The silence is what made Waxer nervous. The only noise was the creaking of the ship, and the slow breathing from Boil and Commander Cody. What would it be like, seeing the Twi'lek girl again? Would she even recognize him and Boil? Waxer shook his head. He shouldn't get too hopeful.

Waxer glanced at his Commander's crossed form. He always slept like that, arms crossed. Only reason Waxer knew he was sleeping was the fact he didn't have his helmet on.

Boil on the other hand sleeps with his helmet on.. Waxer thought looking at his brother next to him.

Waxer jumped when the cockpit's door hissed open. Cody opened his eyes to look at Tisha.

"Yes?" he gruffly leaned forward from his position.

"We are here, Keeth says when we land to depart." she said in a small voice.

Cody nodded and glanced over to Waxer, "Contact the General and tell him our location."

Waxer nodded, " Yes sir."

Slipping his helmet on, Waxer blinked up his comm signals and commed Kenobi. The Jedi answered immediantly.

"Sir, this is trooper Waxer. Commander Cody, Boil and I are located in Nabat, in Ryloth."

"Very good," Kenobi's tone sounded as if this were not very good, "I am sending a transport for you three." there was a short pause.

"Sir?" Waxer checked to make sure he still had signal and watched Tisha go back into the cockpit.

"It'll be there Waxer. I am not certain when though." the General sounded distracted, Waxer guessed he was extremely stressed.

Waxer nodded, "Understood sir. Waxer out." he ended the transmission as Cody kicked Boil awake.

"Wake up, were here," Cody glanced at Waxer," I think we'll be here for a little bit boys. Kenobi has a lot going on."

Boil stood, replacing his helmet, "Welcome back to Ryloth everyone."

The ship shifted as it entered the atmosphere. Waxer tapped on his thigh plate, a nervous tick of his, while waiting for the ship to touch down. Boil's helmet was tilting down, as if thinking. But Waxer couldn't tell what could be going on behind his brother's helmet. The ship gave a gentle jolt as it touched the ground. Tisha appeared, and Boil raised his head.

"Keeth say to go now." she looked at Boil then back to Cody," Sorry for all the trouble. I wish you all luck."

Cody nodded before signaling Waxer and Boil to move out. The door opened and Waxer was out first. Boil lingered behind then followed Waxer down the ramp. Cody paused then stepped off, looking around.

"Looks better then it was." the commander looked around at the people walking by.

Waxer agreed, Nabat looked much better then it had. It wasn't a ghost town anymore. Twi'leks of all ages and colors strolled around, some looking at them, some just ignoring the clone troopers.

Boil shifted nervously, "I don't like the looks some are giving us.. it's like they don't want us here.."

Cody held his blaster low," They don't. They don't want a war here on their world. We symbolize war."

Waxer noted that some of the male Twi'leks were giving them dirty looks. Waxer felt himself searching for a face though. Numa. Sh ewas here. She lived here. Maybe he could see her again. Boil cocked his head at a young Twi'lek boy pointing at him. The boy couldn't have been past twelve years, his headtails not quite past his shoulders. He was pointing at Boil, laughing with a group of boys his age.

"Bug off.." Boil growled under his breath.

Cody stepped away from Keeth's ship," Ok, we need to find somewhere to stay. We have no idea when this gunship will be here."

Waxer looked back at the ship. Keeth was paying a Twi'lek to fuel the vessel up. Waxer wondered how long Tisha and her brother would stay here. He wished they would just leave already. Boil would be distracted till then.

Commander Cody started walking away into the crowd. Waxer followed him, ignoring stares. Boil was more hesitant. Eventually he was next to Waxer, looking down.

Waxer touched his shoulder," You'll find someone else, come on, we're falling behind."

Boil just nodded and trooted to catch up with Cody. Cody looked over his shoulder at them and chuckled.

"Just like old times, eh boys?" the commander turned back around again.

Waxer shrugged, "Cept their aren't droids everywhere and the only think hostile is the angry locals."

"True that is.. but someone will let us stay." Boil paused," We did help them after all."

"They still might not want us here." Cody added.

"We could always hang out in the tunnels.. Boil and I know our way around." Waxer chuckled.

"Not a bad idea, let's try to find better place before we resort to that though.." Cody nodded to a young twi'lek women tending to plants outside a small house.

Cody approached, Waxer close behind.

"Ma'am? We are stranded here. May we stay the night?" the commander spoke slowly.

Waxer hoped she understood Basic, because if not this would be a problem.

She looked fearful at Cody, then to Waxer.

Shakily, she softly screamed," Shala sinya!" before turning into her home.

Cody sighed," I really don't want to be in tunnels.."

Boil gestured to a crevice in the rock," Waxer remember this? We found Numa here." Boil disappeared into the rock.

"Numa.. that was that Twi'lek girl, right?" Cody was walking after Boil.

Waxer nodded," Yes sir."

Waxer walked into the space, looking around. This is were Boil had gotten his finger bitten. Waxer cracked a smile and set his blaster down.

Cody was looking around," Better then getting screamed at.." he muttered.

Boil was leaning back on a rock," I like it well enough, I vote we stay."

Waxer shrugged," OK to me."

Cody nodded and sat as well," Damn. Really this has gone as wrong as it could have gone.."

"Yeah.." Waxer nodded sadly.

Standing, Waxer walked back into the sunlight. It was setting, making the sky pink. This part of the town wasn't busy, and that was ok. Less eyes staring at him. Waxer leaned against the rock wall and pulled out a ration bar.

Gnawing on it, Waxer gazed at the dwindling amount of people shopping in the market. A small voice startled him.

"Nerra?"