Guess who's back! So the writing took a bit longer then planned, considering my WiFi kept going don. I had a HUGE window of free time, but instead of happily typing, I spent it yelling at my motum and attacking the reset button with everything I had. Anyway, Enjoy!

Chapter 20

Mad Hattress

The Hattress watched Ezra writhing in pain as the doctors frantically tried to figure out what to do. She remembered being in that situation...being injected with the serum, the ocean of pain, and the dreams streaming by as if in a slideshow.

Chopper could hear his friend crying out. The astromech listened and watched as people ran back and forth, trying to soothe the screaming boy. He beeped in worry, and rolled out of the room, not wanting to hear the pained screams any longer.

Sabine couldn't bear watching the kid scream like that. There had to be SOMETHING they could do! She knew everyone was doing all they could, but it didn't seem to be enough. She could see Hera talking quietly with Luna and Linly, obviously trying to see if there was any possible solution for the pain he was in. She felt tears behind her eyes, but forced them back.

Hera had been talking to Luna for hours, but it wasn't getting anywhere. There was nothing that they could do, not without disrupting the treatment. Linly was still trying to figure something, and Luna had disappeared into her office of high tech lab equipment and a blood sample. Hera watched as tears streamed down Ezra's pained face. She looked at Kanan. The Jedi looked miserable. He was desperately calling to Ezra, a broken expression of helplessness etched permanently on his face.

zeb

Zeb was standing in the door, trying a to hold back tears as he watched his best friend suffer. Suddenly he felt tears streaming down his face.. Everything was falling apart. Ezra was screaming, Sabine looked like grief itself, Hera was continually trying any solution that popped into her head, Chopper had disappeared, and Kanan was deep in a depression. Zeb cast one last look around the crowded room before walking away.

Kanan

Kanan shook Ezra hard. "Ezra!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. "Ezra! Look at me, please! Open your eyes!" he begged. He reached out with force as well, but could get no response. Then he had an idea. He used the force and entered his Padawan's first thing he noticed was the damage. Memories were changed into ones far removed from reality. Thoughts were implanted, added onto, and torn apart. There were only flashes of real memories, making the false world that the darkness presented seem far more appealing than reality itself.. He went further, trying to fix some of the pain, but not being able to mend all of it because of the extent of destruction..

Ezra, he whispered through the force.

Kanan? What's happening! It hurts so MUCH! He cried through the force.

I know Ezra. Just keep fighting. I'll fix this, I promise!

Please hurry Kanan, I can't hold on much longer.

Kanan pulled out of his mind, the noise not letting him concentrate. "Luna! Can you get everyone out of here? I need to try something!" Luna gave him a puzzled look, but nodded and began herding everybody out. Kanan slipped into a meditative trance and reached out to Ezra with the force.

Ezra

Ezra clung to Kanan's voice with all of his strength, the only thing he knew was real. He could feel the darkness starting to seep in, beginning to take him over. He waited for Kanan's force signature to return, everything that he had healed was beginning to fall apart again. Ezra was about to lose hope when suddenly he felt Kanan's presence in his mind again. This time he was less distracted and stronger. Ezra could feel him tearing at the darkness, pulling it away, destroying what was killing him. Ezra summoned his strength and began to help. He was too weak to do much, but with Kanan's help progress was being made.

Luna

Luna paced in her office, trying as hard as she could to block out all of the outside noise. The Hattress sat spinning in Luna's desk chair yelling "Wwwweeeeeee!" this entire time. It had been an hour since she had kicked the doctors out of the room for Kanan, and she still hadn't gotten an update. She slipped out of her office, and walked down to Ezra's room.

"Kanan, open up! It's me, how's it going?" she asked, knocking gently on the door.

"It's going okay, I've found a way to connect to Ezra! He's getting stronger I think, but he's not waking up." Midnight Luna sighed in relief.

"That's to be expected, he's been through a lot. Can I come in? Now that he's getting better, I might be able to give him some mild painkillers."

"Sure, but don't bring the doctor parade, they freak him out."

"Don't worry," she laughed, opening the door. It's just me!"

Ezra looked a lot better; there was less black fluid running through his veins, and his breathing was evening out. He was obviously still in pain though, for he would occasionally twitch uncontrollably, and whimper in agony. Whenever this happened, Kanan was right there, and sent out calming waves through the force. Luna smiled slightly as she injected the painkiller into the boy's arm. He was doing great.

Mad Hattress

The Mad Hattress paced in her room, whip in hand. She lashed out at anything that was in her way which, in her mind, was everything. The walls were now lined with burn marks and all of the furniture was destroyed. She had managed to turn a perfect hotel room into a galactic battle site in under two minutes. She growled in frustration and threw a knife at the opposite wall, hitting a portrait of an old man in the nose. Bulls eye. She continued to pace and destroy. All of this waiting was killing her.. And in her book nothing, I mean NOTHING, was allowed to kill her. She grabbed one of the broken bed poles and chucked it at the bookcase. It was at this precise moment that Midnight Luna decided to walk in. "Oh, hey Luna!"

Luna

"Hey," Luna said hesitantly, assessing the damage the Hattress had inflicted. "I was just coming to tell you that Ezra's getting better. He isn't awake yet, but he's stable. He and Kanan have been communicating through the force."

"Oh goodie! I was really starting to hate all this waiting around!"

"Yah, I can tell," Luna stated as she backed out of the room."I hope you know that you're paying for all of this!" she yelled over her shoulder.

There you go! Also, as the story is coming up on the end, I would like to know if you guys want a sequel. If not, I will just focus all my attention on my other story. But if you do, I would like to start typing it now. Just PM me, or leave a review if you want one. Thanks!