1 | Dark Truth

Losing Hope

Sabine's POV

I woke up with a start worried, and looked around. Where am I? I was on a medical bed in the ship's medic bay, with some tubes strapped to my body.

"She up!" I heard Zeb said as I turned my head and saw Zeb walking up from a chair near my bed.

"Hey Zeb." I said and managed to sit up.

He came by and sat down on my bed at my feet.

"How long was I out?" I asked him.

I began to rise off the floor of the command ship. I tried to speak but my throat was closing in on itself, I struggled to breath as Ezra's face continued to harden looking right in his eyes, slowly turning yellow. I couldn't hold on anymore and collapsed to a world of darkness.

"Maybe 12 hours." He said.

I shook my head as if clearing the memory. "That's a relief, where's Ezra?" I asked realizing he might of ran or did something worse.

"He went unconscious just a few seconds after you, he's still is unconscious." Zeb said.

"Where is he?" I asked straining my eyes looking at the other beds but I didn't see him.

"Sabine clam down he's fine but Hera thought it would be best if we put him back in the cell." Zeb said and I saw Hera run up, looking relieved.

"Sabine, you're alive!" She said overjoyed that I was alive, and she gave me a light squeeze and sat down next to Zeb.

"Why did you do that?" I asked Hera.

"Do what?" She asked confused and I realized she just walked up.

"Lock away Ezra." I told her, fighting so my eyes wouldn't water.

"Sabine he almost killed you and I don't think he even tried to, he could still kill you or any of us, we all agreed that he needed to stay somewhere where he couldn't hurt us. Don't worry he's safe, we put a medical bed in their and the droid said he should wake up soon." She said and I realized she was rubbing my shoulder.

"But..." I started.

"I know Sabine, but we had to do it, we'll figure something out." Hera said.

"It's just, I want things to be back to the way get used to all six of us flying around on the Ghost fighting the Empire......I know that will never happen again but I want it too, I wanted to try and fix things." I said.

"We all miss those times Sabine but we have to move on, I no longer cry when I think of him, I smile at those happy memories. If I do cry I'll be crying everyday of my life but I know Kanan would want me to be happy and Ezra does too. Let it go." Hera said.

"I will try." I answered and felt as if a weight was lifted off my shoulders.

A medic droid cane over to check my vitals. "You are healthy, you no longer need those IVs." He said and began to take them off.

"Thanks." I said and shrugged.

"Thanks Sabine." Hera told me and I smiled.

"If you hang onto your past, always try to protect yourself you'll never be a Jedi." Zeb said.

"That's deep Zeb, but I'm not a Jedi." I told him.

"Oh it's just something I heard Kanan tell Ezra once, and I think you know what I meant by this." He replied.

"I do." I replied and was able to get up from the bed.

"Sabine." Hera told me, grabbing my shoulder.

"I have to see him." I said and walked out of the bay.

"I'm coming." Hera told me as her and Zeb got up from the bed and followed me.

"Me too." Zeb said.

"Ok." I said. I might need backup this time.

We walked though the ship to the cell and I was shocked at what I saw. Ezra was laying on a bed in the cell, he looked so weak, but the worst part was that he was cuffed and strapped to the bed even in his pitiful condition.

"Ezra..." I said and stood up against the door.

Hera walked up behind me and opened the door, we all walked in and she then closed it.

"Where's Chopper?" I asked, trying to distract myself from Ezra. "I haven't seen him in a while."

"Apparently he and Eights are in the kitchen having a waffle party." Zeb said and I laughed.

Hera and Zeb sat down in chairs next to Ezra and I walked up to the bed.

"Is he going to be ok?" I asked, watching his chest slowly rise and fall.

"We don't know." Hera said.

"Can we do anything?" I asked.

"We can hope, that things will get better and they will." Zeb said.

"Oh Zeb pulling out the deep life meanings." I said laughing, trying to distract myself from life.

I looked down at Ezra, worried, relived, happy, depressed, crushed, dead inside. What can I do? I love him, he hurts me, can we get though this? I truly didn't know how we'll get though this. He was back and then I lost him again. I don't know who to blame. The Empire? Life? The force? The galaxy itself? Or me? I continued to watch him, as we sat in silence.

Hera and Zeb began to discuss rebellion matters and a silent tears began to slip down my cheeks.

I love you, Ezra Bridger. More than I can explain. You make my heart beat faster, my steps feel lighter, you take my pain away. The moments I was with you were the most happy of my life. I hope those can happen again, I hope I can see you yourself one last time. Me and you together. I truly deeply love you.

One of my tears slipped down my face and landed on Ezra, his eyes fluttered open.

"Sabine, do you really mean that?" He choked out with tears forming in his newly awakened eyes.

I was shocked.

"I do Ezra." I said and pulled his lips close to mine and for another moment he was Ezra again.