Foolish One

Cut and Run Part 2

Omega, Jek and Shaeeah were still playing outside. She could hear the conversation. Her head still face down on the table. Omega threw the ball past the fence. "I'll get it!"

Omega went to walk towards it. Jek stopped her in her tracks. "It's past the fence. We'll get it later. "
Calista wondered what he meant by "passed the fence."

Omega went anyway going past the fence. Calista lifted her head off the table slowly standing up. Hand over her lightsabers. She sensed something was wrong. "Where's Omega?"  Shaeeah asked.

"Omega!" Shaeeah yelled. Calista saw Omega put the ball above her head. Calista also saw a creature creeping up behind her. She didn't waste a second running as fast as she could toward Omega stepping in front of her. Blocking her with her arm. She turned her lightsabers on. The purple hue illuminating more of the creatures face.

She kept her focus on the beast. Keeping one hand on her lightsaber she put the other one away, holding her hand out trying to use the force to tame the beast. Sensing someone running up to her and Omega she lost focus. Agitating the beast more causing it to claw at Calista. Injuring her shoulder. She yelped. She still kept her hand secured around her lightsaber, blood dripping down her shoulder. All of sudden Hunter stood in front of her and Omega. His Vibro Knife in his hand. As Suu shot at the creature from above. Hunter slashed at beast. Calista's shoulder ached with pain every time she moved it. Suu hit one more shot scaring the beast away.

Hunter stored his knife away. "What were you doing out there? Do you realize you could've been killed?"

Calista looked at Hunter. Incredibly dizzy from the blood loss. "It wasn't her fault. I wasn't watching them closely enough. So don't yell at her for my mistakes."

Cut place a hand on Hunters shoulder from behind. "Easy. They aren't soldiers."

Cut bent down to Omega's level. Tech ran up to Calista. "Come with me. I need to fix up your shoulder."

Calista nodded following Tech and Echo to the Maraduer. They arrived on the ship. Tech immediately went to get the kit. Echo stayed behind with Calista. "Why did you do it?"

Calista looked confused. "Do what?"

He crossed his arms. "Help Omega. You put yourself in danger and got injured. For a girl you barely know. Why?"

Calista sighed. "She's just a kid, Echo. She couldn't defend herself. I just happened to be right there. I couldn't leave her."

Tech walked back in the room. Echo giving her a subtle nod. Tech knelt down to her level. As she was sitting in the co-pilots seat. Tech carefully cleaned her wound. She winced every couple seconds. Tech let out a quiet apology. Before finally putting the Bacta patch on. "It should take no more than a day for your shoulder to heal. Just try not to injure it more."

She smiled at him. "Make no promises."

He laughed back at her. Standing up from his kneeling spot on the ground. "I know."

Echo was sitting across from her. Tech leaning against the wall. It was quiet. Echo broke it first. "It's ironic. Clones wanted names instead of numbers, yet now people are signing up to be given numbers."

Calista crossed her arms. "It's stupid. You guys were seen as no more than expendable to the empire. And now all that fighting you did to not be diminished is gone."

Tech looked up from his data pad. "It's ingenious. You could create a database to identify anyone in the galaxy."

Echo spun around to face him. "Glad you're impressed." Echo took the words right out of her mouth.