Ezra's POV

"uagh" my head is killing me, everything was dark as I ran my fingers across what felt like velvet bedding. Velvet? Even the comfy medbay beds where regular fabric, so I couldn't have passed out during my visit to the doctor… I stretched out my arms to find I could only reach out half my arm's length before they met a wire cage with what felt like a regular blanket on top of it. OK. So I'm in a cage too small for me to sit up in, on the comfiest bed I've ever felt with no clue what's going on, great. At least I'm somewhat comfortable.Getting a bit more frantic I tried to raise my feet to kick the top off my tiny prison only to realize there are bands running across my ankles, knees, and waist in another soft yet strong fabric. Where are my pants? And the rest of my normal clothes? The outfit I was wearing now consisted of a thin tank top and shorts only slightly longer than my briefs. those are probably different too and my hair is somehow damp. Did they bathe me? Where am I! At this point, I was panicking and started screaming "What the hell! Where am I! Let me go!" to which a now terrifyingly familiar voice told me "Let You Go? No no no... you're on my ship heading to our home"

"Our Home? My Home is on the ghost and you belong in Hell Thrawn" I yelled as he removed some of the blanket to reveal him standing tall in a flowier version of his usual uniform with a smug smile crossing his face.

"My dearest Ezra, such a sharp tongue is not fitting of royalty such as yourself. "he sighed, "I have quite a bit of work to do before you are a suitable mate to stand by my side & bear my heirs" I am completely out of the loop at this point and it's scaring me. How the hell could I be his mate! I'm a dude, unless he found out, but only Dr. Rauff knows. "Kids? I can't give you..." Did she tell him? I stopped realizing how he knew, and his smile continued to grow as I fought against my restraints "That treacherous Inquisitor lookalike, I TRUSTED HER!" A light laugh escaped him, "Not just his lookalike, his sister and she didn't do it for me, no, she betrayed your secret to protect him and his son from you. we have a lot to talk about, child" Thrawn rested his arm on the side of my small cage "Get away from me Monster"I Growled but he continued to smile, "Since we will soon know each other quite intimately perhaps rather than calling me monster, you should call me by my real name, Mitth'raw'nuruodo"

"Mit-rah-Kriff-you it is then pedo. I'm only 17, you're what, 50?"

that comment earned me an attempted punch through the cage causing Thrawn to hurt his hand finally freeing my eyes from his smirk. Anger filled his response "I'm only in my 30s you brat" enjoying the grief I was giving him I kept being smart "we are more years apart than I've been alive for probably" [A/N 22 year biological gap] Now I'm in for it, Thrawn hit the cage again, this time leaving a dent then turned around to find something Wow his age really bothers him. Why is he grabbing a metal thing? he walked back over with the strange metal object and stuck it into a block like device on the top of my comfy prison, it came undone with a click and my cage opened from the panel right above my head, remembering that my arms for whatever reason remained unbound I reached for his side in hopes of grabbing his blaster but he caught my arm with one hand yanking it up to his face while the other he used to force a small silver bracelet around my wrist the bracelet made me feel ill, like something about me was suddenly gone.

"That was an inhibitor bracelet, it can render anyone of any superhuman abilities no stronger than a random pedestrian on the street, even a mighty Jedi" I tried to force it off of me but he turned a dial on what looks like a remote and I felt my strength continue to drain "this device in particular also draws out all energy above a certain threshold. Can't have you try and kill me in my sleep can we, my love" I was on the edge of passing out when I felt a soft touch of his hand on my cheek, "Sweet dreams," Thrawn bent over from standing at the head of my bed, and just before passing out again I felt him press himself against my lips.

Dr. Rauff POV

I betrayed my patient, for what? I could have called Nyra, she would have protected him, it's her job to protect those who will affect her scales of fate or mystics.

"I'm a fool"

Now I'm sitting in the brig of a luxury cruiser in my lab uniform, knowing full well that I just stole the future of a bright young man turning him into a slave.

There is nothing I could have done to save him, right? He was a rebel, Thrawn would have captured him eventually anyway and he would be in the same situation, just myself and everyone else on my research vessel would be dead.

"I did the right thing."

I hope.

My feet are killing me too, ever since the last time my sister in law visited there has been an odd bump in my favorite boots that I can never find. She wouldn't have, would she? I quickly took off my left boot and lifted the inner sole to find a comm-link. Why the hell would she put one in my boots? I guess her paranoia paid off for me. I tried to call her and her family to save not just me, but Ezra and Kevin too

Caution, abuse ahead, towards end of chapter