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Cody stood. "Every clone? But that's... millions!" It had crossed his mind, and now he supposed, it was confirmed. "Tup's illness wasn't caused by a virus, then."
"No. It was a malfunction in the chip," AZ announced.
"A malfunction? Is that even possible?" Cody shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Is there a way to remove them?"
"Yes, there is. It is dangerous, but if your chip has not malfunctioned, it is possible."
"You would be able to remove mine?"
"Theoretically, yes." AZ bobbed his head in what could have been a nod. "FiveZ was successful then, in warning the others? He was going to warn them," AZ added, hovering just above the ground and looking at Cody with what could have been curiosity, if droids could possess human emotions.
"He... warned some." No one had listened to him then, none but Rex it seemed - and Shaak Ti - yet perhaps now what Fives had done would save them all.
"Oh..." AZ looked down, then up. The droid understood without having to ask that Fives was not coming back-ever. "We need to get to a sterile room," AZ announced. He hovered higher above the ground and his head rotated until he was looking at Obi-Wan. He blinked. "Hello," He waved.
Obi-wan returned the greeting, but his mind was preoccupied.
"That's gonna be difficult, most of the medical rooms were flooded." Cody looked into the unit's gold eyes.
"Oh, that is all right. There are places on the higher levels that should still be unaffected."
"All right." The man motioned for AZ to take the lead, wanting to drop behind and talk with the General.
AZ bobbed his head and hovered gracefully before them, heading toward a turbolift across the room. "I hope they still work. Not that it matters to me, because stairs are really no more work..." The droid kept talking as he floated along through the flickering light.
Obi-Wan walked at an even pace, thoughts focusing into the Force. It was calming... but lonely. With so many Jedi lost, the Force felt different.
"Sir, what will you do when this is over?"
"This?" Obi-Wan turned, looking peaceful, if a little confused.
"What we're doing."
"Oh, yes!" Obi-Wan still looked distant, but he smiled. "Well, when it works, we'll..." he paused. There were thousands of clones who were in the same position as Cody; forced to follow an order they didn't create. "I suppose we'll have to find a way to help your brothers."
Cody didn't hide his brief surprise. "Thank you, sir."
"You're welcome," Obi-Wan nodded.
Cody continued on in silence, only the storm outside and their footsteps to keep company with the quiet. If only they had listened to Fives, if only there had been further investigation done on the tumor, hundreds of thousands would have been spared; he didn't need his full memory to know it was true. But they were picking up the pieces of what was left.