War Against Us (A Captain Rex x Reader Story)

Almost There

A/N: This chapter is mostly dialogue, to prepare for the next chapter *laughs evilly*  Enjoy ;)

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"CT 7567! Why have the alarms gone off in the hangar you are in charge of?" Krell hissed at Rex, making Rex flinch slightly. 

"I was on my way up here to talk to you about your strategy sir, I was not aware the alarms have gone off," Rex replied, knowing exactly why the alarms went off. He assumed it was Fives trying to get the Umbaran fighters to work. 

"Follow me trooper!" Krell commanded, "stupid clones.".

All hell broke loose when when Krell reached the hangar. It was absolutely destroyed. Krell looked around the hangar to find the cause of the ruckus, and it didn't take him long. In the corner of the hangar, Krell saw Fives, waving his arms around and yelling at another trooper. 

Krell stormed over to the corner, "ARC 5555, what is going on here? I demand answers, now!" he scolded. 

"Well, uh," Hardcase started to explain, "Fives and I were trying to crack the enemy hardware when what appears to be an enemy booby trap went off," Hardcase smiled and pointed to the ship.

"Is this true?" Krell questioned Fives.

"Uhm yes, sir, absolutely," Fives confidentiality replied, putting his hands behind his back. 

Krell huffed as he began to walk away, "Captain, I demand for these ships to be locked down, immediately!"

Rex looked back at Fives and Hardcase and nodded. Sighing, Rex continued to follow Krell until a hand grabbed his shoulder from behind. 

"I wish you knew that some orders are meant to not be followed," Fives whispered before shoving Rex away. Both Fives and Hardcase turned their back to him and left to go to the barracks. Rex took his helmet off, shut his eyes and fell to the floor. His head fell into his palms as he began to think about what he's done. He had a plan, he was just too afraid to tell anyone. Ever since you left Umbara, he has been helplessly trying to get in contact with you, hoping you'd answer. But with jammed communications, his efforts were worthless. He had to tell someone. 

"Fives!" he called, getting up and turning to face his brothers back. 

Fives turned around and took his helmet off. Without Rex telling him, he knew he wanted to talk. "Rex, what's wrong?".

Rex got up from the ground and walked to an isolated area of the hangar, where no one could hear him, "Fives, you cannot tell anyone this, but I think Krell is against us. Ever since the Generals left, I've been feeling like Krell is using us. I remember a story (Y/N) told me once. When she was a child, she was able to escape a source of evil. I think Krell may be a separatist. If (Y/N), can take down a Sith as a young child, we can take down a Jedi. I know we can!" Rex explained to Fives, scared someone would hear it. 

Fives' eyes widened, "Rex, it think it's a great idea, but how are we going to pull something like that off? We don't have the Generals here! Yes, we are powerful in numbers, but one Jedi seems equivalent to multiple clones. We could never take a Jedi down!"

"I have a plan. It's full of stealth and deception and I think we can do it!"

"Rex! We can't just do that!" Fives was almost screaming at Rex now.

"Now you're starting to sound like me," Rex whispered, getting up and starting to leave Fives.

"Rex," Fives began, "let's do it, who should I tell?".

"Let Hardcase, Jesse, Kix and Tup know. And only them," Rex said, leaving for the command room with Krell. 

A small smile formed on Fives' face as he entered the barracks. Luckily for him, all the men Rex wanted to be aware of the plan were in the room, and only them. As Fives explained the plan, all the men were on board with it, but they all were afraid. Jesse even explained how treasonous it was. Kix agreed with that, bringing up the fact that there was no solid evidence. Kix was right. Most, if not all the men had suspicions about Krell, but there was no clear evidence. 

"Remember the plan I told you guys about, the one I discussed with General (Y/LN)?" Fives asked, getting a nod from Jesse and Hardcase, "I think we should do it, tonight, while most of the men are going to be scanning the outskirts of the base! It'll give us evidence to how Krell reacts to plans like ours! It's a perfect opportunity!"

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Fives, Jesse and Hardcase slid out of their bunks and quietly put their armor on, fearing they would wake one of their sleeping brothers. Once their armor was on, they left the barracks and headed for the perimeter of the base, where Rex was. 

Jesse stopped in his tracks, "Are you sure this is a good idea?" he questioned. 

"It's the right thing to do," Fives muttered, "Let's do it for the 501st, for the Generals, for the Republic!"

The trio continued to walk towards Rex, all very nervous. Before long they finally saw Rex in the distance and approached him from behind. 

"Rex," Fives called, taking his helmet off. 

Rex turned around, "What are you three doing out here? You should be sleeping! We have an attack on the capital tomorrow!" 

"Rex, we're doing the plan the General and I came up with," Fives whispered, his body becoming slightly tense. 

Slowly taking his helmet off, Rex looked at the trio in disbelief, "Are you crazy!? You're going to be court-martialed! That's if you even make it back alive!" Rex began to complain.

"Rex!" Hardcase interrupted, "What would the Generals do? What would Skywalker do? What would (Y/N) do?".

Rex's whole body seemed to freeze. He shut his eyes and sighed, "I won't tell, but I won't be here to back you up when you get in trouble."

Hardcase, Fives and Jesse nodded before leaving for their ships.

On the Transport to Umbara

"Anakin?" you asked, looking at your friend.

"Yes?"

"Do you feel that? Do you feel a cloud of darkness? Do you feel something terrible is happening on Umbara?" you questioned, sighing slightly.

"No I do not," Anakin somewhat laughed, "You have a wild master, Kody."

"I sense it," Kody whispered, getting up and leaving the table where you three were sitting. 

You gave Anakin a rude look and left to go to the on ship barracks to contact your friend Oddball. He replied to your call fast.

"(Y/N), what's wrong?" he asked, knowing this call was important before you even said anything.

"You're over Umbara right? Well, if you are, I need you to do me a favor. If any ship exits Umbara, let me know, and stand by, alright?" you informed Oddball. You were still hours away from Umbara, hours away from Rex, and the separation was eating away at you. Your only desire was to be in his embrace once again and feel his perfectly soft lips against yours and heal him from all the pain you knew he was feeling. Feeling his pain wasn't by choice, the force always brought his suffering to you, and it killed you inside not knowing why Rex was in so much pain.

"I promise, I'll let you know," Oddball informed you before ending your conversation. At that moment, you felt a deep depression sweep through your body, it was Rex. 

"I'm coming nulis, I'm coming."

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A/N: The next chapter will probably be up really soon because it's about to get dramatic ;) As always let me know what you think! Also, I made a Clone gif a day book if any of you are interested :)