The Rising

Breaking Codes

Kix groaned slightly as he slowly came back into the waking world. 

His head pounding as he tried to pull himself to his feet. 

His hand on the other hand while outstretched was not in fact on any kind of solid surface. So when Kix pivoted himself, as one would when getting off the ground and to one's feet, he came crashing down flat on his face with a great thud that reverberated in his head so much he was sure he had broken something. 

"ow"

"oh look he's up" came Wreaker's voice from somewhere to Kix's right, his tone was so casual yet full of excitement that Kix wasn't sure if he was the subject of conversation or a joke.  

Then Kix was suddenly not on the ground. 

At first, he thought he was falling again, but upwards?

Then he felt Wreaker's two hands securely on his upper arm, pulling him up and to his feet as if he was a simple toy block Wreaker was placing back on its proper side up.

"Wreaker be careful". 

Kix shook his head trying his best to get his bearings, slowly but surely they came back into focus. 

He was standing in the same area they had been in when they took off, though now it looked as if it had been tossed and thrown about with splinters and crushed objects strewn here and there around them. 

Kix blinked before he finally caught sight of Tech, Nia, Wreaker, and Ria. Tech was sitting on a crate with a new datapad in his hand while Nia was cuddled up against him with a large blanket her body slightly shivering as Tech rubbed her shoulder with the arm he had draped around her back. 

Wreaker was smiling at Kix as Ria shivered slightly in her blanket behind him. 

"What happened?" Kix asked extremely confused as he shivered finally realizing just how cold it truly was in the room while Wreaker moved back to where Ria was and pulled her shivering form into his embrace. 

"The ship had some problems appear, which is why everyone. Well almost everyone is freezing." Tech replied his attention back on his datapad as Nia curled up a little more against him. 

The men, including Kix, were still wearing their armor so they were well protected. Meaning that the two Twilek's must have been freezing, Kix winced and moved forward to try and get to the cockpit. 

He tripped slightly before he managed to catch himself and straighten up again, He could hear Wreaker chuckle slightly before he continued towards the cockpit trying his best to keep his decorum as he did. 

The cold itself became more present as he made his way into the cockpit, so when he finally arrived he was half expecting there to be ice forming on the console that Hunter was piloting on. 

"Oh look sleeping beauty is up" Hunter muttered as he kept his eyes on the controls. 

"yea....what was I hit with?" Kix asked rubbing his head slightly "it felt like a small planet". 

"Oh...yea.....that was Wreaker" Hunter's voice was so casual and so calm for a moment Kix thought he was kidding. 

Then he remembered the last image in his head. 

"ah......so where are we now?" Kix asked as he took a seat in the co-pilot chair. 

"Just a couple hours away from Kamino.....you talked in your sleep.......a lot" Hunter grumbled the last bit before he pointed to the nav controls. 

"We still don't know exactly where the base is and since searching the entire ocean of that planet is probably the worst idea ever, Tech came up with a clever solution"

Kix blinked slightly and opened his mouth to ask before Hunter shrugged "Don't ask...I can't exactly follow his train of thought "

Kix shook his head, which was slightly throbbing again before Hunter relented. "So we know the base is underwater, we know it's built from the old clone base. Well, we are guessing that part anyway. But the base had a beacon attached to it where it sent out a steady signal telling the rest of the other Kaminoans where they were when they are flying in or near it."

"Wouldn't they have taken those out when they were rebuilding their new 'Secret' base?" Kix asked very confusedly.

"No....but they probably forgot about the beacon that their ships use to line up for docking" Hunter replied.

Kix thought for a moment before he remembered what the general said years ago.

"But those codes are unhackable......as in no way to get" Kix hissed as he rubbed his temple somewhat annoyed.

Hunter opened his mouth. Closed it. Opened it again then shut it once more before shaking his head trying to figure out something.

"You have no idea how to do that do you?" Asked Kix laughing slightly at the slightly dumbstruck clone.

"Shut up" Hunter hissed as he returned his attention to the controls.

Kix laughed before he was punched painfully in the arm by Hunter.

"HUNTER!!!!" Tech yelled from the cargo hold. 

"ok, either he has something or Wreaker is about to do something very stupid" Hunter mumbled putting the ship on autopilot as he did before running to the cargo hold with Kix hot on his tail. 

When they arrived they found Tech and R2 working on some kind of device that was not there When Kix was there. 

It was small, just big enough to fit in Tech's hand in fact, with a cone shape and hundreds of wire, buttons, and small lights Kix had to stop and think about how well it resembled a piece of scrap metal he would find in the cargo bay of one other bigger flagships. 

Nia, who was still wrapped in her blanket, was running through something on Tech's datapad. Wreaker and Ria were now cuddled up nicely as if they were in a comfy couch in front of a fireplace, not in the back of a Cargo ship in the cold, though Kix guessed it was because of Wreaker's high body mass and heat which is allowing her to sleep as soundly as she was. 

"We have a signal....weak but we have it" Tech exclaimed happily as R2 bobbed happily around both Tech and Kix. 

"All we have to do is orbit the planet for a couple of hours and we will find their hiding place" Nia answered. 

"HOURS!!!" Kix asked as Hunter looked livid directing his anger at Nia who shrunk slightly behind Tech"They don't have hours Tech" Hunter hissed. 

"There isn't any other choice" Tech grumbled annoyed at the two pissed-off clones "Undue haste and we will not only tell them of our arrival but get them killed" Tech hissed causing them both to go quiet rather quickly. 

"They are going to have to fend for themselves just a little longer.........I'm sorry" Tech said sadly as Nia held his hand gently, sensing his discomfort as he spoke. 

Kix took a deep breath trying to calm down while Hunter tried very hard not to throttle his teammate. 

"they are Jedi.....by the time they get there the base will probably be in ruins," Kix said with as much confidence as he could muster, while silently praying he was right. 

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