Hey guys! My first SW TCW fic :D hope you like it :) Fives and Echo decide to travel to Kamino to look for Hevy's Graduation Medal. But what will happen :O
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Chapter 1 Domino Reunion
Fives looked up from the table they were sitting at. He saw Echo sitting across from him. Both their helmets sat on the table along with two glasses filled with a blue liquid. Just Echo and him. They were the only ones left from Domino squad. Echo stared back at him.
"What are you looking at?" Echo asked curiously.
"I'm just thinking," Fives responded. Echo raised an eyebrow at him.
"Don't you know what today is?" Fives asked Echo.
"Should I?" Echo looked at Fives strangely.
"Remember Domino squad?" Fives sighed. Echo closed his eyes and relaxed his face.
"I remember. Today is the anniversary, isn't it?" Fives lowered his head.
"Yeah, it is."
"How long has it been, Fives?" Echo asked his brother.
"Five standard years," Fives answered.
"Five?"
"Yeah, five," Fives confirmed.
"Five years since we lost three brothers from our squad," Echo continued.
"Why us, Echo?" Fives asked picking his head up.
"What?"
"Why did Hevy, Droidbait, and Cutup all die? Why are we left? What sets us apart?" Fives questioned.
"We are not droids, Fives. We may look the same as our brothers but we are not all exactly alike. Take you and me," Echo pointed to himself and Fives "We're nothing alike."
"You got that right," Rex said walking past the two clones.
"Thank you, Captain!" Fives yelled back to their Captain.
"Anytime," Rex replied continuing on his way.
"But I'm right, Fives," Echo continued.
"I know we're not mindless droids, Echo. Now I remember why we named you that. You're repeating what I always say," Fives said.
"I'm not-" Echo started before Fives raised his hand.
"It's alright for you to take my random bits of information, Echo, just give me credit," Fives smirked.
"Oh Fives, you haven't changed at all have you?"
"Nope. But I sure do miss Domino squad as a whole and not two pieces," Fives said.
"Yeah. I miss Droidbait, Cutup, and Hevy, too," Echo said.
"What were the odds we'd lose them all in a matter of a few hours?"
"I don't know. Droidbait went down by the hands of those blasted commando droids, Cutup got eaten by one of those giant Rishi eels, and Hevy, well, he went down a hero," Echo said.
"Sometimes I wish they were still here," Fives said wiping a hand over his face.
"Yeah. Me too," Echo said quietly.
"Remember when we passed the test?" Fives reminded.
"Yeah. That was one of the biggest things for Domino squad, next to our mission at Rishi Station."
"Yeah, that was pretty awesome. I wonder what happened to Hevy's medal," Fives wondered.
"What?" Echo stared at Fives.
"Remember? Hevy gave Ninety-Nine his medal?" Fives tapped an index finger against Echo's forehead.
"I remember!" Echo said slapping Fives's hand away.
"Yeah, well, I wonder what happened to it. I wonder if it's with Ninety-Nine's stuff," Fives said. Echo sighed and raised a hand to the bridge of his nose.
"What?" Fives asked annoyed at Echo.
"I'm not going to dig through Ninety-Nine's things to look for Hevy's medal," Echo cleared up.
"I didn't say I was."
"You implied it," Echo pointed out.
"Okay, smartass, maybe I want to find it!" Fives yelled.
"Why do you want it?" Echo asked exasperated.
"We have Cutup's and Droidbait's. We keep them with us to remember them. Hevy wasn't just CT-782! I don't want Hevy to become just a number!" Fives said angrily.
"We both know he wasn't a number, Fives!" Echo yelled.
"I don't want others to think he was! I want others to see him as someone who started like the rest of us! To show he was always the underdog with Domino squad! And that even clones who everyone thought would be failures can become heroes!" Fives screamed.
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Okay, I'll help you find Hevy's medal," Echo agreed.
"I thought you said you didn't want to," Fives taunted.
"Do you want my help or not?" Echo sighed.
"Yeah, alright," Fives agreed.
"Alright, let's find Hevy's medal," Echo said standing up.
"Let's go," Fives also stood up. Both clones grabbed their helmets, which sat on the table and they placed them on their heads. Echo grabbed his long range blaster and Fives grabbed his own powerful blaster rifle. Just as they were leaving, the two bumped into Rex.
"Uh oh," Echo mumbled.
"Where are you two going?" Rex asked suspiciously.
"Uh, we would like to go back to Kamino for a day or two," Fives explained.
"Why? For what reason do you have to go to Kamino?" Rex asked folding his arms across his armored chest.
"We wanted to look for Hevy's medal. The one he got from graduating to a clone trooper, after Domino squad," Fives answered stiffly.
"It's been five standard years since that attack on the Rishi moon, hasn't it boys?" Rex's voice softened up a bit at the mention of Hevy.
"Yes, sir," Echo said.
"Yes, we lost a lot of brothers that day. But Hevy was a hero."
"Yes, sir. Do we have permission to go?" Fives asked. Rex looked at Fives and Echo.
"I would ask General Skywalker. He's in charge here," Rex suggested.
"Do you know where he is?" Echo asked. Rex turned and pointed down towards the main hanger.
"I think he was awaiting the arrival of General Kenobi," Rex explained.
"Thank you, sir," Fives thanked as he and Echo walked towards the hanger.
"What are we going to tell the General?" Echo asked his partner.
"If we have permission to travel to Kamino. What else would we ask him, Echo?"
"It was just a question, Fives," Echo rolled his eyes beneath his helmet.
"Sorry, Echo," Fives apologized. The two approached the main hanger. They saw General Skywalker and General Kenobi talking. A large B-Wing was sitting in the hanger as well as a few clone transports and General Skywalker's starfighter. Clones walked around, checking the ships and inspecting weapons.
"Here goes nothing," Fives whispered to Echo as they walked up to the Jedi.
"General Skywalker?" Fives started.
"One minute, Obi-wan," General Skywalker said before turning to the two clones.
"What's up?"
"Uh, General, Fives and I were hoping you would allow us to visit Kamino for a day or two," Echo said.
"What for?" Anakin asked crossing his arms over his chest.
"Well, sir, we were in the Domino squad with Hevy, Cutup, and Droidbait and-"
"You wish to travel to Kamino to find something of Hevy's because it has been five standard years since your mission on the Rishi moon," Obi-wan finished for Fives.
"Yes, sir, Hevy's medal. The one he got from graduating to a clone trooper. He gave his to Ninety-Nine," Echo said.
"I see. Well Obi-wan and I were actually going to go to Kamino anyway," Anakin said.
"Yes, it's our turn to observe the production of new clones," Obi-wan explained.
"You can tag along if you want," Anakin offered.
"Thank you, sir. We would like that," Fives answered.
"Good. We'll be leaving in a few minutes so be ready," Anakin said, smiling kindly at the clones.
"Yes, sir," the two clones said in unison. The Jedi nodded before walking off, leaving the two clones. Fives slapped Echo a quick high-five before they turned to find their packs.
Obi-wan looked at Anakin with a rather smug look.
"What?" Anakin asked innocently.
"You love to help out clones don't you?" Obi-wan said.
"What? Me? What make you say that?" Anakin asked smirking.
"Remember last week when you had a drinking contest with Rex?" Anakin coughed nervously.
"Uh, t-that was just to pass time, Master," Anakin said.
"Then why so nervous at the mention of it?" Obi-wan asked raising his eyebrows.
"Stop it, Obi-wan! We were just having a little fun," Anakin protested.
"Who won that anyway?" Obi-wan asked.
"I did," Rex said walking by the two Generals.
"You did not! It was a tie!" Anakin yelled after him.
"Sure, General," Rex said without looking back.
"Well we better get ready to visit Kamino," Obi-wan changed the subject.
"Yeah, let's go," Anakin agreed. The two Jedi boarded the B-Wing and waited for the two clones to come back to the hanger.
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