Specter Tales [Series of One-Shots]

Fireworks and Nangle

"Hey, where's Sabine?" Ezra asked as he walked out into the kitchen as Shadow followed him.
"She's in her room making some more explosives," Kanan replied.

They looked at the door of Sabine's room and saw flashes of light shine through the cracks and a loud: "Yes! They work!" Hera walked past Sabine's room and approached Kanan. Suddenly, there was a loud crack and a faint sizzle coming from the hallway. Shadow meowed in shock and jumped up onto the table.

"Uh...what's Sabine doing?" Hera asked.
"She's making some explosives for the new year," Kanan answered. "She and Zeb made some deal."

Then they began to make their way to the cockpit. Shadow remained curled up in a fuzzy, warm ball on the kitchen counter.

"I'll be back soon, Shadow!" Ezra petted the cat.

****

"Yes! They work!" Sabine exclaimed.
"Good! Now can I take the goggles off?" Zeb asked.
"Sure," Sabine replied.

Sabine had ordered Zeb to wear protective goggles from the blinding light created when making the explosives. She had just finished making the last explosive.

"So...what do we do now?" Zeb questioned.
"We wait until night," Sabine said. "That's when the explosives will look the best."
"So, are you sure we can get back at him?" Zeb asked.
"Well...we might need some extra help. Let's tell him," Sabine said.

Zeb sighed and walked up to the door, but made sure that it didn't open. Hera, Ezra, and Kanan were on their way to the cockpit. It would be a great time to get him in their. Zeb opened the door after Hera and Kanan walked by and quickly snatched Ezra. The door closed shut and Ezra realized he was in Sabine's room.

"Hey!" he shouted.
"Sh!" Sabine said. "We need your help with something."

Ezra quickly looked around and didn't see anything suspicious.

"What is it?" Ezra asked.
"We need you to help us prank Kanan," Sabine explained. "We want to get back at him for waking you and Zeb up."
"Wait, why are you and Zeb only doing it?" Ezra asked. "You didn't get a bucket of ice and water poured on you."
"It's only because, with all the excitement coming out of your room, You guys made me mess up my painting! So listen up! We need you to help us steal some nangle imported from Duro," Sabine replied. "Kanan's slightly allergic to it."

Ezra thought for a moment, but a devious smirk appeared on his face.

"Alright, I'll do it," Ezra said as he shook hands with Sabine and Zeb.

Sabine explained how the three of them would steal the nangle from the imperials.

****

After retrieving the nangle, Zeb and Ezra grinded the wood and Sabine put a little of it in each firework. After waiting for the sun to go down, the three specters gathered everyone in front of the ship and launched the fireworks.

"This is nice Sabine!" Hera smiled, looking up into the sky, as Shadow walked around her.

By the time the third firework was launched, Kanan started sneezing. Ezra turned to Zeb as he was silently laughing.

"Kanan sounds like a sneezing Tooka cat!" Ezra whispered as Shadow leaped in Ezra's arms.
"That's why we pulled this on him," Zeb chuckled.

Sabine saw Kanan sneezing and had to put her helmet on to hide her expression. Even Chopper let out a few mechanical laughs. That's when Hera began to pick up on what was happening.

"Did you guys use nangle in your fireworks?" Hera asked.
"What? No!" Sabine said.

Ezra put Shadow in the ground and they (Zeb, Ezra, and Shadow) ran back up into the ship.

"Hold it right there!" She ordered Zeb and Ezra.

They stopped the fireworks and Hera ordered everyone to go into the kitchen. Shadow followed the specters back into The Ghost.

****

"This prank war has got to stop before you guys start to hurt each other," Hera lectured.
"But Kanan deserved it! He woke is up by pouring a bucket of ice and water on our heads!" Ezra argued.
"Yea! Which made us ruin Sabine's painting," Zeb added.
"Well...I can't argue with that...," Hera sighed and looked at Kanan.

She regrouped and looked at everyone.

"Anyway, this prank war is officially over!" Hera said as she left the kitchen.

Kanan, Sabine, Zeb, Chopper, Ezra, and Shadow each looked at each other.

"She's next...," Ezra said.
"So what should we do to her?" Kanan asked.
"I don't know...but it'll have to involve explosives!" Sabine smiled as Chopper agreed.
"Let's meet in my tower tomorrow," Ezra said.

Each of them left suspiciously. Retaliation was on their mind...