Chapter 1: The Crash
Chapter 1: The Crash
The shot is open for me to take. There is no way I could possibly miss with their being no wind and the sun being at its highest. There only seems to be one problem, the target in my cross hairs is my brother. My options where to apprehend him and the squad under his command and then kill the Jedi, or wipe them all out. Since there is five of them and one of me, that leaves me with only one option, to do what I do best, the one thing I've spent my whole life training to do, the one thing I excel at more than any other clone, I obey my orders and take the shot? Or let my brother go and possibly be killed for disobeying direct order from Darth Sidious.
It had only been a few hours ago when the clones received their mission to "Execute Order 66." This order was given to them by none other than Darth Sidious. This entitled all clones to execute the Jedi for being traitors of the Republic. Shineys squad had been flying closely behind Fours squad when both ships where shot down by a separatist ship. Both ships lost communications, however Shine was able to pick up a faint transmission ordering the clones to "Execute Order 66," before crashing into the forest. From what Shine could tell, his ship landed 4 maybe 5 clicks away from Fours ship.
Where are we? I'm not hurt am I? Ok basic check, I can feel my legs and arms, my fingers and toes still move, I feel seriously bruised, but my head is still on top of my neck so I am fit to carry out my orders. First I must locate my squad. "Sound off!" … Shiny heard no answer. Damnet, I better not be the only clone who survived this crash. "Sound off!" he shouted again even louder… Still no answer. After conducting a search his fears became confirmed, his squad was all dead. After further searching he came to realize most of the gear had been destroyed as well, including the communicator and both radios. He would have no way of contacting Fours squad.
I wonder if anyone from Fours squad survived. I have a gut feeling that Four is still alive. After being together for so long me and Four can almost feel when the other is around, he is and always will be my favorite brother. Four will have followed orders and taken out General Katyua by now wouldn't he of? I mean that's what we were born to do, follow orders. But killing a Jedi? I guess if they truly are traitors of the republic then they must be taken out.
Shiny got his name from his bald head. He and his brother Four where being picked on by the Sargent when Shiny decided to stick up for them and told the Sargent off. Sargent became tremendously angry with the two brothers and shot Shiny in the arm for talking back to a higher authority. Luckily Shiny had been wearing enough armor to protect himself from the shot, but the intensity of it was enough to knock him off balance and tumble down the ramp of the ship they were on. In doing so his head slid the entire length of the ramp. His helmet had protected him from any serious head injuries, but the intense rubbing against his scalp caused his hair to stop growing and eventually fall out, thus the name Shiny.
Shiny collected what supplies he could find and he began the journey to his brother's ship. It's still fairly early in the morning so I should be able to meet up with his crew by mid-day and see if they have any way of communicating their location to another ship to pick them up.
It took Shiny the better part of the morning to travel through the forests of Kashyk to the top of a hill where he could finally see his brother's squad. He was just about to yell out when he saw something he thought to be unusual. After taking a closer look through his binoculars he saw Four holding a canteen up to Jedi Katyuas mouth. Shiny could tell the Jedi had been seriously injured and was only half conscious at most. Why is he aiding the Jedi when our mission is to kill him? After spending the next few hours watching Shiny came to the conclusion that Four and his squad are as well traitors of the Republic.
What should I do? I can't just pretend I didn't see that. They are aiding an enemy of the republic which in turn makes them enemies of the republic. A clone's sole purpose in life is to kill the enemies of the republic. But clones don't kill their brothers. It's not in our nature, we weren't built for that kind of stuff.
As much as I hate do this, it's my only option. Four left me with no other choice by betraying the Republic. Shiny set up his rifle on top of the hill and took aim. His brother's unprotected head was directly in his cross hairs. Stupid Four leaving his head so exposed like that, practically asking to be picked off like a can down range, I remember when we were young and we used to love shooting cans. No put that thought out of your head Shiny, follow the mission and obey orders, it's what I was made to do. He could easily pull the trigger and take out Four along with at least two others from his squad before they ever knew what hit them. Only one thing was stopping Shiny, Do I really want to kill my own brother?