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The Hidden Secret

Warnings: Transformation, fear, self hatred, wounds, blood, ghost, body horror, mention of canon death, swearing.

A/N: This is our first fic as part of our fic series The Big, Not So Bad Wolves AU. This is a collab with AhsokaTano-TheTogruta on tumblr.

Hunter bites his lip as he paces around his room nervously, he doesn't know what they are going to do. The Marauder had been damaged on their last mission, so Tech had to crash it on a remote planet, unluckily though, this planet has a long full moon cycle. Hunter pinches the bridge of his nose, they can't leave the marauder until it's over, no one can know that they are werewolves.

It had happened during one of their first missions, Tech had been bit by an unknown creature, he had been fine, until the full moon cycle. As soon as he had stepped into the moonlight, he had transformed into a werewolf, and in his unknowing state he bit the rest of them. It took until the full moon cycle ended for them to come back to themselves, but luckily, that was just the first time. Every other time they've transformed, they have been themselves, albeit, with a bit more wolf-like behaviors.

Now they have to stop at a planet with a full moon every month or two to get some energy out, but now that they have Echo and their resident ghost around, it's been two months since that's happened, and they are all getting antsy, Hunter can already feel the pull of the full moon outside, but they all resist it, it's not that they don't trust Fives and Echo, not at all. It's only that those two are new, and they are just starting to trust them, and if they find out they are werewolves, it could ruin the bit of trust that has been built.

"Hunter?" Hunter turns to see Crosshair, Tech and Wrecker walk in and close the door behind them. "What do we do, Hunter? We are going to need to go outside for repairs, and Echo will get suspicious if we only send him." Tech tells him, and Hunter sighs. "I don't know, the best idea I have is to wait it out. But we cannot let Fives and Echo know, at least, not yet." Everyone nods, and Crosshair scrunches his eyes. "We need to tell them soon, I can't go much longer without having a run to get rid of this pent up energy." Hunter nods. "We will, but they don't trust us yet, especially not Fives." Everyone gets a look of sadness. "Can't believe he was killed by a brother." Wrecker whispers angrily, and Hunter nods. "Yeah, and he has major trust issues, so he might get really scared of us if we transform, especially with what we look like." Everyone nods, hoping that when they do tell, they don't lose their new found brothers.

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"What do we do, Fives!" Echo yells as he paces around his room, Fives is hovering over his bed, legs crossed. "I'm not sure, but you need to calm down, Echo." Echo glares at Fives. "Don't tell me to calm down, you're not the one who could transform when they step outside and into the moonlight." Echo's breathing quickens and deepens as he says that and his pupil's dilate, which is a warning sign that he's being pulled and tempted to go outside and into the moonlight, so Fives stays calm to keep Echo calm and starts to distract him from the want. "Echo, hey, come back to me, Vod. You have to resist it, or the others they'll..." He doesn't finish his sentence because it'll stress Echo out even more, but he seems to get what he's trying to say when Fives notices Echo's breathing has slowed down dramatically.

Fives sighs once Echo calms down. "I know, but you know that I would never let anyone hurt you, ever!" Echo nods, tearing up. "It's just that...they will probably react the same way that Shiny did back on the mission on Kashyyyk, when they could've killed me if Kix hadn't treated my wound quickly enough. You've seen how accurate Crosshair's shots are, and Wrecker...well, he can lift a whole Kriffing gunship, there's no telling what he could do to me--" "Echo, calm down, it's going to be okay. I'll be there for you, and I'll never let anyone else hurt you, ever." Fives had noticed Echo shaking, so he had stepped in before Echo caused himself anymore stress and pain. Echo smiles sadly, but he's thankful that he has Fives right by him, always.