Prank War (Reward fic)

The Hideaway: Middle of 'Fallen Not Forgotten'

Hello all! This is a reward for @Straykid_7567-5555, who won the mini raffle I did for the 3 years anniversary of my Adventures!Au series. They requested a fic of Shadow showing Domino Squad some memes/them pulling pranks, and thus this was born. I hope you enjoy!

One thing to note, Part Two takes place while the groups are all heading to Umbara. As such, the Bad Batch have been turned into Alphian Halfbloods and Hunter has the ability to control the element of water. The batch also have Alphian tails/ears/lower legs, except for Hunter who only has a tail/alphian lower legs. 

With that out of the way, enjoy! 

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"So, what are we here for?"

I grinned over my shoulder at Echo. "Knowledge, my ARC friend."

"That's not ominous at all," Heavy remarked with a snort, grinning at me.

"Shadow is honestly never not ominous when it comes to indoctrinating us with their references," Hunter sighed, rubbing his temples.

"Hey! You love my references!" I argued.

He gave me a slight smile. "Well, guess that has some truth to it."

"Some truth?" Crosshair sneered. "I have recordings that say otherwise."

Hunter turned to him, fury filling his gaze. "You what?"

"Hey!" I said, jabbing a finger at the pair. "Save the fights for after the memes! Or I'll add some memes I made of y'all to this."

Both men immediately fell silent, partial terror in both of their eyes.

Fives raised an eyebrow at them. "Now I'm curious."

"Mind your business, reg!" Crosshair hissed.

The men erupted into laughter, with Wrecker leading the pack.

Sitting under the stairs in the Hideaway's basement, the Bad Batch and Domino squad pilled onto the couch and floor as I prepared the projector for a showing of my favorite memes and vines. A TikTok trend or two was included, but those were few and far between. I still wasn't entirely sure how my phone continued to work in this universe, much less how it stayed up to date with everything, but I was past the point of asking the universe questions.

Wrecker had suggested it first, eager to let me show off in front of the regs, but he couldn't take all the credit. Afterall, I hadn't offered any pushback on the suggestion. I'd scarred the Batch with the personalized PowerPoint, and now I was going to make it Domino's problem too.

Crosshair slouched against the couch, a deep scowl scrunching his nose as he folded his arms over his chest.

Finishing the set-up, I flopped beside Crosshair and nudged him. "Aw, don't worry, Mister Grumps. I won't embarrass ya."

"He does not need help in that regard."

Bracing an arm against Crosshair's stomach as he lunged for Tech with a snarl, I held the marksman back and looked over at Droidbait as he sat by the light switch. "Hey, DB, kill the lights, would'ja?"

With the lights dimmed, and Crosshair calmed by my tail which he currently clutched to his chest, the show began.

Of course, I had to show them Star Wars memes. A majority of them were from Ep 1 and 2, with a few from the early scenes in Ep 3. O66 was avoided entirely, of course. Hevy and Cutup flat-out cried at the "200,000 units with a million more on the way", and Echo snorted at the sand memes. From there we moved on to Clone Wars memes, which I restricted to Season 3 and earlier. Fives adored the Incorrect Quotes ones, especially one about Anakin and Ahsoka arguing about Connect Four. How they had that in this universe I had no idea, but I'd long since given up figuring out how things worked in this universe. The squad as a whole liked the different meme art of the clones, especially since Fives was raising hell in most of them.

We then moved on to the more "real world memes", which mainly consisted of Spongebob references or exaggerated still frames. Droidbait seemed to like those the best, citing the look it granted into a "Realm Walker's life". Cutup enjoyed a meme about the utter nonsense of the many forms of "y'all" conjugations there were. The next thirty minutes were then spent presenting all the best Vines, with Fives saying he couldn't wait to start using them around his fellow clones and confusing them into oblivion. I only showed them one TikTok, but it was the iconic "Die Young" one where people kicked doors in tune with the drums before dashing away. Both Fives and Cutup, as well as Hevy, got evil grins on their faces and I already knew I'd be getting complaints from Rex in the future after they pulled the same trick.

It was late into the night when we finally finished everything, with Wrecker and Crosshair already snoring in a pile on the floor. I nudged them awake with my tail, quickly snatching it back as Crosshair made a grab for it. As the marksman forced himself to his feet and leaned heavily on me, still half asleep, I grinned at Domino.

"Well, boys? Enjoy the presentation?"

"Kark yeah!" Fives laughed. He nudged Cutup. "Gotta try that door trick one."

Cutup nodded enthusiastically. "Can't wait to cause chaos with the 501st!"

"Rex'll have our hides, but it'll be so worth it!"

"You two aren't about to leave me out of this," Heavy growled with a feral grin, punching both of their shoulders.

Droidbait hesitantly nudged my arm. "Hey, could you put those on a separate file for us to have? Those Vines Videos are pretty funny."

Scooping Crosshair up in my arms, the marksman falling limp against my shoulder, I nodded. "Sure! I'll get Tech to format everything. Tomorrow though, 'cause I think we all need rest."

"Yeah," Hunter mumbled, leaning heavily on my back.

"Hey! I already got one dense commando whose weight I'm supportin', Shaggy," I grunted, shifting my stance to avoid toppling over. "Lean on Wrecker."

"You smell better."

I rolled my eyes. "Anyways, see you in the mornin', Domino!"

"Night, Shadow!"