And here is part b of chapter 3, kind of wanted to split it up sense it was so long.
Enjoy :)
Kenobi's POV
When the wall came down I ducted behind and boulder with Cody and waited for the dust to settle. Coughing a little bit I stood back up and looked around at the damage. The rubble didn't travel far from the blast zone which was good as it gave the men a small area to avoid. Suddenly I heard my wrist comm go off breaking my thoughts like glass.
"General Kenobi this is Captain Rex please respond." I heard Rex chirp.
"What is it Rex, is everyone alright?"
"Yes general we made it out before the bombs went off. Our escape was cutting close and it seems that Commander Ballista got a little scrapped up…"
"Is Amira alright Captain?" I ask staring at the commlink concerned.
"Yes the Commander is alright General she just scrapped up her knee that is all." I sigh in relief to know that Amira was alright. "We are on our way back to you now. Rex out."
I stare at my comm for a few more seconds and calm my mind, our first mission as Master and Padawan and I nearly get her killed not the greatest way to start out things. Lowering my wrist I straighten up and walk around and look for Anakin and the others that survived. Anakin was pushing away debris to make a path for the soldiers walk through.
"Looks like another job well done, even if it was a bit of a disaster if I do so say so myself." I say to him and gestured to the little remnants of the wall.
"Well I had faith in Ahsoka to get the job done, looks like Amira didn't do too bad either." He said as he was moving more rubble aside and then turned and looked at me. I smile warmly at Anakin, which caused him to do a double take at me. "What are you smiling about?"
"You're jealous."
"What, no, me, jealous why would I be jealous?" Anakin said in a little flustered tone.
"Because she is in a sense replacing you. Which is not the case Anakin, you will always be my first Padawan and I would never treat you any differently with her around. I might be more protective considering your crazy ideas and plosive behavior but that won't change anything, she is just another student. In fact Master Fisto asked me to take her as my Padawan." I explain as I help him move rubble to clear a path.
"Really, she older than thirteen did someone take her as a Padawan before?"
"Yes, Master Tauris." Anakin paused in his work and turned to look at me in surprise and shock. "Yes I was just as shocked as you are, I have a feeling that she is hiding something and I don't know what it is."
"Easy Master, in time she will tell us. For now let's just focus on this mission first." Anakin said as he returned back to work.
"Why do I feel like our roles are reversed here Anakin?"
He merely chuckled and then stopped what he was doing when he saw Ahsoka and Amira approach, Amira leaning on Ahsoka's shoulder. I rush over to them and grab Amira's shoulder to help steady herself a bit better.
"Are you going to be okay Amira?" I ask and looked down at her leg in concern and back to her face.
"I'll be fine Master it's not that bad it's just a little sore that's all." She assured me with a weak smile as she shifted a little weight onto the leg to show me. I could see that she was lying but Anakin stepped in before I could say anything.
"It looks painful to walk on Amira, it would be wise for you to stay back with the others that are injured until we make to the RV point with Master Luminara, once we have cleared the way you can join us there." Anakin suggested in a more relaxed tone than he had used earlier with her.
"I agree with Anakin, let the bacta stabilize the wound before you go on."
Amira thought about it and then nodded a little bit in agreement. Both she and Ahsoka walked over to where the transports were picking up the wounded and taking them back to the ship. I watched as they went with a little bit of worry, this was the first mission and she was already injured.
Maybe it was a bad idea to have her in the field so soon.
Amira's POV
For the past hour my ears felt like they were going to burn off, I felt so embarrassed in front of Master Kenobi and Master Skywalker. First time out in the field and I gash open the side of my leg on my first mission being the klutz that I am.
Great way to make an impression Amira the absolute best.
"Hey don't let this get to you Commander, a lot worse things have happened to us than just a scrapped up knee." Fives said as he stopped in front of the rock that I was sitting on. Looking up I saw he had his helmet off and sitting in the crook of him arm and was munching on a ration bar. He swallowed before he continued. "General Skywalker doesn't think any different of you after this. And as far as we are concerned," he gestured around him to the rest of the guys in the squad. "You are one tough nut."
"Thanks Fives, at least I didn't mess up around you guys." I said and smiled and shifted a bit on the rock.
Fives was about the say something else but Jesse interrupted by yelling at Fives. "Hey idiot we're moving out grab your gear slacker."
"You better get going before you get your head chewed off." I gestured towards the rest of the group that was departing.
"I guess I should, I will see you later Commander." Fives saluted casually and winked at me then ran after the rest of his squad. I watched him catch up with his squad and got a few slaps on the armor from who I guessed was Jesse, it was always difficult to distinguish who was who from the back of their armor. Sighing I slid off my rock and walked, hiding my limp with long strides, and over to Master Kenobi. He looked deep in conversation with Commander Cody over the battle so I stayed quiet until they were done. Commander Cody was the first to notice me when he spotted me in his peripheral vision, he cleared his voice and turned towards me causing Master Kenobi to turn as well, surprised to see me as well.
"Amira, you probably shouldn't be up on your injury it could reopen." Master Kenobi said as he went to help me sit down.
"I will be fine Master the pain is manageable when I walk, I came over to see how everything is and if I could help with anything." As I move his hand away from my shoulder gently.
"In the condition that your leg is in currently I need you to go back to the ship and heal up, when the medics on the ship say you are healed join me back here if we need help."
I suppressed an eye switch and the feeling to fight back, Master Kenobi was right with my injured knee is slowing me down I would do more harm than good here. I reluctantly nod and head over to a transport that was just about takeoff, as I grab one of the overhanging handles I turn back to see Cody taking off his helmet and make brief eye contact with him. For the third time that day I felt my ears flare up with heat and I quickly look away.
Why does he of all the guys in the universe have this effect on me?
Cody's POV
I watched as Commander Ballista got on the transport and went back to the ship feeling the weight of guilt set on my chest. I recommended that she head back to the ship for better treatment for that gash, it wasn't my call to make but I felt that I had to express my opinion. I turned back to General Kenobi and continued our conversation about the next part of the mission.
"General Skywalker has already gone ahead of us to create a little distraction at the capital's walls to allow enough time for us to come in with gunships and take out the sentry posts and break through." I concluded as we started walking over to our gunship.
"I agree Cody, let's just hope he left us enough of the wall to help breakdown." Kenobi concurred just as the doors closed and the ship took off. I moved to put my helmet back when he placed a hand on my arm. "You weren't out of line Cody, it was a good call sending Amira back to the ship."
His peace on the topic put me at ease and I nodded back and put my helmet. I stepped towards the rest of Ghost Company and started briefing them about the next part of the mission. But in the back of my mind worry still lingered about Amira.
Amira's POV
Once we touched down on the ship there were a few medics ready to help the wounded to the medical bay. When I stepped off a medic approached me right away and saluted, I nodded my acknowledgement.
"Commander Ballista, Commander Cody had contacted me saying that you were on your way back, please come with me and we will get that wound in better shape." The clone said and gestured the way to the medical bay. Smiling I followed him while replicating my stride from before to hide my limp. "Commander I don't mean any disrespect but you can't hide how bad it is from me. Would you prefer if we took a stretcher back?"
I shook my head and continued to walk. "I can manage walking to the medical bay from here just fine. Oh I forgot to ask, what is your name?"
"Script ma'am."
"Miss will fine Script, I am not that old." I said smile as we walked down the corridor.
"My apologies Commander, if you do not mind me asking how old are you?" Script asked cautiously just as we walked into the medical bay.
"I'm 17, well soon to be 18 really." I reply now curious as to how far my birthday was from today.
"Well you certainly talk older than your age, I didn't mean that as offensive Commander it was just an observation." Script stammered as he led me to a bed. I giggled lightly and put a hand on his arm to stop him before he left.
"It's alright Script you have not been the first to ask and certainly won't be the last, no offense was taken."
He nodded and disappeared to grab the necessary supplies he needed to re-bandage my leg. He re-appeared a few minutes later and set them down on a small table next to him.
"It will probably be easier if you were laying down Commander it would take off any unnecessary strain on your knee." Script stated as he was grabbing the scissors to cut the bandage on my leg. I nodded and followed his instructions and laid now on the bed. The next few minutes were filled with small talk about random topics, things like food, ship life, interesting memories, and some small things to mainly keep me occupied from the pain. When he took off the pad on the gash on my shin I hissed a little bit as the sharp air from the bay made contact with the wound.
"That is more than a little gash Commander, why didn't you say you had a cut this deep." Script ask as he set the pad down and picked up a clean gauze and some bacta cleaning spray.
"To be honest I probably couldn't tell how deep it was considering the fact that I was in battle and I had adrenaline in my system. And Kix had said that the gash did not look that deep when he was cleaning it up. My apologies Script perhaps next time I will be a better patient." I say sarcastically and then hiss when he started cleaning the gash thoroughly.
"I hope this will never become a frequent trip for you Commander I really hope it doesn't." Script said in a serious tone as he completely ignored my sarcasm. "But on a different note praise to the medic that did wrap this wound I have never seen a better wrapping of a wound than by my own hand."
I smiled and felt a little relief when he joked back, I was starting to think that I had messed up first introductions with him. The rest went by with expert ease, Script had numbed my leg a bit to put in a few stitches to help close the gash quicker and then wrapped them in clean gauze and then cleaned up the top of my knee and applied fresh bacta to it.
"That should feel much better Commander, now I do not want you up on that leg for a few days until the stitches come out. You will be staying here until those stitches come out on top of getting rest as well. I will let Commander Cody and General Kenobi know that you are doing fine." Script said as he lowered the pant leg once more over the bandages. "For now I am just going to give you a light sedative that will help you fall asleep Commander, nothing to serious."
He reached around to the table and grabbed a pre-measured syringe, he then turned back around and gently held my arm to find a vein. Once he did he gave me the sedative quickly and then put pressure on the needle mark to stop it from bleeding. Either sedative was really fast or just my body coming down from the adrenaline rush I felt my body get really heavy and I fought to keep my eyes open.
"Thank you Script." Was all I managed to get out before I was out cold.
Author side note: Yay! we finally get to see Script, my precious little adorable clone Oc, there are many but he is the most fun to write about so far. I hope you guys like him, he is getting a more in depth look in later chapters so sit tight he will be around a lot more soon. Also I apologize if any characters seem out of place or OOC.
I don't own Star Wars or Star Wars The Clone Wars that belongs Disney and all of their people
Amira, Script, and all of the other OCs are mine