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bedlamsbardChapters: 7/?
Fandom: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla
Characters: Hera Syndulla, Kanan Jarrus, Sabine Wren, Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, C1-10P | Chopper, Ezra Bridger, Cham Syndulla, Barriss Offee, Kallus | ISB-021, Darth Vader, Ahsoka Tano
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Canon-Typical Violence
Summary:
Ten years after she vanished during an Imperial raid on a Twi'lek colony, Cham Syndulla sees his daughter Hera for the first time in a hologram -- now wearing the uniform of an Imperial agent and apparently working closely with a human Inquisitor. All Cham wants to do is to bring his long-missing child home to what remains of her family, but he soon finds that Hera Syndulla is only interested in two things: her duty to the Empire and her loyalty to her crew, a mismatched collection of outcasts brought together by Hera and her pet Inquisitor.
With Cham and the Rebel agent known as Fulcrum in pursuit, a new mission takes Hera and the crew of the Ghost to the planet Lothal, where a chance meeting with a Force-sensitive teenager awakens something long buried in the Inquisitor once known as Kanan Jarrus...and has dire consequences for Hera, their crew, the Empire, and the fledgling Rebel Alliance.
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Kanan’s concerned expression went soft and affectionate all at once. He was leaning down for another kiss when a voice said, “Inquisitor! I was told that you’d be joining us today.”
Kanan’s shoulders went tight. Hera let go of his hand as Kanan turned to face Commandant Aresko, straightening her back and raising her chin. Aresko was a thin, sepulchral human male with grayish skin who looked at Hera as though he wasn’t quite sure why she was here. His companion, the sturdily built Taskmaster Grint, eyed her up and down with a familiar glint in his eyes that Hera knew meant that he was picturing her naked and liking what he saw. Hera had seen that expression a lot during her time in the service.
“Agent…Syndulla,” Aresko said, with a barely noticeable pause between the words. “I wasn’t aware that you would be here too.”
Hera gave him a thin-lipped smile. “The Imperial Security Bureau is always on the lookout for outstanding cadets that might be interested in something a bit less glamorous than some of the other options, but with greater rewards.”
“Is recruitment one of your duties, then, Agent Syndulla?” Grint said, his smirk suggesting he knew exactly what her “duties” were.
Kanan turned his head to glare at Grint, his eyebrows climbing upwards, but all Hera did was cross her arms over her chest and say, “I’m an active field agent. My only duty is to defend the Empire.”
Grint’s smirk grew, while Aresko just looked faintly uncomfortable. His voice sharp enough to cut through durasteel, Kanan snapped, “Let’s get this over with. I doubt any of the cadets on your little backwater have much to offer the Empire aside from a few more bodies to fill out the thin white line, but I’ve got my orders.”