Before It All Began

Chapter 5

The small family had been living on the Ghost and become rebels for over a month now. Recently though, Hera had noticed a change in Ezra's behavior and decided to confront him about it in his cabin whilst her boyfriend was in cockpit. "Hey honey, are you okay??" the woman asked as she sat next to the boy on the floor "I'm fine Hera, just bored" he informed "Kanan hasn't really spent much time with me like before because he's been so busy, so have you". It broke Hera's heart to know this; she felt terribly guilty "I'm sorry sweetie" an idea hit the woman "give me a minute" and off she went, jumping up off of the floor and hurrying to find Kanan; he was sat in the cockpit. She saw that the man was looking at a holopad; Hera sighed before turning it off. Kanan looked up to his girlfriend "can I help you??" he asked a tad bit annoyed "go spend time with Ezra" she demanded. The man was clearly taken back by the sudden order "excuse me??" Hera folded her arms across her chest "Ezra just told me he's bored that basically lonely because we're too busy for him" now he felt the guilt hit him like a ton of bricks, as well as realization that he hadn't spent much time with the boy recently "okay...I'm taking the rest of the day off". 

Kanan left the cockpit and entered the child's room to see he was still sat on the floor "hey Ez....I was wondering if you wanted to do something today?? Just you and me??" he asked making Ezra's head shoot up and smile "okay!! What shall we do??". They both thought for a moment before Kanan spoke up "how about we make something together??" he asked earning a nod "but what??" once again, they began to think until Ezra jumped up with excitement; it was rather amusing. "Let's make a droid!!" it wasn't a bad idea so the man agreed; the kid quickly added that it wasn't to be an interrogation droid but a friendly one. This alarmed his guardian greatly "how do you know about interrogation droids??" he asked , clearly making the kid nervous as he outstretched his arms. This made the man uneasy, taking a guess at what he was about to see as he lifted up the sleeves; interrogation droid scars!! He could tell Ezra didn't want to talk about - who would?? So he gently rolled the sleeves down again and smiled as he pulled the child into a hug. 

After that, the two began collecting all sorts of spare parts and after a long seven hours of hard work trapped in the kids cabin, they finished the droid. "Hera!! Hera!! Look what we made!!" Ezra exclaimed as they entered the living area for dinner, the droid following behind "whoa you two, that's amazing!!" she stated with a bright smile "what are you gonna call him??" she asked. The decision was left to Ezra who, after a few minutes, lit up like a  Christmas tree "I know!! I know!! his name is Chopper!!" she announced proudly; they all agreed. Hera spoke up "so Chopper will be Specter 4, Kanan can be Specter one, I'll be Specter two and you Ezra, will be Specter three" she stated; the child asked if he could be known as Specter six "em...I guess so, why Specter six??" Kanan asked earning a smile "six is my favorite number".