The Littlest Warrior

Chapter 6 - A Gracious Host

The Littlest Warrior
Chapter 6
A Gracious Host

Ezra.... Ezra, can you hear me?

Ezra furrowed his brow, the voice was echoing in his head. "Who's there?" He let his thoughts wander, seeking out the owner of the voice. "Kanan? Is that you?"

Good, you can hear us.

"Us?" Ezra shook his head confused. "Who's us? Where are you, who's talking?"

Don't worry Ezra, we are allies. We are here, inside of you.

"Are you.... Jedi?" Ezra questioned the voice he was hearing, he did not recognize it at all.

I'm not sure what this 'Jedi' is as you say.

Ezra grew even more confused, this dream wasn't making any sense, his fever must be really bad. "I don't understand, what's going on?" Ezra tried to focus but it felt like he was in darkness. He was speaking with his mind, which was great for his poor voice, but he would really love to know who he was actually speaking to. "Where are you?"

We are here.

"Where?"

Inside you.

"Inside me...? In my head?"

No, in your body.

"In my body..." Ezra reached internally the way Kanan had taught him with the Force. Thankfully with the lessons he's had over the months he had learned quite a bit, but this was the first time he was hearing and lucidly communicating with any visions or voices in his dreams. He looked inside of himself, feeling his own energy. Finally there was a ping and he winced, it stabbed him like needles in his throat. "Ah!" Ezra cried out and gripped his neck.

There, you found us.

Ezra grew even more confused, "My throat is talking to me?"

No. We are living here, growing within you.

"We? Who's we? Who are you?"

I apologize, we do not always understand. We have only learned your basic language in our time spent within you as our host.

"Host?"

Correct. I shall introduce ourselves. We first met back on our home world which you called Pyre.

"Pyre!"

Yes. We were microscopic organisms that lived beneath the surface. We were uprooted by those who are shrouded in darkness, they poisoned our planet and left us all to die. The creatures, the plants, they thought they had destroyed all life. But they did not think to look somewhere so small, that what could not be seen but was there all the same.

"You were in the water!" Ezra finally realized. "You're what I saw in the crater!"

That is correct. We are but a very low form on the evolutionary chain of our planet, but one nonetheless. You would call us germs.

"Germs...." Ezra was starting to put it all together. "That's what you meant when you said you were inside my throat."

That's correct.

"But... why? How did you get inside me? Why did you get inside me?"

When you picked us up in that water we could sense your pure intention, we felt your passion when you said you would get revenge. That's what we want too. We would have perished if left in that body of water, but when you picked us up we were able to absorb thru your skin and travel inside you. Upon learning the molecular makeup of your body we discovered we would thrive best within your immune system, growing in your throat as you call it. As your body fights us we multiply and grow strong. Once we are strong enough and understand your bodily makeup and how to defeat it, we can attack and destroy those who destroyed Pyre. Just as you promised.