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

Chapter 57 -- The difference with identical --

Hunter, Rex and Captain Guze had all decided that sticking to cycle rotations would provide the most structure for those on both their ships and had immediately started into those rotations after their meeting in the Remora's cockpit.

When you had left your bed, Hunter was laying down in his own bunk, Wrecker and Tech were at the front of the Marauder and Omega was just starting to fall asleep in her room. On the Remora had headed into the bunk room with Gregor showing Captain Guze some of their past missions in the computer room off the galley and E ---

--- Tech was rolling his eyes at some of Wrecker's questions when he heard something and paused. Wrecker had kept talking but Tech lifted his hand up in Wreckers direction causing Wrecker to stop; "silence" Tech said flatly "I heard something".

Wrecker opened his mouth to respond but Tech's harsh glare made him close it again. They waited another moment, both of them listening. For a moment there was only the quiet hum and beeping of the ship's computer, but it was interrupted by a fleshy thud. Quickly standing up Tech moved out of his seat and rushed towards the door.

--not the correct sound for a mechanical malfunction-- he thought to himself, as he made eye contact with Hunter who was running up the Marauder with a stern look on his face.

--he's heard something-- Tech realized and the two of them quickly descended the connecting stairwell and turned the corner into the Remora's hallway....

....Hunter had heard something, specifically his enhanced hearing had heard the loud fleshy thump of your head against the wall. He hadn't been sure what was making this noise, but his senses were telling him something was off.

--I need to find Y/N-- his mind had told him, and he flipped off his bunk and started striding towards the door in the same motion. Omega had peered out of her curtains to see what was going on, but Hunter was already through the doorway before she could ask.

Hunter's suspicions were only further confirmed when he saw Tech also standing alert and now that he was in the cockpit, he could definitely hear something... or worse someone, getting hit. The two men didn't exchange any words but one glance was enough for both of them to start moving down the connection ramp and back into the Remora.....

....Echo was working down in the engine room with Fireball and Deku at the time. He swiped his real arm across his sweaty forehead as he stood up from the control panel he had been adjusting.

"How long till the cycle is over?" he jokingly asked, and Fireball laughed back from his own corner "just work, Rex is going to come relieve us".

Deku closed up the panel he was working on closer to the door and dusted off his hands on his legs. "Couldn't be soon enough" he chuckled, stepping back to examine his work and give his legs a rest from kneeling. A motion out of the corner of his eye caught his attention. It was a good way away, but he could see two figures in the hallway coming their way. He turned back to his coworkers and shrugged with a chuckle "sure it's not over already?"

"No way" Fireball replied "why?"

"Someone in the hallway," Deku said, bringing his attention back to the hallway and squinting trying to make out who was there. The figures had remained a good ways away, evidently a few steps out of the galley into the hallway.

"Sure it ain't just Gregor and Guze?" Echo replied, turning to look at Deku only to see his face suddenly change. Deku's expression fell, his carefree grin changing into a shocked and concerned look and without another word Deku started running up the hallway.

"Deku!" Fireball yelled after him getting to his feet on his side of the room "Where are you going?!"

Echo moved swiftly to the doorway, just as surprised as Fireball.