Always Bonded Never Severed Attachment Forever Gone

Chapter 2: And the Apprentice

The sun was slowly setting on the city of Lothal as it was another peaceful day.

Sabine lays on her cot, trying to sleep but nightmares keep her from falling into a deep slumber.

"It's up to all of you now.

And remember...

The Force will be with you.

Always."

Sabine shot up awake from her nightmare, wide awake. "Ezra," she mutters, but flash catches her attention. She looks at the radar scanner counsel.

She shot right off her cot and ran towards the console, she checked out the scans and immediately recognized one of the ships she didn't waste time and stepped out onto the catwalk, the sun high in the sky, and saw the two ships that were escorted towards the city.

She stares off after the red and white ship but almost smiles before she presses the switch.

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at the center tower where the monument sat, Ashoka's ship was docked at the platform as Suri was nowhere to be seen. Sabine hurried across with power strides.

Ryder stops his conversation with Ahsoka as they notice her heading towards them, "You missed the ceremony." he informs her, Sabine just feigns ignorance. "Was that yesterday?" she asks, Suri and Leo stop in their conversation, hearing her voice.

"It slipped my mind," she spoke with a raise of her hands in a shrug. Leo chuckles to himself with a shake of the head.

"You were missed, Sabine. Everyone was there." Ryder informs her, but she just sighs, "Not everyone." she says, Ryder shifts in his spot.

"Rendered speechless, still got it. Wren." Leo spoke, Sabine turned and smiled at him, "Leo!" she exclaimed, and he smiled at her as he pulled her into a hug. "It's so good to see you again," she said with a smile.

Leo bows his head to her, "Yeah, we were in the neighborhood and decided to drop in and get a breath of home." he informs, Sabine just throws him a smirk as she leans back on her foot.

"Hopefully not drawing trouble to us. The Empire was enough." she jokes, Leo scoffs with a smile "Please, when I find trouble, it stays dead." he laughs.

Making her chuckle at him and he looks around "Where's Mako? She's not too far behind if you're here." she jokes.

Leo held a tight smile and inhaled, "Otaka's monument. She wanted to see her mother." he informs. Sabine just stared at him for a moment and nodded her head "Let's hope she says hi for the both of us." she spoke before flicking her eyes to the blind Jedi, "Suri, still creepy and dark." she spoke, Suri just smiles at her words, "A pleasure as always, Sabine Wren." she spoke.

Sabine rolls her eyes at the blind Jedi, "Greeting, Sabine Wren." Huyang said with a bow. She turns and smiles at him, "Hello, Huyang. Still in one piece?" she jokes.

"Oh, yes, and still 75% original parts." he jests, then as soon as her attention was turned onto her former master, the air began to tense. "Well then. I'll be on the ship." Huyang spoke before walking back to the ship.

Ryder looked between them, seeing the tension before the two, so he excused himself but not before whispering to Sabine. Leo went to leave, but Suri stopped him making the young chief look at her.

"You're gonna wanna hear what she has to say," Ryder whispers to Sabine, but it is loud enough for Leo to hear.

With his words being said, he walks off as Sabine watches him leave, Leo just blinks and looks back at Suri, "What did he mean?" he asks her, she exhales and lowers her arm.