Chapter 4

She ended up in the kitchen and saw Sebil there drinking some water. "Not too good at following orders are you?" he asks Era with a teasing smile making Era blush and twirl a piece of her bright dark blue hair in embarrassment.

"Not really my specialty. Yours?" Era asked as she stood next to the counter but kept a mindful distance away from the boy.

Sebil just chuckles a bit and says "Never been my specialty either," before taking another sip of his drink.

"Who are you people? I mean your not exactly thieves," Era asked and quickly said not wanting to offend these people.

"We're not exactly anything. We're a crew, a team, and in some ways, a family," Sebil explained with a smile.

At the word 'family', Era's face grew sad and she looked away from Sebil in sorrow making Sebil's eyes widen in realization of what could have happened to her. "What....happened to your family?" Era asked after a bit of hesitation while still not looking at Sebil as she found the floor more interesting to look at right now.

"The Empire," Sebil spit out bitterly before going soft and asking Era "What happened to yours?"

Before Era could answer, Zeb had came in and said to Sebil "Kanan wants to see us in the Commons," before tapping a bit on Chopper and saying "If she tries anything sound the alarm or shoot her."

Chopper gave a couple beeps but Zeb just shushed him and said "Just watch her."

He then left while Sebil grabbed his helmet and was about to leave before he stopped, turned partially to Era, and said "Sebil, my name's Sebil," before leaving.

Era smiled and wanted to leave but Chopper butted his robotic head into her stomach making her glare at him. He gave a couple of warning beeps and let out a long growl with Era saying "You really think that you can stop me?"

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Snickering, Era successfully made it into the small room that Zeb threw her into and silently made her way to the door to listen in on the conversation they were having. Suddenly, the door was open and Era fell onto the ground face first and quickly did a quick handstand before front flipping forward and landing on her own two feet. Turning to the crew, she could see that they were shocked at the outcome but Zeb had a murderous look on his face and grumbled "Can I kill the girl now?"

"No," Sebil said interfering in between Era and Zeb, making Era smile a bit at Sebil, before continuing saying "The kid knows too much," making Era frown at the small amount of possible trust she had in him.

"We cannot take her home and we don't have time for this," the Twi'lek said before taking a hold of her hand only for Era to pull back and hiss a bit before backing up a bit to make a bit of a statement and point while shocking everyone as well.

"I got this," Sebil said to everyone to calm them down before slowly walking over to her and holding out his hand for her to take to show his trust.

Era looked at it confused before looking into Sebil's eyes to see past his soul and saw a bit of pain within them before seeing the trust within them and slowly took his hand. Sebil smiled and carefully led her over to the Twi'lek and took her hand in his left before combining their hands gently and backing up. Looking into the Twi'lek's eyes, Era could see the sincereness and sympathy within them and smiled a bit. "I'll keep an eye on her," the Twi'lek said to the crew before leading the girl away to the control room.

"How did you know?" Kanan asked Sebil as he put on his Mandalorien helmet and got ready for this mission to rescue the Wookies.

"I could see within her was pain and mistrust. Besides... she's hurt and the hurt kind respond to the trust the person in front of them gives and the gentleness they give to that person," Sebil responded and explained before leaving Kanan behind to wonder what happened to that girl that made her mistrust everyone around her.

Meanwhile, in the control room Hera was getting the ship ready to come out of hyperspace while Era played around in the copilot seat, by spinning around in it from time to time, and sat to attention before saying what was on her mind. "You know, I'm all out for sticking it to the Empire but I'd never stick my neck out this far for something like this. Who does that?" she asked curiously to the Twi'lek.

"We do," the Twi'lek simply replied while jumping the ship out of hyperspace to the coordinates location sent by Vizago.

"Imperial transport ship this is Starbird," Hera said with her voice going cold like an Imperial.

"State your business," the Imperial said over the comm.

"Bounty. We have an additional Wookie prisoner and have orders to place him with you," Hera responded making Era smirk with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.

"We have no such orders," the Imperial stated before two Ties were released from the transport and started flying towards the Ghost.

"That's fine. We already got paid, by Governor Tarkin. If you don't want the oversized Mona then I'll jettison out of here and let you explain to your superiors why the Empire has one less slave," Hera said in a bored tone as if she didn't care with what would happen next making the comm on the other side go silent for a while, which made Era start to worry about this mission.

"Permission to dock, Bay 1," the Imperial simply said making Hera smirk at her accomplishment and Era start to respect the woman a bit.

The Ghost then docked within the Imperial transport ship and allowed Kanan, Sabine, Zeb, and Chopper to infiltrate after they took out the two Stormtroopers when it looked like the rouse wasn't going to work. "No guards on the upper level. Security's pretty..." Kanan's voice sounded over the comm before going static.

"Spector 1 come in," Hera said while pressing a button to try and reconnect the comm to Kanan's but got nothing and tried again saying, "Spector 4, Spector 5?"

"Ugh, comm's down," Hera said in frustration before realization kicked in and said, "No not down, jammed."

"Something's coming," Era whispered before looking upwards to see what her 'sense of instinct' was telling her.

Suddenly an Imperial Starship came out of hyperspace that was way bigger than the Transport ship and was coming towards them slowly. "That's an Imperial Star Destroyer," Hera stated making Era's eyes widen in shock of what could happen next before saying, "This whole thing was a set up!"

"It's beginning to look that way," Hera said as she hit a few more buttons on the control panel before looking back up to see that both ships were heading underneath the Destroyer and were about to soon be boarded into the Destroyer.

"You need to get on the transport and warn them," Hera said to Era making her shake her head no and say, "Why me? Why can't you do it?"

"I need to be ready to take off or else none of us stand a chance," Hera replied as she turned to face Era fully.

"No way! I can't do it! Why would I risk my life for a bunch of non-trusting strangers like them?" Era stated remembering what happened the last time she did for someone she refuses to see ever again.

"Because Kanan risked his life for yours. If all you do is fight for your life then your life is worth nothing. They need you child. They need you right now," Hera insisted reminding Era of someone important in her life once saying that to her when she was probably a kid.

She looked a bit unsure then looked up at the Star Destroyer before saying, "Have the ship ready for take-off and if I don't make it back just leave without me cause I can get out of worse than what they would probably put me through," and quickly ran out of the cockpit with Hera smiling at the girls actions before turning it into worry for both the girl and her crew but could only hope that they all make it back safe and sound.

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Era ran for her life and no sooner than a few minutes, was able to find Kanan and Zeb. She was out of breath by the time they arrived but saw them lower their guard before saying "It's...a...trap. We have to get out of here."

"Karabast, the kid's blowing the op," Zeb growled before a ringing sounded high in her ears that made Era quickly force out her left hand in front of her and release pure white energy shield in front of them to block incoming shots.

"Would I really be blowing the op if it was a trap in the first place?!" Era started out softly then yelled out to Zeb as she struggled to keep the energy shield up to protect them as the troopers kept on firing at them a few feet away from them.

Kanan quickly reacted and started running back the way they came with Zeb and Era at his sides while Era lowered her energy shield down and allowed it to flow back into her body and sighed in content as she felt her energy replenish itself quickly to allow her to get away. "How did you do that kid?" Zeb asked curiously as he watched the white energy flow through her body before disappearing completely underneath her skin.

"Get out of here first, ask questions later," Era said sternly to Zeb before turning to Kanan and said "We have to warn Sebil and Chopper but they jammed the comm."

"They'll follow along with the plan," Kanan said to reassure the kid but all he got was an eyeroll and the kid saying, sarcastically back, "Yah, cause the plan's going just great."

Rolling his eyes, Kanan waited until he saw Kallus coming towards them, from the front, and said "Don't stop. Push off now."

As soon as he said those words, the gravity was turned off and Era began floating in the air. Shots were heard as Kanan fired at the troopers and Kallus, knocking their guns off balance while Zeb used the anti-gravity against the troopers by pushing himself forward headfirst and knocking them out. Era followed behind them by using the ceiling handles and the walls to her advantage. "You doing okay kid?" Kanan asked Era from upfront, as they kept going, to make sure she wasn't left behind.

"Are you kidding?" Era responded back sarcastically and in awe before straightening herself up, after losing her balance a bit, and kept going.

Soon, the gravity was turned back on and the three landed on the floor with Kanan and Zeb landing on their feet while Era landed on her hands and feet behind Zeb. Quickly they stood up and made their way to the airlock door that connected the transport and  the Ghost and were met up with Sebil and a still flying Chopper. "Where are the Wookies?" Sebil asked as he couldn't see any Wookies with them but Era while Chopper landed in between Kanan and Sebil.

"There are no Wookies. Sebil, man the nose gun. Chopper, tell Hera to take off," Kanan ordered quickly making Sebil more confused but followed along by saying "Uhh..right," and went into the Ghost to get into position.

Chopper and Kanan followed not far behind Sebil while Zeb pushed Era back and headed inside the door. Era was about to follow when she was roughly grabbed from behind and let out a strangled yell. Zeb heard the kid yell and took out his bow rifle to shoot at the people but two troopers came on either side of the agent and began blasting at Zeb. "Kid, get out of the way," Zeb shouted trying to get a good shot at the agent but was having no such luck with the shots blocking his path a bit while trying not to hit the girl.

"I'm trying! Just go! Get out here," Era yelled out before thrusting out her left hand, in a palm forward motion with her fingers curled in a bit, releasing a white burst of energy that hit the control panel causing it to spark and shut the door.

"I'm sorry kid, you did good," Zeb whispered as he heard the girl cry out in pain before he could hear nothing more.

Back in the hangar, Kallus had two of his troopers grab either side of the unconscious girl and take her into his ship. "What are you planning to do with that girl Kallus?" the third trooper ask curiously.

"It all depends on how she corporates with our plan to lure the rebels back into a trap," Kallus said darkly before following after the troopers towards the prison cell of his ship having a few ideas in mind of what to do with this girl if the rebels decide not to come back for the girl.

Hey guys, well here you go. Here's an insight on Era's abilities and she got captured saving the rebels from Kallus. Wonder what will happen next and all. Hope you all love it! No haters please! Read! Vote! Comment! Follow! Shayelee8 Out! Peace!

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