--Building a New life --Tech x Reader Bad Batch

Chapter 17 --Learning to deal with Trauma--

Yesterday after rescuing Omega you had continued with the rest of your day as usual. There was still some minor repair work to be done, and you had finished up your ship after your mid-day break.

Tech had helped you clean up a little, but after getting teased by Echo about something, he had headed back to the Marauder. The last thing Tech had done was to retrieve the box he had discovered inside the ship's wiring systems. It was a bit of a hassle with how far into the ship it was, but he managed to pull it out and you planned on going through it when you had the time.

Given this was David's ship before it was yours, you expected that this would be something personal of his. Perhaps it would be something connected to the Onyx Monolith or maybe just something personal he wanted to keep private. Either way, you wanted to privately go through the box before you shared it with the team, although you could see the spark of curiosity in Techs eyes as you had wiped the box clean. He and Omega really were related, they both had that look.

After cleaning up, a few drinks and a vibro-knife throwing game you called it a night and headed into the Marauder. It hadn't stayed in the forefront of your mind but now as you settled down to sleep you remembered that you had connected with a force ghost. A ghost of a padawan you had helped raise and train.

"Denzel" you quietly muttered to yourself as you curled up and went to sleep "what happened to you?"

Sadly, your nightmares decided to answer you.

You were back on Felucia, the temple's rock walls covered in moss surrounded you. You could almost smell the cool moist rock of the temple and the faint aroma of flowers being carried on the breeze. You reached out and ran your hand along the temple wall as you walked down their hallway. It's rocky surface felt just like you remembered, smoothed out stone with a few rough patches here and there. Cool to the touch.

As you walk along the hallway you hear a voice calling out a name.

"Denzel! Denzel, where are you?" The voice cries playfully "breakfast is almost over!".

"Abernae" you mutter and begin to run down the hall.

As you run out of the temple hallway you come out into the central clearing in front of the temple. Immediately you feel the smoke stinging your eyes, and burning your lungs. It's bright outside the darkness of the temple but the clouds of heavy black smoke block out its rays. You look around the hazy scene before you. Any trees you can see are on fire, their leaves burning quickly and their branches falling and crashing. You can hear and see the ships as they circle your location, large flame throwers attached to the front.

This shock to your system fills you with a sense of dread and panic, where are Denzel and Abernae? You're looking around madly, hearing guns firing and screams surrounding you. You begin to run across the clearing and notice a small body, smoldering under a fallen branch.

"No!" you cry, as you run to it, and throw off the branch, the fire burning your hands.

It was Denzel, his small frame burned and scraped up badly. His twi'lek tails were bloodied by the wound to his head, caused by either the branch or a blaster. As you gently picked him up you looked up and scanned the area for his sister. The two were never far from each other, maybe she had also gotten hurt.

As you remain there, kneeling on the ground with Denzel in your arms you look up and see a trooper approaching you. His armor is jungle camouflage but it stands out against the burning orange flames behind him. You can feel hot tears streaming down your face, and you pull Denzel closer to your body trying to protect what was left of him.

The clone radioed through his helmet "found another one", then lifted up his blaster and pointed it directly at you.

You closed your eyes and you could feel your whole body tingle with the sensation of being shot as you woke up from your dream. Slowly you open your eyes to the inside of the Marauder and slowly you move each limb to wake it up from your dream.