The Rising

Waking World

Cody felt someone shaking his shoulders a little roughly.

He groaned slightly before his eyes opened slightly, bombarding his cornea with light causing him to grunt in pain. He had a monster headache along with his whole body feeling as though he had been run over by a platoon of clankers. 

"hey vod...how you feeling?" asked Fi as he put a wet cloth on his forehead. 

"where.....is.......Barris?" Cody mumbled. 

Fi sighed as he checked Cody's vitals, Cody squinted at his surroundings recognizing his souroindings almost immediately as the medic bay aboard Obiwans flag ship. 

"Where...." Cody's voice broke before he started coughing, Fi shook his head at him "you need rest, here" he tried and failed to give him some water. 

Cody turned away from him before trying to sit up, his head spun painfully before Fi pushed him back to the bed. "Rest means laying down....as in not standing up" a second voice said from next to them, Cody turned to take in Volt's form though slightly blurry. 

"Barris....." Cody whimpered his heart crashing down to his stomach as he realized he was the only one in the med bay. 

Volt and Fi glanced at each other before Fi spoke "you need to get some rest vod, your body has been through a lot.....and that was before the little incident with........." Fi trailed off as he realized what he was about to say. 

Then Volt noticed something strange about his brother, something hed never thought he would see from his captain ever. 

Cody was crying. 

It was scilent tears, but tears all the same. 

"Is she.........please......tell me" Cody begged his voice breaking. 

Volt winced before looking at Fi who groaned "fine, but if he passed out you are dragging him back here on your own". 

Volt smiled before helping Cody to his feet, wrapping his arm around his shoulders so it would be easier to move him before directing him towards a door. 

Cody panted heavily as he fought to stay upright as Volt led him through the door, the room beyond the door as it turns out was where they kept the backta tanks. fifteen tanks lined up against the walls full of clones being slowly healed back to fighting shape. 

But only one tank had Codys full attention. 

It was the only one with a woman in it, and it looked like she was in worse shape than the clones around her who where missing limbs. Her skin had leasions all over her body and face but the one on her chest took the cake, the wound was so deep he could see her ribs and even a piece of her lung. 

Cody broke free of Volts help running across to her tank. He almost fell over twice before he finally crashed almost face first into the glass, his hands managed to grab onto the metal ladder before Volt caught up to him. 

"Hold on there Vod. she is out cold" Volt said trying to pry Cody from the ladder but Cody wouldn't budge. 

"She's alive" Cody whispered to himself as he pressed his hand to the glass where her cheek was. "She's alive" Cody whispered again as he rested his forehead against the glass, Volt winced before he tried to pull Cody away "Come on vod, you have to get some rest, you know where she is you can visit when you get better". 

"How long...Hown long has she been like this?" Cody asked his eyes falling to her eyes which fluttered slightly. 

"You both have been out for at least a couple of weeks" Volt replied as Cody shivered from both the cold and exhaustion. 

"Im staying" Cody replied before Volt closed his eyes more than a little annoyed at his brother. 

"Listen man you cant sleep in here there is no room" Volt argued. 

"Ill sleep on the floor" Cody replied turning his head slightly to address Volt, "I cant lose her.....If I do....I don't know if ill ever be able to think sane again" Cody whispered. 

Volt sighed "Ill ask Fi if we can move a bed.....don't hold your breath though......" 

Cody hummed before Volt got curious "so you really are staying in here????" Cody nodded before resting his forehead against the glass.

Volt sighed and muttered to himself as he went off to talk to Fi leaving Cody to stand half dressed in the freezing room. Cody on the other hand didn't care about that he just wanted to be next to her, to have her curled up in his arms. Though his more sensible half of him argued that might never happen it was soon drowned out by his more hopeful half of him.

"When you get out of that Cyare, you will never need to pick up your saber ever again" Cody mumbled as he kissed the glass that was right over her cheek.

"HE IS NOT SLEEPING IN THERE!!!!!!" Came Fi's yell of annoyance making Cody chuckle before he heard the hurried footsteps of Fi, probably with a sedative in hand. Cody looked around in time to see a pissed off Fi who did indeed have a sedative filled needle before Cody was dragged away from the bacta tank room, though his eyes never left her tank.

Hoping she would wake up.

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Ok guys newest chapter please tell me what you think. And yes I know the last one was dark, but I needed the Segway. You'll understand soon 😇. Please comment and like to tell me your thoughts on the chapter. And as always props to my readers and fellow writers ❤️.