Chapter 10: Epilogue?

A few days after Ezra woke up, Hera gave permission for him to leave the medical ward. She gave him full restrictions while the rest of his injuries healed; no missions, no horseplay or running, no training, pretty much no usual fun. For the time being that was perfectly fine with the young human; being in the medical bay sucked.

"Uh Kanan, you might want to go check on the kid. He's being a pain again and fixin' to do something stupid. " Groaned Zeb as he walked into the common room. The kid may have had a near death experience, but things were returning to normal quicker than the Lesat wanted. Kanan put down the holo he was looking over.

"What did he do?" He got up and took a few strides to reach the boy's cabin. He didn't knock and just opened the door. What he saw half amused him, half made him pity his student. Ezra was attempting to climb up into the bunk with a broken wrist secured to his side, fractured ribs and just overall weakness from being sick for so long. Ezra half stumbled off the ladder before feeling the presence of his master. He looked over putting on one of his stupid fake grins, bringing his good hand to rub the back of his head.

"Hey Kanan. What cha need?" The youth asked innocently, feeling a little embarrassed to be caught in such a stage of weakness.

"It's more like what do you need? I didn't think about you trying to get into the bed. We'll have you and Zeb switch until you're healed."

"What? No." Zeb had walked back to watch all of this unfold. Both he and Ezra exclaimed their opinions at the same time.

"I hate the top bunk, I hit my head, and I just finally got a grove in my mattress. The kid'll just ruin it and I'll have to start over. Plus he smells..when was the last time he took a shower?" Zeb said glaring daggers at his roommate daring him to disagree he was pretty proud of himself for the argument he just gave.

"I smell? Have you smelled Zeb?! I can't sleep in his bed, I would never smell good again!" Ezra said exasperated, motioning to the Lesat's bed.

The Jedi pondered the situation for a minute before a slight grin crossed his face.

"I guess that leaves one choice. Follow me." Kanan turned and strode out of the room with his padawan following, unsure of what to expect. Ezra assumed he would have to bunk on the couch in the common room. He was surprised when they stopped outside of Kanan's door.

"Uh...This is your room." His master opened the door, letting Ezra go first.

"Yes, you can sleep on my bed. I'll sleep up on top. This way I can make sure you don't go running off and doing something stupid. And we can practice on your meditation more." The older male smiled at his solution. Secretly, he wasn't ready to let Ezra out of his sight for more than a few moments; this took care of that concern, and gave Ezra a bottom bunk. Ezra still had a long way to go before he could do assignments, or even chores. Kanan would do what it took to make sure he healed as fast as possible.

The younger of the two sighed knowing there wasn't another options. He had to try. "Why not just stay in Sabine's-" He was cut off by a voice down the hall as the Mandalorian female passed hearing the conversation.

"Don't even think about it kid!" Ezra let out another sigh before smiling.

"It was worth a shot..." He walked over to the bed and sat down slowly before laying back. He expected the bed to be rock hard because of some weird Jedi ritual not allowing them to be comfortable; besides he never saw Kanan sleeping or laying in bed. It was actually, surprisingly very plush. He watched the Jedi take off his armor and boots off before climbing up the ladder smoothly laying on the bed with hardly a sound. It was a little cramped due to the man's height, but he would make due. He didn't want Ezra to fall out of the bed and get hurt. He shut the lights off and closed his eyes.

"Kanan?..." Ezra said very quietly after several minutes. Kanan almost sighed. He was hoping Ezra was going to be quiet and not cause a bunch of disturbances. He stayed quiet for a bit.

"Yeah kid?" He decided to be nice to his new, temporary roommate. He didn't want to push his student away ever again, and if Ezra needed something he would be there to help him. There was a brief moment of silence. The Jedi felt the uncertainty of his padawan.

"..can...can we talk about my vision now? I mean we don't have to..but...please?" The vision he had before all this started was eating away at his sanity. He didn't like that it stayed in his brain. He was scared something else was going to happen. Kanan picked up on his feelings quickly and relaxed. He felt bad that he hadn't realized that the vision his student had might still be bothering him. He debated staying put in his bed, but instead he gracefully rolled off the top bunk and landed next to the teenager sitting on the edge of the bed so they had close proximity.

"Of course. Tell me everything you remember. We'll work through it together." All his patience had returned. He wanted Ezra to feel safe. He also wanted to make sure the younger knew he could come to Kanan with any concerns he had.

"Well...it pretty much happened exactly how it did in real life..." Kanan felt the hesitation.

"Except?..." Kanan's heart beat quickened a little. He didn't want anything to happen to anyone anymore. What if the vision wasn't over? What if someone died. He accidentally held his breath.

"..Except you didn't pull me out of the ravine...a.." Ezra's brow furrowed in concentration. "It was another inquisitor. A stronger one. One we've never met...He was on orders from his master. He was controlling you, making you go all dark and crazy..." The blue eyed teen looked up at his master who seemed a little lost in thought; if Kanan had looked, he would see the flash of fear in his student's eyes.

"Kanan?" He really didn't want to push his limits, he debated on call his master again but luckily, the older human snapped out of his thoughts.

"Sorry kid...Did you see who they were? Who the master was? Something happened to break control over me. That is what changed the vision." Kanan had never heard of a vision going far off course like this. Perhaps it was because of how inexperienced the kid was.

"I didn't see them. I just heard their voices, everything was so real. Like I was standing right next to them...only I wasn't." Ezra shut his eyes to try and remember all the details he could.

"The one that was controlling you..he feared his master..He was able to control you because of your lack of confidence in being able to train me...both of them were strong...the vision made me feel cold...What if they come back?" Kanan knew that he needed to end their little discussion before Ezra got much more uneasy.

"The vision didn't come completely true. You said it ended up with you being collected by them in the ravine. That never happened. It never will. As long as I'm still around, I wont let anyone take you." He gently placed his hand on his student's shoulder feeling him breath in and out a few times. He felt the boy nod slightly.

"Good, now get some rest. If you end up sick again, a certain pilot will kill both of us and it wont matter what happened in your vision." He smiled softly before removing his hand and standing up starting to head back up into the bunk.

"Kanan?..." Kanan stopped shy of laying down.

"Yes Ezra?" He refused to become impatient with the kid.

" Thank you...for everything. You're the best master I know and could hope for." Kanan smiled laying down.

"Anytime kid...Good night." He pulled the covers over him and got comfortable.

"Good night master.." The sleepy padawan stated in the middle of a yawn. As tired as Ezra was he was still concerned about everything. What if the inquisitor came back? What if Kanan went crazy again? What if it was worse? He started to get a little panicked with all the what ifs. Just as everything began to peak he felt a calming sensation run through his body. He knew Kanan was behind it; he had grown accustomed to Kanan connecting with him in this way. He enjoyed it. He enjoyed the feeling of being loved and being part of a family again. Ezra smiled and shut his eyes. For how much he was independent and not used to anyone taking care of him, he really enjoyed his family. Within moments, the kid was fast asleep.

Kanan rolled over and looked up at the ceiling only inches from his head. "Ezra is still too inexperienced to have a full vision. It's unnerving how close it came from being a full vision. If there were in fact two inquisitors, a master and apprentice we must be more careful. They could be out looking for Ezra right now. They wont lay a finger on anyone on this ship." The Jedi stayed awake for a while listening to his thoughts and the sound of his sleeping student. He wanted to make sure Ezra had no nightmares. It didn't last long before the Jedi was soon in a deep sleep as well. Tomorrow was another day, he could figure things out then. For now, they both needed to rest.

...to be continued?

**Alright guys. This was the finishing chapter of this fic. I have it designed that I can branch off and do sequels if I have enough people interested. Let me know. I'm also going to start an Xmas fic, but it might be a bit. It's my busy time of year for my job and I'll be gone for a few days unsure of the internet availability. I'm taking my laptop to begin writing it though.

Thanks everyone!** ~Ocean