Alone

The Ignition

The next morning, Fox dragged his heavy eyelids open and was immediately assaulted with a raging migraine. Fox had hardly slept last night, probably getting about an hour of sleep in total, and it was coming back to hurt him even more than usual.

Fox winced as he sat up, feeling his head beating in sync with his heart. Fox reached down and turned on his commlink, which he had precauriously  turned off last night, knowing the guard would either handle any non- emergencies or wake him if he was needed.

As the commlink flashed to life, several notifications barraged his screen all at once, chirping angrily. Fox rubbed his hands over his eyes before venturing a glance at the messages...

Fox had to swallow back the bile that rose in his throat at the communications. There were a few messages from Thire and Stone checking on him, but the other messages were all from his batchmates.  In fact, the first message was a notification informing him that Cody had removed him from the command chat that the commanders made to communicate important information and to gossip. After that notification were messages with individual tirades from each of his batch mates where he was disowned.

Fox never felt as alone as he did in that moment, a wave of hopelessness threatening to crush him until he forced himself to repress it. With these feelings of guilt and loneliness consuming him, Fox came to a decision. Fox needed to expose down Sith Lord once and for all, and he would do it alone. Fox wouldn't risk the Guard and it's been made clear to him that he is no longer wanted by any of his other former vod. 

With the decision made, Fox pondered how he was going to be able to stand up to the most powerful being in the galaxy when so many others had failed. But Fox did have two advantages, the element of surprise and solid evidence. 

Because Fox did most of the chancellor's paperwork, he already had a plethora of incriminating evidence of Palpatine's involvement with the separatists. But in order to obtain evidence that the chancellor  is a Sith, Fox would need to confront  Palpatine and record him using his kriffing Sith powers on him. 

After a moment of deliberation, Fox determined his best method for distributing the evidence. Fox would livestream a recording of Palpatine's Sith powers to the holonet and any open GAR channels in the hopes that the news would reach the Jedi and they would act swiftly. Fox knew that he would probably be killed, but he wasn't afraid to die if it meant ridding the galaxy of a treacherous Sith and saving his vod.

With mind made up, Fox set about planning his scheme. Fox knew that he didn't have much time because Palpatine would undoubtedly demand that he report in at some point today. After a moment of running different different possible scenarios and the logistics of his plan through his head, Fox paused and knew he what he had to do first.

 Fox reached into a special drawer and reverently pulled out several sheets of flimsi paper, the stuff found in old libraries. Slowly and reverently, Fox wrote two letters, one to Rex and one to his closest brothers. To Rex, Fox wrote an apology and to his closest brothers, he wrote a farewell.

Cody, Wolffe, Ponds, Bly, Thire, and Stone

If you are reading this then I am gone. I am sorry. I have to do this. I have made a lot of mistakes, but this decision is not one of them. I have the chance to make up for my sins. My lack of control has led to a vod's death, for which I will never forgive myself. I hope that this decision will lead to a better world for all of you. My goal is to prevent the deaths of any more vod, which is all I've ever tried to do. Well I guess I failed spectacularly in that area. I hope that you can all find happiness. Goodbye, ner vod, Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum!

Fox

p.s- Stone and Thire; I am so proud of you and what you have accomplished. We have all endured so much and yet both of you have never wavered. I am sorry that I am leaving you so quickly and with so much left undone, but I cannot ignore what I have discovered when I know that I can do something. 

Rex, 

 I am sorry! Ni ceta! Ni ceta! Ni cuy' o'r gar entye! I also want you to know that I never wanted to kill Fives, but I did and that will be my life's greatest regret. I couldn't stop myself , for which I will forever be shameful.

 In order to make up for my sins, I have made the decision to risk exposing an evil which has lurked under everyone's noses for years. If you are reading this, then I have carried out with my plan and most likely will not return. I know that you will most likely never forgive me and I know that I am an auetii, but I just wanted to say, Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum. I hope you find peace, vod. 

Fox

With his notes completed, Fox tucked the flimsi under a datapad and stood up, inhaling sharply and purposefully. 

Moments later, his comm beeped with a message from Palpatine ordering him to report in for a debrief. Fox knew that the time for action approached, so he placed his bucket on his head and stepped out of his office. As Fox stepped out the door, he allowed himself one last glance at the Guard barracks, full of life and vod, before he sighed and shored his shoulders. Fox marched towards the chancellor's office and his almost certain doom, ready to embrace death as a friend.

 But one thing Fox knew for sure, the galaxy would never be the same again, but whether for better or for worse was yet to be determined. Fox would do his damndest to insure that the change would be for better.

 As the doors swished open, a fire was ignited, one that would never be smothered, the fire of hope and rebellion. 

Notes:

Ner vod- my brothers

Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum- I love you

Ni ceta- I kneel; groveling apology

Ni cuy' o'r gar entye- I am in your debt

Sorry about the cliffhanger and a sad one at the that.

I am also sorry that the update took so long. I have been focusing on another work so I haven't had time to devote to this fic. 

I don't know how long the next chapter will take because  it depends on my school work and other stories.

I hope you enjoy this chapter. Comments are welcome.