fourteen: lady luck.

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Once Rex had figured out how they were going to solve their chip problem, the group had headed for the Marauder and followed the coordinates the captain had sent them. Yelena felt bad for what had happened in the parlor and Hunter could tell, he could, but he didn't blame her. When Rex's words settled in...he could understand everything and he wouldn't blame her in any way for what went down. He made that clear to her, she had reason to be cautious. However, Yelena still believed she had let her guard down when it came to chips, naively believing that Tech's theory was right. The woman sighed from where she sat next to Wrecker, holding Five's dog tags in her hands when those thoughts came to her mind. Fives would never let her hear the end of it, being as naive as that. Yelena slowly turned her head when she heard Wrecker tapping his foot impatiently on the ground while gripping his head, Omega watching Tech work away on the scanner for the chip. Suddenly the man stood up and began pacing around in the small area, Omega and Yelena watching him. "I don't like this plan." Wrecker groaned and protested, Yelena glancing over when she spotted Hunter walk in, the man putting a hand on his brother's shoulder when Wrecker sat back down.

"We agreed to meet Rex on Bracca. That's what we're doing." Hunter reminded him, Yelena putting the dog tags back around her neck and standing up.

"He wants to cut open my head." He complained, pointing to his head and Yelena placed a gentle hand on Wrecker's shoulder.

"Wrecker, removing the chip will keep you and everyone safe, it will also stop the headaches you've been having," Yelena explains calmly, Wrecker groaning and pouting, turning to look at her. Hunter looking at the woman, however, he found himself momentarily distracted when he heard the quiet clicking from the dog tags around her neck and he couldn't help but stare at the tags until her voice made his gaze snap to her face. "Because I believe the chip is what's causing them. So cutting open your head will prevent a lot." She tells him, trying to ease his anxieties. She could understand why he felt anxious, Yelena honestly couldn't blame him. She'd sensed and felt anxiety from Fives when he went through the procedure.

"All of our heads actually." Tech piped up and corrected them.

"Not mine. I don't have an inhibitor chip." Omega remarks, handing Tech a tool and taking the one he passed to her.

The man stood up and pointed to Omega, obviously not liking what she said, which made Yelena shake her head. "Why not? Now, that's not fair." Wrecker whined, crossing his arm indignantly.

"She wasn't a soldier, why would she need one? There'd be no point, the chip's job is to control you. Omega was always on Kamino, she wouldn't need one." Yelena spoke up, bringing up a point while Omega nodded to the jedi knight. She was right, Tech and Hunter could see that but Wrecker was too distracted by pouting.

"How's the chip scanner coming?" Hunter asks Tech.

"Since Rex's chip was removed, I am able to establish a baseline by comparing his brain scan to ours," Tech explained while fiddling away with the scanner, walking away from Hunter and Yelena to the cockpit while he spoke. "Allowing for the detection of any cellular anomaly." Yelena noticing the silence from Hunter and Wrecker when Tech spoke. She understood what he was saying, it was like cancer in the body or a virus. Find the invader...get rid of it.

"He means, "It's almost finished."" Omega tells them, hoping down from where she was sitting on the gonk and walking towards the cockpit where Echo and Tech were.

"Do we really have to do this?" Wrecker sighed and asked.

"If Rex is sure, we should trust him," Hunter replies, glancing at Yelena. "Plus, Yelena is right. It will keep everyone safe when we remove them." He tells his brother who pouts and says nothing.

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