Kix - A Star Wars Story

1st

Fives was dead. Rex couldn't believe it. He was in the HQs of 501, on coruscant, going up and down each of the corridors. He was sad and confused.
"A chip in our heads. A chip that made Tup kill the general ..." He couldn't stop thinking about it.

After a while, Kix found Rex in one of the hallways. - I need to speak to you, Captain. - Kix asked. He was sad, it was obvious to Rex. He nodded for him to follow him. They entered a small office and sat opposite each other.
- Fives said that something very big is happening. - Kix spoke with his gaze fixed on the ground and nervously touched his hands. - What did he say exactly? Rex asked, hoping to hear something that would help him understand the situation.
- Not much. But I sense that whatever happened to Tup was not a virus ... - Rex nodded slightly and Kix looked up to see his eyes.
- Did he say something to you?
"Kix is ​​a doctor" rex thought. "maybe he..."
- Yes, he said that what caused Tup to kill the general was a chip that the Kaminoans put in our brains. - He explained pointing to the same side of his head that Fives had pointed when he had told him. Kix frowned and ran his hand over his head awkwardly.
- A chip... A chip? - He repeated still furrowed. Rex nodded.
- General Skywalker has spoken to the chancellor. He says that the chip only controls our behavior, that it is impossible that it is the cause of what Tup did. - Both were silent for a while. They were thinking carefully about what happened.
- How did Fives know about the chip? I had never heard of it.- Kix finally asked. Rex sighed, he hopped Kix knew more about it than he did.
- From what I have heard, Fives performed some tests on Tup and located the chip. It was faulty and that was what went wrong on Tup. - Kix looked at him closely, nodding slightly every few seconds, as if taking note of everything mentally.
- How did he know it was faulty? - Kix was serious, more serious than Rex was used to.
- He took off his, with the help of a medical droid. But I haven't been told all the details ... - Rex ducked his head, disappointed in himself for not knowing what to do or believe. Kix put a hand to his chin and clenched his teeth.
- And I guess we don't have access to those chips.
Rex nodded pityfully and Kix looked him in the eye again. It seemed to rex that Kix was going to say something but he kept silent.
- Fives was a good soldier, he didn't deserve to die like that. - He said after a few seconds.
- I know... - Rex still couldn't believe it. Fives had died in his arms, he had been shot by his brothers.
- Clones killing clones ...- Rex whispered unconsciously. His mind was filled with images of Umbara. Krell had tricked them into killing other clones, their brothers from the 212th.
- Yeah, sometimes I think... - Kix was going to say something, but again he bit his tongue and swallowed his words. Rex looked at him.
- Say it, Kix. Everything we talk about stays between you and me, you know that.
- it-it's nothing, sir. I prefer not to say it out loud. - Kix lowered his voice and nodded at his helmet - Who knows who is listening.
Kix was right, the communicators in the helmets recorded everything that was spoken and sent it to the databases of the Republic Intelligence. Talking about some things was not safe. Rex and Kix exchanged a deep look, they both knew perfectly well what the other one was thinking. "The Republic does not care about us, we are not even human according to its laws..." that was what Kix thought, Rex knew it.
- I will not allow the deaths of Fives and Tup to be in vain. - Kix said clenching his fists.
- What are you going to do? - Rex frowned, concerned. Kix was not the type of person to be guided by his impulses.
- I'm going to follow his footsteps. - His gaze was charged with determination, he was going to do it no matter what Rex said to him.
- I'll just ask you to be careful, Kix.
Kix got up from the chair and tucked his helmet under his arm.
- Thank you, Captain.

Rex was left alone, in that small office, sitting in the chair and remembering his fallen brothers.
- Heavy, Hardcase, Echo, Fives ...- A tear ran down his cheek. - I hope you have found some peace, because you deserve it...

Rex, whenever a brother died, wrote a letter that he sent to his squadmates or closest friends, but the Domino squad had vanished. None of the boys were left alive. Rex regretted it.
He got up and grabbed a holo-recorder from one of the desk drawers and recorded a report on what Fives had told him.

He stopped the recording and he saved it under Skywalker's security code.
Why did he do it? Because he owed it to five. And maybe just in case.