Sabine's secret

Chapter 8

The dull bland whiteness of the room was disturbing to say the least. Not the dull grey of the imperials or the equipment of the rebellion. I was in someone's personal ship, direfully under equipped for anything major.

Looking down I see the results of my fight and escape, I'm littered in bandages and bacta pads ranging in sizes covering parts of my legs arms and chest. I'm certainly not with the empire... they wouldn't have given me this treatment; the rebellion would have killed me like they tried to do before.

"ah fuck" I gasp as I sit up "... clearly still healing" I mumble out to myself. Getting up I start to wobble on my feet and I'm forced to grab the walls to keep myself up right. I stumble to the door and it automatically opens for me, it's not like anything I've seen before, the walls were lit up with some paintings here and there, some happy and colourful and others dark and gloomy. As I press on I move towards a door where I hear the occasional mutter of words between two people. I take a deep breath and move through the door, it opens and I'm forced to lean on the frame to prevent myself from falling. "Ezra" a shocked voice gasped, I look over to the source and see the colourful armour of one. Sabine wren. She's changed. Her armour is now a soft orange with different marking that match her vibrant and multicoloured orange hair, there is two distinct tones of orange with the darker of the two at the tips. "you shouldn't be up, your still injured" she walks over to me "you need to let me go" I say shocking her and making her stand still "what" she questions me "Sabine I need to go" I press on "no" she says simply "you. You can't. not now" "Sabine..." she gives me a pleading death stare "Ezra this isn't debatable". I look over at her, I mean my daughter for help she just shrugs and looks away "Sabine..." I exhale "it's not safe, I don't want put either of you at risk" "you won't", "I will Sabine, the Empire is after me now and... they hate me" I sigh that last part and look down. I was surprised when my Daughter spoke instead of Sabine "Dad..." you could tell it was forced "you can't go. And even if we let you, you have nowhere to go" ... "fine" I forfeit. Immediately Sabine brightens and walks off with a smile. I look over at my daughter and she looks back "well..." she sighs uncomfortably but steadier than before I walk over to her. "we haven't formally met before, I'm Ezra. Your father... I guess" "what's that supposed to mean "I guess". I look down at my feet "well after everything I've done and not being for you when you needed me. I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't want me around or to be your father" I admit. She shrugs and replies "we'll see, I'm Mira. Your daughter... I guess" she said it with a slight smile making me laugh "oh your definitely my daughter" I say with a small laugh. She continues her smile but it drops quickly "I ah. Mum told me what the... rebellion did to you. I'm sorry and I don't blame you for leaving" oh, I didn't think it was the type of thing Sabine would tell her "I. ah... thanks?" I say in a questioning tone "who trained you?" I ask, "trained me with what?" "the force" she thinks for a second deciding if she should tell or not "Luke..." she mumbles out "Skywalker?" I question "yes" again mumbling "we'll more of my on and off teacher, his not that good and only knows a bit" "I could. teach you?" I state looking at her face for a reaction, it brightens up and a massive grin appears before it drops and she tries to look calm "yes" she squeals "I mean yeah sure" I laugh at her reaction I walk over to her and loop my arm around her shoulders so she can help me walk "what do you know?" "not much she mutters" I laugh and we walk immediately to a place to train

It's been 4 weeks since I woke up. I've fully healed and training has been going well, I've advanced Mira's force abilities and she has gone a long way in such a brief time in the ways of the saber. The training has not only helped out in bettering her force abilities but also had the additional benefit of closing our relationship, she calls me dad more often and it isn't forced or strained when she says it. I'm happy. Mira's Happy. Sabine's Happy, after 15 years of waiting we are finally a family, Mira finally has her father and Sabine her husband. Life was getting better and according to my daughter Sabine was happier than she had ever seen, I'm not surprised. Not after losing the father of your daughter and raising a child on your own tends to do that. But the rebellion just had to ruin it, just like they did many years ago, they had called them back to base but they didn't know I was alive or with them. They don't want to go back, but they want to save Luke before they do the same thing they did to me and discard their old tool.