Anakin wandered around the ship, trying to find Amare after he handed her off to Fives. He walked patiently through the halls, trying to find Amare but he wasn't in a hurry. They were due to arrive on Coruscant within a few hours, and he knew that his men wanted to spend a little bit more time with her before he handed her off to the proper authorities. He was happy that his men liked Amare, especially since he could feel their force signatures thrum in joy whenever he checked up on them. At first, he was a little bit nervous that his men would be a little bit hesitant about interacting with her, especially since she was so small and fragile. So, it was a nice surprise when he found out that they would even go as far as to completely evade him in an effort to spend more time with her. (It wasn't that nice when it took five hours to get her back, he will admit that)

His boot clicked quietly down the halls, the night cycle was going to start soon, most of the clones were going to sleep with a small skeleton crew to run the ship until morning. So, he knew that Amare had to be in clones' quarters, he just wasn't sure where. Using the force, he was able to find her presence mixed among his men. A smile graced his face when he felt his captain's force right next to her.

Based on how close they were, he was going to assume that they were sleeping right next to each other. His suspicions were confirmed when he walked into the clone's quarters, Rex was laying on his bed, dead asleep as Amare slept on his chest, being held in place by his hand. He smiled at the sight of the little girl sleeping on the chest of his friend, her tiny hands full of his blacks.

He used the force to gently pull the blanket that was bunched up at the clone's feet to cover them, making sure that he didn't cover Amare's face. He was just about to leave when he felt feelings of comfort and love come from the room. Blinking in surprise, he peaked back into the room, sensing the way the force moved around the pair. A grin appeared on his face.

"Well, this is going to be interesting."


Echo pushed his food around the plate with his fork, looking a little bit down as he slowly ate his food. Across from him, Rex looked at him with a frown, he didn't need the force to sense that his brother was upset.

"Echo, stop playing with your food."

"Yes sir." Echo sighed heavily before shoving the rest of his food into his mouth, finishing it just to get it out of the way so he won't get scolded by his captain. As soon as he finished chewing his food and swallowed, he leaned against his hand, a sigh escaping his lips. The clone captain set down his utensil, trying to put a look of understanding onto his face.

"Listen Echo, we miss the youngling too, but General Skywalker will make sure that she will be taken care of and loved. You're going to have to let her go. "Echo nodded his head quietly, already missing Amare and her adorable smile that he got whenever he tickled the bottom of her feet, or when he blew a raspberry into her stomach.

"I know, I know, it's just," Echo sighed heavily," I miss her, it was pretty fun when I ran around the ship with her, avoiding General Skywalker. "That made Rex laugh and shake his head fondly.

"I can't believe he didn't realize that I was the one who was updating our brothers on his location. "Echo snorted.

"It was pretty hard to hold in my chuckles when the two of you stared us down if only he knew the treachery you did that day."

"Hey, I like to have some fun every once in a while, too. It just so happens that my favorite pastime is secretly aggravating the General." Echo chuckled at that.

"Of course, it is, I expect nothing less from our esteemed captain…" Echo's face fell again," …I miss the youngling."

"Good," the two of them nearly jumped out of their skin at the sound of the General right behind them," Here, hide her for a little bit, I'll lead the crèche masters away, they're two seconds away from murdering me at the moment." Echo just watched as the General handed over a child to his captain, along with a bulky bag.

"Ok, have fun, I'll distract them as long as I can." And just like that, their general was gone and they were left staring at Amare.

"So…um, I guess you can spend more time with her." Echo happily took Amare from his captain, cradling her against his chest as he gave her his finger to hold onto. A wide smile spread across his face. Amare babbled, her eyes looking at the table, she must have seen something she liked because she stuck out her hand. The clones just watched on as a piece of fruit slowly floated to her. Rex was the only one who realized that she was too young to eat it and plucked the fruit out of the air.

"oh my- "

"she's force sensitive!" joy erupted in Echo's chest he knew what that meant and he was getting excited over the thought.

"Rex, what are the chances that General Skywalker will let me see her whenever we stop here on Coruscant?" Rex chucked at his brethren's reaction, he was just as excited as echo was, only he was better at holding it in.

"I'm sure the General wouldn't mind at all to let you see her when we have the time. If not, I'm sure that the commander wouldn't mind bringing her along. "Echo beamed again, looking down at the little girl. They froze when they heard shouting.

"Anakin where's Amare?!"

"Safe!"

"That's not what I'm asking Anakin!" all of the clones exchanged looks.

"Well that's what I'm telling you!" none of them bothered to get up, but they could tell based on the voices that their General was getting chased down the hall by his master. Rex and Echo exchanged looks, their eyes drifting down to Amare. They just realized what Anakin had done just to bring her back to the ship.

"I think I just fell in love with the General."