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

Again, sorry for skipping last Friday.

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


One Week Later...

"I still don't think you should be coming, S'ika."

"Maul and Oppress are not going to be on Florrum. For the last time, Fives, we're not going anywhere near wherever they are. Or job is to find out their possible location. Not to engage. I'll be fine," Skylar finished hotly. And Kot knew that if it had been any other clone besides Fives, the poor man would be shaking in his boots. Heck, Kot himself was too scared to move from the doorway, in case she turned her wrath upon him.

As it was, Fives was firmly standing his ground. If Kot remembered right, this was about the tenth time since they'd started the trip that the ARC Trooper had tried to persuade his pregnant wife to head back home. They were now three-quarters of the way to Florrum, and, judging by his expression, Fives was beginning to get desperate.

The former trooper still couldn't quite wrap his head around the new development. He was still trying to come to terms with the fact that his adopted sister was pregnant. Having his brother's baby, no less. Kot had taken to Briika's existence pretty quickly, but Gabe's baby had already been almost two months old by the time he'd met her. He hadn't been around when Deena was still carrying Briika. This was completely new territory and it completely threw him for a loop. And it's not even my kid. Which left him wondering how he'd react to the news of his own child. If that ever happens, of course.

Briefly, his mind drifted back to Top as he remembered why he'd even come back to the cockpit in the first place. As soon as Sky and Fives had started up their heated debate, again, Aran Squad had instantly vacated the immediate area, Kot right behind them. He'd just received a short message from Doz on the bald clone's condition and had decided that it was worth risking Skylar's anger to give her the update.

"That's not the point, cyar'ika," Fives responded to the tiny and extremely irritated woman in front of him. Kot couldn't help but marvel at the calmness in the other clone's voice. Fives looked upset with his wife, if not just as mad as she was, but he was managing to keep a lid on it. Whereas Kot had never seen Cordav lose it like this with her husband. Doz did mention that her hormones would make her moody. I just didn't realize that it would be enough to cause her to lash out like this. Sky looked about ready to bowl her husband over.

Fives continued, not even missing a beat, "The point is that, like you've said many times before, sometimes missions don't go as planned. And I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you or our baby, Skylar Cordav." Kot watched with fascination at Fives' gentleness as the ARC placed both hands on his wife's shoulders. The moment felt very intimate and the commando had the feeling that he was intruding.

I shouldn't be eavesdropping right now. I really shouldn't be eavesdropping right now. I'll tell her about Top later.

He began to back up into the corridor, but Sky's head immediately turned towards him. The look in her brown eyes told him that she'd known that he'd been standing there the entire time, "What is it, Kot'ika?"

Kot cleared his throat, looking uncertainly at the couple, "I didn't mean to intrude, but Doz called about Top."

"How is he?" Skylar's face filled with worry as she turned to face him and Fives wrapped his arms around her waist from behind in an effort to comfort her. The ARC rested his hands on Sky's lower abdomen and she placed her smaller hands on top of them.

Again Kot was fascinated, but forced himself to focus and answer Cordav's question, "He's fine. On the mend, actually."

Skylar breathed a sigh of relief and Fives gave Kot a grateful look.


Little Teanna still couldn't believe it.

It had taken both Mama and Daddy forever to convince her that they weren't having the baby because they didn't want her anymore. That they were just as surprised as she'd been when they'd told her.

But she still couldn't help the feeling that, because this baby was really their baby and she wasn't, that they'd love her brother or sister more than they loved her. Even though both of her parents had promised her that it wouldn't happen like that. Mama had firmly told her that she and Daddy would love her and the baby the same. That Tea was their baby too.

But I'm really not. Mama didn't have me like she's gonna have the baby. I'm not even human like they are.

Daddy had said that it didn't matter that she was a Togruta and they weren't. Tea wanted to believe her parents, but it was hard. Especially since they were on another mission. Only a few days after telling her about the baby, they were gone again.

"Hey, T'ika," Uncle Hew said quietly, knocking on her doorway softly.

She lifted her head and tilted it. He smirked and held out a comlink, "Your Mama's on the link."

"Daddy too?"

Hew nodded.

The four year old jumped down from her bed and snatched the comlink from her uncle's hand. They didn't forget about me after all!

"Mama! Daddy! I miss you!"

There was the sound of her Daddy's low chuckle and her Mama's clear laughter. "We miss you too, ad'ika."

"How's the baby?" Tea asked, just a little un... un-cer... un-cer-tain-ty in her voice. Okay, so the baby wasn't going to replace her. She knew that now. But she still wasn't happy about the si-tu-a-tion. But I need to be happy for Mama. This is im... im-portant to her. And to Daddy.

The thing was, she just didn't want to share her parents with anyone. Not even a baby brother or sister.


Skylar, fully kitted out in her beskar'gam, walked down the landing ramp, Kot hovering right behind her and Fives walking in front. Aran Squad spread out in a standard protection formation, rifles held at the ready with their fingers on the trigger guards. They sure aren't taking chances. She rolled her eyes and activated the helmet-to-helmet com, "Fives, ner vode, quit hovering. Keep it up, and these Weequay might actually figure out that I'm yaihadla. According to intel, this group is more intelligent than the rest of their species could ever hope to be."

"No need to insult the natives, Sky," Kendan cut in playfully. "Wouldn't want them to skewer us with their wooden staves."

And I thought Dev was the one with the bad jokes. At least my husband and Kot are giving me room to breathe now.

Cordav placed her hand ever so carefully on her flute as a small group of heavily armed pirates walked out of the compound to meet them. However, before the Weequays reached them, another shuttle came in for a landing beside theirs. Judging by the way the scum stood at attention as the landing ramp lowered, Sky guessed that the Weequay disembarking, the one with the monkey-lizard on his shoulder, was the boss. Deep breath. The Jetiise's reports indicated that this Ohnaka was once good friends with Jango. Wonder why Fett never mentioned him? Oh well, as long as I can convince him that I knew Jango too, we'll be in the clear.


cyar'ika = sweetheart

ad'ika = little one

beskar'gam = Mandalorian armor

yaihadla = pregnant

Jetiise = Jedi (in the plural)

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