The Bad Batch - Mini Stories

The Call

Another day passed by as he sat in the court room of hell, arguing his case as to why he should be the legal guardian of his daughter who was only nine, she craved her father but her biological mother’s druggy family believed they were the best for her especially since his family were rich and famous, meaning paparazzi. And yet the judge was falling in his favour mainly because of the drugs but this wasn’t the first time this family had called on a case, nope he had sat through hundreds of them since his daughter was born and she always fell into his arms. However, this time around the judge was being politely difficult and bringing up things about the past. 

“So, it says here that your father was involved in criminal damage and drug raids, can you confirm this Hunter?” 

With a simple “Yes” Hunter felt the eyes on him as he looked across the room to where his family sat: his two brothers, mother and family were smiling at him encouraging him as was his brothers’ husbands. 

“It also says here that your family were in connection to the Drawlson Raid on….” the judge never finished as the court room went dark and soon gunfire had screams and shouts echoing around the place but one scream rang out and that was the innocent scream of Hunter’s little girl, Megan-Rose Se, her scream had Hunter blinking through the smoke which cleared revealing a known crime boss. The father of his ex, his daughter's mother was grinning beside her father none other than Duke Palpatine. In the grasp of Lila Palpatine was Megan who cried out reaching for Hunter only for smoke grenades to be dropped and soon the whole family vanished. 

Leaving behind a broken father who was held up by his own family members as they searched for the young girl who might as well have vanished off planet earth as soon the days passed followed by weeks, into months. The family became tighter as they kept a strict eye on their beloved family member, Hunter lost all emotion, the reason behind it, his happiness was gone, their was no need to smile when he couldn’t even bring himself to look away from the picture on the wall, the one hanging above the fireplace. The one with his whole world in it; the baby girl who changed his life, was possibly gone for life but he’d not give up, nope he would not sleep until he found her, until she was back in his arms. 

Six Long Months Later…

A sigh escaped a much older woman who watched her son shrivel up behind a hidden emotional wall, her second eldest although he thought he was the eldest was struggling every day as he tried to find his daughter. Someone they all missed but not as much as…a gasp left her throat startling her sons who sat around the living room on their devices, while a fire lit up in the fireplace. 

“Mother, is everything alright?” Tech, the youngest of her sons asked. She never said anything as she walked over to the fireplace, removing the pictureframe which snapped both Hunter and Wrecker, her other sons out of their gaze. 

“Mother, what are you….” Wrecker, her middle son was halfway into questioning when he saw the safe, something he had never seen before. 

A sigh escaped Nala Se as she removed an item out of the safe, “I think I might have a way to find Megan but all I ask is that you forgive me for not thinking of this sooner” her words had Hunter’s full attention, he moved closer to Wrecker who patted his shoulder. 

“What is it?” Echo asked, the husband of Tech came into the room followed by Gregor who was married to Wrecker, the two sharing identical looks. 

“A contact” 

“And what are they going to do other than what we’ve tried?” Hunter said in an exhausted tone. 

Nala only smiled as she passed a memory stick to Tech who plugged it into his laptop which connected to the video feed on the television. Nala took a seat in between Tech and Hunter, both of them wore a confused look until the screen connected to the other side revealing a much older man, 99. Their father was on the other side shocking the others, to the factor of him being out of prison.