New Family || Star Wars Rebels

Chapter Fifteen: Rescue

[Shout out to LordOfMidgard for finding the reference in Star Destroyer 2187!]

Rescue

Ingrid's POV

I gasped for breath. I scratched against my throat, begging for air, but the Inquisitor didn't release me from his grip. My eyelids became heavy, the world around me began to blur, and just when I thought that I was going to pass out, I hit the floor.

I coughed, trying to breathe normally. My vision slowly returned, but I was very lightheaded. My head was throbbing. Why wouldn't he just kill me?

Because he's the Inquisitor, and he wanted to watch me suffer. He used the Force to lift me off of the ground and bring me close to him.

"All you have to do is pledge your allegiance to the Empire, and then all of your pain and suffering will come to an end." He snarled. Even though I was weak from coughing, I managed to speak.

"I-I will n-never join the Empire."

He scowled. "Very well." He threw me against the wall. My head was spinning. I wanted to vomit. "If you will not join willingly, then I shall make you join."

The Inquisitor lifted his hand to my head and used the Force to torture my mind. I started to scream. I couldn't help it. "G-get out of m-my head!" I screamed at him. He merely smirked, knowing that this was getting to me.

After a while, he stopped, probably taking a break. I took deep breaths, trying to calm myself down. The only thing that was keeping me going was knowing that Ezra was safe from the Empire. Hopefully, by now he had found a way out of this place.

But now I needed to escape. I looked around the room, trying to see if there was anything in here that I could use to aid myself in my escape.

The Inquisitor opened the door and two troopers came in. "You two, take her to the cruciatus chamber." He ordered. "I need to try another tactic. I shall meet you there." He strolled out of the cell, leaving me with the two troopers.

They each grabbed one of my arms and lifted me off of the cold floor and dragged me out of the cell. I kept stumbling over my own feet, but I saw this as my chance to escape. I looked down and realized that these were the two troopers that had been guarding Ezra because one of them still had his lightsaber clipped to his belt!

I felt a rush of relief flow through me. This was my chance! The only problem was that I didn't know how to actually use a lightsaber. But it couldn't be too hard, right?

How was I going to grab it? I couldn't exactly move my arms...

But couldn't Kanan and Ezra use the Force to bring things to them? Maybe I could do that if I concentrated hard enough...

I looked at Ezra's lightsaber and slightly held my hand outwards towards it. I kept trying to bring it to me, but nothing was happening. I sighed. Maybe I just couldn't use the Force.

We rounded a corner and I saw the Inquisitor standing in front of a door at the end of the hallway. I didn't have much time.

Okay, I can do this, I can do this.

I closed my eyes and concentrated. I cleared my mind of all things except for Ezra's lightsaber. I needed it to come to me so that I could escape.

I felt something. I didn't dare break my concentration now. But when I knew that the lightsaber was going to come, I opened my eyes. We were only a few yards away from the Inquisitor.