The Tiny Commander

Unchartered Territory

Kix and Rex boarded the Resolute with Ahsoka still comfortable wrapped up in Kix's arms, she seemed entertained by the hard surface of his armour and was continually shaking at it and then laughing at the noise it was making. Rex couldn't help but smile as he watched her, although this was not a situation any of them thought they would ever be in, it was nice to see the Commander laughing, she still looked exactly the same albeit younger. 

They made their way immediately to the med bay, ignoring the curious and amused glances of the troops that had been stationed on the Resolute and were yet to be informed of the incident that occurred land side. They had a mission to do, and that was to confirm that the Commander wasn't injured. They entered the med bay and Kix placed Ahsoka gently onto the bed, the lights and whiteness of the room seeming to effect her slightly by the way she winced at the sudden brightness, but she soon adjusted and begun to play with the flimsy material that covered the bed. 

Kix and Rex stood for a moment and observed her, Kix not quite knowing where to begin on examining her, he had only ever had to handle Clone injuries. And although he had read up on Togruta anatomy (as soon as he realised they were having a female Togruta Jedi he hit the books straight away, knowing somewhere down the line he would need the knowledge), but this whole situation was strange. 

"So, uh...Do you want me to stay?" Rex asked, keeping his eye on Ahsoka who was now climbing up and down the bed. 

Kix tilted his head to the side, "Please. This is completely out of my depth. What if she cries when I go near her?"

Rex chuckled, "She was wrapped up in your arms the whole way her and she never once cried. I think you're fine" 

Kix sighed, knowing that Rex was right. "I just haven't had to examine a child before! And this is the Commander too, it's...bizarre"

"This whole thing is bizarre brother, but we'll take it a step at a time, alright?"

Rex clapped a hand on the back of Kix's shoulder, trying to reassure him at least a little bit. Kix remained silent for a moment or two before taking a deep breath, grabbing his medical bag from the table and approaching Ahsoka with fake confidence.

After a few minutes, and one slight tantrum on Ahsoka's side, Kix had finally been able to complete the examine and was happy to sign off the Commander as being healthy. As Kix finished up in the med bay, Rex was now the one holding Ahsoka in his arms, at first he wasn't sure on how exactly to hold her, so he held her at arms length. They both stared at each other, neither blinking, until Kix took pity on his brother and showed him how to hold her correctly.

"You need to hold her close Rex, otherwise she'll sense your fear" Kix smirked 

"I doubt she can sense my fear, she's only a youngling!'

"A Togruta youngling" Kix pointed out, his smirk remaining in place. "They're born with heightened senses, one of those is smell therefore she will definitely be able to smell your fear. And if you make her cry again so help me...."

"Alright, alright" Rex grumbled and moved Ahsoka closer to his chest, from practically having zero physical contact with his Commander to suddenly cradling her as a youngling in his arm was an uncomfortable experience. 

"Come on, we'll take her to the others so we can all keep an eye on her until General Skywalker gets back"

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Fives and his brothers were gathered in their quarters, he was currently laying on his bed with the now very tiny Commander in his hands, he had practically begged Rex to let him hold the Commander as soon as he spotted them walking into the room. So for now he was pretending to make Ahsoka fly like one of their ships and she was giggling away. Fives smiled to himself, "She's so cute like this"

Jesse and Kix glanced at each other before staring at Fives. "She's still the Commander you know, even if she is...baby sized"

Fives rolled his eyes, "I know she's still the Commander you di'kut. But now we get to see what she was like as a very young youngling! Although this seems a bit younger than that from what I've heard"

Rex nodded, leaning against the wall and watching Fives with amusement. "It is. General Skywalker says that Ahsoka was transformed back into the age of when General Koon found her on Shili"

"Ahh, so that's why she still needs diapers" Kix noted, ignoring the extremely confused looks from his brothers.

Fives shrugged to himself as he focused his attention back on the tiny Commander in his arms, it made him smile seeing her so care free (it was also nice not having to hear her arguments with Skywalker all the time). He moved his arms forwards and backwards, listening to the sound of her laugh which warmed his heart.

Rex and the others continued to watch in fascination as Fives continued to play their Commander, they wouldn't have thought of him as being the first one to volunteer for babysitting duty, but they were more than happy to watch him make an idiot of himself. 

Ahsoka smiled down at the odd looking man who was playing with her, from the marking on his temple she was aware it was Fives, she gave him an open mouth grin and giggled as some of her drool hit his cheek. He didn't seem to mind though. She laughed merrily as he continued to move his arms about to give her the effect of flying. Her stomach gurgled and for a moment she frowned, she didn't feel too well.

"Uh oh" Was all Ahsoka could muster before she sent a deluge of spew onto the unsuspecting victim

The room was eerily silent for a moment as they watched Fives get puked on, it was only for a moment before the room broke out in a fit of laughter

Fives remained as still as he could, his eyes and mouth shut tightly as he tried not to breath the scent in, he could hear the laughter coming from his brothers and shook his head ever so slightly, gagging to himself as he felt the liquid shifting on his skin. They wouldn't be laughing if they were in this position, he thought. He slowly raised himself from his bunk and handed Ahsoka to his closest brother, which happened to be Rex. He wiped a gloved hand over his mouth and frowned. "If you excuse me, I need to use the refresher"

His words were met with further laughter, Fives sighed but then smirked to himself. "As I can't open my eyes right now, I need ner vod to bring me"

A chorus of 'Not it' rang out in the room, and unfortunately Kix had been slightly too late on shouting. He grumbled to himself as he approached Fives, grabbing his arm slightly too hard and began marching him out of the room. "Why is it when any of you either puke or get puked on, I always seem to be the one who has to clean it up?"

Fives chuckled, "You are the medic Kix, kind of comes with your territory" 

Kix rolled his eyes and fought against the urge to hit Fives up the side of the head as he guided him to the refresher. 

Translation - 

Ner vod = My brother