A/N: Hey guys, I know it's been a really long time since I last updated anything, but life just sort of got in the way but now I am back and I'm going to try to stick with it. I've missed this, I've missed writing.

This is a new story, or one-shot, not entirely sure as of yet. I have been absolutely obsessed with re-watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars lately, and this just sort of came to me during the episode called Carnage of Krell S4 E10.

The story begins in the brigg, before Rex comes to execute Krell.

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'What have I done? I only wanted to do my duty. Orders are orders, good soldiers follow orders.' Dogma sat inside his cell, staring through the window at the occupant in the cell next to his. He glared hatefully at his general, 'Former general.' He reminded himself.

'I killed my brothers, I betrayed them, what have I done?' Dogma looked down at his hands still in binders. He squeezed his eyes shut, trying to block out his thoughts, trying to make them stop, make them go away. As Dogma opened his eyes, a stray tear ran down his face and dropped onto his hand. He stared at the wet mark it left on his glove, before slowly bringing his hands up to his face, feeling the tear-stained trail left behind, before slowly lowering his hands beck to his lap with a sigh.

'What have I done? My brothers… I just wanted to help. Rex is right, were not droids, we have to make our own decisions. I just wanted to do my duty. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry… What have I done?' Dogma closed his eyes as he lowered his chin to his chest, he clenched his teeth and jaw tightly as his lips started to quiver. Dogma could feel more tears gathering in the corners of his eyes. 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.'

'What have I done?'

The briggs' lift platform slowly lowered down to Dogma and Krell's cell level. Captain Rex, Fives and Jesse were standing together, waiting for the lift to stop, as it did Jesse deactivated Dogmas cell. Dogma stood up and moved to stand beside Fives on the lift, watching Rex as he dealt with the General ordering him to face the wall and to get on his knees.

Dogma watched as his captains' hands shook, as he tried to gain the courage to shoot the fallen Jedi. Dogma knew rex wouldn't be able to kill the former general, it would go against his morals. He reached his hands back slowly, as to not alert Fives as to what he was doing and grabbed one of the ARC troopers' DC-17s. Dogma quickly raised the hand blaster up, unused to such a small weapon in his hands but determined to finish what he'd started, placed a well-aimed shot through Krell's back.

Rex, Fives and Jesse turned to look at Dogma, staring at the blaster in his hands in shock. Fives reached down and patted his holster in realisation. "I… I had to. He betrayed us." Dogma stuttered out, as he hunched over and inwards in a submissive position. Fives reached forward to grab his blaster from Dogma's hands, but he gripped it tighter and moved backwards away from fives.

Dogma heaved for breath as he backed away from his brother, who in shock, let him go. "What did I just do? What did I do? I'm a traitor. I betrayed my brothers; I killed my brothers. I killed a jedi. What have I done?'

Dogma backed right up against the wall, staring at his brothers, panting in desperation for them to understand. Rex turned away from Krell's cell and walked towards his younger brother.

"Dogma…" Rex sighs, as he steps towards his brother "… Dogma, give me the blaster."

Dogma stares at his captain blankly before looking at the blaster in his hands. He raises his eyes back to his captains. "I… I had to." He states, voices warbling as he tries to explain. 'What have I done? I can't breathe, I… I… what have I done? They'll never forgive me. I'll be taken away, away from my brothers, away from Tup. What have I done?'

"I had to… I had to… I'm sorry sir, I'm sorry." Dogma stutters to his captain.

Rex reaches out towards Dogma to take the blaster from his hands but stops when he jerks away violently. "Dogma, please give me the blaster."

Dogma looks at the blaster in his hands before looking up at his brothers. Jesse and Fives are looking at him concernedly, with an almost begging look in their eyes to do as Rex asks. Captain Rex looks at him with sadness and determination.

'It's fake… they hate me… I betrayed them, I... I killed them… I killed my brothers. They hate me… don't they?'

Dogma once again looks at the blaster in his hands. 'You have to learn to make your own decisions. That's what Rex said. Make your own decisions. It would be so easy; I have the power to make my own decision.'

Dogma looks at Rex as he raises the blaster up, Rex thinking he was finally going to give the blaster up, moves forward to take it. However, Dogma shocks them all when he raises the blaster to his neck, just under his chin.

"Dogma!" Rex says sternly, "Put the blaster down."

"St… stay back. Stay back." Dogmas yells at his captain, his brother. "I have to make my own decision, that's what you said."

Rex closes his eyes and shakes his head slightly before re-opening them and looking at Dogma. "This isn't what I meant. This isn't a decision anyone should make. Just put the blaster down, please. Let talk about this, please" Rex begs his younger brother, looking at him pleadingly.

Dogmas' hands shake as he holds the blaster to his chin. "This… It would be easier this way. Everyone hates me… they… all of them… can be free of me." Dogma feels his hands shake less and less as he starts to believe what he is telling his brothers. He becomes so sure of himself, of his decision. 'It's the right one. They'll all be better of without me. I know they will, and Tup will move on, everyone likes him, he'll have plenty of brothers to care for him.'

"Dogma, that's not true, nobody hates you. Maybe were a bit disappointed with you but we don't hate you, we never could. You're our brother." Fives says quietly as he moves to stand beside Rex.

"Fives is right, Dogma. You're our little brother, it's our job to take care of you. We love you." Jesse states also moving forward.

"LIES!" Dogma yells, walking backwards until his back hits the wall. "You hate me. I know you do." He pushes the blaster further into his neck, while shaking his head back and forth, not believing anything his brothers tell him.

"Dogma, please don't do this. Please just put the blaster down. We've lost enough brothers recently, don't add yourself to that list." Rex pleads with Dogma.

'What have I done?'

"I'm sorry." Dogma chokes out. "it's my fault. It's all my fault. I'm so sorry."

'I'm sorry… I'm so so sorry, brothers.'

Dogma moves the blaster down away from his chin and points it at his chest, at his heart, instead. "I can't. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

As Dogma pulls the trigger, Rex lunges forward in a last-ditch effort to save his younger brother from himself. Rex's fingertips just brush the blaster, knocking it off course as Dogma pulls the trigger, resulting in the blast going through the centre right of Dogmas' chest and not through his heart.

Rex lunges forward again, this time to catch his brother in his arms, as he slowly lowers them to the ground. Rex cradles Dogmas' upper body in his arms, as he turns to Jesse and orders him to get them to the top and to get Kix as soon as possible.

Rex looks down at his brother in his arms, "Hold on, just hold on, OK."

Dogma looks up at Rex, blackness creeping at the corner of his vision. The pain is horrendous. 'Oh, why did I think shooting myself through the chest was a good idea. I can't even do this right.'

"I'm… *Cough* I'm… sorry" Dogma feels the tears he's been holding back leak from the corners of his eyes, as he struggles to breathe. "I just…"

"Don't talk right now Dogma, just focus on staying awake." Rex commands his soldier. He looks behind him and see Kix and Jesse running back towards them, Med Kit, and stretcher in hands.

Dogma looks at him sadly, "I… I'm sorry sir." Is one of the last things he whispers to his captain, to his brother as he finally lets the darkness take him, falling limp in his brothers' arms.

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A/N: And there we have it. I'm actually quite partial to writing more to this to be honest. I think it could become a pretty decent story. But tell me what you guys think. I think I have made the decision to write more for this, but I would like to know what you guys think of this story.

Please review, I love to hear what you have to say.

Thanks for reading.

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