"So why where you and your padawan on a forbidden planet in this vision?" Mace asked.
"We had been sent there but we failed our mission." Caleb answered.
"Does any of this make sense to you?" Ezra whispered to Depa hoping his master wouldn't hear.
Caleb gave his padawan who was standing behind his Depa's chair a look that told him he had heard him.
"I'm still getting over the fact all but four of us are dead in this vision of his." Depa replied. "Visions seldom make sense though at first."
"An alternative universe life you saw." Yoda said.
Mace looked at Caleb with a concerned but serious look. "I'm not so sure if you are mentally well though. I recommend we observe you for a while before we make a decision."
"He seems fine to me." Anakin said with a shrug. "It just seems like he had a vision."
"A vision had he. Stuck in it mental he was. Come out of it he has." Yoda said.
"Yes that's all it was." Caleb said.
"I'd still prefer if we didn't go anywhere just in case it was something else." Ezra said.
"I agree with Padawan Bridger. I think Caleb is fine, but just to be safe we keep an eye on him." Depa said.
"Then it settled. Caleb Dume you are assigned to the temple until farther notice." Plo Koon said.
The rest of the council nodded in agreement.
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A week passed before Caleb had been cleared to go back into the field with Ezra at his side. Over the next month the two had been assigned to missions on Ryloth, Mandolor, Lasan, and the lower levels of Corasont. They ended up working with Hera, Cham, and Chopper on Ryloth. Caleb left the mission happy after seeing his love. On Mandolor they worked with Sabine and her family. Ezra didn't want that mission to end because he had developed feelings for Sabine. In the end he honored the Jedi code. The mission to Lasan was to help the Lasat Honor Guard find a missing Royal so they worked very closely with Zeb. The mission in the lower levels was a convert mission with the assistance of Ahsoka who had also been on Mandolor.
Things had been going pretty well so far for Caleb. He had not forgotten the AU life he had seen though. He returned to it every night but would wake up fine.
Then disaster struck. Ezra and Caleb had been assigned to help Depa on a mission to Kaller. Since Depa and Caleb had been so familiar with the planet they had been assigned to deal with the current dispute there. The Twi lek youngling Ava was assigned to tag along as part of a training assignment.
Caleb had a bad feeling about the assignment that he couldn't shake.
"Are you sure about the plan?" He asked Depa.
"Absolutely Caleb. I thought you grew out of your curious mind. It's nice to see it's still there." Depa said.
"It's always been there. This is his protective mind questioning the plan." Ezra said.
Caleb gave Ezra a look. "Show a little respect padawan."
"Your concerned about the mission?" Depa asked.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Caleb replied.
"I do too." Ava said.
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Caleb had been right to be considered. Depa and Ezra had both had been severely injured. Both were in Bacta tanks. Ezra wasn't expected to live though.
