Hera watched as Ezra smashed his comm and energy sling shot. He was actually yelling at her. She could understand why the kid was so upset but this was over reacting. At least Zeb, Chopper, and Sabine had enough sense to get out of there. They had run off to go buy some paint. At least that was their cover story. Both Hera and Ezra knew it was actually because no one really knew what Ezra was like when he was mad except Kanan who had been captured.
"Ezra, dear, calm down before you do something you'll regret. I didn't want to leave him either." Hera said.
"Calm down! How can I be calm when Kanan pulled a stupid stunt like that. After I told him I didn't want to do this. After I explained why. What does he do? He made exactly what I was scared would happen happen!" Ezra yelled.
"Look I'll admit that this wasn't Kanan's best idea. I love him, but he can make some pretty stupid rash decisions. One thing I know for sure though Ezra is that he wouldn't want you to react like this. He sacrificed himself so the rest of you could get away. So you would be safe Ezra." She explained. Ezra was now pacing like Kanan would do when Ezra wasn't with him.
"I told him I had a bad feeling. That I didn't want to loss any of you like I did my parents. Did he listen though? Nope, instead he..." suddenly Ezra stopped mid sentence dead in his tracks.
"He what Ezra?" Hera asked looking back up at the kid. He looked pale. Was he actually so freaked out about losing Kanan that he was actually making himself sick?
"Hera I feel dizzy." Ezra said and then he started to clasp.
"Ezra!" Hera yelled as she caught him.
He was surprisingly cold for a human, and she couldn't help but notice that he was actually turning kinda blue. Hera's instincts kicked in and she checked his breathing and pulse. He was barely breathing and there was no pulse.
"Oh Ezra, what kind of trouble did you get yourself into now?" She said as she dragged him into the ships small med bay and laid him down on the bed.
She started to take off his shirt. Once it was off she noticed two things. On Ezra's chest was a small pacemaker, and in his shirt pocket was some an empty prescription bottle that was labeled for a mental disorder.
"Take one every morning to control mood swings." Hera read.
"Ezra Bridger, why did you not tell any of us?" She asked then sighed. "Ok, stupid question. You're unconscious, and honestly I get why you wouldn't want everyone to know you are mental ill and have a heart disease."
She then took out a medical battery charger and got the pacemaker working again until Ezra's heart started to beat on its own again. She then injected a blood thinner into him as well. She pulled out a data pad and started looking up quick substitutes for Ezra's prescription since there was no way they could safely and legally acquire it. The prescription was old and it had been clear that Ezra had known a somewhat reliable drug dealer to refill the bottle for so many years. She wasn't about to chance it though.
"I guess I figured out where you always disappear to when we have a supply run in Capital City." She said to the unconscious boy.
When Ezra finally woke up Hera confronted him.
"Yeah, so apparently I have something called MDS, ADHD, and something called Heart Rhythm Disorder. My parents once said it was like a mild case of bipolar disorder, but more manageable. Every once in a while I lose control over my emotions. If I lose too much control it effects my heart. I'll pass out or my heart will just stop." Ezra reluctantly told her.
Hera hug him tight.
"Well you should have told me about this. I almost had a heart attack when you went into cardiac arrest this time. How was I supposed to explain to Kanan that his Padawan died while we were trying to get him back?" She asked.
"That he literally worried me to death!?!" Ezra shrugged 🤷🏻‍♂️.
"Does he know about all this?"
"No, please don't tell him or the others."
"How long has it been since you were last treated for any of this?" She asked.
"I was supposed to see Doctor Asa the day after my birthday. She was supposed to change the power cells to my pacemaker and refill my pills." Ezra admitted.
"You don't happen to have her comm Frequency do you?"
"In my backpack there's a privet comm that links directly to her personal office. Only her and her droid Missy have access to it."
"Good, for now we'll keep this between the two of us and your doctor. You will tell Kanan though." Hera said firmly. "Especially before he sees you go through this and gets scared half to death."
"Actually, he already has."
"Ezra, when was the last time you had this problem?"
"When I touched the dark side. I did apparently touch the dark side but it was after I had already blacked out. Luckily my pacemaker was still working at the time. Kanan just doesn't know, but that's why I actually passed out."
"Ok, you and me are going to see Doctor Asa now. We're also going to get the names of a few off world associates of hers that we can take you too as well." Hera replied.
"Yes ma'am."
"Also, I am keeping a close eye on you from now on."
"I can live with that."

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Kanan didn't find out until the next time that Ezra needed his pacemaker power cells changed. Hera had told Ahsoka who agreed to take Ezra to a doctor she knew while Hera went on a mission with Sabine.
Hera was in the base med bay, injured herself, when she got a comm from Fulcrum saying that Ezra's pacemaker needed to be replaced. She knew she was going to have to tell Kanan about Ezra's medical problems.
"So have you heard anything from Ezra or Ahsoka about their mission?" Kanan asked her.
"About that mission Love. It was slightly more complicated than I thought it would be." Hera said.
"What's so hard about getting medical supplies that it would give those two problems?" Sabine asked.
"What they run into more imperials than expected?" Kanan asked.
"Well actually it has more to do with what medical supplies they are supposed to be getting and the exact nature they would be used in." Hera said.
"What exactly are they supposed to be getting?" Zeb asked.
"Love I think we need to talk, I don't want to worry the others, but you need to know this. Even if Ezra won't tell you." Hera said.
"What did the kid do this time?" Sabine and Zeb asked.
Chopper zapped them and they went chasing after the droid.
"You know something about Ezra I don't?" Kanan asked.
"Kanan pull down his medical files. I need to show you something before I tell you what's going on." Hera said.
Kanan sat down and pulled up Ezra's medical files on a data pad.
"What in the... why didn't he tell me about any of this?" Kanan asked.
"I think you already know why. I only know because he had a episode when you were captured and nearly died on me." Hera said preparing him for the news.
"So what exactly does this have to do with his mission with Ahsoka?" Kanan asked.
"Afterwards he gave me the name of a doctor on Lothal that had been helping him for years. She gave me a list of doctors off world that might help him with this. I had to get them cleared with Fulcrum to make sure they were safe. That's why Ahsoka took him on this one. The medical supplies they are getting are for him. Only he needed a something a little more serious than a change of power cells and a refill of pills."
"How serious?"
"His pacemaker needs to be replaced. He's in surgery now according to Ahsoka. He should be fine though." She confused
"Which one of the two of you will be cleared first?" Kanan asked.
"Probably me. Ahsoka is bringing Ezra back tomorrow though because the doctor can't really hide him for more than a day." Hera admitted.
"Good, because as soon as he gets back you two are getting a shared room and I am not leaving either of your sides until you are both completely cleared to be back in the field." Kanan said.
"That's fine love, but can you please let Ezra explain to you why he's in here. He doesn't know I'm telling you this now. I was going to let him tell you on his own terms." She said.
"Oh trust me. We're going to have a nice little talk about what I should probably know about him." Kanan said.
The next day Hera saw Ezra in a bed next to her with Kanan hovering over him.
"Kanan? Where am I?" Ezra asked as he opened his eyes. Then he nearly sat straight up when he realized that Kanan was actually there. "Kanan! What the kriff are you doing here."
"Ezra Bridger, Language." Hera said.
"Oh you are so not getting up from that bed like there's nothing wrong with you after having heart surgery. I don't care how standard it is." Kanan said pushing Ezra back down.
"You told him?" Ezra asked accusingly looking in Hera's direction now. "Wait what happened to you?"
"She didn't have much of a choice. She couldn't exactly cover for you when she was unconscious herself now can you darling?" Kanan answered Ezra's first question.
"An old friend of Kanan's and Sabine's tried to kill me." Hera answered.
"Some friend they must be." Ezra remarked.
"Sabine and I repaid an old debt to him. Although I think you would have been a better choice for a partner in this case." Kanan informed him.
"Apparently we're taking prisoners now." Hera laughed.
"Really, I'm gone for one day to get a new pacemaker and we start taking prisoners." Ezra says.
"About that. Do you mind explaining to me why you even need a pacemaker, and is there anything else we should know?" Kanan asked.
"Um? Where do I begin?" Ezra replied.
"At the beginning is normally a good place to start." Kanan suggested. "Now spill!"
Ezra told them everything all the way down to how he met Doctor Asa and where she was from. Turns out Doctor Asa had her own little secret. She was a force healer that specialized with force sensitive children, and survived order 66. She had known about Ezra for years and helped his parents hide his strength in the force since birth. However, she couldn't take him in while she was hiding herself because it was to risky. The next mission to Lothal they recruited her to the rebellion as a medic.

*The idea 💡 for this story came from REBELGIRL0309 she also helped me develop the plot for chapter two.
Other credit for future chapters goes to authorgrl28 who gave me writing advice, help me correct my mistakes, and gave me ideas on how to write the original endings. Bob Fluff Killer on FanFiction.net for the advice on how to go from fluff to anguish & suggesting the alternative ending. yuki tsubasa on FanFiction for the original ending continuous chapters. Finally my other readers who wanted to find out what happens after the alternative ending.