For You Alone

Belonging

"Commander, we have a signal!"

Commander Kei stared at the screen. "That's right before Bjorn territory. They must be trying to contact their friends for reinforcements. Reinforcements that will never come." He looked at his Captain. "Assemble the squad. I'll lead this one personally."

"And the Rebels?"

Kei smiled smugly as he grabbed his helmet. "Kill Wren. The Jedi is to be taken alive. I want him unharmed."

Ezra narrowed his eyes as he reached through the Force. "I count ten guards. Two turrets. All for a few speeders?"

Sabine smiled tightly. "The Bjorns are fiercely territorial. If they think the speeders are theirs, they will fight to the death. Luckily, the Empire is on its way."

Ezra snorted. "Luckily? I think that's a first."

Sabine smirked and pulled Ezra down as Imperial troopers arrived on the scene, blasters firing. Instantly, the Bjorn's returned fire, and a massive firefight ensued. Moving quickly, Ezra and Sabine snuck through the base, and the Jedi frowned. "How are we supposed to get the speeders out of here?"

Sabine started typing into one of the consoles. "I can tie these together so when one takes off, they all do. Then all you have to do is pilot them back to base."

Ezra frowned. "I? What about you?"

Sabine pulled out her blaster pistols and gestured for Ezra to get in. "I'm covering you. It's my turn, remember?"

Ezra shook his head as he started the engines. Sabine had insisted that they trade off who stayed back to provide covering fire. The last time that had been necessary was the Defender Incident, with Ezra refusing to acknowledge their little game after Kanan. "Sabine, I'm a Jedi!"

He could see the smirk through her helmet. "And I'm a Mandalorian. Go! I'm right behind you!"

Ezra closed his eyes as the ships took off. "Kanan said the same thing."

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Sabine nodded once as the T-47's took off. She had no plans to join Ezra, at least not yet. She needed to find out why Kei was trying so hard to get Ezra. She hid behind containers as stormtroopers gained control of the base, and eventually Kei himself entered. "Fan out and find them!"

"Sir," one of the troopers saluted. "We have a few-"

Sabine blasted him and pointed her pistols at Kei. "Don't move."

Kei chuckled at troopers surrounded her. "I see your Mandalorian pride has gotten the best of you. You truly haven't changed. Now, where is Bridger?"

Sabine remained defiant. "Why do you want him?"

Kei's face went puce with rage. "He made a mockery of me and this Empire. And I swear I will not rest until I have him in chains before me!"

"Do you remember your life before the Academy?" Taking a gamble, Sabine lowered her pistols back into their holsters. "All you wanted to do was help people."

"I am helping people." The tone was cold, and Sabine scowled as his finger tightened on the trigger. "I'll be helping them by killing you."

"Kei-"

"Kill her!"

Sabine dodged blaster bolts as she activated her jetpack, all the while heading towards the location Ezra had given her. She smiled fondly; she should have known the idiot wouldn't have left the planet without her. He was too noble. Her mind went back to earlier in the day.

Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum. Mando'a for I love you. Something that had been on Sabine's mind since watching Ezra almost jump into that ventilation shaft on the Dome. Something she couldn't seem to tell him in person.

Inwardly, she was aware of the fact that the two of them had literally become Kanan and Hera before Malachor, and it was frightening to think of what it would take to tell Ezra her feelings. She knew how the Jedi felt, he had literally broadcasted his feelings since day one. And, while it was probable that Ezra knew how she felt, Sabine knew that she owed him a talk.

Unfortunately, that talk was unlikely to happen. Sabine was atrocious at expressing herself with words; one of the reasons she had turned to art in the beginning. She could barely have this conversation with Hera, much less Ezra Bridger.

But she owed him that much, so she kept trying. And praying that the horrible incident that would push them into each others arms would not happen.

There had been progress the night before, at least in Sabine's mind. There had been a brief period of time, right before their attack on Mandalore, that she and Ezra had essentially flirted with each other. It had culminated in Sabine actually sleeping in Ezra's room on Krownest, albeit in another bed.

After Mandalore, everything had happened so quickly, they hadn't time to continue their little game, and after a while, Sabine began to miss it. Sleeping in the same bed as him, taking off her shirt in his view-even though she had an undershirt on, all ways of trying to start the game up again.

Her comlink beeped. "Spectre Five, I see you. Hold tight."

Sabine almost sighed in relief. The troopers were closing. "Just hurry."

The Speeder flipped upside down, and Sabine manoeuvred herself to sit behind Ezra. "We're going to have company."

Ezra smiled. "We always do." He glanced back at her. "You didn't stay behind to provide cover, did you." He watched as Sabine looked down. "You went to confront Kei, to find out why he's doing this." Ezra sighed. "What did you learn?"

"He's after you." Sabine looked out the viewport. "And he's not going to stop until he has you."

"Great." Ezra smiled gently. "One more enemy to watch out for. Come on, let's get back."

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Hera smiled at the duo. "Good work, you two. Any difficulties?"

Ezra rubbed the back of his head. "Not any problems we need to deal with at the moment. Let's deal with the Empire first."

Hera narrowed her eyes. "What does that mean?"

Sabine sighed. "It means that we need to take care of one problem at a time, then move on to the next."

Mon Mothma cleared her throat. "Now that you have returned, there are numerous upgrades that require your attention."

Sabine nodded. "Do we know how much time we have?"

"No. So work fast."

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Chapter Notes!

I). Shorter chapter than usual, but something big happens in a few chapters that will leave you all screaming at me. So, think of this as the calm before the storm.

II). As per last chapter, NSFW bits are going to be sprinkled throughout the story now, and I will forewarn if a chapter contains any.

III). Ezrabine is slowly happening, and I love it. They're awesome.

Thanks for reading! 

Judge