The clone

Chapter 3

"La Na Sïghl? I was wonder- oh Na La Sai you're here too! Anyways I was wondering if I could hang out with some clones after dinner tonight?" I ask once I enter the living room,

"Where will y'all be?" La Na Sïghl inquires, "At their barrick," La Na Sïghl crosses his arms with a frown, "No, absolutely not." Na La Sai slaps him on the arm, "Sïghl, she's never had friends before, let her go have fun for an hour or two." She insists,

he mumbles something under his breath before looking back at me, "Very well, but you are not allowed to stand within a foot of them, understand? There are cameras in all the barracks so I'll know if you disobey."

"Uh I won't be able to stay a foot away from them because we'll be sparing." I shift from foot to foot, as he sighs, "Well... just don't let them beat you. At least not easily."

I grin and hug him tightly, he stiffens and I pull away quickly in embarrassment, "S-sorry La Na Sïghl, I just got a little excited. Thank you for allowing me to go."

I glanced at him and thought I saw a flicker of sadness in his eyes but brush it off, "It is alright Ria, I'm glad you are happy. Now this afternoon you have engineering and history, we must get back to work now, we shall see you after your sparing."

They leave and I head to docking bay 227B to study and help with the many different devices there.

"Good afternoon, Fai Toa Sequ. what will I be doing today?" I greet my instructor, he turns and smiles at me, "Ah Alexandria Tai-Ja, it is good to see you. We have a malfunctioning incubator you'll be working on. Come I shall show you."

For the next three hours we work on the incubator, pulling wires, fixing some gears, and checking the all the parts for anything wrong in the makings. While we work we talk,

"Lia, is expecting. Sjik and Sodi are very excited to have another sibling." I smile thinking of the young kaminoan twins, "That's wonderful news Fai Toa Sequ! Congratulations!"

He thanks me and asks about my life, "Well I've been eating with the other clones lately. Two of the squads have adopted me into their ranks, 212th and 99, they're really great and most of them even call me sister."

I grin, "Really, what are they like?" I think for a moment,

"Well in 99, there's Wrecker, who's is the bronze but has little brains and a child like innocence, Tec on the other hand is a genius, he knows almost everything, Crosshair is... sarcastic and a little rude but he's still a great guy, and Hunter is the peacemaker and keeps them all in line. Then in 212th is Wooley who starts conversations if nobody is talking, Longshot who is kind and makes sure I feel included, Trapper's a bit of a fighter, when Hunter offered for me to join 99 Trapper was the one to insist I join 212th, and then there's Cody, he's the first one I met, he's kind and helpful and keeps his brothers in check if he can."

Fai Toa Sequ nods, "They sound like good- don't pull that wire it's fine as it is. They sound like good friends, I'm glad you've finally found people your age to befriend."

We talk some more and then it's time for me to go, "Goodbye Fai Toa Sequ, have a nice rest of the day." "Farwell Alexandria Tai-Ja, stay out of trouble."
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I sigh as I read through the history of the Mandalorian civil wars and glance at the time again. 1745.

"Uggggggh," I bang my head lightly against the table, "This is taking forever!" I look back at the time willing it to speed up and be 1758,

It doesn't work, I sigh again and continue reading. "Mandalorians and Jedi were enemies because of bla bla bla." I smirk as I make fun of the lesson to myself,