Before them on the holoprojector was Cody with Aurra standing behind him, but this time it was Boba holding the blaster. Aurra was stretching her fingers, looking hungerly at Cody,"Hello, Jedi. As I said before, I will return your Commander if you give me Mace Windu. Hopefully these next few minutes will help you make up your mind."
"What does she mean?" Ahsoka's voice trembled as Aurra moved closer to Cody. She struck, her fist slamming into the side of Cody's face before she brought her pointed boot into Cody's stomache. Cody remained silent, the evidence he was in pain was the wince that flashed across his face. He stared straight ahead, his eyes boring into Obi-wan's, even though he didn't know it. Aurra struck again and again for the next few minutes, each kick, punch, and slap harder than the previous. She stepped back, swinging her leg to connect with Cody's back. He fell forward onto the floor. She smiled and she raised her foot to stomp down on his wounded leg. Cody rolled out the the way, then with lightning speed stood and tackled Aurra. He was at the disadvantage, though, since his arms were behind this back, but that didn't slow him. He moved away from her and swung his bad leg round , slamming into Aurra's face and throwing her into the wall. Cody moved to strike again, but Boba moved forward, driving the blaster in his hand into the small of Cody's back, dropping Cody to his knees.
Boba pointed the blaster at Cody,"Any last words, Clone? Cause if I don't kill you, she will."
"Go to hell, boy,"Cody spat. "My friends won't come for me, they know better. They know I don't want them to risk the lives of my brothers or themselves for me. Their duty is to preserve justice, not feed scumbags like you. You will forever be the outcast of our family. My brothers will never accept you."
"I'm perfectly happy with that,"Boba snapped before he pulled the trigger. The bolt hit Cody in the chest, sending him backwards. He gasped against the pain as Boba moved to stand over him,"I'm not gonna kill you yet. I want to see you suffer first, then your friends. Then you will die." Boba turned back to the the Jedi,"You have six hours to contact us or you clone dies."
The transmission cut out, leaving everyone realing.
"They shot him," Ahsoka gasped. "They shot him."
"It's alright, kid, he's a fighter," Rex moved to her side, pulling her into his chest.
"We need to find them," Anakin began to pace. "That shot was on his right side and high, but it still caused him pain and he made that Aurra pretty mad. We may not have six hours."
"Let me go," Mace cut in. "I could probably get at least Cody at safely and you could always find me."
"No, they'd kill you and Cody as soon as they saw you!" Anakin rounded on Mace.
"Kamino," Obi-wan spoke softly and everyone turned to him.
"What?" Mace frowned.
"Kamino. He's going to get them to take him to Kamino," Obi-wan smiled.
"How do you know?" Anakin gave Obi-wan a funny look.
"He told me, when Boba let him speak. He never talks about his brothers like that. He never even calls his brothers brothers in a conversation. And when he talked about preserving justice, the clones are helping the Jedi keep the peace, so to preserving the peace would mean either the temple or Kamino. Since they couldn't possibly get anywhere near Courasant, it has to be Kamino."
"I'll tell the Admiral to change course,"Ahsoka smiled, racing off.
"You sure, sir?" Rex asked hesitantly.
"Yes, Rex, I'm positive," Obi-wan nodded, looking at the blank holoprojector. "As sure as I can be."
