Star Wars Rebels: Lyra's P.O.V

Idiots Array

Once again we need money and bad or we have to put the ghost away and find another way to travel we were low on credits low on fuel and low on food I had no more spare credits so I won't be able to provide for the members of the ghost which added to the pile of people I needed to help counting the Sifters the Warheads and the Medi who all needed food badly. Kanan and Zeb we're out in town trying to find a job for us to do hoping to get some money to fuel the go buy food buy more ammo and more explosives for Sabine to play with. I would have gone with Kanan but meeting with the council help me back. the meetings lately have been intense money was needed food was needed weapons tents everything more and more people were coming to join us if than ever before some people from off world as well. Food from other planets in other galaxies for sending us food but it still wasn't enough.
" it doesn't matter if you're trying we need the food now or the Sifters the Warheads and Medi will die we need food that's it. Decoy has left us and your point that she was a Imperials by has been seen clearly and we are sorry for accusing you of being a liar but now that does not matter what do you now recommend that we lower what we eat that we start our warriors and medics!" asks sticks he was one of the members of the Council of 13 and of course we only cared about the people of the Sift and the other groups.
" of course not why do you think that I would do anything to protect the Sift never doubt that! I have always been and will always be loyal to the Sift! I have worked hard to try and help them I'm planning on going in a job soon back to what I used to do alone or with Steel it doesn't matter to me." I say anger boiling my blood. I had created the fist well not the Sift but the Warheads and the Medi I created them I made the groups I gather the people. The holocron goes dead and I Sai I hated these meetings they've been driving me nuts lately everyone has been yelling at me because I was not at the SIFT hope anyone I've been with the members of the ghost which made it hard to support the SIFT without being noticed noticed missing. I was not allowed to bring them to the Sift yet because they weren't wanted and since they knew how to strike back like they did I couldn't bring them unless someone they knew someone in the crew was taken by the empire that would be the only reason I hope that that would never happens that none of them none of my new family will be taken by the Empire. I get up and grab my book bag. I leave the room and I had to Hera.
" hey Hera can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked her. I didn't know how to ask her but I knew I had to get away I had to go back to the Sift.
" sure what is it Lyra?" Hera askes turning around. Then I hear it Zeb and Kanan had returned.
" well what a beautiful ship!" says a voice. I turned around to see who it is and there stands a man with dark skin and dark hair and honey golden eyes I knew him and I'd known him for a while.
" Lando Calrissian! Strange seeing you around here again." I say and smile. I used to play cards with Lando most the time I would win and he'd owe me even more than he already did.
" Lyra great to see you again you're hanging out with this crew that explains where you've been." he says and I smile.
" yeah I spend most my time with these guys now but I need to leave. that's what I wanted to talk to you about Hera I want to go see a few friends I won't be gone long just a few days is it okay with you?" I asked. she looks at Kanan who nods his head. Hera says I can go so I hurry up the ladder and to me and Kanan's room. I grabbed my bag and run out of the room before Kanan can you come in. I told everyone goodbye and leave the ghost heading for the northern town. Hera had insisted on giving me a ride to the northern town but I refused. Half of the way there I run the rest of the way I walk. The walk was peaceful I walked up and down the hills the grass tickled my legs. The wind blew through my hair. These things they were hard to enjoy when you want to buy the Empire when they were hunting you almost all the time. All the time you strike back it makes it pretty much impossible to do anything without them remember until you are and they attack you. it wasn't a fun life but it was the one I chose to live the one I had to live. I knew one thing for sure I would never regret my decision to become a Sifter to become a rebel to fight back against the Empire. When I get into town I had to the sewer pipe and check for people around. No ones looking for I climb in. I run down the hall till I find the door I sweat my key and I enter. From then I just walk I walk all the way to the three dividing hoping I'll get there when everyone is asleep. When I get there most people are sleep some are around fires talking quietly softly some people look up when they hear the door open no one takes it as a way I thought they would most of them have sunken eyes and look like they're hungry now I understand what they were going through it had to become bounty hunter again I had to become shadow once again and go to jobs to the cyst could have food but then I hear yell.
" the shipment of food is here the shipment of food is here come on they said we could have some food!" send a boy with black hair his skin is dark and his eyes are honey gold. Everyone gets up and starts running I shake my head the last time it was like this I had to become a bounty hunter and the assassin I never wanted this stuff to go through it again. I head to Steel's tent and when I go in there he's not in there. I asked myself where I would be but then someone touched my shoulder. I turned around to see Steel standing right there.
" I didn't know it was this bad why didn't you tell me!" that's the first thing out of my mouth I don't even say hi I don't know why but it was the first thing that could come to mind.
" because I thought I had it under control until I truly saw how bad it was getting. So how we going to fix it?" steel asks as we walk into his tent. I look at the floor for second then I start to pace back and forth back and forth. I saw it and sit down on the floor where I now stand. He was right how were we going to fix it? Going to bounty hunter missions and buy all the things or just steal information that we really need? we had people on the inside but we never asked them to steal information unless we really needed it we didn't need anyone getting captured in telling where the cyst was or be the end of thousands of people and it would be the end of all places to hide for anyone having trouble with the Empire.
" I say we risk it ask someone from the inside to get information we get information we get food. and I just get a little information about some food that's being delivered to the southern towns we could go steal the food. I mean the empires probably just going to take half of it anyway so what do you say?" I asked him he looks at me for a few seconds and smiles I knew he was going to be game.
" so how long you staying this time? just long enough to make sure the situation is over with?" he asks and I sigh I get up and sit on his bedside table.
" I'm afraid I can't I don't have enough time to get the food to the Sift I'm only able to stay here for two days they should be back by then." I say and he looks at me he shakes his head and gets up heading to the door.
" you're always running off with that group you have no idea how bad to Sift need you the Sift need you you're running around all the time you need to stay in one place or one day its just going to end." he says. I get up and follow him.
" you think I don't know that! Steel I want to stick Steel I do but you may not believe it but I think I found somewhere where I have a complete family you know I just want someone who will take care of me I love the Sifters I love the Warheads I love the Medi but it's not close enough to a family as I want it! you may not understand because you don't understand your sister and you don't have your parents like I don't either and you haven't found someone to replace them but it doesn't mean other people can't." I say desperate for him to understand all my life all I wanted was a family a mother and father and maybe a brother and sister wanted was a family and all I wanted was to know who I was. sometimes your past can affect your future I learned that and I needed to know who I was who my parents were and who I'm going to become.
" I know its just hard to handle you being gone all the time we all need you but we're going to have to get used to you being gone." Steel says and I smile. my smile isn't real its forced. I put my hand on Steel's shoulder and then head to my tent.
When I get up in the morning I had to breakfast. Blast, Commet, and Steel sit with me as usual. Sometimes as leaders the Sift it wasn't fun you didn't go to every single battle sometimes you just have to do paperwork and that's what I was doing today. I sit in my tent finishing the files on the people that I have to do I had already done me, Steel, his sister, Blast, and a few others. When I finish I sighed with relief but when I open my tent I see that everyone is asleep. I don't know how long I've been awake or what time it is that's the only bad thing about being underground you don't know if it's morning or night. you can't see the stars with the moon or the sun it's just dark. I lay down in bed and blow out the candle but I can't fall asleep all I can do is stare at the roof. Lando was a lot to handle he turned to the men's nerves but most girls like him. I wonder how Kanan was taking him probably wanted to punch him in the face every minute but that wasn't like him or was it? I barely knew Kanan and that was a fact he hid everything from us his past especially like there was something he wasn't proud of like when I told him that it was hard to handle some of my past he told me he understood it was a hint I guess. I shake my head and roll to my side I had to get some sleep but I couldn't. I close my eyes and the next thing I know I hear the breakfast bell. another dreamless night and another day has started. We all had to the breakfast all or what we call the breakfast all it's just an area with a bunch of tables. I sit down and eat my food as people talk most are yelling not talking but who cares if it's loud it just means you get to even louder. Then a hand lands on my shoulder. When I look it's Kinna I see not one of the others. I smile at her and she sits next to me.
"How are you?" She asks and I laugh.
"I'm not dead yet so I guess I'm good you?" I ask and she laughs.
"Guess I could say the same thing." She says and she shoves some food into her mouth. "There is something I need to tell you though."
"What is it?" I ask her but the look she gives me tells me it's not for everyone to hear. "Alright let's head to my tent and you can tell me." I say as I get up and head to my tent. The walk is short because most people are in class either to learn to fight or heal people who are hurt.
"So what do you want to tell me?" I ask as I half sit half fall onto the bed.
"I information about your father." She says and I straighten up.
"What? Where is HE? His he alive?" I ask and she hold as up her hands.
"His name was Amar Black he was a Jedi but I don't know who his master was." She says and I nod.
"Well that makes since the last thing they want is the enemy finding out where the rest of the remaining Jedi are." I say softly and look at her waiting for the rest.
"Lyra your father... He worked for the Empire that's how he knew they were going to attack I found all the files and everything he had you eyes but that was it. I'm really really sorry Lyra." At first I don't get it. She's sorry? For what? Then it sinks in. My father was a traitor.
"It's okay and thank you. It doesn't matter what he did it only matters what I chose." I say. When I look up she's gone. My father. A traitor. I wish I didn't know.
An alarm goes off and the yell that I hate come with it. Steel runs into my tent. I look at Steel and he nods his head we run up to the exit and we are met by a few of our squads. It was time to fight to protect the Sift. Yelling follows me as I run down the tunnel everyone behind me. My blaster in its case but my lightsaber still in my tent I run through the tunnels. Instead of heading straight when we break to the three dividing tunnels I had right I had right to the warhead camp thats whats being attacked. when we reach the door we burst through. No Mercy. we were to kill any Troopers all of the warheads run through the other door trying to get out as we run into descend. warheads never back down unless the fight is unable to be won. that's when I see him Hog the leader of the warheads.
" Hog are the explosive set?" I yell at him as I shoot at stormtroopers heading toward us if they got through the tunnel the rest of the empire would know where to go to find the Sifters they would know where to find the Medi as well I would not let that happen!
" of course they're set what do you think I'm stupid!" he yells at me. He runs into the tunnel and so do I. Once I get into the tunnel the explosives go off everyone's yelling go go go everyone's running as well. dust fills the tunnel as everyone dives to the floor. But I'm too close to the door. someone grabs me and yanks me out of the way before some of the ceiling hits me I don't know who because I can't see the dust fills the hallway they throw me down to the floor and they fall on top of me that or they're blocking me from anything that will fall on top of us. When I look up its Steel who did that. he save me maybe Blast was right Steel liked me. I have no time to tell because everyone's running back to the Sift back to hide and be quiet to wait and see if they know about tunnels. a time to mourn for the ones that died. A time to mourn and a time to celebrate. A time to worry and a time to not care. This was my home it was a place that was loud crazy unique it was free it was home. Some of the Sifters and Warheads sit down and start to play cards some of us just talk. as we play cards it comes down to me and steal he thinks he'll win but when does he ever? every single time. but he thought he could keep something from me well I think he needs to meet the person who knows him best.
" what you got?" I say in a small voice I make it sound tired and weak. all the people around us are smiling some of them will know what my cards say others won't some will know what his cards say and others won't. Everyone holds their breath and looks at Steel.
" I got the top cards. what do you got?" he asks but I smile only one thing could be what he had and I had it. He throws his cards down and I laugh.
" sorry Steel but this time I win." I say dropping my cards on the table. He looks at the cars in amazement and looks up at me. " an idiot's array do you know what that makes you? an idiot you can't hide everything from me Steel eventually I'll find out and i win!" I say and everyone laughs cheers yell this was home this was where I belong. Steel looks at me and smiles I liked him maybe even more than a brother.

Readers who are you? Are you a Medi? Are you someone who takes care of others instead of themselves. Are you one to rush into a battle to help someone not to fight you're not one who wants to kill what's the reason you're gone in is just to help someone in need. Are you a Warhead? Are you someone who is willing to run out and do anything to kill anyone no matter what you want to fight all day and all night if not your enemy than your best friend. Are you a Sifters? Someone who is everything. One thing and everything someone who is just hiding someone who is helping mend the ones who need mending. are you someone who is fighting for friends or family or are you one who wants to help people choose the right path. these three groups you can choose I want to know who you are are you more like the Medi caring about others or the warheads the ones who love to fight and get their hands dirty or are you a Sifter who are both kind and caring but also violent and ready to fight?