A Pain Lost In The Stars - Complete

Chapter 19

A week had passed since the incident, Cody was heavily monitored by them all. His eyes flickered yellow on the occasion, it was becoming a heavy concern. The commander of them all wasn't too fussed about being watched but he was a bit annoyed when he got asked the same question over and over again. 

"Hey Cody, are.."

"If you say are you alright? I will knock you out" Cody glared at Fives who could only hold his hands up moving aside to let Cody and his son past. The frustration building inside of Cody was just as much as Kix was dealing with.

"ENOUGH!" 

The yell of the said medic caught Cody and Fives attention as they walked into the command room to see Kix glaring at the rest of the room. Even Boss was watching from where he was working beside Rex. 

"Kix?" 

"Like I said, it's my decision. So keep your mouths shut while I deal with this" Kix exclaimed, storming from the room grabbing his mask and rifle to blow off some steam. 

"Where's Fox when you need him?" Rex muttered, the others could only smile. 

"Dare I ask what happened?" Fives questioned walking over to Rex's side while Cody moved to Obi-wan's, the Jedi master smiled at his partner wrapping him up. 

"Kix, didn't approve of the plan" Rex muttered showing the two the plan to rescue some more clones. 

"Of course, he wouldn't. It's an Imperial base full of imperials and kaminoans who basically tortured him" Cody pointed out passing over his son to Obi-wan, he then turned and walked out of the room glaring at anyone daring to follow. Jesse and Dove shared a look when Boss shook his head. 

Just outside of the base, Cody found himself walking in the direction of what had become a target range. There he heard the near silent shots of a certain rifle hitting it's target one after the other. The owner of the rifle continued to shoot, taking his anger out on the poor wooden dummy that had been decorated by Fives when the man hated the plain look. 

"What's on your mind, vod'ika?"

Kix turned only to smile sadly at Cody who remained leaning against a nearby tree. 

"Everything" 

"Elaborate for me"

"I keep having these dreams that feel more like visions and hearing the dark voice is becoming harder to resist" Kix admitted, placing his rifle down against a rock and gesturing for Cody to join him. The trees covered them meaning they were safe. Cody walked over taking a seat beside his brother. 

"I understand what you are going through as don't tell Obi-wan but I am struggling to keep that side of me hidden. We will eventually have to tell them since we did recover our memories after the second chip was taken out of our heads" Cody said, looking off to the side. 

"I know but first we must sort out Crosshair" 

"What about Crosshair?" Cody turned to face Kix who could only sigh. 

"Cody, we both know. He is struggling to recover his memories. It doesn't help that the voice is stronger due to him isolating himself. The last thing we want him to do is lose control. You remember the prophecy: three brothers to balance out the darkness in the light. I don't want to accuse anyone of us but if we don't help Crosshair, he will fall into the…" 

"Cody! Kix!"

Two heads snapped west hearing the distance call for help.

"Did you hear that?" Cody turned to Kix who could only nod.