Chapter 15: Fire Across the Galaxy
Trooper patrol around an outpost with Tie-fighters and a cruiser, as two troopers were patrolling, Sabine and Leo step out. "Miss us bucket heads?" Sabine calls out wearing her helmet, getting the two to look at them as Leo waves at them as he was wearing his hood.
"It's them!" one shouts as they both fired at the two, but Sabine and Leo dodge the blast and jump onto the top of the small house and ran across it, then she pops her head out, "Yep, you defiantly miss us." she laughs and they dodge more of the incoming blast. Then jumps off the house and rolls across the crates. "We have two intruders on the North side, sector nine. The artist and thief are back, sound the alarm." the trooper warns the others and the alarm was sound.
As the trooper chase after Leo and Sabine. Ezra, Zeb, and Mako pops their heads out and watches them leave. "Sabine's and Leo's distraction is working," Mako informs the two as Leo and Sabine kept on running from the troopers and then jumps onto the next roof. Then, Mako, Ezra, and Zeb were now standing on the ramp and he raises up into the ship.
Mako ran for the cockpit as Ezra joins her, she then cracks her fingers then she started to push buttons and then the ship starts up and she stood a seat in the pilot's spot. Then gave Ezra and Zeb a thumbs-up.
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Back outside the trooper had the two on a roof and they fired at them, "You got a little better." Sabine states and Leo shrugs at her. "A little bit," he states holding two fingers inches apart. She laughs and they both jump off the roof and Leo lands on the ladder as Sabine jumps onto a trooper, sending him to the ground and she followed Leo as he jumps on top of a Tie. "But we got a lot better," Leo informs them as the cruiser was now ready to fly, then Mako turns the ship as the two jump on one of the arms of the tie and waves at Zeb, who waves back at them.
"That's not one of us!" the trooper shouts and the fires more at the rebels, but the two ran up and jumps onto the ramp that was lowered for them. Sabine grabs one arm as Leo grabs the other, "Bye-bye bucket heads!" Sabine calls out to them, "Thank you for a fun time and this ship, I promise we'll take good care of her!" Leo calls out as well when the ramp closes and the troopers look over as he heard the detonator on the Tie ready to go off. "Not again." One complaint. "Everyone evacuate!" he calls out and they ran for it, but too late the detonator goes off and destroys the outpost.
Mako pulls the ship out around and flew right through the smoke, almost making the Republic symbol out of it.
~8~8~8~
The now cruiser attached to the Ghost as it glides through space, everyone was gathered in the commons as they went over the plans, "The transport you stole will get us we'll get us close to the fleet over Mustafar, we know that have Kadan on Tarkin's star destroyer." Hera states as the holo map twitches from the planet and to the star destroyer. "And it's has a bunch of other star destroyers." Zeb adds in and Hera turns to Mako, "Lots more, we'll need a distraction to cover our entry, Sabine?" Zeb calls out and looks at the bounty hunter.
She pulls up the holo of the star destroyer, "Engine room's here, all the power for the ship. If we can get inside the docking, I could rig something, black them out. But our transport ships not going to fit in there." Sabine gave her the laydown.
The holo was shut off, "We need something small enough to fit in their hanger bay, too bad we blew up all the Ties at that base." Hera states and an idea hits Mako, "That's not technically true." Mako speaks and Hera looks at her as the four were nervous. "There's one left and thankfully it wasn't at the base." Mako went on, "Uh-uh!" Zeb tells her as he tries to get her to stop, but she looks at him as she places her hands on her hips. "Zeb, we can't keep hiding it, we need this. For Kadan and Leto," she tells him as Sabine sat down and Leo sighs, leaning against him. "Fine." the two whine and Hera crosses her arms, "What's going on?" she questions them, "Remember when Leo, Zeb, Ezra and I stole that Tie a few months back?" Mako asks her, Hera nods to her. "We didn't exactly crash it." she went on, "And by, didn't exactly you mean…" Hera states. "We didn't crash it, we kept it, hidden," Mako answers her.
"You all knew about this?" she asks them and they turn away from her, then she sighs. "I should be angry, I should yell at you for disobeying a direct order, but right now I'm just grateful we got it," she states as she was angry at first then relieve. But then Leo moves over and sat next to Ezra as he, himself and Sabine exchange looks. "Uh… there's a slight problem with it." Ezra states and the three look at him, "What kind of problem?" Hera questions them, then Zeb stood up, "Yeah, what kind of problem?" he questions, "This should be good." Mako mutters as Sabine, Ezra and Leo smiles up at them.
~8~8~8~
They were back on Lothal and walks up to the Tie. "Okay, well this is awful." Zeb complaints as the Tie was Sabined, "What? It's some of my best work." Sabine informs him as they were looking at it. "I like it, it's very Sabine." Mako states and Sabine smiles at her. "Thank you," she tells her. "Seriously, it's the best and this Tie needed a makeover," Leo states.
"It will have to do." Hera states as she cross her arms and Mako giggles a little. "I thought you were suppose to be the sane one. This whole plan is as crazy as those colors." Zed informs her, "Maybe you're right." Hera states then walks out in front of the Tie. "Maybe this plan doesn't make Military sense, but Kadan is family and we all lost enough family to the Empire." she states as they listen to her.
"So rescuing him makes sense to me. I'm not ordering you, any of you to come along, but you need to decide now; In or out." she tells them and Mako walks up to her, "You don't need my opinion Hera. I started this mission to save Kadan, after all, that he did me, what you and the rest of Ghost crew have done for me. It felt wrong to just give up and forget about him, you all became my family and I won't stop until all of my family are safe." Mako states and Hera smiles at her and she looks at the others. "What say you? Are you with me?" she asks them.
Ezra steps forward, "I'm with you." he answers her, she looks at him and Sabine steps forward, "I'm with you." she answers her, she looks at her and Leo steps forward. "I'm with you," he answers her, as she looks at him. Chopper chips as he was with her as well, she looks at him too. Zeb groans. "Yeah, I'm with ya too. But what about that?" Zeb asks her and both her and Hera look up at the Tie. "Not time to fix it and besides the Imperials will only scan it and by the times the Imperials see it." Hera states, "It will be too late." Sabine adds in and Mako smirks and she claps her hands, "Then let's get this show on the road."
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In the Mustafar system, they were in front of the planet where Kadan was going to be sent to die. Kadan cries out as he was electrocuted again. The Inquisitor watches as he held Leto in mid-air and makes him watch as well. But then stops, "Still protecting your precious crew and Silver eyes? Quite admirable." he states and then steps close to him, making Leto float closer as well. "But I want to know is about the other Rebels. Code name; Fulcrum," he informs him and Kadan looks at him, having no idea what he was talking about.
Kadan just pants as he was catching his breath, "I know nothing of a larger Rebellion. But if I did, I'd rather give my life than tell you." Kadan snaps at him. Then the Inquisitor steps closer to him, "So heroic, just like your master." he states and was right next to Kadan. "Tell me my dear Jedi, how did you survive order 66?" he asks him and Kadan stiffens. "Hm? It was your master Valaba who laid down her life for yours, do you remember her last word to you, her last and final breath of life before she died?" the Inquisitor questions him as he was hitting a very and festering nerve that never healed.
Then he saw the look in Kadan's eyes. "You do, don't you? You see it in your see, you hear her voice when you wake." he taunts and leans in closer. "Tell me Jedi, what was her last word to you," he states as Kadan looks away from him. "Run." Kadan whispers as he kept looking away and the Inquisitor lean away from him as he makes Leto float closer to him, "And does your loyal and precious crew know you ran as your master fell? Abandon her and the Jedi order when they need you most?" he taunts him and places Leto on Kadan's shoulder and turns away from him, "What do you think the rebels would do if they knew their leader was a coward?" he questions and pulls out Kadan's saber, "You're even afraid of your own powers. You don't even have your full saber out in the open." he states and ignites Kadan's saber and points it at him, making Kadan lean back, but kept his eyes on his saber.
"Let me tell you something Jedi, you're right to be afraid. You couldn't save your master then and you can't save your followers now." the Inquisitor informs him and Kadan kept looking between him and the saber as Leto growls at him.
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The cruiser with the painted Tie attach drops out of hyperspace as they were now in the Mustafar system and flew for the Star destroyers. "I'll send in our transponder codes as soon as we know Kadan is there." Hera informs them as they were all in the cockpit.
Then she looks at the two, "Ezra, Mako." she states and they nod at her. "Well, here goes nothing." Ezra states and they both close their eyes. As they were feeling the forces reach out for Kadan. "So, anything?" Zeb asks as he was anxious. "Give them a minute." Sabine informs him, "We really don't have a minute." Zeb reminds her, "Zeb, you're panicking, we've talk about this." Leo states as Hera as they were getting closer to the Star destroyer. "Ezra, Mako, is he there?" she asks them again, but they were concentrating on Kadan, calling out to him through the force.
In the cell, Kadan was resting himself to regain his energy, but then felt two forces call out to him, making him gasp as he opens his eyes; Ezra and Mako did the same as well. "He's there." Ezra states and Mako leans over Ezra's chair. "Kadan's alive." she tells him and Hera went to work, "Sending codes." she states as they flew to Tarkin's star destroyer.
"Transport ship, 7378 you are clear for docking. We have ten Ties inbound with reinforcements. Open bay five." the officer orders them as Tarkin was watching from the walkway.
"They bought it. Chop, send in Sabine's present." Hera orders and Chopper chirps at her, then rolls over to a plug, plugged himself in and remotely flew the Tie into the Star destroyer, docking bay 5. The Trooper watch as the Tie-fighters came in and they saw the fourth on, "That's not regulation." one states as he saw it was Sabine's handiwork. "I kinda like it." the other states and they walk over to the Tie, but unaware of them, their were detonators inside and they were beeping and flashing as they were ready to go off.
Then with one press of the Sabine's console and a pulse ran through the whole, ship, knocking out the power. "They're here." the Inquisitor states as he turns from Kadan, "So predictable," he said in annoyance. And everyone was in a fanatic panic as they were trying to reroute the power. "We lost main power, some kind of pulse in bay 5." the officer informs Tarkin. "Go to artistry power." Tarkin orders him as Hera places the cruiser on the side of the star destroyer.
Then Hera, Zeb, Sabine, Ezra, and Mako started to leave the cockpit, "this shouldn't take long, keep the engine running." she orders the two, "I'll stay here with Chop." he informs them and Hera nods at him. "And Mako." he calls out, she stops and looks at him, "Be careful," he asks her, she smiles, walks up and hugs him, making him blush. "I will and you be careful too," she tells him, pulling back and left. Leo felt his face heat up as his heart pound. Chopper grumbles at him and Leo glares at him, "Oh shut up." he mutters and sat in the pilot seat, Chopper just laughs.
~8~8~8~
In the hallway of the star destroyer, troopers were pass out from the pulse that rang out as the alarms were off. But then two lightsaber stab through the door, both blue and they make a circle in perfect sync, then once that was down, the sabers were withdrawn and the cut wall was then pushed out as Mako steps through first and the other followed her.
Then they look down at the pass out Troopers, "These guys will waking up soon." Sabine warns her. And Mako looks at her, "How soon do you expect?" Mako asks her, "Too soon, I recommend." Zeb answers her. She nods at him, "Come on, we haven't a moment to lose, follow me." she tells them and they started down the hall, but when the left a trooper started to awaken from his knockout.
~8~8~8~
Back on the bridge, Tarkin walks down the walkway as an officer was with him, "The destroyer is down to emergency power and life support only." the officer informs him.
"I've been sending an all clear message to the rest of the fleet. As soon as we sent an interloper, they will send reinforcements and that interloper is up now." Tarkin informs him as he now was in front of the glass and saw that reinforcements were on their way.
Chopper and Leo notices the reinforcements coming, Chopper chirps "You said it buddy, uh-oh." Leo agrees with him.
The shuttles then dock into the docking bays and then the troopers loaded off and started their search for the rebels.
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As the rebels ran through the halls, Chopper spoke through Hera's comm-link. "Reinforcements already? That was fast." Hera mutters, "Chopper and I will remain on standby, you just hurry." Leo informs them. "Don't worry, with a ship this big, it will take them a while to find us," Sabine reassures Hera, but as they turn a corner, they stop as they saw trooper ran at them.
"Drop your weapons! Hands up!" the captain orders them, "They found us." Mako mutters, then Ezra fires at the captain, hitting him square in the chest. "Go, go, go, go! Back, back, back, back!" Mako tells them as they turn back and went to run they way they came. But stop again as they off again, "It's the rebels, this way!" a trooper shouts as more appeared. "This way! This way! Move!" Mako shouts and they took the hall behind them.
Mako and Ezra ignite their saber, deflecting the blasts as Hera closes the door, "Stand back!" Mako orders and they did so. She then took her saber and stabs the door, fusing the doors together. "Pretty clever, fearless leader. What's next?" Sabine asks her as she pulls her withdrew her saber and turns to them. "Kadan is down that hall. I just cut off our only way to get to him," she informs them, but then Hera looks up, Zeb did as well. "Might be our only way, but it's not yours and Ezra," she informs her and they both look up and smirk.
"Up ya go." Zeb tells Mako and he pushes her into the vent, then pushes it open and crawls inside, Ezra then followed her then Mako looks down at them, "Good luck guys." she tells them and closes the vent. Hera then looks at Zeb and Sabine. "Let's go, Let's go," she orders them and they ran down the hall.
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Leo and Chopper watch as more reinforcements were coming in, "This is bad Chopper, they'll be overrun." Leo states, then Chopper chirps and turns away, Leo looks out him, got out of the seat and kneels down next to him, "What are you doing?" Leo asks him.
Chopper's antenna then started to send out a signal and Fulcrum appeared, "This is Fulcrum. Who is this?" Fulcrum asks them. Leo looks at Fulcrum, "Please Fulcrum, we need your help. Our friends… the Imperials are going to overrun them."
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A lightsaber cuts through the vent and out steps Mako and then Ezra. Mako disengage her saber, places back on her belt, next to her other saber and then they walk through the hall of the prison cells.
Then Mako stops in front of one as Ezra was at the panel, he then presses a button door opens and there was Kadan and Leto. The reptile opens his eyes and looks up at the two and started to bounce up and down as he was overjoyed and it woke Kadan up, as he now was looking at his two apprentices. "Turns out you taught the both of us, pretty well." Mako states as she and Ezra walks into the cell and he pants a little.
"You shouldn't have come here, but I'm glad you did." Kadan states as he was relief to both of his padawans. They smiled at him, "You would of done the same for me and Mako. In fact, you have." Ezra state as he opens the restraints and Kadan collapse into Mako and Ezra, and they pulled his arms over their shoulders. "Come on, Kadan. One step after the other." Mako tells him as she grips his arm and they walk out of the cell.
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Hera, Sabine and Zeb ran to the lifts, Hera opens one, but the troopers were waiting for them. She fires at them and they take off running again.
"I hope Ezra and Mako have found Kadan by now." Sabine states as more troopers followed after them.
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Ezra and Mako walk into the power cell room, but stop as they both saw the Inquisitor was waiting for them. He then pulls out his saber and ignites it, ready for them. Leto growls at him as Kadan glares at him then looks at Ezra's saber.
"Let me borrow that." Kadan states, pulls his arm over Mako's head and took Ezra's saber, "Yeah, no problem." Ezra states as Leto jumps onto Mako's shoulder. Kadan stood on his down two feet, ignites the saber and stood ready for him. Then Kadan charges at the Inquisitor, making the Sith smirk at him, but then Kadan disengages the saber and fires at the Inquisitor, taking him by surprise. The Inquisitor blocks the blasts, then as Kadan was close, he ignites the saber and duels the Inquisitor.
Then Kadan dodges the Inquisitor's moves and jumps back, firing that the Inquisitor then ignites his blade. "I never thought of that," Ezra mutters and Mako rolls her eyes with a smile and then the ran to the two as Kadan jumps the Inquisitor, but then the Inquisitor jumps over Kadan was now in between The Jedi and his padawans. He then charges at Kadan and Kadan blocks his attack. Ezra notices the saber on the Inquisitor's belt and thrust his hand out, then saber then flew out, off the Inquisitor's belt and into Ezra's hand. He ignites the blade and Mako ignites her saber as well and they took their stance. The Inquisitor heard their saber and shoves Kadan back, the Sith then looks at the Jedi and his padawans. "At last a fight, that might be worthy of my time," he said with a sinistral smile on his face as he ignites both of his sabers.
The two look at Kadan he nods at them and they charge at the Inquisitor, taking him on both fronts. They both duel that Inquisitor, who was over-enjoying himself.
Then both Ezra and Kadan slide back as the Inquisitor force pushes them, but Mako jumps in time and attacks the Inquisitor, she then stops him from coming close to Ezra. "There is so much power within you, if only we had taken you sooner." he states, Mako shoves him back and she twists herself, "I would still destroy you," she tells him, the jumps at him again and he blocks her saber again. The Inquisitor smirks to himself then uses his other saber and cuts her leg, making her grunt in pain, losing her balance and then he shoves her back.
He then cut her other leg, then her forearms, across her belly, then her cheeks, then her scurry, making her hair fall out and making her cry out again. "Mako!" Kadan and Ezra cry out as Leto was next to Ezra. Then the Inquisitor force chokes her, making her hands fly to her throat as she was then lifted off the ground. "Now watch as I destroy the Silver eyed girl," he states and tightens his grip, making her gag louder. But due to no oxygen in her lungs, she then stops struggling and her hands went limp to her sides and she drops her saber, then the Inquisitor forces pushes her away and she went flying over the side. Ezra quickly scrambles to his feet and looks over the ledge, "MAKO!" he cries out to her. Then looks at the Inquisitor, his lightsaber started to spin and he swung it at Ezra.
Who blocks it, but drops Kadan's saber and fell over as well. "NNNOOO!" Kadan shouts as he watching him fall, then the Inquisitor drew his saber back at him and turns to Kadan who was still stunned. Both of his padawans were gone. Ezra and Mako were gone, the Inquisitor grin happily as he was waiting for Kadan. But the Jedi exhales and sat up and glares at the Inquisitor and stood up. "That was a mistake," Kadan informs him in a threatening tone. "Why, because you have no one left to die for you?" the Inquisitor questions, but Kadan held out his hand and his saber flew right into his hand and he ignites the both of them.
"No, because I have nothing left to fear." Kadan answers and he was now ready for him, then they both charge at one another.
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Hera peeks out into the hall and saw it was clear, then the three ran into the hall. And lean against the wall, Hera looks out again and saw that troopers were picking themselves up.
She then turns back to Sabine, "The other trooper are waking up." she whispers to them, "That puts twice as many between us and Chopper and Leo." Zeb complaints as Sabine looks over her console. "I think I have an alternate plan," she informs the two and they look at her. "Alright," Hera said as she was listening. "Here's part one," Sabine states putting out a detonator and throws it at the troopers.
It goes off, letting out smoke and the rebels fired at the troopers, getting one. That get's the troopers' attention as the three make a run for it down the hall. "Part two, we go to bay five," Sabine informs him as Hera catches. "Ah, that's where your masterpiece is," she states and Sabine as offends that was the reason she wanted to go the bay 5. "That's got nothing to do with it," she argues and Hera pulls out her comm-link. "Mako, we're finally finding a way out," Hera informs her but heard sabers instead. "Mako, can you hear me?"
~8~8~8~
As Kadan and the Inquisitor duel, Mako and Ezra laid on the bridge below them and not far from one another as they were both pass out, "Mako, can you hear me? Mako!" Hera calls out as Mako was pass out.
As Mako laid on the bridge, Mako started to hear voices call out to her. -It is not your time… Mako Firebreather.- a new voice, in particular, informs her, making Mako twitch a little. -Awaken… my little light.- the voice said and Mako flutters her eyes open and she saw Leto was chirping at her, "Leto?" she mutters and sat up, making him roll onto her lap. She groans and grips her head, "Mako are you out there?!" Hera calls out, unaware that her wounds were starting to heal themselves. "Mako Firebreather, answer me!" Hera shouts, she then pulls her hand to her comm-link and presses the button. "Yeah, In here. My head hurts, but I'm here," she answers. "Do you and Ezra save Kadan, is he alright?" Hera asks him, Mako looks up and saw Kadan pulling with the Inquisitor and he was winning.
"Yeah, I think he's better than okay," she answers and then crawls over to Ezra, seeing that he now had two small cuts on his cheek and then shook him awake. "Ezra, Ezra," she calls out him and he opens his eyes and looks up at Mako. He's eyes widen as she saw her wounds stitch themselves back together, he then sat up and looks at her, "Ezra, what is it?" she asks him, "Your cheek." he answers her, Mako pulls her hand to her freshly healed skin and she felt the wounds was gone. She then looks at the rest of her body and as the rest of her wounds were gone. "How…" Ezra asks her and she stood up, looking down at her hands, "I don't know. I honestly don't know." she answers him.
Kadan then corners the Inquisitor as he was hanging close to the edge. "You were right, I was a coward. But now I know there's something stronger than fear." Kadan states as the Inquisitor pants, "Far stronger, the Force." Kadan answers him, the Inquisitor growls to him and makes his light saber spin. "Let me show you how strong it is." he states then thrust the sabers into the circle of the Inquisitor's blade and tore into to, making the Inquisitor fall and hang onto the edge. The Inquisitor's sabers fell into the power generator, destroying the stabilizer and lets out a dangerous and unstable pulse of energy. Kadan then stood over the Inquisitor, victorious and he pointed the sabers at him, "You have no idea what you have unleash here today." the Inquisitor informs him and Kadan disengages the sabers and places them on his belt. "There are some things far more things frightening than death." the Inquisitor informs him, then lets go of the edge and falls into the destroyed stabilizers, killing himself.
Kadan kneels down and was surprise and sadden by this action, "Kadan." Ezra calls out to him, then he felt a hand touch his shoulder "Kadan." Mako then calls out. Kadan looks over and saw Mako standing next to him and Ezra standing next to the panel with Leto on his shoulder. Kadan stood up and hugs Mako "I'd thought I lost you." he tells him and Mako smiles at him. "Believe me, we know the feeling." Mako tells him and he pulls back from her, "Let go home." she tells him as the ship shook, Kadan tosses Ezra his saber, he catches it and they ran for it.
Mako picks up her saber and attaches it to her belt as they ran through the door.
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An officer ran up to Tarkin, "There's damage to the power core, the hyperdrive's overheating." the officer informs him as Tarkin turns to him.
"We can hold this ship, we need to evacuate sir. For your safety, we need to leave now." the officer informs him as Tarkin was surprise and angered by this news.
~8~8~8~
Hera, Sabine and Zeb ran through Bay 5 and land in the Tie. "Mako, we're in the Tie. Where are you and Ezra?" she said through the comm-link. "We're on our way, get moving." she orders her. "We are not leaving without you, Ezra or Kadan." Hera reminds her. "Will you just listen to Mako. Don't worry I've got them." Kadan assure her as Hera was overjoyed to hear his voice.
"You mean we got you right?" Ezra teases him, Mako laughs a little. "You take care of Zeb and Sabine, I'll get them out of here. Trust me." Kadan assures her and Hera started the Tie up and left the docking Bay.
But other Tie-fighters fired at them, "You had to take the Tie with a bulleye painted on it!" Zeb complains at her, "Speatre 3, speatre 6 we're going to need to get out fo here fast. Set the signal, so we can link up for hyperspace. Do you read?" Hera said to Chopper and Leo, but there was no response, not even static. Making the three look at the comm. "Chopper and Leo aren't responding."
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Kadan, Mako, and Ezra entered the bay as trooper loading onto Tie-fighters and left the docking bay. Then Mako eyes the last one, "The Inquisitor's Tie." Kadan states as they kept their balance, "Well, we all know he doesn't need it anymore." Mako jokes with a smirk. "And that he's not going to use it." Ezra jokes as well. "You know you guys, you worry me sometimes." he tells them and Mako ran to the Tie. The two followed her as she loads herself in.
She sat in the pilot chair as Kadan and Ezra were now inside as well. "Mako, have you even flown a Tie before?" Kadan questions her as she took the controls, "I've flown a cruiser once." she answers him and flew the Tie out of the bay. "Trust me Kadan's she a pretty good pilot." Ezra assures him.
The ship then started to blow up as Hera was dodging the Tie-fighters blasters, "I can't believe that bucket of boils and Leo abandon us!" Zeb growls in Hera's ear. One was now lock onto the rogue Tie, but Mako flew in and fires at them, getting three of them. "We got your back." Ezra said over the comms. "Thanks, but without Chopper or Leo's transport, we're going nowhere fast." Sabine informs them. And the two flew side by side. "We got Ties closing in." Hera warns them, "How many?" Sabine asks her. "Too many!" she answers him as they started to dodge the blasts.
"We're in a tight spot." Zeb states, "Yeah well, these weren't build for three." Sabine informs him, "I meant out there! Not in here." Zeb reminds her. "I'm trying to concentrate here!" Hera informs the two. "I just want to say, it was really nice getting to know all of you." Ezra tells him as Leto was now on Mako's shoulder. She then senses something and smirks. "And you'll get to know us more. Look!" she calls out and the transport drops out of hyperspace, Chopper chirps over the comms. "Chopper, Leo you came back." Zeb states and Leo smirks. "And we brought the carvery." he informs them as more ships drop out as well along with the Ghost. "Whoa, who's that?" Ezra asks, "I don't know, but I think they're on our side." Kadan answers him. And they fired at the Tie, clearing off the Rebels. "Kadan, Ezra, Mako dock with Chopper and Leo's transport to make the jumps to Hyperspace." Hera informs them, "Copy that." Mako answers and she flew to the cruiser, both her and Hera were lock in and the carvery, plus the Ghost crew jumps to hyperspace.
As the star destroyer was destroyed a shuttle flew away from it to the other Star destroyers. "The Rebels have escape sir." the officer informs Tarkin and he was no please with the events that have transpired here to day.
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The cruiser was attach to the Ghost. The airlocks to the Ties opens and Mako pulls herself out and sat on the ground as her legs dangled. Then Kadan and Ezra pull themselves up, Ezra looks over and Mako nudge her head to the others. Kadan turns and looks at Hera who was standing at the other airlock as Zeb helps Sabine out of the Tie airlock.
She smiles and walks to him, Kadan smiles as well and pulls himself up and walks to her, Mako places her elbow on her crossed legs and her chin rested against her plan as she and Ezra look at each other and giggles to themselves and looks back at the other two. Zeb and Sabine smiled as Kadan and Hera were now standing in front of each other, he places his hand on her shoulders "I owe you all a great debt of gratitude, if what you did was rash and reckless." he informs them, taking one of his hand back and points out both problems. Mako rolls her eyes at him as she and Ezra stood up out of the Tie airlock. Hera places her hand on his placing the two fingers away, "You're welcome dear." Hera tells him and they hug each other.
But then that hung was interrupted but a disgusted chirp, the two stop hugging and look at Chopper as Leo face-palms, "Really Chopper way to ruin the moment." Leo mutters and Leto chirps him, Leo looks at him and pets his head, "Hey little guy, how are you doing?" Leo asks with a smile. Leto jumps into his shoulder and nuzzles into his cheek, Leo chuckles. "Yeah, I miss you too buddy." he tells him and Mako smiles as she places her hand on his shoulder. "Wait, if Chopper and Leo were in the transport ship, then who was flying the Ghost?" Ezra asks and everyone eyes each other.
They then walk onto the Ghost where rebels were waiting for them, Chopper rolls up the ramp and the Rebels salute him. The other soon followed him up the ramp, then Chopper turns to him and activates his Holo communicator, "Hello my friends, it's good to see you again." the man from before, the owner of the two droids said to them. "I don't understand, Mako and I meet you once, for a few moments, I don't even know your name." Kadan said to him and Hera places her hand on his shoulder. "He's name is Senator Bail Organa." Hera answers him and walks up next to the Senator, "And the crews of the blockade runners?" Kadan asks him. "Member of other Rebel cells." Organa answers him. "There are other cells." Sabine states and Leo high-five her. "We're a cell? Hey, did you know we were a cell?" Ezra asks Zeb, "Uh… no not really." he answers.
"I did." Mako answers and they look at her, "What? I was paying attention, What's wrong with you." she tells them. "We weren't suppose to be, that way of capture we couldn't reveal other rebels to the Empire. That was the protocol." Hera informs him and the communicator of Organa was now gone. "The protocol has change a female's voice calls out as she climbs down the ladder, making the Ghost crew walk up and look at her, "Fulcrum." Hera states as the woman was on her feet. "Ashoka. My name is Ashoka Tano." she introduce herself. Chopper rolls out to her, "Why did you come where?" Kadan asks her, she looks at Chopper and kneels down in front of him. "Because of you and your apprentices." she answers as she places her hand on Chopper's head.
Ezra felt bashful as Mako looks at her, "Many of you heard your message. You have them hope in their darkest times, we didn't want that hope to die." she informs them. "So what happens now?" Mako asks her and Ashoka stood up, "I don't know. One chapter has close for you Mako Firebreather and Ezra Bridger. This is a new day, a new beginning." Ashoka informs them and they look at each other, smiling having victory of today.
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But back at Lothal, a shuttle flew out to the Capital of Lothal, Agent Kallus walks out as the Shuttle touches down. He stood firm as the ramp opens and Tarkin walks out, "We are getting reports unrest all over Lothal. There are whispers of Mustafar, some say the Empire… is weak, variable." Kallus informs him and Tarkin looks at him.
"Not to worry Agent Kallus, the Empire has send an alternative solution." Tarkin informs him as Kallus then heard hollow breathing, he then looks over and saw a dark Sith lord walk out of the shuttle and down the ramp. Tarkin started to walk again and the Sith lord followed him as Kallus watches them leave, a shiver a send down his spine.
For this Sith Lord was none other then… Darth Vader himself, the most fear Sith through out the galaxy replacing the Inquisitor, he's hallow breath echoed through the city.