DARK TEMPTATIONS: A STAR WARS STORY

The Supply Run

"Ezra, Sabine, you two will be on the turrets. Shoot down any TIE's that get in our way, I'm not gonna let them stop us from getting what we want this time." Me and Sabine both got to the turrets on the Ghost, and we watched the blue lights of the vortex flicker past as we thundered through hyper space. I opened the secure comm link with Sabine so we could talk to each other without the others hearing. "Hope you've been doing some target practise," I heard Sabine tease through the speakers.
"Very funny," I replied bluntly. I knew she was just trying to lighten the tone, but I wasn't in a joking mood. The Empire had put us off the liberation of my home world. I wasn't going to let anything stand in my way this time. Lothal will be free, no matter the cost. Suddenly, the blue vortex of Hyperspace faded and we came up on the Imperial transport. A Star Destroyer, they were actually making it difficult for us this time. "Phoenix Squadron form up behind the Ghost," I heard Hera say through the comms.
Five A-Wings and five X-Wings took Attack formations and we began our assault. "Attack the shield generators on the Destroyers bridge!" I heard through the comms again, so we both fired as the Ghost flew closer to the ship. They obviously weren't expecting us, since it took them so long to get their fighters in the air. Once we were close enough Hera took us under the destroyer directly beneath the cargo bay. "Alright, Zeb and Kanan, you two take the turrets. Sabine and Ezra, get to the Phantom and board this ship. Send the distress call out when you have the supplies. Don't let me down kids!" We both climbed up the ladder to the Phantom.
Sabine got in the pilots seat, and pulled away from the Ghost. Taking us up onto the docking bay of the Star Destroyer. Once were up, the door opened and we were greeted by a squadron of stormtroopers. I ignited my lightsaber and prepared for a fire fight. As the troopers opened fire, Sabine unholstered her blasters and fired back, instantly killing two of them. I deflected the blaster bolts so quickly even I didn't know what had come over me. A sheer drive of determination to get the job done.
I hacked and slashed at the troopers, impaling several of them. It wasn't long until Sabine realised that she didn't need to help me, as I had the whole thing under control by myself. Over the years I had grown in my skills of the lightsaber, once I had even taken down a whole squadron of Death Troopers, the most elite version of the stormtrooper. Soon they were all dead, they're bodies lying on the floor, lifeless.
Me and Sabine ran to the doors of the hanger before three more stormtroopers came running through. With lightning fast reactions, I ignited my saber, jumped up and did a three sixty in the air, decapitating all of them at once.
Sabine took off her helmet, and looked at me with worried eyes, yet there was a hint of horror on her face. As if she couldn't fully bring herself to believe that it was me that was being so violent. "Ezra..." she started, but trailed off before she could finish what she was about to say. "C'mon, Sabine! We need to get those supplies!" I ran ahead with her following behind.
We ran through the corridors of the destroyer, killing every officer or trooper we came by. We couldn't afford to spare anyone, although Sabine seemed hesitant to kill. "I'm not letting anyone stand in my way this time!" We turned another corner. "Where to now?" I asked urgently. "Should be just round... wait,"
"What's wrong, Sabine?"
We're going to the bridge, this map is off. The spies must have been given wrong information."
I clenched my fists, how could this happen? We planned everything out perfectly! I couldn't take this anymore, failure after failure. "Ah!" I slammed my fist against the mettle wall of the Star Destroyer, and the whole floor shook. The lights cut off and everything went quiet.

The TIES's were everywhere, but just because I couldn't see didn't mean I couldn't shoot them. I was doing pretty well actually. Then all of a sudden I felt a shudder in the Force, and I turned cold. As cold as I was the day Vader showed up for the first time. I looked over to the Star Destroyer where Sabine and Ezra were, and to my surprise it looked like the whole ship had lost power.
The lights were out and it was beginning to tilt to the side. There was something about this though, it felt... different, yet familiar. "Ezra... what have you done?" I whispered to myself.

The only light in the corridor was coming from my lightsaber, otherwise everything was dark... and quiet. Which made everything feel a lot more Erie than it should have. However, after a few moments Sabine broke the silence. "How did you do that?" She asked, Shock in her voice. "I don't know," I replied. "C'mon, we have to get to the bridge."
"It'll be a trap"
"Since when has a trap ever worked on us?"
And with that we followed the rest of the map to the bridge, and waiting there was a face that immediately fuelled my body with hatred. "Ezra Bridger, how your abilities have grown." That cold, calculating voice did nothing but send shivers down my spine, standing in front of me, straight and dignified in a bright white Imperial uniform, was Grand Admiral Thrawn. "Your going to pay for what you've done to my homeworld, Thrawn." I held my lightsaber up, ready to strike, but then Thrawn held up his hand, and I sensed something.
With lightning fast reflexes, I rolled out of the way as a slender figure lunged from behind. It was tall, extremely tall, skinny and had four arms. Two of which held the hilts of the lightsabers used by the Inquisitors. "Ezra Bridger, allow me to introduce you to The Second Sister." She had the same Imperial Armour that the Seventh Sister wore, but had a different design on the mask that covered her face. It was thinner, everything about her was thin, but the mask itself was a plane black metal plate with two rectangular slits so she could see.
"I've heard a lot about you, Bridger," the high pitched, screechy voice was distorted by her mask. "Your partly responsible for my brothers and sisters deaths, I will avenge them by killing you. Slowly, but surely." She ignited the lightsabers she held at her side, all four blades at once. "Sabine, I could use your help." She unhooked the Darksaber from her belt and ignited it, it's black blade whistling as it cut through the air. Together we fought the four armed Inquisitor, she didn't pose much of a challenge after fighting so many of them. They all used the same combat form, so it became easier to predict her moves.
I striked, blocked and parried, I began to feel anger coursing through me as I realised Thrawn had disappeared, he was using the Inquisitor as a distraction. "Ah!" I used the Force to slam her against the windows f the Destroyer bridge, cracking the glass, I pulled the lightsabers from her hands and retracted my own, throwing it the ground. I ignited one blade on each saber and held them up to her face in a cross. "Where is he going?!" I demanded, but the Inquisitor was reluctant to speak.
I cut off one of her hands, and she screamed in agony. "WHERE IS HE GOING?!" I demanded again. "Wh-where do you think? He's getting an escape pod."
"I know that!" I cut off another one of her hands, and again she screamed, it was so high pitched it hurt my ears. "TELL ME!" I placed the Saber right next to the wrist of her upper right hand, burning the skin. "No! Please!"
"THEN TELL ME!"
"Let go of me."
I released my hold on her, and she fell to the ground. "You don't know what your up against here, kid."
"Don't call me that!" I held one of her sabers up to her face, and she pulled off her face mask, revealing one of the ugliest things I had ever seen in the Galaxy. Her skin was tainted a sickly green, and her eyes were a deep yellow, showing the corruption of the Dark Side. "Once Stardust is complete, your Rebellion is finished."
"Stardust?" Is that where Thrawn is going?"
"Yes, but don't worry, you will be taken there soon enough, my master has felt your presence, Ezra Bridger, he knows your power, your potential."
"You mean..." she looked me in the eyes, and I knew exactly who she meant. Hatred filled me again, I force slammed her against the windows so hard the windows broke and she was sucked into the vacuum of space, screaming my name.

"EZRA!"

The current was so strong it almost pulled me out as well, but luckily the blast doors came down just in time, but just before they clanked into place, I noticed an escape pod, floating into the cargo bay of an Imperial Transport which then jumped into hyperspace.
"...Ezra?" I froze, completely forgetting that Sabine was there. I turned, hearing the worry in her voice and seeing it in her eyes. "Your eyes..." I walked past her, ignoring the comment. "c'mon, Sabine." I could sense the concern radiating off of her, the most I had ever felt from her. "We have a Chiss to find."