Beating of your heart

Chapter Nine

Obi-Wan nodded, taking his seat in the Council Meeting Room. He could see that, for the first time in a long time, most of the council was present.

"Now that you are all here, we will begin," Mace stated.

"A disturbance in The Force, we felt," Yoda stated, "darkness, it grows."

Osik. 
Obi-Wan thought, making sure his face showed no signs of being panicked.

"From outside the core worlds, the wave oriented," Mace stated, "but that is as much as we were able to pinpoint the darkness down before the fog over The Force grew stronger and thicker."

"A new darkness, arisen it has."

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Cody scanned through the information one last time before he donned the helmet. The armour was as shiny as a shiny, and he made sure that there would be nothing to set him apart, nothing that could point anything back to himself. 
If he were caught, he would get decommissioned; he did not doubt that. 
After all, he was about to start working on the different troopers of different units to try and get them to see the issue presented and not act within The Final Battle (Fives had named it that.)

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The 212th and 501st cheered as they watched the two commanding officers of the 212th attempt to kill each other.

Cody grinned behind his helmet as he deflected Obi-Wan's lightsaber again. He twisted his wrist, ripping their blades from both their hands before jumping forwards, knocking them both from their feet.

Obi-Wan grunted before pushing them both up using The Force.

Cody stumbled, his boot sliding against the durasteel. He threw an arm up, blocking Obi-Wan's attack, throwing his own for good luck.

The 212th cheered as the Commander was thrown from his feet again.

Cody felt the air leave his body as he hit the ground hard, sliding. He quickly grabbed next to him before throwing his arm up.

Obi-Man quickly froze as he felt the blade start to brush against his neck. "I concede."

"I do believe we're even now," Cody grinned, pushing himself to his feet.

"That does even the score, yes."

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"Sir," Waxer started, slowly approaching where Cody was working.

"Yes, Waxer?" Cody asked, looking up from his datapad.

"There is a shiny going around, telling vode things," Waxer stated, "rumours are spreading. Unease is building - we believe it is because of this shiny."

"Do you know who their commanding officer is?" Cody asked, placing down the datapad.

"No, not for certain," Waxer sighed, "but it's lining up with the times both yourself and General Kenobi are being drawn away for missions. I think they are trying not to get caught."

"We are allowed our own opinions and ideas; however, if it is causing so much trouble, then I'll look into it," Cody nodded.

"Thank you, sir."

Cody watched Waxer leave the room before noting down what Waxer said. He'd have to be more careful in the future, and units like the 501st and 212th can not be reached - at least the ones that are not shinies themselves.

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"What are you researching?" Cody asked, moving to sit next to Obi-Wan, who was dug deep into a datapad.