Kanan sighned and glanced at his Padawan, who layed with his eyes closed in the bed next to him and was unconcious. Alone the movement of his chest was the difference to a dead. There was a white bandage around his head and around his shoulder, too. Ezra's cheek seemed to be shrunken and his skin was deadly pale. Countless bruises were on his whole body and at the sight of them Kanan become more guilty as he already was before.
How could that happen? Was one Sith really sufficent to be able to break the bonds between them? The Jedi took in his head in his hands.
Flashback
Shocked Kanan, Hera, Zeb and Sabine stared at the holoprojection in front of them. In the whole time Chopper hid himself and did record every single moment between Ezra and Calvin's fight. This record played in the front of their eyes, now. Helpless they saw how Calvin humbled Ezra. Ezra tried to fight back, but he was too weak. Then Ezra was flunged against the wall, his scream reached them in the core. The words, which were said afterwards, keep them silent. Kanan heavy reproached himself. After their mission Ezra was hurt and nobody of them noticed it! He was such a lousy master... Then Chopper played the last moments of the projection and finished them, it became dead calm in the room. Sabine and Hera had tears in their eyes, Zeb hung his head and mumbled "Karabast" and Kanan...Kanan felt so miserable as never before in his life. In front of him his Padawan was abused and what did he? He yelled at him, didn't trust him and took his lightsaber from him - the life and existence of every Jedi.
Ezra did everything so that they believe him and what did they?They accuse him of lying and let him alone...He looked up, then Kanan layed her arms around him.
"Kanan..."
"How could I do this.."
"Love, it is not your fault", she quietly wispered and looked him in his eyes.
"Hera is right. All of us did their part to this...", Sabine replied, who wiped a tear from her cheek. Zeb nodded and grunted something.
"I would have more watched out for him, to urge him to say what depressed him. How could this happen in front of me?!"
"You tried to talk to him, Kanan. Ezra wanted to take matters into his hands. I guess he thought, that we wouldn't believe him without a proof..." "What we didn't", Zeb quietly said and scraped his neck. "Karabast." "I want not to know what else Calvin did to him..." the girl mumbled and looked at the ground. She felt terrible.
"If we didn't come...We would came back and Ezra wouldn't be here anymore. He would took him and gave him to the Empire. And we wouldn't never know.."
Nobody said something. This time it was a very close that someone of them fall into the Empire's hands. Let alone the imagination that Ezra would be lost and they wouldn't never know about his destination...Let alone the thought closed their throat. Hera was the first, who broke the silence.
"But we came and Ezra is here. Calvin will not doing anything to Ezra, then we give him to Sato, never again. Ezra is here and alive, that counts."
"What happens now?" Sabine glanced at the team. Kanan and Hera looked at each other. The Twi'lek layed her hand on Sabine's and encouraging glanced at her.
"We wait until Ezra awakes...and then we are going to talk to him. We shall see what will happen after."
They keep silent, again. Nobody dared to voice the thought, which was in all of their heads - whose answer they were afraid of: Would Ezra forgive them after all?
End of the Flashback
"Still no change?"
Kanan looked up and saw in the troubled face of Hera. She layed one hand at his shoulder gave him a cup of caf.
"Thanks", He quietly responded and took a swallow. He did feel better.
"You should rest and take a nap, Kanan. You're exhausted."
The Jedi shook his hand.
"No, I want to be with him, when he awakes. He will have questions."
Hera nodded and kissed his cheek.
"Don't worry your brain, Love. He is your Padawan, of course he will forgive you."
Kanan sighned.
"How can you be so sure? In front of us Ezra was abused and we didn't notice anything. I should try to reach him through our bond. I shouldn't stop because of the blockade. I yelled at him, said that he was reckless, selfishness instead to hear him. I didn't trust my own Padawan...how can he forgive me? I can't not even forgive myself."
"I know that he will forgive you, Kanan. We made a mistake an he will forgive us. All of us make mistakes and forgive each other, that's what you do in a family."
She bent to his ear.
"You want to know, why I think this? Because he is exactly like you, Kanan. Don't worry about it and talk to him, when he awakes. That will do you good, Love."
Hera smilied at him again and left the med- bay. Kanan once more sighned and glanced at his Padawan. Hopefully Ezra will awake soon.
Sorry I was mistaken! The NEXT chapter will be the very emotional and heartfelt moment :D
