Saga of the Bridgers-Year 4

Chapter 17: Now we are free

The Constantinople and the Ghost quickly reached the plain where the tower stood. When they landed, Ezra, Jaral, Mira and Darvos were already waiting at the ramp of the hangar to open, so they could finally reunite with their family again.

When the ramp finally finished lowering, the people aboard the Ghost was already waiting for them. Particularly, Sabine was at the very front, hands on her hips and an expression between furious and absolutely proud.

"Be prepared, lil bro." Jaral thought with a chuckle.

"Yup, my war goddess is angry." he thought back, rolling his eyes with a smile.

They descended the ramp, and when they touched the grass, Sabine stepped forward, with a grin that contrasted with her severe eyes.

She closed the distance with Ezra and raised a hand with her right hand twisted as if she wanted to scratch him, but eventually, she just grabbed his collar and kissed him with vigor, earning a chuckle from the spectators.

"I forgive you only because you came back." she said while hugging him.

"You're too generous, cyar'ika." Ezra replied while returning the hug.

Sabine took something from her belt.

"So generous that I kept this for you." and showed his lightsaber.

Ezra gently grabbed it and reattached it to his belt. Meanwhile, Jordan took out his daughter's saber as well and stepped forward to tend it to her.

While Jaral reentered in possession of her weapon, Ezra was reminded of one thing that had happened in the last few days that he still hadn't told his sister. He turned his head toward her with an alerted tone.

"Sis, we must get to Malachor, Ahsoka is still alive!" he said, leaving everyone wrong-footed.

"Hold it, what do you mean?!" Rex asked in surprise.

Thus, Ezra quickly recapped his experience into the World Between Worlds and the Jedi Temple on Lothal. With the preparations for that day's battle, he had decided to keep for himself what had happened there, because he himself still had to realize entirely whatever occurred.

The story left everybody speechless.

"But...if she went back to Malachor..." Jaral reasoned. "wouldn't she have been there for a year and a half, already? Will she even be alive?"

"Come on," Ezra replied with force. "why would I have undergone all of that just to let her die slowly on that cursed planet?! She must be there!"

"Or maybe, she found a way to leave." Nimbus suddenly spoke, drawing the siblings' gaze.

"What do you think?" Jaral asked calmly.

"Well, I left the planet with my own TIE, Maul stole a ship from my deceased colleagues, but there were two of them on Malachor that day. If she went back to that moment, perhaps she found the last TIE Advanced and left...or maybe," she said while stroking her chin. "maybe there was portal for this 'World' on Malachor. Now that she knew this, she probably found out how to use it and...left." she concluded.

The siblings looked at each other, then at the Mirialan again.

"So this means she might be anywhere, by now." Ezra understood.

"Who cares?" Rex intervened. "She's alive, that's all that matters." he added with a genuine relief knowing that his best friend was alive. "But still, we could use her help in the future."

"I agree." Hera added. "We need to find a way to contact her."

"You guys have a war to win, right now." Nimbus commented. "But I have a lot of time to spare. I will have my network look for her." she offered.