Counting Stars(A star wars rebels fanfiction)

Counting Stars(A star wars rebels fanfiction)-Chapter 2

(By the way, I made the outfit on the top. I thought it' d be helpful to add a picture of what Audrina looks like. Proceed with the story.)

Audrina's POV:

    I stared at Ezra for what seemed like years before I snapped out of my trance and ran to Ezra, tackling him to the ground in a hug."Ezra! I haven't seen you so long! I've missed you so much! I thought I'd never see you again!" I hugged him tight, afraid he would go away again. Ezra hugged me back just as tight and said, "I missed you too Rina. I thought when the empire took you, you would end up like my parents." He helped me up and hugged me properly. Unfortunately our moment was ruined when someone cleared their throat, "Uh, this is sweet and all, but could someone tell us what's going on." We parted from our hug and looked at Kanan. Ezra said, "Audrina is my best friend. We met three years ago when I found her in trouble stealing fruit,so I saved her. Ever since then we have been through everything with each other and we had each other's backs through thick and thin. That is...until a year ago." "What happened a year ago?" Hera showed concerned. Ezra looked at me, knowing this was my area to speak. "One day Ezra and I were walking around the fields when an imperial ship landed in front of us and stormtroopers ran out and surrounded us. They then grabbed me and dragged me. Ezra tried to get to me and I tried to escape, but they put me under  a sedative and I didn't see Ezra again. I managed to escape about three months and lived on the streets again, trying to find Ezra. And here I found him."

   Ezra smiled but it faltered as he looked at my arm, "Did you get shot?!" Sabine stepped in, "Yeah. She saved us from imperials and she's got skill with a blaster. But a stormtrooper managed to shoot her." "Ezra I'm fine. It wasn't that bad. It's only a graze." I tried to convince him, Honestly my arm hurt like heck, and he must've known that cause he just gave me the you-think-I'm-buying-that look and said, "You know very well Rina that I can tell when you're lying." "How can you tell?" "Your right eye twitches." I sighed in defeat. The twi'lek came up to me and said, "Well let's go look at that arm. We won't be going anywhere for a while until these three go back out there and get those crates. I'm Hera by the way." I smiled, "Nice to meet you Hera." With that, we walked to their med-bay with Ezra behind us.

*An hour later*

Ezra's POV:

I was standing next to Audrina as Hera did the last of the stitching on her arm and wrapped it in gauze. Once that was done Hera stood up straight and said, "The shot went a little deep, but it wasn't deep enough to do any permanent damage. However, you're going to be staying here for about four weeks to make sure your arm's healing like it's supposed to." Rina looked at me then at Hera with a smile, "That won't be a problem at all. It'll give Ezra and I a chance to catch up on lost time." Hera smiled before leaving the med-bay. The room was heavy with silence for a few minutes before I heard Rina say, "After all this time of searching for you, you were here." I turned around to see tearings streaming down her face. I immediately ran to her and enveloped her in a hug. "I'm sorry, but how was i supposed to know you escaped? I thought you might have died or turned to the side of the empire." Rina instantly pulled away and glared at me, "I would never side with the empire!" I just smiled and said, "And I'm glad." Audrina sighed and said, "I'm sorry. I guess I'm just hurt that I spent all my time searching for you and you were here with these people. Who are they anyway?" "They're rebels who fight against the empire and help create a voice for those who don't have one. And a few months ago I joined them. One because I wanted to make a difference to people and also I found out that I'm force sensitive and Kanan was a former Jedi padawan and he's been training me to become a Jedi." She just looked at me in shock. I chuckled, "I know. It's a lot to take in. it was  lot for me too at the time, but Kanan's a great teacher and I now know that I want to be a Jedi."

  Rina smiled and put her hand on my shoulder. "I'm happy for you Ezra. Even though fighting against the empire is very risky and dangerous, risky and dangerous are apart of my nature. As you know already." I looked at her with a very confused look, "What are you saying Rina?" She just smirked, "I'm saying that I want to join your crew. I want to be a rebel and fight against the empire as well. Before my dad was captured, he said, 'Go to the best of your ability and that no matter the danger, the risk, the pain; don't let the empire win. Bring people hope that they will soon be freed from this evil we live among. The evil in my day me along with many men very much like myself were trying to prevent from coming.' And ever since then, I've been trying to find ways to fight the empire. To no avail until you just told me that you are apart of these rebels." I just looked at her in shock. Audrina has never told me any details about her dad after he had been captured. It was silent for a long time before I finally broke it, "I'll have to check with the rest of the crew, but if you tell them what you just told me I have no doubt that they will say yes." She looked at me with her usual sparkle in her eyes, "Really? You mean it?!" I nodded and before I knew it I was tackled in yet another hug and we buth laughed. Just like old times. Once we pulled away, we stood up and I spoke, "Well let's go get Hera so we can decide of you joining the Ghost crew." With that, we walked out of the med-bay and walked to the bridge where Hera was most likely at.

Audrina's POV:

Ezra and I were sitting on the ramp while the rest of the crew were talking in the common room about me becoming a rebel and staying with them. I sighed in boredom as I pulled out a toy ship that I got from my dad on my 8th birthday. I like to assemble and reassemble it to pass time, so that's what I did. My record for taking it apart and putting it back together in all is 30 seconds. I became so good that for my 10th birthday, my dad got me my very own real ship. Of course it needed some work on it, but that was something that dad and I did together. I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder and I screamed and jumped three feet in the air to see the whole crew standing in front of me. I turned my head to the right to see Ezra with a sheepish smile. I pointed my finger at him and yelled, "Don't scare me like that! You know not to get my attention like that when I'm assembling something!" Ezra rose his hands up in surrender, "Hey, I'm sorry! I tried yelling in your ear, but that didn't work. So I went with the alternative." "Which was to put my hand on my shoulder to make me think someone is going to attack me?" "...yes." I glared at him and turned back to the rest of the crew, punching Ezra's gut in the process making him fall to the ground.

After I knew I sent my message clear, I gave the crew a smile and asked, "So why are you all out here?" Kanan smirked and said, "Well we came to a decision on whether or not you can come apart of our crew." I looked at all of them with hopeful eyes. "And?" Hera came up to me and put a hand on my shoulder, "Welcome to the family." I looked at Hera in shock and asked, "Really? Are you sure? You want me to stay?" "Heck yeah! You're awesome and we finally get another girl onboard!" Sabine stated while playfully punching me in the arm. I laughed along with the crew. I turned to Ezra who was now standing up, only to be knocked down again by me tackling him in a hug. "Okay, seriously? This is the third time today you did this." I just laughed as I got off of Ezra and got into a position that looked like I was going to tackle him again and said, "Want to it a fourth?" He shook his head frantically and put his hands up in surrender, "No, no, no, no! I'm good!" I smiled and helped him up. Kanan chuckled at our child like actions and said, "Okay, how about we show Spector 7 where she will be staying." With that, all of us walked into the Ghost to take a look at my new life with my best friend and my new family. Life couldn't get any better, but little did I know that this happy moment wasn't going to last for long.