Missing

Chapter 12

3rd POV
R7-23 came out of the bushes and followed Ezra. On his trouble of catching up he picked up something but, he made beeps of pain and the screen faded to black.

"It was my fault," Ezra said. Ahsoka turned around in fright. She didn't know he was there.

"Ezra, how long have you been standing there?" Ahsoka asked.

"Once I heard Leo's voice," Ezra walked to the hologram and turned it off. The room was dimmer than before. Ezra went and sat with Ahsoka, looking at the floor.

"Ezra you can't blame yourself."

"Yes I can, it's-"

"No, you can't," Ahsoka said aggressively. He shut his mouth and raised his head. "You told them to retreat and they disobeyed. You can't carry around this guilt that isn't guilt at all. I will not allow you to blame yourself for their mistakes. Trust me, you were doing a great job as leader, they're the ones that didn't follow."

"I guess you're right. They went on ahead. I have to let it go," Ezra played with his hands.

"Good. I have a question well, two questions."

"Okay, I'm listening."

"How old were they?"

"Reve was 12, Jasmine was 13, Leo was 14, Ta'lik was 15, Blake and I were 16 and Fredrick was 17," Ezra looked at his hands.

"Wow, a few were young," Ahsoka noticed. Ezra slowly nodded. She stayed quiet for minutes. "Why did you run the other direction?"

"I guess I was so panicked that I saw my friends die right in front of me, I lost my commonsense. I ran into the jungle because I was afraid to see their lifeless bodies, I didn't want to see them like that. I wasn't ready to handle that type of emotion," Ezra shammingly admitted. A tear dropped onto his dry gloves. Ahsoka put her hand on his shoulder to get his attention.

"Do you want to know what happened after?" Ahsoka asked. It was bad if he said no, she wanted to know the whole story. But, she wants Ezra to know, too. He nodded. They contacted Obi-wan for more info.

"Master Kenobi, what happened after you guys arrived?" Ezra didn't bother to greet him.

"We saw the dead padawans on the ground with you no where in sight. Yet, we didn't have to time to look for you because Fredrick was alive but, badly injured. We returned to Coruscant once we found him breathing," Obi-wan knew what they were talking about.

"What about the facility?" Ezra questioned.

"That was already taken care of. When we arrived on Coruscant, we took Fredrick to med-bay. I asked him what happened to you and he said he saw you running. Saying you dropped something, too."

"Is he alive?"

Obi-wan shook his head. Ezra dropped his head in sorrow.

"He died a day after the incident. Yet, a week after R7 announced that he had recorded the whole thing and that he had your other lightsaber. We went searching for you but, days passed and we didn't know if you were alive or dead. So, we kept it as unconfirmed," Obi-wan stated. Ezra and Ahsoka kept silent.

"Thank you Master Kenobi," Ahsoka dismissed the call. Obi-wan bowed and the hologram vanished.

"What now?" Ahsoka inquired. Ezra grinned weakly.

"Now we rest for what tomorrow has planned."

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The rebels and the Jedi headed back to Iziz. They planned on making a public message, to assure the people of Onderon to get on their side.