Vulnerable to the Force [Star Wars Rebels]{Wattys 2015}

The Metal Bracelet

"So, what do we do now?" Sabine asked as The Ghost took off into space.
"Well, Ezra's fine--just sleeping. We need to fix Chopper though. He was nearly blown to pieces," Kanan replied.
"I'm going to land on this planet for the night. We all need to rest," Hera said.

Sabine wandered into her room and lain in her bed studying her colorful spray paint art. However, she couldn't help but see the closed door across from her room. Zeb entered the room and the doors closed once more. Sabine walked over and closed her doors to keep herself from being distracted. She approached an open space on the wall and began to paint the rebel symbol in a bright orange. Zeb slid to his lower bunk bed and relaxed, knowing he could finally get some sleep without Ezra waking him up. Hera landed The Ghost gently on a sandy planet and everyone fell asleep.

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Ezra had waken up earlier than usual and discovered that no one was up. He crawled back up into his bed and thought about what had happened. His instincts were what failed him on the last mission. Somehow, he didn't sense that the Inquisitor was coming. The only thing he remembered was being told that he made a bond with the Inquisitor. Ezra flung his arms to his side when he heard a loud clang, like metal colliding. He was confused on what had just happened. He checked to make sure Zeb wasn't awake--and he wasn't. Ezra stepped out of the room to make sure no one was on The Ghost. After checking the ground floor, he climbed up the ladder to The Phantom. Everytime, he climbed a rung of the ladder, he continued to hear a loud plink of metal. After searching the entire ship, he found no one. He sat down on a seat in The Phantom and rubbed his head when he felt something cold. Maybe there was something on him. In fact, there was--a metal bracelet with an imperial logo engraved on it.

"Oh no!" Ezra gasped.

He grabbed the metal bracelet and tried to pull it off, but it was placed tight around his wrist. Ezra tried even harder, however, he felt a huge shock from the bracelet. Ezra was dismayed. He was just electrocuted by the bracelet. This is really bad!, Ezra panicked, The Empire could be tracking us with this bracelet! Ezra descended down the ladder and raced up to Kanan's door. He knocked with his right hand, creating that same clanging noise. Kanan was meditating and opened his eyes when he heard the commotion.

"What is it Ezra? Are you feeling okay?" Kanan asked when he saw Ezra.
"Kanan, there's this thing around my wrist," Ezra replied showing Kanan the bracelet, "from the Empire and I think it's tracking us."

Kanan pulled Ezra's wrist up to examine it and saw the imperial logo.

"I've never seen this before," Kanan said.
"What do you think they put it on me? Who do you think put it on me?" Ezra asked.
"Well, judging from yesterday, I think it was from the Inquisitor, but I don't know what it's supposed to do," Kanan replied, slightly sarcastic.
"It just electrocuted me when I tried to take it off," Ezra added.

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"Inquisitor, what is this supposed to do to the boy?" General Kallus asked as the Inquisitor paced in front of him.
"It will prevent him from using the force, it will keep him from using the force for the good side. It will tell us where the rebels are. It will give us information," the Inquisitor replied with a toothy smirk. "It's the key to success."
"We are going to take him one day, right? We have to force the boy to the dark side physically, not just mentally," General Kallus said.
"We will, when the time comes," the Inquisitor said. "But first, we will make him crack. I have gone into his mind and gently opened it, exploiting his secrets and most evil memories. There is nothing good about what has happened to him. There's no way, he won't join us after we point out the obvious to him."
"Yes, sir," General Kallus said as he left.

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"So, what is this?" Kanan asked Sabine as she examined it.
"I don't know," she replied. "If we fix Chopper, maybe he can remove it."
"Yea, but if we try to remove it, it will electrocute me," Ezra told her.