The Inquisitor had prepared himself for this meeting. The Pau'an knew the moment those rebels scum abducted his apprentice, that word of his unauthorized training would reach his master. The Grand Inquisitor had prepared himself with hours of meditation, keeping a calm mind and an apathetic face on.

Finally, the Inquisitor entered the dark room where the holoprojector of Vader began to form as the pau'an knelt down to his knees in respect.

The Inquisitor bowed his head down when his master spoke.

"Inquisitor, it seems that an imperial prisoner under your supervised training has escaped recently. Is it true that you took this force sensitive under your training and then were inept enough to let him escape?" Darth Vader said this with a deathly tone in his mechanical voice.

"The boy has escaped with the aid of rebels, but I have our top-,"
"SILENCE!" Vader spoke in a raised and infuriated voice. The Inquisitor only lowered his head lower to avoid the eye contact with his master.

Vader continued his seethe of frustration, "You were told under my direct orders to deliver any children of the force to me. Yet you kept this force child hidden in a base to be trained under your incompetent tutelage. Your job is to hunt and eliminate the Jedi, AND YET IT WAS A JEDI YOU HAVE FAILED TO CAPTURE THAT TOOK THE CHILD RIGHT UNDER NEATH YOU!" Darth Vader's voice was full on rage now, if the Pau'an saw the sith lord behind the mask, he knew his face would equal the rage that his voice held.

"Master," The Inquisitor finally spoke despite himself, "I assure you that the best of imperial officers and myself are hunting for the child and the rebels who aided in his escape, and they will be terminated!"

"No!" Darth Vader stated to the Inquisitor, who looked up at the holograph of his master for the first time.

Vader continued, "The boy will be under the training of this supposed Jedi no doubt. This Jedi will know the location of other rebel cells in the galaxy. When you capture the rebels, do what you wish the others. As for the Jedi and the boy, interagate the Jedi till he breaks, and make the boy witness it all. The boy will break and he will understand how weak the Jedi are and that the only way with the force is to join the dark side, breaking his master as well."

The Inquisitor bowed his head, "Understood Master."

"And Inquisitor," Vader spoke in a threatening tone, "Do not fail me again, punishment for failure will not be light." And with that the Vader hologram turned off.

The Inquisitor stood smiling maliciously, the thought of his masters plans brought on a sick pleasure inside the man. As he walked out of the room he could only think of how he would make the Jedi watch as he finally turned the boy down the path of the dark side, or die in the process.


Kanan woke up in cold sweat, panting for air from where he had been sleeping in his cabin. Kanan knew what he just saw was no dream; it was the force warning him of the impending threat that not only he faces but Ezra did as well. If the Inquisitor ever got his hands on Ezra again, he knew his padawan would not survive the same torment again and Kanan would die before he ever let that happen. He did not care what happened to himself, but if anything happened to Ezra…

"Kanan?" there little Ezra stood in the door way of Kanan's opened bedroom door, hugging his stuffed lothcat in one arm and rubbing his tired filled eyes with another.

"Ezra, are you okay?" Kanan asked concerned when a fearful thought occurred to him, "Did you have a bad dream?"

The little guy just shook his head, "I don't really know. I just woke up really worried, and wanted to make sure you were ok."

Kanan just smiled and padded a spot on his cot to welcome Ezra to join him. Ezra gladly joined his Jedi master in bed next to him as he leaned his head into Kanan's arm.

"It's my job to worry about you kid, not the other way around. But I'm okay Ezra, just having a hard time sleeping" Kanan tried to assure Ezra, but he knew something was bothering him. "What is it?"

Ezra hesitated in asking but finally the words came out with some fear, "that evil pau'un Inquisitor man, he isn't going to find us, right"

"Why are you worried about that?" Kana asked

Ezra just looked down a little distraught, "Because I don't want you guys getting hurt because of me."

Kanan was silent for a bit, lost for words. Ezra should never think that he put the crew in danger, let alone have such a thought at his age. Kanan picked the kid up and put him in his lap before telling Ezra the truth.

"Ezra, I will be honest, the Inquisitor is trying to find us. But that is why we are always moving. He can't get a lock on us if we are always on the move. So don't worry about the Inquisitor finding us in space and catching us by surprise because we will be ready for him, okay."

Ezra nodded that he understood before Kanan continued.

"Besides, the Inquisitor has been after us before we even met you." Kanan revealed to the young boy, who looked up at Kanan in surprise.

"How?" Ezra asked in bewilderment.

Kanan took a deep breath before he told Ezra of his first encounter with the Inquisitor.

"A few months before we met you, the crew and I had heard that a women named Luminaria, an old Jedi master, was being held captive in an Imperial Prison.

"Did you know her?" Ezra asked curiously.

Kanan explained, "I met her once, she was a respected Jedi. One who was disciplined and ready for combat when required." Kanan continued his story, "We thought that if we could help her escape that she could help with finding other force sensitives as well to bring back the Jedi Order. We found the base she was being held at and snuck in; only to reveal it was a trap."

Ezra gasped, "She wasn't there?"

"She was, but…" Kanan didn't want to use the word 'dead', and luckily Ezra was smart enough for him not to as Ezra nodded his head that he understood.

"Anyway when we found what was left of her, there he was in the door way; the Inquisitor. It turned out that he had used Luminaria to lure lingering Jedi to meet their demise. I was lucky though, Sabine and Zeb had set off some explosives that knocked the Inquisitor to the floor, giving me a head start to run and meet up with the others. We were lucky to escape, but since then we have had other run ins with him at other bases, other imperial operations. Every time he seemed to have the upper hand. That was why we infiltrated that base the night we found you. We wanted to take the fight to him for a change. Then we found you and We knew saving you was more important than taking him out. Also I think us freeing you really ticked him off" Kanan said the last part smiling at Ezra.

Ezra giggled a bit a well when he suddenly hugged Kanan around his waist.

"What was that for?" Kanan asked a little confused but happy.

"I just realized I never thanked you guys for helping me escape from him." Ezra said with his voice trembling a bit, at the memory of that place, of that Pau'an.

Kanan held on to Ezra protectively, "We're here for you now kid, and no one is going to change that."

Ezra looked up at Kanan and smiled.

Kanan then knew what had to be done as he carried Ezra out of the cabin, "Come on, we need to ease our minds."

"And drink hot cocoa?" Ezra asked hopefully

"You know it." Kanan confirmed.

"Can they have marshmallows?" Ezra asked happily.

"Why not?" Kanan confirmed gladly.

Kanan knew he had not been completely honest with Ezra. If that vision was true and the Inquisitor was under orders to break Ezra, Kanan knew he had to teach Ezra to protect himself from that ever happening. While no one was every going to separate him from his padawan, not the Inquisitor or any Sith Lord; he knew that one day there was a possibility that something might happen to the crew and that Ezra had to be ready for that possibility. For now, though, Ezra just needed to to know that not only Kanan, but that Hera, Zeb, Sabine and even Chopper were there for him in the present and that was what mattered.


A/N: I know it has been a while since I have updated. i have had loads of school and work to do. But with Summer here I hope to do update a little more. Also I think this needs to be said STOP TELLING ME TO UPDATE! Its not that I won't, but i need time to write these stories, and all the comments that say so are really pissing me off. I love that you guys want more, but it starts to get annoying after a bit.

so on an other note i hope you guys liked this chapter, the next one will be kind of a angst filled so beware. Also if you guys have any questions for me or this story just send me a message or comment and I will try to answer them. Again hoped you enjoyed and please review me how you all felt :)