Things on Lothal ironically only got more difficult after sending that message out to the galaxy. Sure, they got their message out, but they also lost two of their friends, as well as causing the Empire to tighten security. That made things a little harder for them to try and figure out where they were going to take their friends.

When they staged an attack on a patrol with a Walker, they planned to have BD and Chopper plug into it and find out where they were. Things weren't exactly smooth, with them needing a few extra hands. Luckily, they were able to get some help from the Panther family members.

T'Challa took on the ground troops while Zeb, Chopper, Ezra, and BD infiltrated the walker. Sabine provided air support from the rooftops, as Shuri had her gauntlets at maximum power. Helping her brother by blasting troopers left and right, sending them flying everywhere.

Chopper flew in from another rooftop and was helped by Zeb. He made his way inside where he saw Ezra had removed the unconscious troopers from the vehicle before they interrupted their movement.

"Plug in, chop," Ezra said as he struggled to move him. This was so much harder than Peter had made it look. "We need to find all prison logs from every Imperial detention facilities."

Chopper grunted and immediately got to work on the technology. But Ezra was getting a little difficult to try and keep the Walker steady with the troop in the seat.

"Hey, keep it steady in there." Zeb warned them.

Ezra quickly handed up the arm to the unconscious trooper. "Here, take this."

Zeb saw he could work with that idea as he took the arm and flung the entire troop into the crowds below. He ended up knocking down a few Stormtroopers, giving T'Challa a hand in taking them down easily. Sabine saw this opening and ran over, jumping onto the walker to see what they were doing, taking longer than she expected.

When Sabine got inside, she was met by Chopper who explained what had taken so long.

"There is no connection?" Sabine asks, confused as to how that could be. "That's impossible. The entire system would have to be down."

"Well, they did just blow up their own comm tower," Zeb reminded them as he kept firing the last of the troops.

"Ugh!" Sabine exclaimed in anger, taking her frustration out on the second seat by kicking it with all her might. "They must have taken their entire data network down."

"How are we going to find out where they've got Peter and Kanan now?" Ezra wondered as he piloted the walker down the street.

"Walker 693, stand down. Repeat, stand down." Someone on the comms demanded.

Outside, T'Challa and Shuri were finishing off the Stormtroopers who had thought it was a good idea to get closer. Shuri blasted them with her gauntlets, whilst T'Challa leapt into the air and slammed into the ground, releasing a shockwave of energy to send them all flying.

They took a moment to calm down when they noticed two more Walkers approaching from their left. The Walkers began to open fire as T'Challa and Shuri did their best to fend them off, but they were outnumbered, and the Walkers were actually able to take the gauntlets.

T'Challa decided to try and charge at one of them and take its legs out with his claws. But that was stopped when he was shot shockwave and firepower of the Walker sent T'Challa flying backwards.

"Brother!" Shuri called as she ran to his aid.

T'Challa however wasn't hurt, and was only whiplashed from the hit. He retracted his mask and groaned, saying, "I am alright."

"Specter-2, we need a pickup," Sabine said as she watched the Walker fire on Black Panther.

"Copy, Spector-5. Rendezvous at the town's western boarder." Hera reported back.

The Walkers kept opening fire on them as they made their escape. "Hate to be the pessimist, Ezra," she said, not wanting to be the one to bring up the subject, "but how do we even know..."

Ezra said, "They're alive, Sabine." He didn't give up on his friends so easily. "I know it. They wouldn't go through all of this just to kill them."


Tarkin, Kallus, Mara Jade, and the Inquisitor entered the interrogation room where they were holding the Outsider. What they saw was Peter strapped to a chair, sweat pouring down his face, his arms bound by powerful restraints that could hold a Rancor back. There were a few small marks to show that there had been some recent bruising from the torture.

"Oh, finally," Peter said, letting out a sarcastic sigh of relief. "Are you guys going to floss my teeth? Because I haven't been to a dentist in months." But then a thought occurred to him. "Wait, you guys do know what a dentist is, right?" He then eyed the Inquisitor and let out a chuckle. "Yet again, that would explain his teeth."

The Inquisitor recognized an insult when he heard one and looked down, as if trying to examine his teeth. Then, he looked back up at Peter and snarled at him, ready to kill this man.

Tarkington however raised his hand to silence the Inquisitor. "This facade you have made will not mask the truth from me." He said as he began to circle Peter. "You have made them believe you are a bumbling idiot cracking remarks. But I recognize a true tactical genius when I see it."

Peter didn't even pay him any mind until he heard that, earning a jolt from Peter. "Wait, did he just call me a tactical genius?" He couldn't help but chuckle at that, even though it hurt to laugh. "Buddy, the only tactics I have are what I learned from the Batman Arkham games." Then he looked to his current company and laughed. "Wait, that makes the redhead Jason. Or would that work for the old guy better?"

"What the hell is a Batman?" Mara Jade asks.

"These jokes to try and distract us won't work," Tarkin stated as he marched over to face him. "You will tell us everything you know."

"About what exactly?" Peter asked him. "You guys suck at interrogations if you torture them first, then ask the questions."

"Everything about the whereabouts of the Outsiders." Tarkin stated.

Peter laughed. "Yeah, that's not happening. You can torture me all you want. I sat through the Green Lantern, Superman 4, and the Catwoman movie. Do your worst."

"Oh, don't worry. I plan on doing my best." Tarkin promises.

That was when the torture began for Peter, as he endured electric shocks that sent him jolting. He let out screams of agony and fought against the restraints, but to no avail.


Back with the others, they were making their way up the Walker when Hera arrived to pick them up. T'Challa leapt and helped his sister, as she was one of the few without skills to jump higher. Sabine and Ezra were next to jump into the Phantom, finally followed by Zeb. But when they all got on board, they noticed they were down one annoying droid.

Ezra asked, "Where's Chopper?"

Sabine guessed, "He must still be looking for them."

"I'll get him!" Zeb shouted as he leaped out of the Phantom, back onto the Walker. When he reached the hatch, he looked inside and saw Chopper still plugged in. "Come on, you stubborn junk pile! You're gonna get me shot!"

Zeb then picked Chopper up like a football and ran for the Phantom. With the two Walkers still firing at them, the one they were standing on exploded the second Zeb jumped. They quickly began to move swiftly out of town to get out of the area.

"How did it go?" asked Hera.

"It didn't." Ezra was sorry to say.


Sabine made her way through the Ghost while Zeb and Ezra were searching through the hologram maps. They were trying to locate where on Lothal the Empire had taken them. When she made it to her room, she was a little surprised to see BD-22 was there, working with Karen to locate Peter. They were going with a more technical approach to finding him, using the Starkiller's suit's technology to pinpoint his location.

"Any sign of him?" Sabine asks.

"I'm sorry, Sabine, but it would seem that when Peter removed the tracker in Washington, he was thorough about it." Karen was sorry to tell her. "Not to mention Mr. Stark himself removed the capacity to locate the tracker."

"I thought we unlocked all your functions," Sabine commented.

"You did, but Mr. Stark removed it," Karen explained to her.

Sabine was starting to get frustrated with the situation. If she ever met this Stark, she'd likely punch him and thank him. The suit was able to keep Peter safe, but the fact it had a tracker was practically useless in situations like this. She made her way out to see Zeb and Ezra still staring at the map.

Sabine guessed, "They are probably still being held at the Imperial Complex," as there was nowhere else to hold powerful people like them.

"If they do, we all know they're as good as gone," said Zeb sadly.

Ezra however did not have the same attitude as he was attempting to locate them with the Force. His power wasn't quite at that level yet, but he was able to tell they were at least still alive. He could feel their presence with the Force.

"They're not gone. And they're not being held at the complex." Ezra said as he stood to face away from the map, feeling they weren't even on Lothal.

"How do you know that?" Zeb wonders.

"I just know," Ezra said, not sure how to explain it.

Sabine sighed as she closed the map. "We can't make a plan based on a feeling."

"Yes, we can," Ezra replied to that statement. That was literally how they got into this situation. "We do it all the time!"

Hera entered the room after just having had a secret talk with Fulcrum. "Not this time."

Ezra was shocked when he heard that and looked over at her. "What are you talking about?"

Hera explained to him, "We can't go after them; the Empire will be waiting with a trap."

"When has that ever stopped us?" Ezra asked.

"We can't risk it." Hera said, getting sabine and Zeb to see she's serious.

"Can't, or won't?" Ezra asks, not ready to let it go.

"Ezra, there's a bigger mission you're not seeing." Hera tells him. "It can't be jeopardized for...a few soldiers."

Ezra couldn't believe how Hera described them. "A few soldiers? They are our friends, Hera. I can't just forget about them. And after everything, I couldn't believe you would either. They would do anything it would take to protect us."

"They already did, when they gave their lives to give us time to escape." Hera reminded him. "Ezra, do you think they'd want us to run into a for sure trap?"

Ezra got mad as he then walked off, leaving the room with anger.


Peter groaned as he began to regain consciousness after enduring their torture. He hadn't even cracked once or said anything that could jeopardize his friends. He had to admit, he surprised himself in that. When he opened his eyes and gained focus, he realized Mara Jade was the only one in the room with him.

"Gotta admit, I thought you'd have cracked up by now." Mara Jade commented.

Peter scoffed as he winced. "Yeah. Surprised myself there."

"I have to say," Mara Jade said as she began to circle him, "you are stronger than you look." She paused and then continued, "I wonder if it's a condition all of you have there."

"All of us?" Peter wasn't sure he understood.

"You think you're the only one we found?" Mara Jade asks. "You're one of the more recent captures, the last guy was basically a walking idiot."

Drax. He was here or at least in one of their detention facilities.

"But I don't care about him," Mara Jade said as she faced him. "I'm here to break you."

"You've already tried that." Peter reminded her.

"No, we did it Tarkin's way. Now let them try one of my tricks," Mara Jade said as she then raised her hand to use the Force on him. Peter winced and grunted as he felt her beginning to invade his mind.

Mara was beginning to use her mind-probing ability on him. This was a powerful ability of the Force that allowed the user to sense or even sift through the thoughts, emotions, and memories of the victim, seeking useful information.

"What are you hiding?" Mara Jade asked as she rummaged through his mind. "I can sense your emotions for your team. You see them as your family." Peter struggled to fight back against her probing. "And you're willing to suffer if it means they're safe." But then she felt his emotions shift. "Wait...no, I sense something else. Your feelings for the Mandalorian girl...they're not as innocent."

"Get out of my head!" Peter tried to fight back.

"Oh, no," said Mara Jade, letting out a little laugh. "You like her. An Outsider and a Mandalorian, two people without a place in the galaxy."

"I said get out!" Peter kept trying to fight back.

"You're still hiding something," Mara Jade said she knew there had to be more. "I can sense you've got something deep hidden away."

Mara Jade then froze when she felt as if she hit a mental barrier. She opened her eyes and suddenly they began to glow light blue. Peter had stopped trying to push her out and opened his eyes to see that his were also glowing blue.

"Who...what...who is that?" Mara Jade asked as she saw a silhouette of someone.

"Who are those people?" Peter asked as he also saw the silhouettes of someone.

"Is that...?" Mara Jade was confused about who she was seeing.

"Are those...your parents?" Peter took a guess and assumed those people were Mara Jade's parents.

Mara Jade heard the man's voice say, "With great power..."

"You were taken from them." Peter watched her life. "The Emperor took you from them."

"You lost him." Mara Jade watched Peter's origins.

But all of a sudden, the force between the two of them blasted them both backward. Mara Jade went flying and slammed into the door, while Peter slammed against his restrained chair.

Mara Jade was shocked by everything she saw. She had essentially experienced everything Peter had ever gone through in his entire life. From losing his parents, to the Battle of New York, to the spider bite, and everything else that had happened to him.

"Your parents...your uncle...everything you've been through..." Mara Jade was shocked by how much Peter had gone through and become a hero. "You still see the light after all of that? How?"

While she was experiencing this, Peter saw how he had essentially experienced all of Mara Jade's life. He saw everything from her family home before being taken by Palpatine, to being tortured during training. She had been through so much, and raised by pure evil; it was no wonder that she became who she is.

"Your parents...they loved you...they fought for you. But he came and took you. You gave into the darkness." Peter was finally beginning to understand Mara Jade. "You fight for the darkness because you've never experienced the light."

Mara Jade didn't even say anything else; she just made her way out of the cell and down the hallway. She was lost as to what she had just done, it was like she actually experienced his life. But that's not all, she shared memories with the boy. Memories that she suppressed years ago, that were suppressed to contain her emotions and fuel her rage and anger. But seeing his life... seeing how good his childhood was, seeing how dark it was, and yet he still found the light, it was something that she had to admire.

But then a pair of hands wrapped around her neck, and she froze, trying to fight back. "I'm only going to ask you this once: Where is Gamora?"

"What?" Mara Jade asked as she felt a gun being pressed against her head.

"Yeah? I'll do you one better. Who is Gamora?" Someone asks, getting Mara Jade to look and see someone else in an iron suit.

But when she punched the man holding her back, she was shocked and noticed that there was nobody there. She looked around and saw the entire hallway was empty, leaving her to wonder what she had just seen.


BD made his way through the Ghost and sighed in sadness when he saw there was still no sign of Peter. It was almost like he was waiting for Peter to just appear back on the ship. Sabine was walking past after talking with Ezra about an idea to save them when she saw the droid.

Sabine asked, "You're worried about him too?"

BD sighed in sadness as he looked down at the floor.

Sabine sighed as she knelt to face the droid. "Yeah, I'm worried about him, too. But we might have an idea to save him. You in?"

BD jumped and was ready to do anything he could to help.

Sabine said in relief. "Great. First, I need you to do something for us so we can get some backup."