Where I Belong (Star Wars: The Bad Batch)

Sergeant Hunter

As you are laid down by Crosshair in the back of the Marauder Cross goes to the entert door of the Marauder that was still open.
"Cross," You say as Crosshair comes over to you & sits beside you grabbing bandages as he comes back over so he can patch your wounds. "Your lucky to be alive you know. That gun went straight through, I wanted to believe you died like... Nevermind." Cross says as you look up at him & place your hand on his shoulder. "Cross, what happened out their?" You ask as suddenly the rest of the team comes back to the Marauder with Wrecker carrying Hunter who was badly wounded & bleeding. "Stay here." Crosshair says as he leaves to go help them, you slowly lift yourself up to where Crosshair was sitting & sat their looking at the team.
"Guys... Is he..." You ask, your voice trembling. "Y/N stay out of this." Cross says politely as you sit back & look out the window of the Marauder in the back.

After a few moments of silence passed Crosshair comes back over to you asking for your presence. "Y/N. Come with me. I'll help you out." Cross says as he stabilizes you & he leads you to the center of the ship where Hunter was laying. "Hunter." You say shaking as you speak. Hunter grabbed your hand & held you close to him. "Hunter, what happened..." You ask as Tech tells you. "Y/N, Hunter was shot by that bounty hunter, Omega was taken away, no way to know where, & you were shot, also by a bounty hunter." "Hunter, I should have listened to you... I should've come back here." You say. "Y/N *coughing* it's not your fault." Hunter says weakly. "Y/N, you need to find Omega... Bring her home..." Hunter says as he reaches towards his bandana, slides it off, & hands it to you, you closing your fist around it.
"Doesn't hesitate Y/N... Be brave... Be safe... Most importantly... Stay strong..." Hunter says as he his breathing lowers until he takes his last breathe...

Tears streamed down by your face as you sat in the back of the Marauder alone while the rest of the team was up front & leaves Mos Eisley & jumping to hyperspace.
You held Lula, Omega's favorite doll, along with Wrecker, & held her tight in your arms as tears streamed down your cheeks. Suddenly, you hear a knock on a wall beside you. It was Crosshair. "This wasn't supposed to happen... Cross we predicted this would happen & we did nothing! We just stood their waiting for orders when we could have gone in anytime!!" You shout. "Y/N, we did what was right, we followed orders from him & waited for his command to charge in." Cross says. "Yes but he would've not died if we didn't follow orders!" You say. "Y/N, your stressed & your still wounded... you need rest." Crosshair says as he kisses you & walks off, you watching him as he leaves.

You look down at Hunters bandana with the skull on the side & put it close to your heart & kept it their as you fell asleep.

When you woke up you looked in front of you to see that the Marauder was out of hyperspace & that it was docked in a hangar.
You wanted to try to figure out where you all landed but you had no idea. It was a great large forest & a small area in a town.
As soon as you heard the door of the Marauder open you got up weak & you remembered that you were injured. "Hey, how you holding up?" Tech asks coming over to you. "I'm hanging in there. Where are we?" You ask. "we're on a forest moon, a good enough place to rest & stay out of chaos." Tech says as you rolled your eyes knowing that something could go wrong.
"The rest of us are heading to get some rations." Tech says as you nod & watch as he leaves walking off of the Marauder with the team.

"So, who's in charge now?" Wrecker asks outside of the Marauder. Everyone looked around, facing each other.
You slowly make your way off of the Marauder & stand their. "Hunter may be gone, but that doesn't mean we can't have a leader, I'll be taking his place. Our objective is to grab our rations & go back to Tatooine to see if we can find anything that could help lead us in the way Omega was taken or at least give us a hint." You say as the team acknowledges you as their new commanding leader.
As soon as the team returns to the Marauder with crates filled with rations. They helped each other carry it on & then Tech headed to the front of the Marauder where he turned on the Marauder & jumped to hyperspace after exiting the forest moon.
"Have a course set to Tatooine, we don't wanna keep Omega waiting if she's still on the planet." You say as Tech types the coordinates in & keeps the Marauder steady as it travels through hyperspace.

In the back of the Marauder you stand looking out the window & slip Hunter's bandana on over your head. "Hang in there Omega. We're coming for you." You say to yourself.
Crosshair walks up to you & sets his hands on your shoulders. You interlocked your fingers with his & kept still. "We'll get her back. I'm sure we will." Cross whisper's in your ear. "Don't think it's gonna be that easy. Something is gonna go wrong. I'm sure of it. I was sure about it last time & I'm sure about it now." You say as Crosshair let's go of you & walks to sit down.

When the Marauder enters the atmosphere you come up to the cockpit with Hunter's bandana on. Everyone but Tech turned around & sighed, then grinned.
"Tech bring us in for a landing, same hangar." You order as Crosshair chuckles with his arms crossed.
As soon as the Marauder lands the team exits & as soon as they do you stand in the ship then walk down to see the same woman Hunter came in contact with. "Here's credits, if we don't come back after a long while use this comm. & Don't try anything funny." You say handing over credits & a comm link that she turned on.

You & the team headed were the speeder's were parked & controlled the speeder's as did the rest of the crew that was around.
When you all get back to Jabba's Palace you all go in, guns raised. "Keep on a look out for those bounty hunters, we here for one reason... Omega. Omega is our main objective, now keep a look out, Cross, get up high, we never know what to expect." You order as Crosshair acknowledges you & finds a high enough area to setup his sniper rifle.

As you & the team stand in front of the throne everyone looks around & then a shadow appears & everyone aims.