Where I Belong (Star Wars: The Bad Batch)

The Mission

As soon as the remaining team members of The Bad Batch, including Omega, step off the shuttle the dark troopers on both sides of your shoulders aimed at them, waiting for your orders.

"Y/N. We want to help you. We don't want to hurt you." Omega says. "Selfish words... From just a child who got herself into this mess." You say. "Y/N! Wake up! Your mind is being controlled by the Empire, now snap out of it! This is not who you are!" Crosshair says. "You still care that much don't you..." You say as The Bad Batch aim their weapons at the troopers & you.
"Come on, shoot me. Be done with me, just do it." You say asking Crosshair to kill you. "I'm not gonna kill you Y/N." Crosshair replies. "Then why have you tried to kill me the past... Just do it. I know you still have that firey spirit inside of you, you've just hidden it away." You say as Crosshair approaches you his sniper getting closer to you.

"What's it gonna be? Kill me? Or I kill you." You say, your hand over your blaster. "I'm sorry." Crosshair says as you were about to question him then he shot you in the lower part of your chest & you collapsed.
"You'll thank me for that later when you come around." Crosshair says to himself as he fights the dark troopers that began firing on him & the team.

As the team & the dark troopers fought. You lifted yourself up until you had positioned yourself upright, laying against a crate full of supplies for the shuttles & ships that came in & out of the hangar when it was operational during the Clone Wars.
You placed your hand over your wound, while the other you kept on your head.

Your head was pounding loudly in your head. All you heard was your orders...

Kill The Bad Batch, complete the mission.

You Shaked your head side to side. When Tech noticed you, after finishing off fighting one of the few dark troopers that were with you, Tech came over to you & looked at your wound.
You laid still until you had a change to intervene.
Behind your belt was a knife. You slid it out of it sleeve & when Tech looked away at the rest of the team, you stabbed him straight in his back & got up to your feet, keeping your hand over your wound & getting onto your shuttle.

Before you could type in any coordinates to any planet in the galaxy you turned around & Crosshair turned the corner into the cockpit where he stared right into your eyes.
"What have they done to you..." Crosshair says quietly. "Who the hell are you..." You ask.
Your memory of your team faded during the process along with the memories of the other people you have known or met along the way.

"Y/N? Tell me what they did to you." Crosshair says. "How about you tell me who you are?!" You shout back. "I know how you feel right now... Now please, don't hate me more than you already do." Crosshair says. "What the hell do you mean?" You ask as then suddenly Crosshairs lips touch yours & he pulls you in for a kiss.
As the kiss continued you saw flashing lights in your eyes.

Until they became clear you didn't know what you were seeing. When it became clear to you, you saw all the memory coming back to you. From your original home planet, to Kamino, to where you were then to now.
"Cross? What happened? Are you ok?!" You ask. "I'm fine. I'm just glad to see you back." Crosshair says. "What do mean? What happened? What did I do?" You ask. "I'll tell you on the shuttle when we're in hyperspace." Crosshair says as he walks with you over to their shuttle.
Tech managed to remove the knife from his back & patch himself up with some help from Omega, when on the shuttle.

Before leaving Coursant. Tech relaxed himself in the pilot seat while Echo sat beside him as the co-pilot.
"All systems are go, now let's get out of..." Suddenly before Tech could finish his sentence, a blast came firing into the back of the shuttle.
"Tech get us out of here!" You scream from the back of the shuttle, close to the cockpit. "Our engines have been fired on! We're losing power!" Tech shouts back to you.
"Stay here..." Crosshair says as you stop him by touching his shoulder. "Don't... You could be killed." You say. "I've been in situations like that before, & I always come back." Crosshair says as a tear rolls down your cheek.

Before he leaves the shuttle to confront the other person in the other ship that had landed in the hangar, Crosshair whistled to you & you whistled back remembering back to that snowy winter on your original home planet before Kamino where you met Crosshair & heard his whistle for the first time.
"Promise me you'll come back." You say. "I'll never leave your side Y/N. I'll always be with you. Until the end." Crosshair says as he leaves the shuttle approaching the other man who was dressed in Imperial officer clothing & approaching Crosshair at a steady rate.

"Don't you come any closer... I have you where I want you."
It was Tarkin, & Crosshair knew how powerful he truly is.
"What the hell did you do to Y/N?!" Crosshair asks, hate in his eyes. "The new Commander? Her mind was earsed, & it seems to me you broke her free." Trakin says. "What do want." Crosshair asks. "For you... & Your selfish team... To die..."
Tarkin pulls out his rifle & before he opens fire you run out of the shuttle, Tech trying to get you to come back & just a the bullet fires you jump in front of Crosshair & take the shot.
"No!!!" Crosshair screams in pain. Tarkin blows the spoke away from his rifle, puts it away & before he had a chance to get to his shuttle Crosshair grabbed his sniper & shot him straight through the head.

Crosshair focused on Tarkin until he collapsed & Crosshair knew that he was actually gone. Then his mind went straight back to you who had a bullet wound in your lower chest & now one, close to your heart.
You were bleeding out & you didn't know how much time you had left until you left your team for good...

"Y/N! Y/N, stay with me... Please just hold on." Crosshair says, tears rolling down his face. "Cross? I saved you..." You say weakly. "By taking the bullet instead of me? Y/N, why?" Crosshair asks. "I didn't want to live just to see you die. I'd rather live to see myself die, knowing that you & my team are still alive because of me..." You say as Tech comes over to you with a med pack & starts placing bandages over you to control the bleeding.
As Tech was helping you, the pain was fierce, & you weren't scared, you weren't worried. You knew leaving now was the best thing to do.

When they lifted you up, Wrecker came over to you to carry you on the shuttle & lay you down.
After a few slight fixes, the ship was back in the air, flying softly through hyperspace.
"Cross?" You say. "What is it Y/N? You should rest." Crosshair replies. "I know, but I don't have much of myself left. Cross? You have to promise... Promise me, you'll keep Omega, & the team safe... Please... Keep... Them..."

You then took your last breath of air, & Crosshair tried waking you up, calling out your name.
Omega & some of the team then came over & dropped their heads, beginning to cry.
You were finally at peace.