The Youngling

Shopping

The Youngling
Shopping
It was a typical morning on the Ghost. Zeb was still asleep. Sabine was painting in her room. Kanan and Hera were doing their chores somewhere on the ship. Ezra was studying in the kitchen, and Chopper was up to his usual mischief.
Ezra was attempting to lift his bowl using the force. Chopper was supposed to be recording him, but was using his programming to formulate a way to mess with the teenager. Ezra closed his eyes attempting to concentrate the force around the bowl.
Chopper saw his opening. The bowl shook but didn't start floating. Chopper picked up the bowl using one of his little arms. Ezra opened his eyes to see if he was having any success.
"I did it!" Ezra said not seeing the droids arm on the other side lifting the bowl.
Chopper started laughing, and showed Ezra that he was holding the bowl.
"Chopper! You little..." Ezra started to say.
Chopper tossed the bowl in the air and took off. Ezra chased off after him.
"Get back here you stupid droid. Don't go in there!" Ezra yelled as Chopper rolled past Sabine's cabin.
Sabine's door was open as she painted. She paid no attention to the two fighting just outside the door. Ezra noticed her though.
"You know if you ever need inspiration..." the boy started.
"I'll look elsewhere." Sabine finished for him.
Chopper entered Ezra and Zeb's cabin.
"Chopper don't even!" Ezra yelled at the droid. He turned to Sabine. "Got to go."
Sabine rolled her eyes.
Ezra went into his room. Chopper gave him a small zap and rolled out laughing.
"Kid you wake me your dead." Zeb warned from the bottom bunk.
"Relax roomie." Ezra said climbing up to the top bunk. "Besides I intend to fall asleep before you start snoring again."
"Very funny kid." Zeb says sarcastically.
Just then Ezra plopped down on his bunk and it clasped. The bunk fell down on top of Zeb with Ezra still in it. Ezra jumped up instantly.
"That was not my fault!" Ezra said defensively knowing what was about to happen.
"Don't care still murdering you!" Zeb yelled. The kid took off with the other on his tail making a mess of the ship and yelling at each other as they ran through the ship.
Chopper was in the hallway laughing and Sabine looked outside to see what was going on.
"You took out the bolts to Ezra's bunk." Sabine said seeing what the droid had in it's droid arm. She grabbed her paint and tools and went into the boys' room. She was inspired by the droid's prank.
Meanwhile Zeb and Ezra had gotten to the loading dock where Kanan was doing inventory on some supplies they had picked up a while back.
Ezra slid down the ladder and hid behind his master looking for protection. Kanan gave him a questioning look. The question was answered when Zeb jumped the railing and headed straight for the kid.
What you do this time kid was the first thing that ran through Kanan's mind.
Chopper came in laughing and waving the bolts around.
"Chopper you did this!" The two roommates said realizing what happened.
Kanan stood there with his arms cross and a disappointed look on his face.
"Enough!" Hera said sliding down the ladder after hearing the racket.
"He started it." The two roommates said at once.
"I don't care. This is my ship you're tearing up and want you off it now." She says.
"Hera you can't be serious sending me out with him." Zeb whinnied.
"There's a town two clicks that way and I'm sending you two on a supply run, and don't even think about coming back without a single Malurun." She replied handing him a shopping list.
The two sighed and left in silence.
"How do you expect them to find Maluruns on Lothal?" Kanan asked knowing that very few people could manage to find the rear fruit on a planet it didn't grow on. He had only ever known one person that could do it in his past.
Hera gave him a look that said that was her point. She didn't expect them to find one.
"Sometimes I wondered why we put those two in the same room." Kanan mumbled to himself.
Hera went to go see what Chopper did in the boys' cabin.
"Sorry Hera no entry." Sabine said stopping her at the door.
"You do realize this isn't your room right?" Hera asked.
"I was inspired and it was Ezra's idea." The artist replied.
Hera rolled her eyes as she turned around knowing that the two boys wouldn't like whatever she was doing in their. "At least it's not my cabin."
Zeb and Ezra had everything except the fruit they weren't supposed to return without. Ezra was looking at every fruit stand but coming up empty. He even asked a old family friend that told him they didn't grow on Lothal. That's when he caught on to Hera's little prank.
"I don't think Hera meant for us to find them." He told Zeb.
"Well someone has to be selling these fruit." The Lasat said.
Just then they saw a create of them. Ezra ran up to the stand.
"How much for the create?" He asked the mechanic.
"I'm sorry that crates all ready been  sold." The rodian replied.
"Then maybe we can ask the owner to give us one." Ezra says trying to think of a new plan.
"From the empire? Good luck!" The rodian says overhearing him.
"Karabast guess we're out of luck kid." Zeb said.
"Ok, we're not giving up that quickly." Ezra said thinking of a plan.
"Your not thinking about..." Zeb didn't need to finish his thought.
"It wouldn't be the first time." The kid had a good point.
"What you going to use the force?" Zeb teased the kid. There was no way some fruit was worth that trouble.
"Sure, why not." Ezra said.
Zeb had forgotten just how much food meant to the kid. The fact that Ezra had once lived on the streets and had to steal to survive until Kanan and Hera found him had slipped the Lasat's mind. This was a sudden reminder of everything the boy had been though.
The two hid behind some crates as Ezra called one of the fruits to him. Unfortunately just before the fruit left the box a stormtrooper put the lid on it, and moved the create to a transport. Ezra tried to get closer but he was almost caught in the process.
Zeb had to distract the bucket heads so Ezra could escape. He lost the rest of the supplies in the process.
Then the two rebels were chased by both troopers. Ezra got up to the rooftop with what he could salvage of the supplies. Zeb didn't make it up there though. He fell and stole a TIE fighter to get away.
Ezra was still jumping from rooftop to rooftop when he heard the TIE. When he looked over at it he was shocked to see Zeb waving at him.
"Zeb, let me in." Ezra yelled into the com.
"Only if you say we're even." Zeb said.
"Ok, we're even." Ezra said.
Zeb opened the hatch and let the kid in. The two flew off.
"We should probably check in." Ezra said.
"In a TIE? Are you insane kid?"
"Maybe they won't notice."

The Ghost was quite expected for the sounds of spray paint and a dejack game. Hera was watching Kanan and Chopper play.
"Have to admit it's pretty quite without the kids." Kanan remarked.
"Maybe I should tell them not to worry about the maloonruns." Hera said.
Kanan was about to respond when the com went off.
"Speaking of the kids." He said instead.
"Hey boys, how's the supply run going?" Hera asked the two over the comm.
"We ran into a little problem." Ezra admitted.
"I figured you would. About the maloonrun..." she started but was interrupted.
"Yeah about that, we got some. Then we lost it." Zeb and Ezra both replied.
"Wait what is that I hear in the background? Is that a TIE?" Kanan demanded.
"Yeah about that." Zeb says.
"We may or may not have stolen a TIE." Ezra finished.
"Seriously!?!" Hera and Kanan both yell.
"This is worse than that time you guys stole that pirate's ship on Takodana." Kanan sighed.
"Hey Maz didn't completely ban us for that." Ezra said in defense.
"Only until your twenty one and she liked you two." Hera almost laughed.
"At least tell me you dismantled the locator?" Kanan asked.
"Of course we're not stupid." Zeb said.
"Well one of the two of you might might not be." Sabine mumbled under her breath from across the room. She was listening in.
"Is it the red or blue wire?" They heard Ezra whispering.
"You cut both." Kanan answered for Zeb while pinching the bridge of his nose. Sabine burst out laughing.
"Right, I knew that because I've already done it. Just double checking to make sure it's disabled." Ezra said with no hint at a lie.
"At least he's a better actor than you." Hera said.
Kanan looked at her. 'Really, because he's lying 🤥.'
"Just met us at these coordinates." Kanan said and sent over the coordinates.
An hour later Zeb and Ezra approached the Ghost on foot.
"One Maloonrun just as you ordered." Ezra said formally presenting Hera the fruit. He even did a little bow.
"What happened to the TIE?" Kanan asked.
Zeb looked at Ezra as if he was the designated talker.
"We crashed it. You know so the imperials couldn't get a hold of it." Ezra said quickly.
Much to his surprise Kanan bought it. Apparently he still didn't know Ezra's tells after all these years. That or he just wasn't paying attention.
Hera and Kanan remained clueless as to what had really happened with the TIE after the two roommates adventures. Sabine and Chopper found out but agreed to keep the secret. Sabine on one condition. She got to paint it.

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