Chapter 6: Lightning & Lantern

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Earth-Prime

"We have to find a way to bring them back." Superman said to Cisco.

He and the other Justice League members were in the cave where the Kyber Crystal got shattered.

"This has Sonic's stupidity written all over it." Hotspur said in a grumpy way.

"Yeah well, Sonic is known for being impulsive. Just like my son." Flasheart said.

"It's not just them. Big said he also saw Silver, Blaze, and the Ghosts go after them too." Tails said as he scans the remains of the crystal.

"So they're missing too... just great." Eddie Brock said with Venom on his side.

"So can you guys locate them or not?" Snotlout asked as he sees watches the smart ones work.

"Unfortunately, I can't seem to locate where they are. Whatever the Kyber Crystal's energy did, it seems to have masked their location in the Multiverse." Winston said as he searches on his map.

All the heroes looked at each other worried as they feared they might never find their friends. Amy and Iris looked the most worried. All of a sudden they heard a gas-like sound behind them.

"GARBY!" Dozer scolded the stinky Stagarbasaur as he gassed off again.

"Sorry! I get gassy when I'm nervous." Garby apologized to Dozer.

"There is one thing. Even though we can't locate where they landed, it seems I can use the remains of the Kyber Crystal to teleport at least 3 or 5 people to whatever universe they ended up." Cisco said giving the heroes some hope.

"Great! Question is... who will go first?" Caitlin asked looking at their presence heroes.

Each of the heroes looked at each other as they tried to figure who should go.

"I'll go first."

Everyone turned around to see a big, bulky, and muscular figure stepping forward.

"You sure about this?" Optimus Prime asked.

"Definitely. Like I'm gonna just stand here and wait for them to come back."

"Okay. I'll get my device ready for you." Cisco said as he works on getting it ready for their friend.

Universe-???

Back in the Ghost and Waverider, Sonic and his friends were showing Sabine everything on the Waverider. Kanan and Ezra were currently on the roof of the Ghost and were working on their Jedi training. Chopper and Zeb were joining them as Kanan put it...help. What kind of help, Sonic couldn't begin to imagine. But he wasn't exactly an expert in Jedi training, so he digresses. Right now, Sonic was showing Sabine the kitchen where Rykarr, Lloyd, and Oliver were eating.

"So this ship's AI can make any kind of food you can imagine and fabricate clothes too?" Sabine asked as she saw the JL heroes eating breakfast.

"Oh yeah. Gideon can do almost anything." Rykarr said as he eats more socks.

"She also flies the ship, clean the toilets, and tracks the timeline." Sonic listed.

"Tracks the time—— Do you mean tells the future?" Sabine asked.

"Of course. Sara, the White Canary and her team are time-traveling superheroes in our worlds." Lloyd said as he finished his eggs.

"You're saying this ship can actually travel through time?" Sabine said surprised.

"Yep. However, time traveling is very dangerous. It's best to be spoken with the Legends that are here, Sara and Mick." Oliver said as he finished his oatmeal.

What they didn't know was that the training didn't exactly go well as it ended with Ezra taking a drop. This in turn causes Hera to need to drop the ship so Kanan can save him. Opening the hatch and using the Force to catch him, Kanan dragged Ezra back into the ship safely.

As Sonic, Sabine, and the others approached the group when exiting the room, they saw the angered looks on both the master and apprentice.

"So, how'd training go today?" Sonic tried to ask cheerfully.

Ezra didn't answer but the Jedi survivor did. "He wasn't focused."

"Yeah, it was tough to focus when I was falling to my death!" Ezra replied in anger.

Sonic blinked as he simply looked at Sabine and saw the same loom of shock on her face. "Okay... sensitive topic. We'll let you discuss this, and Sabine and I will go back to Waverider."

Kanan grabbed Ezra's arm and made him face him.

"You wouldn't have been falling to your death if you were focused," Kanan informed the boy. "You're undisciplined and full of self-doubt."

"And whose fault is that, Master?" The Lothal native shoved him off.

Kanan sighed before admitting, "It's difficult to teach."

He then walked off as Zeb walked over and pushed Ezra. "He means it's difficult to teach you."

Just then, Ezra entered the room, Sonic turned to expect Sabine and was surprised to see him. "So, tough first day at Jedi school?"

"Something like that, yeah," Ezra admitted as he leaned on the doorway.

"It was just your first day." Sonic shrugged. "I bet you'll get better over time. I didn't exactly have a teacher."

"You didn't?" Ezra was surprised to hear.

"I had a mentor...but not a teacher," Sonic explains it the best he could. "There weren't many people who were speedsters at first. I had to learn from scratch, how to control my powers...you have a teacher willing to help you with your gift. Don't waste it."

Ezra saw he had a good point there and shrugged. "I understand what you're saying."

"Good." Sonic smiled and was happy to have helped him.

Just then, Hera called to the crew, "Sonic. Ezra. You made the Holonet."

Sonic blinked at what she said and was confused. "You guys have news?"

Ezra stared at the Hedgehog with a smile. "This we've got to see."

With that, the two of them ran off the Mandalorian's room she just reached the doorway and shook her head in amusement. "Boys..."

Hera turned on the footage, revealing an image of a TIE fighter as the others joined them in the main living quarters. "The stolen TIE fighter was later used to attack a transport full of innocent workers."

Zeb growled in anger as everyone in the room knew that the Empire was twisting the truth. "You liar! We set them free!"

"There had been unconfirmed reports that the vigilante known as Sonic the Hedgehog and the newly surfaced Green Arrow and Green Ninja was also reported on the scene. While some view them as heroes bringing many criminals of Lothal to justice, many see the Arrow and Ninja as rebels and very well could have been involved in the attack." An image of Sonic and Green Vigilantes fighting a small criminal gang appeared on top of the shuttle. Then the image flickered for a moment.

"Um... are we getting a bad connection or...?" Sonic was a bit confused about what was happening.

Just then, the image changed to an image of a man, dressed like an important figure appeared, as a muffled voice spoke through. "Citizens, this is Senator-in-Exile Gall Trayvis. I bring more news the Empire doesn't want you to hear."

Sonic looked in confusion. "Uh... who's Gall Trayvis?"

Ezra shrugged as he's never heard of him. "First time I'm hearing about him."

"He's the only member of the Imperial Senate with the courage to speak out publicly against the Empire," Hera explained to the two new members of the crew.

It was nice to know that they weren't the only ones going after the Empire. Just then, the image change to show a prisoner escorted by two Stormtroopers. The revelation caused Kanan's eyes to widen as the Senator-in-Exile continued.

"One of the Republic's greatest peacekeepers, Jedi Master Luminara Unduli, is alive. She has been imprisoned unlawfully somewhere in the Stygeon system. As citizens, we demand the Emperor produce Master Unduli and grant her a fair trial before the entire Sen—marking another successful planetary liberation, utilizing the Base Delta Zero initiative."

Ezra turned to Jedi Survivor. "This Luminara, you knew her?"

"I met her. Once. She was a great Jedi Master, brave, compassionate, disciplined," Kanan answered before slowly smiling at Ezra, "In fact, she'd make an excellent teacher for you. There've always been rumors she survived the Clone Wars, but they never came with a specific location before."

Sonic smiled as he saw what this meant. "So...does this mean a rescue mission?"

"Yep," Kanan confirmed with the hero, "We can't pass this up."

"Was hoping you'd say that," Hera smiled as she turned off the Holonet, "I'll set course for the Stygeon system."

Hera left to start up the ship as Kanan looked to the rest of the crew, "The rest of you, prep for an op."

"I'll inform Sabine," Sonic said as he walked off to find where she disappeared to.

When he made his way back to the Mandalorian's room and found she was watching the recordings on the Waverider.

"Huh..." Sonic said as he walked in.

"Remember to be casing new environments; not to run in blind." Barry informed Sonic from the recording.

That was the first time he's heard Barry's voice in the last few weeks. He wondered how Barry was doing. Last he saw, Barry and Draal were trying to stop him from destroying the Kyber Crystal. If only he could get a message out to his missing friends. Tell him where they are. That they survived.

"Enjoying my greatest hits?" Sonic asked, causing the Mandalorian to jump and turn to face him. "How far did you watch?"

"Just some random moments that were unlocked." Sabine shrugged and stopped the recordings. "What'd I miss?"

"We're going to head out on a rescue mission for a Jedi from the Clone Wars," Sonic said as he walked over. "We'll have to continue this later."

"Got it," Sabine said as she packed her stuff to continue later. But she couldn't keep out what she witnessed between Sonic and Barry on the recordings. "That Barry Allen guy, you two seemed close."

"He was my mentor. My personal hero." Sonic explains as he laid back on the wall. "And was also my favorite Justice League member before I became one. He was one of the founding members who started it."

"So, is like becoming an JL member the highest achievement in your world?" Sabine wonders.

"Well, the Justice League were known as the Last Line of Defense. Earth's Mightiest heroes." Sonic recalled what their nicknames were. "It's an honor to become one. So I guess in a way, you could say that."

"Well, let's see what that rank comes with, hero," Sabine said as they both left the room.

As the Ghost flew through hyperspace, the Ghost Crew were all together in the cockpit. From there, Hera pulled up an image of the prison that contained the Jedi Master. Sabine, being a former Imperial herself, was in charge of finding a way in.

"Welcome to the Spire on Stygeon Prime, the only Imperial detainment facility in the Stygeon system. And it's impregnable." Sabine informed the group.

Sonic shrugged, not looking impressed. "That's what they said about Damage Control. And I got in by accident."

Kanan nodded in agreement. "Besides, that never stopped us before."

"Trust me, we have never faced anything like this. It's a real work of art," Sabine chuckled before counting out all the strengths of the prison with her fingers. "Blast proof, ray shielded, protected by anti-ship weapons, TIE fighters, and short and long-range scanners."

"We can fool the scanners," Hera reassured her.

"Uh, maybe," Sabine shrugged, "But that just leaves an army of troopers and guard posts on all the walls. Look, even if we get into this beauty, the hard part's getting out. 'Cause, you know, it's a prison."

"What about going in low and sneaking onto this landing platform?" Ezra offered as a suggestion.

"Mmm-mmm," The Mandalorian shook her head, "Platform has a heavy trooper presence and reinforced blast doors. Impossible to get in or out that way."

"Heard that before," Sonic commented.

Kanan's eyes narrowed before spotting an opening they could take. "Here. There's only room for a couple of guards. We take them down, make our way to the upper-level isolation cells, free Luminara, and come back out the way we came in."

Chopper then grumbled in response.

"Yeah. You'd have to be crazy to try that lousy plan." Sabine commented.

"Let's hope the Empire thinks so too." Kanan joked with a smile.

Just then, their ship exited hyperspace as they approached the planet below with the prison. Hera gathered most of the crew on the Phantom, while Chopper remained on the ship to pilot the Ghost. As the droid complained aboard the main ship, Zeb took the comm and replied back.

"I'm sorry, Chop. We just don't need your damaged logic circuits on this one." Zeb mocked the droid.

They could hear Chopper respond with angry grumbles.

However, the Phantom took off from the Ghost as they flew down to where the Imperial prison. The droid watched them from within the ship as the others were dealing with the turbulence of the fall.

Then they spotted the entrance that Kanan pointed out. It was currently guarded by only two Stormtroopers and it didn't seem to be anyone else around.

"Thirty seconds," Hera warned the group. "Good luck."

"Luck?" Zeb stared at her before scoffing. "We're gonna need a miracle."

Sabine then pulled out three grenades and offered them to her teammates. "Here are three."

Both Zeb and Ezra took one for themselves.

Kanan turned to Ezra and told him, "Try to stay focused."

Ezra turned away from his detonator to glare at Kanan, "I thought there was no 'try.'"

Once, they were close to the platform, Hera opened the hatch doors. Sonic, Zane, and Kanan jumped in to engage the two Stormtroopers on guard. With quick and swift punches they disarmed the troopers and defeated each of the Troopers. Ezra was impressed by Kanan's actions, hoping to redeem himself, Zeb took notice and tried to stop him, "Kid, wait! What are you doing?!"

Ezra then jumped to the ramp as Kanan observed their work before turning to Sonic and Zane as he gave him a thumbs up, "Nice, and quiet like."

Sonic returned the thumbs up when they notice Ezra coming in for a landing. Although, his landing was a bit rough and loud as he tumbled before hitting the door causing both Jedi and heroes to wince. Ezra's eyes widened as he quickly recovered and slowly backed away from the entrance. Sonic, Zane, and Kanan prepared for any squad of Stormtroopers that would come out and sound the alarm. Thankfully, none ever came as Sonic whispered to them, "I don't think anyone heard that."

Ezra sighed in relief as Kanan quietly scolded him, "What just happened?! You were supposed to exit with Zeb!" The Jedi crossed his arms, "You're lucky every Stormtrooper in the prison doesn't know we're here."

Just then, Zane's sense started alerting as his eyes widened, "Guys... we've got company..."

Kanan and Ezra turned on alert as the door slid open and four Stormtroopers walked out. Shocked to see them, they quickly aimed their weapons. Zane shot out a blast of ice to freeze them in ice before Kanan used the Force to rip their weapons out of their hands and throw them aside.

Just then, Zeb and Sabine joined them for backup. Sonic easily leaped in and kicked two troopers off the ramp. One of the Stormtroopers tried attacking their backup, but both were easily thrown aside by the Mandalorian and the Lasat.

"Stunts like that put us all in jeopardy. That is exactly why you need Master Luminara to teach you discipline." Kanan tells him.

Ezra spoke in his defense, "I was just following your example."

"Yeah?" Kanan raised an eyebrow, "Well, try to stay focused and follow the plan instead."

Sonic then got Kanan's attention by placing a hand on his shoulder, "Okay, how about we focus on the rescue mission now, critically review later."

"He's right," Sabine nodded in agreement before pointing out, "Besides, we need the kid to unlock the door."

Not wanting to waste any more time, Ezra ran up to the door, "I got it."

He then quickly pulled out a device and used it to start hacking the door using the droid panel. Kanan was beginning to lose patience, "Ezra."

"Quiet," The young Force Sensitive shushed his current Master, "I'm focusing."

With a few more turns with his makeshift key, the door slid open as Zeb and Sonic placed two unconscious Troopers by the door's sides to make it look like they were still guarding it. The team quickly ran inside, while Hera waited on the Phantom below them for pick up. To remain hidden she shut off most of the power except for the signal jammer. Then the Rebels made their way through the prison.

Ezra spoke up to the group, "You're welcome."

Zeb lightly smacked the Padawan in the head causing him to wince in pain, "Ow!"

"You did your job," Zeb told the youngest member of the crew, "You want a medal?"

"Luminara's here," Kanan spoke up getting everyone's attention, "I sense her presence, but it's clouded."

"What does that mean?" Sonic asks.

"Not sure," Kanan admitted before becoming worried, "But for now, we stick to the plan." He then turned to Sabine, "Where's Master Unduli?"

Sabine ran up to one of the terminals and did a quick search. A minute later, she answered where she was. "Detention block CC-01. Isolation cell 0169."

Kanan raised a brow in confusion. "They have isolation cells on the lower levels?"

"We planned off outdated schematics," Sabine explained to them.

"I'm assuming this means we're changing the plan?" Sonic took a wild guess, seeing this is something that happened to the Justice League a lot. And even to him a few times.

"You assume correctly," Kanan confirmed.

"You got a backup plan?" Zeb asks their Jedi leader.

"Figuring one out right now," Kanan admitted before accessing the elevator, "Zeb, Sabine, Sonic, Zane, you're coming along."

As everyone entered the Elevator, Zeb was a bit confused as to what the plan was. "Weren't we supposed to hold our escape route here?"

"Now the turbo lift is our escape route," Kanan stated before telling the group, "Let's go."

They then entered the elevator and started to wait for it to make it to the level they need. The silence of the shaft was killing Sonic as he started to hum a catchy song some band he heard made up about him. He hummed as he noticed the group looking at him. "Sorry."

Sabine shrugged and decided to leave it and change the subject. "Kanan's plans get worse all the time."

Zeb nodded in agreement with her. "Just hope he doesn't change it again."

"Knowing my luck with plans, it's probably going to change again," Sonic added to the two and crossed his arms.

Kanan frowned as he looked back to the trio. "I'm standing right here."

"We know." They all assured him.

Meanwhile, back at the entrance, Hera waited for the rest of the Ghost Crews' to return. Hopefully with a certain Jedi prisoner with them. Just then, her own scanners picked up something, "Uh-oh! Company!"

Could it be a TIE fighter? It was certainly large enough to be one. Something wasn't right though. The jammers should have prevented the Empire from knowing she was here. Even if Sonic and his Super Friends were causing a distraction.

However, she saw several creatures fly above her, and just then one of them was close enough to the Phantom to get a good look, making the Captain of the Ghost gasp, "Whoa! Okay, you are not a TIE Fighter!"

That was the good news anyways, as they haven't been caught by the Empire. Bad news, the creatures started closing in. Close enough to start ramming into her, her eyes narrowed in anger, "Hey! Watch it, buddy!"

However, they only continued running into the Phantom, Hera looked at the jammer making her eyes widen as she began to realize why this was happening, "Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no! Sabine's jammer is operating on the same frequency as these creatures. It's sending out a..." She looked at one of the creatures as it gave the small ship an 'I want you' look, "...mating call?"

As the creatures continued ramming into the ship, the Phantom was beginning to lose hold of the wall. Realizing this was going to be a problem, she started up the ship, "You lovebirds are attracting too much attention."

As the Phantom took off, the creatures chased after her. She was really glad Sonic wasn't here to see this. If he ever found out how this happened, he'd never let it go.

"Hope I'm not needed anytime soon."

On the level holding the Jedi master, Kanan dispatched the two Troopers by the elevator, he then proceeded to instruct Sabine, Sonic, Zane, and Zeb, "Maintain comm silence. And whatever you do, hold this lift."

They nodded as two more Troopers approached the group of Rebels. One of the Troopers ordered, "Hey, you! Stop!"

Not wasting any time, Kanan Force pulled the enemy to him before knocking him out. As Sabine and Zeb hid the unconscious bodies in the elevator, Ezra noticed how much he isn't playing.

"You're really not messing around tonight," Ezra commented.

"There's a lot more at stake than you realize," Kanan told the boy.

That's when Zane's senses went off and he noticed there was a Stormtrooper nearby. Before he could react, he heard in on his conversation he called in. "Sonic and his friends are here! Dispatch every trooper we can!"

"Oh, great." Sonic sighed as he smack the trooper down the corner with Wind. "The base knows we're here now."

"Oh, great, why do I have a feeling the plan is gonna change again?" Zeb asks.

"Because it is." Sonic sighed and looked down the hall. "It's time to do what I do best."

"What's that?" Sabine asked as Sonic ran down the other end of the hallway.

"Attract a lot of unwanted attention!" Sonic cried as he and Zane ran down the hall the Stormtrooper came from. He immediately came across several different troopers heading to aid their fellow troop. "Hey, guys, look! It's a bird!"

"Sonic the Hedgehog!" A Stormtrooper down the corner cried as he aimed at the hero.

"Ah, one of these days that's gonna work!" Sonic proclaimed as the others watched as there was a few flashes of blaster fire. "Just wished it worked today."

"He might be from another world. He may have proved he's from another world. But he has never proved that he is not crazy." Zeb stated to the team as they had to all nod in agreement.

"Don't step there!" Sonic proclaimed from afar.

"Gah!" A Stormtrooper cried in agony.

"I warned you!" Sonic stated before they heard the sound of crushed armor. "But nobody listens to the hedgehog!"

With most of the troopers busy, the Master and Apprentice then made their way to the cell that held the Jedi Master. Sabine and Zeb were waiting in the elevator as they were asked to hold it. At the cell, two Stormtroopers stood on guard as one of them was a bit curious about the prisoner.

"Ever seen this Jedi Master?" The one on the left asks.

"Don't have the clearance." The one on the right responded.

Kanan slowly approached the troopers as he waved his hand with the Force. "Shouldn't you be guarding the Jedi's cell? It's on the next level."

One of the Stormtroopers repeated, "It's on the next level..."

Kanan smirked as he still had the old Jedi Mind Trick. He waved his hand again, "You better get moving."

"We better get moving," The other Stormtrooper repeated as they headed towards the next level where Sonic and Zane was.

Ezra turned to Kanan, impressed at what just happened, the Padawan asked, "When do I learn that?"

"Luminara will teach you..." Kanan assured him. "...much better than I could."

Back where Sonic and Zane were, they were tripping a Stormtrooper that was charging at him before freezing him down. Sonic and Zane had been fighting Stormtrooper after Stormtrooper, defeating them with ease. They didn't even need to pull out their weapons or the extra gadgets and chuckled, wiping their hands off one another.

"All too easy," Zane said awith a smile under the mask. "Anyone else?"

Zane then sensed something off and looked around, trying to find where it was coming from. This time, his senses didn't feel like themselves. He felt like something was going to happen. Something bad. Just like when Eggman was pulling the Kyber Crystal out of the ground.

"Oh, no...it's a trap!" Zane cried as he and Sonic raced off, only to be stopped by a dozen troopers running through the doors. They quickly leaped onto the ceiling to try and block the attacks.

Sonic yanked a few of their weapons away with his wind as they knocked a few of them on the head. Trying out something Sonic saw his old pal Puss in Boots do, he leaped on their heads and ran across the helmets. He then saw his gear glow brightly. He follows the trail of them glowing brighter and more brighter. He opens a room and sees a red glowing crystal. He instantly recognizes it.

"A shard of the Kyber Crystal. But... how?" Sonic wondered.

"When you shattered it... it must've broken into shards and got scattered all over the galaxy like us." Zane said.

"I guess we should take it, right?" Sonic asked Zane.

"Agreed. If this shard is here... then we should be able to fine the others." Zane said.

Sonic then grabbed it as he ends back to his friends. Back with Kanan and Ezra, they approached the Jedi Master, sitting in her cell. Her hands covered her eyes as if she was in deep thought before seeming to become aware of the two other Force Wielders. The Padawan turned to his current Master, "Is that her?"

"Yes," Kanan confirmed before realizing something seemed different from her presence in the Force, "But... something's wrong."

Luminara then stood up before approaching Kanan. This made the Jedi raise an eyebrow, "Master?"

Without saying a word, she approached a coffin of some kind before phasing it inside of it. Kanan gasped as he quickly realized that it was only a hologram. To make things worse the hologram ended up revealing Luminara's decaying corpse inside the coffin. Kanan only continued to stare in horror that the rumors of her survival weren't true at all. Ezra stared in confusion and horror, "What happened to her? I don't understand."

"No? It doesn't seem that complicated."

A new voice caught the attention of the two Jedi. They turned to the source of the voice, revealing a male Pau'an in black armor. The new foe approached the duo grinning as he stared at the two with his yellow eyes, "I am the Inquisitor."

The Inquisitor then drew out a lightsaber, and a red blade ignited from the hilt. The Dark Side User grinned, "Welcome."

Kanan feared as much that the Hand of the Emperor wasn't the only Force User the Empire recruited. With no other option, Kanan drew out his own lightsaber as the blue blade sprung to life as he aimed the blade at the Inquisitor.

He His foe started monologuing, "Yes, I'm afraid Master Luminara died with the Republic. But her bones continue to serve the Empire, luring the last Jedi to their ends."

Ezra quickly went to his coms, "Spectre-3, Spectre-7, come in. It's a trap!"

However, he only got static as a response, they were being jammed. The Inquisitor declared, "There will be no reinforcements."

Realizing backup wasn't coming any time soon, Kanan proceeded to engage the Grand Inquisitor. However, the Inquisitor quite easily blocked or stepped side all of Kanan's attacks. The Jedi was taken back at first but quickly continued his duel with the Dark Side User. As their blades clashed, the Inquisitor commented, "Interesting. It seems you trained with Jedi Master Depa Billaba."

Kanan blinked in shock, outside of Hera, he hadn't told anyone about his old Master, "How... Who are you?"

The Inquisitor didn't answer as he pressed his attack. Realizing Kanan was outmatched, Ezra snuck his way to the door for an exit strategy. He pulled out the thermal detonator and placed it on the locked door. Kanan's latest strike was caught by the Inquisitor, and the villain grinned, "The temple records are quite complete."

He pushed the Jedi back before swinging the red blade only to be blocked by the Jedi. The Grand Inquisitor pushed him back to the deceased Jedi Master, "In close-quarter fighting, Billaba's emphasis was always on form three, which you favor to a ridiculous degree."

Ezra launch an electric ball at the Inquisitor which he easily blocked with his lightsaber. Kanan tried to strike down this dangerous foe while he was distracted, only for the Inquisitor to step side and kicked him towards the teenage Padawan.

The Inquisitor commented, "Clearly, you were a poor student."

Ezra then proceeded to launch several more electric balls at the Inquisitor, which he didn't even bother blocking, showing his armor was impervious to the balls of electricity, "Is that really all you've got, my boy?"

As Kanan recovered, Ezra gestured to the primed detonator attached to the door behind them, "Well, I've got that."

Moments later, the detonator went off causing the door to explode. Kanan and Ezra made a run for it to regroup with the others. However, the Grand Inquisitor went to pursue the surviving Jedi.

Meanwhile, Sabine was attempting to check in with Kanan and Ezra as they should have been back by now. She called threw her coms in her helmet, "Spectre-5 to Spectre-1. Come in."

However, she only received static in response, although she had a feeling that this would happen, "Thought so..." She then turned to Zeb, "They're jamming our signal. They know we're here."

Zeb crossed his arms before asking, "Here in this lift or..."

"Here, period!" Sabine answered before catching on to the Empire's plan, "They lured us in upstairs at the prison's weak point. We're expected to exit the same way, so you can bet there will be troopers waiting for us." She turned to Zeb with a grim voice, "We'd never make it out of the lift."

"And what do we do about Sonic and his friends?" Zeb wonders.

"Sonic, you there?" Sabine asked through comms.

"A little busy here, Sabine!" Sonic cried through the comms.

"Wait, how does he have comms?" Zeb wonders, not following how that's possible.

"Seems his suit has something to stop the jammers. Seems it only goes to and from him." Sabine shrugged and focused on Sonic. "The Empire knows we're here. We gotta move out."

"I'm in the process of doing so, just a bit difficult as it seems every Stormtrooper is diverging on us!" Sonic informed her as they heard tons of blaster fire. "We'll find you guys somewhere else. We might be able to give myself a diversion if I cut the power to the floor!"

"How do you plan on doing that?" Sabine wonders.

"Very quickly," Sonic replied and cut the connection.

Then Zeb began to look concerned. "So what do we do in the meantime?"

Sabine then pulled out her detonator and flipped it. "Well, time for a miracle."

Zane used his systems to scan the hallways for anywhere he could get in or out and cut the power to the hall. What he found was some entryway that resembled a vent on Earth. Deciding to just go with it, he and Sonic raced over and leaped onto the ceiling before he ripped the bars off, followed by him crawling inside the vents. When he got there, he found some power cables and ripped them, cutting all power to the floor.

But that's when things got really interesting.

There was another prisoner on that floor.

When the Stormtroopers were looking around to try and shoot Sonic and Zane, someone exited out of one of the cells. When a Trooper was trying to activate a light, they were met with a blue lightning-fast fist that sliced off his arm as he screamed in terror. Several Stormtroopers aimed in the direction that it came from and opened fire, thinking that it was Sonic or any of the other heroes. But what they saw was one of their dangerous prisoners now out on the loose.

Sonic and Zane however didn't even register what was going on down there during the entire massacre, as he was currently crawling through the vents. They didn't have a comm connection to Kanan or Ezra, and he needed to try and help them out if he can. If this was a trap, then they could be surrounded by a dozen more troopers.

Sonic kicked the ground and landed on the floor where the others should be. He was ready for a fight and even pierced the ground with his legs to try and intimidate other Troopers. But when he got there, he was surprised to look around and see that there was nobody around.

"Uh...if this is a trap, then where is everyone?" Sonic asks, looking around the area. But the more he looked, all he saw was one giant empty hallway. "Now I'm a bit disappointed."

Just then, he heard footsteps running in his direction. Sonic and Zane quickly spun around to see Kanan and Ezra making a run for it. Sonic gave a small wave to them and looked around.

"Oh, hey! Where's the fire?" Sonic asks the two of them.

They ran past Sonic and Zane as Kanan activated his lightsaber, preparing for a fight.

"Run, you two!" Ezra warned his friend as he kept going.

"Um... I'm almost scared to say it, but from what?" Sonic asks in concern.

That's when Zane's senses went off and blared harder than they ever have before. It was like when Crystal King attacked Ninjago City. The chill. The weakness. The fear.

That's when the Grand Inquisitor made his presence known to the two heroes. "From me."

Sonic and Zane turned to face the Dark Jedi holding his red lightsaber as he grinned, showing off his sharp teeth to the hero. "Hello there."

"Oh, wow. You've got supervillains here, too," Sonic said sarcastically to himself before shrugging. "Sure, like having the Space HYDR Nazi army wasn't enough."

"I knew luring the last of the Jedi here would draw you out as well." The Inquisitor said as he activated his lightsaber again, swinging to strike the hero, who leaped backward. "To be quite honest, I was expecting someone of your reputation to be a little older."

"Yeah, I hear that a lot," Sonic replied as he rolled backward and blasted a gust of wind at the Dark Jedi, a few feet back. But that's when he watched the Inquisitor stop his attack with the Force.

"Okay..." Sonic said shocked.

"Impressive." Grand Inquisitor said as he Force Pushed Sonic back. "But not too impressive."

"You're fun with kids, aren't you?" Sonic asks as he got up again.

The Inquisitor simply continued smirking. "Amusing. You mask your fear well. But I can sense your doubt." Then he walked over and placed his saber closer to Sonic's throat. "Do you really think you can defeat me?"

"I'm not trying to defeat you," Sonic smirked under his mask, "I've just trying to distract you."

While the Inquisitor was focused on Sonic, Kanan managed to charge in as Sonic leaped over him as the Jedi reengaged the Dark Jedi hoping to catch him off guard, however, the Inquisitor easily deflected each blow before kicking him back. Kanan stumbled but raised his lightsaber for another assault only for Sonic to stand beside him.

"Asking you to leave is out of the question, right?" Kanan said as they stood together.

"Definitely," Sonic stated.

"Okay. Let's take him." Kanan guessed and ran into an attack.

Sonic leaped and swung an attack to fight the Inquisitor. When he went high, Kanan went low to try and put him off balance. But that didn't go the way they planned when the Inquisitor dodged Sonic's attack, followed by him kicking the hero, sending him into the wall, and using his blade to block Kanan's attack. Sonic was about to go back into another attack when the blade was revealed to be double-edged and the blade came up against Sonic's neck.

"Oh, boy," Sonic said in worry,

Ezra merely backed away slowly trying to analyze the situation trying to figure out a way to help his Jedi Master and his friend. The Inquisitor grinned as he turned to Ezra. "Are you paying attention, boy? The Jedi are dead, but there is another path... The Dark Side."

Ezra's eyes narrowed as he reached for the electric slingshot on his arm. "Never heard of it!"

He fired several electrical bolts at the Inquisitor as he pushed Kanan aside and stepped back for a moment to deflect the projectiles with his lightsaber. He then proceeded to Force Push Ezra back before turning his attention back to Kanan. "Have you taught him nothing?"

Sonic then around the Inquisitor. Trying to take down the ceiling around him, however, the villain cut through the rubble before the Avenger reactive the legs to block the counterattack. Kanan quickly moved in to help the teenager as Ezra tried to get back on his feet.

Back by the elevators, the elevator made its way back to the escape route the Rebels originally planned where a squad of Stormtroopers waited before them. Just as the doors opened, the troopers opened fire hoping to kill everyone inside. However, no one was there for three unconscious Stormtroopers making one of them call out, "Hold your fire!"

They moved inside to get a closer look at the situation, suddenly they heard a small beeping sound getting louder.

The head Stromtrooper looked to the source to spot a small thermal detonator near the corner of the lift. Before any of them could react, the bomb went off, destroying the elevator and sending the Stormtroopers flying.

Zeb could hear the explosion from below as he held his rifle in his hands, "That's one lift offline."

Sabine ran up to Zeb and told him with her own blasters in her hands, "I've disabled the other two. There are other ways down, but it'll take 'em a while." She then gestured the pathway ahead, "Let's go."

They quickly dashed, hoping they'd reach the rest of their friends in time.

As Sonic, Zane, and Kanan continued to fight the Inquisitor, the former began to realize something. While the Dark Jedi did not hesitate to aim for fatal blows against the Jedi, he intentionally made sure any attacks he threw at Sonic would only disable him. He wanted Sonic alive. But for what reason?

It was no secret that the Inquisitor knew that Sonic's sudden appearance through the Force but did he want him for his super abilities? His Speed? Or something else?

Sonic took a quick glance to realize Kanan was thinking the same thing. Either way, they couldn't allow that to happen. As they avoided the Inquisitor's last strike, the villain turned to Sonic, "Do you really believe you can save your friends, boy? For their sake, surrender."

"Yeah, I'm very certain you'd kill them anyways even if I did surrender," Sonic stated as he stood on guard, "No deal."

Kanan nodded in agreement, "Face it, we're not making deals with you!"

The Inquisitor moved out of his battle stance, and he scoffed, "Hmph! Then we'll let the other make one, shall we?"

He then proceeded to Force Push the two heroes past Ezra as he looked at his fallen allies, the Inquisitor turned his attention to Ezra, "Your Master can not save you or your friend. He is unfocused and undisciplined."

Ezra then turned to the Dark Jedi with a hardened glare, "Then we're perfect for each other!"

He fired more electric balls, which the Inquisitor easily deflected. He charged in to strike Ezra down but the teenager dodged the attack. The Inquisitor grinned as he turned to face the young Padawan. The Dark Jedi twirled his duel-bladed lightsaber, "I do so admire your persistence. My Master requested I bring Sonic and any of his friends like him alive but he didn't say anything about you. Ready to die?"

While he was indeed terrified, Ezra put on a brave face as he prepared for the next round. Just then, both Jedi and Speedster quickly recovered as their eyes widened in horror.

"Ezra!"

"NO!"

With no time to waste, Kanan used the Force to grab the Inquisitor and launched him to the ceiling. Sonic blasted the Inquisitor to the back of the hall with a powerful gust of wind. Sonic called out, "Go! I doubt that'll hold him forever!"

Ezra nodded as he rejoined his crew as the Dark Jedi got up, while Kanan commented. "That didn't hold him at all!"

The Inquisitor landed on his feet as he turned to face the three heroes half circle on his lightsaber completed itself before spinning around like a fan.

Sonic had to admit that was something cool. "Okay, that would be cool if he wasn't trying to kill us." He then turned to Kanan, "Can yours do that?"

"Come on," The Jedi told the two teenagers, "Let's go!"

The three ran away from the Inquisitor as fast as their legs could carry them. Thankfully, it didn't take long for them to find Sabine and Zeb.

Sabine sighed under her helmet, "Oh, good you're all together."

"Sabine, Zeb," Sonic sighed in relief. "We gotta get out of here."

"Working on it!" Zeb proclaimed.

She then gestured to their right, "This way!"

The group of Rebels ran in the direction Sabine pointed as the Inquisitor pressured them. Kanan turned to their Mandalorian, "You figured out it was a trap?"

"Yeah! I sent Sonic and Zane to back you up," Sabine confirmed before asking, "Luminara?"

"Long gone," Kanan frowned before asking, "Our new exit?"

"Landing platform," Sabine answered, earning a groan from Zeb and a small cheer from Sonic.

Kanan raised an eyebrow, "Thought it was impossible to get out that way."

"Well, let's hope the Empire thinks so too," Sabine stated knowing it was their only option.

The Inquisitor with his spinning lightsaber of doom started picking up the pace before going for his own coms, "Secure the facility. Full lockdown."

Just then, the doors ahead of the heroes began closing. Sonic groaned, "Oh, come on! We're already on our way to the impossible escape route as it is!"

"Yeah," Zeb agreed as they tried to get through the doors before they were trapped, "Would be nice if we could catch a break for once!"

The Inquisitor started running through the closed doors causing both Zane and Sabine to briefly turn to shoot their respective blasters and ice at him. The Dark Jedi quite easily deflected them before continuing his pursuit. As they were nearing the final closing door, Zeb picked up the pace before holding the last door in place with his bare hands.

"Hurry!" Zeb cried to his friends. "Get through so I can slam the door on this guy!"

As each of his friends made it through, the Inquisitor deactivated his weapon before he used his own speed and agility to get past the closing doors. Once everyone on his team was through Zeb joined them allowing the door to shut before the Inquisitor could reach them.

Zeb sighed in relief before a red blade cut through the door, "Yikes!"

Zeb aimed his rifle at the door controls for the door behind Sonic before shooting them as the door slammed shut behind him.

The Lasat patted him, "Thanks, kid."

"You can thank me if we make out of this alive," Sonic told the Lasat before turning to the large hangar door, "So... how are we getting through that?"

Sabine went to the controls for the large door trying to hack into it but she got nothing in response making her groan in anger, "I'm locked out of the system!" She then turned to the Padawan of the team, "Ezra?"

He approached the droid panel with his lockpick and tried to hack it as well only to get shocked in response.

Kanan helped Ezra up before telling him, "Ezra." He then gestured to the door with his hand raised, "Together."

The youngest member of the crew's eyes widened as he realize what he wanted him to do, "Seriously?"

"Yes," Kanan nodded as Ezra went into position, "Picture the locking mechanism in your mind."

Both Jedi closed their minds as they began to connect to the Force. It was their only chance of survival now, especially since, the Inquisitor was starting to cut the door that Zeb had shut, he complained, "Excuse me, but can we train Ezra later?"

Sonic quickly shushed him, "Zeb! Let them do this... we have no other options." He then turned to Sabine, "Am I right?"

She nodded as their only chance of survival rested on Ezra and Kanan. The Jedi constructed as the large hanger door slowly opened up much to their amazement. Sonic whispered to himself, "Oh, man... that's awesome."

"Get ready for a fight," Sabine told him as Peter activated his arms.

Once the doors were open, they were met with heavy resistance. Stormtroopers with parked TIE fighters. The moment those doors opened a Trooper ordered, "Capture the Outsiders! Kill the rest!"

They instantly opened fire at the Rebels as the heroes fought back. Kanan defended Ezra from blaster fire with his lightsaber while Sabine and Zeb took cover behind some crates as did Sonic and Zane.

Zane's eyes narrowed as several more Troopers with some form of electric staff came running in, "Here they come!"

"One last miracle then," Zeb nodded as he pulled out his own grenade and rolled it at the charging Troopers. It stopped right at the enemy's feet before exploding. Zane used this opportunity to shoot ice as they trapped several Troopers.

Kanan then made contact with their escape ship, "Spectre-5 to Phantom. We're on the landing deck, ready for pickup."

"On my way, Spectre-5," Hera's voice replied, "And I'm bringing the fleet."

"Wait," Sonic blinked under his mask as he kicked an incoming Trooper, "We have a fleet?"

He turned to his friends as they each shrugged. Zeb admitted, "First time I'm hearing about it."

"We do now," Hera replied as the Phantom came into sight along with the giant bat-like creatures.

Sonic's eyes widened. "Aw yeah!"

The Phantom started shooting down the parked TIEs to slow down their pursuit. With that, everyone dashed the Phantom just as the Inquisitor joined the battle. The turrets tried to shoot the Phantom out of the sky but couldn't get a clear shot with all of the giant bat creatures. Zeb quickly destroyed the turrets to the Phantom could land.

Kanan engaged one of the Troopers in a duel before disarming him and striking him down, "Let's go before reinforcements show up."

The Phantom landed as Sonic defended his friends with his powers, "Go! I'll cover you!"

They nodded as his team boarded the Phantom while Sonic protected them from the Imperials' blaster fire. Just then, Sonic spotted the Inquisitor approaching him.

"Hurry! Baldly's catching up!" Sonic warned his friends.

Kanan was the last one on as he turned to Spider-Man, "We're all aboard, Sonic! Get on! NOW!"

Without wasting a second, Sonic ran to the Phantom which was already taking off. Sonic gave a large jump as he reached out for his escape but before he could, the Inquisitor reached out with the Force and tried to pull Sonic back.

His eyes widened as the HUD warned him of the danger but could do nothing to avoid it. He fired a cable to catch Phantom trying to stay with them but it wasn't going to hold.

"GUYS!" Sonic cried in terror.

"SONIC!" Ezra gasped as he used the Force himself to try to pull Sonic back in but he was struggling.

Kanan reached out with the Force himself and tried to pull him in, "Hold on, kid!"

Sonic grunted in pain as Hera was confused about why they were stuck. What's going on?"

"The Inquisitor's trying to pull Sonic back in," Kanan shouted out, "We can't leave him!"

Zeb growled as he pulled out his bow rifle, "I'll make that freak let go!"

Sabine quickly stepped in and shoved the rifle down to stop Zeb from firing, "Don't! You could hit him!"

Sonic grunted in pain, trying to keep his body in one piece. "I'm starting to understand how a wishbone feels!"

"I'm losing him," Ezra panicked worried he'll lose one of his closest friends among the crew.

"We're not losing him!" Kanan said in determination, "Not to the Empire!"

As the tug of war for Sonic's life hung in the balance, Sonic began screaming in pain as it felt he was being split into two. That's when something unexpected happened. They heard what sounded like a battle cry as the troopers were all finished off by one quick swiftly moving figure.

The figure then ran towards the Inquisitor in a fit of rage so fast that the Inquisitor had to stop his attempt on Sonic and blocked her incoming swing. That allowed the rebels to help pull their friend in.

The green sword construct managed to hold up against his saber, causing the Inquisitor to become quite confused as he tried to hold her back. That's when the figure was revealed to be a figure that was familiar to none of them but was not of this universe.

Jessica Cruz.

Green Lantern of the Justice League

She swings to off balance the Inquisitor and even managed to kick his knee to stop him. Then a red streak of yellow lightning comes in as it punches the Inquisitor away, revealing itself to be a man in a red and gold suit.

Barry Allen the Flash.

"Hey there." Flash said as he shoved the Inquisitor back as a blue and tan blur punched the Inquisitor to the floor.

Jumping over the Inquisitor and in front of him was a large, muscular troll with blue skin and a set of big horns on his head. He has two yellow eyes and spiky growths on his shoulders, arms, and back. He wears a ring in his nose, a brown leather kilt with a wide black belt, which has a triangular gold buckle, and green and brown leather wrapped on his right wrist. He also has patterns on his shoulders, chest, and chin.

However, he was now wearing a gold and dark brown mask that covers up most of his head, with the exception of his eyes, mouth, nose, ears and hair. The Monkey Miraculous gains five black squares on the back once inhabited by Xuppu and is the division between Draal's head and his mask. He gains hair becomes one spike on the top of his head, resembling a fire as his hair becomes toned red and orange, brown at the roots. Draal also wears a light brown costume that resembles that of a track suit, being separated in two. His top piece is light brown and at the center covering his stomach and pectorals, is a light tannish color. A golden zipper rests at the base of the top, just underneath the collar of his suit. He has black shoulder pads that extend down to his upper arm with golden borders. He wears gloves that extend off of his suit that are golden at his fingers, dark brown at his wrist, light brown at the rest and have tan cuffs. A golden belt with a dark brown buckle and brown spots on either side of his hips rests at his waist, separating the top from the bottom. At the back of his belt is a rope attached to a hook with a golden tip that resembles the tail of a monkey. His pants are light brown like the top, however, at his calves, there is a dark brown section with gold borders. His boots are similar to his gloves, extending away from the body. Like Carapace, there is a division between his big toe and the rest of his foot. His soles reach up to the top of his foot and are golden, with brown highlights and the cuffs of his boots are golden. He carries a Ruyi Jingu Bang with gold on either end in his hands.

Draal the Deadly. The Monkey Miraculous Holder.

"UPROAR!" Draal shouts as he throws his staff in the air as a rubber duck appears in his hands.

Draal then throws the duck right at the Inquisitor's lightsaber as it turned into a toy, along with the Stormtroopers' guns as they now only shot bubbles.

"What have you done?!" The Inquisitor shouts.

"What? I thought I make your weapons more fun." Draal laughs.

As they were confused, they then leaped and was even given a hand by Sabine as they entered before they closed the Phantom and flew off.

Everyone gathered around Sonic, and Ezra called out to him, "Sonic? Sonic! Are you okay?!"

"Say something!" Sabine added on with her helmet removed concerned look on her face over Sonic.

A minute passed before a groan could be heard as he pulled his mask back. "Everything hurts."

Hera then turned back to them, "I'm not sure what happened but... Master Luminara?"

Kanan and Ezra's thoughts returned to reality, the former sighed as he closed his eyes, "Gone. We'll have to find a way to spread the word."

After what they had just learned, they had to make sure other surviving Jedi wouldn't fall into the Inquisitor's trap. Hera then proceeded to ask, "How's Ezra taking it?"

"Not as bad as I am," Kanan admitted before turning to him, "I guess he's stuck with me. For now."

"And, who's our helpers?" Hera asks, looking at Barry, Jessica, and Draal.

"Yeah, who are you?" Zeb wonders.

"And why did you guys help us?" Sabine wonders.

"My name is Barry Allen, the Flash. Founding member of the Justice League." Barry informed them.

"I am Draal the Deadly, son of Kanjigar. Speedster Member of the Justice League and the Monkey Miraculous Holder." Draal said.

"I'm Jessica Cruz of the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League." Jessica

"The Justice League. So you're friends with Sonic, right?" Ezra said.

"Yep. I'm glad you guys were able to find us." Barry said.

"Keep this up, we'll find every Justice League member in a short while," Sabine commented as a joke.

"She's got a point. Stick with us we might be able to find them." Sonic said, not realizing Sabine was being sarcastic.

Barry chuckled and crossed her arms. "That's nice of you, but we can't put you in danger."

"We're already on the Empire's most wanted. What's the worst you can bring us?" Ezra asks her.

"He's right." Sonic agreed. "After all of that, what's the worst they can throw at us?"
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In the office of the Emperor on Coruscant, a young woman was staring at the footage of the prison escape. She was specifically watching as Sonic and Zane made their way through the prison like it was nothing. Fighting off every trooper they threw like they were nothing.

She also took a peak into the cameras of Flash, Draal, and Green Lantern making their way through the halls and laying waste to everyone. These five were able to bring the most secure prison to its knees like it was nothing. Not to mention the mentions of a men going by the Green Arrow and Green Ninja that's making their business on Lothal much harder.

"Do you see?" The Emperor asks the woman.

"Yes, master." She nodded as she reached down, picking up a saber. "This...resistance is different from what we're normally used to. They're... powerful. Even from here, I can sense their presence."

"They have made a grave disturbance in the Force." Emperor Palpatine said as walked closer to her. "I need you to track them down. Snuff out the spark before it can become a fire."

She then bowed before her Emperor and held her saber to her chest. "I will not fail you, My Lord."

"I know that you won't...I have trained you, especially for this... Mara Jade." Palpatine said with pride to his apprentice.
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The next morning on Lothal, the Ghost landed as everyone was finding out how the new arrangement was going to work out. The rest of Sonic's friends were happy to see Barry, Jessica, and Draal again.

Kanan approached Ezra as he sat outside the ship on the dock. "Look, don't bother saying it. I'm letting you off the hook."

Kanan blinked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"

"I know you wanted to dump me on Luminara," Ezra gave Kanan a mild glare, "Just 'cause she's gone doesn't mean you're stuck with me."

"I don't want to dump you," Kanan told Ezra before sighing, okay, he could have worded that better, he then sat beside the boy, "Look, I just wanted you to have the best teacher."

"Well, I don't want the best teacher. I want you." Ezra snapped before realizing what he said not wanting to offend Kanan, "Not that you're not the best. I..."

"Ezra. I'm not gonna try to teach you anymore." Kanan cut him off making the Padawan learner. Although little did he know Kanan wasn't done talking as he finally understood what Master Yoda said there was no try as he told him, "If all I do is try, that means I don't truly believe I can succeed. So from now on, I will teach you."

Ezra blinked in shock before turning back to Kanan, "Look, I may fail. You may fail. But there is no try."

The Lothal native finally nodded, "I understand, Master."

"Let's see if you do," Kanan smiled as he lent him his Jedi weapon as finally truly began teaching him defensive lightsaber techniques.
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Scarif

A flash of colorful light explodes as the big muscle figure pops out on the ground. He lands on a sandy beach with big oceans. He looks around and sees many other planets in the sky. He saw that it worked and he was definitely not in his universe anymore.

"Alright... time to fine those poozers." Kilowog said as he flies away.

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