The clone

Chapter 9

(Alex is sixteen, I changed it up a bit so that the clone age execration stops at fifteen.)

Three years later, Eastern Takoadona-

"To your left Alex!" I flip to avoid a shot, "Behind you master!" He ducks and I throw a lightsaber straight through an attacking droid.

"Should we fall back?" I shout over the raging battle, "That's probably a good idea. I'll tell master Avili and Geistue, think you can handle this on your own?"

I deflect a bolt through two nearby droids, "Yeah, I should be good." He leaps over droids, destroying them as he goes,

I demolish droid after droid but they just kept on coming and grew in numbers. I was losing ground quickly and I'd been hit a few times.

Suddenly though I had back up, small missiles and blaster fire took down many of the droidaca around me, they stop their march through the forest and look around but couldn't see the new enemy.

I take the opportunity to attack with renewed strength and they begin to retreat, being beaten back by saber and blaster.

Unfortunately the tides turn once more as they give up on trying to find the sniper and focus on me again.

This time I take a blow to the leg and shoulder and fall to the ground struggling to defend myself.

"Watch it droid scum, that apprentice is under my protection." A voice warns from the trees above,

the droid legion stops again and look up just in time to see an electric grenade get thrown into the middle of them taking half down while another fourth gets hit with small missiles and blaster shots and the remaining retreat or run around in confusion.

My self proclaimed protector flies down from a nearby tree and comes to my side. It was the same man in the same silver and blue armor I'd seen all those years ago in the diner.

I'd glimpsed him a few other times but we had never actually talked. I slowly turn off my lightsabers and let my back slid down the trunk of a tree till I'm sitting.

"My guardian angel, how long has it been? Since Shili right?" He chuckles, "Indeed, though you weren't suppose to know I was there."

I shrug as he kneels next to me and starts fixing my wounds, "If you didn't want me to know, you shouldn't have sniped all those droids. What's your name?"

I hiss in pain and try not to squirm as he applies medicine, "Sorry. I'd rather not say."

"Well then I guess I'll just continue to call you Guardian Angel." He raises a brow, "I have no objection to you calling me Guardian but you're definitely the Angel."

He wraps my wounds and gets to his feet holding a hand out to help me up, I take it. "Well thank you for saving me and taking care of me, will you stay and fight with me and my master?"

He shakes his head, "I might shadow you from time to time but I have a family I need to get back to and people to check on." He packs his first aid kit back up, looking around to make sure he didn't miss anything.

"Until we meet again sweet Angel." He bows his head slightly, "Until then great Guardian." I bow my head to him as well, he smiles and takes off up into the starry night sky.

I jump up to a branch to wait for the masters to return.

After fifteen, twenty minutes the three masters come charging into view. "Oh no. no no no... Alex! Alex where are you! Ale-"

"I'm right here master, you've nothing to fear." I hop down from the tree and Tonwa immediately pulls me into a painfully tight hug,

"Alex! Thank Yahalma you're alright." I pat him on the back, "Mhmm, yup, totally alright. Could you loosen your grip a bit?"