Taking In An Orphan

Chapter 10

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By the time the crew made it back to the ship, Kanan was carrying a sleeping Ezra. The boy had been looking more and more tired, so Kanan decided to carry him, and he fell asleep in Kanan’s arms (sucking his thumb, of course). After settling the boy on the couch in the common room, the crew met in the cockpit. 

“So do we have any upcoming missions?” Sabine asked. 

“Not yet and we’re running low on credits. We need something soon or this baby’s gonna be running on empty.” Hera was worried they would run out of fuel.

Suddenly, a transmission came in. 

“Hello, my friends! It is I, Hondo! I needed a little help transporting some … supplies. If you would like to take me up on this offer, I will send you the coordinates. The receiver says they will pay a high price in which we will be splitting, of course.” 

The Ghost crew looked wearily at each other. They all hated working with Hondo, but this was their best chance for a mission. 

“Go ahead, Hondo,” Hera said after each of the crew members gave a nod. The transmission ended with Hondo spouting out his coordinates and the time to meet him. 

“Okay, Chopper, get ready to take off.” 

Chopper buzzed at Hera.

“What do you mean the thrusters aren’t working?” Hera grumbled as Chopper ran a second diagnostic. “How did that happen?” 

Chopper claimed he had no idea. 

“Was it from this morning’s terrible landing? Remind me never to let you land a ship again.” Hera got her supplies for fixing the ship as the rest of the crew quickly resigned to the common room. 

“What are we gonna do with the kid during the mission?” Zeb asked, helping himself to a snack. 

“Hera usually stays on the ship, so he can stay with her,” Kanan replied. He had already thought a lot about this. It wouldn’t be safe to bring Ezra along on missions, especially since the empire was looking for him. It was also important to make sure the empire didn’t find out Ezra was with them - that would most likely heighten the bargain of his capture. Kanan relayed this information to the crew and they agreed to keep it quiet.

“But it’s cruel to keep him on the ship all the time. We can’t take him on missions, but we will have to take him for supply runs and other things. Won’t people see him then?” Sabine asked, bringing up a good point. 

“Well, we’re usually not recognized on those trips, but we will just have to be extra careful,” Kanan said. 

“Uhh...is the kid gonna sleep on the common room couch forever?” Zeb asked, glancing at the boy. 

“Well...at some point we will move him to bunk with you. That’s the only reasonable option since I don’t have a second bunk in my room,” Kanan replied.Zeb was anticipating this. 

“It’s fine, but we’re gonna have ta wait until the kid’s less afraid o’ me if ya want ‘im ta get any sleep at night.” 

“Yes, we will move him over in about a week.” 

“If he’s still with us that long. Isn’t Hera going to contact Fulcrum about finding a safe place for him?” Sabine asked, a little sadly. 

“Yes. And if that happens, we can’t get too attached to him. We don’t want our selfishness to stop Ezra from going somewhere safe,” Kanan said, trying to remind himself as much as the rest of the crew.