The Rising

Breaking In......

Bly spotted the planet Anaxis outside of one of the port windows. He felt his stomach turn slightly as the ship descended, his wife was somewhere on that planet, and his nerves were already beginning to show. 

"Hey, you ok reg?" Wreaker asked as he helped Tech with one of the weapons they would be using on the planet's surface. Bly was about to ask what was weapon they were going to use before he heard some clanging sounds coming from the bunks. 

"hey, easy" Crosshair yelled as the clanging continued. 

"I'm not sick so stop babying me" came Natalie's voice. 

Bly smiled thinking about one of the many arguments Ayla and he had when she had gotten pregnant. 

Moments later a very annoyed Crosshair came storming into the room looking for something in the small scrap pile Tech had set up. 

"what are you doing?' Tech asked

"looking for something to throw out of the ship to shoot" Crosshair replied cooly as Natalie appeared from the bunks, her skin was red now instead of light pink with her arms crossed as she marched over to the galley. 

Crosshair's eyes watched her as he bent over the scrap pile, his eyes never left her form as Wreaker noticed slowly where his eyes were and chuckled. 

Tech rolled his eyes at the actions of the two lovebirds before turning back to his project, "leave the scraps alone Crosshair, I'm not done fixing this yet". 

Crosshair rolled his eyes before continuing to look through the scraps, that was until he felt something hard and heavy hit his head before a small clank of the small metal object hitting the floor. It only stunned him for a moment before he looked to Tech who was still working on the device. 

Wreaker on the other hand showed evidence that Crosshair was not imagining the hit. Wreakers jaw had dropped open in a shocking way almost saying 'I can't believe you did that.....'. 

Crosshair seethed at them before crossing his arms, that was until he spotted Nat picking up some food and sitting down on one of the cushioned seats. 

He froze again watching her eat the food, almost transfixed on her form, that was until he felt another heavy metal part hit him in the head. 

"will you quit that!!!" Crosshair growled at Tech who shrugged. 

Bly smiled at their antics before Hunter walked into the area, his head focused on the datapad in his hand. "ok listen up" Hunter yelled getting everyone's attention. 

Crosshair straightened up slightly as Tech removed his goggles.

"so from what we could gather from the limited data from both your" he nodded to Bly before continuing "and from Cody's report as well as a report from Rex a couple of years ago...." Bly scrunched his brow very confused before Hunter rubbed his temple and nodded "oh, yea this has been going on for a looooong time. It looks like when Ahsoka was kidnapped by Lux he wasn't supposed to take her to his hideout but this place here..." hunter pressed a button on the datapad and showed them the scan of the building they were about the breach.

"Cody said that when Barris confronted her old master she had been enhanced by the same if not similar tech. which after some digging turned out to have been made on this planet......and judging from what Lux and Darth Gorr said they might be using the tech for much more than mind control" Hunter said glancing at Bly towards the end of his sentence. 

Bly shifted slightly remembering the words Darth Gorr had spoke to him "tell the ideas to the Jedi Vod...right now all I care about is getting my wife back and killing her sick twisted ex". 

Hunter nodded before continuing the briefing, Bly barely paid attention to the information other than how they were going to gain entry and get to Ayla. 

His mind running over the last time he had seen her sleep instead. How her eyes fluttered slightly when she slept or how her hand would curl slightly when she dreamed of them. He closed his eyes trying to calm himself down from the rage that had been building in him piece by piece since Ayla had been taken. 

Hunter glanced at Bly before he continued, "since we weren't expecting the added company, no offense Nat," Crosshair glared at Hunter cracking his knuckles, not happy he used his pet name for his girl. Hunter cleared his throat slightly before continuing "uh--anyway, Natalie is going to stay in the ship". 

Natalie huffed slightly annoyed before catching Crosshair's eye, he was smiling slightly at her as he noted her hand rested gently on her stomach as she ate what looked to be chicken and rice. 

Hunter and Bly shared a look before Hunter continued "Crosshair, eyes off your girl and on the mission....... I never thought id be saying that in my life". 

Wreaker launched before Tech snickered and returned to his toys. 

Crosshair on the other hand stood up and walked over to Nat who glared at him still as he sat next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. 

"get....off" Nat growled at him, Crosshair just smirked before kissing her temple and whispering "not.a.chance". 

Nat huffed slightly before she felt his hand gently rub her stomach and hip, his head still leaned into her ear. "How do you feel," Crosshair asked as she finished her food and put it on the small table on the right of her. 

Nat curled up against him slightly making him smile and pull her onto his lap, "still kinda wobbly" she admitted before his hand wove into hers. 

"I can carry you back to the-" Crosshair started but was met with a terrifying glare that stopped him in his tracks. Nat shivered before closing her eyes, Crosshair smiled slightly before kissing her forehead "sorry, I'll tone it down......I love you, Nat". 

His voice was barely above a whisper as he spoke but Nat still blushed hard as he kissed her burning cheeks. 

Nat was about to reply when Hunter cut her off. 

"CROSSHAIR GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!" 

Crosshair jumped to his feet, kissed Nat deeply before rushing out of the ship. 

Nat bit her lip apprehensively before grabbing Crosshairs datapad to read a mechanics manual. 

Crosshair on the other hand scrambled out of the ship just before Tech closed the ship doors, not missing the chance to give him a menacing glare. 

"you done making kissy faces?" Wreaker asked snickering. 

Crosshair glaired before picking up a rock and hitting him squarely between his eyes. 

"ok....that's enough" Hinter broke in before Wreaker killed Crosshair. 

Bly glared at their childlike mannerisms before he started barking. 

"lock it up.... we are moving out in five" 

all of them jumped before glaring at him. 

Bly winced and muttered a small apology before Hunter nodded. 

"don't worry Vod, we understand.......ok boys, the entrance is being guarded with some comando droids so We-" but a loud and annoying voice cut him off. 

"I get t to smash them right!!!!!" Wreaker said excitedly. 

Tech rolled his eyes before Hunter nodded.....then watched as Wreaker ran happily to the entrance. 

"so.....no stelth then?" Asked Crosshiar. 

"Not exactly.....oh by the way you're supposed to be covering him" Hunter added smiling. 

Crosshair grumbled under his breath before running after Wreaker.

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ok guys, sorry about the wait I've been writing my midterm.......Not fun. 

but again I apologize for the wait and I hope my writing appeases you as I'm still writing it. please tell me what you think of the chapter and what you think might happen next. 

And as always props to my readers and fellow writers. <3