The Ghost Crew

Alternate ToftA Part 10

10 parts. Wow! I must be doing something right. Well, we have just this chapter and then the next. Then it is rescue. Then I need ideas. Like do you want me to do something season 4 or do you want an another alternate ending to a episode. You guys tell me. Hope you like this. Let me tell you before hand. Tears might come. Also, I am sorry about last chapter. I did not know that those last words would set you all into a panic attack. I also didn't know you guys were all super touchy on the Skyguy and Snips subject. There might be another moment like that in the end but it will include more fighting. Well hope you like. Sadness is coming.

Kanan's POV:

Hallucinations

I wake up. I start gasping for air. My hand was above my heart and the only sounds were my ragged breathing. Once I was calm, I stand. I sense my surroundings and I am in an ordinary cell.

Using the force to see has been a challenge but at least Ashoka helps. These days have been the hardest. Feeling Ezra's pain and fear have sent me into panic attacks. I never know, when he will be tortured.

Suddenly, a blood curling scream echoes in the cell. It was Ezra. The door hisses open and Vader throws Ezra's limp body into the cell. The door shuts and I get to Ezra's side. The smell hits me first.

Blood.

It was now the only smell in the room. I was trying to find a place where the wound is. I couldn't. Ezra seemed fine. That's an overstatement but I couldn't tell if there was an injury.

If only I can see. No no no. Don't think like that. Ezra will die if you do. I use the force and find it being a side wound losing a lot of blood by the minute.

My fingers dust over it and Ezra screams. I instantly lift my hand and try to comfort him. Then Ezra starts jerking and spasming.

I try to hold him down and help with the wound. The result was blood being coughed from his mouth. The force surrounds me and throws me to the other side of the cell. I feel Ezra's lifeline dim even more. I crawl to Ezra but there was nothing.

Ezra was. . . . dead.

No! No no no no! He can't be. Tears start streaming down my face. I shake Ezra to get nothing. Nothing.

Where was the energetic teenager who changed my life? Where was my Padawan? Where was my son? Where was the boy who puts his life before mine? The tears continue down my face. Ezra remains lifeless under me.

Ezra's POV:

I wake up. I feel  like I was ran over by a speeder 10 times. The last syringe just made me sleep. Best syringe yet. I feel Kanan's and Ashoka's unease through the force.

The door opens and I instantly close my eyes. Let them think I am asleep. I hear footsteps come closer and closer to me. It wasn't metal steps though. It was human. A human with their emotions rushing all over the place. So that rules out Vader.

Maybe it's some stormtrooper told to check one me. But this person doesn't have the clunky armor. I reach out into the force more and sense. . .

Agent Kallus.

I open my eyes and try to turn to face him. Pain shoots through me. I cry out in pain. Kallus comes closer and tries to help. He put some painkillers in me and told me to relax.

"Bridger what have they done to you," Kallus murmurs. Well to sum it all up, the Empire happened. Now that I think about it, Kallus might not appreciate the joke.

"I have news that is actually good. I sent a message out to your Rebellion. They know of you, your master, and friend. They should be coming to help soon. I think in two days," Kallus says as he continues to wrap some of my bandages. I was still laying flat on my back but I felt tension leave me. I felt lighter and more free.

I gasp out, "Thank you." Kallus nods in understanding. He wraps up the last of my most visible wounds. He was about to give me a sedative until I felt cold.

Vader. He is coming and walking fast. Kallus can't sense anything and prepares the syringe. I start trying to move and pain just washes over me.

"Vader," I whisper out. My voice was weak and cracked. Kallus's eyes open wide and he hides the medical supplies. Once he put everything away, he murmurs sorry. Why would he say that?

Suddenly, I am punched in the face extremely hard. A slap comes right after. That is why he said sorry. All I do is wince in pain. He continues until Vader opens the door. He walks down the steps in silence. Kallus gets up in his feet and goes back into the cold face imperial.

"Agent Kallus what is this?" Vader asks. I suppress a shiver. His voice will always be stuck in my memory. Vader walks closer to me and Kallus. Once Vader was standing over me, Kallus responds.

"I wanted to see if my own tactics could break the boy or get him to reveal the location of the rebel base," Kallus says in a monotone voice.

I was already really tired. Maybe if I fall asleep they will leave me alone. I close my eyes and ignore all outside noises. But a force choke makes it very impossible.

"Stay awake child unless you want to be shocked awake later," Vader says coolly. He releases me and I fall back to the bench.

"Take him to Interrogation," Vader commands some storm troopers. "Kallus join us," Vader says. Kallus curtly nods and follows us out the cell. I was being dragged.

I was getting closer and closer to death itself. I thought I would be scared. But instead I was calm and at peace.

We get inside and they lock me to the table. The acid syringe just sat their with the other syringe I failed to notice. It was grayish and had a bigger dosage then the others.

Kanan and Ashoka came into the cell too. They were distracted and a little distraught. What happened to them? Kallus looks at me in a scared look. I just breathe in and out and close my eyes.

If Vader is going to kill me, then I will die at peace. I hear his footsteps get closer to the tray. He picks up one of them and comes to me. I heard some shuffle farther away. Ashoka and Kanan must be trying to get out. Please for the force let them go and live.

I breathe in one more time. I find balance in the force. I'm sorry Zeb. You were a brother to me. Thanks for giving me some childhood. I'm sorry Sabine. I love you. Not as a crush but as a friend. Thanks for having my back. I'm sorry Chopper. You might have been annoying but you were a friend. Keep them safe. Annoy Zeb for me. I'm sorry Hera. You were a mother to me. You helped me become a better person. I will never forgot you. Thank you for taking me in.

And Kanan. I'm sorry. I was annoying, I had horrible patience, I wasn't the best Jedi, and I didn't have discipline or focus. But you made me a better person too. You made me see my true potential. You were a father to me. And I hope I was a son to you. Keep them safe. Stay with the light. You were the best master anyone could have. I hope I didn't fail you.

I feel the syringe poke my skin at my neck. The fluid enters me. Nothing happens for a few seconds. I feel myself slowly fall asleep into oblivion.

Here you go. Sorry for the wait. Hope you like. Hope you like this cliffhanger. Tell me your thoughts. Give me your ideas. May the force be with you, always. Long live SWRebels!!!!!!!!