Chapter 4: Fighter Fight
The Ghost makes its way to Lothal, Ezra was working in practice, as Mako was helping Kadan with the supplies. "Um… Mako, what are you doing?" he asks her as she was moving the crates to the side, "Trust me on this Kadan." she tells him, getting on crate over, she then stood up and looks at the rest. Exhales and then closes her eyes, lifting up her hands and makes the rest of the crates float over to the side. Kadan smirks at her, crossing his arms. "You're getting better at this," he tells her. She opens her eyes, lowers her arm and looks at him with a smile.
"I have some of my dad's teaching from his Holocron to help me, but I still haven't been about to find out the information lock away that supposedly my DNA can open it," she tells him crossing her arms. Kadan places his hand on her shoulder, "You will discover it in time, have some patience." he tells her and she looks at him, "Yeah you're right, I need to stop trying to rush it." she states, Kadan smirks and ruffles her hair, "Hey!" she states as she pulls his hand away, but then they saw Ezra approach them, then Mako steps to the side, pulling Kadan next to her, then they heard Zeb growl, as he was on the rail and then jumps at Ezra, as they land on the clear spot, Kadan nods his head, "I see, good call." he mutters, Mako smiles to herself as she folds her arms behind her back.
But then they heard someone clear their throat, they all look up and saw Hera was standing by the rails with Leo next to her, Hera was not impressed with the two. "It's his fault!" both Ezra and Zeb shout, pointing at each other.
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The Ghost lands on Lothal, "My fault? This is your fault!" Zeb argues as he gets off Ezra. "Don't go blaming this on me!" Ezra snaps back, "Enough! This is my ship you're wrecking and I want you off it!" Hera snaps at them and opens the ramp. Leo walks down as well and as Mako watches Zeb and Ezra shove each other as they walk over to Hera. "Hera, be reasonable." Zeb whines. Then Ezra shoves him out of the way, "Come on you know what he's like." he states, making Leo roll his eyes and cross his arms. "Mako, come here." Hera calls out, Mako walks out in front of the two and Hera handed her a list, Mako took it, "Supple run?" she asks her, Hera nods at her, "Market list, the town of Kotkal is two klicks south and I'm sending all three of you on a supply run." Hera informs them as Mako places the list in her satchel. "With him?" Ezra and Zeb argue.
But then Mako grips both of their ears, making them whimper in pain, "With each other and I'm sending Mako to keep an eye on you. Oh and don't even think about coming back without at least one Meiloorun fruit, clear?" she asks them. "Yes, ma'am." Mako answers and walks down the ramp, pulling a whimpering Zeb and Ezra behind her. "Can I go, Hera, can I?" Leo asks her, she smirks at him, "Go on." she tell him, he fist pumps and ran after them, then Kadan walks to the ramp and crosses his arms, "How do you expect them to find Meiloorun fruit on Lothal?" he questions her, she just smiles.
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As the four entered the city as Zeb and Ezra were rubbing their ears, "Ow… that hurt!" Zeb whines as Ezra whimpers. "Should have thought about that when you two were acting like children." she informs that with her arm on her satchel and then reach in and pulls out the list, "Here, the list for the thing we need." she gave Zeb, he takes it and walks off. Ezra walks off as well and so did Mako and Leo.
"Mako?" a familiar voice calls out, the two stop and look over seeing an old humanoid man, "This that Mako Firebreather, I'm seeing?" he calls out, "Mr. Salami?" she calls out as they both walk over to him, "Mako, well look at you all grown up," he states, making her smile. "And I see you haven't been eating again, here have a yogon," he states, tossing one to her, she catches it. "Thank you," she tells him then took a bit out of the fruit. "Hey Mr. Salami, do you happen to have Meilooruns, do you?" she asks him. He shook his head at her, "Sorry sweetheart we don't grow Meiloorun fruits here, but I do remember seeing an off-worlder sell Meilooruns, here in the market. Up next to the one with the rations." he informs her, Mako smiles at him, "Thank you, Mr. Salami. It was great to see you again." she tells her and walks off, Leo nods at him and they walk off, but then stop as they saw troopers with an officer, they quickly hide as Leo's hand went to his blaster.
The Imperial walks pass the stand they were hiding behind and saw them walk up to Mr. Salami, "Mr. Salami have you reconsidered?" the officer asks him, but Mr. Salami crosses his arms. "My answer remains the same, No I will not sell my farm." he answers him, "Very well." the officer said with a smirk and walks off with the troopers, Leo removes his hand from his blaster as they step out of hiding and then bump int Ezra and Zeb, "I got everything except Meilooruns. Any luck on your end?" Zeb asks the two. "No, and I don't think Hera meant for us to find them." Ezra states, "Ezra there are Meilooruns, an off-worlder is selling them next to the rations." Mako informs him.
Zeb sigh, "Here, take this, I'll go get them." Zeb said as he handed Ezra a crate supplies to Ezra, "Seriously, you want me to carry your supplies after saving your life?" Ezra throws at him, making it the last straw. "Stopping saying you saved my life." Zeb snaps, making him back up into a crate. The lid fell off and they four looks over and saw it was full of the fruit. "Meilooruns!" the all said and then Mako walks up to the dealer, "Excuse me." she calls out, getting his attention, "How much for the whole crate of Meilooruns?" she asks him. "I'm sorry miss, but they're already sold." he informs her, "Well maybe we can buy one from-" Ezra starts but then they all saw a trooper places the lid back on, picking the crate up and walk away, "From the Empire, good luck with that," he tells them as the four watch then trooper walk off.
Mako looks at Ezra and they smirk at each other and took off after him. They all ran over and, then hid behind the crates. Then look out at the crate with the fruit in them. Ezra smirks as he and Mako eye the crate, "What are you two smiling about?" Zeb asks them, Ezra looks at him. "The obvious answer to our problem," he answers and then Zeb looks at crate as well. He then sighs as he shoves Ezra back down, Mako and Leo drop back behind the crates as well, "No." he states, refusing to do this, "Hey, it's not like we haven't stolen from the Empire before." Ezra tells him. Mako nods in agreement, "Oh right, what's the plan, you're going to use the force?" Leo questions him, Ezra shot him a look, "Maybe. Sure why not?" he answers then Ezra peeks out, looks at the crate, then closes his eyes, held his arm out and concentrated on the crate. Mako, Le, and Zeb peek out, watching as they saw the lid started to shake.
But then a trooper walks off and takes a hold of the crate, then Zeb and Leo laugh as Zeb pats his shoulder, "We should go." he states, but then Mako and Ezra glare at them, "You go, we're not leaving until we get what we came here for." Ezra tells him then he and Mako ran up to the lift, Zeb and Leo went to stop him. "Hey, kid!" Zeb calls out, but they miss and Zeb slam his fist on the crate. The two duck behind the crate, then Ezra threw out a pebble, making the trooper move away from his post, to take check it out, giving Ezra and Mako and opening, the ran to the lift, climb up to the crate.
They smirk to themselves, then Ezra open the lid and takes a fruit, he chuckles and shows the two, as they were freaking out, "Hey, you two!" the officer shouts them, they look overseeing the trooper their weapons at them, Mako puts her hands up "I'll just put this back." Ezra states, putting the fruit back but places it the satchel.
But then crates were thrown at them, the two look overseeing Zeb was throwing them, "Run, come on!" Leo calls out, the two jumps down onto the ground and took off, "Stop them!" the officer orders as Leo and Zeb followed Mako and Ezra. They turn the corner as two troopers followed, "You made me loose the rest of the supplies, at least we're even!" Zeb shouts, Ezra looks at him, "Even?! I had the whole situation under control!" Ezra shouts back. "Shut up Ezra!" Mako and Leo shout at him. "Ugh, come here," Zeb states, Leo grips onto Zeb's shoulder and wraps his arm around Mako's waist as Zeb grips Ezra's head and they make a sharp turn into an alley.
The trooper turn down into the alley, but found it was empty, "Where they go?" one questions, from above them, Zeb was on the side building they all look down, then Zeb looks up and threw Ezra, "Hand me, Mako." Zeb whispers, Leo did so and he grips her hand, "Ready?" he asks, Mako nods at him and he threw her up, she rolls and lands on her feet in a kneeling position as she looks over, seeing Ezra was laying flat on his face. "Up there!" the trooper calls out, Zeb and Leo look down at them as Ezra and Mako look over the edge as the troopers fired at the two as Zeb climbs back up.
But a shot got real close, making Zeb let go and sent the two flying down, and Zeb lands on the troopers as Leo hands on his feet, "Zeb!" Ezra calls out, "Leo!" Mako calls out as well, "Don't worry about us, just kept going!" Leo calls out to them, "We'll meet up with you later!" Zeb shouts as he and Leo took off running as troopers chase them, "Split up!" the leader shouts and two stays behind, then looks up at Ezra and Mako and the two take off down the roofs.
Zeb and Leo run until the came to a dead end where a trooper loads up into a Tie-fighter, the two look over, seeing the troopers charging at them and they ran and dive behind the crate and hide, but then they both look overseeing the Tie-fighter hover right next to them and the look back over and saw that they were trap. Then look at each other, then back at the troopers, "Hey, you don't have any Meilooruns, don't you?" Zeb asks them and Leo looks back at him, "There is nowhere to hide. Commander, take this monster and sidekick into questioning, let's find out why they're running." the pilot orders them.
"Hands up." the trooper orders them. Leo and Zeb step out, with their back to them and hands up in the air. The troopers walk over to them but then Leo and Zeb smirks, then grips onto Zeb's arm as the Lasat jumps onto the crate, making the trooper fire at them. But then Zeb jump up at the Tie-fighter, scaring the pilot, then Zeb climbs up top, then open it and threw the pilot out and they drop in as Zeb pilot it. "Never actually flown one of these," Zeb mumbles as he lost a little of control, Leo grips onto the chair for balance then Zeb pushes a few buttons, making the blaster go off, shooting at everything, Zeb just laughs. "Great I'm friends with a mad man." Leo mumbles, and then took off, "Too bad the kid wasn't here to see that." Zeb states, "Zeb!" Leo calls out, Zeb turns back and quickly dodges a building. Then lets a nervous chuckle, "Well on the other hand…" he mutters, trying to fly the Tie-fighter.
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Ezra and Mako dodge the objects on the roofs as they ran from the troopers. Ezra fires at them as the blast hit their shoulders, barely hurting them. Then jump to another roof and the trooper jump after them. The two then make a big jump, making the two-stop and two more troopers chase them.
They then look overseeing a Tie-fighter flying next to them, "Great, just what we needed." Ezra mumbles as Zeb and Leo flew closer to them and Mako realizes who was flying the Tie-fighter, "Zeb!?" she questions and Ezra looks over as well, she then looks down, "Zeb, look out!" she shouts, Zeb looks over, seeing that he was really low, then turn sideways and skits through the market. "Up! Pull up!" Leo shouts at him, "I'm pulling! I'm pulling!" Zeb shouts at him. And did so, "Zeb, Zeb! Let us in!" Ezra shouts, "So now I'll be saving your life, right?!" Zeb questions him as the two jump, "Huh? What? Yeah! Sure! Whatever!" Ezra shouts, "If I let you in we're even!" Zeb shouts, "Fine!" Ezra shouts again, "You have to say it!" Zeb informs him, "Ezra!" Mako shouts at him as the duck from the blasts.
"Yes! We're even! Now let us in!" Ezra shouts at him, Zeb lowers the ship and opens the hatch, Mako jumps over first landing on the side, Leo pops out and pulls her in, making her land on top of him. They both grunt and Mako pulls herself up and looks at him, he smirks at her, "Well I'd known you wanted to go this far, I'd make sure to buy you dinner first." he jokes, Mako looks at him not impress, then places her hand on his face, shoving him back down and pushes herself back up. Then Ezra jumps in after her as Leo stood up, Ezra lands in Zeb's arms and Zeb throws him back, taking the controls again. They then went low in, "Don't crowd me, Kid, I'm flying here!" Zeb snaps at him. "You don't know how to fly this thing, let me do it!" Ezra states as he and Zeb fought over the controls, Mako facepalms and Leo shook his head.
The two then fire at a stand and Mako covers her eyes, as they were blinded by the yogons. Mako went to kill the both of them, but Leo held her back. "Gain altitude." Ezra tells him, "I know." Zeb argues, "Can you please stop arguing for five minutes or I swear I will throw you out and leave you for dead, got it?!" Mako snaps at them, they look at her, then each other and back forward. "Yes ma'am," they answer, making Mako huff and cross her arms.
As they flew, they flew right to pass the Ghost. Hera was walking through the hall nut saw Sabine in the boy's cabin and she went to see what she was up to. "Whoops sorry, Hera, no entry," Sabine tells her, stopping her from entering. "You do realize that this isn't your room, right?" Hera asks her. "I was inspired, it was Ezra's idea," she tells her and went back to work. Hera went to say more, but Sabine closes the door. Hera couldn't argue with that, "Could be worse, could be my room." she states and walks off.
The four flew as Zeb was trying to see something, anything. "I think we're too low." Ezra states, "How can you tell?" Zeb asks him, but then the feeling returns to Ezra and Mako, warning them. "Why don't you go clean the window?" Zeb questions at him, "Zeb really? Clean the window in flight?" Leo questions him. "We need to turn." Mako mutters, Leo and Zeb looks at her, "What?" Zeb asks, then the feeling was telling them to turn now. "Turn!" Ezra states as he took the controls and make a sharp turn avoiding the collision with the cone from the ground. Zeb and Leo look back and at them, "How did you know?" Zeb asks them, Ezra and Mako shrug their shoulder, "We don't know, we just… knew." Ezra answers him. Then Zeb chuckles, "Good, that's good, that's good." he mutters looking at the front. "Now go and clean the canister." Zeb orders and the three look at him.
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Kadan was playing against Chopper and lost the round, making the droid chip with a victory, Hera watches as see Kadan win the next round, making Chopper grumble with anger and he rolls away.
Hera walks over and sat down next to him, "I have to admit, it's peaceful aboard with the kids gone." Kadan tells her, "Yeah, but I feel a bit guilty about sending them-" she states, but Kadan places his hand on her shoulder, making her look at him, "On a wild Meiloorun chase?" he asks her, chuckling. "Spectre 4 to Ghost," Zeb said over the comms. Making Hera sigh.
"Right on cue. Go ahead Spectre 4." Hera tells him, "Right well we have a bit of a problem." Zeb starts, Hera looks over at Kadan and they were smirking at each other. "I'd thought you might. Look don't worry about the Meilooruns." Hera tells him, "Yeah Meilooruns, uh… we found some, but we lost them, then we found them again, but we smash them…" Ezra starts, making Mako sighs. "You want me to tell him?" Mako asks him as Kadan hears something, "Wait what am I hearing it sounds like…" Kadan states. "Yeah about that… Mako please…" Ezra asks her, making her sigh. "We stole a Tie-fighter," she answers bluntly. "You WHAT?!"
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The four flinch at his shout, "He's taking this better than I thought." Zeb whispers to them, Mako nods. "Get rid of it!" Kadan orders him, "Do we have to?" all four asks him, making Kadan sigh. "At least tell me you dismantle the locating beacon?" Kadan asks them, Zeb chuckles at him, "Of course, we're not fools." Zeb answers. Then looks over at Ezra, "Under there, the red wire, no the blue." he whispers as Ezra was kneeling down opening the wire box then look up at him, "Well which one is it?" Ezra whispers back. "The Red one and Blue one." Kadan snaps at them.
Making Zeb chuckle nervously, "Right got it- wait, they've already been cut." Ezra states and looks over at Mako. "You cut them without telling us?" he questions her she looks at him, "You honestly think I would board a Tie-fighter without disabling the beacon, you're mad," she tells him. Ezra sighs at her, "Alright, I'll give you that." he states, Mako nods at him. "Stealing the Tie tracts unwanted attention, rendezvous at shadow site 2, fly straight do not stop and don't do anything," Kadan orders him. Ezra scratches his cheek as Mako play with her air and Leo rub the back of his head. "On our way, Spectre 4 out." Zeb states and Ezra leans against his chair and Mako leans against the wall. "That went well." Ezra states.
"Yeah, it did." Zeb agrees, "Any idea where we're supposed to go?" Mako asks, Leo leans next to her, "No clue or idea." he answers and they all nod at each other. They flew as the front was clean, "Navigation system online, setting coordinates for the rendezvous point." Zeb states, then Mako looks out, seeing smoke. "Wait what's that?" Ezra asks as he points over at the over at the smoke in the distance. "Looks like smoke." Zeb answers, "Yeah, but I think I know where it's coming from." Mako states and looks at Zeb, "Let's go check out, please." she asks him, Zeb sighs and flew for the smoke.
They arrive and Mako looks down at the destruction of the farm, "Friends of yours?" Leo asks her, she looks at him, "Of my parents." she answers him, "There's a convoy transport heading Northwest." Zeb informs her as saw the look on her face. "Karabass, I know that look." he states and Ezra places his hand on his shoulder, "What's the worse that can happen?" he asks him, "We can both wind up dead," Zeb informs him. "Besides that." Leo throws out and Zeb sighs, "Well here goes nothing." he said and the four flew off.
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They hover over the transport, "Attention Imperial transport, this is Imperial commander Meiloorun." Zeb said, making Mako slap her hand over her mouth and Leo did the same with his. Ezra slaps his arm and looks at him, "Meiloorun, seriously?" Ezra whispers, but Zeb shushes him. "They're a report of rebel activity in your sector, reduce speed." Zeb orders.
"Acknowledged commander. Reduce speed." the officer orders and the transports reduce speed. "Are you two sure?" Zeb asks Ezra and Mako. "Just get us in close," Ezra informs him, the flew in. Zeb opens the hatch and the two climbs out. They held onto the side and as they flew over and they both jump down and land on the transports. Then look up seeing Zeb and Leo take off. Then Ezra looks over seeing Mr. Sumar, a friend of Ezra parents was captured as well.
Mako looks over at the other transport and saw Mr. Salami and his family captured. She then stood up, steps back and ran forward, jumps and lands on the other transport, rolling, landing on her knees and hands and sliding to the other side. She stops and crawls over at side and looks down. "Mr. Salami!" she calls out, the man look up at her, "Mako? How did you find me?" he asks her, "I'll answer your questions later, right now, I have to get you out of here!" she answers him and then closes her eyes and concentrated, then waves her hand to the side and presses the button and the cages open. She opens her eyes and looks down. "You're going to have to jump. Then scatter." she tells him, "We're moving too fast." he informs her, she then raises her hand and the cuff were off their wrists. "Trust me!" she tells him, Mr. Salami looks over at his wife and she nods at him.
They all jump and rolled in the grass, Mako shot up and saw that they all were alright and next to Mr. Sumar, she smiles at him and waves at him, he smiles and waves back at her. She then stood up and then looks at her shoulder, sensing the troopers behind her. She then jumps over them and took them out with her bare hands and they fall over the transports as she took one of their guns. She then saw Ezra was taking fire and she fires at them, getting the both of them. He then looks over at her and waves at her, and showed her the fruit, "Well get some, you dummy!" she shouts at him, he nods and took three of them.
But then a trooper woke up and fires at the fruit, destroying two fruits but Ezra catches the last one and then jumps over next to Mako and they both saw the trooper was in front of them and aims his weapon at them and Ezra held out the fruit and Mako hid behind him. "Wait, you mean you did all of this, for fruit?" he questions them, they both look at each other and at him, "No, well okay maybe." Ezra answer and threw the fruit at him, jumping over him as Mako jumps onto the side and grips the prison as Ezra hid behind the cannon he then digs through his pack and pulls out a wrench and puts in the cannon and drops back onto the side and the trooper went over and aims at Ezra, but the cannon explodes, making the trooper fly off and Ezra salutes him, "Yep! All your fruit!" Ezra calls out as Mako held her hand out to him. He looks up, took her hand and she pulls him up.
She then handed him the fruit and they both look overseeing the troopers and he places the fruit in his pack and as they slowly back up. But then they look behind themselves and saw Zeb was firing at them, Mako stood behind Ezra sideways as the squeeze through as Zeb hits the troopers. They watch him fly around, "Not bad Ace." Ezra salutes him, the officer opens the door, looking out at the Tie-fighter that Zeb was flying, the two get ready for the pickup, Zeb turns it upside down, he held out his arms as Leo grips the Tie as he held his arm for Mako. They both were ready for them and were pick right off the transports. "Um… how are you flying this thing?" Ezra asks him, Mako look up, seeing that Zeb's feet were still on the controls, she was impressed. "Not bad," she mutters as the four flew off.
Then Zeb turns the Tie back over and they all land in the Tie and Zeb closes the top, the farmers watch as the stolen Tie flew off. "Thanks for the save, I guess I owe you now." Ezra states, "Let's just say we're eternally even." Zeb tells him, making all four nod. Then Zeb held up a black Tie pilot helmet, "You collect these, right?" he asks him, "It's okay, I got one." Ezra tells him, but Mako took it, "But I don't, I could really use one. Thanks, Zeb." she tells him and he nods at her with a smirk and held the helmet under her arm, "I'll get Sabine to paint it for me." she mutters and Leo nods at her, "So, what do we do about the Tie-fighter?" Leo asks him, Zeb looks at him and smirks.
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Kadan and Hera waited for them to arrive, but were late. "Ugh, they should have been here, by now." Kadan states. Hera then looks out, "Over there!" she shouts and Kadan looks over, seeing the four were walking back to them. The walk out and met with them, "One fresh Meiloorun as requested." Zeb tells her, but then Ezra reaches into Mako satchel and pulls out another that was still fresh. "Make that two Meilooruns," he states, Mako shook her head at him. "Thank you, kind sirs," Hera states as she takes both of them.
"Team effort," Leo states as he nudges his shoulder into Zeb. "Forget about the fruit, where the Tie-fighter?" Kadan asks them, the four looks at each other and sigh. "We crash it." Leo answers as Zeb hung his head, "On purpose, wouldn't want it to fall back into the Empire hands." Mako adds in as she pats the helmet. They look at Kadan as he nods at them, impressed. "Now that's what I kind to hear," he tells them and he and Hera walk back into Ghost, they four exhale and the walk back into the ship, Zeb and Ezra mess around as they walk back to their cabin with Leo behind them. "Finished." Sabine states and the four walk into the cabin, "Finish with what?" Ezra asks her, "Thought it needed to be monetized." she tells him and saw the painting with Ezra falling on top of Zeb and the two were not liking it.
"Oh don't worry Leo, I got you one as well," he tells her, he looks over and was amazed, it was him leaning against the wall his hood on, next to the Rebel symbol behind him, his blaster in his hand, a smirk on his face and the light was placed on him and the symbol. "Oh, Sabine… it's… no words describe this." he tells her, "No prob." she tells him and turns back to Ezra and Zeb, "And you did say you wanted to be my inspiration." Sabine reminds him, "Yeah, but that makes me look a fool." Ezra tells him, "And makes me look like a bigger fool." Zeb adds in, "I paint what I see." she tells him as Chopper was laughing at the painting. Making Zeb and Ezra look at him. "Chopper," Zeb growls as he clutches his fist into his hand. "This was all you fault," Ezra said as he and Zeb start to gain on him. And Chopper took off, "Come back you metal mentic!" Ezra shouts. "I'm gonna turn you into a rust bucket of pot," Zeb shouts and they gave chase. Mako places her helmet down and quickly followed them.
Sabine and Leo step out and lean against the wall watching them and then heard a crash, they both flinch. "Ooh." they both groan as Mako was leaning over the edge and looks down at them as Zeb was on top of Ezra they hit the crates, "It's his fault!" the both said as they point over at Chopper.
Hera and Kadan just look down at them as Mako sighs and leans against the railing. "At least they got rid of the Tie." Hera reminds him, Kadan just sighs, Zeb and Ezra sat up and chuckled at each other.
The Ghost then takes off from Lothal and flew out back into Space.