The small broken family were all sat in a spare room; they had just finished giving a statement each on what had happened, as well as why they had weapons. Once the police finally left them alone - taking away the weapons of course - the five were left alone to grieve; they weren't allowed to see Ezra's body and both the police and doctor's wouldn't tell them anything. They soon left the hospital and returned home; the family entered their own rooms and stayed their for the rest of the night. Eventually, the next day soon came about; each family member sobbed in their room. Sabine couldn't bring herself to draw or paint as she continued to remember that her little brother would never be able to see her art pieces. Zeb was full of anger and sadness which he took it all out on the bunching bag hung up in his room. Hera lay in her bed going through some of the photo she had managed to take of her youngest son; she felt a piece of her heart chip off and break, never to be restored. And Kanan...he was worst as he and Ezra had the closest bond; he kept himself in the boys bedroom, clutching one of his hoodies to his chest as the tears streamed down his face. Soon enough, it was eleven thirty in the morning; Hera - as hard as it was - forced herself and her two teenagers downstairs and to eat something. She tried Kanan but the man wouldn't even speak. The woman made a small lunch, earning two small "thanks mum" from Sabine and Zeb; overall, they ate in silence until Hera spoke up once again. "How are you two holding up??" she asked earning two shrugs before it returned to silence. Back in Ezra's room, all Kanan could do was lie on the bed, holding the hoodie tightly as he cried; all he could think was 'I lost my son...my beautiful, amazing and brave son'. All of a sudden, the man was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of Ezra singing his song which meant his phone was ringing; he had recorded the boy when he sung the first time in the dining room and set it as his ringtone. That made Kanan's heart break even more; he hurried to somehow calm himself and looked at who was calling...it was the hospital?? After taking a deep breath, Kanan answered the phone:

"Hello??"
"Hi, is this Kanan Jarris??"
"This is he"
"Right, this is the hospital. We need you and your family to come back"
"Okay...but why??"
"I'm sorry but that's all I can say right now. Please come in as soon as possible"
"Okay, bye"
"Bye"

The two hung up and Kanan managed to get himself to go down stairs; he reached the kitchen and saw everyone. "We need to go now, the hospital just called and they want us to go in" they all looked at the man for a split second before getting ready to leave "did they say why??" Hera asked as she was putting on her shoes "no, they just said they wanted us to come in". With a nod, the family hopped into the car and drove to the hospital. When they arrived, they were escorted to reception, signed in before being escorted to a private room. One of the nurses that had lead them around smiled at the group as he explained "you can go in now" none of them had a clue why the hospital wanted them to come in. Maybe for another statement?? Or to collect Ezra's stuff?? Kanan opened the door and was first to go in, although he instantly came to a halt; the others followed the man but did the exact same thing. All eyes were wide with confusion and shock; Zeb was the first to speak "impossible" yet the others were speechless. Ezra - the boy they had seen lifeless, shot, dead just yesterday - was sitting up in a hospital bed, reading an Avenger's comic book. As soon as he heard Zeb's voice, Ezra's head snapped up, smiling when he saw the family "hey guys". Within seconds, Sabine and Zeb were next to him, hugging him and crying - happy tears this time; Kanan and Hera just stood at the door still frozen in complete shock. They were wondering if this was all a dream. To prove them wrong, Ezra turned to Hera with a bright smile "hi mum" Hera needed more reassurance and rushed to hold the boy (I say hold him, she squeezed him to death). As soon as she reluctantly released the teen, he too a deep needed breath before his focus was drawn to Kanan; he still wore his signature smiled "hey dad". 

That was it, Kanan took large strides towards the bed and pulled the child into an embrace; Ezra chuckled "I love you too dad". Kanan just held the boy "I thought I lost you...we all did" somehow Ezra managed to worm his way out of the hug so that he could look at everyone as he explained "although you nearly did, you can't get rid of me that easy" he stated with a smirk "if I remember correctly, you said I was stuck with you all" he was right. They all endured a family embrace until a doctor came in "hi, I'm Ezra's doctor and surgeon" he introduced as he shook the two adults hands "I just came to tell you all that we took Ezra into surgery yesterday until about 3 hours ago, we removed the bullet and patched him up but we never expected Ezra to wake up so soon" it was quite the shock "but over all, everything's okay and if everything continues as it is going now for the next 3 days, Ezra can go back home" the young teen beamed from the good news - he hates hospitals "but he does have to take it easy". The family all nodded "thanks for all your help doc" the doctor nodded with a smile and then left. The small reunited family laughed, talked and just acted like a family for the rest of the day; when it came to dinner time, they even ordered a pizza to celebrate: one, Ezra not dying and recovering, and two, stopping and ending one of the deadliest gangs in the world. But all through that day, Kanan never once left Ezra's side, which to the boy meant a lot. For once, Ezra felt loved, cared for, wanted and belonged....that's all he ever wanted

The End.