A/N: Hey guys! This was requested by Arc-Fire115. Hope you like it. I took some inspiration from "The In-Betweens" a small one-shot made by DarthBubbles. Don't forget to review and leave requests in the reviews.
Comfort
It had been a tiring day for the Ghost crew and thanks to Senator Organa's daughter, the Phoenix squadron now had three more ships to transport their people; however, one member of the Ghost crew was more exhausted than the others, physically and emotionally talking.
It was late, Hera and Kanan were with Sato and Azadi in the command ship talking about the mission, Zeb was already sleep in his room, Chopper was running some scans and Sabine was painting in her room, however, she couldn't take the image of Ezra's sad face from her mind and remembered when Kanan called them earlier.
"They're calling back." Hera said when a transmission came in.
Sabine put down her sketchbook and waited anxiously. A lot of thoughts ran through her mind. 'Did he found them?' 'Are they okay?' The hologram of Kanan pop up but the Mandalorian knew something was wrong; the Jedi looked tired and broken and his expression was grim.
"What happened?" Hera asked.
Kanan sighed. "We found Prisoner X." He said.
"And who is it?" She asked.
"His name is Ryder Azadi; he was the Governor of Lothal when Ezra was a kid." The Jedi answered.
"And what happened with Ezra's parents? Did he find them?" The Twi'lek asked.
When Kanan didn't answer, she became worried. "Kanan?" She asked.
"They're gone." He said.
There was a silence in the common room. Zeb and Sabine exchanged looks of sadness. Hera looked down and sighed. "How is he taking it?" She asked.
The Jedi sighed. "As we expected." He said. "We knew what could happen if Ezra got his hopes up about his parents". He said.
Once they finished talking with Kanan, the Ghost went to Lothal.
Sabine sighed and stopped painting. She needed to clear her mind, so she went to the kitchen and poured down some blue milk. When she was in her way back to her room, she heard sobbing coming from the Phantom.
The Mandalorian climbed the stairs and looked inside the ship. Ezra was sitting on the pilot's chair and a small holoprojector on the main console displaying the picture of Ezra's parents. Sabine's heart broke at the sight, the young Padawan had his face hidden between his arms and these were resting on his knees while sobs came out from his month.
Sabine promised herself she would never cry over something as silly as the boy in front of her but seeing Ezra, her friend, so broken it was enough for her to let some tears fall from her eyes; however, she didn't want him to see her crying over him so she quickly dried off her tears and walked closer to the blue-haired boy.
"Ezra?" She asked softly.
The boy shoot his head up quickly and turned around. "Oh…hi Sabine." He said in a croaky voice. "I didn't…hear you coming in." He said and forced a small smiled.
The Mandalorian girl sighed as soon as she saw the Padawan's red eyes. "How long have you been here?" She asked.
Ezra looked down. "I don't know. I lost track of time." He said softly but loud enough for Sabine to hear.
They stayed in silence for a few minutes, Ezra turned around and looked again at the picture. "They heard me, you know?" He said.
"Huh?"
"When we made the transmission after Kanan was captured." He answered trying to suppress the lump he felt in his throat. "They heard it, the heard me." He said and broke down. The young Padawan wrapped his arms around himself as tears came out from his eyes. The Mandalorian walked forward and put a hand on his shoulder to show him her support but she never expected Ezra to wrap his arms around her waist and cried softly in her shoulder, she came out from her shock after a couple of seconds and wrapped her arms around the kid's still small frame and rested her chin on top of his head.
"They are gone." He said between sobs.
The Mandalorian hugged him tightly. "I'm alone, now." He said.
"No, you're not." She whispered in his ear. "We're all here for you. I'm here for you."
