A/N

I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter so uh tell me what you think!

Hiro was terrified; he had no idea where they were being taken or why they were taken. All he knew was that the men who took them hurt Ezra's family before stuffing them into the van and have been driving for hours. Eventually they came to a stop am the men threw open the back doors and roughly dragged them to their feet. They were at some sort of warehouse that looked run down and abandoned. They were brought inside and the men said,

"It's done boss! We got them!"

"Them?" A different man asked, stepping out of the shadows. He was very thin and was so pale his wrinkled skin almost looked white. "I only wanted him." He said, point at Ezra. "Why did you bring two?"

"This is the really smart one you mentioned," the man holding Hiro said.

"Is he?" The third man asked.

"Yea, they were together!" The man holding Ezra assured. The man leaned over and leered in Hiro's face saying,

"Well then he will prove very useful as well…" The third man said. Hiro shivered and tried to move away from him, terrified. What did he want? Suddenly a terrifying loud beeping filled the room startling even the man leering at Hiro. "What was that."

"I think it was my pho-" The first man began when the beeping filled the room again. Nervously the first man pulled out his phone, freezing when he saw what was one it.

"What?" The third man growled.

"Nothing imp-" the first man began but the third snatched the phone away and stared at it before roaring,

"You were seen!"

"We shot them!" the second man exclaimed.

"Obviously not," the third man growled before shooting both the men, their bodies crumbling to the ground unmoving. Hiro let out a terrified whimper and moved closer to Ezra, the two boys then clung onto each other, staring at their captor in horror.

"Now, let's see if you have the gift…"

Once Tadashi left Hera's house he furiously drove back to Fred's house, Fred thankfully was silent the drive home and once they reached the mansion Tadashi threw himself out of the car and raced through the mansion to Mr. Lee's secret lair, praying he was here. Tadashi didn't care if Fred followed, Mr. Lee might be his best chance of finding Hiro. Tadashi stumbled through the hidden door and thankfully found Mr. Lee sitting in his chair looking extremely worn out.

"Mr. Lee! Thank God you're here!" Tadashi gasped.

"What is it boy?" Mr. Lee asked, tiredly looking up at Tadashi.

"Hiro's been kidnapped!" Tadashi gasped.

"Kidnapped?" Mr. Lee asked in disbelief.

"Yes!"

"When did this happen?" Mr. Lee asked.

"He was over at his friend Ezra's house," Tadashi explained. "And as I was leaving I got a frantic call from Ezra's mom saying they were both taken!"

"Did you say Ezra?" Mr. Lee asked, eyes wide.

"Y-yes he and Hiro where taken!" Tadashi shouted. "I need you to help me figure out who took them a-"

"Jarrus?" Mr. Lee asked, eyes wide in horror.

"Yes...Mr. Lee what's going on?" Tadashi asked.

"I should have seen this coming…" Mr. Lee interrupted.

"What?" Tadashi asked.

"All those attacks where a distraction!" Mr. Lee continued. "I can't believe I didn't see it!"

"Mr. Lee what are you talking about?" Tadashi asked.

"I know who took them," Mr. Lee declared.

"How?" Tadashi asked. Mr. Lee sighed and began,

"Well…it's a long story but….the man calls himself the Inquisitor and he hunts superhero's."

"A super hero hunter?" Tadashi asked, confused. "Why would someone like that be after Ezra?"

"Because his mother was a super hero," Mr. Lee explained.

"Wait how do you know that?" Tadashi asked. "He was a baby when they found him at that orphanage!"

"I know because I was the one who brought him to the orphanage," Mr. Lee explained.

"You brought him their?" Tadashi asked, mind reeling.

"It's a long story why don't…we get his adoptive parents here?"

"Whoa wait won't that kind of reveal you're a super hero?" Tadashi asked.

"Yes but…if the Inquisitor found Ezra other's villains will and for his safety they need to know," Mr. Lee sighed. "Please contact them and have them come here."

Tadashi anxiously paced the lair impatiently waiting for Kanan and Hera to arrive. While a part of him felt horrible for dragging them away from their kids while they were in the hospital, another realized they needed to understand what was going on.

After a painfully long time Kanan and Hera where led into the lair by Heathcliff. Kanan made a beeline for Mr. Lee and demanded,

"What do you know about our son?" Glaring at Mr. Lee.

"It's…a long story," Mr. Lee said. "It might be best if you sat down."

"How do w-" Kanan began but Hera cut him off by placing a hand on his shoulder.

"We don't have any other lead's love," She whispered. Kanan sighed in defeat and heavily sat down followed by Tadashi, Fred and Hera.

"Where to begin…" Mr. Lee mumbled.

"The beginning?" Kanan dryly said.

Instead of being offended, Mr. Lee laughed, "Yes but which beginning?"

"Which?" Tadashi asked.

"I guess I should start with explaining Ezra's parents," Mr. Lee decided. "Ezra's parents where Mira and Ephraim Bridger. His mother Mira well…she was special what people call an inhuman. She had special abilities and was what many people called a super hero."

"A super hero?" Kanan asked, looking like he wasn't believing a word he was hearing.

"Yes," Mr. Lee continued, unfazed. "She was for many years until she was badly injured and decided to retire…well that wasn't the only reason…"

"What was the other?" Hera asked.

"She met Ephraim," Mr. Lee said. "She loved him and wanted to settle down and start a family. Live a normal life so she did and they got married. Soon after she found out she was pregnant with Ezra."

"How did he wind up with you?" Kanan interjected.

"Around that time she also discovered a man who called himself the Inquisitor was after her. The Inquisitor is hunts down people with special abilities and kills them. So to protect her child she and her husband went into deep hiding so he wouldn't find out about her child and after he was born she contacted me to take him somewhere where he would be safe."

"So you dumped him at the orphanage?" Kanan asked.

"Well, not quiet," Mr. Lee corrected. "I did some testing to see if Ezra had the genes."

"The genes?" Hera asked.

"Just like any other trait, powers are usually tied to specific genes. I can't be certain but from what I can tell, special abilities seem to be a recessive gene. Of course my study of special abilities is far from complete…"

"Anyways," Kanan prompted.

"Ah yes first I tested Ezra as best I could to see if he could potentially gain any special abilities. Thankfully I didn't find anything so I delivered him to an orphanage and planned to find the Bridgers but…it was too late. The Inquisitor had already found them…"

"He killed them?" Hera asked, looking devastated.

"Yes…" Mr. Lee sighed, a far off look in his eyes. "Their plan was a success though, as far as any of us knew the Inquisitor knew nothing about Ezra's existence…"

"Wait you really expect us to just believe all of this?" Kanan demanded.

"What if I told you it was true?" A voice Tadashi had never heard before say. Tadashi jumped slightly and turned to face the woman. She had dark skin and short black hair and wore a pair of glasses.

"Mildred?" Kanan asked. "You're in on this sick joke?"

"Kanan I assure you this is not a joke. I've work in that orphanage for years keeping an eye out for children who showed signs of being special." Mildred explained. "Kanan I swear I would never joke about something like this, especially given what's happened." Kanan and Hera both stared at her uncertainly.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Hera asked.

"Because we all thought it would keep him safer if fewer people knew the truth, especially if he doesn't have any powers like I believe he does not." Mr. Lee explained.

"And look how that turned out!" Kanan snapped.

"That's what I don't understand…" Mr. Lee muttered. "How did the Inquisitor find out about Ezra and why did they take Hiro?"

"A-are they… I mean you said he killed people like Ezra's mother…" Hera stammered, voice cracking.

"I don't think he wants to kill Ezra… if he wanted him dead we would have found his body at the house no…he wants them both for something…but what?" Mr. Lee muttered. "Kanan, I need you to send me everything you have on the search and send me any new information you find."

"Why?" Kanan asked.

"If your men try and rescue the boys, anyone you send in will be dead," Mr. Lee said. "He's trained to kill supers, humans with guns will not be able to take him down."

"You underestimate the police officers of this city!" Kanan snapped.

"And you overestimate them!" Mr. Lee countered.

"Here…I have something that might help," Mildred said, handing Mr. Lee a CD.

"Yes…yes…" Mr. Lee agreed slipping the disc into the disc comportment. The screen came to life and showed a man and a woman who were very obviously Ezra's parents; he had his mother's eyes and fathers' dark blue hair.

"Hello sweetheart," Mira said. "I wish I could tell you this in person but…I can't."

"It's hard to explain but…we had to give you up for your safety," Ephraim added. "The gift your mother has would leave you vulnerable to being used...or worse."

"Yes…we love you so much but…if you stayed with us your life would have been in such terrible danger." Mira continued. "Though we can't be with you, I hope you know that we love you more than anything in the world and all we want is for you to be happy."

"Live your life to the fullest," Ephraim agreed. "Don't spend your life hiding in fear. Everything we're doing we're doing so you can live without fear. We both love you so much."

With tears in her eyes, Mira reached out to the screen saying, "Goodbye sweetie…" with that the video ended.

"Ezra having any association with supers would have put him in danger so we tried to do everything to assure his parents sacrifice meant something…but I failed…"

Mildred placed a hand on Mr. Lee's shoulder saying, "You did not fail. You did everything you could."

"How do you know it was this Inquisitor?" Hera asked.

"Because a few days ago I fought him and he said something that didn't make any sense at the time. He said that I might have won the battle but he was going to win the 'war' it all adds up."

"If everything you say is true," Kanan said. "You have a traitor in your midst."

"Why would anyone betray a fellow super?" Mr. Lee asked. Kanan stood and said,

"It looks like we've both got our work cut out for us."

"What do you mean?" Mr. Lee asked.

"I have no idea how I feel about all this super hero stuff but all I know is that if we want to find both the boys alive we need to work together. So we share anything we find so can rescue the boys," Kanan declared.