The sun was beginning to set over the area of Ethol, evening was soon to hit Lothal. While everyone was going over evening routines, little Ezra was turning the kitchen upside down in his search for his missing companion.

Sabine entered the kitchen for some juice when she saw the young padawan using the force to search under pots in the pantries.

"Is this some sort of Jedi practice?" Sabine asked a little curious what Ezra was trying to do.

Ezra looked up to her, uneasiness was covering his face. This frightened Sabine a bit

"Sabine, have you seen Dev?" Ezra asked optimistically.

Sabine had to think for a moment before she remembered Dev was Ezra's stuffed Lothcat toy.

"Um, no I haven't. Did you lose him?" Sabine asked when Ezra's worried face returned.

Ezra pouted, "I have looked all over the ship and I can't find him anywhere. I need to find him." Ezra stated.

"Okay Ezra think, 'where was the last place you remember seeing Dev?" Sabine asked.

Ezra began to ponder as he looked up to think, "I believe I last had him on Choppers and me's Lothcat hunt." Ezra admitted

"'Chopper and I' Ezra, we need to work on your grammar soon. But good chance you left Dev by where you and Chopper was." Sabine clarified as she ruffled the now smiling kid's hair.

"Okay, I'm going to go get him." Ezra told Sabine as he headed out.

"Bring Chopper with you. I'll keep my eyes out here just in case." Sabine insisted.

"Okay, thank Sabine." Ezra then hugged Sabine, before heading out.

Sabine couldn't help but smile,

"He's a good kid," she thought to herself. Sabine then decided to look for the missing toy in the cockpit.


Riding on top of Chopper, the droid and youngling made it to the Lothal pillar field in no time.

"Thank Chopper," Ezra thanked as the droid came to a halt. As Ezra began to come to the rock formations, he couldn't help but sense something in the force. Ezra looked around, but couldn't see anything, so he shrugged it off.

Ezra began to look around, "Do you see him," Ezra hollered over to Chopper. Chopper beeped a no response.

"Hmm, maybe he-," Ezra though couldn't finish his sentence.

Chopper was shot by an electric impulse, sending the droid into a berserk fit before he fell to his side.

"Chopper!" Ezra called out and tried to hurry to his fallen friend. Ezra then felt a roped projectile shoot at him, knocking him to the ground roughly. Soon electrical pulses painfully coursed through Ezra's body. Ezra cried out in agonizing pain. Ezra was in so much pain that he finally blacked out from it all.

SWR.

Hera and Kanan were making their way to the cockpit to shut down some units for the night.

"How long did it take you?" Kanan asked.

"Two hours, but I got the job done." Hera admitted to Kanan as they entered the cockpit. They then were surprised to find Sabine's bottom half kicking her feet from inside Ezra's 'hideout vent'.

The two giggled a bit before Sabine heard them.

"This is so not funny," Sabine argued as she struggled futilely to get free. "Can one of you guys help me, I'm stuck." Sabine asked in shame.

Kanan still laughing, grabbed Sabine by the waist and was able to yank her out.

"Is there a reason your pulling an Ezra and crawling through the vent?" Kanan asked.

Sabine explained, "I was looking inside to see if Ezra lost his lothcat toy in there, he's trying to find it everywhere."

"You mean this lothcat?" Hera smiled as she showed the clean toy in her hand.

"You kidnapped Dev?" Sabine smiled as she feigned shock surprised by Hera's deceit.

"Well the toy was filthy, and I thought giving Dev a thorough clean would kill any parasites on it." Hera explained before she asked, "Speaking of which, where is the little bugger?"

Sabine was going to tell them when Kanan suddenly got an intense migraine.

It was like the force was nailing hail into his brain. Kanan had to grasp his head, to ease the pain a bit.

"Kanan!?" Hera exclaimed, nervous for the distraught Jedi.

Kanan couldn't hear her, Kanan was sensing immense pain, and felt a familiar presence that send him into a panic.

"Where's Ezra?" Kanan asked Sabine

"Chopper and him went to the field they were Lothcat hunting in to find Dev."

Kanan grabbed his comlink, "Specter six are you there?"

The girls soon realized what Kanan was freaking about as they got no response from the young specter. Kanan's eye were widened with worry as Hera used the Ghost link to try to contact Chopper.

"Specter three, report. Specter three?" All Hera got was static

"Sabine, go get Zeb, we'll meet you in the cockpit." Hera ordered the mandalorian.

Sabine hurried out to get the Lasat.

"Kanan, can't you sense Ezra?" Hera asked in a panicked state.

Kanan just shook his head, "Not if he isn't where he said he's supposed to be." Dejection lined Kanan's voice as he told the scared Hera.


As quickly as they could on the bikes, the crew made their way to where they told Ezra he could play at during the day with Chopper. With the sun setting, they had little light to help them search for the missing crewmates.

The four older specters were looking near pillars when suddenly,

"Chopper!" Sabine hollered in concern as she found the droid on his side shorted out.

The others ran to the droid as well.

Once they got the droid back on his wheels, Hera was able to press a few buttons to turn Chopper back on. Once they did though, the droid began wheeling around, his chrome spinning as he beeped, "WHERE IS HE?" Over and over again.

"Chopper, what happened, where is Ezra?" Kanan asked seriously as he tried to keep his frustration low key.

Chopper then showed the holovid of Ezra, running towards Chopper with concern on his face, and be taken down by a stun net before the young boy fell unconscious. Then the screen went black as Choppers power went down

"No." Kanan whispered to himself as fear for his padawan numbed him.


As Ezra regained consciousness, he felt immensely sore, like someone had used him as a human bullet. As Ezra tried to get up, he found his hands bound together. This immediately woke Ezra up. Ezra panicked when he saw he was in a small metal crate with bars on one the sides. Ezra crawled to the opening where the bars were, there he heard the humming coming from the bars, warning him to not touch unless he wanted another shock.

Ezra looked around and saw several Gamorreans surrounding a fire. Ezra was trying to listen to them when a banging shook his cage.

"See the lothrat is awake," snorted a dark brown pig man before he smiled shrewdly, "You're going to bring us quite a pretty penny."

Ezra couldn't hide his fear, as he knew why they had taken him.

The Gamorreans chuckled wickedly, "Such a little punk. Why would the Empire want such a runt like yourself?"

Ezra wanted to make a quick comeback like Zeb or Sabine, but fear clouded his mind.

"Doesn't matter, the bounty on your head will keep my men fed for a month.

It then came to Ezra, "You might want to think about skipping a meal."

The Gamorrean was not amused, and again shook the cage that made Ezra almost fall on the electrified bars.

"Make as many quick remarks as you like, you'll be out of our hairs soon enough." And with that the foul humanoid walked over to the fire pit.

Ezra now alone, sat in the cold cage trying to think of a way out. But when he couldn't think of any, tears began streaming down his face as he hugged his knees for some comfort.

Ezra was going to handed over the Empire, he was going to face the wrath of the Inquisitor, and god chance he was going to be killed. But what really caused Ezra to cry as he did was not seeing the crew again.

They saved him once, but that was pure chance then. Now they didn't know where he was. It seemed hopeless.

Ezra would never hear one of Zebs stories, or watch Sabine paint, or get another hug from Hera, and he'd never see Kanan again.

"That's it!" Ezra thought to himself suddenly. Kanan and him had that connection in the force. Kanan could sense him when he was close by.

Ezra could tell by the barley set sun that he mustn't have gone too far from where the crew had been.

Ezra wiped the tears away, and began to focus on the force. Just like meditating with Kanan, Ezra got a hold of the force, and Began sending out his force signature from the direction they had to of come from. In the midst of meditating, he prayed Kanan would find him before it was too late.


The crew were experiencing a variety of emotion; panic, worry, anger. Zeb though displayed his full out emotion as he used his bo-rifle to shatter a nearby boulder.

"I'll break their necks!" Zeb roared at whomever took his little buddy.

"They couldn't have taken him far," Hera tried to reason, "Capitol city is on the other side of the planet and we would have noticed a ship going by us!"

"Whoever they are, they aren't professionals." Sabine pointed out as she tried to find any traces for the kidnappers.

"What makes you say that?" Kanan asked, seeming distant from the others.

Sabine explained, "If they were pros, they would have taken Chopper. If not for security, then to scrap him for cash."

Sabine looked around with her helmet on as she used every form of scanning.

After several moments, she threw her helmet off in frustration. Tears flooding her eyes.

"The only trace we have is from the fuel particles from some bikes; but it is barley readable. They must have left in a hurry!"

Sabine looked like someone had just ripped her heart out.

Kanan, despite remaining the quietest of the crew, felt pure depression. He couldn't lose Ezra, if he did…

Suddenly, like a bolt of lightning, it hit him. The force came pound on his mind, but instead of pain, a gentle and familiar humming coursed through him.

"Ezra," Kanan mumbled.

The other specters went silent,

What?" Hera asked surprised.

"Shush, I need to focus." Kanan ordered. The others Specters muted as Kanan looked around.

The Jedi closed his eyes, focusing only on where the force was radiating. Kanan then froze when he heard a faint panicked voice

"Kanan" Kanan heard Ezra's faint voice.

Kanan's eyes shot open.

"Come on!" Kanan hollered as he grabbed Hera's wrist and brought her to the bike.

Zeb and Sabine followed suit on theirs.

Soon the crew followed Kanan and Hera on their bike, heading north-east for almost an hour before the they came upon a large assortment of ginormous rock pillars that created almost a labyrinth.

Once they were just outside the formations. Kanan got off his bike, following Ezra's force signature. It was now getting stronger, meaning they were getting closer. The crew followed Kanan at every twist and turn before they all saw a bright light beyond an almost enclosed circled space.

They stayed a few pillars away for precaution.

"Sabine," Kanan whispered to Sabine, who was already using her ray vision in her helmet.

Sabine saw the group of Gamorreans, and the cage near the only wide space out.

"He's there. They got him in a cage attached to a bike. Seven punks, one guarding Ezra." Sabine whispered.

Hera and Zeb got their weapons drawn

"Then let's get him out," Zeb suggested with intimidation.

"We can't." Kanan clarified.

Hera was not hearing it, "Kanan, they got Ezra locked up like he belongs to the zoo and are going to turn him to the Empire as soon as they can. I want my child and I want him back now." At this point, it looked like Hera was about to cry if she wasn't holding Ezra in her arms.

Kanan though reasoned, "If we go in firing off, good chance they could hurt Ezra, or possibly speed out of here once they hear us.

They crew was silent for a bit, but Hera sighed at Kanan's logic, "Alright, what's the plan. Kanan smiled smugly


Ezra kept his eyes closed. When Ezra focused on the force, I made Ezra feel safe knowing it was there. Ezra though really began to worry. What if the crew couldn't find him, what if he really wasn't going to see any of them again?

A whimper escaped his throat at the thought as the air got colder.

"Quit winning brat!" hollered the guard on duty.

Ezra was going to retort when he sensed it. The Force presence that always told him things were going to be ok. Ezra smiled.

"They're coming," Ezra beamed as he sensed Kanan beyond some close fitting pillars.

The pig man angrily starred at him, "What are you so happy about?"

Ezra though didn't need to answer the humanoid, cause just then a fiery explosion on the left and right side of the camp went off, sending the group of men into a panic.

"Were under attack!" shouted one of the men. Soon though, three of them were stunned as they fell to the ground.

Ezra smiled as two of their heads were bashed together by his favorite Lasat. Sabine and Hera then shot two of them coming towards Zeb. The three seemed to be keeping them as close to the enclosed walls as soon as possible.

Ezra, distracted by his rescuing Crew, hadn't noticed the one guarding him had gotten on the speeder. Soon Ezra was jolted to the side of the cage. Ezra panicked as he was being taken away from his friends again.

"Guys!" Ezra hollered out to the others as they got farther away from him. Ezra then saw something racing towards the fleeing speeder. Ezra regained his smile as he saw that Kanan was racing after the him.


As soon as the crew had forced the gang to the further ends of the pillared area, Kanan saw Ezra being taken away by the speeder. Right on que Kanan raced after him through the only exit

Kanan revved up the bike and swerved around the corners to gain his millimeters. The opening out of the cavern became wider, giving Kanan the chance to get up next to the cage.

Despite on a high speed chase, he was relieved to see Ezra unharmed looking at him with a smile, maybe bound but unharmed.

Kanan was about to grab the bars when Ezra screamed, "Don't! There electrified!"

Kanan had to come up with another plan, and before the pathway narrowed up again.

Kanan got his lightsaber out.

"I'm not losing my kid!" Kanan thought to himself with determination.

Kanan then in a swift moment, stepped onto the seat of the bike, and jumped up into the air and landed on top of the cage. Kanan saw his own speeder fumbling to the ground with no driver, but remained on his task.

Kanan gripped onto the side of the cage, and found the pig man on the speeder pointing a blaster at him.

Despite the swerving of the cage as it raced out to an open field, Kanan maintained his balance as he deflected the blaster shots. Kanan then came up with a plan. Kanan jumped right in front of the man, sliced his blaster in half, grabbed the coward by his suit and.

"No one, touches my kid!" Kanan scolded the thief. He then threw the pig man off the bike and onto the ground. Kanan got a hold onto the bike, and slowed it down. The bike and cage spun around a bit before it finally stopped.

As quickly as he could, he turned found the switch for the cage and turned the electric current off. Kanan then made his way to Ezra. Ezra, in a protective fetal position from the crazy chase, looked up as Kanan approached the cage

"Scoot back," Kanan told the terrified Ezra. Ezra immediately did as he was told. Kanan sliced the bars off the cage.

"Kid are you okay?" Kanan frantically asked as he undid Ezra's binder.

Ezra though remained silent, the kid was holding back his tears, like he was ready to burst.

Kanan was getting scared, and held the kid's shoulders "Kid are you hurt? Did they do anything to you? Please, say something?" Kanan was pleaded at that point.

Ezra thing flung himself out of the cage and at Kanan; arms wrapped around his neck as the young boy cried into his shoulders.

"I was scared I was never going to see you again!" Ezra cried, clinging to Kanan for dear life. The tears were soaking into Kanan's shirt, but Kanan didn't care.

Kanan, holding back his own tears of joy, held Ezra tight as he ran his hands through Ezra's hair.

"No one is taking you away from me." Kanan assured Ezra.

The two held onto each other for what felt like hours, not wanting to let go of the other.

Kanan had to remind himself that the others would be looking for them.

"Come on," Kanan told Ezra as they got on the speeder.

With Ezra in the front, Kanan drove the bike back towards the others.


The earth littered of the gangs former Gamorreans camp was littered with unconscious, the gang now tied up to prevent them from following the crew

While Sabine and Zeb gathered some supplies from the camp they could use, Hera was impatiently wait for Kanan to come back with Ezra.

"Hera, they will be here soon." Sabine assured Hera.

"I know but-," Hera was interrupted by a groaning Gamorreans. Hera, to release some stress, then kicked the man in the head to send him back to a painful slumber land.

Suddenly, beams of the bike with the cage hitched to it came through the passing. On it was a battle worn Kanan and their smiling Ezra.

"Guys!" Ezra called out to the other crew members as he got off the bike and ran towards them.

"Ezra!" Hera exclaimed as she raced towards Ezra.

Hera got down to the kid's level and wrapped her arms around her little guy. She then began to inspect Ezra for any injuries

"Are you okay sweetheart. You're not hurt are you? If they did anything to you so help me!"

Ezra just shrugged, "Just a little bruised, but I'm okay."

Hera smiled as she held her tears back as she got something out of her pocket.

"I believe you have been looking for him" Hera told him as she held out the stuffed Lothcat.

"Dev!" Ezra exclaimed as he hugged his toy, "Thank you Hera!" Ezra then hugged Hera too.

"I really missed you," Ezra admitted. That was what caused tears to stream down Hera's face.


The crew boarded the Ghost with their new supplies from the gang.

"Ezra, why don't you get ready for bed," Hera suggested.

"Um, I think he is all set," Zeb pointed out as the boy on his shoulder, had fallen asleep on top of the Lasats head. The rest of the crew got quite a laugh from the scene

"I'll put him to bed. Night," Zeb replied as he carried the tiny kid to their cabin.

As the two boys headed to bed, Sabine soon followed suit, but not after she pleasantly surprised Kanan and Hera by hugging them both. "Night guys," she farewells for the night.

While Hera was smiling she saw Kanan clutching some cargo, his knuckles turning white.

"Kanan?" Hera questioned as she got onto the crate next to him.

"We almost lost him." Kanan ventilated.

Hera was taken a little back, but she assured him, "He's home Kanan. Your plan worked and we got him back."

Hera though could tell read Kanan. "But you know that, and something else is bugging you."

Hera held one of Kanan's hands in hers to console him.

Kanan looked up and smiled fondly at her, but Hera saw how troubled he seemed.

Kanan then explained, "When I was chasing the biker with Ezra, the whole time I was telling myself I wasn't losing him. The thought of losing him made me feel sick; and once I had him back, I didn't want to let go of him. I was…, I was…-,"

"Acting like a father?" Hera finished her humans sentence, smiling slyly.

Kanan then looked away before he admitted to Hera, "I told that punk that Ezra was my kid."

Hera understood Kanan's conundrum.

"Kanan, you were sensing Ezra's fear through your bond with him. Of course you worried about him, we all were terrified for him, I can't imagine what was going within your mind. You and him are close because of you guys force bond, and in the heat of the moment, said what came to mind." Hera reasoned.

"Hera, the Jedi-,"
Kanan, I understand the Jedi not letting attachments get in the way, but Kanan that didn't happen today. In fact, you were the level headed one who came up with a plan to get Ezra back when we all just wanted to kick some ass." Hera pointed out.

Kanan was silent, smiling a bit a Hera's reasoning.

"I'm going to tuck Ezra in. But Kanan… You acted like a Jedi leader did, but would it be the end of the world if you saw Ezra as your kid?"

With that Hera left the cargo bay, leaving Kanan to his thoughts. Hera smiled as she left,


That night Kanan couldn't sleep, Kanan tossed and turned. But his nerves were getting the best of him.

Maybe Hera was right, maybe in the spur of the moment, he just told the punk whatever words came to mind. The problem was that words did come to him. Of course Ezra meant everything to Kanan, but that was part of the problem. It wasn't really till tonight did he realize how much he really cared about Ezra, like he…"

Suddenly, Kanan heard a noise in the vent above him, Kanan smiled.

"Can't sleep kid?" Kanan asked the vent.

The vent door opened and out came Ezra's head.

"How did you know it was me?" Ezra asked innocently.

Kanan laughed as he reached up and got Ezra down. "Lucky guess. But shouldn't you be sleeping."

Ezra then looked nervous.

"What's wrong?" Kanan questioned.

Ezra nodded his head. While the kid looked exhausted, Kanan could tell Ezra was on edge too.

Kanan sighed a bit, "Come on," He told Ezra as he sat Ezra on the bunk.

"Kanan?" Ezra asked nervously as he looked at his lothcat toy.

"Yeah kid," Kanan asked as he wrapped a protective arm around the small kid.

"Were you really that scared?" Ezra asked

Kanan let out a sigh, of course Ezra sensed Kanan's fear, now Ezra was worried for the older man, "Yeah, kid, I was." He admitted

Ezra looked shocked, "But your never scared."

Kanan explained, "Kid, I thought I was going to lose you, and I can't, we couldn't, think of life without you. You mean everything to us."

Ezra was silent for a bit before he asked, "Why?"

Kanan was confused, "Why what?"

"Why do I matter to you guys?" Ezra asked before he admitted, "I'm just a dumb kid who you guys got stuck with. I don't do anything important like you guys."

Kanan was upset Ezra thought this way., "Kid, I never want you to say that about yourself. Kid you matter so much to us. You bring so much joy to us all. You make us remember why we really are fighting for the Empire. Your hope kid."

Ezra smiled weakly, "Really?"

"Of course kid." That was when it hit Kanan, "Before you joined the crew, there were days I wouldn't even think about my past, of what I once was. It was just to painful. Then you joined us and kid, you became my second chance.

"When I decided to train you Ezra, I realized I did have a purpose in the force; to teach the next generation what I knew from my time at the temple." When Kanan finished, he understood his previous protectiveness for Ezra. It wasn't just because he cared for him, It was because it was his duty as Ezra's master to guide him.

Kanan continued, "Tonight, you showed me I was doing something right when you used your connection to the force to connect with me. You used what I taught you to help yourself escape, and I'm so proud and amazed by you."

Ezra smiled a bit before he recalled, "But, I'm just a kid."

Kanan smiled as he hugged the kid's shoulder, "No you're not, You're my student and my kid; and you're gonna be an amazing Jedi someday"

Ezra leaned into Kanan's hold and smiled at his master's words, followed by a gentle yawn escaping him.

Kanan chuckled at how innocent the kid was when tired, "How about you sleep in here tonight."

Ezra beamed as he got under the covers and curled up next to Kanan.

"Night kid," Kanan told Ezra as he laid down as well

Kanan wasn't sure if the kid was tired or what, but he swore the drifting off kid muttered, "night dad."

The exhausted Kanan decided to let it slide this time. But Kanan wouldn't forget how when Ezra said that, it warmed his heart.


A/N: I have this idea for so long. Everyone loves baby blueberry being kidnapped. Space family is not pleased by this. But I hope everyone likes it

Also OMG last weeks episode was intense, Im so relieved the crew is okay. But again I hope you all enjoy this chapter