The Wookiees weren't there. Ezra had warned them all it was a trap. Kanan, Sabine, and Chopper had gotten back to the Ghost already. Zeb and Ezra were right behind them, or at least they that's what Kanan had thought.

Ezra was running just ahead of Zeb with imperials right on their tails. Zeb pushed past him. Ezra shoved him back. However he didn't make it to the airlock. Someone grabbed Ezra and he felt the cold and hard, authoritative feeling he had been feeling since he was in his tower get even stronger in this man's grip. He looked at the gray imperial uniform, then he looked up at his captor. From what he could see the man had light colored skin and a little blonde was showing under the helmet that Ezra had never seen one like it before. An ISB agent as far as Ezra could tell by the uniform. That explained the feeling.

The agent had a tight grip as he held Ezra close to his body using him as a living shield. Ezra struggled to get free but the man's grip was too tight. Zeb stopped dead in his tracks hearing the kid struggling. He turned around ready to fire at whoever had him.

"Get out of the way kid!"Zeb yelled at Ezra.

"I'm trying!" The kid replied.

The agent fired at Zeb with one hand while still holding Ezra tightly in the other arm. Zeb saw there was no way for the kid to break free or for him to shoot without hitting the kid. He had to leave him, and nothing hurt more than that thought.

"Sorry, kid. You did good." Zeb apologized as he left Ezra behind in imperial hands. Ezra could feel his pain as the airlock to the Ghost closed.

Kanan climbed up into the dorsal turret.

"Attention rebels surrender be destroyed. This is your first and last warning." Was heard from the ships com.

"Blow it out your exhaust vents. Literally." Hera responded. "Sabine it's time."

Kanan watched as the explosions set the bottom for the star destroyer and the entire transport ablaze in yellow flames.

Ezra watched as the agent examined Sabine's explosives artwork. He had enough sense to find cover as the red light blinked on the starbird's eye. Kallus released what it was just as it went off throwing everyone backwards.

"I can't see it from here, how'd it look?" Sabine asked over the ships internal com from the front gunners seat.

"Gorgeous, Sabine. As always." Kanan responded. Once they were safely away he headed down to meet the others.

Ezra had been put in a holding cell.

"I am agent Kallus of the Imperal Security Bureau, and you are?" The agent introduced himself. 'How polite!' Ezra thought sarcastically.

"Jabba the Hutt." Ezra replied. Kallus slapped him hard across the cheek. Ezra decided playing innocent was best. This wasn't a complete lie anyways. He hadn't been with them for a month. "Look, I just met those guys today. I don't know anything."

"You're not here for what you know 'Jabba'. You're here to buy used as bait upon our return to Lothal." Kallus said not caring what the kid said. It made no difference to him.

"Bait? You seriously think..." Ezra said pausing to laugh. "Wow, you're as bright as a binary droid. They aren't coming back for me. People don't do that." He said. For the most part that was true. Most people wouldn't come back for someone. The only exception he could really think of was a parent for their child if they could. Sure Kanan and Hera were like parents to him, but would they really come back for him. He hoped that they wouldn't. Especially since he was being used as bait for a trap. Why did Zeb have to leave him behind? You don't do that to family. Zeb knew better than anyone you never leave anyone behind.

"Search him." Kallus ordered. The trooper stripped Ezra of almost everything he had on him. His backpack spelt on the ground. Once they were done Kallus kneed him in the groin and left him alone in the cell with two guards posted outside.

Ezra recovered and started mumbling about how stupid this mission was. The Holocron fell out of his pocket. He had forgotten he even had it on him. Kanan had given it to him on his birthday to use for studying.

"Of course the only thing I managed to hold on to is this worthless thing." He mumbled. Then he asked himself "Well what else do I have to do around here? I might as well try to calm down and think about how to get out of here."

Ezra sat down and closed his eyes as he tried to think. He let his mind wonder and connect to the force as he did so. Memories of flowers blooming on vines on his tower a few times when he had been there flashed though his head like they did the first time he opened the Holocron with Kanan's couching. That was one of Ezra's favorite memories. He always had some trouble opening the Holocron but when he thought of those flowers blooming it always slowly opened for him.

He heard Obi Wan's voice again. As he listened he thought of a plan to escape.

Back on the Ghost everyone was gathered in the cockpit. They were talking about how the mission was a set up.

"The kid did alright?" Hera asked.

"He did ok. Where is he?" Kanan asked as he looked around noticing an empty chair were his Padawan was supposed to be.

"I thought he was with you," Zeb lied.

"What'd you do to him?" Sabine asked the Lasat.

"I didn't do anything to him. That ISB agent grabbed him." Zeb defended himself.

"What?" Kanan and Hera asked in both ferrous and worried unison.

"The kid got garbed, ok. He didn't make it off the transport." Zeb explained.

"Garazeb Orrelios!" Hera yelled like only a mother could. What was he thinking leaving her foster son behind like that. Kanan was just as ferrous. Jedi didn't leave their Padawan's in enemy hands. No one in their right mind would hurt or kidnap a Jedi Padawan unless they wanted to deal with their master.

"They'll go easy on him. He's just a kid." Zeb said.

"We have to go back." Hera said as she exchanged looks with Kanan.

"No, no, no! No way!" Zeb shouted with bug eyes. "You can't be serious."

"It's our fault he was there." Hera said as she typed the coordinates.

"Come on Hera, it's not like I don't like the kid but it not worth it." Zeb said as he looked to Sabine for back up.

"They'll be waiting for us. We can't save him." Sabine voiced her vote.

Chopper beeped binary for "go back for him."

"He's with me. That's two against two. Kanan?" Hera replied.

"Why are you even asking? Of course I'm going back for him." Kanan said. "It's five against two."

Hera smiled at that. The other two looked confused.

"The Force always wins." Hera says remembering what Kanan & Ezra had said about the force having a vote. "Let's go get our boy back!"

"Who's the seventh vote then?" Zeb asked quietly.

"Do you really think Ezra wants to stay in a cell in a star destroyer?" Kanan replied.

Ezra climbed though the air vents until he found the room with all his stuff inside. He dropped down into it and gathered his stuff then put on a cadet helmet. He listened in on the com chatter. Among which was his escape & information on where the Wookiees were. He paid close attention to those two as he crawled back into the air vents.

Suddenly another message caught his attention. "Sir there's a security breach in the lower hanger!" A stormtrooper explained.

Ezra couldn't believe it. They came back for him. He listened to Kallus order all troopers to the lower hanger.

"Sir, this is trooper LS123 reporting intruders on the upper hanger. I believe that the lower hanger is a diversion." Ezra said impersonating the stormtroopers.

"Maybe, maybe not. Squads 5-8 diverge to upper hanger. The rest converge on with orders." Kallus said not even questioning the identifications Ezra had given.

"Well every bit helps." Ezra said to himself as he made his way to the lower hanger.

•Ok, last cliff hanger for now. No promises though. So I'm up to 31 reviews. I want a 100 reviews. Once I get that I'll post a special chapter to thank you all.

•May the force be with you always

•Cass