Kanan was waiting for the mechanic to load the fuel. It was his second stop, one more and he would be on earth. He started having a bad feeling about this planet since the first stop.

One of the mechanics had asked about his destination. Since there is no Empire on the unknown regions Kanan didn't see why he should not tell him. The moment he did though he regretted it.

The man's eyes reflected terror. He grabbed Kanan by the arms and held him impossibly tight.

"Are you crazy? What are you doing?" Kanan looked around for Choper, the droid was attached on the ship and seemed to enjoy the situation Kanan was in. His robotic laughs were loud enough to reach Kanan. He cursed under his breath as the mechanic started shaking him.

"You can't go there!"

"Ahhh, why?"

"Don't you know anything. If you go to the dark planet you will die!"

"What?"

The man let go of Kanan and turned his back on him.

"There have been reports, people going and never coming back, except from one but she...she is not well. They did this to her. After that, no one on the three solar systems ever went to the earth"

Kanan took a step forward. He didn't understand what he was hearing but he certainly didn't like it.

"Look man, my kid is there"

"Then it's too late"

"If this place is as dangerous as you say, that's one more reason for me to go. I can't leave him there! Even if it means... I won't be coming back"

The mechanic turned to look at him. He seemed to be in a dilemma, trying to decide whether or not he should say something.

"I can't stop you from going. But, I can recommend you don't go unprepared. Find her, the one who survived and ask her about the dark planet. It might be the only way to leave the planet with your life" the mechanic said.

Kanan nodded. Maybe it was better if he went prepared.

"Where can I find her?"

"I can give you the coordinates"

And there he was. He did the second stop a little farther away than he planned and unfortunately the ship suffered the consequences. Now Kanan was waiting for the results and then he would go find the girl.

One of the droids came up to him and showed him a datapad. It had the damages to the ship, the part they needed and the final price. Kanan sighed as he pulled out most of the credits he had. He handed them to the droid, which rolled away.

"Well there goes most of my money"

Choper laughed as Kanan motioned for him to follow. He walked through the many houses, watching people laugh and children play. Everything was so much better in the absence of the Empire.

He smiled at the thought. This wasn't so bad. He thought about the adoption papers once more, how he lost Ezra on the first place and the dark planet. Kanan was terrified of what Ezra might be going through right now. He looked around once more.

Here it was so peaceful, not like back home, where they woke up every day fearing it might be their last. Where they had to fight an impossible war. Where the people they loved changed from loving beings to military leaders. This was not a place for a kid.

Maybe after he got Ezra they could come here. He could find a job and the kid could go to school like other kids his age. He could have friends and a life of his own. They could live without the fear of dying.

But, he knew he couldn't. It wasn't fair. Not for Zeb, Sabine and Hera. Not for the people out there suffering under the Emperor's domination. He just wished that for once he could do what was best for Ezra and not what was best for the rebellion.

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Ezra, Charlotte and Josh wondered through the woods. The sun was setting and it's light was barely going through the thousands of pine trees around them.

They finally reached an opening. Not a natural opening but a crash sight. The trees were destroyed and in the group was a huge hole. The ground seemed burnt and the ship that caused all that destruction was nowhere to be found.

"I told you man. If your ship was here there is no way they didn't take it"

"Josh you know about this stuff. What should we do now? Do you think they know about Ezra?"

"I don't know. If they knew though, they would have probably already taken him away. I think they are still looking. Probably searching for footage of the ship when it crashed. If they find any were dead. For now, we need to stay low and find Ezra some identification, if we want to get him out of town?"

"Get him out of town?"

"Yes, that way we'll have some more time to hide him, until we find some way to get him off planet?"

Charlotte seemed to be thinking. All was moving a little too fast. Josh was right. Being here jeopardized Ezra's safety but, how where they going to get him off town, let alone off planet?

"Ezra what do you think-"

Ezra was gazing at the hole where the Phantom used to be. His wrists were clenched and his hands were trebling.

"Ezra?"

"They took it away. This was my only way home and now... What am I going to do?"

"Well find another way. Maybe if we find a way to talk to your friends or-"

"The tracking device!" Ezra shouts all of the sudden grabbing Charlotte's shoulders.

"What?" Charlotte and Josh say in unison.

"The phantom has a tracking device. My friends can truck me down"

"Uhhhh, bud. If they track your ship, it will probably take them to where the bad guys are. We don't want that" Josh said.

Ezra got a little paler. He breathed deeply.

"What do we do now?"

"Maybe we can make something like a communication device. One with a rate long enough to reach your friends the moment the pass the orbit"

"How can we even make something like that?" Charlotte said crossing her arms.

"If we were back home, it would be easy" Ezra said "But now that we're here, I don't know what to do, your technology is...well"

"Yeah, we get it" Charlotte said.

Josh seemed deep in thought. He had an idea but, it was risky.

"Josh" The boy turned around to see the other to staring at him.

"I thinkI know what to do"

"You think?"

"There is someone who can help us. He can probably make a device like that but, I don't know if he will agree, after all he works for the government"

"Wait, wait, wait, I thought you said the government doesn't like me. That they want to take me away and 'study me', whatever that means. And now you want to take me to one of them"

"This one is different. He will help us if I ask him. If I explain to him"

"Who is it?" Charlotte asked.

Josh's gaze moved from Charlotte to Ezra and then to the forest.

"My Dad"