We are sorry it has been this long since an update but we promise a nice long chapter as a consulation.
After such a crazy night, the crew was having a leisure day within the Phoenix squadron. Hera decided to give Commander Sato and Ahsoka a quick briefing before enjoying the rest of the day. Hera though was not the only one to wake up so early.
After talking with Hera last night, Kanan figured to get some stuff ready to help Ezra prepare for any future that involves facing the Inquisitor's. As much as he wished otherwise, Kanan knew that a future without the threat of the Inquisitor's was not realistic. Kanan had to help Ezra better understand the light side of the force, so that he could resist the dark side better. Ezra was already all too familiar with the dark side through his 'training' so he needed to learn about the other option. That was why Kanan decided to focus on training Ezra to defend himself from not only the Inquisitor's, but from the dark side.
Kanan was about to get his holocron out when he sensed it, but not where it was supposed to be. Kanan looked around his cabin, and realized it was not there.
Kanan entered the hall and followed the holocron signature to the cargo bay. The man was about to look around when he saw a small tussle of hair behind some cargo and smiled playfully.
"Hmm, I wonder where my holocron is?" Kanan asked out loud, as he pretended to look around. "I don't remember putting it out here."
Kanan slowly approached the cargo that hid the child, "Maybe it's, Here!" Kanan shrieked as he saw Ezra holding the holocron as he smiled at the man before bolting down the ramp.
Kanan smiled as he heard Ezra giggle, "Running from me is not training you know," Kanan hollered as he started to chased the child through the Phoenix squadron ship.
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Hera entered the conference room and greeted Sato, Ahsoka and Bail Organa, whom was present via holo-vid.
"Captain Syndulla good to see you" Organa saluted the Twi'lek happily.
"Thank you and thank you all for coming. I know we are taking time away from other important matters, but we all need some things that need to be discussed," Hera replied.
"Of course, we received your message about new information and your call that you were under heavy fire so we became worried" Sato pointed out.
"Yes I fear we have a problem. As you know we wanted to sneak into the city to get some intel, but we did not even reach the city before we were spotted. In the city a small army of emperials lead by Kallus waiting on Kanan and Ezra. They were chased by a lot of imperials on speeders and transporter and in just a few minutes we were in heavy fire and I in the Ghost was being shot at by TIE fighters. All the time the fire and focus was on Kanan and Ezra they only shot at Sabine and Zeb to prevent them from helping the other two. As they requested me to pick them up, I was already on my way to them with TIE's on my tail. We were being chased by more than over twenty TIE fighters and every time we shot one two more would take its place. Not to mention the Star Destroyer that was also chasing us. One of our guns was shot and is useless until the repairs. Even so they were careful not to damage us more like trying to force us to the ground. Just to make it even worse the Inquisitor suddenly joined the fight. Ezra regoniced his fighter and suddenly Kanan and Ezra was attacked mentally through the force" Hera explained.
"The Grand Inquisitor joined the attack in his own fighter?" Ahsoka asked worried.
"Yes. Suddenly Kanan and Ezra just kind of collapsed and cried out and Ezra freaked at the sight of his fighter, he must have seen it often since he regoniced it immediately" Hera explained.
"I don't like that Kanan and Ezra are being target. They appear to of become quite the prize in the Imperial hunt lately, they can't go anywhere without the empire breathing down their necks" Sato said.
All nodded to the truth that Kanan and Ezra were being chased wildly. They had even tried to send the Ghost crew to another planet for a mission but also there they had been found and fired at.
"What has caused such a huge increase in the interest of Kanan and this young child?" Organa asked.
"I think the Inquisitor wants to get Kanan and Ezra back. I think he is furious that Kanan managed to get away, Kanan told me and the crew that the Inquisitor slashed a control panel in anger over not getting Kanan and Ezra. I am not sure as to why he wants Ezra and Kanan so much. Though we did discover that Darth Vader has ordered their capture," Hera said.
"So the second in command of the empire is after them, that is not good news" Sato said.
All nodded but Ahsoka.
"I fear it is more than that. Darth Vader would not waste his time on them if they were just ordinary force users. There must be something unique with the two to cause such a ruckus," Ahsoka said.
"Then what could it be?" Organa asked.
"I don't know but Kanan told me something really worrisome. The Inquisitor has taken a new step to get back Ezra. It appears that the Inquisitor has Ezra's parents transferred to him; probably in an effort to lure us back" Hera explained.
"Are you sure Hera?" Ahsoka asked.
"I'm not, but Kanan is; he says he saw it happen in a vision he saw after we got away" Hera explained.
"So that means?" Sato asked.
Ahsoka explained and the discussion continued.
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Kanan had rarely been this happy as he heard Ezra giggle a few steps ahead of him. For once Ezra acted like a child that was having fun. It had taken a lot of work and time but lately Ezra had started to have some fun and been more carefree all though it was often that something scared the child back to his serious and chimed self that he all to often was. Even so Kanan certainly was happy to see that they sometimes could give him a break from that. So despite Ezra taking the holocron, Kanan couldn't help but to smile at Ezra's form of entertainment.
"I am gonna catch you Ezra" Kanan called in a light hearted manner.
Much to his delight Ezra just giggled and speeded up while they ran through the Phoenix Squadron. Many was smiling warmly to Ezra as he passed them and a few was grinning over seeing the 'wise and noble' Jedi chasing after a small child. Even so Kanan knew they would soon stop and return, there was other people working.
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Organa's face fell when he brought up bitterly, "Hera it pains me to say this to you, but perhaps the safest thing might be for Ezra and Kanan to go into hiding. At least till a time comes where The Inquisitors and Vader are not a problem"
Hera eyes bugged out in shock, "What? No, we need Kanan, he is essential to our crew, the this rebellion" Hera protested.
"We know. The two are valuable, too valuable though. Having Jedi in the rebellion show's hope that we can win against the Empire; and if we lose them...then we lose that hope." Ahsoka said softly to Hera.
Hera felt the words hit her like a rock, how could they take Kanan and Ezra away from them, from her?
"I can feel your pain Hera, but if it is the best for their safety. Rather hide them than have them captured right?" Ahsoka pointed out.
Hera thought about it, Ahsoka certainly had a point, letting Kanan and Ezra being captured was not acceptable. Yet it still hurt to think that they would take Kanan away from them, she had just gotten him back and the time without had showed they could not function properly without. To gain more time she came up with a question.
"If we agreed to such a proposal, will you even be able to hide them somewhere, to protect them and avoid them from being discovered? The Inquisitor's can find them through the force. Kanan knows that and that is how they realized we were coming to Capitol city, and all those other planets. Even if we found them a planet where they could hide, if the Inquisitor got wind of where they were, then they would be sitting ducks with no aid. How can we protect them if they are in isolation"
The three other looked at her unsure.
"The best we can offer is that Kanan and Ezra gets a small ship for themselves and fly to a secluded location with no one but us knowing where they are going. Even so they still might be discovered, the hunt for them is very intense" Organa said.
"My suggestion would be to send a few people with them as protection to a remote location for some months with no contact" Sato said.
"Maybe a few people should just be me, that way we could eliminate the force trail that is always a risk for the rebellion" Ahsoka said.
Hera looked at Ahsoka and her willingness to sacrifice. This made Hera though wonder what she herself would sacrifice. Hera wanted nothing more than for the two to be safe. Yet she wanted them to be able to stand with the rest of the crew and fight off the empire. Hera knew that she would have to make a decision. Hera took a deep breath and was about to say something when the door slammed open.
In came a small child grinning and running while holding to a holocron she recognized as Kanan's. Even though she was irritated, she could not bring herself to be angry with him when she saw the happy smile that was rarely on the child's face. However, as Ezra eyed them his smile face fell and worry entered his blue eyes. The second after was Kanan bursting through the door rather heavy breathing.
"Ezra" he moaned out before stopping to stare at the people in front of him.
"I … I … I am sorry about that" Kanan managed to reply as he laughed at the awkwardness way..
Hera gave him a small glare before turning to the others in the room.
"May I present Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger" Hera introduced, all though it was mostly for Organa's sake.
The rest just looked at the two. Kanan blushed as he realized what Ezra and him interrupted.
"Right, come on Ezra we need to get some training done" Kanan tried to brush it off and gestured to Ezra.
To everyone's shock the child was standing frozen and terrified shaking all over his body.
"Ezra?" Kanan asked concerned and kneeled down to the child, seeing the fear in his eyes.
"Am I in trouble for interrupting the meeting?" Ezra asked in a voice barely above a whisper.
"No of course not. I have told you before, that is not our style, why would you think that?" Hera said.
"They did" Ezra said and shivered.
"Who hun?" Hera asked even though she had an idea of who.
"The Inquisitor's would do so when we were having a meeting, if I sneezed, or if I made a noise, or if had not been listening properly they would punish me for it" Ezra said shivering.
All of the other just glared at each other unsure what to say until Ezra looked at Kanan with tears in his eyes.
"Please Kanan, please don't hit me because I don't know the reports, please!" Ezra cried softly.
Kanan scooped Ezra up in his arms. "I promise you we won't" Kanan confirmed as he soothed the child. Ezra snuggled into Kanan's hold and calmed. However, as Kanan thoughts about what Ezra said, he realized what this could mean.
"Ezra what types of meeting were you present at?" Kanan asked very gently while continue to comforting Ezra.
"Meetings about rebel activity and bases" Ezra mumbled.
Hera, Sato, Ahsoka and the hologram of Organa stiffened. The boy had been with them for a half year and yet it had never occurred to them that Ezra might hold important information that was vital to the rebellion.
"Ezra this is very important can you remember what they were talking about" Sato questioned eagerly.
Ezra nodded but started shivering terribly in Kanan's arms.
"Easy Ezra, Sato is just curious, he won't do anything to you" Kanan assured Ezra.
"Kallus was also very curious about it when he checked what I had learned, he said it was very important so I could become a good Imperial operative. That was why he punished me repeatedly if I could not answer" Ezra sniffled.
They all winched at the thought of Kallus punishing Ezra. Sato, realizing Ezra needed a positive reinforcement, thought about it a moment before he smiled.
"Ezra do you like nutty chocolate bars?" Sato asked.
Ezra head shot up and nodded.
"Then this is what I am thinking; if I give one for every meeting you went to, could you tell us what you know?" Sato asked gently.
Ezra's eyes went cartoony wide and a small laughter was heard.
"I get chocolate, if talk about the meetings?" Ezra asked.
"Does that sound fair?" Sato grinned to Ezra.
"I like this idea" Ezra said.
Sato left the room shortly. Kanan sat down with Ezra in his lap when the commander returned with several chocolate bars. Ezra smiled at them when Sato handed him one bar, beginning Ezra's recall of those dark times.
"At the first meeting, they talked about how they had gotten a new informant, that they had someone on the inside, whatever that means. I did not hear more because I sneezed and Kallus dragged me out and beat me for it. I'm sorry" Ezra said and shivered.
"It's okay Ezra here," Sato assured the boy. Ezra then ate the bar in his hand, and smiled
"This is great, I haven't had chocolate for almost 3 year" Ezra said.
Kanan sighed at that, how had Ezra ended up in such a bad situation. Ezra eagerly ate his chocolate bar and had a small chocolate mustache. Hera found a napkin and handed it to Kanan who cleaned Ezra's face.
"Ready for another round?" Kanan asked gently.
Ezra nodded and told them. Ezra smiled weakly and started talking.
"The next meeting was about sending soldiers to Lothal, they said their informant was telling them about a base. So they send a lot of Stormtroopers to remote parts of Lothal in order to .. to terminate everyone they could find" Ezra mumbled.
Everyone made a face at that, they had lost a lot of good people that day when the empire attacked their Lothal rebel base. They had suddenly lost all contact and then they had gotten to investigate only to find the base destroyed and everyone on it taken prisoner. Many had never resurfaced but a few had been put on public execution and they had been unable to save them. All this indicated that someone on the rebellion was feeding the empire information, an unpleasant thought indeed. Ezra started to shake when he picked up the dark emotion running high.
"It's okay Ezra, I promise you we are very happy that you are telling us this. It is letting us know how it happened," Kanan pointed out.
Kanan looked at Sato with a pleading look and the man hurried to give Ezra another chocolate bar. Sato looked and found he only had 3 more bars left.
"Ezra how many meetings were you present at?" Sato asked.
"Five, one for each month I was there" Ezra mentioned as he became more interested in devouring his bar.
Well that made it easy, Sato just hoped even more information would come up. Ezra began to tell by himself this time.
"The third time they were having a meeting about digging, they had people digging for something. They used a lot of resources on it. The Inquisitor's were very excited especially the Grand Inquisitor.
"Ezra what were they digging after?" Ahsoka worried.
Ezra started to shake uncontrollably. Kanan stroke him very gently but Ezra just continued to shake.
"Hun?" Hera asked.
"I fell asleep during the meeting … since I had not slept so much and the Grand Inquisitor … he … he was furious. He had Kallus drag me outside and tied me to a poll where I stood for hours until my legs wanted to collapse but the robes prevented it. They said it was to teach me to pay attention, that the pain should motivate me to learn better. Therefor I would only be allowed to get free when I had learned to pay attention, it took me five tries before I got all the reports right. My back and legs hurt so much" Ezra whispered while shaking.
Kanan hugged Ezra and let him bury his head in his shirt while shivering and crying softly.
"That was cruel to do that to you, but it is okay now Ezra" Kanan smoothed Ezra.
Kanan comforted Ezra until he had calmed down enough to eat his next chocolate bar. As Ezra ate they all wondered what information Ezra could hold beside what he already had told them. All of them hoped Ezra had avoided punishment, none of them was happy to hear about the abuse.
"You are doing great Ezra, it is just two more meetings and then you are done" Kanan encouraged Ezra.
Ezra nodded and looked very relieved.
"The next meeting was not so bad, it was about a number of different rebel cells, they said these cells were not active, so they suspected that the cells might be a part of some long term plan. So for the most part they decided to observe rather than engage and I managed to memorize all the coordinates so I did not get any punishment" Ezra said.
All was glad to hear that he had escaped meeting without a beating, by the sound of things, those was rather nasty. Ezra got his fourth chocolate bar and devoured it until he was ready for the last part.
"Ezra can you still recall the coordinates for the groups?" Sato asked.
Ezra nodded and started to give them numbers without any help. They all just stared at him. The boy could recall coordinate numbers without a datapad. That was impressive and for a time they all had their hands full to note down on the different cells.
"Well the fifth meeting was different than the rest. They said they had the bases for us ready, that they were made specifically for the Inquisitors and that someone was going to go with us. I did not know who they were talking about but I think I know now" Ezra said.
"Who Ezra?" Ahsoka asked.
"I think they referred to Kanan because they kept calling him 'that stupid little weakling'. At first I thought they meant me but they kept saying 'he refuses to say anything' while I was in the room so I don't think it was me. They seemed so angry and hateful whenever they talked about the person, they … they discussed tactics about how they …. would make him talk" Ezra said and looked down.
Kanan shivered as he recalled on all the terribly thing they had done to him to make him talk. How could the Inquisitor's feel justified to drag a small child into a meeting where they would discus torture tactics on someone. At the same time it was strange that Ezra was sitting telling about how the Inquisitor's was discussing him … like … like they expected Ezra to one day do the same. It was unsettling to him. Kanan felt a small soft hand stroking his cheek and saw it was Ezra.
"Ezra it is okay it is not your job to worry about me. Just focus on getting better yourself and then leave it to Hera to worry about me" Kanan said unhappy that Ezra seemed to believe it was his job to worry about him.
Ezra looked doubting at him before Kanan stroke his back to get him to continue.
"They also seemed really excited about the new base for themselves and the many new bases that had been built on Lothal or in the nearby systems" Ezra said.
"Do you have the numbers to those bases too?" Ahsoka asked.
"I had to get it right because every time I got it wrong I would be refused the next meal. On my third try I got it right on my third time. I was very hungry when they finally feed me at lunch the day after" Ezra said and shivered and Kanan strock him gently.
"Can you give us the numbers too?" Sato asked hopefully.
Ezra noded and once again said them so fast they could only be remembered if you had been drilled in them, which sat them uneasy. When they were done Sato looked at them.
"Well thank you, you have been most helpful" he greeted Kanan and Ezra.
"You are welcome Ezra is there anything else we should no about?" Sato asked.
Ezra shrugged his head and sent a small smile to Sato who smiled back.
"Ezra, thank you for telling us. I know it was hard; but rest assured that you will never be beaten or tied up here Ezra. The worst we would do is to ground you" Hera said.
Ezra smiled weakly.
"Now I am sure you must have some training to return to" Organa said.
Kanan nodded at the request for them to leave and took Ezra and escorted him out. Just as they were about to get out of the door Ezra turned around.
"Thank for the chocolate Sato, you are much nicer than Tarkin" Ezra said.
Everyone but Ezra stiffened and stared in him all silently reflecting on what would make Tarkin take interest in such a small kid.
"Ezra you have meet Grand Moff Tarkin?" Organa addressed Ezra for the first time.
Ezra looked nervous at the hologram before he nodded.
Organa just stared before he found his voice.
"In all my time of knowing him I have never seen him take an interest in children, ever. In fact I think he is the last person in the galaxy who would go near a child. I had to make my wife take our daughter for a trip the last time he was there because he protest so venomly against them" Organa said.
Tarkin did not like me" Ezra whispered.
Ezra started to shake violently and buried his head into Kanan's side crying uncontrollably.
"Easy Ezra take deep breath you need to breath slowly easy Ezra" Kanan tried to sooth but it did not help.
Kanan scooped Ezra into his arms again sat down on the chair and hugged him gently while continue smooth him.
"Shh Ezra, slow down your breathing" Kanan said but it still not relaxed Ezra.
Kanan slowly reached for Ezra and used the force to calm Ezra's mind.
"Now tells me what is wrong?" Kanan asked.
Ezra snuggled into Kanan and looked so pained so Kanan hugged him.
"One day the Grand Inquisitor came and say we were going to visit someone. I did not know who it was but the Grand Inquisitor was nervous, he even had the storm trooper turn a hydrohose on me to try and get me clean, but the water hurt me skin and then he had me changed into clean cloths. The Grand Inquisitor wanted me to presentable and he said … he said that he would break all my bones in my legs if I misbehave when we where to see Tarkin" Ezra said and shivered.
Ezra took a deep breath before he continued, "When they brought me to him, I could tell he did not like me. The old man looked at me like i had just spit in his face; which i kind of wanted to."
Kanan and Hera couldn't help but to chuckle at Ezra's comment. Ezra then continued. "Tarkin only said how 'it is a waste of time and effort to train a lost cause. Better to kill the thing than give it false hope of survival.' Tarkin then huffed and said if the Inquisitors wanted to waste their time on me than so be it, that the hunt will soon end and my training would go to waste.' That the hunt for the last Jedi will be any day now."
The grown ups looked at each other in horror, terrified that if the Inquisitor hadn't wanted to train Ezra, that Tarkin would have ordered Ezra's death. It was strange to think that the Grand Inquisitor had actually shielded Ezra from death by letting Ezra train with him.
Sato then asked, "Ezra, what do you think Tarkin meant by that."
Ezra looked down as he revealed, "Tarkin said that the known force user's serve in the Rebellion, and that when the rebellion falls so will the last of the Jedi once the one they had talked." Ezra then smiled, "But I think you guy's don't need to worry since i saved Kanan."
Sato laughed at the boy's, as did Kanan too.
"I appreciate that Ezra." Kanan replied as he ruffled Ezra's hair.
Ezra smiled at the affection and snuggled into Kanan hold. Then his eyes turned back to worried as they looked at them.
"Takin then demanded to know the name of the rebels that my parents worked with. I told him that I did not know. That got him really angry."
Kanan noticed Ezra was rubbing the back of his head; this showed to Kanan that Ezra got smacked there by the governor.
"Than the Inquisitor told me to answer him but I really didn't know. When I was unable to answer Tarkin had the Inquisitor hit me. They asked again and again but I could not answer. Suddenly they were interrupted by a report saying that an interrogation droid had not provided results on the jedi. That made Tarkin real mad and they forgot me and started to discuss what they could do to make the jedi talk. They talked about what they would do to him, they discussed using a new torture droid that should be more effective" Ezra mumbled before he turned to Kanan.
"Kanan are you okay?" Ezra asked worried.
"I am fine Ezra" Kanan said despite turning rather pale.
Hera looked at Kanan and felt a sharp pain in her heart. Kanan had always tried to shield her from what had happened to him when he had been imprisoned she had never imagined that Ezra would be the one to tell her what had happened to him. By the looks of it this 'new droid' had been effective alright. How Kanan have must suffered to keep them all safe, the painful memory of finding him was still there. She could not stop her mind from starting producing suggestions for how Kanan was laying in an imperial interrogation room while a droid was 'working' on him. Poor Kanan for enduring it, poor Ezra for try being forced into being a part of that. Hera refocused as Ezra talked again.
"They were deeply engrossed in discussing if they should break more ribs on the jedi so I tiptoed out of the room and tried to make a run. I tried to get to the hangar in the hope I could sneak aboard a shuttle that would take me away from them. But I did not know my way around all that well and certainly the Grand Inquisitor caught up to me and he was angry. I never saw him so angry as he was there, he was furious and tossed me to the ground and .. and then slashed me with his lightsaber, it burned so much" Ezra said and cried.
Kanan stroke him while also looking furious.
"Is that how you got your scar on your back?" Kanan asked gently.
Ezra nodded and Kanan sighted. Ezra had a long scar on his back which had not healed despite the doctors best effort. Ezra shivered before he continued.
Then he grabbed first my right leg and put pressure on it until it sprained before he did the same to my left leg … then Tarkin came by and just glared at me and said I was a waste of time. But if the Inquisitor absolutely wanted to keep me he should teach me some discipline and then he just left. The Inquisitor threw me into a cell and left me there until the next morning warning me that he would break my bones if I did not behave better in front of Tarkin. I laid in the cell with no food but it was actually nicer than my normal cell, it was not as cold.
The next morning they continued the interrogation until Tarkin finally believed that I did not know anything. I mean I knew my parents spoke against the Empire, but I didn't think they were working with anyone. Tarkin even said, "I suppose the bridger's were not as careless as we thought they were. So the Inquisitor took me back to the base and that was the last I heard from Tarkin"
Ezra stopped talking and tears sprung into his eyes. Kanan trying to comfort him, but not only for the child, but for himself.
Kanan remembered the exact same thing happening to him. Kanan could even feel it in that moment, the sting crushing pain on his legs that Ezra experienced, the jedi remembered going through the exact same torment. Kanan had just gotten out of a drugged induced state when he felt the same bending pressure on his knees, when they finally snapped, it was like a stick was jabbed through his leg. Kanan had screamed so much that his guards had come to see what was up, but had left again when he found no one but the chained prisoner. None of the Inquisitors had been able to find an explanation when it had been reported. As Kanan hugged Ezra harder, he felt it; his knees started aching again suddenly it felt like his leg would not support him. Suddenly Ezra groaned out and held his legs like he was in pain as well. Then it hit Kanan this was phantom pain, they were being hunted by their own memories.
"It's not fair to him," Kanan thought with empathy. Afterall Ezra was just a child, he should be tortured for something he didn't know. That form of torture was intense and painful to heal from. Kanan at the time, thought he would never walk again; he has no idea how Ezra could handle so much agony. Kanan though kept holding him, comforting Ezra through the force telling him that it was okay. Ezra sensed Kanan's comforting force signature, and snuggled into Kanan's warm hold even more.
"I know it is not easy for you Ezra and we are very grateful for all that you have told us. So what about if we go and fine you an extra big chocolate bar and then we go play some games after that and wait a bit with the training" Kanan said.
Ezra sent him a small smile and nodded before Kanan scooped him into his arms and carried him out of the door.
As the door closed no one said anything for some time.
"In all that time we never thought about that Ezra could hold so much information. He has given us more than what we have been able to put together from our stolen reports" Hera said.
They all nodded.
"Indeed. I am still surprised Tarkin took an interest in him. There must be something special about Ezra considered how high ranking Tarkin his, he could easily just had someone else doing the interrogation" Organan said.
"Yes but what?" Ahsoka asked.
None of them thought about it before they all had to realise that none of them knew it.
"We need to have all our sleeper rebel cells to remove positions immediately. I have a few men I can trust who will find new places they can send them to, we won't share it with anyone outside this room, also we will limit all information, in the future be handed out on a much more strict need to know basis" Organa said.
They all nodded.
"Also we don't know if the person is trying to gain access so we need to enhance the encryption and and only share keys to decrypt it with the specific person who need it. Any keys that is already in circulation will be collected and put out of the circulation" Ahsoka said.
"The bases are pretty interesting too. We need to break into as many as we can" Sato said.
"Sounds like a job for the Ghost crew" Hera said.
"Absolutely not Hera. We just established that the threat against Kanan and Ezra is high. The last thing they need is sneak into a base of those who is looking for them. If this meeting have shown anything it is that we need to hide them far away from everyone." Ahsoka protested, as she brought up a solution, "The sleeper rebel cells will go to random locations of the bases so they Empire will not expect them. This will help us in relocating the cell's and wake them from their sleeper status. Need be if the Ghost crew will be laying low."
"No we need to help. all of us, including Kanan and Ezra" Hera protested.
Sato looked at them deep in thought before he held a hand up.
"Look we have to accept that the two are in the most danger in regards to this rebellion. But what Ezra just revealed to us show's the two's time imprisoned could hold beneficially knowledge we can use. So what about a compromise. The crew stays together on this base on the condition that they stay here and don't go on missions until the situation is a bit more relaxed" Sato said.
Organa and Ahsoka thought about it for a bit before they nodded. Hera did not really like being side-lined like that, but knew this was probably the best deal they could get and nodded too.
"Then it is agreed. Meeting adjourned" Organa said.
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Hera walked back to the Ghost to tell the crew the news, she knew that Zeb and Sabine would protest the most so she went to tell them first. She found them in the common room where Zeb was eating a pair of space waffles. Hera then told them about the decision and as she had predicted they protested at it.
"Hera we will go crazy staying put here for like what? Weeks? Maybe even months" Sabine said.
"What are we going to do while here?" Zeb asked.
"Why do we even have to, we know the risk" Sabine beamed in.
"Because it is not for us, but for Kanan and Ezra sake we are doing this. They are hunted so wildly that they can't go anywhere without being spotted, it was so bad that the other leaders thought of having Ezra and Kanan sent far away alone to keep them safe" Hera told them.
"What?" came it from Zeb and Sabine.
"They can't, Kanan is part of the crew and we have just adopted Ezra into it" Sabine protested while Zeb nodded.
"I do share your views but this was the best compromise I could get. It was either that or we won't see them for months to come. So for their sake, to keep them safe and in an effort to keep them here we will be staying here and we won't be going on missions, we can do that for those two right?" Hera asked.
Sabine and Zeb looked at each other before Zeb answered.
"For them Hera? We would try to take the whole empire on if we had to"
Hera sighted in relief and nodded in agreement, the would do anything for each other. Hera already loved Kanan deeply and saw Zeb and Sabine as her own children not to mention how adorable Ezra was. The child had captured the hearts of everyone on the Ghost and the Phoenix squadron, but the charming thing was how unaware he was of it. Hera smiled as she left to find Kanan and Ezra.
A/N What did you think of the final of Star Wars Rebels? Both Charm and I is saddened, hyped and entreaged by the ending. Even so rest assure that just because the show has ended we will continue to update here. As always reviews, favorits and followers is much appreciated.