Safe and Sound (Star Wars: The Bad Batch AU)

Chapter 5

Omega grabbed her cup of ice cream from the counter as Trace handed the cashier some money. Tech took Trace's ice cream for her, and followed Omega to one of those seating places in front of the window with tall stools to sit on.
"What kind of ice cream did you get, Omega?" Trace asked.
Omega put her ice cream on the counter and climbed onto the spinning stool, "I got an Oreo blizzard. What did you get?"
"I got a Butterfinger blizzard. What did you get Tech?"
Tech sat down, "I have the vanilla shake."
"You're so basic, Uncle Tech," Omega giggled.
"I am not basic," Tech adjusted his glasses, "I just like the taste of it."
"Yep," Trace took a spoonful of her ice cream, "You're basic."
They looked out the window, seeing the cars zoom past, admired the Christmas decorations, and started talking about what Omega's learning in school.

"What are we going to do next?" Omega asked, sipping the last drops of her shake.
"Dunno, what do you wanna do?" Trace ate her last scoop of ice cream.
Omega thought for a moment, "Could we go to the mall? I haven't gotten everyone a Christmas present yet."
"What do ya say, Tech? Wanna come with us to the mall?"
"Seeing as I don't really have a choice, I'll come along."

After a couple hours of shopping, they now had everything they needed, and more. Omega found a Jurassic Park graphic tee, Trace found herself a red jacket, and Tech found a really cool and complex Lego technic set.
They walked around the mall, bags in their hands when Omega stopped at a window. The inside was spacious with yellow walls, small clothes and stuffed animals waiting to be taken home. There were even stuffed animals just waiting to be stuffed.
"Woah..." Omega put her hand on the large window.
"Omega?" Tech turned around, stopping. He saw Omega admiring the inside of a Build-A-Bear workshop. Trace stopped, noticing that neither Tech or Omega were by her side.
She walked over to Omega.
"What is this place?" Omega asked.
"It's Build-A-Bear. It's where you can make your own stuffed animal," Trace looked into the window.
"Could I make a friend for Lula?" Omega asked, amazed by the many stuffed animals.
"I don't see why not," Trace smiled, "C'mon, Tech. We're going into Build-A-Bear."
Tech looked up from his phone and followed them into the shop.

"Hi! Welcome to Build-A-Bear! Would you like any help with creating your bear?" A worker greeted them.
Omega nodded, "How does this all work?"
"I'll show you!" The worker replied cheerfully, "Follow me!"
The worker showed the group the different stations, talked about what you do there and also explained how the stuffing machine works.
"Any questions?" The worker asked.
"What are the options for my bear?" Omega asked.
"Over here, you'll find different types of stuffed animals you could have. We have bears, dragons, and more!" The worker led them to the empty stuffed animals.
Omega looked through the red plastic containers and found a Red Raptor.
"I want this one!" Omega showed them.
"Perfect! Do you want a voice box for it?" The worker asked. Omega nodded. "They're right over there."
Omega saw where the blue voice boxes were, and picked out one where you can record your own message.
"Hi! I'm Red. We're going to be best friends!" Omega spoke into the blue heart. She pressed the button and heard her voice from it. Now it was time to stuff the animal. Omega went to the stuffing machine and stood in line.

"Don't forget to give your Dino a heart," the worker handed Omega a small red heart for her raptor.
"What do I do with this?" Omega asked.
"This Heart will give your new friend love," the worker said. The worker got another heart to demonstrate what to do next. "First, you make a wish, hold it close to your heart, then you give the heart a kiss to make it come true. And before it gets stuffed, you put the heart inside the Dino."
"A wish? I could wish for anything?"
The worker nodded. "Anything."
Omega thought for a moment. When it was her turn to have her raptor stuffed, she held the plastic heart head her heart. I wish my parents would get along and be friends again.

She gave the plastic heart a peck and put both hearts into the raptor.

A/N: I've never made anything from Build-A-Bear, so I'm sorry for any inaccuracies in this chapter. This is just based off stories I've heard and from what I've seen. (Big sad)