Fives

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Fives. He was begging someone to listen to him, but no one would. No one believed him. Fives was alone. SO alone. His body was so cold. There was no life in him anymore.

The dream changed, Fives was begging for the pain to stop. Begging for death. He was in pain.

"Echo! Echo!" Fives exclaimed in agony.

Once again, Fives was dying. He looked up at the person holding him.

"I get to see him again. I get to see Echo." Fives rasped as he took his final breath.

Echo sat up and let out a cry. He looked around and panted. He heard someone jump out of their bunk and rush over. He could feel hands on his back and he knew who was beside him.

"Just breath, Echo." Crosshair whispered. Echo nodded and could feel the others move to stand beside his hammock.

"I saw him die." Echo gasped.

"Who?"

"Fives?" Hunter wondered. The others looked at Hunter who shrugged his shoulders. "I looked at his file. Fives was in it."

"He was my twin. He died alone. He suffered and when he died, he thought he was gonna be with me." Echo explained. Crosshair and Hunter pulled Echo into a hug and Echo hugged them back.

"He wasn't alone. Rex was with him." Hunter whispered.

"But Rex wasn't his twin. Fives was all alone after I died."

After the batch had had their chips removed, Echo had a similar dream, but with more detail. He watched Fives suffer and slowly be driven into a frenzy about the chips. When Echo woke, he felt a small hand on his left hand. He looked and saw Omega looking up at him in sympathy.

"Nightmare?" Omega wondered. Echo nodded. "About what happened to you?"

"Sometimes, but not tonight." Echo sighed.

"Want to tell me?"

"It was about my twin, Fives."

"He was the one who found out about the chips, wasn't he?"

"Yeah. And knowing FIves, he couldn't keep his mouth shut and he just had to get to the bottom of it."

"But it's a good thing he did. If he didn't, Rex wouldn't have known and he wouldn't have been able to save you. Fives was a hero, just like you."

Omega shifted awkwardly and Echo smiled.

"What is it?" Echo wondered.

"Could you maybe... tell me about FIves?" Omega wondered.

"Well, Fives could be quite the troublemaker. He was a great soldier, but he wasn't one for following orders. There was one night when we were on leave, half of us ended up on Naboo. There was a dare to ride this beast. OF course, Fives had to take the dare. He jumped up on the biggest creature and he rode it for all of two seconds only to be thrown off. He landed in the water and accidentally tackled a Gungan. Well, this Gungan was about as clumsy as you could get. He and Fives ended up tangled up and were fighting to get away from each other. Well, when Fives got away from the Gungan, he looked like a swamp monster. He was covered in mud, and Gungan slime, and a lot of awful stuff. Turns out, the pond wasn't really a pond. It was the beasts' uh... yeah... you get the idea." Echo recalled.

"Ew!" Omega gasped in realization. Echo chuckled and shook his head.

"Yeah, he smelled for about a month. He would rub his skin raw just trying to get rid of the smell. When he did, we all continued to pick on him."

"What kind of person was he?"

"Well, he was better with kids than me. In fact, some would say it was because he's a big child."

"Like Wrecker?"

"Yeah. Those two would get along."

"Crosshair and Fives would probably disobey orders together."

"Yeah. They'd also try to throw their combat boots at their sleeping brothers. There was one mission where a few of us were bored. Well, this one guy was known for being dead to the galaxy when he slept. Fives put that to the test. He took off his boots and threw it at the poor guy. It hit him right in the face and the guys still slept through it. SO, Fives threw his other boots. Well, as he, Jesse, and Hardcase are laughing their heads off, this plate of food comes flying through the air and right into FIves' face. We all look and it was General Fisto. He was with Skywalker and Plo. Fisto told Fives that he looked better with berry filling covering his face. It made him look... sweeter."

Omega thought about the comment and started laughing. Echo chuckled and he continued to tell Omega stories about Fives. Before either of them knew it, they were fast asleep.

The next morning, Hunter woke up and saw the two sleeping and he smiled.

"Tech, want to take a picture of something rare?" Hunter wondered.

"What?" Tech questioned loudly. Hunter held up his finger and hushed Tech. He nodded to Echo and Omega. Tech's eyes widened and he grabbed his datapad and took a picture. "This picture is almost as adorable as you, Crosshair, and that little wolf pup we found on Mliam. I still have it."

Hunter glared at Tech who held up the picture.

Echo realized after that night that the more he talked about Fives and his other fallen brothers, the fewer nightmares he had about them dying. Everyone could see how much peace it brought when he spoke of his 501st brothers and they all endeared his storytelling knowing that it gave him peace.

THE END