It was just another day at Chopper Base. Things were going slow as Hera and Sabine had gone on a supply run and Zeb was out doing who knows what. Ezra was laying in bed tossing his lightsaber up and down for lack of anything better to do when Kannen walked into the room.
“Hey Kannen”, he said
“Um, Ezra”, he replied looking uncomfortable, “I need your help with something.”
“Sure!”, Ezra said, perking up, “what do you need?”
“I want you to help me train…to fly The Ghost”
Ezra just stared blankly at him for a minute.
Kannen scowled and said “what?”, when Ezra didn’t respond.
“Umm kannen, are you sure that’s a good idea?”, Ezra said finally.
Kannen sighed. “We spend a lot of time in space. Most of our battles are fought on The Ghost. I need to be able to help. And I know I can.”
“Is that even legal? Flying…um, blind?”
Kannen smirked at that. “Kid, everything we do is illegal. Besides, Jedi train to trust the force more than our eyes. There are many ways to see.”
“Alright. If you’re sure. Just don’t blame me when Hera comes after you for wrecking her ship.”
Kannen chuckled, “You got a deal.”
They decided it’d be safer to try with the phantom because if anything happened to The Ghost they’d be dead men. Kannen had a trouble with all the buttons, but he could steer just as well as ever. Then he accidentally jumped into hyperspace, cursing the damn buttons, and Ezra decided the lesson was over.
“Let’s try shooting”, Ezra suggested, “It’s not like Hera’s letting any of us fly her ship anyway.”
“Alright”, Kannen agreed, sounding glum.
They flew the ghost a bit away from Chopper Base so that they wouldn’t blow it up and when they found a good spot Ezra got outside with some empty crates while Kannen climbed up to the turret gun.
“Ready?”, Ezra asked through the comm
“Ready”, Kannen replied with conviction.
“Ok, here goes.”
Ezra levitated the crates using the force and steadied them in front of the ship. He started with fairly fixed targets and then started moving them around. Kannen didn’t miss a single one. Ezra quickly realised it was too easy for him and decided to try multiple targets at once. Kannen shot them down so fast Ezra almost got crushed by one as it was falling to the ground.
Ezra whooped through the comm, making Kannen smile.
“Thanks kid”
“Anytime master” 🙂
Photo Credits: Star Wars Rebels
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