The Rising

Rouge

Kix sat brooding in the gally his eyes glossed over slightly as he played with a small piece of fabric that was in his hands.

It was light blue with soft gold embroidery, it was ruff and torn on one side almost as if it had been a part of a larger piece of fabric.

He kept toying with it as the ship shook a little while it docked with master Yodas cruiser.

His mind was so intuned tithe playing with the fabric that was in his hands ignoring everyone around him, including Darmon and Etain who were cuddled up playing Dejarik against Fi who was casting glances at Kix.

Etain on the other hand was firmly pulled into Darmon's chest, his arms wrapped around her waist as he rested his chin on her shoulder. He occasionally kissed either her neck or her shoulder when she moved a piece on the board, she was the true master at the game while he was more for moral support. this of course did not help Kix's morale as he brooded.

The cloth in his hand had been ripped from Lil's nightgown the night she was taken, it was soft and velvety but despite the texture of the fabric it seemed to make it much more painful for him as he relived the event itself.

Fi on the other hand looked over one final time before getting up, abandoning the match he was already losing, and managed to snatch the fabric out of Kix's hands before Kix came roaring back to life.

"GIVE THAT BACK!!!!" Kix yelled angrily.

Fi just shook his head, holding the fabric just out of Kix's reach.

"you need to stop tormenting yourself vod" Fi hissed at him "your general won't let you come with us".

"who says you would even be going? Etain is pregnant Darmon is not about to let her out of his sight" Kix yelled back.

"neither will you" Obi cut in silencing Kix almost immediately.

"You are far too emotional. your involvement any further will only risk the safety of my daughter" obi-wan hissed as he gave him a disappointed look.

Kix on the other hand shook his head "I'm emotional because I have to be. He has the woman I love, the woman I want to marry. I'm not letting him take her from me permanently".

Obi-wan looked livid and stepped closer to the clone in front of him.

"You let her get caught in the first place. You are the one who let my baby girl gets taken away and is being tortured by sith psychos. You are not fit to be her husband and you barely fit to be a soldier." He hissed the last part before poking Kix painfully in the shoulder.

Kix on the other hand glared daggers at the Jedi in front of him before he heard the hatch to the ship open.

He walked past Gree who gave him a very confused look before he marched straight towards the mess hall.

He was almost there when he ran headlong into a very determined Hunter. They both fell to the floor before Tech came running up to them, "you can not just run off Hunter....who are you?" Tech asked once he caught up to them.

Hunter on the other hand ignored Tech and tried to take off again, only to be blocked by a smiling Wreaker who had come the same way Kix had.

"Calm down," Tech asked again as Hunter tried to get around the large looming clone, Wreaker on the other hand grabbed him by his shoulders and held him in place while Tech helped Kix to his feet.

"Sorry vod. He's not exactly being himself right now" Wreaker replied as he held the squirming Hunter. Kix on the other hand glared at Hunter "what's your problem?".

"He's sorta a little out of sorts, again sorry, we have to be going soon," Tech said again before trying to leave.

Kix on the other hand had other ideas "you're the 99 squad, right? So why are you with everyone else? I thought you guys didn't like normal clones"

Kix winced the moment he realized what he said as the other members of the 99 squad glared at him.

"We didn't come here by choice" Hunter hissed as he tried to free himself from Wreaker who barely even acknowledged Hunter's struggles. 

"General Yoda stopped us from leaving once he realized we were going to Kamino, they impounded our ship" Tech supplied while Hunter hissed words that sounded like curse words which surprised Kix for a moment before they started to head back down the hall. 

"Wait, I can help," Kix said desperately, his voice betraying him badly before he continued "The have my Fiance, please. I can show you a ship which is not under guard, Just let me come with you. Please"

Tech and Wreaker looked at each other for a moment before Hunter managed to wriggle free. 

"You show us a way out, and we will help you" Hunter promised while Wreaker and Tech both gave him a look that said 'what?'.

Kix on the other hand looked elated at the prospect, Hunter nodded to Kix " Lead on". 

"Right sorry, this way," Kix said hurriedly before he darted past them towards the hanger bay. 

Tech on the other hand watched Hunter run off after Kix closely followed by Wreaker before he muttered under his breath "well here we go again". 

Kix on the other hand was so busy sneaking the three clones, one of which could have been easily confused as two, past Gree's men who had been stationed all around the entrances to the hangers. 

Once seeing this Kix just smiled and easily whispered to Hunter who was hiding next to him "How do you feel about air shafts?". 

Wreaker who was standing just behind Tech overhead this question and groaned slightly as Tech winced at the plan he could only guess was formulating in the Reg clone's head. 

"I'm not going to like this am I" Wreaker grumbled to Tech who nodded, "It seems we are about to go on another one of our adventures" Tech supplied. 

"Why can't we use the front door on our adventures, just once" Wreaker mumbled childishly as he crossed his arms before they heard two very distinct voices from behind them. 

"And where do you four think you're going?" Ria half yelled half-whispered as Nia crossed her arms at the two. 

Wreaked laughed nervously as Tech gulped slightly afraid of Nia as she walked closer to them. 

"You leave a note on our beds saying you're going off and you might not be back and you think that's ok?" Ria half yelled at Wreaker who winced realizing how blunt it sounded before they realized Tech was, for once, was speechless as Nia glared at him. 

"Girlfriends?" Kix asked Hunter nodding to the two Twilek's behind them. 

"Yep," Hunter replied as he stared at the two guards who were watching the hanger. 

Kix smiled slightly "Think they'd be up for helping us out?"

"sure, after they kill those two I'm sure they will be happy to help, why what are you thinking," Hunter asked as Kix's grin grew bigger. 

"oh....your gonna like this" Kix whispered. 

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