Kar'taylir Darasuum adol Kyr'am (Love through Death) Ch. 3

Alright guys! New chapter! This will be longer than the second chapter...hopefully.

: I'm glad you like it! I've liked the relationship between clones and their commanders, especially romance. Might see some familiar characters from a few books and movies and tv shows*wink wink*. Marissa will find Duke in a later chapter so stay tuned!*winks*

Enjoy!


Ch.3: Revival

The figure turns to the wind and the cloak's hood is removed. The face of Marissa stares into the sky to the Resolute where her men are safe and sound. She fingers get necklace and mutters one name,

"Duke…"

Marissa turns to walk away with a last glance at the Resolute. She walks into the woods and soon is enveloped in the shadows of the forest.


Rex started assistive breathing. Each time, Duke wouldn't breath on his own.

"Damnit Duke! Breathe! Come on you di'kuta! BREATHE!"

Duke still refused to breath. Rex had tears coming down his face as he continued,

"Come on, Duk'ika! Don't do this to me!"

Just as Rex was about to give up, Duke gasped for air. Rex quickly supports Duke's upper body by leaning him against him. Duke coughed and sputtered then his eyes open. Duke whispers

"Rex…?"

"I'm here, Duk'ika. I'm here."

Duke relaxes before sitting up slowly. He looks around the quarters he and Rex share when they're both on the Resolute.

"How'd I…?"

"Sly and I half carried, half dragged you here."

Duke looks down at the ground and folds his hands together and puts it to his face. Rex watches with sadness before hugging his brother from behind. Duke's shoulder shakes as he silently sobs.

"You loved her. Didn't you?"

Duke nods before fishing out the ring from his pocket.

"We got married before this campaign…"

"I'm sorry Duk'ika."

Duke sighs,

"There's nothing anyone can do. I'll remember her. Just as everyone from the 51st will. But I still have a job to do."

Duke gets up and gets his helmet after he slips the ring back into his pocket. He turns to Rex with a determined and angry look,

"We have a war to win, vod."

They both walk out of the room to do their duties, but Rex kept close to his younger brother.


Marissa walks through the plains of Dantooine. She quickly makes it to the ship she had brought down. It's a Mandalorian fighter. One of the big ones with the seats you can launch allies with jetpacks from. She enters and quickly changes to the Mandalorian armor she made with her uncle. Her armor is black with gold accents. She puts the helmet on the co-pilot seat and puts all her concealed weapons in their places. Then she puts the rest of her weapons in a secret compartment under her seat including her pistols and vibrosword. She starts up the systems and takes off. The Resolute doesn't notice since it's on the other side of the planet. She sets coordinates to Coruscant in the jab computer and jumps into hyperspace. She sighs before contacting her uncle.

"Marissa. Good to hear from you."

She allows herself to smile,

"Good to hear you too, Kal."

"No 'uncle' this time?"

"No. I'm being cautious at the moment. But I'm en route to you now."

"Understood. What's your ETA?"

She checks the chrono and nav computer,

"Around 2 to 3 hours."

"See you then Mars'ika."

"See you then Ba'vodu Kal."

Kal smiles before the feed goes dead from the transmission ending. That's right Kal Skirata is her uncle, her ba'vodu. Funny to think that when her father is a senator for her homeworld. She laughs at the irony. She mutters,

"Ba'vodu Kal has wanted me to meet his boys for awhile. Now I finally get to meet them face to face…..in 2 to 3 hours at least."

Marissa crosses her arms and sets her chrono to wake her up as soon as she's close to dropping out of hyperspace.


Duke paces in the meeting room of the Resolute. Rex and Cody are there too. They are waiting for Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi to arrive. Speaking of which, the generals walk through the door to the meeting room and immediately head for Duke,

"We're sorry that Marissa died, Captain Duke. We all know that you married her with permission from the Jedi Council."

Duke simply nods as Cody and Rex ever so slightly scoot closer to him for support. General Skywalker moves and begins to type a command into the holocommunicator. General Kenobi speaks in his usual calm like manner,

"The council wishes to have a word with you, Duke. No, you're not in trouble, don't worry."

Duke closes his mouth and the question is gone from his mind. The hologram of Master Mace Windu and Master Yoda appear. Skywalker and Kenobi motion Duke to step forward. Duke does and Rex and Cody step up as well, but just a bit behind him for moral and emotional support. Yoda and Windu look at Duke and Yoda speaks first,

"For Marissa's loss, we are sorry to hear."

Mace Windu speaks in a sad tone,

"I will miss her. She was my apprentice."

Master Yoda sighs,

"But the truth, hid long enough it has."

"Agreed. Do you want me to tell him or you, Master Yoda?"

"Tell him, I will. Come, I will to the Resolute."

"Are you sure General?"

"Sure, I am. Be there, I shall in a few hours."

"Understood, Master Yoda."

"Understood, General."

"Rex, Cody, Duke. You are dismissed."

"Sir, yes, sir!"

Duke walks out with Rex and Cody. He looks to them,

"General Yoda….is coming here to tell me something?"

Rex and Cody laugh,

"It appears so brother. Let's go to the mess and get something to eat."

"Ok. Let's go. I'm starving."

On the way there they laugh and joke but in the back of their minds they're wondering what General Yoda will tell Duke. They eat and joke with their men in the mess then they get a call to come back to the meeting room. They jog back. Once they enter, General Yoda stands there. He motions for them to sit and they do. Yoda looks down then up,

"Duke. Sorry, I am to keep this from you for this long. Marissa, still alive she is."


Translations(in order)

vod-brother

di'kuta-idiot

Duk'ika- Little Duke(nickname among clones)

Ba'vodu- Uncle


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May the force be with you, always!