Sad Machine {RexXocXAnakinXFives}

Chapter Fourteen

Lo Que Siento

       "Welcome back to the land of the living, General," Kix grinned down at her, Ceres' brows cinching in confusion. "Careful careful, your wound is healed but it's still going to be tender and sore. You're going to want to take it easy," the white haired woman rolled her eyes, pushing herself up into a seated position and swinging her legs over the side of the bed.

      "Sorry Kix but I can't take it easy, unless you're going to tell me Cad Bane has been stopped and we were able to retrieve the holocron." Kix opened his mouth, a soft sigh leaving his lips as the white haired woman grinned at him. "I'm going to take that as a hard no," she pushed herself to her feet, running a hand through her short locks. "Now, where is everyone," Kix frowned, having resigned himself, hating that he was going to bend to her will.

       "I believe they're all in the interrogation room attempting to break Bane," giving a firm nod of her head, Ceres swayed slightly, apparently having lost more blood than she had originally thought. "This is why I told you to be careful," he deadpanned, Ceres pulling away from the grinning medic.

       "Yeah yeah, I hear you but it doesn't mean I don't have a job to do. If anything happens, I promise to come back, okay?" Kix nodded along to her words despite knowing her well enough by now to know that she was lying.

       "Of course General," she gave a nod before slipping out of the medbay, a soft gasp of surprise leaving her lips as a warm body collided with her own. Looking down she found the relieved face of Ahsoka, her soft blue eyes narrowed.

       "Why is it that whenever I leave you and Skyguy alone you always end up getting hurt?" Ceres could only laugh, reaching out and ruffling the girls nonexistent hair.

        "Please, this is more of an embarrassment than anything else. I let some low life Bounty Hunter get the drop on me. I'll never live this down," Rex rolled his eyes at his Generals dramatics, a cat like grin crawling across her lips at the action. "Do you disapprove of my actions, Captain Rex?"

         "Are you asking me to speak freely, sir?" She glowered at his words, Rex's lips twitching into the smallest smile. "I appreciate what you did to stop the explosion and protect the men but I don't appreciate how reckless you and General Skywalker seem to be," Ceres rolled her eyes, deciding against responding as she slipped past him. Ahsoka moved to follow after her, sending a sharp look in Rex's direction. "What?" He frowned, looking to his brother, Cody shaking his head with a smirk.

         "'Thank you,' would have probably been the better choice, is all." Cody followed the pair of Jedi, Ahsoka explaining everything that happened while she had been in the medbay.

         "So you're telling me we successfully captured him but haven't been able to gather any intel from him?" Ahsoka nodded, leading the young woman toward the trio of Jedi masters who stood outside the interrogation room. "I thought we were Jedi and here you are struggling to get this man to spill anything to us?" Master Windu's jaw clenched,

         "He has a very strong will." Ceres rolled her eyes at his growled words, having long since given up on them ever having a close relationship again. Looking up she found anakins blue eyes staring back at her, the pair seemingly thinking the same thing.

        "I could always give it a try,"

        "No,"

        "That could work." Obi wan and Mace turned to one another, seemingly surprised by each other's words. Ceres, deciding to not give them the chance to bicker, slipped past them and into the interrogation room. Cad sat cuffed at a metal table, his red eyes narrowed at the table. Plopping down on the table, Cad's red eyes ran over her seated form, a smirk on his face.