The Dad Batch

The Girl From Saleucami

Hunter:

"Let's see here. Hold still." Tech walked from the bridge to his brother who had just been shot at by their other brother. His classic data pad in hand as he tried to scan Wrecker.

Wrecker gripped his Lula stuffy tighter. "Don't examine me. I'm not a computer." Hunter and Echo shaking their heads behind the big clone.

"This will take just a second." Tech stated.

"Get that thing away from me!" Wrecker said, acting like a child.

Hunter had started to tune the two of them out. He moved away from them and towards the bridge. A pang of guilt deep in his chest had arisen.

"You okay?" Hunter turned to see Echo had followed him.

"Yea, just thinking about Crosshair." Hunter sighed. "I can't believe we just left him."

"Well, he was shooting at us." Echo shrugged. "He didn't give us much of a choice."

"He should have been able to shoot all of us though." Hunter pointed out. "We were out in the open. Why didn't he shoot us?"

"Maybe we got lucky?" Echo suggested.

"We aren't the only one." Tech said, interrupting the conversation.

"I'm fine!" Wrecker butted in. Echo immediately jumping in to help hold him up. "It'll take more than a blaster shot to take me down." He said, laughing.

"You were down." Echo added.

"Yea well, not for long!" He laughed again. He laughed so hard he hurt himself.

"What's the plan, Hunter?" Tech asked.

"I thought we could go off world on our own. Lay low." Hunter said, placing a hand on his chin. "But with Crosshair gunning for us, I'm not so sure."

"Anyone that could help us?" Echo asked. "You know, who still isn't with the Empire?"

"That would be a short list." Tech pointed his finger in the air.

Hunter thought for a moment, an idea popping into his head. "I can think of one." He turned to Tech. "Plot a course for J-19."

"J-19?" Echo raised an eyebrow.

"We know a guy." Hunter vaguely said.

Wrecker cheered, again straining himself. The group all settled in their seats as Tech put in the coordinates for J-19 and set off for lightspeed.

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Unknown:

Keep going!

You must run!

Do not wait for me!

I will find you!

That's what the voices whispered in the little girls ear and that's what she was doing, running, but her little legs were starting to wear out. She continued to push on though. Weaving her way through the busy streets on Saleucami, she had to find a way to sneak onto the shuttles without the clone troopers recognizing her.

"Oh child." A voice echoed throughout the crowd. "Why must you make this hard for both of us? Come out, I promise I won't hurt you."

The girl whipped her head back in fear as she continued to run blindly. She was so focused on the bounty hunter behind her that she didn't see where she was running.

She slammed right into a hard object. Falling to the ground she looked up right as the object turned around.

"Are you okay?" It spoke. She looked up, pushing her hair back. A male leaned over, confused. Half a skull tattoo covering the left side of his face. Her eyes grew wide as the clone knelt down.