Howzer found himself led through many corridors by Cody, Obi-one and Cad Bane to what looked like a training facility. The door to the room opened to reveal what looked like the last of the cadets, Cody smiled at those who waved. The problem with not having a helmet was he couldn't pull his normal facial expressions. Another pair of footsteps had the group stopping in their tracks, revealing some younglings. The children politely smiled at them as they made their way to the break room.
“Where is he?” Howzer gritted out, he was furious.
Cad Bane gave the impatient normally calm clone a pointed look before pointing at the red door opposite them. Howzer made sure to shove past the bounty-hunter when moving past him. Cody shook his head intending on following Howzer only for Obi-one to grab his wrist to signal him to stay put.
“So, what's the real reason you owe Crosshair a debt?” Obi-one asked out of curiosity also because he had a hard time believing the bounty hunter whom he had a large history with. Cody quirked an eyebrow as Obi-one slipped his hand in Cody’s, out of instinct.
“Wouldn’t you like to know” Cad Bane huffed as he stalked off in the direction of the mess hall. Leaving both Cody and Obi-one shaking their heads before entering the room only to gasp at the amount of enemies and allies working together. The room had a huge table in it and looked more like a discussion room; Cody spotted Howzer in the corner with Wolffe wrapped up in his arms while they spoke to Kix.
“Obi-one it has been a while”
“Not long enough, Darth Maul!”
“Now don’t be like that, we wouldn’t want you to pull your…”
“Enough!” A voice stopped any further arguments. All heads turned in the direction of Captain Rex who entered with Jesse, Havok, Ahsoka, and Shaak Ti. A few in the room remained baffled as to how some clones were still alive.
“You never change, do you Rex?” Cody joked, Rex grumbled embarrassed but gave his brother a smile.
“So, what now?” Havok asked out of curiosity.
“Now we contact the rest of the rebels and the uprising can begin!”
Darth Maul shifted on his feet, he turned his head nodding at both Howzer and Wolffe who responded with a nod of their own heads. Quietly, he slipped out of the room intending on making one more trip when something caught his eye.
Without hesitating, his lightsaber came to life clashing with another. Nearby clones heard a slam and grunt, Rex exited the room to see Darth Maul on the floor while a jedi youngling held both lightsabers in his grasp. Aiming down at Maul who grimaced holding his neck in pain.
“Hey kid, take it easy” Rex held his hands out in surrender. The young boy never took his eyes off the clone which allowed Maul to get up and snatch his lightsaber back. Cody and Obi-one emerged from the room and met the sight of the youngling.
The youngling looked to see a Jedi master, he frowned when the clones didn’t seem to be holding guns or looking violent but he couldn’t be tricked. “Hey Sarge, isn’t that the kid from before order 66?” Wrecker asked Hunter. The youngling looked towards the voice to see the bad batch, he frowned using a force of some kind to hopefully escape when something pulled him in the direction the bad batch were.
“Hey kid, relax no one’s going to hurt you” Cody eased, placing his pistol on the floor.
“STAY BACK, I did not come all this way to be captured by the Empire!” the young padawan shouted, alerting many others which only panicked the kid more. Echo signalled for anyone in his sight to back away, otherwise they would risk hurting themselves or others.
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A Sacrafice of the Heart (HunterxCrosshair) Book 1 - COMPLETE!
AdventureA loss of a brother was always hard, it was never easier as time got on, but they had a job to do and if that meant honouring their brother so be it. The Bad Batch recieve an unknown message from a dead source, they go and investigate only to be mi...
