CHAPTER 14 – THE BABY AND THE MISSION

3rd Person's POV

Ezra is now in the med-bay with Kitsune and Kanan attending childbirth, meanwhile the rest of the crew is waiting out.

Hera: "Finally we'll meet the new member".

Sam: "How do you think it's going?"

Then they hear a scream coming from the med-bay.

Zeb: "Nah, I'm sure the kid is doing well".

Then everyone turns to look at Zeb with a 'Really' look. After a while Kitsune comes out.

Kitsune: "You can pass now to see the baby".

Everyone enters the med-bay in silence to not wake the baby. As they enter they see Ezra in a bed with Kanan by his side and Ezra holding something in his arms.

Ezra: "Shh... come to see the new member".

Everyone approaches to see the new member. It's a baby boy with brown hair with the tips of blue. Then the baby opens his eyes to reveal one eye with the color of Ezra's eyes and the other of Kanan's eyes: blue electric and turquoise. Immediately everyone is enchanted by the new member.

Sam: "He's very cute".

Koumori: "What's his name?"

Ezra: "We've decided to name him Caleb Kai Jarrus Bridger".

Hera: "Well Caleb welcome to the family".

Zeb: "That reminds me, Sabine you have to pay me".

Sabine huffs and says.

Sabine: "Okay later".

Kanan: "Pay you?"

Ezra: "Did you bet about the gender of my baby?"

Zeb and Sabine only scratch the back of their neck.

Ezra: "You know, I don't even want to know how much it was".

Then everyone returns their attention to the new born. After some time everyone decides to go to sleep.

One month later

The crew is in the common room talking about doing a new mission.

Kanan: "Okay we're going to hack the principal communication tower and transmit a message from the Ghost to the entire Galaxy to send a hope message".

Sam: "What?! You're crazy! That's impossible and the com tower will have a lot of security".

Hera: "We know but we need to do this mission".

Sabine: "Let me guess, a mission from Fulcrum".

Kanan and Hera nod.

Zeb: "If the boss thinks we can do it I'm in".

Everyone nods in agreement.

Kanan: "Okay in this mission Ezra, Kitsune and Hyou will stay, so Ezra will take care of Caleb and Hyou can protect both of them in case they're attacked".

Everyone agrees so they start to discuss the plan. When they finish Kanan decides to stay all the time with Ezra in their room cuddling with each other, while Kitsune and Hyou take care of Caleb, before the mission starts.

Ezra: "I still feel like something bad will happen".

Kanan: "Don't worry Ezra I'll be fine you know me".

Ezra: "I know".

He says while hugging more tight to Kanan like it would be the end of the world and not wanting let him go.

When the night comes Hera knocks at the door making them know that the mission will start.

Kanan: "It's time".

Ezra only nods and kisses Kanan one more time before he goes as Kanan returns the kiss.

Ezra: "Be safe".

Kanan: "I'll be".

Then Kanan leaves with the others to go to the mission while Kitsune enters Ezra's room with Caleb in her arms.

Kitsune: "Here, I'm sure that if you take care of Caleb you will have your mind working and don't worry Hyou and me are here to help you with everything you need".

Ezra: "Thanks".

In the mission at the end

Kanan is fighting the Inquisitor, but suddenly the Inquisitor uses the Force to push him against a wall and keep him in place. Then Kanan takes his comm and tells Hera:

Kanan: "Specter 2, take everyone out of here now".

Com/Hera: "Not without you Specter 1".

Kanan: "Go now".

Then he sees the Phantom leaving while stormtroopers go to Kanan and put him cuffs and make him kneel down.

Then Tarkin appears.

Tarkin: "So this is the Jedi rebel who has been causing troubles to the Empire. Take him to my Star Destroyer".

Then the troopers grab Kanan and get into a ship that goes to Tarkin's Star Destroyer.

When they arrive they take Kanan to a torture cell.

Meanwhile with the crew

Ezra's POV

Hera: "I'm sorry Ezra, but Kanan has been captured".

Then I feel like my world has been destroyed and tears start to go down my cheeks.

Ezra: "We have to rescue him, now!"

Hera: "I know but first we need to know where they took him".

Then I run into my cabin and lock the door, then I sit in the bed with my knees up to my chest and start to cry. 'Why?! The Empire has taken another thing important to me! Kanan, why?!'

Then I hear someone crying and look up to see Caleb crying like if he can sense what I'm feeling, I go to the crib and take Caleb in my arms as I start to calm him down.

Ezra: "Shh shh... don't cry Caleb, don't worry I'll bring dad home soon".

After a while Caleb stops crying and I put him again in the crib.

With Kanan

Kanan's POV

After the mission failed I've been waiting in this cell for hours now. Then suddenly Tarkin and Agent Kallus enter the cell with an interrogation droid.

Tarkin: "Now you will tell us where are your rebel friends hiding".

Kanan: "I'm not telling anything".

Then the droid starts to electrocute me as I scream from the high voltage that is going through my body. All that could be heard are my screams.

After hours of torturing they leave telling the Inquisitor to come and continue with the interrogation.

With the crew

Ezra's POV

I am looking at Caleb while he sleeps when I hear a knock at my door.

Ezra: "Who is it?"

Hera: "It's me Hera, we need you to transmit the message".

Ezra: "I'm going now".

Then I hear footsteps going away, I sigh while I think only in Kanan and what could the Empire would be doing to him right now, surely torturing him.

I stand up and go to the common room to see everyone there waiting for me.

Sam: "You're prepared Ezra".

Ezra: "Yes".

Then Sabine connects with the communication tower and I take the comm to talk.

Ezra: "If anyone is hearing this, I know you don't know me, but I'm a person who has been suffering a lot since the Empire arrived, I remember the time in my planet before the Empire, there was peace, but after the Empire came I have suffered a lot, they took away my parents, even one of them raped me, and now they have taken the person I love, leaving my baby without his father, so I tell you to go against the Empire, against everything they have done and bring peace again to the Galaxy".

Then the communication goes off.

Zeb: "Good job kid".

Ezra: "I hope it will be enough and now we have to search information to know where is Kanan".

Everyone nods as all start to move and try to contact their friends to know if they have heard something while I go to my room and take care of Caleb.

Ezra: "Hello sweetie, don't worry we're searching for your dad now".

Then I put the crib near the bed and I sit there, I take care of Caleb until I feel sleepy and go to dream in a dreamless sleep.

Kanan's POV

I can feel Ezra's feelings through our bond and I feel he's very sad and worried about me but in the most is hope in finding me. I feel bad making Ezra feel like that but I had to do this sacrifice so there could be a better place for my son. Then the Inquisitor enters.

Inquisitor: "Hello Jedi, now you're going to answer my questions the easy way or the hard way?"

He says with a sadistic smile.

Kanan: "Like I said before I'm not telling anything".

Inquisitor: "Have it your way, where are your rebel friends".

As I don't answer he activates the electroshock panel and starts to electrocute me, I scream as he intensifies the power of the electricity.

Inquisitor: "Perhaps you'll prefer to answer this one, where is Fulcrum?"

Kanan: "I don't know".

But he activates again the electroshocks again. After a while he stops and I pant to recover myself.

Kanan: "I'm not going to tell you anything, this way Ezra will be safe".

Inquisitor: "Oh buy you know that I will find him one way or another, and once I do this I'll make sure he doesn't escape from me again and I'll fuck him until he can't moves".

He says with a devilish smile, then I feel the rage coming to me as he says that, once I can get out of here I'll kill this bastard for even thinking on doing that to my Ezra.

Inquisitor: "Maybe I can get information out of you in another way".

He approaches and uses the Force in me to search in my mind what he wants to know.

But I manage to keep him out.

Inquisitor: "You're going to tell me where they're hiding one way or another".

Then everything goes black as my last thought is keeping Ezra and Caleb safe.