"So…is anyone going to explain why General Skywalker refuses to leave his quarters?" Rex looked down on his brothers with a raised eyebrow, waiting for one of them to give him an answer. Instead, he got his answer when his Generals master and padawan cut into the conversation.
"With this new development, Anakin is feeling a little bit shy and would rather stay in his quarters." Ahsoka rolled her eyes, her wings slightly twitching in irritation.
"What he means is that Master says that his wings are huge and won't let us see him. "Rex rose an eyebrow at that.
It was an odd morning when their generals and commander had woken up to have a pair of wings on their backs. Something about the more the midi-chlorians the Jedi has, the bigger their wings. This little fact made General Kenobi and their commander have wings of similar sizes, both of them unique in their own way.
Obi-wans wings were large feathered wings, the wings extending to a few inches above his head and the wingtips slightly dragging on the floor when they were in the folded position. The feathers varying in the colors of his auburn hair and his blue eyes.
Ahsoka's wings were also feathered and were the same size as Obi-wans, due to them having similar midi-chlorians counts. But since Ahsoka was smaller than Obi-wan, the tips of her wings dragged on the floor and the arch of her wings were more than a few inches above her head. Like her grandmasters, her wings were variations of white, and different shades of blue that matched both her lekku and her eyes.
"I don't understand sir; shouldn't his wings be around the size of General Kenobi's?" Obi-wan shook his head slightly while stroking his beard.
"On the contrary Captain, as you know, the size of our wings are based on the number of midi-chlorines we possess as Jedi," he motioned to his wings as he spoke, the clones nodding along with them.
"Master Skywalker has the highest number of midi-chlorines ever discovered."
That small tidbit of information made the clones realize that the general's wings must have been huge.
"Indeed, when my master and I tested Anakin when he was a child, the machine couldn't get an accurate number, only that he has over 20,000 midi-chlorians." That was then they lost the clones, many of them exchanging confused looks, making Ahsoka cut in.
"Just to help you realize how big his wings are, Master Kenobi and I have around 15,000 midi-chlorians." That helps them realize just how big his wings were, the clones exchanging looks of amazement.
"Yes, so until Anakin gets over himself, he will continue to stay hidden away in his quarters. "Rex pursed his lips at that.
Maybe he could help.
"General Skywalker?" He gently knocked on the door. It was late at night, the other Jedi's being asleep in their own quarters and everyone but the nightshift being awake. Making this the perfect time to try and coax his general out of his room, since it would only be the clone captain himself to observe.
"Yes?" he sighed at his general's response. Most of the time, Anakin would open the door to answer him, just the fact that he didn't just emphasized the fact that the general didn't want anyone to see him and his wings.
"General, have you eaten today?"
"…yes…" that was a lie that he didn't even need the force to distinguish.
"Did you really sir?"
"…" Rex rolled his eyes at his general's silence before speaking up again.
"Sir, either you come with me to the mess hall to get some grub, or I'll wake up the general and Kix so they could make you leave your quarters along with reupdating your medical records. "he heard a heavy sigh on the other side of the door before hearing the sound of footsteps approaching the door.
"Just…don't freak out." He thought it was a little bit out of character how bashful his general was being, but he still smiled in relief when the door opened. His smile slightly fell when he saw his general.
Their predictions about the size of his wings weren't that far off. They were absolutely huge. Unlike General Kenobi's and the commander's wings, their wings were nice and compact and weren't wider than their person. Anakin's wings were much larger than their wings. The arch of his wings around three inches above his head, the tips of his wings dragging on the floor much like Ahsoka's. The width of his wings, even when compacted, were larger than the general himself. Unlike the color scheme with the other Jedi, that tended to match the color of their eyes along with the color of their hair (or their species version of hair). Anakin's wings were completely white, with the very tip of his wings being black, which helped Rex realize one more thing.
"…you have four wings general?" Anakin rose an eyebrow at that, slightly relaxing once he saw that his clone captain wasn't freaking out.
"Don't the others also have four wings?"
"…afraid not sir, the general and commander only have a single pair of wings." Anakin deflated at that, a small scowl appearing on his face as he rolled his eyes.
"Great, what a way to stand out. "without waiting for his captain, Anakin walked down the hall, heading towards the mess hall. Rex stared after him for a second before quickly catching up with him.
"…for what it is General, your wings are exceptionally beautiful." They both knew it was a weak attempt to make Anakin feel better about his wings, but it still made a small smile appear on the general's face.
"Thanks." The two of them kept on walking, Rex making sure that he didn't step on the general's wings. The two of them ate in silence, only making small talk about everything but his wings. It wasn't until they were almost done when Rex asked him another question.
"Have you tried flying yet?" Anakin paused and thought about it for a little bit before answering him.
"Kinda, I haven't figured it out yet." Rex rose an eyebrow before hesitantly asking.
"do you want to try again…? The hanger should be empty right about now." Anakin froze and get down his fork. Thinking about it for only a few seconds before giving Rex a small smile.
"Only if you promise to not tell anyone how many times I fell before I was able to figure it out."
"Deal."
"Woah Woah! Watch out!" there was a huge crash as Anakin crashed into the wall, landing on his back with his legs over his while leaning against the wall.
"…Ow." There was a snort nearby, which made Anakin crane his head to look at whoever made the noise. Rex was trying his best to hold in his laugh, but once Anakin saw the state his clone captain was in, it didn't take long for him to start laughing out loud.
"Hahaha, are you ok?" they watched the two adults laugh at each other, both of them leaning against the doorframe to the hanger.
"I told you Rex would be the one who gets him out." Obi-wan had a smirk on his face as he rose an eyebrow at Ahsoka. She rolled her eyes at the face he was making.
"Yeah yeah, I get it already," she reluctantly took out some credits and handed them over. They both cringed as there was another crash before looking over at Anakin and Rex, holding in laughter as they saw the General spread angel on the floor with Rex rolling on the floor with laughter.
They were going to be just fine.
