We are so happy for those who pm'ed and told us what a great work we are doing. We always appreciate such things. So we hurried to get this one out so you had something while waiting on the last part of season 4.

On the note of his small ward, "Ezra?" Kann looked towards the kid and found him shaking in his seat.

Panicked, Kanna went to check on Ezra, "Kid, what's wrong? Where are you hurt?"

Kanan was about to place a hand on the boy's shoulder when the boy jerked away from any contact with the man.

"Ezra, it's okay. I just want to check to see if you're hurt."

"Don't, I'm fine!" Ezra shouted as he looked away from the man.

Knana was a little, shocked, in his time of knowing Ezra, not once had he heard the kid shout like that; like he was so angry.

Kanan then understood, "No, you're not."

Ezra's eyes softened, a hint that Kanan was right.

"Where does it hurt?" Kanan asked.

Ezra didn't say anything, But Kanan noticed Ezra holding his shoulder.

"Did you cut your shoulder?"

Ezra shook his head as his gripped on his shoulder tightened. "I can't move my arm without it hurting."

Kanan had never been so angry. Kallus must have squeezed the boy so hard that he broke it. Kanan got up and walked out of the cockpit to get a blanket and all the way he could feel Ezra's worries. At the same time he struggled to contain his anger at Kallus for doing something like that; Ezra was a child, how could anyone treat a child like that?

"Stay calm", Kanan told himself.

Kanan got a blanket out from storage and ripped it apart.

"Hold still kid," Kanan ordered. Ezra though seemed hesitant to do so.

Kanan explained, "I'm just putting your broken arm in a sling. The less you move it, the less it will be agitated."

As Kanan placed the arm in the makeshift sling, he noticed Ezra kept his eyes closed. Like Ezra thought that Kanan was going to do something to hurt him.

Once the sling was right around the kid's neck, Ezra finally opened his eyes and saw his arm was okay in the sling.

"Thank you," Ezra muttered quietly.

Kanan then noticed that small traces of blood from when Ezra had been biting Kallus. When he had found Ezra, the kid had been biting Kallus with a face of pure hatred and Kallus had been screaming wildly. The boy must have been biting really hard to have a trace of blood running from his mouth. Kanan raised and walked out and found a napkin and a glass of water.

"You should go and gurggle some water to get the taste of blood out of your mouth" Kanan said.

Ezra nodded and walked out back. After a while, Ezra came back with a clean face just to crawl back up to his chair without really looking at Kanan. It worried Kanan that the boy was so resentful to everything he did since he had saved him even so at least Ezra had cleaned himself.

Kanan weakly smiled at the accomplishment, Kanan then looked out and saw they were about to enter the destination; Gorse.

"We'll stay on Gorse for a bit so we can be sure we lost the imperials, okay?" Kanan explained this as he got back into the pilot seat. The man though worried when Ezra said nothing, just sat there quietly.

Kanan had a million questions for Ezra; what happened, how long was Kallus chasing him, and why he left the squadron? Before he had a chance to ask Ezra he could hear the Ghost telling him they were about to exit hyperspace. Kanan carefully guided the Ghost as it left hyperspace. Kanan slowly guided the ship to land on the moon. As the ship made a safe landing Kanan could not prevent himself to look up to the moon. Where it had begun a lifetime ago. Kanan knew he should not do so but he wanted to show Ezra the moon it was one of the few beautiful sights still left in the Galaxy.

"Come here Ezra" Kanan said and gently lifted Ezra into his arms and stepped out to the platform where he posted Ezra so he and the kid could take a look.

Kanan noticed that despite being resistant to his hold the kid could not help to look up at the moon in awe.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Kanan asked.

Ezra did not respond but his face was sad and he looked down. Kanan was alarmed by the lack of response.

"Kid what …" Kanan begin.

"Don't" Ezra broke in.

"Ezra what is wrong. I know something bothering you please tell me" Kanan tried.

"Leave me alone" Ezra said and sounded close to tears.

"Ezra, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I'm worried about you." Kanan said.

"No you are not" Ezra growled now with anger spilling over his voice.

"Ezra can you at least explain tell me one thing?" Kanan asked confused, Ezra looked away, though he didn't say yes, the boy also didn't say no.

"Why did you go back to Lothal?"

Kanan saw the Ezra peek up at him for a moment. Ezra looked confused, like he thought Kanan was asking a trick question.

Ezra his his head into his knees, giving Kanan a barely audible answer, "I had to."

Kanan though was now more confused, "Why did you have to? Did you need to get something? Cause, I could of gotten it for you, or we could of-,"

"I didn't need anything!" Ezra exclaimed, "I just had to leave, like everyone said, 'you can stay to heal'. Now I'm better, so I don't have to stay. I left you and the crew so you did not have to kick me out" Ezra was almost growling out in anger the last part.

"We would never kick you out" Kanan protested frustrated.

"Sure" Ezra said in a very sarcastic tone.

"It is true" Kanan argued his own temper starting to rise.

"So your trip to Lothal was just for the sunshine? No, I know what it was, it was so to find someone else to dump me on. Just like people always do. When the Empire is after you no one wants you. They set their own safety above others. The Grand Inquisitor was right, don't trust anyone" Ezra screamed with tears running down his cheeks.

"I never want to hear the words 'Inquisitor' and 'right' in the same sentence ever again" Kanan snapped in anger.

"That Pau'un is a monster. What he put you through was wrong. What he did to me was … well you know what he did" Kanan snapped but his anger had somehow deflected.

Kanan felt like life was drained out of him every time he had to recall the horrors he went through.

"Ezra I want you to trust me. Don't shut me out like this" Kanan said in a tired frustrated voice.

"Why not? I don't need anyone, and trust is for fools" Ezra said.

Kanan growled.

"Let me guess another Inquisitor teaching?" Kanan asked.

"Yes" Ezra said and shuttered.

"Please Ezra, the Inquisitor's are horrible. Don't follow their rules or teaching. They put me under torture and tried to make me forsake my friends. But I knew they trusted me to keep them safe by not telling anything so I lived up to that trust even if it hurt so badly. Does that not show how important trust is?" Kanan asked tiredly.

Ezra did not say anything for a long time.

"I guess," Ezra said softly.

"Good. Now try again, relaxed, explain to me why you ran" Kanan said.

"You said I could stay until I had healed, I have so now" Ezra mumbled and looked down.

Kanan was dumbfounded, "Ezra, did you honestly think once you're done healing, that we would just kick you out?"

"I don't know. You said you wanted to find someone else to handle me" Ezra replied nervously.

Kanan cringed about the last comment, it had not been meant for Ezra to hear, but of course he had.

Kanan got down to eye level with the child,

"Kid, I'm not going to lie," Ezra looked up at the man in confusement before he continued, "the reason I came here was to make sure you had no family looking for you. To confirm that the best place for you to stay is with us, back with the crew, the Phoenix squadron."

Ezra laughed bitterly at the thought of someone on Lothal wanting him (other than Mr. Sumar).

"The shop owners helped Kallus, they told him where I was. I am too much trouble to keep around and people on Lothal suffer because of me. Sumar helped me and that only got him into trouble too. No one wants me, they are to afraid that the Empire will come after them if they help me. Why would anyone want me?" Ezra asked painfully.

"Those people are suffering and under enormous stress, you can't blame them for being scared. The Grand Inquisitor is breathing down both them and Kallus throat. But you are wrong Ezra, we want you, all of the crew want you and I want you, that is if you want us" Kanan said.

Ezra looked up, like the words were too good to be true.

"But… I'm just a street rat. I was with the Inquisitors, I had bad thoughts…" Ezra truly believed he could not deserve such kindness from people.

Kanan gentle told Ezra, "That does not make you bad. It makes you human. A scared kid who has been on his own for too long. Maybe that's why you're worried about staying with us. Because you've been hurt by so many people, you're scared of it happening again."

Ezra was perplexed, "How can you know that? The force?"

Kanan sighed as he looked at the moon, "Cause when I was just a little older than you, I was in your shoes."

Ezra looked at Kanan with huge shook in his eyes.

"How?" he asked softly.

"When the Jedi order fell I had no choice but to run and hide. I slept in the cleanest dumpster i could find, stole from people and if food was tossed out I snatched it. Later I became an alcoholic drinking my life away, desperately trying to blend in, forget the horrible things I saw and above all trying to ignore the force. But as I learned the force can't be turned off or be ignored. It wasn't before I meet Hera at this place that I realised that my life could have a deeper meaning" Kanan explained.

Ezra looked at Kanan in complete shock, could Kanan really be so much alike? Almost like Kanan could sense that he chuckled.

"Yes Ezra we are kind of alike we both lost so much. I think it was the will of the force for us to meet." Kanan said.

"So if we were meant the meet then what? What will happen now? I don't have any other relatives besides my parents and they were taken from me" Ezra mumbled and looked down.

"Then you will stay with us Ezra, that is if you want to" Kanan said.

"Yes please" Ezra shouted and threw himself into Kanan.

Kanan was not prepared for the impact and got all the air knocked out of him but he hurried to hug Ezra back. Kanan did not want to let go of Ezra and it warmed his heart to see the child so happy.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you" Ezra mumbled leaning into him.

Kanan chuckled.

Ezra smiled weakly and rather reluctantly let go of Kanan.

"Kanan do you know what will happen with Sumar?" Ezra asked worried.

Kanan sighted.

"I don't Ezra but I do know he is capable of taking care of himself" Kanan said.

"How do you know that?"

"Because he has been an informant for us long before we meet you. We made sure to give him advice and instructions in what to do should he be discovered" Kanan said.

Ezra gasped at that then weakly smiled

"It is good that you did that. You must have been the friends he said he would contact when he helped me" Ezra said and Kanan smiled and nodded.

"Now let us set up a camp" Kanan said.

Ezra nodded and to Kanan's total surprise start setting camp up, not just that but did in a way that spoke of abilities and efficiency. Soon they had a small camp sat up much to Kanan's surprise. As they sat up the camp Ezra was not leaving Kanan's side at any time, clinging to him.

"Ezra are you okay?" Kanan asked worried.

Ezra nodded and just held on tight to his hand.

"Ezra what is wrong?" Kanan asked even more worried.

Ezra looked worried at him.

"Please don't leave me. I don't want to be alone. I am afraid to wake up and find it was only a dream" Ezra mumbled.

"You won't Ezra. I understand how it must feel. Sometimes I still can't sleep at night afraid to wake up back in the hands of the Inquisitor; discovering it was a dream or a drugged illusion" Kanan told him.

Ezra hugged him and leaned into him. Kanan gently took Ezra and hugged him back, it was a warm nice thing that he really had started to love.

"Come kiddo let us sleep next to one another so we can get some sleep" Kanan suggested.

Ezra was more than happy to do so as Kanan laid down and Ezra snuggled up to him.

SWR

Despite the camping situation, Kanan was in a peaceful slumber. After talking with Ezra and accepting how the boy and him were meant to meet one another, Knan felt a lot more free. What now troubled Kanan though was this negative energy in the air. That was when he heard a whimper

"EZRA?!" Kanan thought to himself as he shot up. As Kanan turned to the kid, he saw Ezra tossing and turning in a cold sweat!

Kanan scurried his way to Ezra, holding the kid's shoulders to prevent the kid from hurting himself. As Kanan looked onto the boy, it looked like the boy was in immense pain; his eyes were shut tight and he was gasping for air.

"What kind of nightmare are you having?" Kanan pondered as he used the force to sense Ezra's distress.

As Kanan connected with the kid, Kanan was pushed out by another presence that sent Kanan a miniature heart attack; the Inquisitor.

Kanan's anger rose, this was no nightmare, the Inquisitor was in Ezra's mind, attacking the boy.

Kanan took a deep breath to calm himself, he had to for Ezra. The last thing that Ezra needed was him entering his mind full of fury and make it a battle ground. Even so all the horribly things that the Inquisitor had done to him was making it the harder to control his anger. Not to mention it made him furios that the Inquisitor would do something so cruel to Ezra. Again Kanan approached the child as he kept a steady hand on top of Ezra's head.

"I'm here Ezra," Kanan assure Ezra through the force.

SWR

Ezra tried to block the Inquisitor out, but he couldn't, the Pau'an was everywhere! Ezra felt suffocated. Suddenly the Inquisitor spoke.

"We are finally reunited my apprentice"

Ezra shog his head no.

"I am not your apprentice, I don't want to be your apprentice" Ezra said.

"Apprentice. Why do you fight me? Don't you see that I can help you receive power! Power that will make young strong."

Ezra unblocked his ears as he questioned, "Strong?"

The Inquisitor continued, "Yes my boy. The dark side will make you strong. Under my training, no one will ever hurt you again."

Ezra hated to admit it but he saw the Inquisitors logic, if he became strong then no one would ever hurt him again."

Ezra then felt a presence, a comforting one he knew from anywhere, "Kanan?"

But just as soon as it was there, it was gone, darkness surrounding him yet again.

"Kanan!" Ezra shrieked as he felt the presence leave.

The Inquisitor's voice turned angry, "The Jedi is weak! There is no strengthening from the light side, it only makes one weak."

Hearing those words about Kanan light a fire in Ezra, "NO! Kanan is the strongest person I know! He survived your torture and was able to help me escape! Kanan is stronger than you and the dark side."

It was silent for a moment in the dark void Ezra remained in. That was until the chilling voice rose in anger.

"YOU LITTLE BRAT! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT POWER IS!"

Ezra felt, the Pau'un trying to tear apart his mind again! Ezra tried to block him out, but he couldn't do it not alone! Ezra cried out in pain as the Pau'un ripped in his memories several of them of his time at the base. The attack brought unpleasant flash backs to him about how all the Inquisitor's would do that to him to 'teach' him to defend his mind. Ezra had mastered in no time, but he had never been strong enough to hold the Grand Inquisitor out, and he had hated himself for being weak. The Grand Inquisitor had not been late to tell him how weak he where because he would not use the dark side to defend himself.

"This my boy is what power is and you are too weak to stop me" the Inquisitor laughed before he continued.
"But if you join me I can learn you to, just tell me where you are and then we can pick up the training" the Inquisitor said.

Ezra was almost willing to say yes if it meant that the pain would go away. Ezra felt the pain and helplessness which he hated.

"See the Jedi can't help you, only I can, now tell me where you are? The Inquisitor asked again.

Ezra opened his mouth to tell it when he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"I'm here Ezra," Kanan assured the child calmly. Kanan the looked up and saw him, Kanan with him in his mind. Normally Ezra would be furious, but under the circumstances, he felt safer. But Ezra was still scared.

"I can't get him out!" Ezra admitted as he tried to fight him off.

Kanna looked the image of the Inquisitor in Ezra's mind.

"We can kid. Remember what I told you."

Ezra smiled as he repeated what Kanna had told him, "A calm mind and righteous fury."

Kanan nodded as he smiled, "We will block him out! I promise."

With Kanan by his side, Ezra knew he could do it,

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? If it isn't the Jedi weakling" the Inquisitor grinned.

Kanan was steady but Ezra noticed that he did shiver a bit and he felt anger over the Inquisitor mocking Kanan in such a way.

"You will stay away from Ezra he is not yours and just like you could not keep me neither can you have him" Kanan said.

"Brave words from a man that needed to be saved from my whip by a child. If only the child had done as I said and shot you, we would not have been in this mess" the Pau'un said.

Kanan winced but still stood his ground.

"At least I don't have to force my will through, and I would never ask Ezra to shoot anyone" Kanan said steadily.

"You mean you are too weak to force your will through, to weak to do what is needed" the Pau'un sneered and paused for a short moment.

"You think you can train him? You who did not even finish your own training? Pathetic, no leave the boy to me" the Inquisitor said.

"Never" both Kanan and Ezra said.

With a deep breath, As he harnessed the energy of the force. While this power was unfamiliar with Ezra, it made him feel...good, it was like a fresh, gentle and warm flow of energy that surrounded and bathed him.

Ezra looked at the Inquisitor, who's face grew in fear as he realized the boys strength with the light side.

Ezra roared at the monster, "KEEP AWAY FROM US!"

Just then a bright light was driven from the light users, towards the dark man who cried out in pain.

The light swarmed Ezra. That was when everything turned dark.

Ezra opened his eyes, and realized he was out of the nightmare. Ezra sat up quickly breathing heavily and his heart beating hard in his chest.

"Easy Ezra, you're safe." Kanan calmed the boy who smiled at him, but Ezra noted that Kanan also breathed heavily.

Kanan then chuckled, "Now that's how you drive away a demon."

Ezra couldn't help but to smile as he thought of how it was the perfect metaphor.

"I had a little help," Ezra then wrapped his arms around Kanan. Ezra resisted the Pau'an's teachings for good, and it was thanks to Kanan.

Kanan the wrapped his arms around Ezra, "Anything for you kid."

The two remained in their embrace, content with the peaceful moment.

A/N So what do you think? Kanan and Ezra has finally found each other and they won't let each other go. We hope you liked it.