It's been a while since we updated, but we hope this chapter makes up for the delay. These chapters will be intense for a while. Not going to lie but should be a fun thrill ride for those who enjoy dark torture.
Overhead the crew heard the familiar noise of engines running high above them. It was to their horror that they saw the Ghost being flown, and landing inside the Star Destroyer.
"YOU FLEW MY SHIP!" Roared Hera, she didn't even care that she received another smack from a trooper, she was too mad to acknowledge any pain.
Fifth Brother spoke up, "It's amazing that the piece of crap hadn't been demolished yet. Must be quite the pilot to keep it in the air."
"Or perhaps just dumb luck," Seventh sister hissed.
Hera growled at the two as they gazed on her with wicked eyes.
The Grand Inquisitor rolled his eyes at his students as they wasted time taunting the twi'lek. The lead Inquisitor then turned to Kallus whom also seemed annoyed the other's tactics.
"Agent," The Inquisitor spoke to get Kallus attention, "Have the mechanics do a analysis on the ship?" the Grand Inquisitor asked Kallus.
"Yes sir. They will examine it from top to bottom." Kallus answered as he stood up straight.
"Good. Any personal belongings is to be sealed and examined later on. Anything with knowledge on the whereabouts of the rebel base are a priority in locating; even if you have to rip the ship apart. I don't have to remind you that lord Vader wants to know of a location when he arrives" the Grand Inquisitor ordered.
"Yes sir," Kallus said and walked over and talked to the trooper's to prepare them to infiltrate the Ghost.
Hera looked ready to kill when the Grand Inquisitor turned to them. But Ahsoka was more upset about the message about Vader. It was good news he wasn't here but bad that he was on his way.
"Load them on. You know which cells to bring them too." Ordered the Inquisitor.
Ezra was being dragged along as the Grand Inquisitor held him by the chain. There were tear stains down his face and several hand marks on him, indicating that he had been hit a lot on the way to the Star Destroyer. Ezra did not cry but he sniffed a lot and whimpered everytime the Grand Inquisitor glared at him.
"What about those two? The brat and the weakling?" Seventh Sister asked with a expression on her face that spoke of malice and desire for torment.
"I will handle them. The interrogation room should have been made ready and the equipment I demanded should be there. It should be enough to handle those two" the Grand Inquisitor said smiling coldly.
"You can't be serious!? You are going to interrogate a child, what is wrong with you?" Hera screamed, exploding in anger.
Hera, Mira and Ephraim was looking completely shocked over how they would send a child to interrogation. While Kanan, Zeb, Sabine and Ahsoka looked pained over hearing it, they knew better than the rest how much Ezra had already been abused and was so sad he would be again.
"It is not like the boy hasn't had it done before," the Grand Inquisitor grinned to them.
Zeb lost it he launched at the Grand Inquisitor but was grabbed by the Fifth Brother who tried to force him to the ground; resulting in the two falling on the ground. Despite Zeb being in binder's, the Lasat was able to smack the fifth brother with his skull right in the gutl. Sabine and Hera also tried to get into the fight but was pushed to the wall by the Seventh Sister using the force. In the chaos that was going on, Kanan tried to reach Ezra but before he could do anything the collar activated and he fell to the ground screaming. Mira and Ephraim desperate to get to their son too attempted to escape the troopers around them as well, but was grabbed by the troopers and pinned down. Ahsoka felt sad over seeing her friends like this, but could find no way to help them but knew it was a fight none of them would win. Suddenly she saw Seventh Sister look at her with glee and felt it as the Seventh Sister used the force to activate the remote to her collar making her falling to the ground in pain. Ahsoka was dimly aware that this was most likely payback for her helping Kanan in the shuttle.
The Grand Inquisitor having enough of the chaos under his watch, bent down and lifted Ezra up from the ground by the hair. Ezra screamed in pain and started crying, kicking as he hung in mid air, making everyone look up at the child.
"Stop!" Hera called from the wall as she stared from where she was. Seeing Ezra crying in such a way made her heart splinter.
"As long as you stop, so will I," the Grand Inquisitor said as more troopers came running in and surrounded them. The sheer amount of imperials all with blaster pointed at them, crushing the crews hope to stop the Grand Inquisitor's cruel plan.
"Cease Seventh Sister" the Grand Inquisitor ordered the Seventh Sister making her deactivate the collar relieving Ahsoka who rose to her feet.
Slowly the crew was being dragged to their feet, the Grand Inquisitor simply let go of Ezra that fell and hit the ground. Ezra cried out and had tears running down his cheeks. The crew looked as Kanan was finally relieved from being shocked and two stormtroopers forced him to stand all though he began to twitch. Ezra cried as he saw how much pain Kanan was in and how both of them would soon be even worse.
"I have told you before never to cry in presence of others. Just like I have told you not to talk unless spoken to. It is also high time you start calling me masters and finally you will stop displaying pain" the Grand Inquisitor said with anger.
Several of the crew member looked at them with pain in their eyes as Ezra curled together and shivered clearly in anticipation of pain.
"You terrible monster. You are ruining Ezra. Have you any idea how much work we had to put in to try to have him act like a normal child, that it's okay to be human," Hera said.
Ezra looked at them with panic as the Inquisitor grinned at them.
"Oh I have trained him as well. The boy is a quick learner. Just watch me. Boy stand still" the Grand Inquisitor snearred.
Everyone stared as Ezra stood completely still and closed his eyes. The silence was broken by a slap as the Grand Inquisitor hit Ezra and the crew shouting 'No' in fear for the kid. Ezra sniffed a single time before he quite down despite the forming brues and everyone else looked at him with pain in their eyes.
"How can you do that?" Hera said sadly
"You shouldn't have wasted your people's time teaching the boy to behave like an average child. Now I will have to put in the time to have the brat relearning his old lessons," the Grand Inquisitor sneered at her.
"How can you treat our son like this?" Mira cried.
"Enough of this let us get them seperate. Less crying for one another the better" the Fifth Brother sneered as the Grand Inquisitor nodded.
Ezra and Kanan was forced down one hallway with the Bridger couple while the rest forced away from them. Hera starred after them; the further they were from her, the more her heart began to fall apart with them gone.
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As Zeb and Sabine had their binders removed, they were shoved into their cells right before the cells force shield activated. In frustrated rage, Zeb punched the energy field that was keeping them locked in. Only when the Lasat made contact, the kinetic energy send Zeb back into the wall painfully.
Sabine ran over to the man to aid him in standing up.
As Zeb shook off the pain questioned, "How are we going to get out of this one?"
Sabine looked around and thought of their situation. They were in a imperial cell on a star destroyer, their ship was confiscated by imperial thugs, and they had no way to contact the phoenix fleat for help.
Sabine sighed in despair, "I have no idea."
"Then we better get an idea. We can't leave Kanan and Ezra with those….beings. You saw what they did to them before" Zeb reasoned, panicked about what was happening to them at the moment.
Sabine looked at him with a painful expression before she replied with tears in her eyes "I saw it myself Zeb. Poor Ezra; I mean I knew the Empire did horrendous things to him when he was in there custody. But seeing him so scared... I mean the Inquisitor told him to stay still and Ezra did. I … I can't even imagine how many times he been hit and told that worse was to come if he moved, or just breathed wrong," Sabine sadly.
"I wish we could do something to protect him, he is a wonderful and kind child, but if we don't break out and soon there might not be much child of him left. I don't want to even think what he might do if he get pushed to far. I mean he attacked Kanan the last time he was pushed too far" Zeb mumbled worried.
Sabine looked with horror in her face as tears started to show in her eyes. As Sabine dwelled on how helpless she was in their current predicament, Zeb approached the weeping girl. Despite being unable to help the others he could at least help her. So Zeb wrapped his massive arms around Sabine to give the girl a comforting hug, that Sabine gratefully welcomed. It was all they could do in the moment to avoid thinking of what was happening to the others.
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At the center of the detention center on the Star Destroyer, in a secure cell came the agonized cries of a young child.
The interrogation room was bigger than most other detention rooms as there was space for equipment. On a table was several knives, empty syringes and an shut down interrogation droid. In the middle there was a pole people could be tied to. A small boy was sitting on the floor with his hand in cuffs that was connected by a chain that went to the pole. It prevented the boy from going more than a few steps. Not far from there was in interrogation table with electric bars attached. A fully grown man was locked down on the table staring at the small child with worries while trying to break free from his restraints. At the end of the room a window was, but there was nothing to be seen on the other side. There was only one door into the room and it was guarded by four stormtroopers. Two on the inside and two on the outside. The room was only dimly lit and the temperature was low, making the two human's shiver from time to time. Only the huge being in black did not seem to be affected by this as he stared at the boy.
Ezra tossed and turned on the floor as the electric collar kept intensifying as the Fifth Brother turned up the level of the shocking.
"AHH!" Ezra cried out as he tried in vane to find a form of relief from the metal instrument around his neck.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE, HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING!" Kanan hollered from the torture table he was restrained to, fighting to get out of them with all his might. Alas, in his weakened state, he could do nothing to break free. All his effort had only resulted in his wrist, hand and shoulder to hurt even more as they had still not been treated after the Fifth Brother and Grand Inquisitor had tried to crush them. The fact that his wrist was bound with metal bands had further contributed to the pain and Kanan would normally worry what would happen if he did not get medical help (which was highly unlikely), but he was to focused on Ezra's pain to fully register or care about his own. Kanan had already been forced to watch several times while the Fifth Brother had merciless used the collar around his poor padawan. Kanan felt it like he died a little every time he was forced to watch and hear his poor padawan cry out in agony.
The Fifth Brother then turned his energy from the boy and held his arm out towards the Jedi. The man then felt his airway restricted, the lack of oxygen began to burn his lungs.
Fifth brother seathed, "All I need is intel of where the rebel cell is. Once we know, the boy will be spared from anymore torment, as you and your comrades."
Even if Kanan wanted to say anything he could not. The lack of oxygen and his squashed throat made it physical impossible to form any words. Black spots started to appear in his vision and he found it hard to see anything clearly; all though he caught a glimpse of Ezra looking terrified at him.
"You are a liar!" Kanan heard Ezra call out.
Kanan gasped as air returned to his lungs and the spots in his vision started to disappear. When his vision finally had returned fully he stared with worry at Ezra as the Fifth Brother hovered over him. While the shout seemed to distract the brother from strangling him, it had only increased his panic for Ezra.
Kanna saw Ezra on the ground curled up in pain. To the older males surprise, the child summoned enough strength to tell the Fifth Brother, "You all lie to get what you want. The Empire is full of liars, and we won't tell anything to liars. You hate us, you would never leave us alone even if we told you. You would just beat us up even more so I won't say anything!"
The Fifth Brother was silent for a moment before he pressed the button again, sending Ezra into shock once more.
"We will see about that boy." The Fifth Brother speculated as he left the cell, locking the two male's inside.
As Ezra began to sniffle from his intense shock session, Kanan had to ask, "Ezra? How are you holding up?"
Ezra looked up at the man with teary eyes and shivering from the pain he had experienced as he whispered "Okay" before he in return asked, "How are you?"
Kanan knew Ezra was lying (he could see Ezra practically holding in his desire to cry out in pain) but could not really do much other than accept the lie. Kanan too fought his urge to cry out from the burn, dislocated shoulder, broken vriste that was locked down, the broken fingers and the amount of electricity that he had felt; he had to be brave for Ezra. "I'm surviving kid. Can't let them know anything about the rebellion, right."
Ezra shook his head slowly and shivered. Kanan desperately wanted to go hug and comfort him but he could not. Kanan struggled once more even though he knew it would not help. It just felt wrong to do nothing while his poor padawan was in need of him.
Kanan sighed over their situation "I'm so sorry Ezra. I did not mean for you to be here. I wished you could have gotten away"
Ezra looked at Kanan and shook his head replying "It is not your fault"
"I should have kept you safe Ezra. I should of insisted that you stay behind with Sato. It is my responsibility to protect you and I failed," Kanan said softly in despair.
Before any of them could say more the door opened and in came both Fifth Brother and the Grand Inquisitor.
"Ah my apprentice, right where I want you to be" the Grand Inquisitor grinned awfully cheerful.
Ezra looked at him but decided not to speak out, his last punishment at the hands of the Pau'un was still freshy burned into his back and the pain reminded him of what would happen when he disobeyed.
"Now that you are back we can continue your education. Your lesson will be how you break a jedi. I expect you to pay close attention" the Grand Inquisitor said.
"No I won't. I won't help you torture Kanan" Ezra cried completely horrified.
"I am your master and I have given you an order boy. You know what happens if you disobey" the Grand Inquisitor snapped.
Ezra thought about his options, and while none seemed good, the worst was helping the Grand Inquisitor torture Kanan was out of the question.
"Kanan is my master and I won't help you hurt him" Ezra stood his ground as he scowled the Inquisitor.
"You dare to challenge your master this way" the Grand Inquisitor said full of anger.
"My master is over there, you are not my Master," Ezra said as he nodded his head towards Kanan which was strapped on the table looking at them with worried eyes.
The Inquisitor unattached Ezra from the pole and grabbed him by the collar and dragged the boy by the hair towards the torture table. Kanan's heartbeat sped up and looked worried as Ezra hung in mid air only held up by the Grand Inquisitor. The Inquisitor held Ezra so close he could almost hold Kanan and he could smell the small but distinctive smell of burned flesh and see the beating's the man had endured. As their eyes met there was fear in them, out of worry for the other.
"Take a good look at this man. This weekling is your master?!" Inquisitor roared in disgust at the two, "This man who is bound, who I now control with the flick of a finger."
Just then the Fifth Brother activated the cords who sparkled to life with hot blue electricity.
"NO DON'T!" Ezra screamed only to have the Grand Inquisitor grin and started it.
Kanan screamed, tossed and turned as the electricity went through him
"STOP IT!" Ezra screamed in anger.
The Grand Inquisitor instead of stopping intensified the shock level. The closer he came the closer he could hear Kanan scream louder and he could not bare it. Suddenly his head was pressed against the table next to Kanan's head and he lost sight of Kanan but the scream became even worse. Ezra struggled but he could not get away as his heart broke into pieces and then he broke.
"I SAID NO!" Ezra managed to scream despite his limited air.
The Grand Inquisitor removed Ezra from the table giving him air to breath as he let the electricity to die down.
"Now my apprentice have you learned your lesson? the Grand Inquisitor asked.
Yet he got no reply as all Ezra did was fight to get away from him 'Kanan' he sobbed again and again while Kanan laid gasping at the table having small drops of tears running down his cheeks from the pain.
"If that is your choice then I will learn you how much wrong you are" the Grand Inquisitor sneered.
The electricity began again and Ezra heard Kanan scream anew when he suddenly felt how he hanged weightless before he started levitate closer and close to the electricity.
Suddenly Ezra felt hot warm pain spread through his body as he laid next to Kanan on the table. Their combined screamed of pain filled the room while the pain grew and grew. As Ezra could not bare it any long he fell down on the ground where he started to look around. Ezra saw the Grand Inquisitor grin at him as Kanan was finally relieved and laid gasping
"Kanan" Ezra sobbed weakly in worry, but that turned out to be a big mistake.
The Inquisitor approached the kid, "I see you need to be put in your place" the Grand Inquisitor snapped.
The Grand Inquisitor walked over and suddenly the chain that held Ezra to the pole fell down. "Fifth Brother prepare the syringes," the Grand Inquisitor.
It was then that Kanan and Ezra saw what Fifth Brother was having in his hands. A tube full of liquid that had a angry red color. Both Kanan and Ezra shivered when they saw the tube. Kanan had lost count on how many times the Grand Inquisitor had used that particular drug on him the last time he had been his prisoner. Sometimes the Grand Inquisitor had even allowed a group of researchers to observe it to see if they could improve on the serum. The thought being used on him again was not pleasant. Even so pure dread filled him when the Grand Inquisitor added the next words, "start with my apprentice"
Kanan struggled to get lose, he had stop this. The Fifth Brother took a syringe and filled it with the serum and got over to Ezra. Ezra tried crawl away from the Fifth Brother but could not.
"We managed to improve the serum because of Jarrus there so it is now much more painful, and last much longer, Fifth Brother grinned to Ezra that was tugging himself against the pole desperate to get away.
"Get away from him!" Kanan cried out in a futile attempted to stop what was unfolding for his padawan.
The Fifth Brother grabbed Ezra and forced him to hold still as he slammed the syringe into his neck and emptied the liquid into Ezra's bloodstream before he withdrew and let go. Ezra cried out as the needle exited his skin, the burning sensation already taking a toll
Kanan stared at Ezra, wishing the could comfort him for what he was about to endure but he could not think of anything. It did not take long for the serum to start working. Ezra started to toss and turn on the floor while trying to curl together.
For a short moment Kanan forgot the restraints and launched forward desperate to get to Ezra. Pain spread through his body as the restraints painfully reminded him of where he was and how he could do nothing. Even if neither Kanan nor Ezra could use the force with the collars on, Kanan still felt so much pain for Ezra. Kanna knew exactly what it was like to be injected with that serum, how it made his blood and skin burn in agony. Kanan could almost feel it going on inside him; he wished it was him instead of Ezra's
"AAARRRGGGHHH! Kanan!" Ezra screamed as tried to curl into a ball as he shook his head in all directions in a futile attempt to stop the pain. Kanan felt his insides turn in anxiety seeing the boy he cared for so much in such agony, he had to do something.
"Stop it, he can't handle it!" Kanan screamed.
"I could stop it" the Grand Inquisitor said standing lazily looking at Ezra. Not caring at all for the small boy which was laying in pain at his feet.
"Then stop it" Kanan said desperately as Ezra released another scream.
"I will so if you tell me the location of the rebel base" the Grand Inquisitor said and grinned to him.
Kanan stared at Ezra as he laid on the ground in so much pain. How could he chose between the boy he cared for and his friends on the base which safety depended on him not telling? Ezra screamed again and he looked with a heavy heart on Ezra. Why was he forced with such a terrible decision?
"You wouldn't stop it even if I told you" Kanan replied.
"Then you will fail him just like you failed your master Caleb" the Grand Inquisitor said.
The reminder of his past failure hurt so much as he looked at his poor padawan laying on the ground crying in pain. Experience told him just what Ezra was going through.
"Anything you want to say Caleb?" Fifth Brother asked.
Kanan glance away from Ezra shortly after he screamed once more. The use of his old name was not something he liked. It reminded him of his failure in the past while he could look at his current failure right in front of his eyes. His failure to protect Ezra.
Kanan looked away from the monsters, knowing very well anything he could say would do nothing to protect his padawan.
Just at that moment, the child's own dose began to die down. It was still there but was starting to numb down.
"Had enough boy?" the Grand Inquisitor asked.
Ezra looked at him shaking from the pain and his fear.
"Good now you listen. This man over there is nothing but a pathetic failure, he can't teach you anything. The man has lied to you, he hasn't even told you his real name is or exactly what a failure he is. You see he was nothing but a padawan himself, he wasn't even far into his training. This pathetic man can't teach you what I can, he can't teach you Vapaad or advanced techniques, so why waste your time with him?" the Grand Inquisitor.
"Wait a minute? You are the one which taught him Vapaad?" Kanan asked from the table.
"Of course. Windu taught the technique to me before he went on and trained Bilaba. Quite ironic is it not?" the Grand Inquisitor said.
Kanan did not know what to say. It was mind blowing to think that he and the Grand Inquisitor shared the teaching of Windu. in truth Kanan would feel a little inferior at the idea that he was never got long enough in his training to be taught Vaapad by Depa, but in the moment he was in too much pain to care.
"Now boy ask him what his real name is. Ask him how he ran from his dying master as a scared little coward" the Grand Inquisitor said.
"Kanan? Is it true?" Ezra asked.
"I am sorry Ezra. I am so sorry. I could not bare to talk about it. My old name was Caleb Dume. I stopped using that name when I left the jedi order behind" Kanan said full of grief, Ezra would deny him for sure after he heard this.
"It's okay Kanan. I know why you did it" Ezra claimed with a calm understanding tone.
Kanan sent him a grateful smile and his heart leapt with joy over the fact that Ezra would still acknowledge him instead of rejecting him.
"The man lied to you, and you think that is okay?" the Grand Inquisitor questioned in anger.
"Kanan adapted to an imperial ran universe to survive." Ezra stated with wisdom beyond his years, "I know what it is like to have to leave a life behind to live, I've been there, because of you. Kanan had to learn to be alone, and be okay with it. If anything, knowing this proves that Kanan is the perfect master for me, because it means me and him are the same." Ezra then sent a weak smile to Kanan; all the man could do was smile back, touched that his student was stand up for him and his actions to a man that Ezra was terrified by.
Kanan could not have been more proud in this moment but he knew there would be a price to pay for speaking against the Grand Inquisitor.
"Very well boy. Perhaps you will reject him if nothing else than to save him" The Grand Inquisitor said.
The Pau'an then nodded towards the Fifth Brother who took the red syngie. With one hand the brawny Inquisitor held the Jedi's head down as he used the other to stab the syringe into Kanan's neck.
Ezra watched in horror as Kanan was being injected with the same syringe he had just endured.
"Master!" Ezra called out to Kanan, fighting his own restraints in a failed attempt to get to Kanan.
The Inquisitor looked towards the boy in anger. How dare the boy call such a failure his master. The Grand Inquisitor had never managed to get the boy to acknowledge him as his master, why would the boy give it so freely to this failure? The jedi needed to pay for this. While he was prohibited from killing the man he could let him suffer a tremendous amount of pain. If he went to far he could simply send him to the medics and then continue when he returned. The Grand Inquisitor smiled as the man screamed even more and trashed and turned on the interrogation table, he really enjoyed making the man pay for everything he had done.
Suddenly his focus was taken away from the man much to his dismay when the door opened and the Seventh Sister came in.
"I told you to stay with the prisoners" the Grand Inquisitor said irritated.
"Yes but you want to have her here" the Seventh Sister sneered and made a movement.
Two stormtroopers came dragging the female twi'lek pilot with them.
"Why so?" the Grand Inquisitor said irritated.
"Because she love him, she cares for him and he loves her" Seventh Sister.
"Does he now" the Grand Inquisitor grinned and looked at Kanan.
Kanan could not comprehend what the Inquisitor's was saying as he squirmed in pain against his restraint as the serum was taking effect, nor how Ezra began to scream and shout his name as the serum began coursing through his veins. Kanan did not even see it as Hera was forced through the door or heard her shout, he was to far gone in his pain.
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As they approached their undesired destination, Hera felt it when Seventh Sister pushed her and Ahsoka inside their cell. Unsure of what else to do, Hera went over to Ahsoka.
"Are you okay?" Hera asked as she tried to help Ahsoka to her feets.
"Yeah, are you? I mean it must have hurt when Seventh Sister slammed you to the wall" Ahsoka said.
"It did but not as much as seeing Kanan and Ezra like this" Hera said.
"You should not have tried go against them. It only costed you further pain" Ahsoka said.
"I know but seeing Kanan and Ezra being treated like this. I just lost it" Hera said.
Just then she heard footstep and they saw a pair of stormtroopers. They both looked around and found that Sabine and Zeb was placed in a cell opposite of them. Like them they did not have a door but a force shield that would send back any energy connected with it. Hera and Ahsoka could hear something hard hitting the wall. Hera sighted guessing it was Zeb that had tried to hit the field.
Hera could hear the low sound of Sabine and Zeb talking before the sound of Sabine crying reached her. It was rare for Sabine to cry but she was no doubt frustrated. It was hard not to feel the same knowing what Kanan and Ezra was going through right now. Ahsoka could see the pain in her eyes.
"They will manage Hera. Those two are strong when they are together" Ahsoka pointed out with whatever optimism she had left.
"I know Ahsoka it's just... it is just so hard to see them like this. Ezra and Kanan has already suffered so much and now …. now they are back with those people and they will stop at nothing. I am sure both of them is in great pain right now. Those Inquisitors are so cruel that I cannot find the right words to describe them. They treat Kanan like he is some lower being that doesn't have a right to live. Doesn't have a right to a decent life" Hera said.
"That is because he doesn't, he is a jedi. A jedi should not be alive, not under the Empire's reign." a cold female voice came from outside the door.
Both Hera and Ahsoka went over to the door and saw Seventh Sister and behind her Zeb and Sabine looked out from their cell as well.
"Being a jedi is illegal. The fact that he is even alive is an insult. After the Grand Inquisitor is done with him, I will have some fun with the him." the Seventh Sister grinned wickedly.
"You are sick bastards" Hera spat.
"Aww, the jedi's little twilek lover want to play tough" the Seventh Sister grinned as she mocked Hera.
Hera starred with wide eyes on Seventh Sister, how had she found out this? Zeb and Sabine looked worried at Hera, only Ahsoka seemed unshaken about the fact that Seventh Sister knew.
"Oh I know because I broke into your jedi lover's mind. I must say he was putting up quite the fight but he can't compete with me" Seventh Sister said grinning.
"When Kanan is at his top game, he could take you down in a heartbeat. You had to restrain him, cut off his connection with the force to hold him captive and beat him up, how pathetic does that make you?" Ahsoka said speaking up for the first time.
"You want to talk about pathetic? Let me tell you a story about that. You see the last time your jedi friend was here he would not cooperate so he did not get any food for 3 days. When I on the fourth day brought him something he was very hungry, that he decided to use the force to get it despite being forced chained. You should have seen how his wrist and angles bleed and how he crawled on all four to get a rotten bread and a glass of water while covered in dirt. If you want to talk about pathetic you can put that on the top" Seventh Sister mocked and grinned at their horrified faces.
"You really are as sick as they come" Ahsoka said.
The Seventh Sister glared at Ahsoka and grabbed the remote but Ahsoka was smarter.
"If you do so Darth Vader won't be pleased, would he?" Ahsoka said with a small smirk.
Ahsoka knew she was taking a gamble; after all this Inquisitor was prone to disobey orders from her superiors. Fortunately, Seventh Sister glared at her but put the remote away.
"I will enjoy it when Lord Vader deals with you personally" Seventh Sister replied bitterly.
Ahsoka looked calmly at Seventh Sister as she replied "I will handle that in due time"
The Seventh Sister glared at her before turning her gaze to Hera.
"It must drive you crazy, not knowing what your jedi's are enduring?" Seventh Sister questioned.
"We know what happens to people send to interrogation" came the cold answer from Sabine across the hall
The Seventh Sister turned towards Sabine.
"Yes I would imagine you would know exactly what is happening. After all you were once in there interrogating people yourself, weren't you?" The Seventh Sister asked coldly.
Sabine shuttered at being reminded of her time with the Empire.
"Leave her alone!" Hera snapped.
"Now why would I do that Syndulla? You are hardly in a position to make demands" Seventh Sister replied smirking.
"You leave them alone you hear me? You leave Ezra and Kanan alone as well" Hera hollered in anger, knowing that deep down that the wretched women was right. There was nothing she could do to stop her
"How cute you care about the brat and the jedi. Well then why don't you come and watch?" Seventh Sister suggested.
All of them stiffened at that suggestion. The Seventh Sister grabbed a remote and activated it making Ahsoka falling to the ground in pain as electricity went through her. Hera went to Ahsoka but before she had managed to do anything she suddenly felt herself being pulled through the room. Hera gave a cry of surprise as an invisible force dragged her out of the cell and slammed her into the wall. Hera heard Zeb and Sabine shouting towards Seventh Sister to leave her alone to no avail, two troopers took over holding her. Hera heard the shield being reactivated as Ahsoka stopped crying. Hera could feel her hands being restrained once again before she was forced away. Hera heard the rest of the crew call after her as she was dragged forward. Hera tried to resist but all it did was earning her slaps in the face. Hera was pretty sore when they stopped in front a guarded door which Seventh Sister entered. In the short moment the door was open she could feel the cold from the room and she shivered. After a short moment the door opened and she was forced into a dimly lit room to watch a terribly sight of Ezra crying and restrained while the Grand Inquisitor smiling over something she realised was Kanan strapped to an interrogation table, where he was trashing, turning and screaming. What had those monsters done to them?
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As Hera was pushed into the cell, Ezra's eyes bugged out in horror. All Ezra wanted to do was be near her so he could hug her, but the restraints kept him from being near her. Seeing her with them, knowing very well she was about to suffer how they have been, made Ezra's blood boil in rage. How could they do this to her. All he could do was cry that he now ws getting Hera involved into all this.
The Seventh Sister kicked Hera in the gut, sending her crashing to the ground as she coughed up the air that was forced out of her lung.
"Take a look at the pathetic man you 'love'" The Seventh Sister said, the last part with such mockery.
Hera looked up in horror at Kanan. Her heart became heavy as she saw Kanna squirming against his restraints, heading tossing as his face became drenched in sweat. Kanan then released an agonised scream telling him about immense pain. Hera couldn't look away, she was in such shock that her mind went blank at the horror that the man she loved was going through. So much that she barley comprehended the Inquisitors leaving, "We'll leave you three to think of what you are willing to let each other endure. Remember from now on you hold each others life in your hand. Reject us and the other will suffer. Just then Kanan screamed making the Inquisitor's grin about how Kanan proved their point.
As the doors were closed once more, this brought Hera's attention back to the other crew mate.
"Ezra?" Hera called out as she got up to be next to her young crew member.
Hera was grateful of the fact that the Inquisitors did not keep her restrained to one corner.
Ezra kept crying, not registering the women who was approaching him.
Hera got down to her knees to be closer to Ezra.
"Ezra, it's me," Hera voiced up.
Ezra then registered how closer the voice was, as he looked up he saw Hera's kind face. While Kanan screamed even more than before. Seeing her smile down with sympathy on him though only made him feel worse as more tears began streaming down his face.
"I'm sorry," Ezra bellowed out as he lunged himself into Hera's abdomen for comfort.
With her arms restrained, all Hera could do was rub her chin on top of Ezra's head, and for Ezra it was enough.
"shush," Hera hushed the child as she calmly, "You have nothing to be sorry for." Hera stated while Kanan screamed making both of them wince.
As Ezra sat up, he then objected by claiming, "But it's my fault you guys are here. because they have my mom and dad, you guys came here, and it was a trap and…"
"Hey, hey," Hera raised her voice to stop the hysterical crying from, "Even of you were not here, we would still be on this mission to save fellow rebels. It's what we do. We all knew what going on this mission could lead to but we took the risk because that's what we do. So stop feeling guilty, okay?"
Ezra looked up at the twi'lek and knew that her words held truth. Though he could not relieve all the guilt from his actions and existence, it made him feel better that Hera did not view their imprisonment that way.
Ezra nooded.
"Good, now tell me what those monster's did to you and Kanan."
As the twilek looked at Kanan's twitching dying down, all though he still cried out and groaned every once in a while. Ezra told her everything; about being shocked, to both being asked for information and them both refusing in spite of the other's torment, and the newest torture they were going through now. With Kanan being in the later end of it all.
Hera was furious with this, how could the empire sink so low as to inject such a toxic serum into a child. As she saw Kanna twitch, she couldn't help but to imagine what Ezra went through.
Hera watched as Kanan continue to toss and turn unable to take how much pain he was in. As she got closer she could see his bruises and black eye but the worst part was how his face was howling with sweet, his eyes closed tight and painful and how he tossed and turned.
"Kanan, please Kanan" Hera called but he gave no indication that he could hear her.
"Wake up Kanan" Hera called and leaned her head into his side as much as the table restrains allowed her to.
All she got was another scream and heard a sniffling. Hera looked back and saw that Ezra was trying to get to them but the chains prevented it. Hera's heart broke when seeing her sweet child chained like a loth wolf and the man she loved tortured. Unable to do anything for Kanan she went back to Ezra.
"It is okay Ezra" she soothed him as she allowed him to lean into her.
"I don't want to be here. I just want to go home with you and Kanan and the crew and my parents. I can't take Kanan and you keep being treated like this" Ezra sobbed.
"We will get out of here somehow Ezra. Just hang in there" Hera said as she brushed his head with he chin.
Even as she spoke, she had no idea how to get out. Just as Hera's thoughts were about to turn dark, she saw the eyes of the man she loved open, his twitching stopping; it seemed the serum that caused Kanan so much torment was finally wearing off.
"Hera?" Kanan questioned weakly and hoarse, clearly thinking he was delusional.
Hera looked down at Ezra as he nodded that he would be okay. Hera got up and approached Kanan where he was restrained. Hera could see how pained he was and his wrist was locked down on the table which could not be good. Kanan needed medical help with his wrist, fingers and shoulder and instead all he got was torture. Hera could even see how his shoulder was in an even worse angle than before, making her realized the serum had made Kanan thrash so much against the restraints that his shoulder was at a worse angle then before. His black eye had swollen a bit making it more difficult to look out fully and the bruises from the flight was now fully formed on his face. Small tremors ran through his body from time to time, showing that the electricity had done some harm to him. Hera felt sad to see Kanan in such a state, to know he was suffering so much just because he was a jedi.
"I'm right here," Hera tried to comfort Kanan.
"I'm so sorry," Kanan weakly spoke with just as much guilt as Ezra had.
Hera rolled her eyes with a weak smile, "Why do both Ezra and you feel so guilty. this is what we all knew could happen."
"But-," Kanan began to speak before being cut off by Hera, "Listen, they could be back any minute, so I need you to hear me. No matter what they do, you cannot tell them anything."
Before Kanan could respond though, the cell door reopened, the Fifth Brother approached Hera, grabbed her by the cuffs, and flung her across the room into the wall. this resulted in the twi'lek hitting the wall quite painfully.
"Hera!" cried out Kanan and Ezra as they wanted to help Hera.
"Jarrus," The Grand Inquisitor directed to Kanan with a sinister smile on his face. All Kanan could do was glare at the man in disgust for getting Hera involved now.
"It seems you have broken one of the most sacred Jedi codes, 'to never let yourself get attached.'"
Kanan chuckled (proving a difficult task at the moment because he choked up a bit), "The Jedi code encourages attachments, just as long as you do not let those attachment's cloud your judgement and goal." Yet even as he said it he knew the Inquisitor was right, in the old order Hera and him would never had been allowed to be so connected and now he had dragged her into this mess.
The Inquisitor chuckled darkly, "Every hipocrate finds a loophole to justify their means."
Kanan scowled at the man.
The Inquisitor continued as the fifth brother brought out an electric rode, "Perhaps you should have ignored those feelings and what -not. Perhaps then you wouldn't have gotten this tail-head involved in all of this."
Kanan was about to speak when he saw Hera smile gently, and nod in content.
Kanan then looked at the Inquisitor, "You should just accept that we won't tell you anything."
"We will see about that!" The Inquisitor roared as he took a rod and ignited it into Hera's abdomen, sending Hera into a crying fit as she was electrocuted.
"Hera!" Ezra cried out. All he could do was sense her pain, how she could not handle it. The Inquisitor just kept at it, over and over again, jabbing it into her.
"This is pointless," Kanan cried out for his love, "I won't talk, this gets you nowhere."
The Seventh Sister came closer to Kanan as she stroke her finger down, "It will get us one less rebel,"
Ezra's heart skipped a beat, they couldn't mean that, they couldn't! Hera couldn't be killed, she was there for him, and Kanan, she was the comfort for the crew! How could they Inquisitor's think of taking her away from them from him!'
"NO! Stop!" Ezra called out in anger!
The Seventh Sister began to chuckle, "and what are you going to...to…-"
The seventh Sister's mind went blank like her face before she finally began bellowing out in pain. this caught the attention of the Inquisitors and Kanan attention as she began to move around distraught, squeezing onto her head like it was about to explode. she moved around so disoriented. that was when the eldest of the group looked to the boy on the floor, his eyes looking at the seventh sister in anger, as his focus was heavily focused on making her suffer.
Kanan understood what was happening, Ezra had tapt into the dark side. Seeing Kanan and Hera suffer was too much for him. Kanan saw how the Inquisitor smiled wickedly at the boy, clearly pleased by what Ezra was doing.
"Finally some progress" the Grand Inquisitor said.
Kanan couldn't let Ezra get lost in it.
"Ezra!" Kanan cried out, "You know this isn't right! The dark side should never be used by a jedi. Even if someone you love is suffering, this would not be what they would want. It's not what you want!"
"They deserve it. They don't care about us, they deserve to suffer" Ezra sneered his eyes starting to have a golden tint.
"Please Ezra don't give them what they want" Kanan pleaded.
"Don't listen boy, you want to, so do it, finish her" the Grand Inquisitor said with a cold smile.
"No Ezra don't, please" Hera urged. she did not entirely understood what was going on but if Kanan was not happy about then she had to try and help.
"I hate them!" Ezra screamed making the Seventh Sister cry out in pain making the Grand Inquisitor grin.
"Please Ezra don't end up like them. Look at how the Grand Inquisitor grins, he want you to do so. Do you want to give in to him? Please, for my sake don't do it" Kanan pleaded.
Ezra's expression fell as his anger diminished from his eyes, sending Ezra down to the ground as he blacked out, unaware of what was to become next.
Kanan and Hera looked worried as the small child fell unconscious and Seventh Sister slowly started to come through. Hera gulped when the Grand Inquisitor turned to Kanan with hatred in his eyes.
A/N That was intense and that was long, but a thrilling chapter. let us know how you all think of things taking a dark turn