For You Alone

Always In Motion

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Arrival at Scarif was uneventful, as Hera used the Ghost's signal scrambler to slip in the planetary shield undetected. "What now?"

Ezra reached out with the Force. "The team's already in the Tower." He frowned. "But something's happening in space."

Hera nodded, peering at her scopes. "The Blockade has engaged the fleet. The shield has been closed."

Sabine looked at Ezra. "What do we do?"

Ezra was silent for a moment. "We wait." He opened his eyes and glanced out the viewport. "There's nothing we can do to help Rogue One. They're too deep inside the Tower. The firefight outside will only intensify if we join."

Hera scowled. "So we came all this way for nothing?"

Ezra shook his head. "No. Something feels off. Like it's a trap." He reached out further. "The officers aren't surprised at this attack at all. And they've called for reinforcements."

"Ezra." Hera had that determined look in her eye. "What can we do to assist?"

Ezra thought for a quick second. "Sabine, Zeb; I need you to come with me. Hera, Chopper; guard the Ghost. If I'm reading things right, we're going to need a fast exit."

As soon as they were on the ground, Zeb looked to Ezra. "You feel it too."

Ezra nodded. "Yeah. It's not depression, I'd know what that feels like. This is something else. She's grieving for Kanan, but her Signature is also filled with happiness."

Sabine frowned. Part of her wanted to know what Ezra meant with his first sentence. But her focus had to be on Hera. "What do you think it is?"

Ezra shook his head. "I don't know. She's not sharing, but she feels lighter than she has since Kanan."

Sabine opened her mouth, but the battle before them drew attention away. "Wow..."

Death Troopers, the terrifying stormtroopers that had been appearing more and more in those final months of the Occupation, had established a perimeter around the tower, and the Rebels were dug in trenches surrounding. It was a stalemate.

Ezra ignited his lightsaber. "C'mon. We can change this battle." He ran forward, deflecting the blaster bolts that were fired at him, Sabine and Zeb following. The Rebels in the trench, upon seeing the Jedi, leapt forward, following Ezra towards the tower.

Hera was monitoring the comms, eyes narrowing at what she heard. "Ghost to Admiral Raddus, what is going on?'

"It's a trap!"

Hera scowled. "What do you mean?"

"The Planet-Killer has emerged from hyperspace!"

Hera gasped. "No..." She switched comm channels. "Kids, get out of there now!"

"We've almost taken the tower..."

"No time." Hera was staring into the horizon. "There won't be a tower in a minute. Just trust me, get back now!"

Ezra glanced at Sabine and Zeb. "I haven't heard Hera like that since..." Kanan. "Let's go."

Zeb fired one last shot, hitting one of the Death Troopers. "We sure this isn't her distress?"

Sabine pursed her lips. "Doesn't matter. Hera's in charge. And if what she says is true, we can't afford to stay." She tossed a thermal detonator towards the tower door, succeeding in opening it. "Come on, we have to get back."

As soon as they were on board, Hera raised the ramp, taking off a moment later. Raddus's news had shaken her. She couldn't lose any more family.

Ezra sat down in the co-pilot's chair. "What's going on?"

Hera sighed. "The planet-killer is directly overhead. We think it's going to destroy the tower to prevent the plans from getting away."

Ezra nodded, mind going back to Pryce destroying the entire fuel depot to destroy a small band of Rebels. "What do you need us to do?"

Hera turned on the ship comm. "Sabine, Zeb; get on the turrets. As soon as we exit the shield, we're going to have TIE's on us." She turned to Ezra. "I'm going to need you in the nose turret."

Ezra nodded, strapping himself in. "Where are we going?"

Hera didn't glance down. "We're staying as long as we can, then we're jumping."

A few minutes later, Ezra felt something. "Hera, bank left hard."

Hera didn't question it, just obeyed. "What's going on?"

Ezra got out of the nose cannon, pointing out the viewport. "Keep to the left side of the station. No matter what."

"Hera." It was Sabine, and she sounded rattled. "We have a-"

The planet-killer fired, laser headed to Scarif, passing through the section the Ghost had just occupied. The closeness of the near-miss rattled the ship, sending Ezra, who had gone to find out what Sabine was talking about, into the ceiling above him, knocking him out.

Sabine closed the door to the boy's room. "He's unconscious. Hit his head harder than we thought, I guess."

Hera was still staring at the remnants of the laser. "What could have done such devastation?"

Sabine sat down next to Zeb. "The kyber crystals."

Hera looked away from the viewport at her. "What?"

Sabine brandished Kanan's lightsaber, casting a blue glow about the commons. "Energy constantly flows through the crystal." Repeating the words Kanan had told her brought that whole night back, and she smiled. "You're not fighting with a simple blade so much as you are directing a current of power." She extinguished the blade and set the lightsaber on the table. "Those kyber crystals we destroyed were massive. Too big for any lightsaber. But big enough for that." She pointed at the space station. "If the Empire has that kind of power..."

Hera shuddered. "Then none of us stand a chance. We just have to pray they don't find Yavin."

Sabine was sitting next to Ezra's bed, formerly Zeb's bed, when the Lasat popped his head in. "The plans for the planet-killer were delivered to Leia. We're jumping."

Sabine nodded, feeling the familiar pulse of hyper-space rock the ship. "Back to Yavin?"

Zeb nodded. "Yeah."

Chapter Notes!

I). The original plan for this story was to just have the Ghost crew sit passively and watch the OT unfold. But, where's the fun in that? So, things will change. 

II). I feel as though someone grabbed Kanan's lightsaber. I highly doubt either Ezra or Hera would leave it there to be blown up. So, Kanan's blade survives. 

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