Chapter 23

Laetitia, Rex and Fives walked out of the ship.

"Master Ti. It's good to see you again."

"It is, child. How are your trainings coming along?"

"Good, I guess. Have you been told what's going on?" Leah asked, getting to the point.

"General Skywalker has given me a full report of what is happening with your clone, CT-5385. I have heard there were some complications on your way. Are you alright?"

"Yes master. It was nothing we couldn't handle." She said as she walked by the Jedi's side. "And by the way, his name is Tup. I have checked his results and I haven't found anything out of the ordinary. What do you …"

"Wait, where are they taking him?" Fives said as he saw Tup going in another direction.

"Fives, is it? Relax. The doctors are going to find out what is wrong with your friend but they also need to examine you."

"Me? Why?"

"You have been in touch with the patient and if it really is a virus designed to affect the clones only, you need to be examined as well. That is if you wish to find out what is wrong with your friend."

"I'll do it. For Tup."

Laetitia could hear Fives screaming in the other room, telling them to stop whatever they're doing to hurt Tup. She was losing control of her emotions.

"Is this absolutely necessary? Can't you just examine him while unconscious?"

"I'm afraid the patient must be awake for the next round of tests."

It was clear that Shaak Ti was bothered too. She put her hand on Leah's shoulder, calming her down.

"I am not fond of these hyper tests."

"Yes but it is the only way."

After checking the results, the Kaminoan said "According to the test results, there is nothing wrong with CT-5385. He …"

Laetitia interrupted sharply "Tup. His name is Tup."

The doctor didn't say anything and just continued "He appears to be in complete health."

"But that doesn't make any sense."

"We must be missing something."

The Kaminoan was about to say something but Tup interrupted her.

"Kill the Jedi! Kill the Jedi!"

Leah was about to explode. It was too much for her to handle.

"Can you sedate him now?" She said giving the doctor a look.

"As you wish, Padawan."

Laetitia was in a room, trying to understand what was going on with Tup. So far, master Ti's suggestion about being brainwashed was the only thing that made sense.

She was looking at the test result when Fives jumped in.

"Commander!"

"Fives?! What's going on? You alright?"

"I found something in Tup's brain scans. There is a tumor. I took it out. Look!"

Leah took the tumor out of Fives' hand and took a close look.

"This was in his head?"

"Yes but that's not all. I heard the Kaminoan doctor. They're going to kill Tup! Commander, we have to save him!"

"The Jedi council has already given the order to bring Tup back to Coruscant. She knows that."

"I heard her 5 minutes ago saying 'we need to terminate him'."

Leah groaned from being annoyed and ran out of the door.

The Kaminoan was about to kill Tup when Leah and Fives walked in.

Laetitia said in a threatening tone "I would stop right there if I were you."

"You don't understand, Padawan. He must be terminated."

"I relayed the Jedi council's order to you myself and you dare to go against that?"

"I am doing what needs to be done."

"The hell you are." Fives said, ready to attack the doctor when master Ti walked in.

"Stand down, trooper."

Leah turned to face her "Master. We've found evidence in Tup's brain scan but the doctor over here is hell bent on killing him."

Before anyone could say anything, Tup's vitals dropped and his hurt beat was slowing.

"Tup! Tup, stay with me!"

"Bother. The mission is … complete. I … am … free." And he stopped breathing.

Laetitia had heard Fives was missing and was on the run. She was in the command center when her comlink beeped.

"Padawan Naberrie."

"Commander, it's me."

"Five…" She shouted and that brought everyone's attention to her.

She had to say something or do something.

She groaned "Aah! Where the hell are you?!"

That seemed to clear things. She ran out of the room, somewhere quiet.

"Fives, what the hell are you doing?"

"I'm finding out the truth. AZI's helping me?"

"Who's AZI?"

"Hello. I am AZI-3. I am helping ARC trooper Fives to investigate."

"Hi, Laetitia Naberrie here. Um, help investigate what?"

"Kid, everything is wrong. That doctor switched samples to Tup's tumor, so we couldn't find out the truth."

"Okay, technically it's a chip, and even if what you say is true, how are you gonna find out?"

"By taking out mine."

"What? Fives, you can't do that. Didn't you see what happened with Tup?"

"I did but we don't know if the Kaminoans didn't do anything to make it look like what we saw. I need to find out what really happened. For Tup."

Leah sighed "Okay but be careful. I can't stall for much longer."

"Copy that, kid."

Laetitia gave Fives enough time to find out the truth. She eventually had to tell master Ti what happened.

"Drop your weapon." Shaak Ti said.

"Master Jedi, kid, I know what's really going on. I have evidence. The Jedi instructed that inhibitor chips be implanted in us at birth but Tup's malfunctioned and that's what made him lose control."

"Where is the evidence?"

AZI stepped in "I have it right here. As you can see, the chip taken from the clone trooper Tup is black and rotting, indicating a malfunction of some sort."

"Well, what caused it?"

"I don't know and it doesn't matter. What matters is that Tup's malfunctioned chip drove him insane. The chips are dangerous. They need to be removed. I removed mine and I am fine."

The doctor gasped "By removing the inhibitor chip, you are a threat. Master Jedi, this clone trooper must be terminated."

"I am a person not some sort of hardware!"

"You were created in our laboratories, therefor you are a Kaminoan property."

"Technically, he is a Republican soldier. Just because he was created, that doesn't mean he isn't a living being." Laetitia said angrily.

"That does not change the fact that he is dangerous and must be terminated."

Shaak Ti had had enough. "I believe that is for me to decide. Fives, you are coming with me to Coruscant."

Done :)

This chapter was the last chapter about Fives. I'm not gonna do one about Fives' death. I can't add too much and it'll be too similar.