"Bed!" Ezra threw his hands foward, sending the imperial agent flying. But his hesitation had cost him.

Agent Kallus flew through the air hitting his head on a sand dume and laying unconscious. But not before he managed to stab the bo-rifle just slightly into Zeb's exposed neck. He let out a cry of pain cut short when the bo-rifle went flying, too.

Ezra stood there, hands outstretched and swaying slightly. Suprise and fear traced every feature of his face and his eyelids drooped. Kanan ran and caught him just before he fell to the ground.

The boy was fighting a world of consciousness and unconsciousness. His eyes barely open as he gazed up at Kanan and asked:

"Ka-mam?"

"Sleep" He responded, giving a tight smile. The jedi watched as the boy's eyes closed as he placed a warm hand on his forehead. He sighed and turned to see Hera, Mira, Sabine, and Ephraim standing there, worried.

"He'll be alright. When he....pushed....Agent Kallus, it must've exhausted him. "

Ephraim stepped foward and Kanan handed him his son. He watched for a moment how he cradled him carefully, looking at Ezra like he had turned green, before he kneeled over Zeb and searched for any signs of life.

When Zeb gripped his weapon, he smiled gratefully. Zeb was ok. He was alive.

"Spectre 7! Spectre 8! Get Spectre 6 to the Ghost, I'll take care of Spectre 4!" Kanan commanded.

With that, Mira, Ephraim, and Ezra ran to the Ghost quickly followed by Sabine. He threw an arm over Zeb's shoulder and they quickly hobbled over to the ship.

When they got there, he saw Ezra starting to wake up, leaning against a crate.

"Wuzz gonon?"

It's made him chuckle to see his parents physically deflate. He quickly set Zeb down, carefully laying his head on the floor. If he could barely carry him back to the Ghost, then he wouldn't be able to take him to the Med-Bay.

"Howz Bed?" Ezra asked as he stumbled over to Zeb earning many concerned complaints from Mira and Ephraim.

"He'll be fine, sweetie." Hera responded, stroking the boy's chin. "How about we have Kanan show you where you will sleep and I'll take care of him. Would that be ok?"

Ezra stared at Zeb for a second before saying:

"Bed wull meed mebisen becau sick?"

"I'll make sure Zeb drinks all his medicine." Hera nodded.

With that, Ezra smiled all took Kanan's hand as they headed towards the cabins.

"Well, here's your room. Zeb was actually gonna sleep with you but he's gonna sleep in the Med-Bay for now." He introduced. As Ezra slowly walked over, he ran his hand along the ladder curiously, and squeezed the loth-cat he never seemed you let go.

"Weu wee I sleet?" Ezra asked.

A look of concern passed through Kanan's face. The pronunciation of words was mentioned to be temporary, but it seemed to be getting worse. Kanan worried that it might be permanent. He'd have to talk to Hera, Mira, and Ephraim about it.

"-am. -mam. Kamam!"

He snapped out of his thoughts to see Ezra yelling at him.

"Umm. What did you say?" He asked sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Weu wee I sleet!" Ezra stomped his foot. Apparently it wasn't the first time he asked. At least the third if Kanan wasn't so caught up.

"Right. You will sleep up on the top bunk" Kanan lifted Ezra up and sat him down. Ezra squeezed his loth-cat and started sucking his thumb.

He handed Ezra a spare com.

"Use this if you want anything kay? Even if you just wanna go down. Don't try to climb down the ladder alone understood?"

Ezra nodded.

"I'm going to go help with Zeb. Sabine might come in here in a while to check on you and keep you entertained," Kanan hesitated. "If you want, I can take you to my cabin, and you can sleep there while Zeb recovers."

Ezra's eyes widened with hope. "Rweelly?"

Kanan smiled and nodded. Ezra let out a cheer as Kanan picked him up and showed him his cabin. Without Ezra looking, Kanan retrieved his lightsaber and hesitantly laid the holocron on the table.

"Well, I hope you got yourself settled in. I'll be back in a bit." And with that, he let the door swish shut, leaving the raven haired seven year old to do what ever seven year olds did in an empty room after using the Force for the very first time.

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As Kanan entered the Med-Bay, he was immediately reliever to see Zeb awake, seemingly fine. Hera was fussing over him, asking if he felt fine, if his neck or back hurt and much more. Zeb just responded with the usual response.

"I'm fine Hera."

When Zeb saw Kanan, he said:

"Thanks for the save, mate. 'Preciate it."

"Wasn't me." Kanan responded, "It was Ezra."

A look of suprise and pride passed Zeb's face.

"Speaking o' which, where is the little twerp?"

"He in my cabin, don't worry Hera, Mira, Ephraim, I took everything dangerous out. I'm not that careless." Kanan replied.

Suddenly a muffled bang caught all there attention. They all glanced at each other before Ephraim said:

"I'll go."

And with that, he raced out of the room.

A few moments later, everyone was sure people in the next the star system could hear the, "Kanan!" echoing all over the ship.

Kanan raced out of the room with Hera on his heels expecting to see something destroyed or Ezra hurt. That's why when he saw Ezra jumping up and down with a wide grin pointing at the now open holocron, he was, in a way, surprised.

"Kamam! Kamam! I opeen ut! I opeen ut!"

Kanan's eyes widened as he saw the hologram of Obi-Wan Kenobi standing there talking.

"I-I saw ut an-an I twy tuo opeen ut an I cudon't an I got ma an-an-an i thwo ut an daddy cume an ut opeen!"

Kanan eyes widened and Hera's eyes gleamed with joy and pride. Kanan kneeled down to be eye level with the boy and asked,

"You opened it?"

Ezra just nodded eagerly.

"I saw him," Ephraim said, "And he didn't open it mechanically he just...sort of..."

"I get Ephraim don't worry."

Meanwhile, the holocron finished playing the message and recluse itself. Ezra whimpered and grabbed the small golden box in his hand and tried to pry it open.

"Ut won opeen!"

Ezra banged it on the floor as tears filled his eyes out of frustration and sadness.

Kanan just smiled and gently took the holocron from Ezra's small hands. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Soon he heard a gasp and the voice of the recording once more. He opened his eyes to see Ezra jumping up and down again, Mira, Zeb, and Sabine in the doorway, and Mira and Ephraim staring at him bewildered.

"Ezra did that!"

"Yu opeen it!"

"Zeb what are you doing out of bed?"

"Uh, what's going on?"

"What do you mean Ezra did that Ephraim he can't?"

Ezra swatted at the little man and giggled. Kanan sat next to the boy and sighed, wondering how Ezra could possible not get a headache from all that noise. When the holocron closed again, Ezra pouted and handed it to Kanan.

"Opeen pwees?"

"Fine, but one last time kay?"

Ezra responded by saying a loud "YAY!" that got everyone's attention before it went back to the commotion. Kanan sighed and went to try to quiet down everyone else.

It took a moment after the holocron shut again that Ezra started to feel sleepy, gathering his stuffed loth-cat, he lay down in the blankets before he caught sight of Zeb, which he promptly yelled, "ZED!!" So loud everyone jumped as he flew across the room.

After that, though, when Zeb and Hera left and Mira, Ephraim and Kanan were talking quietly in the corner was when Ezra fell asleep. Or at least tried to. For some reason his head hurt and his throat felt scratchy, but when he told his mommy she just said it was because he's been yelling a lot and they've been talking to much.

Convinced with the explanation, Ezra closed his eyes and fell in that thing we so often call sleep.
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Sorry it's a bit shorter than usual. I have a few ideas I'm sure you might hate and love at the same time because....well I'm not gonna give it away. But this is like a main part/plot/event after this so yeah.

I still want some ideas though and some names for the title. I got one that I'd like to know your opinion of. I'm thinking of calling this "Bond and Blood" or "When Friends and Family Collide" or something. Yeah. So please vote. Say '10' in the comments if you want "Bond and Blood". Say '3' if you want "When Friends and Family Collide" Those are my favorite number by the way.

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