Alpha-02 named Spar found himself in a bit of a predicament. Arms crossed and leaning against a wall in the gym, he stared very intently at an object he never thought he'd come across.

Chin height...silver eyes...polished ebony...pointed features...and very feminine.

A female

A CLONED female

Not from his original. None of the females came from his original template. He didn't know who they were cloned from, just that they were sculpted into different beauties of different species to gather better intell from the seppies. She was talking to one of her sisters, one he recognized as the fixation of one of his friends, Sull. But his eye was drawn to the dark beauty. He had seen her around, had seen her fight...it brought a dark chuckle to his lips. He'd love to spar with her one day. It would be a very interesting match. His gaze landed on her back as he watched her muscles ripple underneath her skin at every little movement. He watched in fascination, like a strill watching a baby. Her talking slowed to a stop and she looked around after feeling him stare at her at her back for so long. She finally looked in the right place and found him. He smirked at her and leaned even more heavily into the wall. She stared at him hard, her eyes turning to dark coins as she did. His lids lowered over his own eyes and they turned from honey to a deep chocolate brown. She froze, her eyes widening in her skull a little as she registered and recognized that look. Then they narrowed and her shoulders shifted back and upwards a little. She was watching him warily now. Her friend looked over and glanced between the two of them in their silent confrontation. He unfolded his arms, spreading his finger wide in a peaceful gesture. She blinked at him before turning to her friend again. They both clasped hands and she started walking away from her.

Towards him.

She stopped a few feet away from him sizing him up, but still wary.

He raised an eyebrow: Yes?

A tilt of her head: I've seen you before.

A small lift of his chin: Yes, you have.

Her eyebrow rose up at him: Your a cheeky one.

He flashed her a grin that needed no interpretation. He stuck out his hand first.

"Alpha-Ø2," he said. She raised an eyebrow at him and stared at his hand a while before taking it, Mandalorian style.

"IO-995," she said curtly. Both stood there a second, staring at each other. He raised his eyebrow again, but all she did was regard him cooly and gripped his hand more firmly. Spar snorted. She was alright.

"Spar," he said, not smiling but his eyes crinkled slightly in his face. The girl smirked back at him.

"Edelweiss," she said.

Author's Note:

Spar belongs to Karen Traviss's from her Republic Commando Novels

Edelweiss is mine.

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