Our Missing Time

chapter 1

A master's fear

Kanan's pov

"Ezra...Ezra, come on now...wake up please,my son" I said to the unconscious boy by my side.

It had been nearly half a day since Ezra and I had been captured. Ezra has been in and out of conscious in all that time. Being thrown in this transport with other captured people bound for who knows where, I just had to hope that Hera and the others got the message and have thought of some way to rescue us. If not I had to think of a way to rescue the two of us.

Thinking of what I might have to do to rescue us I looked Ezra all over, I could see that his injuries weren't too bad, he will heal fine. It must have been the a blow to his head that has him slipping in and out like he is. The carrier ride was a little rough and I was a little surprised that he didn't stay awake a little longer.

"Sir is that your boy?"said a voice from across the other side of the transport, when I nodded he continued "you had better let him sleep while he can, he won't get much once he is sold on to be a slave".

I sighed, the man was right in a way, Ezra would need to rest we needed to recover as much as we can but not to become a slave, no Ezra and I need our strength to get away before that happens. Ezra shifted and curled into me, I smiled a little, Ezra despite his unconscious state and injuries, he recognized me even in his sleep. I moved hands as much as I could and brushed a stray lock of hair out of his eyes, then I hear him say...

"Dad, let me sleep"

And to that I say "that's right daddy is here. Rest my son, everything will be alright".

"No it won't" a new voice said.

I turn at that voice to see a young Draconic boy, about the same age as Ezra glaring at me with pain in his eyes. From what I know of his race, they are very hard to capture but this boy, he didn't seem to have the same fire in him that I have seen in the others of his kind. I wonder what has made him like that and I didn't know if I would ever get the full story out of him.

"What was that?" I asked him.

"I said no it won't. Nothing will ever be alright again" said the Draconic boy looking down, his tail curling around his body as if he was trying to hold himself together.

"It will" I responded and when he looked up at me I continued " the force knows it will, I mean how long have you been a slave? you can't have been one very long?".

"I have always been a slave. As soon as I was old enough to hold and push things, I was taken from my parents, I don't even know if they are still alive or not" he replied looking away from me.

If I could get him to trust me, I could use his size to our advantage. I just had to get him to believe that he would get away, to seize his freedom along with Ezra and I. Turning my head I could see that there were other strong people in here, now all we needed was the opportunity to use it but that Draconic boy would be a help as a spearhead to our exit.

"Would you like to find out if they are? I plan to get myself and my son away from here as soon as I am able. When I do I will try and free you...all of you" I said addressing all of them but mostly at the Draconic boy.

"You can that?" asked an adult advozse male.

Just then a plan started to form and knew somehow that it would work in our favor. All I had to do was to get the others in on it so that we had a chance. It was a small chance, but a chance and I was going to make sure that we all made use of it. I couldn't be sure that we would all make it to freedom but I would make sure that at least Ezra did.

"I believe I can but I will need help. We will need to take out as many of the guards as soon as those doors open, what happens after that I cannot be sure but at least we will be out"I responded to the questions in their eyes.

The carrier rattled on as we planned our escape. Sometimes I looked at Ezra, the kid was showing more signs of waking again and he needed to wake I knew I couldn't carry him and fight. It was going to be hard enough to fight like I am with my hands tied like this, I was going to need to free them as soon as we were away from here. I am sure the Dale and his minions will be after anyone who does get away.

Just then I hear a groan and I look down to see Ezra was now awake again...well sort of. The kid was blinking a bit like he still had a headache, but still I was glad to see those bright blue eyes of his again looking a little clearer.

"Ezra, son are you alright?" I asked silently letting him know that he has to call me dad.

"Dad w...w..what happened ? h...h..how are you here?" he asked.

"You decided to attack the wall with your head and the wall won" I answered with a chuckle.

he raised an eyebrow at that.

I sighed and said a little more seriously "you were unconscious I came to help but when the brute that attacked you threatened your life, I had no choice but to give in,so that he wouldn't continue to hurt you. There really wasn't anything that anyone could do to stop what was happening. Then we were thrown in here" I replied.

"So its my fault" he said, his hair covering his dirty face.

I quickly brushed the hair away from his eyes again. I knew that my next words could change how Ezra felt about what happened, it was one of the things I was taught at the temple and I knew that he needed to hear this to help him see he couldn't have stopped it or avoided it, I was just meant to be.

"Son its not your fault, if anyone's fault its mine, but I have trust in you to succeed at the impossible. I know you were still weak from the bite but I thought you were ready. Are you going to be ready next time?" I said looking at the boy.

Ezra looked up and then sent to my mind "was that something of a Jedi saying in there Kanan?".

"Might have been but its no less true, I have faith in you, my son" I replied leaning down and touching my forehead to his.

"K...K..dad do you think we can get out of this?"Ezra asked.

"Y...yes we can"I said, making the words stumble a little when I heard the word dad.

Even though I had asked him to call me that while we were here. I didn't know how I would react when I heard that word, its like I just had a fire lit in me. Something that I hadn't felt in a long time, something that gave me the will to fight for him, that was a feeling that no dark side user would ever feel, the light of hope.

A few minutes later the carrier started to slow down, time for the mission to begin, but Ezra and the other hurt ones had to stay out of it, he like the others were still too weak to help us but still they had to be ready to run when the time came.

"Okay dad I will" Ezra said through the bond.

I smiled inwardly. Then the carrier stopped and the rest of us moved, as so as the doors opened the bigger captives rushed the slavers but were ready for us,like they had gone through something like this before.

"Don't think this is the first time that our slaves have tried to escape on us, many slaves have tried, all have failed in their escape attempt once we got to the sale yards. No you will all bring us credits" said Dale his hand moving under Ezra's chin as he stopped in front of us.

I glared at him, then looked at Ezra and was a little worried by what I saw there. In Ezra's eyes there was none of the cocky teenage Jedi that I knew and cared about. No all I saw was a small blue eyed child that had just excepted his fate.

An: the start of the second part of "our missing years" story. Tell me what you thought of it and of the new rebels episode? more soon.