The Bad Batch - Mini Stories

A Sirens Song

"Dad, where did I come from?"

Sharp eyes scanned the horizon looking for potential enemies or other ships which could be passing them as they travelled across the many seas of the universe. The said father went to reply when another voice joined in.

"You are such a curious pirate aren't you"

"Papa?" the little girl whined, Echo only laughed.

"Megs, we've told you time and time again, we found you drifting in a box in the Pabu sea. We believe you were born in the 'siren wars', where you came from, we don't exactly know and neither do we know your biological mother. We are just happy you are with us now and..."

"Captain! Ship starboard!" a voice echoed belonging to Wrecker, the younger brother to the captain, none other than Hunter whose half of his face was covered in tattoo markings of a skull.

"Echo"

"I've got her, love" Echo kissed Hunter's cheek, allowing the captain to move off to the starboard side, little Omega was in his arms, yes she was 9 but she was tiny. Tech, believed it was due to her lack of nutrition from her early years, Tech was the head engineer on the ship, his wife was Phee who was a ruthless pirate, protecting Tech deeply. Yes, she was female and other ships didn't like having females on the ships but the bad batch as they called themselves, did not care. Their ship held the symbol of the Marauder which belonged to the father of Hunter, Wrecker and Tech, the three brothers the last survivors of the Marauder crash, the head captain at the time was known as the famous 99.

"Is that a 501st symbol?!" Wrecker exclaimed. Echo's heart jumped for a minute.

"No, Wrecker it isn't. It looks like a siren symbol"

"A siren, but I thought they were all killed off in the wars?" Phee questioned Tech who shrugged, Hunter sighed, his eyes scanned the wreckage only to freeze when he spotted an individual floating in the waters with a clear infant on their chest.

"Wrecker! Tech! Rope's now!" Hunter's order soon had Tech and Phee working together to get a rope down while Wrecker jumped straight into the water.

"Captain! More wreckage up ahead!" Another voice belonging to Echo's twin brother, Fives gestured to the number of ships found in clear 'broken mast bay'.

"Woah, what happened here?" Phee gasped as Fives appeared to help Wrecker over the edge, he was holding the infant close while the female clearly was injured and over his shoulder, she looked super young, maybe around 15. "Down to the medical quarters" Phee gestured for the two boys to help her get the two below deck.

"Captain! Fight up ahead!" Fives pointed straight towards two clear ships attacking each other, "Echo! It's dad!" Fives gestured at the clear 501st ship belonging to the gentle captain Rex, he was ordering his squad around. "Woah, is that the syndulla's on their ship?" Fives gasped as Phee took the infant from him since he wasn't following.

"Who's attacking them?" Echo questioned, holding Omega closer to his chest. Hunter appeared beside him.

"Crosshair!"

A shadow of a figure in the mast barely glanced down, his hood and mask covering his face. He was a mysterious individual but Fives knew him and had recruited him onto the ship two years ago and yet he still didn't talk to any of them or remove his mask in their presence. Despite them all carrying weapons on them, Crosshair had a rifle that he hardly used and two blades across his back that he had never used in the presence of any of them.

With simple actions, Crosshair signed a symbol down towards Fives who understood.

"Sirens? Are you sure?!" Fives shouted up, Crosshair made another symbol. "Fuck! I thought they were all dead!...damn..." Fives turned to Hunter who rubbed his nose.