Chapter 5

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"Cargo Ship please tell us the reason for the landing" Said the commander as Bhodi picked the mic.

"Commander we're transporting medical supplies, we require to land, code of the ship is 12534149-4273413" Bhodi replied.

Everybody in the ship was tense, Jyn then grabbed the Kaiber crystal she had on her necklace as she held it tightly and closed her eyes, not knowing that she used the Force, the commander spoke.

"Okay then Cargo Ship, you may pass" Said the commander as the shield was disengaged for a few moments.

As soon as they landed, everybody hid themselves on the upper floor. Soon, two troopers came and told Bhodi that they would inspect the ship. As Bhodi saw that nobody was there, he grabbed his blaster as he shot the two troopers to the back.

Jyn was disguised as a special unit while Cassian was wearing an Imperial Officer's clothes, K-2 didn't needed any disguise due that he's an Imperial Droid, he's the hardest one to be discovered, only if he shuts his mouth. As they were walking through the citadel, Krennic was in the top floor with his two lightsabers on his waist and Krennic at his side. Soon, at the hangar, Bhodi, Chirrut, Baze and the rest of the crew went all around and placed detonators on each station, once all of them were ready, Bhodi spoke.

"We're ready, do we engage?" He asked through the walkie talkie while Cassian had one in the pocket, and he grabbed it, giving the response he wanted.

"Make it fly" Cassian said.

"Attention now Lieutenant Bistan and General Bridger, engage course to Scariff now, let the attack begin" Bhodi said through the radio, as all detonators exploded and the Home One including the Endurance arrived, engaging over the shield generator.

Now on the citadel, some places exploded as everything got on red alert, Sidious did not looked pleased.

"I told you to increase the security you fool!" Sidious yelled in anger.

"I did so my Lord, I don't understand how is it possible that they crossed the shield, unless... Go to Hangar 9 now, that Cargo Ship is the enemy!" Shouted Krennic, as Sidious looked above.

"More arrived" He said, as more ships arrived.

On the beach, fire was being exchanged by the Rebel Soldiers, the Storm Troopers and the Shore Troopers (A/N: Yes Shore Trooper is a name, the Shore Troopers are those troopers with beige suits, if you didn't watched the movie, there's a HUGE alternate spoiler alert, read at your own risk). Soon enough, AT-ACT's were coming towards them as they opened fire. While in the Exosphere, two Executrix ships arrived, releasing TIE's while Anakin, Plo Koon, Alex and Ezra were shooting at them. But they received then a call.

"We require assistance now! We're being crushed!" Shouted a Rebel Soldier in despair. Anakin nodded as his star fighter went close enough to the shield.

"Are you ready to do it again R2?" Asked Anakin on his Jedi star fighter as the sympathetic droid replied with excited beeps.

As he did that they both entered the station's hangar and shot at the core, making the station explode from the insides, while Anakin sped through the hangar and barely exited the station.

Qui-Gon, who was currently with Obi-Wan and Leia on her ship smirked, remembering how Anakin did the same stunt when he was just a child. But then everybody got through the shield.

"Everybody, get in now!" Anakin shouted as Rebel and Republican star fighters went through it, including the Ghost Crew.

Around the citadel lots of X, A and U-Wings were around and shooting to the AT-ACT's around, while Chirrut, Baze and Bhodi were close to the Cargo Ship killing the Storm and Shore Troopers. Meanwhile, with Jyn and the rest, the three were close to the data vault and when they reached it, they met an Imperial Officer.

"What can I do for you?" He asked

"Nothing at the moment" K-2 replied as he gave a chop to his head, knocking him out (A/N this really happened in the movie don't judge me)

"We've gotta find that file now" Cassian said as K-2 opened the door and they got in. But before that, Jyn gave K-2 her blaster.

"You said you wanted one right?" Jyn asked him, which he didn't replied but took the blaster on his hand.

Now at the beach, all Jedi's including Ezra and Alex got down of their star fighters as they sprinted towards the citadel. Alex then felt that K-2 would need help at the vault as he spoke.

"Ezra, follow me towards the citadel, we must help K-2 and the others to give them time" Alex said.

Ezra nodded as he engaged his two lightsabers and Alex engaged his own, Alex's lightsaber was a purple one, it was an inquisitor lightsaber but the two side had crucifix blades, basically a hybrid between a crucifix lightsaber and an inquisitor one. As they reached the entrance, Ezra and Alex slashed it, cutting a circle on it and they were met by tons of troopers, both launched their own lightsabers as all of them were sliced in half, and when it was done, they dashed to the vault. With the Force augmenting their speed it only took a few minutes for them to reach the walkway above the antechamber to the data vault. What he found there was a firefight as K-2 was exchanging fire with at least two groups of stormtroopers which were also attempting to access the vault to kill Jyn and Cassian. It was immediately obvious even from here that the ex-Imperial enforcer droid was in a bad way, his armored durasteel carapace had a few holes from direct plasma hits blown in it and he was periodically spitting out sparks and smoke from the various points of damage. Looking at him Ezra and Alex guessed that the droid was only a few more hits from destruction as while enforcer droids were built tough, even they had their limits.

"We must help him, Ezra, you take care of the troopers, I'll go and fix K-2" Alex said, which Ezra went and while he was distracting the others Alex went and tried to fix him.

"Why are you fixing me? My armor is very damaged, you won't make it in time" K-2 said to Alex, who just looked at him.

"Believe me K-2, I'm one of the best engineers in the galaxy, I can fix you in no time" Alex replied with a confident smile plastered on his face.

K-2 then kept operating the vault as he saw Ezra using his lightsaber, only Jyn and Bhodi knew that Ezra was a Jedi, the rest didn't knew a thing, so he kept gazing at the Jedi while he was slicing the troopers, soon enough everybody was dead. When Ezra looked at K-2 he saw that he was deeply staring at him. Not to mention that he was dressed like a Storm Trooper so that confused him.

"You are obviously not a trooper, no trooper has such a rare weapon, who are you?" K-2 asked his rescuer, a rescuer who was dressed like an Imperial, but was wielding a weapon that marked him down as something that supposedly no longer existed.

"Oh right, the helmet, sorry" Ezra muttered before holstering the blaster pistol and taking off the helmet. Instantly the droid recognised him from the group of fighters who'd joined Cassian and Jyn to make up Rogue One.

"Mr. Dev Morgan, impressive skills you have there" K2 said managing to convey surprise despite his voice, like all droid voices, being generally emotionless. "If my visual sensors are not deceiving me you are a Jedi"

"They're not deceiving you K-2, I am a Jedi Knight" Ezra confirmed. "And my name really isn't Dev Morgan. It's Shan, Ezra Shan."

"K-2 what's going on out there?" Cassian's voice abruptly came from the radio.

"Mr. Morgan has appeared and just saved me from being destroyed by Imperial troops, Alex is currently fixing me" K2 replied to his partner. "It also appears that he has been keeping secrets from us"

"Secrets!? What kind of secrets?" Cassian demanded. Jyn snickered, knowing the truth.

"It appears that he is a Jedi Knight and that Dev Morgan is an alias. He tells me that his real name is Ezra Shan" K-2 replied, as Ezra then saw more Storm Troopers coming towards them and started slashing them.

"Repeat that please K-2. Did you just say he's a Jedi?" Cassian replied with a bit of anger on his voice, as Jyn was feeling even more uneasy.

"I am a Jedi Knight Captain Andor, just like Anakin" Ezra replied moving close enough to the comm unit for his voice to be picked up. "But that is irrelevant right now. Do you have the Death Star blueprints?"

"Not yet but we've identified them. K, we need you to highlight the data tapes for Project Star"

"Project Star" K-2 acknowledged. "Highlighting now"

"I see them, beginning retrieval procedure." For an agonizing minute or so nothing happened then Cassian's voice came again. "We've got them" the captain said sounding triumphant. "Open the vault door."

"Opening door now" K-2 answered giving the command, making the vault door open just as another squad of troopers came in and opened fire. By the fact that K-2 was now fixed, Alex and Ezra immediately blurred into motion again, as Ezra was slipping into his preferred lightsaber combat form of Ataru instantly, sending the initial volley of blaster bolts back at the troopers who fired them, killing three immediately.

Then they was amongst them. Blade lashing out in the quick but deadly jabs and slashes from seemingly multiple directions at once that combined with Force assisted speed and acrobatics made Form IV: Ataru or The Way of the Hawk Bat one of the deadlier lightsaber combat forms. Alex was now using his favorite technique, the tornado roller coaster as he likes to call it. Alex was now just giving side, front and back flips while his lightsaber was spinning, turning the troopers into pieces. As always Ezra enhanced his acrobatics and lightsaber strikes with his other Force powers, especially telekinesis sending troopers flying and some of the martial arts moves he'd picked up off Sabine over the years.

Cassian and Jyn emerged from the data vault just in time to see Ezra and Alex single handily and seemingly effortlessly take apart the entire squad of troopers. Despite having heard tales of the Jedi and their capabilities all their lives both could only stare in awe as in what seemed like seconds the entire squad were either killed or rendered unconscious by being thrown hard into metal walls and ceilings. The speed, power and lethal efficiency with which the Jedi's fought was both awe inspiring and in its own way quite frightening and Jyn was also amazed.

Both shook themselves to get rid of the shock as both turned to look at them, holding their lightsabers in the guard position. "You know I've heard stories about the combat capabilities of Jedi but I never truly believed them until now" Cassian said. "Why didn't you tell us who and what you really were General?"

"If I had you wouldn't have succeeded as well as you have" Ezra answered. "Nor would the planetary shields be down as you'd have likely wanted me to stay with you"

Cassian's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "The shield is down sir?" he asked.

"Yes, I mind tricked the general in charge of this place to deactivate the shield and it won't be going back up again as I not only destroyed the control console in the command center when I took it out but gave the fleet the location of the shield generators. Some A or Y wings should be taking them out as we speak."

"Nice," Jyn commented with an appreciative whistle. "Now we just need to transmit the blueprints to the Rebel and Republican Fleet. Can we do that from here?"

"No, the internal communications systems appear to be offline," K-2 replied before looking at Ezra. "I assume that is your doing?"

"Correct. Internal comms are out so the Imperials can't coordinate their defence. We must ascend to the communications array at the top of the tower to transmit the blueprints. A ship will be waiting there to pick us up."

"Alright, K what's the quickest way up to the array?" Cassian asked turning to the droid.

"There is a turbolift twenty-five meters east of here that leads to the maintenance gantry beneath the array," K-2 replied. "With the bulk of Imperial attention focused on the battle outside there is a seventy percent probability that we will reach it undetected."

"Then what are we waiting for? Lets go!" Cassian demanded, which K-2 just nodded but noticed that something weird was happening at the beach.

"Jedi's are all around the beach, they're fighting the imperial Shore Troopers" K-2 said, as Cassian stood in awe.

"More Jedi's are here? Why I haven't been told?" Cassian muttered under his breath.

"This was only going to be revealed once the shield was down. Now we have the blueprints. K-2 can you help the others? I fixed your armor so now it is more resistant to plasma, it's a metal from another world, it won't be destroyed by anything" Alex said, which K-2 just nodded as he went with Alex to the beach.

Ezra was now with Jyn and Cassian in the forklift to the antenna they had to fix to give them the Death Star's blueprints, while Cassian looked very concerned by his friend. After a second he felt a dainty hand clap him on the shoulder and he glanced over to see Jyn looking at him in sympathy and understanding. After a few seconds, he allowed an appreciative smile to appear on his lips and Jyn smiled back, a mutual spark of attraction flaring between them.

Standing behind them Ezra smiled as he didn't have to be a Jedi to see the attraction flare between the two of them. Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor were just right for one another, both completed the other filling in holes that neither person had known they had. The Force was quite clear on that detail. And it looks like they might be starting to realize that themselves, he thought as for a few moments out of time the tableau between Jyn and Cassian held. But sadly the moment only ended when the lift came to a stop.

"Uh, Cassian you might wanna stop leaning on the lift doors before-" Ezra started to say just as the lift doors opened and the captain fell forward with a yell of surprise to a bruising impact with a sheet metal deck. "-they open"

"Are you hurt?" Jyn asked, resisting the urge to laugh at what just happened, but failing since she was cracking a bit.

"Aside from a little bruised pride I'm fine" Cassian replied picking himself up, wincing slightly, knowing he was going to ache for days after this. "Come on we need to send those blueprints to the fleet"

Without waiting for a reply, he walked along the short corridor and out onto the open-air maintenance deck beneath the great dish of the communications array. From here they had a breath-taking view of the entire tropical atoll on which the base was built, as well as a bird's eye view of the ongoing battle.

A battle that seemed to be winding down. Rebel X and A wing fighters dominated the skies above the base, the smouldering remains of TIE Strikers falling to earth all around. Down on the beach they could see many U-Wing transports along with a few larger craft that had deployed ground forces that were mopping up the last few stubborn pockets of Imperial resistance and tons of Jedi's killing Imperial Troopers, all around the sand laid the smoldering wrecks of AT-CT and AT-ST walkers. All of it pointed to one thing.

Their audacious attack had succeeded; the Scariff Citadel Base had fallen to the Rebel Alliance.

Just as they were about to insert the blueprints, a blaster shot came towards them, which Ezra easily deflected. They looked ahead to see Krennic, badly injured by the attack and pointing his gun to Jyn.

"D-Do you really think you're going to win? You're not-thing but sc-scum. Your Re-bel Alliance, and th-the New Republic will fall" Krennic weakly said.

"You're wrong Krennic, the Empire will fall" Jyn replied with a smirk on her face. Ezra had his original lightsaber still engaged, but he suddenly disengaged it, but still wielding it.

"You really think that you're going to stop us? Then you're more stup-" Krennic said before he was cut in half by Ezra in a blink.

Cassian and Jyn looked in horror to see how cruel that was, as they saw Ezra's pose. His inquisitor blade engaged, and as he disengaged it, he looked at Krennic with a hint of annoyance.

"You talk too much" He said, which made Cassian crack a bit, while Jyn just sweatdropped.

"You guys go and send the data to the fleet. I'll have to return, soon Star Killer will come for you" He said, which they both nodded.

"Right" Jyn agreed and made her way over to the main console beneath the plate. After unclipping the data tape from her belt, she carefully inserted it into the reader and entered the command to transmit the contents to the orbiting Rebel fleet, only for the screen to flash red.

"Reset antenna alignment" a female computer voice said. "Reset antenna alignment"

"I'm on it" Cassian said, immediately moving over to a free-standing console on the end of a gantry sticking out from the service deck. After a few moments of scanning the controls he figured out exactly what he needed to do and made the appropriate adjustments, immediately there came the whirring of very powerful motors from above them and the great metal dish began to move, the antenna in the centre coming onto an alignment with the Rebel fleet. In seconds, it was in position.

"Try it now" he called to Jyn.

"On it!" Jyn replied and once again entered the command to transmit the contents of the data tape to the Rebel fleet. Immediately a new screen appeared showing four bars of eight units each representing the information contained on the tape. Instantly the farthest to the left on each bar began flashing black.

"Transmitting" the antenna's computer intoned. "Transmitting"

Meanwhile, with Ezra

Ezra was right now dashing through the halls, looking for him, but then he found a huge and dark room, with a gantry inside it, with two shades. One had blue hair like him and was a girl, wearing the same clothes he once did, and the other had a hood covering his face, with two red lightsabers engaged on his hands, as he gave a sadistic laugh he spoke.

"Hello, Sarah Smith" Sidious spoke as she fearfully engaged her lightsaber.

Ezra groaned at that name but then saw that Sidious charged towards her, ready to slash. In a second he engaged his own and in that same second he stopped the attack and pushed him with the Force. Sidious smirked at him as Kanan arrived with the rest of the Ghost Crew. Kate then gasped, getting the attention of the Ghost crew.

"E-E-Ezra I thought you were at the beach?" Sarah asked in shock, as Ezra just kept pushing Sidious with the Force.

"Yes. I was Sarah" He replied in an emotionless tone. Suddenly, Jyn and Cassian arrived, hearing what he said.

"General Shan you know them?" Jyn asked in curiosity. 

"Ezra we need to go now the Death Star is coming" Sarah said, due that she got a warning while she was running.

"You guys go, Anakin put me in charge once I revealed myself" Ezra said, this time with a hint of annoyance, while Sidious tried to break loose from the push.

"Ezra please it's not safe, come with us. We know you hate us but its to dangerous now." Hera said in a motherly concerned tone.

"No, I'm staying, after all, I've got some business with him" He replied, still with a hint of annoyance and anger shocking Hera. Ezra suddenly got tired and Sidious saw his chance and charged at him, only to be countered by Ezra's Lightnings of the Force. Kanan gasped at his move.

"Ezra you can't use that move! It'll turn you to the Dark Side!" Kanan yelled in concern, but Ezra just kept pushing. Sidious saw the chance and smirked, feeling how much Ezra hated the Ghost Crew.

"Yes, that's right Ezra, let your anger break loose, let the hate take control over you, let it finish the job!" He yelled with another laugh, but that just made Ezra explode, he suddenly unleashed a Force Pulse, a technique only Star Killer and Juno used. It didn't killed anybody, but it pushed them all.

"Just go! I'll deal with him!" Ezra yelled, this time his patience was being wasted.

"Kid stop arguing please just listen for your sake" Zeb argued but Ezra now groaned as he used a Force Push again.

"Zeb I'm eighteen! I can handle myself!" Ezra yelled, now more annoyed than ever. Kanan groaned as well, he was not in the mood now, they had to leave before the Death Star arrived.

"Ezra we have to leave! It's for your own sake!" Kanan yelled this time, he was grabbing Ezra who retaliated by using his grip. Sidious charged again, only to be met again by another Force Push by Ezra.

"Ezra let's go, he'll capture you!" Kanan yelled now with his patience wasted as Ezra eyes glow.

"Kanan no! You don't understand, we're here to get the blueprints of the Death Star transmitted!" Ezra yelled, which Jyn just nodded, signalizing him that they were transmitted already.

"Stop it Kanan! He and Anakin saved my father, they're here to help us!" Jyn yelled, trying to stop him but failed as appearntly Kanan grabbed Ezra who is struggling to keep both Sidious on the wall and removing Kanan grip.

"But he's Darth Vader, he must be controlling Ezra!" Sabine yelled in concern, she didn't wanted to lose Ezra this time, not after what happened. Suddenly, Ahsoka appeared inside the T-Wing with Anakin and Alex aboard just as Ezra broke free(A/N it's that ship Anakin and Ahsoka used in the Clone Wars cartoon).

"Guys, we gotta hurry! The Death Star's arriving!" She shouted, as everybody was getting inside, including Jyn and Cassian.

"Ezra we won't leave without you!" Sarah screamed with tears on her eyes, Ezra just shrugged it off.

"Who said that I need you?! Go, before the Death Star engages!!" He yelled.

"But, Ezra-" Kanan was about to say before he was interrupted.

"GO!!!" He yelled, as he force pushed them inside the ship

"NOOOOO!!!!" Sarah said crying as the door closed and it left. Now Ezra released Sidious, while releasing a sigh of relief.

"So at last we meet again, Ezra Shan" Sidious said with a smirk.

"Hey there ugly. I knew you were here, do you think I didn't know that you were going to be here and fight me?" Ezra replied

Sidious looked shocked but then smirked as he remembered his discussion with the Ghost Crew.

"You know where this is going Jedi, now it's time to finish the job" Said Sidious as he stood in guard.

"You're on, Palpatine" Said Ezra as he disengaged his inquisitor lightsaber and brought his normal lightsaber ignited it revealing a purple blade.

Sidious then leaped toward Ezra, both blades thrust forward. The Jedi Knight parried the Sith Lord's attack and spun to deliver his own blow. Sidious caught Ezra's lightsaber between the crossed blades of his own and slid them forward. He swung his lightsabers out and around to strike at Ezra's midsection. The Jedi flipped up and over the Dark Lord just in time to evade. Another attack from Sidious nearly found its mark, but Ezra stopped the energy blades with his own. For a moment, the combatants stood, pressing their lightsabers against one another. Sidious snarled as his yellow eyes glowed from the hollow cavities in his disfigured face.

"Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side," the Dark Lord crowed. He and Ezra both leaped backward to face one another from opposite sides of the room.

Sidious sprang on the offensive again, whirling around, his lightsabers swirling in a dazzling blur of motion. Ezra concentrated, trying to time his own strike just right. He skipped his blade off of Sidious's red lightsaber and brought it down through the emitter of Sidious other blade. Once again armed with only one weapon, the Sith spun about and thrust at Ezra chest. A circular strike from Ezra's lightsaber knocked the attack harmlessly aside.

The Sith Lord unleashed another volley of lightning, but Ezra managed to catch it on the blade of his lightsaber. Maintaining the lighting with his left hand, Sidious struck at Ezra with the lightsaber in his right. The Jedi managed to maneuver such that the Sith's blade and lightning were both held at bay.

The Dark Lord let out a snarl and attacked again with his lightsaber. His anger had caused him to attack recklessly, and Ezra saw an opening. With a quick parry to Sidious's lightsaber, and a swift attack of his own, the Jedi Knight severed Sidious's arm, just above the elbow. The old Sith howled in pain and anger and leaped backwards behind his desk... Ezra then felt that the Death Star arrived and heard StarKiller above the Rogue Shadow.

"Hey you need a ride?" He said with a smirk on his face.

"HELL YEAH!" Ezra shouted as he was coming aboard it, but Sidious had other plans.

"Look out!" He yelled as Sidious once again charged, but this time Ezra stabbed him, sending him once again to the wall.

"Come on let's get out of here!" Star Killer shouted as Juno engaged the ship and once they arrived to the Exosphere they engaged course to Coruscant and entered the hyperspace.

Sidious then grabbed a communicator and called Grand Moff Tarkin.

"Stop charging the Death Star, it won't be necessary anymore" He said with a smirk on his face.

"Understood my Lord, your ship is arriving right now" He replied through the communicator.

A while later, Sidious' ship arrived as he remembered his duel with Ezra.

"I'll see you again, Shan " Sidious said as he gave a loud sadistic laugh.

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