The Dad Batch

Cornered

Happy Wednesday! I had an early day today and figured I would grace you guys with another Dad Batch chapter! Hope you all have an amazing day <3
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Emilee was sitting on one of the cots. Her feet weren't touching the ground so she was swinging them carelessly. She was watching the boys hover over the comm computer. Hunter was pointing to a planet on the map.

"Idaflor, that's where we'll go." Hunter said.

"But Idaflor's not even inhabited." Wrecker stated as Tech took a chair at the computer.

"Which makes it the perfect place to hide out." Hunter pointed out. He turned to look at Emilee. "What do you think Red? Hiding out on Idaflor."

Emilee got up from the cot, leaving her backpack. She walked over to the computer and looked at the planet on the holo. "Idaflor's seems like a good idea." She nodded in agreement.

"Do we really have to hide so far in the Outer Rim?" Wrecker groaned.

"Yes." Hunter said. "We have to wait for things to settle down."

"Well, we won't be doing either." Tech chimed in with a pointed finger. "We don't have enough fuel, and we are also entirely out of rations." He looked at his data pad as Emilee took the seat next to him. "Without the Republic to provide us supplies, we'll have to acquire these necessities on our own. Which we do not know how to do."

"Well how did you manage to do it Red?" Wrecker tapped her shoulder.

Emilee looked down at the ground. "Well-I-um-well-"

"The Republic helped you and your family out, didn't they?" Hunter picked up on her unease.

Emilee slowly nodded. "Yes, we also had help with government assistance. I don't have that anymore."

"We have a big problem." Echo said, walking into the middle of the ship. "Comm chatter has our ship's signature on a wanted list." He showed his data pad to the group.

Emilee bolted up. "They... they can't find us though right? We're still safe?"

Hunter raised an eyebrow. "They won't find us, don't worry Emilee." He placed a hand on her shoulder and she flinched away from him.

"I was told you were safe." Emilee kept her gaze on the floor and walked back over to the cots, mumbling something about leaving again under her breath to herself.

Hunter and Tech shared a look as Wrecker watched her sit on the cot against the wall of the ship. His Lulu doll in hand. "We'll just scramble it then." Tech pointed out.

"You can do that?" Wrecker turned back to his brother.

"Of course I can do it." Tech stated. "But I need to land in order to perform those modifications. By my calculations the closest planet is..." He typed on his data pad. "Pantora."

"Well," Hunter looked back at Emilee. She had her knees drawn up to her chest but was still watching the group. "Pantora it is." The boys got up from the computer and walked to the bridge.

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The Marauder entered the planet's atmosphere and Hunter looked back at the cots. Emilee seemed to have settled down and was sitting criss-crossed on the cot. She held her hands in her lap and her eyes were closed. If Hunter didn't know any better he would've thought she was sleeping.

Tech landed the Marauder and he and Wrecker left the ship. Emilee could hear Wrecker complaining about food. She sensed Hunter walking up to her.

"You okay?" He asked her.