A Blessing and a Curse

Chapter 10

I stepped out of the RV and scanned the area. We were definitely in a city. Tall buildings, prosperous, packed traffic, people scurrying off in different places, and it was loud. Where I'm from, everything was opposite from this place. The only things that are the same are the force field, the rules, and the imperials. We were parked at a gas station near a market place.

"How did we get passed the front gate?" I asked, realizing it was to easy since there would of been imperials guarding the gates.

"The gates are wired with scanners so the Empire doesn't always have to stop people and keep traffic going. The Ghost isn't called the Ghost for nothing, it can scrabble its signature and pass by without a hitch," Hera explained.

"That's really cool," I thought out load.

"Well, don't get used to it," Sabine huffed, passing me.

"Stop being such a Debby Downer," Zeb told her and she rolled her eyes.

   "We all meet back here in three hours," Kanan announced. We all split in different directions in our groups and go deeper into the city.

"What is this place?" I asked.

"You haven't been here before?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"Lived in Lothal my whole life if you forget already," I said, rolling my eyes..

"This is my first time being in a city, actually," I admitted.

   "Garel," Kanan said.

I raised an eyebrow, "What?"

"This place is called Garel," he repeated. "Oh," I said, finally realizing what he told me. We stayed quiet for a while until I decided to speak up.

"So, what are the things we're getting?" I asked. He looked at the list and named some familiar and unfamiliar items. There were a lot of things but might have been more if the list wasn't split.

   An hour later, Kanan and I gathered at least half of what was on the list. We pushed four crates into an alley full of different things like food or supplies. I was tired from bargaining and pushing crates on a cart around the whole time.

   "Let's take a break," Kanan said, stopping in an alley. I sighed in relief and sat on top of a crate. My feet felt soar from walking and arms ached from pushing.

Kanan stayed standing but seemed more exhausted than I was.

"Aren't you going to sit?" I asked, and he shook his head. "I'm fine," he said, waving it off.

"Can I ask a question?" I asked.

"Depends, "he replied, "What's the question?"

"In the common room last night, what was under the table? It wasn't there this morning," I told him. He opened his mouth to reply but soon it all changed.

   "Kid, move!" He yelled, grabbing my wrist and pulling me out of the alley. We ran around the corner when a huge crushing sound filled the air. Wood, food, supplies, and more burst out of the alleyway. Everyone in the area looked to see what happened until moving on like it was an everyday thing.

   "You okay?" Kanan asked and I only nodded. We peeked around the corner to see our stuff crushed by a boulder about the size of the alley.

   "Where did that come from and-wait how did you know that was going to happen?" I asked then continued, "Is that your power? To sense things?"

   "I don't know and sure," he muttered. He carefully peeked around the corner and craned his neck to look up. I looked up at the tops of the buildings to see no one standing at the edge looking down.