Star Wars does not belong to me. Just Skylar & Co.

Bonus chapter! Hope ya'll like it!

Big thanks to Janizary, spikala, Fidgeymugato, Depthcharge2030, and Kelana-ti for reviewing!

Oh, and just in case any of ya were wondering... Teanna's nickname is pronounced 'Tee-uh'.


As soon as Cordav's comlink started beeping, her sister-in-law immediately jumped up to grab it. When she brought it back into the 'fresher, Fives took it from her. Sky snatched it from her husband, giving him a look, "It won't do for you to be answering my comlink when you're supposed to be at the Barracks, F'ika." The beeping tone wasn't the one she'd assigned for her vod'ikase. Which means that it's either one of the Jetiise or one of my contacts.

"Cordav here," she answered, her voice just a tiny bit breathless from her retching spell.

The answering voice proved her right. She immediately recognized the clipped Coruscanti accent of Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. "Sergeant Cordav, I'm sorry to bother you so early."

"It's okay, General. I was already up." Definitely not telling him why, though. "What can I do for you, sir?" Normally, she would be calling the Jetii by his last name, as was tradition with her people. But she figured that the only reason why he would be calling her this early was that he was probably shipping out, which meant that he was surrounded by troops. Another battle.

"Have you read my recent report on Maul and Oppress?"

She scrunched her face up and shared a confused look with Fives. Deena had already made herself scarce. No doubt she'll be back as soon as I cut this link. Skylar rolled her eyes. As soon as we get some good news the war comes right back into our lives. "Yes, sir. I have."

"This is completely off the record, Sergeant." I don't like the sound of this... "I need you to find any information you can on Maul on his brother." He thinks they survived that crash on Florrum.

"You want me to track them down, sir? I'm gonna need a team for that." Fives was already shaking his head, mouthing 'no' several times.

"Take any one of your squads. May I suggest taking ARC Trooper Fives as well? The two of you seem to work well together." Sky almost snorted in laughter, laying her free hand over her lower abdomen where her baby would be if she really was pregnant. Fives laid his bigger hand over hers. If only you knew, Kenobi. If only you knew...

"I'll get right on it, sir."

As soon as she shut off the link, Fives took her chin gently in his hand, making her look up at him, "Sky, cyar'ika, you are not doing this. You have to stay. I'll go."

Cordav pulled out of his grasp and gave him a stern look, "It's just an intel job, F'ika. It's not like Kenobi asked to me to actuallly fight them."

"But, Sky, you're pregnant. It's not safe," his voice was practically laced with concern. He actually sounds scared. "You do this, you'll be putting yourself and the baby at risk."

She raised an eyebrow at him, "We don't know that I'm pregnant for sure, yet. And even if I do go, I won't be at much risk."

He rolled his dark brown eyes at her, "You know that things never work out that way, S'ika."

"Well, if things do go south, I know that you'll be there to protect me."

"Protect the both of you," he corrected, gently rubbing her still flat belly. Thankfully he'd already learned that there wasn't any point in arguing with her when it came to things like her job. The possible baby was another matter entirely.

She leaned back against Fives, resting her head right under his chin. At least he's taking this pretty well. Better than Gabe did when Dee found out that she was pregnant with Briika. Still, I don't want him to get his hopes up just in case I'm not... "Like I said, love. We don't know for sure."

Fives exhaled sharply, pinching the bridge of his nose. Sky was expecting another rebuttal from him, but he surprised her. I guess I really shouldn't be surprised, though. Fives has always been easygoing around me. "How much longer before we do know for sure?"

That's when Deena reappeared, Gabe right behind her, "Today. I've already scheduled an appointment with one of my co-workers. She can keep a secret." The half-Firrerreo woman winked at the couple on the floor.

Osik. Sky rolled her brown eyes. It's like they're all ganging up on me.


As an ARC Trooper, Fives had been trained to be patient. Patience. That was what a lot of his job entailed. Waiting until the best moment to strike. He knew how to be still, but now, he couldn't be still for the life of him. Hence the reason why he was pacing in one of the medcenter's waiting rooms. The medic who'd treated Deena while she was pregnant was currently in her office seeing to his wife. While the woman could be trusted, her staff couldn't be. Which was why he and Gabe were waiting across the hall.

And Fives was about to go crazy.

Gabe rolled his eyes, a smirk on his face as he looked up at the younger clone from his hoverchair, "Calm down, vod'ika. The two of you already have Tea, I don't know why you're so anxious about this baby."

"I'm not anxious about having a kid, Gabe. I'm worried about, Sky. If being pregnant makes her sick like she was this morning, is it really worth it?" he questioned, forcing himself to sit in the chair next to the former sergeant. Drumming his fingers impatiently on the arm of the chair. I think Sky's in more shock than I am. She never brought the subject up, but I know that she's been wanting another kid. Skylar just wasn't expecting it to happen so soon, I think she's still in denial.

Gabriel nodded immediately, "Of course it is, Fives. When you hold your little one for the first time..." He shook his head, his expression one of wonder. "It still amazes me that Deena and I have Brii."

Fives nodded his head, "I think I know what you're talking about. Every time I see Teanna, I have to remind myself that she's mine. I've even caught myself wondering what she was like when she was little. I'm still a little upset that I missed all of that."

Gabe shook his head, a look of regret on his features.

"What is it, Gab'ika?"

"When my wife told me that she was pregnant, I wasn't too happy at first. I mean, we were raised to fight. Us Cordav boys were lucky enough to have a sergeant who became our father, but we weren't exactly raised to be fathers ourselves. I didn't think that I could do it, and I said a few things that really upset Deena. I only wish that I could have taken the news better, like you're doing."

"You think I'm taking it well, Gabe?" Fives shook his head, "Ner vod, I'm terrified. What if something goes wrong? What if Sky gets sicker than she was this morning? What if she loses-" he gulped, his brown eyes wide with fear. "What if she loses the baby?"

Gabe reached over and patted Fives' shoulder, "Quit worrying, Fives. Sky's a strong woman. I have no doubt in my mind that she'll carry that baby to term."

"Term?"

Gabe laughed, shaking his head, "The whole nine months, Fives."

Fives' mouth opened wide and it took several minutes for him to finally snap it shut. "Nine months?! Sky's going to pregnant for nine months? That's a long time."

Gabriel laughed again, barely able to control himself this time, "More like eight months now, F'ika. And trust me, that time will fly by."

"It's still a long time," Fives whispered, still in shock. Every time I turn around today, one of them says something like that.

Eight months?!


Tea sat at the table across from her Uncle Kendan. Aran Squad had showed up to babysit her while Uncle Gabe and Aunt Deena went with Mama and Daddy to the medcenter where her aunt worked. They hadn't said why they were going there, but Tea just figured that they were visiting someone her aunt worked with. I still don't know why I couldn't go. I'm real good at being still.

She'd asked Kendan why she couldn't go and he'd told her that she'd just have to wait until her parents got home. When she'd whined about having to wait, the sniper from Aran Squad had challenged her to a staring contest and the little Togruta was so sure that she was gonna win.

Until her ba'vodu blew in her face and made her blink, that is. "That's not fair, Uncle Kendan! You cheated!"

The clone chuckled, "Technically it's not cheating if you didn't say that I couldn't blow in your face, ad'ika."

Tea's little face scrunched up, her lekku twitching in irritation, "It's already one of the rules, Uncle Kendan! I don't have to tell you not to do it!"

That was when Uncle Wreck came into the kitchen, "What the manda are you yelling about, T'ika?"

"Uncle Wreck, Uncle Kendan's cheating!"

Wreck rolled his eyes, "Ken, quit torturing the little girl."

"I'm not little! I'm a big girl, Daddy said so." For some reason, that made both of her uncles laugh uncontrollably. "It's not funny! This is serious!"

"Of course it is, Tea," Uncle Fidget said from the doorway, glaring at his two squadmates.

Uncle Cade entered the room behind them, "Sky just called."

"Are Mama and Daddy coming back now?"

Cade affectionately rubbed the spot between her montrals, "Yeah, kiddo. Want to help me get lunch ready for them?"

Teanna nodded enthusiastically making her little lekku swing in her excitement.


Deena and Sky walked into the waiting room and the blue-eyed woman closed the door behind them. Skylar noticed that Fives only had eyes for her, and she had a hard time keeping a straight face.

He raised his brows at her in question and Cordav couldn't help it. She beamed at him and launched herself into his arms. Fives laughed and spun her once, setting her back down and kissing her soundly. And she finally found herself relaxing. She had been so wound up in not wanting to get Fives' hopes up that she hadn't realized that she'd been keeping herself on edge.

I really am yaihadla. I'm having Fives' baby. The only thing that would come close to that would be seeing Tea's expression when they told their daughter that she was going to be a big sister.

It's too bad that we've got this shabla mission to go on. At least Fives will still be with me.


Doz had headed back with Top to their transport to start treating the bald clone's injury while Kot and Hew finished up with the commando droids. There was only a handful left and, like all droids, they didn't know when to give up. Just like clones, they fought to the last one standing. But they weren't smart enough to dodge laser fire so it wasn't long before the last droid fell to one of Hew's shots.

The normally quiet man was even quieter now. Usually after a victory, he'd let loose an ecstatic 'Kandosii' or something similar. Not today, though. Not after what just happened to Top...

"Let's get to the ship, Kot. I'd say it's time that we got the heck out of here."

As soon as they got aboard the rickety transport, Kot made a beeline to the bunks where Doz was working on a heavily sedated Top. Hew had headed straight to the cockpit. They were only a few parsecs away from Coruscant. The sooner we get to Triple Zero, the better for Top.

"Is he gonna be okay, D'ika?" Kot couldn't help but notice that Doz had showered and was in clean fatigues.

"Don't get too close, Kot!" Doz admonished firmly. He ran a hand through his long black curls. Doz was the only brother that Kot knew of who had chin length hair. "I'm not sure, Kot'ika." Kot gasped and the medic held up a hand, completely serious. He wasn't his normal goofy self and it scared Kot. "His injury isn't fatal, but I'm worried about infection. I've cleaned the wound as much as I could, but, to be frank, I don't have the right kit. The sooner we get back to Corrie, the better."

Kot nodded, only a little consoled and still worried out of his mind, "Have you had time to call Sky yet?"

"No, Kot. I've still gotta stitch Top up, so you're gonna have to do it."


vod'ikase = little brothers

Jetiise = Jedi (plural)

Jetii = Jedi (singular)

cyar'ika = sweetheart

osik = crap

vod'ika = little brother

ner = my

vod = brother

ba'vodu = uncle

ad'ika = little one

manda = heaven

yaihadla = pregnant

shabla = cursed

kandosii = excellent

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