The Rising

Blurting Truths

Crosshair and Bly were floating in space just a couple of feet away from the ship's outer maintenance hatch.

"Think this should do it" Bly muttered as he fused the last set of wires. He glanced over at a nervous-looking Crosshair "you ok?".

Crosshair had looked slightly shocked at first when Natalie turned up almost literally at their doorstep, but now he looked a little calmer "I'm fine.....thanks to Nat but in all truth...if she had been taken I'm not sure what I would have done" Crosshair said sadly.

Bly chuckled as he took the tool Crosshair held out to him. "I'm still not good with talking with people.....or anyone really. But with her, I don't have to worry about messing up or saying something that will make her mad. Though she is a cute shade of red when she is mad".

"Yea, one of the reasons I think Ayla and I get along is because when I feel so trapped in my own head she is able to pry it open and help me relax a bit, and when she gave me my children it was pure heaven" Bly commented nodding slightly.

"Where are they now?" Crosshair asked slightly curious slightly wary "they are headed to General Shaak Ti and the other Jedi younglings........." Bly trailed off his mind wondering for a moment.

"So they are Jedi too?" Crosshair asked slightly confused.

"According to the tests Obiwan did, they take after their mother in so many ways" Bly muttered the last bit before smiling "they are just as calming influence as their mother".

"Same with Natalie. though at first it was a little scary and I actually did think she was a Jedi..... when I finally relaxed it was like I'd found my Oasis from the war, from the batch. She doesn't control my emotions, she lets me explore them........" Cross trailed off blushing madly.

Bly laughed before taking the drill Crosshair handed him "so how did you meet?".

"She was a mechanic at an underground racing ring...I might have tried to join for fun......." Crosshair said calmly as Bly looked at him as if he was crazy before Crosshair continued "she was trying to fix an engine off the side of the track but she kept being harassed by a jackass.....she ended up punching his lights out, his friends didn't like that and they got a little mad...so I sorta stepped in.....well shot in."

Bly handed him back the drill as Hunter came in over the comms "ok boys time to get back inside and man the stations we got company hot on our tail".

Bly looked at Crosshair who was confused for a moment before they made their way to the airlock, once inside however Crosshair was met with a scary sight.

Wreaker had Natalie by her upper arm slightly lifted off the floor as he yelled at her "you're a SPY!!!".

"What!! No way!!!!" she yelled back her skin slowly turning red as she stared down the giant oaf.

"WREAKER PUT HER DOWN!!!" Crosshair yelled running over still in his suit trying to pry her free from his Vods grasp. "Wreaker put her down" Hunter yelled causing everyone in the room to jump.

Wreaker eventually let her go as Crosshair pulled her behind him protectively "the data pad you brought with you has a tracker on it" Hunter addressed Natalie who shook her head "No, that....that can't be right". Crosshair looked to Natalie then to Hunter before Hunter spoke again "they knew your boyfriend was a clone, and they hit that transport to get you to run to him.........". Crosshair looked at Natalie who was in shock "so all those people.......it's my fault they are dead?".

Hunter winced before opening his mouth before being cut off by Crosshair who glared at him as he spoke to the shaking woman behind him "it's not your fault Nat, they chose to hit that ship. If anything you probably screwed up their plan -".

"Hunter!!! We where right!!! It's his!!!" Techs voice came loud and clear through Hunters private chanel.

Crosshair narrowed his eyes at Hunter who gulped slightly. "What's mine?!" Crosshair asked in a dangerous tone his grip on Nat tightened slightly before she looked at the both of them confused.

"Uhhhhh....." Hunter started more than a little out of his depth, "your girlfriend is kinda pregnant with your kid" Bly responded for him, figuring the best way to handle this was to just rip the bandage off.

Crosshair looked at Hunter who nodded before looking behind him to see a very pale looking Nat just seconds before she crumpled "Nat!!" Crosshair yelled catching her before her head hit the floor. Her head lolled back for a moment before he pulled her up so her head rested on his chest, Crosshair looked like he was himself almost as frail as a leaf when he looked back at Hunter.

"How long?" Crosshair demanded.

Hunter shrugged "all I know is that she is pregnant with your kid........and that's probably one of the reasons they attacked the transport. Either take her hostage to control you or -" "don't.....don't finish that sentence" Crosshair hissed out his body tensing at the thought.

"What is the ETA of the pirate ship" Bly asked his eye landing in the escape pod.

"Ten minutes maybe less"Hunter replied following Bly's train of thought.

Wreaker stepped forward to Crosshair "do you need any help vod?" His voice was unsure and slightly scared but Crosshair shook his head "no it's ok, she is gonna be sleeping in my bunk anyway". Wreaker watched as Crosshair got to his feet before making his way to the bunk area, He could see out of the corner of his eye Bly and Hunter reprogramming the escape pod as well.

"What are you doing?" Wreaker asked confused.

"If they want to follow us, then they are gonna have to follow this think into the outer rim" Bly replied before being zapped by one of the wires.

"Uhhhhh ok" wreaker smiled before walking into the cockpit.

Crosshair was trying his best to calm down as he laid her down in his cramped bunk. It was grey with a thin blanket folded at the foot of it, there where posters of some waterfalls of Naboo put up. One in particular was hiding one of his favorite photos of Nat and him after one of their dates, he smiled at the memory of it.

It was the very first time they kissed and the very first time Crosshair was ever off base all night or late the next morning.

Crosshair kissed her forehead before covering her with his blanket, his eyes not leaving her stomach where his child lay.

His child.

He never thought he'd ever have that thought run through his head, though he did like the idea of it. "Your gonna be ok Nat,  you and our youngling" he whispered before kissing her gently and getting up to report to hunter.

In all truth he half wanted the pirate to find them just so he could make them beg for forgiveness before kicking them out the airlock.

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Okay guys newest chapter please tell me what you think of the ship. I know I'm focusing on Crosshair more than anyone in the bad batch but it's gonna be great you will see. And as always props to my readers and fellow writers ❤️.