Clone Trooper Angst Oneshot Book

Behind closed doors - Fives

Fives POV

My head hurts. A relentless throbbing as I grip it tightly my growing frustration showing on the imprints of fingernails left on my head as my hands fall down. The room spins as I stand to attention in front of Chancellor Palpatine as he walks in. He waves dismissively at the Coruscant guards, they hesitate obviously not wanting to leave the Chancellor with such a dangerous criminal. Anger simmers under my skin as I struggle to hide it. To not scowl. To not snatch the nearest blaster and kill everything in here regardless of relation to me. My head hurts so much...

"Clone I heard that there has been a problem with your chip could you please tell me your side of the story" I nod watching the Chancellor as he begins to circle around me. I begin to tell him about Tup ignoring the sharp pain in my heart as I say his name out loud. There will be time for grief later. I continue, telling him about my investigation, the removal of my own chip and finally, "I believe that there is a greater plan behind all of this sir. It's bigger than any of us and we have very little hope of stopping it without your help so if you could please help me to prove it... to show I'm not crazy then please help m-"

"I won't"

I blink, disconcerted from being cut off mid talk.

"What?"

"I won't help you CT-27-5555"

A frown forms on my face

"But sir with all due respect without you whichever Sith lord that's behind this will be allowed to continue... I need you on my side so that I can help you save the republic..."

The smile he gives is sickly sweet with a level of over exaggerated kindness. He steps closer to me trapping me against the medical stretcher that brought in here in the first place. Confusion tingles my skin as the headache rages within my brain, a sledgehammer trying to destroy every thought coming it's way. I blink rapidly clearing the two other Palpatine's from my vision

"I won't help you because I am that Sith"

Time freezes

My eyes grow wide as I watch his eyes change from a cloudy blue to sickly yellow...

A trait of the Sith

My head explodes in pain causing me to fall against the table grasping it with both my hands as I faintly register the Chancellor reaching for me grasping hold of my chin in a grip that should not belong to such an old man.

"My name is Darth Sidious. I'm sure you've heard about me right clone?"

My vision glows red. Tup's screams as he seized on the table. The thunking of Echo's helmet as it falls in front of me. The explosion that killed Hardcase ruining whatever coherent thought that was left unscathed in my head. Cutup's scream as the space eel bit him and dragged him into it's home. Droidbait' s cry as droids shot him down. Hevy's comm cutting out.

All of their pain...

All of the deaths...

Are his fault...

How could we have been so blind?

As my rage begins to grow rapidly, he smiles again. The sickly sweet smile that always made my skin crawl. It still does. He hands me a blaster rifle.

I don't hesitate.

Knocking him to the ground I faintly register him calling for help as I raise the blaster aiming for the lung.

He doesn't deserve a quick death...

They didn't get quick deaths so why should he?

My finger squeezes the blaster, my eyes narrow as I prepare to take the shot...

"Fives!"

The blaster is yanked from my grasp as I fly backwards hitting the table and falling to the ground. Precious air leaving me but I can't stop. I need to get out of here.

I need General Skywalker...

I need Captain Rex...

So, I run. Before I can register anything I'm running down the stairs as fast as I can. Desperation. Determination. It all fuels me as I reach the bottom of the stairs slamming the doors open as I race across the large hall at a speed I didn't know I could reach.

"Fives! Stop!"

I ignore General Ti ignoring the cadet side of me that just wants to curl in her arms and cry as I did when I was a cadet. Those simple days are very far behind now. I wonder if she'd even still do that for me if she knew what I'm going to have to do. It doesn't matter now. I have a job to do. A role to fill.

I jump through the quickly narrowing space as the doors wondering if I just sealed my fate of losing my legs and bleeding to death alone. But I make it. Taking a moment to breath a new surge of determination runs through as I keep running.

I need to find Rex...

A/N This chapter was requested by PlainsHobbit I really hoped you enjoyed this chapter! It was interesting to write and I hope it's what you hoped it would be! Requests are always open and I hope you all have a good night/evening/day! Bye!