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

Chapter 69 - Return, Plan and Readdress --

You arrive back on Coruscant within a few hours of your departure from Chandrila. Your goodbyes to Lerona are still fresh in your mind. You force meditate for the majority of your task cycle, but soon you are closing in and need to hide your connection again. You have no doubts that if you are anywhere near where you were before there will still be darkness reaching out to you. You do miss Rex, Echo and Riyo ... but you definitely didn't miss the darkness. Even as Tech, with Omega as observing co-pilot, brought you down into the atmosphere you could already feel the presence. Faint, hidden under the buildings, but looming just out of sight.

--Lets hope we aren't sticking around for long-- you think to yourself, as you stand next to Hunter in the cockpit.

You take a different route from your last arrival on Coruscant, but you don't really remember what you had taken before anyways. All the buildings look the same as before, and again you are struck with just how expansive this city is. Its hard to comprehend that it covers the entire planet. Rex had been running operations out of the same ship garage as before, evidently it already had a track record for such dealings so his movements were not suspicious. At least, no more then the other dealers already in the garage. Rex had spoken to the right people and with all the underground in agreement not to snitch there were supposedly never going to be issues. Evidently smuggling people is more common place then you had realized.

You descended through the same tall cylindrical ship garage, one of many throughout the planet bustling with business. Rex and his crew had you land in the same garage opening as before, but given the lacking amount of ships on the landing pad you knew he must have more garages located nearby as well.

You could feel a sense of nostalgia coming back to you as Tech instructed Omega with the landing gear and the Marauder touched down. The wires, the green and florescent glow of lights, the tall cold gray walls.

--the cement jungle-- you remind yourself, feeling a small smile break out on your lips. The darkness was threatening, but the memories of Riyo, the wonderful clothes and support you had received here previously was positive. Not to mention you feel even more grateful that Tech had come to find you in the temple. Your relationship had come so far, and you remembered the fear you used to carry keeping your abilities a secret. But once Tech knew, there as a sense of relief. You had grown even more comfortable with him after that. --it really has been a while-- you chuckle to yourself and Wrecker comes up to join everyone in the cockpit.

You start to feel excited, and you can see from Omega itching to get out of her seat that she is also bursting with anticipation. You hadn't thought on it, but it had been some time since you had seen Echo and Rex as well. Hunter opens the door, and Wrecker steps out just after him. Omega is pushing past so you hang back with Tech who intends to be last off the ship. You think back to what has happened since you last saw them. Lerona, reclaiming your Jedi abilities, the inquisitor, the ... incident.

You didn't mean for it impact you, but remembering what circumstances you had been under when you left the Remora suddenly changed your feelings. The excitement turned to anxiety, and you felt a sense of guilt that you hadn't given them a proper goodbye.

--but that's okay-- you mentally tell yourself as you come down the gangplank and step onto the landing pad. --Rex will be here, and maybe Echo, I'll get a chance to check in. Its been a while so we've all been able to move past that.--

Tech locks up the ship and the large doors to the inner garage swing open as they had on your previous visit. Rex's familiar face came into view, a serious look in his eyes but a smile breaking out across his face as Omega ran up to him. You kept a close eye on your emotions, breathing deeply and keeping yourself calm. --see?-- you tell yourself –we are all good. Back to normal--.