(SWR AU Story Number 62) They are are a crew, a team and a family

confronting a coward

This chapter will get very agresive very fast. So sit back, grab some popcorn and enjoy 😁

The ghost was on route to yavin 4. Two members were injured, but only one was recognised. Gregor was getting temporarily patched up in the meeting area by Rex and Wolfe, but Ezra was still in the cockpit with the rest of the ghost crew along with kallus, Hondo, ketsu and Mart who decided to go to yavin also. The new requirements who helped assist in taking down Pryce's forces also stayed on lothal, they took transportation to the city where they remained untill the planet was free of imperials, and they would also help the planet heal naturally.

Whilst everyone else was in the cockpit they were all discussing how they should land...they all wanted a word with Mon mothma after her refusing to send reinforcements to assist the crew in lothal's liberation, but Mon mothma was unaware of their success, since they diddn't inform her on their progress. So Hera sujested a plan which would give them a few minutes to find and locate her. "If I hide the ghost's signiture after we leave hyperspace then they won't be able to track us until we land. That will buy us some time to give her a suprise she won't forget" Hera infirmed the crew. "I can't believe she turned her back on us! Yet they treat her as a leader, even though she makes cowardly actions towards the empire!" Ezra said. "Even though Saw made extreme acts towards other living beings, he at least had the bravery to face the empire like us" Sabine responded. "The empire won't give up until they either wipe us all out, or there's no hope for them to retake the galaxy" kanan added.

After a quick conversation Hera informed the crew that they were over half an hour till they reached yavin 4... afterwards the crew went off and left Hera, chopper, kanan & Kallus in the cockpit. Ezra left first limping towards his room unseen, but as Sabine turned around she noticed he was gone. She looked at Hera in worry, and Hera nodded as if to say "go to him" and she had a wild guess where he was. She opened the door and Ezra was sat on the bottom bed breathing heavily and looking pale. She then closed the door And Hondo, mart and ketsu went to join the clones afterwards. Sabine sat next to Ezra with a worried look on her face.

Sabine: what's wrong? Don't be afraid to tell me. I'm always h.....

At this moment she placed her left hand on Ezra's shoulder, where his wound was. She felt it and as she looked at it she started to panic, as if she might loose her closest freind again. She immediately began to cry, and they looked at each other. Sabine saw fear in Ezra's eyes, and Ezra saw the same in her eyes. Sabine feared for Ezra's wellbeing, but Ezra feared for how Sabine was reacting. "who did this?" Sabine asked as all her anger was unleashed towards the person who had threatened his life. "...it was Thrawn" Ezra replied with a soft and low pitched voice. "He freed himself from the purgil and shot me, but I responded with that favour by shooting him and sending him far away from lothal" Ezra explained as he was running low on breath. "The next time I see him I will choke off his air supply, blast a hole through his face and shove him into the vacuum of space and watch him...." Sabine responded with the most agresive voice Ezra had ever heard. He stopped her before she finished to calm her down. "It's ok....we won't be seing him again. I'm just glad that we're all in one piece." Ezra said calmly.

After Ezra tried to calm her she burried her face in his right shoulder and started to cry. Ezra put his hand on her head to comfort her, and while this was happening Ezra's body system was stabilising. It had faught off the wound and had left Ezra in the clear. Hera then walked past and heard Sabine crying.

"Sabine?. Is everything alright? Is Ezra in there?" Hera asked calmly. "...you can come in" Sabine responded. as Hera walked in, she closed the door imediatly and saw tears streaming down Sabine's face and saw Ezra looking out of breath. "What's wrong? Tell me." Hera asked as the mother with a heart of gold sat in front of her two children. "It's Ezra" Sabine replied Tring to stay calm. "What's happened?" Hera replied with a nervous look on her face. "Thrawn shot me" Ezra bursted out at her, and suddenly the whole room felt cold as Ezra was near death again. "...where?" Hera responded as she turned slightly pale. Ezra then turned towards Sabine and Hera then saw the crimson red blaster wound behind Ezra's left shoulder, it was black in contact but it wasn't fully cauterized so a small amount of blood came through and turned it into a dark crimson like Devil's blood harming the young boy. "I'm not losing you again. We're nearly at yavin, so we'll patch you up there. For now, I'll go and get a bacta patch for you. Just stay calm, and get some rest." Hera advised her son.