Falling In Love With Your Mortal Enemy

Intelligence

Three years later...

It's been three years since we arrived on Yavin 4, four years since Zeb and I were stuck on the Geonosian Ice Moon of Bahryn, six months since Kanan Jarrus died and Ezra Bridger kept Thrawn from escaping while the Purgil took them on Thrawn's busted Star Destroyer, disappearing into Hyperspace. Sabine stayed on Lothal to protect it from any Imperial retaliation, nothing as of yet.

"Hey Kallus!" Hera said, walking up to me.

"Hey Hera! What's going on?" I asked the seven month pregnant Twi'lek.

"You've become an excellent pilot and you are going to Pilot the Ghost with Rex and Zeb to rescue a group of Wookies!" She said.

"Ok, just tell me when we leave and I'll be there!" I said.

"You leave in an hour! So you need to pack up some bombs and supplies before you leave!" She said.

"Ok, but I'm an Intelligence Officer! Why do they need me to go?" I asked.

"Your going because only you can pilot the Ghost as well as I do, and incase they need help with anything else! Your an amazing warrior too, so that's also why you're going! Also, take Tank with you incase you have to help Rex and Zeb!" She said.

"Yes Captain!" I said, jokingly saluting her.

                             ***

After we packed up the bombs, food, and Medical Supplies, Rex, Zeb, Tank, my reprogramed K2 unit Droid, and I boarded the Ghost. I entered the Coordinates for the Slave Ship said to drop out of Hyperspace for its final jump into the computer and entered Hyperspace.

"How long before we get there?" Zeb asked, walking into the cockpit.

"About seven hours!" I said, turning to him.

"Who's up for a game of Sabacc?" Rex, the old Clone, asked.

"I can't! I have to pilot the Ghost incase something comes up!" I said.

"I'm down for a game and completely crushing you Old Man!" Zeb said.

"You wish Lasat!" Rex teased.

"Ouch!" Zeb said as the two of them left the cockpit.

"Lardos!" I whispered, rolling my eyes and turning back to the controls. I picked up my Datapad and started reading a few reports and Imperial transcripts and order forms.

                              ***

"Dropping out of Hyperspace, now!" I said, hitting the controls. The swirls and elongated stars returning to little dots in the sky. The wait was short before the Slave Ship showed up.

"Let's go!" Rex said, running from the cockpit with Zeb. I easily positioned the Ghost right next to the other ship and locked onto its door dock.

"Your good to go guys!" I said.

"Thanks Kallus!" Rex said.

                             ***

'Idiots!' I thought when I heard blaster fire on the other end of the Com system.

"Take over Tank! They need help!" I said, racing from the cockpit. I grabbed the blaster from its holster attached to my belt and thigh. I entered the ship and carefully made my way to the prisoner containment section.

"Where'd the Bo-Rifle and meteorite come from?" A Storm Trooper asked as I hid from two around the corner.

"They apparently belonged to that traitorous Agent Kallus!" The other said. I perked up at the mention of my name. When they passed, I saw that one did indeed have my Bo-Rifle and the Meteorite from Bahryn that I kept from when I was trapped there with Zeb.

I easily snuck up on them and took them out. I retrieved both items and continued for the Prisoner Containment section, placing the Meteorite in a pouch on my left hip, opposite the holster. I found the section without much trouble and found Zeb and Rex releasing the Wookie prisoners.

They didn't see the two troopers sneaking up on them, so I shifted my weapon into Rifle mode and easily took them out. Zeb and Rex quickly spin and look to see what happened.

"Good thing I showed up huh?" I asked, joining them.

"Yeah it is!" Zeb said, smiling. Just then, something incredibly heavy and metal made contact with my right knee and I cried out from the pain.

"Kallus!" Rex said as I fell to the ground on my hand and knees, my bad knee throbbing like crazy.

"I'm fine!" I said, managing to get to my feet, at least until whoever attacked me smashed me in the knee again.

"Kallus!" Zeb cried when my Bo-Rifle was knocked out of my hand and landed at the Lasat's feet. A Force Field blocked them from me while a Durosian female loomed over me.

"You guys need to get the Wookies out of here!" I said, taking the pouch holding the Meteorite and throwing it through the shield.

"I'm not leaving you behind!" Zeb said, tears in his eyes.

"You have to!" I said as the Durosian bashed me in my bad knee again.

"We have to go Zeb, otherwise his sacrifice will be for nothing!" Rex said.

"Ok!" Zeb said, grabbing my Rifle and pouch. When they left, I turned my attention back to my attacker.

"Who are you?" I asked, backing up against the Force Field.

"I'm a bounty hunter set to find you for a very Wealthy Client hell bent on torturing you for betraying the Empire!" She said, smashing her Blaster butt into my knee again.

"Bitch!" I said, getting to my feet, which was a minor miracle since it was starting to bruise and swell from the repeated blows.

"Oh, come now! There's no need for such foul language!" She smirked. I leaned back against the wall, panting while she stared intently at me.