Ezra woke to a horrible pounding in his head. He felt cold, frozen cold, but he was surrounded by something warm and soft. Cautiously he opened his eyes and glanced around, he was in some sort of hospital as far as he could tell. As he looked around he realized that this wasn't any hospital this was an highly patrolled Emperial hospital!
Ezra bolted up in the bed he was in, only to have a firm hand push him back down into a reclined position. His eyes followed the hand up the arm to look at face of the person and he saw a man dressed in a TIE fighter's uniform, but instead of looking cruel he actually looked...kind...his eyes were soft and filled with sympathy rather than hate and hostility.
Slowly he removed his hand and took a seat in a chair next to Ezra. "Are you alright kid?" he asked, "I saw you fall out of your ship and into the lake, the frozen lake." He added with a grimace.
Ezra slightly nodded, not sure if he could trust the Emperial even though he rescued him.
"You were in pretty bad shape. By the time I got to you, you as cold as the lake and very pale from the blood loss. The gash on your leg didn't do much to help either. So I got you here as fast as possible, I mean I see plenty of adults come in here, but to be the one bringing a kid in...no kid should have to go through this." The Emperial said.
"Um, okay..." Ezra said not sure of how to respond to the very friendly enemy in front of him.
Then a doctor came in holding a clipboard. "Hi, I'm Mrs. Gunnar, is there anything I can get you sweety? And are you comfortable?" the doctor asked in a gentle tone that reminded Ezra a lot of his mom.
"Um, no thanks. I think I'm good." Ezra replied. He honestly didn't know what to do, here he was injured, with an Emperial treating him nicely, and an Emperial doctor being kind to him! Either they were trying to trick him into giving them information or they didn't know that he was a rebel, which would mean they were stupid considering the fact that nearly everyone in the Empire knew about the rebels.
"Alright, then. Now Sean since you already filled out the paperwork you can leave whenever your ready." Mrs. Gunnar said and then she left the room.
"Well, kid, you ready to go?" the TIE fighter guy, who Ezra assumed was Sean, asked with an outstretched hand.
"Um, sure, I guess." Ezra said still unsure of the whole situation.
Ezra pulled the covers aside to see his leg wrapped in white cloth and his left pant leg pulled up, he then realized that he felt other bandages on him too. He pulled his pant leg down then swung his feet over the right side of the bed and stood. Only to instantly go toppling down, but instead of hitting the floor he realized a pair of as had caught him and were holding him up. What was with this Emperial?!
"You might want to tale it easy. We wouldn't want you getting any worse now would we?" Sean smiled as he picked Ezra up and swing him onto his back to give him a piggy-back ride.
Sean carried Ezra outside to his vehicle where he then sat Ezra behind him and then he took off with Ezra holding around his waist. Then he stopped by a restraunt and got off and carried Ezra inside to a seat.
"You want anything? Hot chocolate? Coffee?" Sean asked.
"Hot chocolate, please!" Ezra said as his eyes lit up. He remembered the last time he had hot chocolate was with his parents on Empire day.
Sean shortly returned with a coffee and a hot chocolate which he sat on the table.
Then as Ezra started to drink, "Alright, kid, we need to talk." Sean said seriously which slightly scared Ezra, "I know your one of the rebels, Mrs. Gunnar knew you were one of the rebels, everyone else here will just ignore you so long as your with me, but I need to get you back to your team as soon as possible. Before anyone catches me helping you. Do you have any idea where they might be?"
"Well, they might still be in town or in the nearby towns looking for me." Ezra said but to be honest he wasn't sure and he still wasn't quite sure about Sean either.
Sean nodded his head, apparently he believed it. "Well, keep your eye out. If you see them then let me know." He he finished his coffee.
After Ezra finished his drink Sean took Ezra all around Lake City, showing him all the popular places and telling him about some of the history behind it. He even bought Ezra a nice white fox hood to keep him warm while they traveled.
Finally they stopped running around and stopped at Sean's home where Sean was preparing the guest bedroom for Ezra.
"So, lid, I can't keep calling you kid. You'll have to tell me your me sooner or later, though personally I vote sooner." Sean said as he finished.
"Ezra, my name's Ezra Bridger." Ezra said and he instantly regretted it.