𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐒 ─
❝ 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴. ❞
Force knew she had a lot of them. But she could always hide her scars from view since they had been formed over her heart.
The girl knew atta...
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004. THE GENERAL
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BITS SLOWLY UNCOVERED HIS HEAD BY PULLING HIS HANDS AWAY FROM HIS EARS; HOWEVER, THEY IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION TO BLOCK OUT THE SCREAMS OF HIS BROTHERS FROM AN EXPLOSION THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A FEW FEET AWAY. The Umbaran fighter pilots above were relentless in their attacks. Furthermore, their blasters had little impact on taking the machines down. Although muffled, he could still hear the shouts around him.
"We have got to move before those fighters come back."
"Rex! Rex, over here!"
"Jesse, take the right flank. Dogma, take the left flank."
He knew that he shouldn't have hunkered down into hiding behind some of the native plantlife; however, he couldn't face what awaited him once he stepped back out into the open. A hand grabbed his shoulder and he turned in confusion to face the individual that held him. Beneath his helmet, his eyes widened and his mouth gaped open in horror.
"Zephyr?" Bits whispered as if speaking to a ghost. Though, considering his batchmate had died on Devaron, he may as well have been. "Zeph, how—what—"
He was unable to formulate a full sentence and he was interrupted as the other clone's hand slid across his helmet. He collapsed in Bits's arms, creating a trail of blood as gravity dragged him toward the ground. His breathing hitched as he was shaken out of his daze to the concerned face of Skid.
The medic shook him once more for good measure. "Snap out of it, Bits!"
"Where's Zephyr?"
"Who?" Skid looked around in confusion before a look of realization crossed his face. Without hesitation, he pulled off Bits's helmet and shined a light into his eyes. "Zephyr's not here. Do you remember where we are?"
Bits slowly nodded his head. "U-Umbara."
Skid nodded his head. "You snapped into some sort of memory daze. Now there's several wounded that need my help. Are you going to be alright for a minute?"
Bits nodded his head again, this time quicker. Skid nodded in confirmation before throwing his helmet back over his head as he ran out into the open. Bits readjusted his helmet and slowly rose to his feet. His grip tightened around his blaster to hide the tremor of his hands.
"There you are, Shiny!" Burst exclaimed as if relieved. "Lost sight of you there for a while."
"Not a shiny," Bits mumbled half-heartedly under his breath.
"My bad, Rookie," Burst corrected himself before nudging Bits with his elbow as if urging him on to follow. "Ari wants us to regroup over by the general."
