As soon as Hera entered into hyper drive, she let out a sigh of relief before lean back into her chair. Then she remember to check on her fellow Specter's and their new stowaway. Hera set the ship on auto pilot and headed to the cargo hold, only to find Kanan, Zeb, and Chopper yelling about something while Sabine was looking for around.

"I thought I told you guys to keep an eye on him!?" Kanan yelled annoyingly at the others, looking through some crates.

"You told us to bring him to the ship, we did and Sabine's the one who left him in the common room with Chopper," Zeb exclaimed in his effort to defend himself.

Sabine was not pleased by Zeb's response "Do not put this on-"

"What is going on?" Hera firmly asked, immediately silencing the crew's bickering. Though she began asking a few more questions for Kanan before her first question could be answered, "What is with all the yelling, and where is this person we were supposed to rescue?"

Kanan though was lost for words in how he was going to explain the situation to Hera,

"Um… well it's kind of a long story." This resulted in Kanan earning her famous angry stare until Sabine interrupted.

"It really isn't that long," Sabine pointed out, still looking in the cargo hold, "The apprentice was being held prisoner, we rescued him, and Chopper scared him so he is now hiding somewhere. Oh, also the apprentice is probably only six."

The mention of a child on her ship both shocked and worried her. Hera yet again turned to Kanan who looked like he knew he was in trouble.

Hera was bewildered, "So let me get this straight; there is some scared child on my ship and no one bothered to tell about it!" While Hera did not necessarily yell, her voice was clearly angered.

Kanan though tried to calm the situation, "I know it was dumb, and we will talk about it as soon as we find the kid."

Hera though held her hand up, "Right now, you go change out of that uniform. Chopper, Zeb, Sabine, try to find this kid while I set the coordinates back for Lothal.

None of the other crew members dare question Hera orders and went to find the AWOL stowaway.

Hera made her way back to the cockpit with concern weighing on her mind.

"The poor thing must scared to death," Hera thought to herself. While Hera wanted to find the boy, she could not let her maternal instinct distract her from keeping her ship on course.

Once Hera got to the cockpit, she got out of hyper drive, to show the beauty of the star filled space. That was when Hera heard the tiny voice "wow," Hera heard from the vent.

Hera made her way to the vent, noticing a pair of bright blue eyes looking at her.

"Hello there," Hera sweetly greeted what had to be the missing child, "What are you doing in there?" That was when Hera noticed the boy's eyes looking around Hera, "What are you looking for?"

While it took a bit for the kid to answer he finally did, "The droid isn't in here, is it?" He asked, with a little hiccup in his voice from obviously crying.

"Is that why you're hiding in the vent, because you're scared of Chopper?" Hera asked, though she already knew the answer to the questions.

"It has a name?" the boy asked both panicked and shocked.

Hera couldn't help but giggle at the boys questions, "You don't need to be scared of Chopper, he is not that type of droid," Hera explained in her calm voice.

The little kid opening the vent and stuck his head out to be face to face with the twi'lek,

"You're Spectre 2." The boys wasn't asking.

"How do you know that?" Hera asked

"You are the voice that was talking to Kanan on the comlink."

Hera had to admit it, "That's pretty impressive you noticed that. But if you want, you can call me Hera," the twi'lek explained, "What's your name?" Hera asked, only now realizing she never asked for the boy's name.

"Ezra," the boy said smiling. Then the boy looked behind Hera before asking her, "Are we really in space?"

"Yeah we are, do you want to come out and see?" Hera asked Ezra as she moved over so he could come out.

Slowly Ezra crawled out of the vent, while Hera happily helped him onto one of the chairs to stand on so he could look. While Hera set the autopilot for Lothal, Ezra's eyes filled with wonder as he looked at all the stars. Hera was relieved to see that the Empire had not corrupted the boy's innocent sense of astonishment.

"You've never been into space before have you?" Hera asked, yet again knowing the answer.

Ezra just nodded his head no at her, which was when the women noticed that Ezra was holding his wrist, "Is your wrist bothering you?"

"A little," The little boy barley said as he turned his head towards the ground, his blue hair covering his eyes.

Hera got to eye level with Ezra, "Can I take a look, I promise to be careful," Hera gently reassured.

The boy slowly showed Hera his wrist. Even with Hera being careful, the boy still winced at the touch. While she did noticing some scratches and bruises on the boys arm, Hera saw the source of the poor boys discomfort; the kid's wrist was red from a restraint, and now showed some of his torn skin bleeding.

"Can you move your wrist for me?" Hera asked worried about the extent of the injury.

Ezra just shook his head 'no' before replying, "It hurts when I move it." This confirmed Hera's worry; the boy's wrist was at the very least sprained. Hera had to keep herself calm, even though she wanted to throw a chair out of the Ghost.

"Well Ezra, we have a medbay on the ship. I can take you there and take care you wrist. Does that sound okay?" Hera calmly asked extending her hand out for Ezra

The boy just looked at the door before turning back to Hera, "That droid out there, it really isn't going to hurt me?"

"Chopper won't come anywhere near you unless you say okay, promise" Hera swore.

Ezra smiled at Hera's word, and took her hand so she could carry him to the med bay.


By the time Hera got Ezra to the medbay, she heard the commotion of Zeb and Sabine outside the door. While she had Zeb go fill Kanan in on what was going on, Hera got to work at Ezra's wrist while Sabine sat next to Ezra on the bench.

"So, how old are you?" Sabine asked, trying to make small talk with the boy.

"Seven," the boy replied. Both girls were a little shocked by the boys' age; from how small he was, the oldest they thought he was at least five. Sabine was thinking about how the boy was so small when she noticed him looking at her puzzlingly.

"What's up?" Sabine asked smiling

"Nothing" Ezra quickly replied and looked away.

Sabine knew not to take the boys nervousness personally, she knew what the kid had to gone through under the Imperials hand, having been there herself. "Kid, you don't have to be scared about asking a question. No one here is going to hurt for being curious."

Ezra then looked up holding a piece of his hair when he asked, "Is you hair really that color?"

Hera just smiled at the innocent question while Sabine also smiled while running her fingers through her hair, "No, I dyed it one day when I was bored."

"I like it," Ezra replied gleefully, "It looks pretty."

"Thank you. I like your hair too, it has a wicked blue tint to it." Sabine pointed out, messing up Ezra's hair a bit, which he seemed to enjoy.

Hera though had to interrupt the little banter, "Now, I'm going to have to disinfect your wrist, so it may sting a little bit." She explained to the boy. Ezra though only flinched slightly at the disinfectant getting sprayed, which made wrapping up the wrist a lot easier than Hera thought it would be. Hera was just finishing up wrapping up Ezra's wrist when Kanan, in his normal attire, and Zeb came into the med bay.

"How's our little patient doing," Kanan asked, hiding his worry when he noticed Ezra's wrist wrapped up.

"The brave little guy is all patched up." Hera replied as she padded his head

"Thank you for taking care of it." Ezra thanked.

Before Hera could reply, Chopper came rolling into the med bay. This caused Ezra screech a bit, lift his legs onto the bench and hide behind Sabine,

"It's okay Ezra," Hera assured him as she put a hand on the now boys shoulder. Hera looked at Sabine and nodded her head towards the door, indicated she wanted Sabine to get Chopper out of the room.

Sabine got up and put a hand on Chopper, "Come on Chopper, I need your help with something." With that the madalorian and the droid left the medbay.

Kanan decided to take Sabine's spot on the bench next to the boy, who was trying to even out his breathing from his little panic attack. "You okay?" Kanan asked. Ezra responded with a weak smile and nod.

"So Ezra, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" Kanan asked.

"What do you want to know?" Ezra asked, seeming to be at ease answering any questions Kanan wanted to ask.

"Well for starters is how did you end up on that base?"

Ezra nervously began swinging his feet of the bench before explaining what happened, "I was looking for a friend of mine at the Imperial information office. But before I could find him, some trooper yelled, 'there's the intruder,' and grabbed me. They brought me to the base about two months ago."

"How did you keep track of the time?" asked Zeb, as he knew most prisoners easily lost track of how long they were held captive.

"They took me outside for training at night, and the moons were full at least twice." Ezra explained.

Kanan decided not to ask about the 'training'. From the bruises he saw, he knew it was a matter to not bring up. Although another matter did come up.

Hera was the one who had to ask, "Your parents must be out of their minds looking for you?"

Hera words began to sink in when Ezra looked down before gloomily, but stated the sad fact, "They're gone."

The oldest of the room looked both sadly and worryingly at each other before Kanan asked, "What do you mean by 'gone'?"

"The Empire took them away" Ezra explained as he began rubbing his eyes of the tears that were threatening to drip down. This immediately caused Hera to sit on the others side Ezra and half hugged him.

"When were they taken?" Kanan asked.

"They were taken on Empire day," Ezra revealed. Again the eldest were shocked by the news, since that would mean that Ezra's parents have been missing for almost a year. Ezra continued to explain, "I have been trying to find them but..." the kid didn't exactly know how to finish the rest of that sentence. Hera released her Ezra from her hug and asked, "Is that why you were at the Imperial office, you were trying to find them?"

"No, I was looking for Tseebo." Ezra clarified.

"Who's Tseebo?" Zeb asked.

"He's a friend of my parents and me," Ezra explained looking at the eldest crew members, "My parents told me if anything were to happen, he would look after me. But he's missing." Ezra could tell that the adults were a little confused. "Not like my parents missing. But, the problem is I don't know where he lives, so I've been trying to find him."

"So, who have you been staying with then?" Hera asked, not wanting the answer?

"No one." Ezra bluntly said.

"Let me see if I have this straight," Zeb asked, "You have been on the streets alone trying to find this Tseebo?" Zeb was clearly upset that the child had gone through so much with no one to care for him.

Ezra just nodded his head. Hera and Kanan both looked at each other, as though they could read each other's mind, Kanan asked Ezra.

"So your plan is basically to find this Tseboo by yourself?"

"I have to," Ezra stated, "I'm the only one looking for him." Ezra said the last part depressingly.

"Not anymore." Kanan stated. Ezra looked up at Kanan both hopeful and a little bit confused before Kanan continued. "Since you don't have anywhere else to go, why don't you stay with us while we help you look for Tseebo?"

Ezra smiled at this statement, "Really? You guys will help me find Tseboo?"

Kanan continued the clarification, "Yup, and that way you have a place to stay and hide from the troopers. In case they come looking for you."

Instantly Ezra wrapped his arms around Kanan's waist from where he sat and hugged him before saying, "Thank you, thank you."

Kanan returned the hug. Hera then put a hand on the boy's shoulder and promised him, "We'll keep you safe."


The Inquisitor merely looked at what was once the base, now the fires that destroyed it were being extinguished by the backup that came to the base.

Despite his calm exterior, he was enraged that his apprentice had finally succeeded in his escape, though what infuriated him more was the help he had from those rebels, from the Jedi. The boy's fate was now sealed.

"Sir," Agent Kallus approached the Inquisitor to give him a report. "According to the men, the Jedi used one of the emergency escape passages for him and the apprentice to escape from."

"Agent Kallus, tell me, what happens when a storm trooper fails to follow orders, what procedures are done to handle them?" The Inquisitor asked turning his gaze to the Agent.

"Those troopers are condemned to live their lives in shame, discharged form services, few are tortured to see if they will defect any data to a rebellion. Why do you ask sir?"

"That is perhaps the reason why the troopers here today could not seem to stop a break in of a pathetic excuse of a Jedi, and the escape of my apprentice." The Inquisitor yelled at Kallus, causing the agent to flinch slightly. "Those who defy the Empire, even once, should be terminated. Perhaps then we would have better men serving out Emperor."

Is that the reason you have called me here sir?" Kallus asked, returning to his normal formal stance, "You wish for me to find these rebels and terminated them and the boy?"

"Do what you wish with those rebel scum, but the boy is to be brought to me alive," The Inquisitor continued before returning his gaze to the flames before apathetically stating. "He has defied the Empire one too many times. I see the error in that now. Once the boy is brought to me, I will eliminate him myself."


A/N: Sorry if I kept anyone waiting too long, but with my job and school I had to prioritize a few things. I am still working on this. and hopefully everyone who reads this chapter will think the wait was worth it.