Bad Reputation: A Bad Batch Fanfiction Story

"𝕐𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖."

Once you get back from your last mission, the squad greets you.
"Hey, kids." Hunter says, hugging you and Omega.
"Did you get the information?" Tech asks.
"Yep!" Omega says, showing him the notepad.
He inspects it and squints more and more as he keeps reading.
Tech points to some of the last sentences and says, "What does this even say?"
"Did you want to write all of that?" Omega says, a sassy and teasing tone in her voice.
"I would have typed it on my datapad." Tech states.
"Well, we didn't have that option." You say.
"They were there for hours, Tech. Give 'em a break." Wrecker says, lightly slapping Tech on the back.
"I was just asking. I couldn't read a few sentences, and I didn't want Cid get upset with them." Tech says genuinely.
"It's okay, Wrecker. He's right, my handwriting wasn't the best on the last few sentences." You tell Wrecker, laughing slightly.

Once you get to Cid's Cantina, Hunter tells you and Omega, "How about you go in and collect our cut? You two carried this mission, after all."
You and Omega nod and smile, happy that he trusts you. You two walk into Cid's office. She automatically looks up, expecting Hunter, then looks down and sees you and Omega.
"What happened to Bandana?" Cid asks.
"He told us to collect our cut since we did the mission with just the two of us and Echo." Omega explains.
Cid slides a briefcase across the desk and says, "Alright, here you go."
You open it and you and Omega look at each other, eyeing the amount of credits suspiciously. She nods at you.
"Well, Omega and I are kids who did the whole mission practically by ourselves..." You start, trying to coax her into giving you a bonus.
"So what?" Cid says, not looking up from the papers on her desk.
"Don't you think we deserve a little bonus?" Omega asks her directly.
Cid rolls her eyes and fishes some more credits out of her desk.
She slides them across the desk and says, "You're welcome. But don't tell Bandana. I don't want him to expect this for the future."
Omega nods and says, "Don't worry, we won't."
As you and Omega leave, you hear Cid mutter, "Geez. I'm getting all soft for a couple of kids."

"How was it? She didn't yell at you, right?" Hunter questions.
"We were fine, Dad." You reassure him.
"How about we use the credits to get a nice dinner?" Echo suggests.
"That sounds good to me!" Wrecker exclaims.
You all walk over to a nicer restaurant with upbeat music and the wonderful aroma of delicious, real food. You're excited to have something other than rations. A waiter seats all of you at a big table. He looks at you all suspiciously, but then turns and walks away.
"Are we okay to be here, Hunter?" Dara asks.
"Yeah. We're fine. I just don't think he had seen anything like our group before." Hunter says.
After all of you look at the menu, you decide to order a few big dishes for all of you to share.

It takes a while for the food to come out, so you talk with the squad (mainly Tech because he's discussing your lightsaber with you) while you wait. When the waiter brings the food out, it's very hot, so everyone waits a few minutes for it to cool down. Everyone takes some of each dish.
Wrecker takes a bite of one of the dishes and exclaims, "This is amazing!"
You bite into some of the bread. It's perfectly baked, and the crust crunches when you eat it.
"This was so worth all that writing!" Omega says to you, grinning.
You nod in agreement.
"Good work, girls." Dara says, patting you on the back.
You smile. This is the first time in a while that the whole squad has sat down for a nice dinner together. After everyone finishes eating, Hunter pays with most of the credits you earned.

You still have a few hours before you'll probably go to bed once you get back to the Marauder. You go to your room and find your markers and some paper. At first, you don't know what you want to draw, but you start to think about Crosshair and decide to draw him. Instead of drawing him in some Imperial armor, you draw him in armor similar to how the squad has painted theirs with blue and orange colors. Wrecker walks in and sees it.
"I miss him." Wrecker sighs.
"Me too. Him and I weren't always the closest, but he was one of my uncles." You say.
He places a hand on your shoulder and says, "I bet one day we'll find him. It's just dangerous where he is."
"Yeah, someday." You say.
Wrecker walks out of your room to go to sleep. You tape your drawing on the wall near your bed. Your bed is messy, so you rearrange the covers and close your eyes, falling asleep.

While you sleep, you have a vision of Crosshair desperately trying to send a message to the squad. Eventually he begins to choke and loses consciousness.
You sit up in bed and shout, "Crosshair!"
Hunter And Dara come into your room.
"Hey, hey, what's wrong?" Hunter says, concerned.
"I had a vision that Crosshair was sending us a message... He passed out, he looked scared..." You quickly say.
"It was just a dream. It's okay." Hunter tells you.
"Darling, it was a vision. People with a connection to the Force experience them." Dara explains to Hunter.
"Please, Dad. We need to find him!" You plead.
"It was a dream, Dara. Can't she just be a normal kid for once who doesn't have to worry about this?" Hunter sighs.
"How do you expect me not to worry?" You ask.
"Hunter, I've had visions before. They can be distorted predictions of the future, but they do show what is happening or what has happened." Dara tries to convince Hunter.
"What if we get there and we get in more trouble?" Hunter asks, raising his voice slightly.
"Don't you want to see Crosshair? Can't we try to find him?" You ask.
Hunter closes his eyes and pauses for a moment. "Fine. I'll think about it."
He pulls you closer to him and all of you lay down in your parents' bed.
"You can sleep in our bed tonight. I promise you're safe here." Dara says.