Chapter 2
Missions of Rebellion
Okay, decent response to chapter 1 and I'm still in a Star Wars mood so let's get going on this one. But first, on to the reviews.
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Down below the clouds of the planet Earth, a young girl with raven black hair covering her eyes who was wearing a black dress, and long black and white leggings matching her sleeves was moving boxes in to the attic of a small house with aid from a purple clad brunette girl who was wearing paper clip earrings.
"K. That's the last of 'em, Lucy." The purple clad girl said as she put the last box down.
"Good. We should probably help Leni with the rest of her moving." The black clad girl said, sounding more depressed than her sister had ever known her to be as she climbed down the ladder of the attic.
'How di things get so fucked?' The purple clad girl, Luna asked herself. Though of coarse she was well aware of the answer.
(Flashback)
I'm going to rip his freaking head off!" A young brunette girl in a baseball uniform said as she stormed in to the house.
"Lynn. I'm telling you, I didn't see Linky anywhere at the field, a blonde girl in a turquoise dress said.
"Then how do you explain how I lost again?" The baseball player asked.
"Lack of practice. Abysmal variety in your technique. Playing with full bowels." A bespectacled brunette girl in a green sweater who was clearly the youngest of the sisters aside from the infant in Luna's arms.
"Or you could have just choked." Lucy said with distain in her voice.
"Bull crap my good luck rituals never failed me until that little jinx screwed everything up!" Lynn shouted.
"You guys know there's an easy way to tell if Lincoln was there or not." A blonde girl wearing jean overalls and a red hat standing next to her pink gown clad twin said. "Lisa can check Lincoln's tracker look back over the past couple hours.
"What tracking device?" The girl in glasses asked, trying to sound innocent.
"Lisa, cut the crap and check the tracker!" The oldest sister who was clad in shorts and a blue tank top said.
"Very well." Lisa said as she went up stairs with Luna following so she could put the baby, Lily down for a nap.
Upon arriving in Lisa and Lily's shared room, Luna immediately noticed that something was wrong as she quickly walked to Lily's crib where she saw a small stuffed rabbit and next to it, a letter.
(Flashback end)
The letter had been from Lincoln and had told the Loud family that he had run away. This quickly filled Lucy with a righteous fury against Lynn and convinced her to stop sharing a room with her and move in to the attic. Similarly, when the oldest sister, Lori, had made a comment about how much of a 'whiny brat' Lincoln was being, the second oldest Leni elected to move in to the garage, this being the final nail in the coffin for her when it came to Lori's quite frankly calais disregard towards her siblings.
"Things have gone real bad without you, baby bro." Luna said as she pulled out her wallet and looked at a picture of her and Lincoln at a concert. "I just hope you're doing okay wherever you are." She said.
(With Lincoln)
Within the skies of the gas giant planet, Kril'dor floated an Imperial fuel mining operation.
On one of the fuel refining points at the bottom of the large platform, two Stormtroopers were patrolling.
"This has got to be one of the most boring assignments in the entire Imperial Navy." One of the Stormtroopers said.
"I know what you mean. Nothing ever happens on this gas ball." The other said before walking to the edge only for a hand to grab him and yank him over, making him fall to his doom. The first trooper then turned around to see Lincoln jump up. The trooper then attempted to raise his blaster only for Lincoln to call upon the power of the Force to push him off before pulling his com link off of his belt.
"Spector 6 reporting in. The fuel is clear." Lincoln said.
"Spector 5 reporting in. The turrets are down." Sabine said while standing next to a set of large guns on the roof of one of the platform's buildings.
"Bwomp boop voom." Chopper said, informing the group that he had disabled the doors of the hanger.
"Spector 1 reporting in. Imperial coms disabled." Kanan said while jumping off of a roof with a satellite dish on it.
"Alright. Everyone converge on Spector 6's location." Hera said.
"Spector 5. You've got two patrols about to round a corner at you." Lincoln warned.
"Kriff. I've got nowhere to climb." Sabine said as she got ready for things to turn in to a fire fight.
"You gotta jump." Lincoln said as Sabine looked at him from across the platform.
"I'm sorry what?" Sabine asked.
"I'll use the Force to catch you." Lincoln said.
"Wait. Are you sure you can do this? You've never gripped on anything that was moving before." Kanan said to his apprentice.
"Don't worry. I can do this just trust me." Lincoln said in equal parts to Sabine and Kanan as the troopers were just about to round the corners and Sabine let out a deep breath before peeping off the platform only to feel the invisible arms of the Force around her as her fall slowed and she was positioned under where the troopers were walking until they past and she was pulled to Lincoln who grabbed her and just before her feet once more touched a solid object beneath them.
"Thanks." Sabine said as Kanan and Chopper arrived.
"Not bad. It took me a long time to get that level of control." Kanan said as the four moved in to position before the Ghost covertly flew to just under where they were and Zeb threw a series of hoses up to them which they started connecting two by two until many containers of fuel filled the cargo hold of the Ghost.
A short time later, Lincoln and the others walked in to the galley of the Ghost.
"Seriously, thanks for the catch." Sabine said as she took off her helmet.
"Always." Lincoln said as he put his hand on Sabine's shoulder. Over past few weeks of Lincoln being on board the ship, she and Lincoln had become surprisingly close between missions, target practice and Sabine teaching Lincoln some of the martial arts that she knew. "So what now?" He asked before Hera walked in.
"Now, we drop off the fuel with a cargo ship." She explained.
"Will it require all of us?" Lincoln asked.
"Why? Got somewhere to be, kid?" Zeb asked back.
"As a matter of fact, yes." Lincoln said before pulling out a small disk. "You guys remember that pirate we ran in to a few days ago?" He asked gaining nods from the rest of the Ghost crew. "Well, he pointed me towards an Imperal transport, carrying weapons, credits, and building materials. It's supposed to be moving from a metal refining plant on Bakura.
"Could be a risky job. Bakura's at the tail then of tremor season." Hera noted.
"That's actually what I'm counting on." Lincoln said before pressing on the holodisk as a complete rundown of the transport's route.
"Looks like it goes right by a line known for magma flow durring tremors." Sabine said, knowing what Lincoln was planning.
"Exactly. So it's just a matter of having Kanan disconnect cargo off the transport and then I can force it in to the magma." Lincoln explained.
"And what's Hondo's take for the job?" Zeb asked with appropriate skepticism.
"Twenty to thirty percent." Lincoln said, gaining raised brows. "There's supposed to be something that could prove very useful to us. If he's right about it, he gets thirty." He explained.
"What is it that's supposed to be there?" Sabine asked.
"That... Is a surprise." Lincoln said with a wink.
"Alright. You and Kanan intercept that transport while the rest of us unload the fuel." Hera said, giving the green light on Lincoln's mission.
With that Lincoln and Kanan went to the small suttle housed in the back of the Ghost known as the 'Phantom' and separated from the Ghost proper before setting corse for Bakura.
"So, what are you going to teach me while we wait to get there?" Lincoln asked as Kanan signaled him to sit down before he pulled out a hand full of small metal balls.
"If we're going to be chasing down a transport, you should be able to boost your speed." Kanan said before he began to explain how to do what he was suggesting. "Allow the Force to flow through you. Feel everything around and within you. Feel the freedom the Force gives you as your old limits melt away." He said before he threw the balls up in the air.
Lincoln opened his eyes to see that the balls were moving incredibly slowly. No. They weren't moving slowly. The Force was making him move faster. It was in the millisecond it took to realize that that the first ball had lowed to where his hand was. He then began moving his hands as he caught each one of the orbs.
"Good." Kanan said as he pulled the orbs back to his hand before saying "Again."
Lincoln repeated the process multiple times, becoming a little faster each time, several times even catching every one of the balls with one hand. Eventually, after the repetition of the exercise, the Phantom arrived above the atmosphere of Bakura.
"Time to go in for the landing." Kanan said before he and Lincoln sat down and flew in to the clouds of the mountain covered planet before they flew to the coordinates given to them by their pirate contact.
Upon exiting the Phantom, Lincoln and Kanan were met by a Weequay wearing a red shirt with white sleeves, a pair of green goggles, and a leather hat.
"My friends! How good it is to see you again!" The Weequay, Hondo said before Lincoln met him with a forearm grab.
"Good to see you too, Hondo." Lincoln said.
"So, where's this transport you were talking about?" Kanan asked before Hondo handed him a scope which he used to see the transport coming towards them with four troopers on Speederbikes on either side.
"The Empire laxed their security here after tremor season. It should be little issue to eliminate them and take the cargo from the. Especially for a Jedi." Hondo said.
"What are you talking about?" Kanan asked, not sure how the Weequay had figured him out.
"Do not insult me, Kanan. Many of my best friends were Jedi. Plus, even deconstructed, I can recognize a Lightsaber when I see one." Hondo said. "Why do you think, I'm so open to helping you?" He retorically asked.
"Well, it's good to know that we still have friends out there." Kanan said as he reconnected his Lightsaber.
"Okay. Here they come." Lincoln said as the transport came closer. Lincoln then used the Force to push a nearby boulder down in front of the transport, causing one of the Speederbikes to crash. Kanan then jumped down as he egnited his Lightsaber and cut in to transport as Lincoln and Hondo both shot the rest of the troopers before climbing down the cliff side as Kanan stepped off the transport after dropping the cargo container.
"Ah. I forgot how impressive it is to watch a Jedi work." Hondo said as the three of them went to to the container.
"Remember Hondo, you only get your thirty if it's here." Lincoln said as they began looking through the crates to find building materials, weapons, and energy packs before Lincoln came to a box that had several small damaged droids. 'I could probably get one of these little guys working.' He thought before finally coming to a small crate at the back of the container. "Pay dirt." He said as Kanan came up next to him to see what it was so happy about.
"Is that..." Kanan began to ask.
"Yup." Lincoln answered without Kanan having to finish.
"She's gonna be real happy about this." Kanan said.
"That's the idea." Lincoln replied before the two of them heard the sound of a ship and went outside and saw Hondo's ship lowering down.
"There she is." Hondo said before turning to the two Jedi. "If one of you would be so kind as to help me load my fee on to my ship." He said as Lincoln began helping him unload crates and Kanan went to get the Phantom.
Several minutes later, Lincoln and Hondo finished loaded the pirate's share on to his freighter as Kanan lowered the Phantom on to the cargo container.
"Well, Hondo. Thanks for the tip." Lincoln said.
"Anything for a friend. Especially if there is profit in it for Hondo." Hondo said before he and Lincoln shared another forearm grab. "Until our paths cross again." He said before Lincoln repeated after him and the two went to their respective ships, Lincoln and Kanan being sure to push the transport in to the magma below.
"Only thirty percent? Are you getting soft in your old age?" A voice, clearly belonging to a woman in her twenties asked.
"You know I am only soft when it come to young Jedi." Hondo responded.
Just then, a Tholothian wearing a long red coat which she then adjusted in hiding the three Lightsabers hidden within, one with a grey hilt and a circular emitter, one mostly black with a slanted emitter, and one wood covered and T- shaped before saying. "Oh believe me. I know."
Some time later Lincoln and Kanan arrived at the Ghost and moved the container.
"So, how did your trip go?" Sabine asked as Lincoln and Kanan entered the cargo hold of the Ghost.
"Let me show you." Lincoln said as he opened the container and led her strait to the crate and opened it. As Sabine looked in, tears began to fill her eyes.
"This is... Beskar." Sabine said in disbelief as she tentatively stroked which her people had used for generations, feeling slightly ill that in Imperial symbol was on each of the bars.
"This stuff is too strong be used by the Empire and it belongs in the hands of your people." Lincoln said, knowing from his research how important this was to Sabine's people, the Mandalorians. Just then, Sabine threw her arms around Lincoln's neck, nearly making him fall off balance.
"Thank you so much." She said as Lincoln returned the hug.
"No problem." Lincoln said while Kanan watched with a smirk from outside the container.
(Back on Bakura)
Stroke of misfortune, when Lincoln and Kanan pushed the transport off the cliff, one of the troopers inside fell out and landed away from the magma river, allowing a squad of troopers in black armor to find his body and examine the killing wounds.
"Contact the Inquisitorias. It would appear, we have found the trail of that Jedi from Kessel." The lead trooper said before another of the four troopers behind him went off to follow the order.
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Well guys. There you go. Hopefully, this chapter gets more traction than the first. Next time, Lincoln will have his first meeting with an agent of the Dark Side. Until then and as always... Keep on keeping on.