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As they broke Lothal's atmosphere, Hera was confused about why so many people were coming after them. Chopper was taken down by a blast that short-circuited his circuitry, putting him offline. Zeb took his place as the gunner to try and help shoot down the TIEs that were still incoming.
Sabine also managed to translate Tseebo knowing what happened to Ezra's parents, but priorities got in the way. Not to mention Ezra didn't seem to care and believed them to be dead.
"Can someone explain to me why we're extra popular today?" Hera questions.
"We picked up a passenger. It's the Rodian the Empire was searching for," Kanan explains as he runs to the top gun.
"And he's important why?" Hera questions.
"Because his cybernetic implant has half of the Empire's secrets in his head," Sabine explained as she went to the second gunner.
"Well, I can see why that's important." Hera was starting to follow. "And the new people?"
"Hera, meet Jane and Lady Sif." Peter introduced them as he used his suit to remove some flames from the shooting. "They're Outsiders! Not Avengers, though!"
"Are most of them that came here Avengers?" Jane was curious to know.
"Mostly." Ezra shrugged.
"Ezra, I need you in the cockpit!" Hera cried down from above.
Ezra ran off and Hera was trying to get them to jump to hyperspace before they were shot down and killed. While they were being shot at from outside, the Inquisitor managed to shoot and implant a tracker on the hull of the Phantom.
Just seconds before Tseebo managed to implant hyperspace coordinates and jumped them into hyper speed.
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The Grand Inquisitor then returned to one of the Star Destroyers and marched down the hull of the ship. He reached the deck where all eyes turned towards him. He walked to the front windows and closed his eyes and sensed the feeling of the Jedi and Apprentice.
"We are receiving a signal from the tracker." The officer in charge informed the Inquisitor. "They will not be able to outrun us for long."
The Inquisitor closed his eyes and kept track of the two Jedi. "I can sense l the presence of the Jedi and Padawan within my grasp."
Mara Jade then walked to the doors of the bridge, waiting for them to slide open. She was starting to get a little infuriated by the Outsiders thanks to her latest defeat. She was looking to get revenge for mocking her by using a hologram that managed to fool her. She watched as she walked near the Inquisitor as the Star Destroyer entered hyperspace.
"I take it the Avenger escaped?" Inquisitor was happy to say she was having worse luck than he was at catching him.
"He's as slippery as a Hutt." Mara Jade was sorry to admit with a sigh. "And I almost had him, if it weren't for the interference from that woman. But I'll be sure to be prepared this time."
"We shall see." Inquisitor was looking forward to capturing these Jedi and Outsiders.
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Back on the Ghost, the group was working on fixing the things that were broken by their recent escape attempt. Peter was trying to see the damage that was presented to his web shooters due to Mara Jade crushing them. Hera was working on fixing Chopper and luckily the damage wasn't anything that she couldn't fix with ease. Jane was standing in the middle of the opening and flipped the hammer in her hands. Ezra was sitting and eyeing Tseebo who was just standing there after his rescue.
"So, what are we going to do with him?" Ezra wonders.
Kanan waved his hand in front of Tseebo, seeing he did not react. "We have a few ideas. But you're the one who has a history. The question is, what do you want to do with him?"
Ezra then placed on his trooper helmet and crossed his arms. "Don't know. Don't much care."
Kanan sighed and knew he wasn't getting far with this. "Ezra, you'll never be able to advance your skills as a Jedi if you're not honest. With yourself, at least."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ezra sounded offended, getting up to try and walk away.
"It means Tseebo matters to you." Kanan didn't stop him but managed to yank the helmet off his head. "That you care about what happens to him."
"Why should I care?" Ezra asks in annoyance, gesturing towards Tseebo. "He did nothing to save my parents!"
"What could he have done against the Empire?" Kanan questions Ezra's anger.
Sabine then walked up and poked the implant on Tseebo. "And besides, look at what he's done since then. The Empire pushes for these Implants, but they're not mandatory yet. He must have volunteered. He downloaded as much as he could, then he ran. Maybe he's trying to make up for letting you down. Why else would he take on the Empire alone?"
Tseebo suddenly came to life again. "Empire."
Then he started to speak Huttease, something only Sabine seemed to understand. Making Peter realize she understood everything Jabba was saying.
"He's saying that the Empire is tracking us," Sabine warns them in worry.
Zeb seemed to not believe it and scoffed. "Oh, come on, the Imperials can't track us through Hyperspace." Then he started to question that statement. "Can they?"
Then Tseebo's headpiece projected a hologram that showed a small device that looked like the end of a rocket. "Imperial XX-23 S-thread tracker was developed by Sinear Systems, to trade ships through hyperspace to destination."
"Could they have tagged us with that thing?" Kanan asks in worry.
"I say we be safe than sorry," Peter commented and did a little whistle. BD-22 came running into the room and used a small thruster on his back to land on Peter's shoulder. "Hey, Buddy." He gave the guy a scratch on the head before pointing to the hologram. "Think you can scan the ship for that thing?"
BD gave another whistle before leaping off and running off to do just that. As they watched the little guy run away, Hera was able to get Chopper back online. And it was sufficient to say he wasn't happy with what happened. He was frantically grunting and yelling with his arms waving around.
"Calm down, Chop. You were only offline for a few minutes." Hera tried to calm him down.
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The group later met back up in the cockpit where BD came with the results of his scan. He showed a hologram protection that confirmed that the ship was tagged with the S-thread tracker.
So, they did tag us." Sabine was worried to see.
"Yes. But the good news is the tracer's actually on the hull of the Phantom." Hera was able to look on the bright side.
"Phantom?" Jane wasn't sure she understood.
"It's what they call their pod ship," Loki explains to her. "That means we could just detach the Phantom, and let the Imperials chase after their own device. Right?"
Sabine was a little skeptical about the idea. "That's not exactly the safest option."
"We haven't even gotten to the unsafe part," Kanan said, seeming to agree with Loki.
"Can't wait to hear this." Zeb comments.
Kanan then looked to Hera. "I checked our current trajectory. If you can modify the hyperspace coordinates..."
"I can," Hera confirmed.
"Then maybe we can pass by the asteroid field where the old Clone Base is," Kanan tells them the plan.
"You mean the one with those nasties that live in the shadows?" Sabine asks in concern.
"Where we were kidnapped by those pirates," Peter added in disgust. "Sold to the Hutts."
"Then you blew them up," Loki added.
"That was Hulk's doing." Peter defended.
"Side note aside, why would we want to go down there?" Ezra asks.
"Because there's more than the tracker at work. The Inquisitor is on our trail, and I have a feeling that redhead isn't far behind."
Peter suddenly became worried. "Uh, I'm not liking the fact Mara Jade woman was brought up."
"You're not gonna like the next part either." Kanan was sorry to say. "As long as me, Ezra, and even Peter, are on the Ghost, he will be able to track us and Tseebo."
"So, I gotta leave the Ghost and go to this nasty-filled asteroid as a favor to Tseebo?" Ezra asks sarcastically.
"As a favor to us all," Kanan stated. "And don't worry, I'll be right beside you."
"Mind if we came along?" Jane asks as she gestured to herself and Sif. "Feels like we'd be more useful to you there rather than here."
Loki then quickly stood up and raised a finger. "Then I might just have to go with. We don't know if she got my scent during that illusion I cast. Best to be safe than sorry."
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Peter was working his best to try and fix the Web-shooters in his suit as he was trying to make sure that he was at his full capacity for this mission. He couldn't be down his most powerful asset when he and his friend's lives are counting on him. Sabine walked over and leaned on the doorway, she just had finished her talk with Ezra and was not exactly on board with this plan. It meant sending Peter to a dangerous environment that they barely survived the first time they went there. And his suit wasn't even fixed yet, which didn't add to her confidence in this task.
"You ready?" Sabine asks.
"As ready as I can be," Peter stated as he stood up. "I can't get my shooters to function, I need someone like Stark or Hank Pym to help me if I want to get them functional again."
"Are you sure you're up for this task?" Sabine wonders as she stood up.
"No. definitely not. I'm going up against several people with powers way beyond my comprehension." Peter stated these Jedi and their ways of the Force are a complete mystery to him. "And I'm just a guy in an Iron suit." He tossed the screwdriver on the table. "I'm nothing."
Sabine didn't seem to agree with that as she sternly eyed him. "You're not nothing, Peter." She sat down on the opposite side of the bench and took his hand. "The iron suit is nothing without the man inside. You recall you saved us from the Hutts, fought the Hulk, and took on the Empire since the day we got here. You're my hero-I mean, you're a hero, Peter."
Peter chuckled as he didn't help but overhear her slip-up. "Well, just in case this mission goes sideways and this is the last we see of one another...you're my hero, too." Sabine wasn't exactly sure what to say when she heard that. "You were the one who helped me hack the suit and saved me without even realizing it."
Sabine chuckled and started to fidget with her hair as she wasn't sure where to go with that information. Then Peter and Sabine closed their eyes, slowly moving towards one another. Neither of them noticed how close they were getting when Jane and Loki were making their way through the ship. They were just making their way through and took notice of the two of them.
"Hey," Jane called them out, getting both of them to flinch backward and back away from each other. "We ready to go?"
"Yep!" Peter said as he stood up and started to blush as he left. "I'm...I'm gonna go to the Phantom. Wait for you guys there."
And with that, he left the room and left Sabine getting eyed by Loki and Jane. "I'm...I'm gonna go and wait in the cockpit."
And with that, she walked out of the room while also placing her helmet on to hide her blushing face. Jane watched as she walked past them to walk through and looked at Loki.
"Something going on between Spider-Man and that girl?" Jane asks him.
"Oh, one hundred percent," Loki commented as he strolled towards the ship. "They hide it worse than you and my brother."
"Okay, ouch. We never really hid it." Jane commented as she followed him to the ship.
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Later on, they were all in the Phantom with everyone else in the cockpit of the Ghost. They were all stepping down and getting ready to get ready for the separation, knowing that this isn't going to go smoothly. When they were detected from the ship, they were flung from Hyperspace and all of them were having a hard time keeping their heads on straight.
When they were floating off into space normally this time, they all took a moment to get their heads on straight again. "Well, that was the easy part."
That was when they were starting to make their way to the old base to get the rest of the plan together. They flew in mostly silence as they were all focusing on the battle yet to come. As they were heading for the base, it was lucky they there didn't seem to be as many asteroids or any big ones in the area, meaning if needed so they can make a hasty retreat and not need to worry about being followed.
"So, can we go over the plan again?" Ezra asks.
"We never even went over the full plan once," Sif commented.
"Exactly," Ezra replied.
"You remember the creatures Hera, Peter, and Sabine came across?" Kanan asks Ezra.
"Yeah," Ezra confirmed.
"And I'd love to forget about them," Peter commented.
"Well, I'm gonna need you to connect with them like I was trying to teach you before if we're going to survive this," Kanan explains to Ezra, referring to his Jedi lesson that was interrupted due to the mission.
Ezra exclaimed in fear and annoyance. "Is now really the best time for a lesson?"
"No, but I figured you'd learn the way you do best, by surviving," Kana explains. He then looked out to the others. "Drop you guys here and you can set up the perimeter?"
"Works for us," Jane says as the door opens.
Peter, Jane, Sif, and Loki all dropped out of the ship and started to look around. Kanan would take care of the tracker whilst Ezra started to connect to the creatures. They would be out in the light until then and looked around.
"So, what's the plan?" Loki asks, conjuring some knives and his helmet. He then spun the knives in his hands for the fun of it. "Are we setting a trap or are we ambushing?"
"I think they're setting a trap inside," Peter tells them as he scanned the area. "Karen? Any ships inbound?"
"Sensors indicate that there's an Imperial Destroyer inbound," Karen tells them.
They saw their ship was starting to exit and were coming down towards them. This was now a live-or-die situation for all of them. As the short time was beginning to pass, the Imperial ships came in for a landing showing they were two different shuttles with one carrying Mara jade and a squad of troops. The other was carrying the Grand Inquisitor and his own squadron, neither of them was taking any chances as they both weren't going to let them escape.
"They're here, the ship is inside." The squad leader tells the two of them.
"Keep them contained, we want them alive." Mara Jade warns them.
They then approached the base, where they activated their flashlight on the guns to then allow them to see. But both Mara Jade and the Inquisitor both stopped when they felt something was off. The troops found Kanan, Ezra, and Peter on their knees and awaiting them, the creatures patiently waiting behind them. They felt something wasn't right with the force, sensing something was not as it seemed. Seems they discovered that too late when the Jedi raised their hands and sent the creatures into attack mode. The Imperials were starting to get taken out with ease, all but the inquisitor and Jade.
"This was your full plan?" Mara Jade asks as she then tossed one of the creatures into some metal, impaling it in the process. "To lure us somewhere for these creatures to do your dirty work?"
Peter stood up and aimed his repulsers at her. "How do you think it's going so far?" He then shot two blasts, getting her to activate her saber and block the blasts. "Now!"
Out of nowhere, it seemed, Loki came down and created a spear to then impale a trooper. When one of the troopers tried to shoot him, it turned into a hologram that only sent the shot into the troop's head, killing him instantly. That's when Sif came and joined the party and leaped down from the ship and impaled a troop down from the top of their helmet, impaling the ground and bringing the troop to their knees. Then for the grand entrance, Jane came flying in and slammed the ground, sending dozens of the troops flying as she sent a shockwave of lightning to take them down.
Mara Jade was shocked when she watched Jane remove her helmet, revealing her face to the girl. "Padmé Amidala?"
Jane was a little confused by that as she looked at Peter, Loki, and even Sif, none of them having a clue what she was talking about. "The name... is Mighty Thor!"
She then spun around, spinning her hammer in the process. She then flung the hammer towards Mara Jade, who used force to try and block it. But that's when Sif came down and tried to impale her, getting her to refocus her attention toward her. Jade ended up blocking the attack, keeping one hand up to stop the hammer. Peter then came in, webbing her foot and causing Mara to lose her grip. Getting hit in the face, Mara groaned as she fell to her knees, using the Force to throw Sif and Peter away from her.
"And if you can't say, Mighty Thor..." Jane called the hammer back to her. "...then call me Dr. Jane Foster!"
She then strikes the ground with all of her might, sending a wave of lightning to hit Mara Jade. But she managed to avoid it by quickly using her saber to absorb the strike. But that only did so much as it still ended up sending Mara Jade flying.
"And last of all..." Jane called the hammer back, charging a strike within her. "...eat my hammer!"
Jane went flying and swung the hammer to try and strike her down. But Mara Jade wasn't going down that easy as she shielded the attack and blocked the strike.
The two were practically playing tug of war in reverse against one another as they kept pushing it. Everyone was continuing the fight with Kanan being hit by the Inquisitor and knocked out.
Loki was walking over to help when he impaled another trooper. "Loki..."
Loki recognizes that voice, looking over and noticing that it was indeed who he thought it was. "Heimdall?"
The All-Seeing Eye of Asgard was reaching out to Loki, seemingly hiding from something, wherever he is. "It's good to see you."
"How are you here?" Loki asks.
"Same way as you, I imagine." Heimdall jokes as he appears to be fighting something. "I have been trying to figure this universe out. I appear to be blinded by this world, but I am learning to see as I once did."
"Okay, so, why me?" Loki asks. "Sif is here, Jane is here..."
"No, Loki, it is you I need," Heimdall said as he started to March, but standing still to Loki's point of view. "Behind you!"
Loki acted quickly and drew a dagger and sent it flying across the room. It impaled a trooper who was aiming a distance away. "Thanks. Where are you?"
"On a planet where these Imperials seem to be minding crystals of sorts," Heimdall said as he ducked dodging something.
"Yeah, that doesn't narrow it down." Loki comments. "Can we get back to, why call me?"
"Because of your illusions," Heimdall explains. "I might be able to use my connection to our world, as I can still see what's happening there. They have given up. Thanos destroyed the Infinity Stones."
"That's bad." Loki comments. "How do we get home?"
"I might have a way we can make contact with them," Heimdall explains why he called him. "I need you to come to me. Only together can we get a message to Thor and the other Asgardians that we are still alive."
Loki nodded and looked around. "I'll finish up here, and we'll come for you."
Heimdall then drew his sword again. "I'll await your arrival!"
And with that, Heimdall was gone.
"Your devotion to your master is admirable," Inquisitor tells Ezra. "But it will not save you. Nothing can. Your master will die. Your friends will die. And everything you hoped for will be lost. This is how the story ends."
"No." Ezra was growing worried for his friends. "No!"
Then all of a sudden, everyone started to feel something was wrong none of them sure how they can feel it. Then they watched as Ezra was starting to summon a gigantic version of the creatures, seemingly being their leader.
"Oh, great, they have a Queen Alien," Peter commented and noticed the confusion between Mara and the troops. "Oh, come on, somebody!"
"I actually got it," Jane admitted.
"Thank you!" Peter was happy to see someone did.
But when Ezra released the creature, everyone got a new main objective to try and survive. Everyone scattered to avoid it, with Kanan getting Ezra and himself out of the Phantom. He seemed to have fainted after that incident with the creature and the Force. Peter was quick to follow when he webbed Mara Jade to the destroyed shuttle and raced to the ship. But Loki and the Asgardians had a different idea when they ran into the Imperial shuttles and took off.
Mara Jade and the Inquisitor were stuck and watched as the shuttle left, all of their troopers slaughtered and killed.
"Our Master is not gonna be happy." Mara Jade sighed.
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Loki used one of his holograms to explain to Peter what they were doing. Kanan was explaining to Ezra what happened while Loki was doing the same for him.
"So, you guys are venturing off now?" Peter asks him.
"Heimdall thinks there are ways we can call upon our friends who survived," Loki explains to him. "It could benefit us all if we were able to communicate with them."
"Let them know we're okay," Peter confirmed he understood what they were doing. "So, this is goodbye?"
"For now." Loki nodded. "If you ever need us...give us a call."
Peter smiled. "Okay. See you guys out there."
Then Loki vanished and they were making their way back to the Ghost. When they parked their shuttle back with the main ship, they then regrouped with everyone else. They were glad to see that they were okay and that the others could maybe help them find a way home.
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Meanwhile...back in the Soul Stone, a young Pakistani girl woke up and gasped. She looked around and was wondering what was going on. The last thing that she knew, she was laying down on her bed after a fight with Damage Control giving herself the name of Ms. Marvel. Her name was Kamala Khan, and she stood up to see she was still in her uniform and had her bangle that granted her powers on her wrist.
"Where...where am I?" Kamala asks as she looked around.
"That..." Madame Web's voice echoed, summoning herself behind the girl. "Is the perfect question, Kamala Khan. But here's a better one..." She then leaned closer to the girl, who was still a distance away. "Where do you want to be?"
"Wh...what?" Kamala was a little lost. "Who are you?"
"I'm Madame Web. And you and I have lots to talk about." Madame Web stated. "But the biggest question of all..." She then raised her fingers, ready to snap. "So you want to become an Avenger?"
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