Here were are with Friday's chapter. I don't have anything to say so here we goooo.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NO OWN STAR WARS
Siysa deflected a few bolts from the droids in front of her. The deflected bolts downed a few droids. However, the defeated droids were soon replaced by a fresh pair.
The defense of the main hangar was much more intense than she had anticipated. They were much more concentrated in this position than believed plus they were getting reinforcements from other areas. Her fellow defenders were dwindling, being overwhelmed by the sheer amount of numbers.
She watched as the trooper to her left fell, brought down by a barrage of blaster bolts. Siysa watched as his life force faded, leaving behind an empty husk. Her force was composed of men of the 222nd as well as a few other units that were stationed on Kamino at the time.
Her main team consisting of Cresh, Tracyn, the rest of the Jabiim 9 and Haru were scattered around Tipoca city. She had contacted each of them, with only Cresh and Tracyn being able to respond and come to her aid. That's who she was waiting on now.
Her savior.
She smiled thinking about him. His presence brought her peace..and serenity..and..comfort.
Siysa needed him now much more than ever.
She forced pushed a group of b1's being led by an Aqua droid. Her men capitalized on the opportunity, with two of them firing on the down droid.
"Hold out!" She yelled. "Help is on the way!"
As she said this another aqua encroached upon her, leveling its blaster at her only for a barrage of blue bolts to disable it.
"You rang Siysa?!" Yelled a voice she was oh so familiar with.
Cresh descended from the rapports alongside Tracyn and another trooper she was unfamiliar with. They rained down blue hell upon the droid forces, giving her weary defenders much needed reprieve. Cresh came up beside her, wielding both his blaster and pistol in tantrum.
"Did ya misss me?" he joked as he took position beside her.
Siysa just chuckled. He always managed to find humor no matter what kind of situation they were in. That was one of her favorite qualities she found in him.
"Oh shush Commander. Focus on the battle at hand1" came her reply.
Cresh just chuckled in response as he stepped forward, continuing his firing salvo.
However, Siysa felt a massive pain in her abdomen. A pain she never felt before.
"AHHHH!" she yelled as she dropped down to her knees, holding her stomach.
POV CHANGE
"Siysa!" Cresh yelled as he watched her fall.
Panic began to seep into him. Was she hit? No, he didn't see a bolt hit hit.
What could it be? All these thoughts began to race through his mind in the split seconds that followed when she went down. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw an aqua droid raising its blaster at her downed form.
He wouldn't be able to down it fast enough before it could fire. Cresh only had one option left in mind.
When the droid fired, he threw himself in front of Siysa taking the full force of the bolt.
"Aghh!" he howled as the bolt caught him full on in the chest.
The force of the bolt had enough power to send him back and skidding across the ground.
"Cresh!" he heard Siysa yell.
The Mitralukan jedi, despite the pain she was in, dragged herself to him, deflecting any bolts coming her way.
" Why would you do something so reckless?" she yelled.
The Arc groaned, trying his best to breathe. Felt like he got hit by an angry Wookie. Bolt knocked the air out his lungs.
"Why..do..ya..think..ha..ha..least..it..wasn't an explosion.." he struggled to say.
Cresh gritted his teeth, fighting through the pain as he sat up, using his elbow to hold himself upright. His blaster had been knocked from his grip when he was hit, so he only had his pistol now. He was now using that to fire upon the droids.
"Protect the commanders!" He heard Tracyn yell
All the men under the banner of the 222nd. All his Nighthaunters formed a protective circle around him and Siysa. Cresh was even more surprised when he saw Shiv as well as some of the Kamino troopers join the formation.
Tracyn and Shiv backstepped to them while still firing. Shiv helped Cresh to his feet, allowing the wounded arc to put much of his weight on him as he supported him. Tracyn on the other hand slowly helped Siysa to her feet. Cresh and Shiv looked at each other and nodded.
They had reached an unspoken understanding.
Cresh, while being held up by Shiv continued to fire his pistol. The two alongside Tracyn and the other clones were now fighting together alongside Siysa, who still held her stomach.
"Now it's really starting to look alot more like the first battle of Kamino, except it was me doing the saving and not the other way around." Cresh said over the battle.
"You can say that again!" exclaimed a voice from afar as a rocket tore through the droid ranks.
Cresh looked up to see a trooper wearing the grayish black colors of those stationed on Kamino standing with a team of troopers behind him. This clone's armor had a kama and a rounded pauldron attachment with a rangefinder on the helm. He wielded a DC-15A as his weapon of choice.
The trooper came down, bringing his forces to bear upon the droids. He made his way to Cresh,still firing as he did so.
"Long time no see Arc trooper. You saved me during the first battle of Kamino. Bout time I repaid the favor." he said.
"Burner." Cresh uttered.
"That's Lieutenant Burner now..Haha hope you don't mind. I brought a few friends to the party." he said, obviously referring to the incoming waves of Trooper as well as General Shaak Ti.
Cresh cracked a wide smile underneath his helm.
"The more the merrier ner vod!" came Cresh's response as the tides of battle began to change.
~OOO~
With the help from Burner's and Shaak Ti's forces, they were able to push back and drive out the remaining droid forces, wiping them out completely. Skywalker was able to retrieve the D.N.A sample from the Seps and drive the commanders away so all in all it was a success. The Second battle of Kamino was a Republic victory.
He just hoped that they wouldn't have to fight over the planet a third time.
Cresh now sat up on a bunk in the med bay being looked at by a medical droid. That bolt from the Aqua droid had sure did a number on him. If he didn't have that additional plating on his armor, he probably would have been a goner.
During his treatment he had taken the time to run over the casualty list of the battle, running through the names of each trooper lost. One name stuck out in particular to him.
99.
He remembered meeting his brother ages ago when he last came to Kamino. He was a true soldier through and through. That much could not be denied no matter what their cloners said.
The doors to his room opened, revealing three troopers in dirtied and damaged white armor. One had locs tied in a ponytail with two strands hanging at the front and the other had slicked back hair with a single curl in front. The last had a low fade He recognized the three.
They were part of the cadet squad he met before.
"Private Solomon reporting for duty sir!"
"Private Chuckles reporting for duty sir!"
"Private Blitzer reporting for duty sir!"
They all yelled, snapping into attention.
Cresh smiled, just waving them off.
"At ease privates. Glad to see you three grew into fine troopers. Where's the rest of your squad. Sven and Sparks right?" he asked.
The private's faces saddened at the mention of their names and Cresh instantly knew what that meant.
Before he could say anything, Solomon stepped forward.
"Sven and Sparks didn't make it sir. They died defending our home from the seps but that's part of the reason we 're here. When we were cadets you told us to find you if we were ever interested in joining the 222nd. Well sir we're here now asking for your permission to join you within the ranks of the 222nd." Solomon said.
Blitzer and Chuckles stepped up, standing beside their leader. The look of determination on all three of their faces was commendable. Cresh smirked and nodded.
He then stood up, despite the protest of the medical droid and faced them.
"Permission granted. Welcome to the 222nd Nighthaunter legion boys. Glad to have you." he said
A smile found its way to his face as he watched the three young clone's faces light up with joy, tears welling up in their eyes at the moment. They were gonna be good men to have under his command.
"You lad's go find the rest of the legion within the mess. Look for Garm. He got a unique scar with a gleeful personality that's hard to mix. Tell him I sent you and that I wanted him to welcome you all into the legion. He'll know what to do from there." he said.
The three nodded earnestly, smiles still on their faces.
"Sir yes sir!" they said in Tantrum as they rushed out the room.
Another visitor came in as the three walked out. Shiv smiled as he watched the young troopers leave. He walked up to Cresh and extended his hand. Cresh took it.
"Glad to see you're still up and kicking...old man." he said with a smirk.
"If ya think that one tiny little blaster bolt is gonna take out this Arc you've got another thing coming. Dooku himself wouldn't be able to kill me." Cresh replied, laughing.
Shiv joined in, chuckling slightly.
"So what brings you to visit me?" Cresh asked.
"Oh just here to pay a relic of the past a visit before I left. Nightmare Company is home to troopers who lost their original squad and this battle left many troopers alone and without their brothers. It's my job to pick them back up and bring em in." he said.
Cresh smiled and nodded.
"Mighty admirable of you laddie. Looks like you younger clones do amount to something. I appreciate the visit..brother." Cresh said squeezing his hand.
Shiv nodded and then narrowed his eyes.
"Oh and word of advice. I don't know what you and that general of yours have going on but be careful. Something like that can become a weakness the enemy can exploit. Be careful." he said as he released Cresh's hand and began to make his exit.
"Just some words of wisdom ya know..from brother to brother." Shiv continued as he was halfway out.
Cresh nodded, taking this all in. He would certainly be careful in terms of his relationship with Siysa from henceforth.
Shiv stopped when he was outside the room, and looked back at Cresh.
"Oh and if ya ever find yourself in a bind. Don't hesitate to give Nightmare company a call. The boys and I will be more than happy to help ya out...big brother." Shiv finished as the door closed completely behind him.
Cresh smiled, making a mental note to keep this in mind for the future. However, with this conversation he still had one more thing to do.
Visit Siysa.
~OOO~
Cresh found Siysa within another room, sitting within the covers of her bed. He had dismissed the medical droid so that the two had some time alone and locked the door so no others would enter while they were together. The Arc trooper sat on the edge of the bed beside her and took her hand.
He could tell something was bothering her.
"What's wrong adi'ka? What's bothering you?" he asked, with sincerity in his voice.
Siysa looked at him,as if gathering herself then took a breath and exhaled slowly.
"Cresh..im pregnant. That pain I felt during the battle was the result of the children." she said.
Cresh eyes widened. He was taken aback...HJe..he was gonna be a father..Siysa was pregnant.
He was gonna be a father. HE WAS GONNA BE A FATHER. HE WAS GONNA BE A FATHER!
He didn't know what to think. He was happy yes..but what would this mean. If Siysa was pregnant he obviously couldn't have her going into warzone endangering the lives of her and their child. Plus there was the whole aspect of the jedi council as well as the Republic in terms of their-
"Wait..you said children.,.as in plural..There's more than one?" he asked.
Siysa nodded.
"Twins." she said.
Now Cresh was really taken aback. Kids. Twins at that..Oh mannn wait till he told Prudii about this one.
"But as joyous as a moment this is..the prospect of children does give rise to many issues. My status as commander as well as standing in the order. What to do when the children are born. How to raise them. How to protect them. Cresh this is-
Cresh cut her off by bringing her into a loving embrace. He held her there for a few moments.
"Don't worry my dear Siysa. All will be ok I promise you. On my life I promise you I will allow no harm to come to you nor our children. Rather it be from the seps..the Republic..hell the damn Jetti order and the dar jetti themselves. I will not lettanything happen to the three of you." he said as he drew back from her.
"Who else knows?' he asked.
Siysa just shook her head.
"No one just us. I had the droid delete the records and say ,my entry was caused by trauma brought forth during the battle." she said.
Cresh nodded.
"Good..now don't you worry about a thing adika. I have some connects I'm going to contact to figure something out for us." He said as he stroked her cheek.
Luckily he had taken precautions and nigged the cameras in the room before entering. A little trick he learned from the Nulls. Now their interaction together was fully private.
He held Siysa in his arms and planted a kiss on her forehead.
"I swear to you..I won't let any harm come to you three."
This brings our Second Battle of Kamino Arc to a conclusion. With manner the battle was shown in the series, I had a lot of options to work characters into the 222nd in while maintaining the plot as well as explaining what I think happened in my own cannon. With this battle's end we're going to start moving closer to the later years of the war.
With Siysa's pregnancy things are going to be must different from hence forth. for the entire cast but they'll figure it out one way or another. See y'all next chapter. Have a goo weekend!