
"I don't have permission for an operation on Lothal but let me talk to Ahsoka for a minute." Hera says spying Ahsoka getting off the same lift we did.
"Okay." Sabine says watching Hera get Ahsoka's attention.
"What do you think she'll do?" I ask watching Ahsoka glance between Hera and us.
"I hope she let's us take the Ghost get those meds cause if she doesn't they tend to frown on people going rouge." Sabine says smirking.
"Haha yeah I remember how mad Hera was that I disobeyed a direct order from her." I say smirking back.
"When did this happen?" Kanan asks looking at me disapprovingly.
"When you were captured." I say smile falling off my face.
"Oh. Well I can't say that I'm unhappy that you disobeyed orders there but you really should listen to Hera." Kanan says seeming unsure of the words as he says them.
"So I should have just let my master die?" I ask frowning.
"I-uh let's just say you get a free pass if you don't bring this up again." Kanan says evenly.
"You got it master." I say smirking at him.
"Alright Ahsoka has agreed that we need these meds and that we can't risk the entire Ghost cell." Hera says walking back up to the group with Ahsoka.
"The entire cell?" Kanan says frowning.
"Yes. Ezra and Sabine you two work well together and you can pilot A-wings so you two will be going to Lothal." Ahsoka says looking at Kanan.
"Are we sure that's wise?" Kanan asks.
"Hey Ezra knows Lothal and we are both good fighters." Sabine says frowning at Kanan.
"I know that you two are good fighters but Lothal is on almost complete lock down and I don't want to lose two good fighters because we didn't send enough people." Kanan says frowning at Sabine.
"Well how about you send Wolfe and I as back up in the Phantom?" Rex says appearing behind me.
"Yeah sending clones to be back up for a Jedi and Mandalorian that's a great idea." Kanan says dryly.
"Kanan." Ahsoka says angrily.
"You know what I think about clones. What if they forget what side they're on Ahsoka? What then?" Kanan asks angrily back.
"We would never be on their side." Rex says spinning Kanan around to face him.
Kanan and Rex glare at each other.
"Kanan remember what you told me about the past? About not letting it cloud your judgement?" I ask placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Oh now you're going to lecture me on the past affecting your choices?" Kanan asks not breaking his glare. "You won't even open up about your past."
"You want me to open up about my past Kanan? Fine. You want to know why I keep it hidden away so it won't affect me?" I ask getting angry.
"Yes." Kanan says simply not noticing me anger.
"How did you feel when the Jedi Order fell?"
"It was like have my heart ripped out by the clones."
"I know that feeling Kanan. But what's worse than having no control over it Kanan?" I spin him around to face me.
"Being the one who caused it. So get over the past you can't change it and it wasn't your fault." I say poking him in the shoulder letting my anger out into the force.
"I-"
"NO! Enough of this. They didn't cause your pain Kanan other clones did and from what I've learned from Rex and Echo it wasn't their choice either. Sabine let's go get ready." I say giving Kanan one last glare.
Sabine looks between Kanan and I before following.
I walk silently trying to get my anger back under control.
"That was….." Sabine says quietly not knowing how to bring it up.
"I warned him." I state simply barely above a whisper.
"What?" Sabine asks gently.
"I warned him." I say slightly louder.
"Oh." Sabine says thinking aloud.
"Why can't he just accept that the clones that here aren't the ones that destroyed the Order?" I ask looking at Sabine.
"He served with them for years trusting them completely and they killed his master which from what I know is like killing their mother or father. I wouldn't trust them either if I were in his situation." Sabine says looking down the hall.
"So."
"So would you trust a buckethead if they switched sides and weren't from Lothal?" I look at her raising an eyebrow.
"I do."
"I-Not me someone who actually killed for the Empire." Sabine says frowning.
"I know what you're trying to do but Rex and the rest proved their loyalty to us. Atleast to Ahsoka." I say keeping an emotionless face.
"So what do we need to get ready?"
"I think that we need to get schematics from Ahsoka or Hera first, then we can decide what to do." Sabine says looking back the way we came.
"Any chance you can do that?" I ask looking away.
"Sure, but why?" She asks getting me to look at her.
"Because I need to go calm down and a lecture that I am sure I will get from both of them will not help with that." I say sighing.
"Okay. Where are you going to go meditate?" Sabine asks smiling.
"I'll be in the dueling room." I say turning down a hall splitting away from her.
"I'll see you in a little while." Sabine says turning around.
That was a stupid move Ezra.
I think sighing out loud.
"I just yelled at my master." I say regretfully.
I walk into the duelling room locking the door behind me and sit in the middle.
Why did I do that?
I shift around and get into a comfortable position to meditate.
He just can't let go. On the other hand who am I to be talking about letting go. But then again he did kind of deserve that. He needs to let go or he'll never trust them.
I let my thoughts go and feel out with force letting go of my emotions.
Back in the hanger just after Ezra left.
No one's POV.
"Wow." Rex says a surprised look on his face.
"I-he." Kanan stutters.
"He just justly tore you a new one Kanan." Ahsoka says still frowning at Kanan. "He warned you not to poke into that part of his past and you did."
"He still-"
"Kanan Jarrus you know that everything he said was right." Hera says glaring at him.
"I know." Kanan says looking troubled.
"What did he mean by it being his fault?" Kanan asks looking at Hera.
"I don't know and I doubt we ever will." Hera says softening her glare but still looking angry.
"Unless you want to find a new padawan I wouldn't force him to get into it further. Did you feel that anger that was coming off him and is still?" Ahsoka asks glancing at the door.
"I didn't." Kanan says sighing.
"It was strong, on the verge of being pure rage. And it was directed at you." Ahsoka says frowning even more.
"The kid's right Kanan. We weren't part of the destruction of the Order and it wasn't any clones choice to be. They were forced to do it. I'll make sure the kids get back." Rex says calmly before leaving.
"You have to go apologize to him." Hera says firmly.
"I know."
"And to Ezra."
"I know." Kanan says sighing.
"For a kid he sure knew how to tear apart your argument. I mean he took no time at all to destroy it." Zeb says stepping out from a pile of crates he was watching from behind.
"Were you there the whole time?" Kanan asks looking at him.
"Yes." Zeb says smiling.
"Enjoying the show."
"Haha." Sabine laughs walking up to the group.
"Hey Sabine where's Ezra?" Ahsoka asks smiling at her.
"Gone to calm down." Sabine looks at Kanan frowning.
"You need to go talk to him."
"I know." Kanan says frowning.
"Now." Sabine says pointing to the lift.
"Where is he?"
"Duelling room calming down because you couldn't leave it alone could you?" Sabine says angrily.
"I know, I know. But do you know what he was talking about it being his fault?" Kanan asks.
"No because I know when to leave something alone." Sabine says glaring at Kanan.
Kanan frowns and walks towards the lift.
"Now we need the details for the mission." Sabine says looking at a slightly shocked pair of females.
"I-uh-right details." Ahsoka says looking at Hera.
"That was surprisingly protective." Hera says smiling at Sabine.
"I know what it's like to have someone pry at a painful memory." Sabine says shrugging.
"Is that all?" Ahsoka asks.
"Hhh. Remember he how reacted to Zeebo?" Sabine asks sighing.
"I wasn't there for that." Ahsoka says.
"It was bad. Ezra believes that his parents are dead because it's easier that way for him. Zeebo brought up the fact that they might be alive and Ezra blamed him for not fighting back when the troopers took his parents. Ezra wasn't a pleasant person to be around at the time." Hera explains.
"Ah but what does that have to do with this?" Ahsoka asks looking at Sabine.
"Well according to Ezra this is worse for him than that." Sabine says frowning.
"That's not good. No wonder he doesn't want Kanan digging into it. From what Kanan told me Ezra reacted very negatively to it." Hera says frowning.
"You need to talk to him. It might mean more coming from you." Ahsoka says straight faced.
"I will. Now Sabine let's go get those details for the mission." Hera says starting for the lift.
"Do you think we're ready for a well solo mission for lack of a better word." Sabine asks following.
"I do or I wouldn't be sending you." Hera says smiling and hitting the call button.
"But what if we can't?" Sabine asks stepping into the lift.
"Then you retreat to Rex and Echo and get back here safely." Hera says smiling. "I'm sure that you and Ezra will be able to do it."
"I'm glad that you are. From what I hear Lothal is kind of a bad place to be right now." Sabine say smiling.
"It's true. The system is almost on complete lockdown." Hera says walking out of the lift.
"But the how will we be getting in?" Sabine asks following Hera to the command room.
"That's up to you and Ezra." Hera says shrugging.
"I-Wait so we have complete control over this?" Sabine asks.
"I said it was your guys mission and I wasn't kidding. Ahsoka and Commander Sato want to be able to give you two missions and not to worry about it after that. So you and Ezra will have to figure it out yourselves." Hera says smiling.
"They trust us that much?" Sabine asks doubtfully.
"They let into the fleet and you two have proven to be effective so yes they do." Hera says walking up to console and typing in a command.
"Here is everything we have on the mission. Get planning, you two have two days to finish this." Hera says taking a data pad out of the console and handing it to Sabine.
"We'll get it done Hera." Sabine says smiling, then heading for the door.
"Good luck just remember to run the plan past me or Ahsoka." Hera says leaning back on the console.
"I will." Sabine says waving as she walks through the door.
"You gave them their first solo assignment?" Sato asks looking at the door.
"Yes, retrieving the meds from Lothal." Hera says straightening up.
"I have faith that they will get it done." Sato says looking at Hera.
"I do to but sometime faith isn't enough." Hera says looking at the system map in front of her.
"Indeed." Sato says turning back to the report he was in the middle of reading.
Flip back to Kanan leaving the hanger to talk to Ezra.
Kanan's POV.
How am I going to do this?
I ask myself walking into the lift.
He chewed me out and was right to do it.
I walk out of the lift and feel out for Ezra.
He's still in the training room.
Time to suck up my pride I guess.
I grimace and walk towards the dueling room.
I try to open the door and find it locked.
He really doesn't want to be bothered.
I override the door lock and open it.
"You really don't know when to leave something alone do you?" Ezra asks sitting in the middle of the room facing away from me.
"Hhhh." I sigh and walk in.
"I really don't want to talk right now Kanan." Ezra says unhappily.
"Okay." I say walking around him and sitting.
I focus on the force and meditate.
After a few minutes Ezra speaks up.
"Why are you here?"
"Because I need to say a few things." I say calmly.
"About?" Ezra asks just as calmly.
"Well first of all I need to apologize to you I shouldn't pried further after you asked me not to. I also shouldn't have lost my temper with the-I mean with Rex." I say.
"I told you what would happen if you pried further Kanan." I can feel his emotions shift towards anger.
"Yes you did. And I deserved what you said. You are right. Rex and the others weren't part of what happened. I shouldn't just write them off just because they are clones." I feel his emotions shift to happiness.
"Just please don't ask again. I don't know if you noticed but it's a bit of a touchy subject." Ezra says a small smile breaking out.
"I won't but one thing first." He frowns.
"Why did you say that you caused it?" I ask tentatively.
He looks like he's thinking it over.
"Because it was my mistake that got her killed." He says evenly but I can feel the hurt and sadness coming off him.
"I'm sure that it wasn't your fault Ezra." I say trying to comfort him.
"You don't anything about what happened that day Kanan. That was your one question ask anymore and I walk away." Ezra says evenly although I can feel the mixture of anger and sorrow.
The door opens and Sabine walks in.
"Everything good?" She asks looking at me.
"I hope so." I say looking at Ezra.
"Yeah we're good" Ezra says smirking at me.
"Okay then let's go plan this mission." Sabine says motioning for Ezra to follow her.
"I'll talk to you two later about this mission." I say as Ezra gets up and leaves with Sabine.
"You got it Kanan." Sabine says before leaving.
"This probably isn't going to end well."
Flip to Sabine and Ezra.
Sabine's POV.
"So where are we going to go over this stuff?" Ezra asks following me down the hall.
"I have a holo projector in my room we can use." I say turning a corner.
"Your room?" Ezra asks sounding a tad surprised.
"Yes." I say walking to my door and opening it.
"But you never let people in unless it's for a good reason." He says smiling.
"Yes because I don't like people in my room." I say rolling my eyes and walking into my room.
"Why not?" He asks following me in.
"Did you ever let other people into your tower?" I ask while setting up the holo projector.
"No. If you let the people I worked with there in you died or lost your place." Ezra says frowning.
"Exactly." I say bringing up the data on the holo.
"But the difference is you can trust us and I couldn't trust them." Ezra says smiling.
"This is habit don't let people into the place you sleep and you live." I say handing the data pad to Ezra.
"So how are we going to get into the system?" I ask looking over the schematics for the hospital.
"Could you rig some sort of signal scrambler for the A-wings like the Phantom and Ghost have?" Ezra asks looking over the information on the data pad.
"I could probably do that but no guarantees, we only have two days to do this." I say seeing the meds we need are on the top floor.
"Two days?" Ezra asks looking up from the data pad.
"Yup that's the time limit we have. I'll see if I can't make the scramblers work but how are we going to get into hospital?" I say looking over the security.
"We could always climb in the windows." Ezra says while reading.
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"There's almost always a building with less security next to it that you can get into and from there you can get into the hospital." Ezra says bringing up map around the hospital.
"See this building here runs up right beside it." Ezra says pointing out a taller building.
"But how are we going to get into it?" I ask.
"It's a hotel building so all we need to do is book a room." Ezra says shrugging and turning back to the data pad.
"You want to book a hotel room with me?" I ask smirking at him.
"I-uh well yeah so that we can get into the hospital." Ezra says blushing.
"Haha how are we going to explain this to Hera?" I ask teasingly.
"You can do that. How am I going to explain this to Kanan?" Ezra asks teasing back.
"How about we do it together?"
"Yeah cause that will make it better." Ezra says sarcastically.
"Well it could be worse. Now how are we getting the meds out?" I ask looking back at the holo.
"They're on the top floor right?" Ezra asks setting the data pad down.
"Yeah."
"So we bring them up to the roof and get."
"Rex and Echo to pick them up in the Phantom." I say finishing the sentence.
"That's a good idea and then we go back through the hotel room leaving like nothing happened."
"Yup. We should hide the A-wings where we hid the TIE." Ezra says picking back up the data pad.
"Agreed, don't want the Empire to find our way back home." I say smiling.
"Alright so what hotel room are we booking?" Ezra asks bringing up the map again.
"Well we need to get in here. And we do have access to grappling hooks so we should book the room above it and swing down to the window." I say pointing it out.
"Alright let's see what hotel this is." Ezra says looking it up on the holonet.
"The hotel is called The Lothalian. It's a decent hotel and look at this the room we want is a honeymoon room. And it's available." Ezra says pulling up the information.
"Well let's go over this plan with Hera and Kanan." I say closing the holo projector.
"That's gonna be so fun." Ezra says sarcastically.
"Hera where are you and Kanan?" I say taping my comm unit.
"We're in the command room." Hera says.
"We have our plan together and want to run it by you guys." I say heading for the door.
"Alright we'll be here waiting for you two." Hera says closing the link.
"Well let's go get this over with." Ezra says standing up and following me.
I open the door we head for the command room.
"How are we going to explain renting a honeymoon room?" Erza asks.
I stop in mid step.
"Honeymoon room?" I ask stopping him.
"Yeah. I said that earlier." Ezra says looking a little panicky.
"I-uh well then that is just make this go over so well with them." I say starting to walk again.
Ezra follows catching up quickly.
"So we are getting that room?" Ezra asks.
"Well I don't see why we shouldn't this is just gonna be so much fun to explain to Hera." I say frowning.
"To Hera? How the in the force am I going to explain this to Kanan?" Ezra asks smiling.
"Yeah." I say as we walk into the command room.
"So what's the panic about I just felt?" Kanan asks not turning around.
"You'll find out soon enough." I say bringing up the info on the central console.
"So what's your plan for getting into and out of the Lothal system?" Hera asks smiling.
"And getting the meds?" Kanan adds.
"I am going to make the same signal scrambler we have on the Phantom and adapt it to the A-wings so that our approach is completely masked. Then we'll land where we hid the TIE and hide our A-wings." I say as Ezra shows the spot on the map.
"Then from there we can walk to the city where I can sneak us in and make our way to the hospital." Ezra says showing the route.
"How are you getting into the hospital?" Kanan asks.
"That's the...interesting part." Ezra says nervously.
"What are you talking about?" Hera asks a worried look growing.
"Well the meds are on the top floor and we are planning on having Rex and Echo landing on the roof." Ezra starts.
"Then we can bring the meds up onto the roof and they can take them back to here as fast as possible." I finish.
"And how are you getting into the hospital?" Hera asks.
"Well we are going to rent a hotel room in this building here. We can swing down into hospital and get the meds from there. Making use of grappling hooks." Ezra says.
"So what's the nervousness about?" Kanan asks.
"Well that particular room is reserved for… well it's a honeymoon suite." I say watching for a reaction.
"Hahaha." Kanan bursts out laughing.
"Kanan." Hera says smacking the back of his head.
"Sorry. I just." Kanan says trying to stop laughing.
"So you two are going to have to pose as a married couple in order to get into this room?" Hera asks ignoring Kanan.
"I-yes." I say turning a shade of red darker.
"Hahahahaha." Kanan bursts out laughing again.
"Kanan Jarrus shut it or get out." Hera says glaring at him.
"I'm leaving." Kanan says laughing almost uncontrollably on his way out.
"So you and Ezra are going to pose as a married couple to get into the room and get access to the hospital. From there you get the meds up to the roof and too Rex and Echo. Then you will go back to the hotel room and leave through the front entrance like nothing out of the ordinary. But nothing else had better happen." Hera says looking at Ezra.
"I have no control over that." Ezra says straightening up.
"So then you nothing else other then the mission." Hera says turning to me.
"I promise nothing that you haven't already told us we can do will happen." I say straightening up as well.
"Haha." Ezra laughs before Hera and I glare at him.
"What?" He asks sobering up.
"Why are you laughing?" I ask.
"Because Hera seems to have forgotten what happened on the Ghost a while ago." Ezra says smirking at Hera.
I think for a second then gasp and punch him in the shoulder.
"Ezra!"
"What?" He asks rubbing his arm.
"Nothing. Other. Than. The. Mission. And you get to go talk with Kanan before you leave." Hera says firmly.
"I'm gonna go work on the signal scrambler." I say heading for the door.
"Not so fast young lady." Hera says turning to me.
"I am going to find what I need to in order to duplicate the signal scrambler. C'mon." I say motioning for her to follow.
"I'm gonna go find Kanan." Ezra says hitting his comm unit.
"So you and Ezra are going to be married. Thought I would have to wait a long time for that to happen." Hera says happiness evident in her voice.
"We're not really going to be married Hera." I say walking into the lift.
"No but you're going to have to act like it." Hera says stepping into the lift. "And be convincing."
"Can't be that hard to act like I'm in love." I say smiling.
"Aren't you already?" Hera asks hitting the hanger button.
"I don't know what love feels like Hera." I say shrugging.
"Well it's hard to pinpoint what it feels like but you know it when you feel it." Hera says smiling.
"And what if I never know?" I ask as the lift opens.
"Haha remember what you felt when Ezra fought the inquisitors without you?" Hera asks smiling.
"Anger, worry, more anger." I say listing them off.
"What did you feel after?" She asks confusing me more.
"Relief, anger, happiness." I say walking over to a storage room.
"That's how I know you really care about Ezra. You worry when he's in danger and you are happier when he makes it back. You want to be around him most of the time unless something else requires your attention." Hera says following me.
"But I let that slip when we started to train. Training became more important than spending time with him." I say starting to dig through various parts.
"You think that just because you focus on something else instead of him means that you don't love him?" Hera asks smiling.
I start to hand her various parts.
"I don't know. What does this have to do with anything?"
"Because if you do love Ezra acting like it might just be the best thing to do." Hera says taking a few more parts.
"And what if it's not?" I ask worriedly.
"Then you move past it and keep trying." Hera says smiling.
"You know this is the most awkward thing that I will have done before right?" I ask grabbing the last few parts.
"Haha if only you knew how much trouble Ezra is going to get over this when Zeb finds out." Hera says stepping out of the room and heading a work bench.
"Why would Zeb give him trouble over this?" I ask following.
"Because the kid's been asks Zeb for advice since they finally started to trust each other." Hera says laughing.
"And did Zeb try to help or just mess with him?" I ask setting the parts down.
"I would say about half and half. Zeb would give him good pointers when Ezra was down and when Ezra was happy he would mess with him." Hera says setting the other parts down.
"Remind me to have a chat with Zeb when I see him next." I say sorting the parts.
"Haha okay. I'll see you guys before you leave. Also here." Hera says pulling a credit chit out.
"What's that for?" I ask confused.
"For any expenses you encounter but don't go crazy you need to be able to account for your expenses. Bye." Hera says walking back to the lift.
Flip to Ezra locating Kanan.
Ezra's POV.
"Kanan where are you?" I ask after hitting my comm link.
"I'm in the base. Try to find me with the force." He says smile evident.
"Seriously I need to get ready for this mission and Hera says I need to talk to you first." I say rolling my eyes.
"Nope you need to be good at this in case you get separated and need to find one of the group." Kanan says closing the comm link.
I sigh before feeling out into the force.
The people that are around me are brighter appearing around me like dots of light in the darkness.
I feel out farther and find Sabine.
I've gotten good at finding her lately she stands out more to me for some reason.
Another brighter dot catches my attention.
I focus on it more and eventually make it out to be Ahsoka.
I let the dot go and look over more.
I don't find anything.
"Kanan where are you?" I ask hitting my comm link.
"I'm in my room." He says smiling.
"No you're not." I say feeling out towards there again.
His dot appears as if it was hidden before.
"Yes I am." He responds before disappearing in the force again.
"How are you doing that?" I ask confused.
"Come here and I will explain." He says closing the comm link again.
"I hate it when he does stuff like that." I say to myself leaving the command room and heading for Kanan's.
I walk into Kanan's room and see him meditating in the middle.
"Don't you ever knock?" He asks opening his eyes.
"I would if I thought you might be doing something embarrassing but you knew I was coming so I didn't." I say sitting down in front of him.
"So you and Sabine are going to be posing as a married couple." He says more as a statement then a question.
"Yup gonna be so much fun there." I say nervously.
"Really?" He asks raising an eyebrow.
"I mean we need to pose a married couple to get into the room so that we can get the meds." I say nervously.
"You are nervous. Why?" He asks raising an eyebrow.
"Well Sabine and I never really have been all romantic or anything." I say rubbing the back of my neck.
"You mean the Mandalorian isn't all emotional? You don't say." Kanan asks smiling.
"No not really but to be honest I don't care about that stuff that much. I just want us to be happy together." I say smiling.
"Well how are you two going to pass off being married? Newlyweds tend to be very emotional." Kanan asks.
"Acting like it can be fun." I say smirking.
"What if you two aren't acting?" Kanan asks.
"I-uh." I stutter not sure what to say.
"Haha not sure what to say are you?" Kanan says laughing a little.
"I don't know about all that emotional stuff but I guess Sabine and I will talk about it before we get there." I say shrugging.
"Be sure you do. Wouldn't want any mix ups happening." Kanan says smiling.
"Now how were you able to hide your signature in the force?" I ask.
"I figured you'd be curious about that. All force users have the ability to cut themselves off from the force. Now it's not easy but with practice you should be able to do it quite well." Kanan explains.
"It's like building mental barriers. Instead of protecting your thoughts you put a barrier around yourself." Kanan says showing me.
He disappears and reappears in the force.
"How do I extend the barrier?" I ask bringing up my own barriers.
"I like to think of it as pushing them out. Not knocking them down but moving them out further." Kanan explains.
I pull up my barriers and try to extend them further. They falter after a moment.
"You have to focus on keeping them strong while moving them out." Kanan says.
I try again. I bring them up and push them out a little while reinforcing them.
They stay and I push them a little farther.
"Good, now just keep going at this pace and eventually you will be able to hide yourself from anyone you don't want finding you." Kanan says.
"So this could be useful in hiding from you when I don't want to train." I ask sarcastically pushing the barriers out a bit more.
"You wouldn't unless you want to not train for a month afterwards." Kanan warns.
"I won't. Believe it or not I like learning how to fight." I say extending them a tad further before they falter.
"Dang." I say letting my focus go.
"That was close your signature faltered before you lost your concentration." Kanan says smiling.
"I know I will keep working on it." I say standing up.
"Hey kid aren't you going to need something else that pretty much sums up the whole just married thing?" Kanan asks smiling.
"I uh no?" I say more as a question.
"Alright then." Kanan says smirking.
"Wait then why did you ask?" I ask frowning.
"Just go get ready with Sabine." Kanan says smiling and pointing to the door.
"Okay?" I say confused.
I walk out and head for the hanger.
I walk up to the lift as it opens and Hera walks out.
"Hey Hera. Is Sabine still up in the hangar?" I ask smiling.
"Yes. You and Sabine should have a little fun with this. And I do mean a little." Hera says smiling.
"Thanks Hera." I say feeling a bit of heat rising from my face.
"Don't let Sabine see you like that." Hera says walking towards Kanan's room.
"And do me a favour Hera?" I ask stepping into the lift.
Hera stops and turns back to me.
"Say hi to Kanan for me." I say closing the lift.
"Ezra."
I hear as the doors close. I laugh to myself as the lift ascends. The doors open and I walk out looking around for Sabine.
"Hey Ezra." I hear from the left.
"Hey Sabine." I say walking up to her.
She has one piece of machinery looking complete and is working on a second.
"How's making the signal scramblers coming?" I ask reaching for the complete one.
"Don't touch." She says smacking my hand.
"Hey." I say pulling my hand back.
"It's going good. That one's done but would've electrocuted you if you touched it with out gloves." Sabine explains while working a piece into place.
"Okay. So we also need to get a pair of grappling hooks from the armoury. Get some civilian clothes but we can get what we need in Lothal." I say starting to list off some of the things that we need.
"We also need some suitcases to hide my armour and our weapons." Sabine says welding something into place, then grabbing a soldering gun.
"We can get those on Lothal too. We also will need some credits and I need to book the room." I say grabbing my data pad from a hidden pocket.
"Here." Sabine says handing me a credit chit.
"Where did you get this?" I ask bringing up the hotel and starting to put in the booking information.
"Hera gave it to me and before you get any idea's we need to be able to account for our costs." Sabine says looking at waiting for an answer.
"I understand, now, what is our last name going to be? We can't use Bridger or Wern too easy for the Empire to find us." I say selecting the room and putting in the other info.
"How about we use Zorah?" Sabine says grabbing another tool.
"Zorah?" I ask confused.
"Z, o, r, a, h. Zorah. It's a name the Empire won't link to us." Sabine says avoiding the question.
"Okay. But who's name is it?" I ask looking at her.
"An old friend's. Don't worry about it they can't find out about us using their name. They're dead." Sabine says meeting my gaze.
"Alright." I say typing the name in.
"Ezra and Sabine Zorah."
"Sabine and Ezra Zorah." Sabine says setting the tools down.
"That was surprisingly easy and now we can get the rest ready." Sabine says smiling.
"Cool. How long will it take to install them?" I ask.
"Not long we should go get Rex and then the rest of our gear." Sabine says heading for the lift.
"Good idea." I say following. I hit enter on the data pad and then put it back.
"Hmm." Sabine says watching me.
"What?" I ask walking into the lift.
"Chest." Sabine says poking the data pad.
"That's where I put it." I say confused.
"I've just been wondering where your pockets were." Sabine explains.
"They are all over this suit. Although I lost one when Seventh sister got me in the side." I say frowning.
"So did you replace it?" Sabine asks.
"Not yet. I need some more fabric. But I am planning on getting some when we're on Lothal." I say smiling.
"Ah. Anyway where is Rex?" Sabine asks stepping out of the lift.
"It's about 430 so I would guess that he's in the weights room." I say following her.
"Good guess." Sabine says turning the corner and I see Rex stepping out of the weight room with Echo beside him.
"Hey Rex, Echo." I call out stopping them from walking the other way.
"Hey Ezra, Sabine. I hear you two are in charge of our next mission?" Rex asks smiling.
"Yes we are and we already have a plan. We are going to have you guys drop in on the hospital's roof in the Phantom and get the meds back here as soon as possible. While Sabine and I go back through the hospital and exit the way we came in." I say smiling.
"That's a good plan. Gets what we need for those people in the med bay." Echo says smiling.
"How are you guys getting into the hospital?" Rex asks.
"That's the interesting part." I say looking at Sabine.
Rex and Echo look at each other and then at Sabine.
"Ezra and I are getting into the hospital by getting into the building next to it and swinging over the gap right beside the room holding the meds." Sabine says smiling.
"She's as good as you are with dodging the actual point of the question." Echo says elbowing Rex.
"Yes she is. Ezra what's the building next to the hospital used for?" Rex asks.
"The building holds temporary residents. Now we need to get to Lothal soon so how long will it take for you guys to get ready to go?" I ask.
"One hour." Rex says smiling.
"Okay. Sabine how long do we need to have in order install the signal jammers and get our equipment ready?" I ask turning to face her.
"About twenty minutes to install them and make sure they work. Then probably an hour for us to get our equipment ready." Sabine says.
"So can you guys meet us in the hangar in let's say two hours?" I ask looking between the group.
"Sure." Rex says.
"Your mission." Echo says.
"Alright see you guys later then." Sabine says smiling.
"Okay we need to go to the armoury." I say moving past Rex and Echo.
"He seem a little to excited for this?" Echo asks smiling.
"Yes." Rex says smiling.
"He likes to cause trouble for the Empire." Sabine says before catching up to me.
"I do like to cause trouble for them, but this is an interesting plan." I say smiling.
"You are excited because we need to play house for this to work." Sabine says smirking at me.
"Maybe." I say smirking back.
"Alright. But keep your head in the game Ezra I don't want you distracted by whatever we may need to do." Sabine says looking serious.
"I won't be distracted during the mission although afterwards." I say opening the armoury door.
"What about afterwards?" Sabine asks following me in.
"Afterwards we should totally make some more time for us in the evenings." I say grabbing a blaster rifle and attaching a grappling hook.
"We should be doing that anyways." Sabine says grabbing some grenades.
"What do you more grenades for?" I ask grabbing a second blaster rifle and grappling hook.
"Just in case we need to make a fast and loud exit." Sabine says smiling mischievously.
"Better to be ready for it then not ready for it I guess. So what else do you think we will need?" I ask holding the two blasters.
"We should just need to get my armour and install the signal jammers." Sabine says.
"Wait that's only an hour why'd you say two?" I ask heading for the door.
"Cause we probably need to talk about getting into the hotel." Sabine says.
I can feel the nervousness radiating off of her.
"What about it? We act like we just got married. I'm guessing that means really happy, nothing can go wrong attitude. Oh and we should probably kiss a few times." I say nervous myself.
"This doesn't seem kind of fast to you don't you think? Dating for little while and we're already getting married." Sabine asks in good humour.
"From what I understand Sabine being married is about loving the other person in the relationship. And for the fact that we have to play newlyweds I don't think we'll have any problems." I say while letting my nervousness out into the force.
"I-but don't you think it will be weird?" Sabine asks sounding worried.
"If it's weird then we deal with it and if not then the same thing we deal with it." I say walking to the lift and getting in.
"That's a surprisingly logical way of dealing with it." Sabine says smiling.
"I really don't know any way of dealing with it otherwise." I say smiling.
"So what now?" Sabine asks walking into the hangar bay.
"We install the signal jammers and then wait for Rex and Echo to get here so we can go." I say grabbing on of the units.
"OW!" I yell dropping it thanks to an electric shock.
"Told you that would happen." Sabine says smirking and then grabbing the other unit.
I smile before pulling a pair of gloves to me and grabbing the other unit.
A/N So for the part with Hera and Sabine discussing the whole acting married, I have had no previous experience in this realm. Relationships are a mystery to me but I hope I did it well. If not tell me what I did wrong and what I should do better. Also the idea for this chapter and the ones connected to it belongs to DWITD0421. Thanks for the great idea man. Also he has a couple of great stories on his profile that I enjoyed reading so check them out. And lastly this story is approaching the 5000 view mark which is insane to me. Before I started Everyone Falls But Only The Best Rise From The Ashes, and of course The Past And Future, I didn't think that would even be possible for me. But apparently you guys like these two stories which I find equally awesome. But I would also like a little more feedback guys. Only twelve reviews is kinda disappointing. Also if you have chapter idea's like DWITD0421 please message me or leave it in a review cause I love to hear them. And I give full credit for them and give a referral to your profile and stories if you have them.