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One the outside Ezra was a mess, and one the inside he was a wreck; he could not get Kanan to wake up, no matter how hard he shook him. All Ezra had gotten was a painful moan when he had tried to shake Kanan awake, which made Ezra worry he had aggravated the man's injuries. The only good thing about Kanan cries of pain was it had at least confirmed that Kanan was alive, for now.

Ezra was scared. They were floating in space and Kanan, the only one of the two who could fly the shuttle was out cold. To make it worse was that Kanan could be dying while he was sitting here, without Ezra being able to do anything about it; but Ezra had to do something.

Ezra looked around to find something that could help Kanan but there was nothing. There had to be a first aid box somewhere, or at least Ezra hoped so. The kid started to look through the shuttle and found a closet where there was a small first aid box. Ezra grabbed it and tried to take it, only to pull on the restraints and drop the box. Tears filled his eyes as the pain increased and his wrist started bleeding once more. How much he hated restraints, if only he could get them off.

Ezra held his hands as close as he could, crying from not only pain but from being scared that he didn't know what to do. Ezra desperately wanted Kanan to wake up so he could see that Kanan was okay and fly them away from here before the emperials turned up; or at the very least remove the agitating restraints. Ezra sniffled for a moment, but reminded himself that eleven year olds did not cry and that Kanan still needed him. So, with some difficulties he got a grip on the med box and brought it towards Kanan.

As Ezra looked over Kanan, he didn't really know where to start. There was so many cuts, and whip marks, some still bleeding. Ezra noticed by Kanan's neck one particular whip mark, the one the man received across his chest just a few hours ago by the Inquisitor. Ezra figured it would be the best place to start . As Ezra searched through the kit, he found some antibiotic and bandages. Ezra was careful cutting Kanan's shirt, but once he did, the kid felt like he was going to be sick.

Kanna was covered in scars, burns, wounds, bruises, lightsaber burns and whips marks that were painted red. Kanan must have been tortured to the limit, Ezra just hoped it was not beyond treatment. It was all too much for Ezra to handle, it reminded him off his own torture, making his stomach turn. But Ezra got the antibiotic and started on Kanan's chest.

"Please wake up." Ezra pleaded as he got the dabbed the wound with the disinfectant; Ezra wasn't even pleading to Kanan, but to anything that could help him. All Ezra wanted was for Kanan to get better. Kanan saved him by bringing him onto the ship, now he needed to help Kanan.

That was when Ezra saw it. In the corner of his eye, he saw Kanan's chest glow, with a small warm light. In fear, Ezra retracted his hands away, but what really shocked Ezra was what was on Kanan's chest now; noting. Yes it showed some scarring, but the cut, it had healed. As Ezra looked at his hands, he saw them glow.

"How...?" Ezra asked himself in shock. Ezra now had a million questions swimming in his head, but he had not time to think about them. It somehow helped Kanan, so again, he placed his hands on Kanan's chest, and focused on Kanan's scar healing. Ezra felt a huge wave of exhaustion rolling over him and he nearly collapsed forward. What was going on? In his exhaustion he once more pulled on the restraints making him cry out even louder, he could not keep a sobbing down, as much as he tried to. Ezra could hear the Grand Inquisitor voice berating him about such childish behaviour. The Inquisitor's had never had nothing but spite for it if he showed his feelings openly except for anger or fear. The Grand Inquisitor had in particular hated when he cried and often punished him harder if he did so; but right now he could not stop. Everything hurt so much, he felt so weak and scared, that was when he felt hands on top of his.

SWR

Kanan slowly coming back to conscious and the first thing he noticed was that the pain was less present than before. It certainly still was still there, but he could move a bit without his body protesting at the idea. As Kanan realized. Kanan saw Ezra sitting next to him sobbing holding his hands together with blood running down the arms from the cuffed wrist, Ezra must have pulled on the restraints.

Kanan almost wanted to kick himself for not having removed them sooner, the poor boy must be so scared that Kanan left him like that. To his defense though before he had blacked out, and before that he had been more worried about if Ezra had fallen to the dark side. But now Kanan could sense the boy's presence, and it didn't feel dark.

Kanan then realized he could feel it, the suppressant was slowly diminishing from his system, he could feel the force slowly coming back to him, he could feel Ezra's worry for him. Kanan was grateful for the worries which showed that the kid that had saved his life had not turned and know it was time to help, starting with relieving the poor kids of those restrains. With so many cuts and scars in the boy's wrist it wasn't a mystery how the kid had ended up with blood running down his arms.

As he lay there, he careful placed his hands on top of Ezra's, showing the kid he was awake. Kanan focused what little of the force he could connect with and unlocked the binder's on Ezra.

Ezra's eyes lite up in relief, as he rubbed his wrist to ease the pain and aid in reducing the blood flow down his arm. When Ezra's hands moved, Kanan noticed his chest, he felt what remained. The whip mark from earlier had closed up, only a faint scar showed any signs of the damage brought onto him.

"How?" Kanan questioned, he knew he couldn't use the force to heal himself, not in his state.

"I, I think I did-d," Ezra admitted, though he voice was shaky, like he was going to pass out.

Kanan smiled in relief, seeing hope that maybe Ezra had not become a corrupted by the dark side. Yes, the kid had used the dark side, but a dark user has never been able to heal others. Maybe the Inquisitor hadn't broken him.

Kanan rested a hand on Ezra's shoulders, "Thank you Ezra. Seem's I keep getting more in debt to you by the hour."

Ezra seemed to be in complete shock, so much shock that he passed out on top of Kanan. Kanan could not withhold a small painful wince as the extra weight fell onto him, irritating his wounds once more. Even so he did not have neither the heart nor the strength to move the small child that had passed out on top on him.

The Jedi did not worry however, he knew force healing was exhausting, the kid needed to rest.

Before Kanan could think of a plan, or if he could even go through with a plan, he felt it. Their presence. Kanan smiled at how familiar it was, and how close. Kanan was so happy he almost cried tears of joy.

"Hera," Kanan whispered in relief. Kanan and Ezra were going to be okay. Kanan smiled at and assured the unconscious child, "We're going to be okay." With that, Kanan fell into peaceful unconsciousness, with relief washing over him this time, knowing his family were on there way.

SWR

Ahsoka came into the cockpit of the Ghost where Hera, Zeb and Sabine were.

"The equipment is set up in the cargo hold for immediate attention, we are ready to move. If we have no problems then we can get Kanan and get him help asap. If there is problems, we are prepared to fight to get Kanan back. We are ready for both troopers and Inquisitors."

The rest of the crew nodded as Hera piloted the ship out of looked at Lothal, the planet where they lost Kanan, and it was near that very same planet they now hoped to get him back. As the crew got out of hyperspace, they saw it. The small imperial ship where Kanan had to be was just floating there. It was a shuttle and to their great worries it looked like it had been in close combat, as the metal had scratches several places. It made Ashoka wonder what could have coursed such a thing on the shuttle. Hera and the other's had agreed to wait for what Ahsoka sensed before hatching onto the ship.

"Ashoka can you sense Kanan?" Hera asked in anticipation.

Ashoka closed her eyes and focused on the shuttle searching for force signatures.

"So...?" Did she hear Zeb ask partly breaking her concentration.

"Give her a minute" Sabine told Zeb in a whisper.

"We might not have a minute" Zeb retorted back with little patience.

"Ahsoka is he there?" Heras asked with impatience clear in her voice.

Ashoka blocked out the crew's badgering and returned her focus back onto the shuttle, she could feel .. someone … someone's. Kanan and he was in pain, a lot of pain. Ahsoka reached out further to see who else might be there and found .. a small signature, it was dim like it was barely there. It was not the Grand Inquisitor, but Ahsoka couldn't identify it, so she opened her eyes.

"Kanan is there, weak but alive, and he is not alone." Ahsoka revealed.

The rest of the crew eyes bugged out in horror.

"Is it the Inquisitor and if so which one?" Hera asked what the other two were thinking.

Ahsoka tried to reach out again to confirm who it could be.

"No, not any of the Inquisitors. But there is someone." Ahsoka sensed the other signature. Like Kanan, she could feel pain coming from the other force signature.

"Whoever is with Kanan, seems to be hurt as well.

The rest of the crew became curious.

"Do you think they're a threat?" Hera questioned.

Ahsoka shook her head, "No, I don't believe so; and it's only Kanan and this other...being."

Hera nodded her head, "Then I'm attaching to their hatch. Zeb and Sabine, get your weapons ready. Chopper, man the Ghost."

As Chopper plugged into the Ghost, The rest of the crew went to the hatch bay waiting for the plugin. Ashoka could feel how the crew were both scared and determined at getting Kanan back. For their sake, she hoped that Kanan was not too badly hurt. It would break their hearts to get him back and then lose him again.

The ship hatched and heard the sound of Chopper telling them that they could now go in. They walked to the door and Zeb opened it while Hera, Sabine and Ahsoka were covering him. Ashoka got her lightsabers as they walked into the shuttle not sure what they would meet. At first they only found an empty room in the shuttle. Ashoka quickly searched for the two signatures and found that there were only two else on board expect them.

"They are in the cockpit." Ahsoka assisted.

As they reached the door, they prepared themselves for the worst. With weapons in hand, they opened the door. Once they saw what was in there, the crew was not only horrified, but shocked. On the floor laid not only Kanan, but a small child as well.

Both appeared to of just come out of war, beaten and bloody and passed out by one another. Kanan had bruises in all colors along with other injuries that was visible from where they stood. They could even see a few wounds that was still bleeding. From here Kanan's torn pants gave small glimpse of cuts and burns on his legs. Kanan's had visible lost weight from the looks of it, his frame was far too thin. The small child was laying on top on Kanan and was even thinner than Kanan. Both of them was pale and the child had traces of tears that had run down his cheeks and looked starved and very dirty. They were surrounded by a first aid box, what was left of Kanan's shirt, and a pair of restraints. There was blood on the floor around the two people.

"We," Hera voiced her realization, "he was talking about a kid."

Hera rushed to Kanan's side to see how she could help when suddenly, she heard a moan. It did not come from Kanan however, but Hera saw the child stirring awake.

Hera decided to smile at the child to appear friendly. The kid began to open his amazing blue eyes as he sat up a bit. That was when he saw what was in front of them.

"Hello." Hera greeted warmly as a form of introduction

The child however, was not for introductions. In fact the kid seemed terrified as panic filled his eyes as he began looking around,

"Woah kid, it's okay. We're-," Hera began but was interrupted by the child launching for Kanan's lightsaber on the floor and igniting it right in front of Hera. Zeb grabbed Hera by the shoulder's to get her out of harm's way.

Zeb and Sabine both drew their weapons, ready to use if so be it. The kid, with protective determination on his face stepped over Kanan as to stand between both the crew and their leader. With the boy standing, the crew could see the kid's shirt was torn and filled with holes where one could see wounds and bruises beneath. On his stomach there was spots of freshly blood … from Kanan the crew soon realized.

"Stay back, keep away from him!" The boy bellowed in righteous fury.

The crew was shocked, dumbfounded. The child may be holding a lightsaber at them in an attempt to protect Kanan. The kid didn't know who they were to Kanan

"Easy kid," Sabine offered, "We're just here to help."

"You're lying." the kid accused.

"No, we're friends of Kanan, and called us to come get you guys." Hera tried to reason.

The kid seemed to ponder this possibility but still remained on the defense.

"How do I know you are not emperials? I won't let them take Kanan." the boy stated.

Ahsoka then noticed the kid's state. Yes, he put up quite a show, but he was on the verge of collapse. The kid's knees were shaking, she could see his wrist bleeding, and his breathing was becoming heavy. Ashoka also couldn't help but note that the kid held the lightsaber in a way that spoke of some training. Ahsoka knew she could handle this, and put her weapons away.

The kid saw the Torguta come towards the male humans. As he held up his weapon high, she just talked.

"You sense me, don't you." Ahsoka acknowledged. The boy, while scared that she knew this, nodded his head.

"Then you tell me, am I here to hurt you, or help"

Ahsoka sensed the boy reading her signature, and she allowed it. The boy lowered the weapon a bit as he came to realize they could be telling the truth.

"Are you like Kanan?" The kid asked nervously .

Ahsoka smiled as she reached her hands towards him, "Yes. I can sense your desire to protect him. That is exactly what we want to do to. Kanan needs help, and so do you."

The boy again contemplated Ahsoka's words he turned to back to Kanan. The kid saw the rest of the crew next to him (his focus on Ahsoka had distracted him from them long enough for them to get to Kanan). Ahsoka knew the child saw the worry on the crew's faces as they glanced down at him. Then as he looked at the crew, he saw Hera touch one of Kanan's wounds which made him cry out in pain and try to curl up.

Angrily the boy raised the weapon and pointed at them.

"Stop it, you're hurting him" he cried.

The tw'liek looked sadly at him.

"It is not our intention young one, Kanan need help" she tried to persuade him.

"Then stop hurting him, he can't handle that" the boy snapped.

"We need to tend to his wounds and see the extent of the damage," the tw'liek tried to reason.

Suddenly Kanan screams rang through the whole ship. For a short moment his eyes opened as he screamed before he shut them tight and curled up in a futile attempt to ease his pain. To everyone's horror Kanan started to shake all over the body.

"Kanan!" Hera shouted in horror.

The child turned around and immediately recognized the man's situation, that he was spasing from nerve damage.

The kid kneeled down next to him as he placed a hand on the man's shaky head, "Please hold out Kanan, it will be alright" the poor child cried.

The rest of the crew saw the worry the boy had for Kanan. However the two male human's knew each other, it was good enough for the child to be so protective of him.

Sabine tried to see if she could aid Kanan, but the kid, hearing her footsteps, stood back up to defend the weakened man. Normally Sabine would not have stopped but the saber in the kids hand told her to stay far away.

"Please little one we need to help Kanan" Hera tried to reason.

"Liars! You did this to him! Kanna didn't start this till you guys showed up! Why are you doing this to him?" the kid shouted while he attempted not to cry.

"We are not kid, how can you say that?" Zeb growled in annoyance.

"Enough! We don't have time for this" Ahsoka commanded, her patience wearing thin.

Ahsoka used the force to deactivate Kanan's lightsaber to the horror of the kid. Ezra began to back away shivering in fear. However, the boy was determined to protect Kanan stood his ground. The boy's defiance though was short lived because, in three steps she was over and waved her hands over his face; using the force to make him fall into unconscious.

Ahsoka grabbed the kid and began to worry over how light he felt as she lifted him.

"Zeb, get Kanan." Ahsoka ordered. The Lasat hoisted the jedi onto his shoulders, but it was too much for Kanan and he screamed once more. The sound made them all cringe and jump. Hera could not keep her tears back at the state Kanan was in. Hera was slightly shaking over the fact that this was the third him she heard Kanan scream, one had already been once too many. After Kanan stopped screaming he remained unmoving in Zeb's arms, Kanan was in dire need of help. A pool of blood was on the floor where Kanan had been and Zeb mentioned he could feel blood run from Kanan the Lasat's shoulders. Kanan's breathing was pitched and uneven.

"Hang in there Kanan just a little longer" Hera said to Kanan unsure if he could hear her while gently brushing his cheek of grime.

A low moan was her answer and it made her just cringe more.

As Hera and Sabine made sure Kanan was in good hands, they turned to the child that Ahsoka now carried in her arms.

Hera's heart broke as this child was in almost worse shape than Kanan. The child needed medical care too, and he needed to know that he was safe with them.

On the Ghost, both child and jedi were having their injuries examined by the med droids they brought along. Once Hera heard they needed further help, she raced back to the cockpit to ready the ship to get back to the Phoenix Squadron.

Whatever happened to Kanan and this child Hera was anxious to find out. But for now they needed to focus on getting more aid for the human's, the droid had said Kanan was in critical condition. Though her mind repeated the same question that repeated in the other's mind

"Who is this kid?"

A/N Surprise, you probably thought Hera would have a full mother mode on Ezra. Who is this kid, what is he to Kanan and why is he there? well we know, but not the, crew, let us see what they can figure out.