Snowy Misfortune

Diversion

Ezra shrunk back as the large man loomed over him with a smirk.

Agent Kallus reached out and pulled the boy up by the collar. "You won't get away this time, boy!" Looking to his right he called out for two higher ranked troopers. "Secure him and lock him in isolation cell 218. We'll continue this meeting upon boarding the ship." Then to his right, "Load the crates! We're leaving!"

All the while Ezra struggled to loose the soldiers' grip, but failing. Helplessly being dragged away, he desperately reached through to Kanan's mind link. 'Kanan!'

While the rest of the Ghost's crew continued to loot their much needed supplies, Kanan ran through the icy streets of the town looking for his young apprentice. His breath came out in slightly visible puffs, and his face was most likely red by then. Pausing only for the occasional message pulses sent to him from Ezra, Kanan followed the flow.

But after a while, the messages stopped, and Kanan was left tracking Ezra the hard way.

Coming upon a parked Imperial transport, Kanan watched soldiers load supplies. He didn't wait long before he saw two soldiers drag out his unconscious padawan.

Anger and worry rose in him, but he calmed himself before he ended up doing something reckless. Sighing, Kanan reached for his comm and called.

"This is Spector 1 to Ghost. We're mostly on track. However it's no surprise that one of us has got himself into trouble...again. I'm going to need you to track my comm. Ezra has been taken by Imperials on a transport. I'll be taking a ride as well."

Kanan waited a moment before Hera replied. "Okay. I'll have Chopper track you. I'll be ready to pick up the others then I'll follow you."

With that confirmed, Kanan snuck onto the back of the transport when it closed, holding on until it came to a stop way out of town. Kanan jumped off and watched as the transport entered an underground lair. He'd wait for the others to arrive while he came up with a plan to infiltrate the facility.

Darkness and chilling cold.

Hard freezing ground and silent air.

Twitching slightly against a breeze, Ezra coughed and tried to sit up. Slowly blinking his eyes open, Ezra noted he was in a dark containment cell, much like the one he was in when he was in the Star Destroyer. Sighing Ezra crawled to the bunk and leaned against the wall. He winced when his head hit the wall just a bit to hard, and his breath came out in jagged puffs. All was quiet until he heard heavy steps approaching.

The door slid open revealing Agent Kallus and the soldiers from before. He stepped inside and leaned towards him. "We're here only for a short while longer. Looks like your rebel friends are coming to save you again, but they'll be distracted here while we all board the ship waiting elsewhere. So for now make yourself comfortable." Standing up straight again, Kallus petting Ezra's head and smirked at his obvious discomfort. Taking his leave, two more soldiers replaced Kallus. One took his bag, while the other cuffed Ezra to a chain attached to the wall. Then in the next moment, Ezra was left alone in his cold silent cell.

After what seemed like forever, but was really near to an hour, Kallus and the soldiers came back. The soldiers undid the chain attached to the wall and used it's length to pull Ezra forward, like a dog on a leash. He was lead to an old fashioned underground rail transport where the Agent, the soldiers, and himself were loaded on. The next moment they were zooming through the tunnels to an unknown location were the supposed Imperial ship was waiting. Again, Ezra tried to reach Kanan through their mind link. 'Kanan!'

When the rest of the crew caught up with Kanan, they found him facing off against a few storm troopers by himself.

Hera landed the ship and left Chopper in charge of controls while herself, Sabine, and Zeb rushed out to assist their leader.

"Kanan! Where's Ezra!" Without looking away from shooting, Kanan replied to Hera. "I saw him being taken into this underground lair! I tried to sneak in, but I've been pushed back by these soldiers. We need to get rid of them quick so we can find Ezra before anything else happens!" Having been answered, Hera refocused her attention to the guards and signaled Sabine to throw a grenade. In the moment after it's explosion, the rebels started their plan of infiltrating the facility.

Once inside the building, Kanan lead his crew down a few halls until they reached the containment cell. Only having to take down a few more guards, they came to what they were looking for.

Using the force, he tried to sense Ezra, but only felt a dim signature. Cursing in his mind, he turned to his team. "He's not here anymore. But-..." Just then Kanan felt another pulse through the link between Ezra and him which was much like a message from before. Focusing closer, he realized the pulses were getting weaker and weaker, meaning the distance between the mind link was growing.

The crew stared at Kanan as his expression contoured with focus and stress. After as heavily visible sigh, their leader finally addressed them again.

"He's being transported somewhere else again. This whole place was just a diversion. We need to find out where their going, but for that to happen, we need to get back on the ship and use it's trackers. He's still on this planet, but not for long."

/OOoooo Ezra! Hehehe What should I have them do to you! xD mwahahaha/