Hey I'm back and finally after almost a year (kind of) bringing you the next chapter of my story. On the plus side hopefully my writing has improved. Though I apologize for the almost Sherlock level cliffhanger.

Oh, and I'd also like to point out that the hearing aids Ezra had been using were very advanced in comparison to our world's actual hearing aids. (I figured star wars could be more advanced given they also have fully functioning prosthetic limbs)

I hope you enjoy it.

Ezra woke up this time in the comfort of his own bed. He felt around under his pillow for his hearing aids out of habit only to come up empty handed.

"Oh, right" Ezra thought. "They got broken yesterday."

He remembered when his parents first gave him the hearing aids. They had scrounged together the money for them for him for his birthday when he was 3 years old. He was very little but he would always remember the first time he heard his parents' actual voices. It was so foreign and different than the language he had learned but beautiful in its own right. Though he couldn't remember if it was him or his mother who had been crying… Maybe it was both.

Would he ever hear any of the crew's voices again? Would he just be a burden to the crew now? He had never thought of his lack of hearing as impairment on his ability to work before but with coms on missions…

Ezra rolled over and resisted the urge to groan in frustration, and then he noticed the stains of blood on his pillow. He sat up quickly checking his head for wounds and came back with a thick trail of blood coming from both ears, which was, not only stuck to the side of his face but also matted into his hair. This is when Ezra noticed how his ears were pounding with pain. It felt like there was a pressure crushing the inside of his ears, definitely not a good sign.

So, Ezra climbed his way out of the bunk and snuck his way out into the hall to the refresher. He was going to have to wash all this blood off him before any of the crew saw him.

"Sabine we need you to start helping the rest of the crew learn sign for Ezra" Kanan told Sabine.

Sabine nodded but looked over at Hera in confusion and said, "I mean I could probably help you with the basics but don't you think it would be better for Ezra to teach everyone? I mean it is his native language after all."

Hera nodded in agreement. It became obvious to Sabine that Kanan and Hera already had a similar discussion before they called her in.

"I still think it would make him feel more like a part of the crew Kanan" Hera said.

It became obvious to Kanan that Hera had only really called Sabine in because she knew that she would take her side.

"Fine!" Kanan conceded to the girls side. "But you have to help when needed Sabine. Ezra is still new onboard we can't burden him with teaching us everything."

Hera smiled knowing she had won. She was broken from her silent celebration when Kanan spoke again.

"Ezra's awake" he said but there was something in his voice, something that told Hera everything wasn't quite right.

"What is it?" Hera asked worriedly.

"I don't know" Kanan responded closing his eyes trying to focus on Ezra through the force. "There is just something wrong" with that Kanan got up out of his seat and followed Ezra's force signature to outside the refresher door.

"We can't walk in on him when he's cleaning himself up Kanan." Hera said from behind him.

Kanan sighed impatiently, "I know" he said but still he needed to know and he was sure Ezra would try to hide it from him. He would have to go about this carefully.

"We will just have to wait" Kanan said and with his arms crossed Kanan and Hera, who had a much more relaxed posture, turned off to another part of the ship to wait for Ezra's force signature to move to another part of the ship.