This is mainly an Ezra x Kanan chapter. c; Oh, Yeah. Thank you guys for all of the nice reviews!
I perceived the boys faint footsteps darting down the hall as his signature grew closer. As expected, It didn't take long before I heard the door behind me slide open once again. I managed to feel Ezra's presence full of exhaustion and frustration as he quickly ran over to Hera. He seemed to have not even noticed that I was sitting here which believe it or not wasn't unusual.
I let out an obnoxious cough that made him turn towards me. I glared at my padawan who was giving me a look that was a mix between worry and annoyance. "What." He said, crossing his arms.
I crossed my arms as well to mock the young teen "Did you get the supplies?"
He threw his arms down "They're in the kitchen." He stated, pointing in the direction of our make-do kitchen.
I rolled my eyes before returning them to the comatose Hera, shriveled up on the bed. What's worse is her expression had never changed. She still had that horrifyingly scared look plastered onto her face, which Ezra noticed all too much. "She's doing fine Ezra." I sighed.
"The cause of the bite?" He asked, peering at the machine running over Hera's ankle.
I sat there for a moment before I heard a beep come from the scan "I think we're about to find out."
He got closer towards me and machine now. "It says.." He tapped a part of the scans screen "She got bit by a Crystal Snake?"
My body untensed as I fell back into a relaxed poisition "Phew." I sighed, wiping off my forehead with the back of my hand. "That's good news."
Ezra cringed slightly "What's good news?"
"Crystal Snakes. I've encountered them before." I turned towards my Padawan "When I was about your age I had gotten bit by one on a mission. The good news is that although it is poisonous, the venom doesn't cause any harm." I had Ezras full attention now. This kid, believe it or not, absolutely loved to learn. "It does however cause the victim of the bite to fall unconsious for a few hours. Which is what i'm assuming happened to Hera."
Ezra sighed as he fell back into a chair he had pulled over when he entered. "So Hera's going to be alright then?"
"Yes Ezra. She's going to be perfectly fine." I smiled at the overly concerned teen.
"Ok.. good. And Kanan?"
"Yes?"
"Do you think you could you tell me more about when you got bit by that snake?"
I felt a huge grin pulling at my lips. I'm not going to lie when I say that I did enjoy it when Ezra took an intrest in my stories. He loved to learn, I loved to teach. It was too perfect, right?
I bent forward and ruffled his hair "Sure thing kid."
I placed my hand in Heras once again, slowly rubbing my thumb over her hand. I never took my gaze off of Ezra though, who's face was still full of curiosity "So where do I begin?" I waited a second thinking over the question "Ah, I know. It was mid-spring and Master Billaba and I were assigned a mission from the council to go the moon Yavin 4 to break a conflict between our troops and natives of the moon. So, we took a squad and headed out towards the disturbed area only to find all of our troops unconsious, with no sign of any sepratist attack though. Curious, we decided to go ahead and search the premises. Me and my master side by side." I began to replay the long lost memory over in my mind "Commander Grey and his team behind us searching as well. It was completely dark except for the clone's gun lights and our lightsabers. And not to long after we began to search I felt something move right beside me, sinking it's teeth into my leg and before I even knew what was happening everything went black."
The young teen noticed the radiating smile that had appeared on my face. "And you were alright?"
I gave Ezra a playful glare "I'm here aren't I?"
There was a momentary pause "Do you.. miss her..?" He asked meakly, twidiling his thumbs.
I slowly looked towards Hera, gazing into her beautiful eyes "All the time Ezra.. More then you would even comprehend." I sighed "The important thing in it all though, is to not worry yourself over something that's already happened.. but rather what's to come."
With any notification I felt a smaller hand give me a reassuring pat on the back. I looked up to see Ezra leaning forward with an outstretched arm, and hand on my back.
"I agree.. Master."
Ok so just in case you are wondering everything I said about the Crystal Snake it true. Including the fact that a Crystal Snake is a Star Wars Creature.
