Alternate path
Well, I thought the inquisitor was an idiot in episode 9 so I wrote this in a couple of hours as a one shot for what should've/could've happened.
Everything was going smoothly. The inquisitor had followed them according to plan and Kanan had managed to get Ezra to open up and forgive his old friend. He thought that everything would go smoothly.
How naïve.
As Kanan fought the inquisitor he kept trying to think of new tactics to defeat him. At one point even drawing his blaster, but the inquisitor just toyed with him. The second Kanan even reached for it the Inquisitor used the force and took it in his own hand.
Kanan then charged at the Inquisitor with his lightsaber. The Inquisitor smiled and threw the gun into the air. But it didn't hit the ground. With ease the Inquisitor held back the Jedi even to the point of only using one hand.
"My my. You're relying on anger to try and defeat me? I thought you were a Jedi." The Inquisitor managed to force Kanen back a few feet and then, using the force again, the Inquisitor quickly lowered the suspended blaster into his hand and took aim.
"Kanan!" Ezra had felt Kanan's presence weaken. He stopped controlling the creatures and turned to the fight. Kanan was grasping his right shoulder, his lights saber lying on the ground. The Inquisitor was smiling sadistically and turned to Ezra.
Ezra waisted no time. He ran over to Kanan's side, grabbed his light saber and stood in front of Kanan's to protect him.
"Ezra," Kanan said while panting. The blood was starting to drench parts of his clothes. "Get out of here!"
"Not without you!" Ezra responded. "Your suppose to teach me the ways of the force right? Can't have you getting yourself killed just when things started to get interesting." The Inquisitor laughed at this and took a step towards the boy. Ezra pointed the lightsaber at him.
"Stay back!" He said sternly. The Inquisitor smiled and using the force, took the lightsaber out of Ezra's hand. Suspending the blaster in the air like he did before.
"Oh but I'm afraid I can't do that." The Inquisitor responded and stabbed the blue lightsaber into the ground so he could hold the blaster again.
"In fact, I believe it's time we end Jedi and Padawan once and for all." The Inquisitor shot another round only this time directed at Ezra. Kanen's managed to move in front of him in time though and took the shot to the side of his chest.
"KANAN!" Ezra yelled. Kanan had fallen to the ground at this point.
"Run... Ez..." Kanan's couldn't finish his sentence before he passed out. Ezra couldn't stay by his side for long, for the Inquisitor stood above him, still smiling sadistically as he threw the blaster onto the ground and picked up the blue lightsaber again.
Ezra tried to run but the only place to go to was a cliff. He kept backing up and for further intimidation, the Inquisitor dragged both lightsabers on the ground. Ezra had no where to go.
"Your devotion to your master is admirable but it will not save you. Nothing can." Ezra tried to climb over some rocks but the Inquisitor just force-pushed him almost off the edge.
"Get back!" Ezra yelled as he stood up.
"Ah yes. Good good! Unleash your fear..." The Inquisitor began to laugh. "You're much more wise than your pathetic excuse for a master." The Inquisitor pointed his lightsaber at Ezra. "I will teach you what your master could not."
"You don't have anything to teach me!" Ezra yelled.
"The darkness, it's to strong for you. It will swallow you up."
"No..." Ezra looked back at Kanan. The Inquisitor's smile grew.
"Your master will die." He said.
"No..."
"Your friends will die and everything you hoped for, will be lost. This is how the story ends." Ezra clenched his fist together. And focused on one thing and one thing only, defeating him.
"NO!" He yelled. His hands were now open and looked as though they were lifting something large up. The pebbles around the two began to rise and even Kanan woke up from his black out. He managed to move his head and see Ezra do the unthinkable.
"Ezra... No..." He said as he reached his hand out to him. This was all his fault. Ezra was now engulfing himself in darkness in order to protect him.
Ezra had summoned what appeared to be the strongest of the creatures and had him at his beck and call. The Inquisitor was shocked to say the least.
Perhaps this child is more powerful than I anticipated. Still, he can't control his power. Nevertheless he will be a worthy edition to the dark side.
Ezra casted his hand in the direction of the Inquisitor and the beast went after him. However afterwards, passed out right next to the cliff.
Meanwhile, the Inquisitor, having gotten over the shock of how much power the boy had displayed, thew the blue lightsaber to the side, in favor of his own, and, while gripping the red lightsaber with both hands tightly, charged at the beast. He then slid under it and stabbed it in what he hopped was the heart. The animal screeched loudly and fell beside the Inquisitor.
He walked slowly to Ezra and stared down at the sleeping boy. He retract his lightsaber and placed it on his back. Then, he picked up Ezra and threw the boy over his shoulder.
Kanan watched helplessly as this occurred. The storm troopers had managed to fight off the rest of the smaller creatures and we're now approaching him. The Inquisitor walked over as well. Kanan glared at him.
"Sir what's should we do with him?" Asked one of the storm troopers. The Inquisitor pondered what to do before coming up with a suitable solution.
"We will take him into custody and to Corasaunt. There he will be tried for treason against the empire."
"And what about the boy?" The Inquisitor smiled.
"I believe that I am in need of an apprentice. Besides he's young enough to be molded into the perfect dark knight."
"You won't get away with this." Kanan broke in. The Inquisitor glared at Kanan and then turned to the storm trooper.
"You may proceed. However have a medical droid operate on his chest wound when we return to the star destroyer."
"But sir..."
"We need to make an example of this Jedi. When he is found guilty of treason it will show the Galaxy who the true heroes are."
Kanan was carried to the small imperial ship by two storm troopers. There was a small cell aboard the ship and Kanan had his hands cuffed behind his back, and was thrown into the cell. Ezra on the other hand, was cuffed and instead strapped into one of the seats on the ship. When everyone was boarded, they took off.
In his pain, Kanan tried to use the force to communicated with Ezra since he knew he didn't have much time left.
Ezra... Ezra can you hear me?
"Kanan?" Ezra whispered as he slightly opened his eyes. He was still utterly exhausted from what he did earlier.
Shh... Don't talk. Listen to me. We've been captured by the Inquisitor. I won't be with you soon so you have to promise me you'll stay strong and not fall into the dark side.
"Where are you-"
"Shut up kid." One of the storm troopers sitting next to him said.
I'm proud of you Ezra. You've learned so much and overcome even more. Now you must live on. I wish I could've taught you so much more. Your power was growing faster than I could keep up with. Forgive me for not being a better master. I-
"Don't say that." Ezra whispered. "You're a great-"
"I said shut up!" The storm trooper yelled. The Inquisitor, who had been at the front of the ship, helping with the navigation turned around and walked over to the two.
"What seems to be the problem?" He asked. The storm trooper, now shaken with fear, couldn't respond.
"I asked, what was the problem?" The storm trooper gulped.
"Well sir," he said while pointing at the still half awake Ezra, "the prisoner keeps talking to himself." The Inquisitor looked curiously at the boy.
"Don't go..." Ezra whispered. "I need you to teach me how to become a Jedi." The Inquisitor realized what was happening and walked over to Kanan's cell.
Kanan managed to turn his beaten form when he sensed the Inquisitor's presence come closer. The Inquisitor glared at him and sent a small but deadly wave of the force at Kanan's mind. Kanan began gripping his head and and try to shake the pain away.
Stop interfering. You'll only make it harder for the boy when he sees your death broadcasted all over the galaxy.
Leave Ezra out of this. He's just a kid.
So that's the boy's name. Unfortunately I can't for you see he shows great potential. It would be a shame to waist it.
You won't-
"I've grown tired of your constant ramblings." The Inquisitor raised Kanan up and began to choke him.
"Perhaps I should just kill you here?" Kanan was flailing his arms trying to fight back, but he was too weak to even use the Jedi mind trick. "No that wouldn't be right. You need to die in front of the masses as the imperial march plays. Who knows? We might make it a tradition to kill Jedi and other traitors the day after empire day."
The Inquisitor let go and dropped Kanan to the ground, leaving him gasping for air and slowly blacking out.
Ezra... I am happy that I was able to call you my padawan...
"Kanan?"Ezra asked, now completely awake. He opened his eyes more and saw his surroundings. He tried to stand up but noticed he was strapped into a seat next to a storm trooper. He began frantically jerking.
"Kanan? Kanan!" He yelled. The Inquisitor rushed back to Ezra and quickly used the force to nock him out again. He didn't want the boy lashing out again because he couldn't control his power. The Inquisitor slowly walked up to the pilot and looked at the approaching imperial star cruiser. He knew that with the boy, things would change for the empire. Things would change indeed.
So yeah that was my one shot. Like my apprentice fanfic for ultimate spiderman if enough people like it I'll continue it. But as it stands I have no plans on writing anymore than this. All I wanted to do was prove that the writers were idiots for making the Inquisitor come across as an idiot. (So your telling me that the first thing you do when confronted by a gigantic creature is to swing your lightsaber around before yelling at it to make the thing go away? Why not forced choke it or, you know, KILL IT?) If I misspelled anything it's because I rushed this out after a couple of hours because I wanted to get the idea out of my head as soon as possible.
UPDATE: picture is from Ezra-The-Rebel's deviantart page. Go check it out it's awesome!