Ch 8
The next mission was to rescue the former captain of the 501st Legion Rex from an Imperial base on Scarif.
The Ghost crew used a stolen Imperial shuttle and a clearance code to enter the planet but three stormtroopers approached the shuttle to inspect it.
Ezra, Sabine, and Mara shot down the troopers, then changed into their armor and walked through the white hallways of the base.
The stormtroopers they passed by didn't give them a glance so their plan was workjng so far as the trio took a turbolift to the prison floor.
When they reached the floor, they unlocked the cells and Rex along with three rebel troopers were freed.
Alarms rang out as stormtroopers fired at the group who ran down the halls and shot down many troopers.
Then the rebels and Rex reached the hangar bay but more stormtroopers and two Purge troopers with electrostaffs blocked them.
"There they are, blast them!" a stormtrooper commander said.
"Go, we'll hold them off!" Ezra said and Rex, Sabine, and the soldiers boarded the shuttle.
Ezra deflected blaster bolts back at the troopers and the Purge troopers charged.
Ezra and Mara blocked and parried the Purge troopers, then struck one down and ducked another swing from the last Purge trooper.
The Purge trooper blocked both of Ezra and Mara's sabers, then kicked down Ezra and raised his crackling staff for the killing blow.
"Time to die, Jedi scum." the trooper taunted.
Ezra closed his eyes and braced himself when the sound of the trooper screaming made him see a purple saber sticking out of the trooper who was tossed aside and Mara helped him up.
After the rebels returned to base, Ezra met Mara in her room.
"Thanks for saving me." Ezra said.
Mara nodded. "I wasn't always an Inquisitor." she said. "The Empire took me from my home."
"I know." Ezra replied. "The Empire took my parents. But we work with what we have, right?."
"Yeah." Mara said. "I don't think the rebels would trust me."
Ezra shook his head. "Whatever you did before, you can cancel that out by helping the galaxy with us. And I trust you no matter what anyone says."
Then their lips met and their bond strengthened forever.
Mara stroked Ezra's cheeks, setting off a spark in him, then pushed into the kiss.
Their tongues merged and Mara kissed Ezra's chest, her red hair moving like waves as she kissed Ezra's thighs and made him moan softly.
Then Mara kissed Ezra's neck and their heads touched each other's.
Ezra's forehead was cool and all his worries were washed away as Mara kissed his collar bone, then they both touched lips and had a long, passionate kiss.
This was fine.
Just fine.