Another Galaxy but same Lifestyle

Disclaimer: I do not own Fallout New Vegas or Star Wars the Clone Wars, they belong to their respective owners.

I do own MY version of the Courier.

Criticism Okay I guess.

No promises on this being a good story.

OOC's (Out of Character) are to be expected.


Chapter 3

~Jedi Temple, Coruscant~

Howard Waller was waking up from having a good nights sleep, he stretched his arms and looked out towards the city where the sun was rising showing that it was another day, he slowly got up and began to use his Pip-boy to change into his favorite Roving Trader outfit. He sighed and spoke to himself "time to do something" and with that he left his room and began his daily walk around the whole building that housed not only him but the entire Jedi Order.

He hated being cooped up in one single area since the 'Council' has deemed him somewhat of an enigma and possible threat that needed to be supervised to make sure he doesn't cause damage from what Skywalker has told them. But alas he had decided to follow their orders as to not anger them too much, he passed by a couple of children who looked no older than 5 or 10 in his opinion they were the so called 'younglings' that he heard from the Jedi and suffice to say is that the name fits for they are so young and cute. Just because he's an asshole doesn't mean he's rude to EVERYBODY.

Some learners of the force were giving him stares of curiosity and wonder mostly, but he ignored them for he was used to dealing with it back in the Mojave wasteland. He walked towards the library and was soon beginning to look into the past of this so called 'Galactic Republic' and see what it made it tick. However before he could enter the room he had decided to check up on his 'Project' that he worked on a few days before.

But before he could he heard his name being called out "Courier" he turned and saw Skywalker and Kenobi walking towards him, "well hello there" spoke the Hero of the Wasteland as he walked towards their direction. The trio then stood in the middle of the hallway where many other Jedi were passing by, it was then that the Terran spoke to them "so I heard that you two stopped the Blue Shadow Virus" well that was what he heard at least from the more gossiping force users, "yes, not only that but we also saved Ahsoka and Senator Amidala's lives with the clones." answered Obi.

Waller wanted to actually go and join them when he had heard that Padme was in danger but luckily they were saved but he felt a bit bitter about not going and possibly experience first hand at fighting against the Separatist Droids but alas he was restricted to go anywhere but the Temple and that pissed him off slightly. He looked at the two in front of him as they rarely talk to him and usually sent a now-recovered Ahsoka to watch over him.

"What do you want?" he asked them as he wondered as to what the duo want with him, it was Anakin who answered "we have a surprise for you" was all he said giving the current guest a glance that sparked his curiosity "what do you mean?" he inquired again as he was now intrigued as to what these two light-side users were up to. The orange haired elder with the beard was the one to speak this time "you see Courier the Council has found that your 'Restless' was a bit concerning and you might cause harm for the innocents here" this caused even more confusion.

But luckily Skywalker clarified "he means that the Council don't feel safe with you, so they want YOU to go with us" it was these words that caused the blonde haired man to have a facial expression of glee as he had hoped what they were saying "does this mean that?" trailed off Howard as his hopes were high and he was shaking in his metaphorical boots. At this the other two nodded and Skywalker spoke once more "yes, the Council has given us permission to take you on one of our missions" the blue eyed blonde smiled like that of a child who was getting a toy for Birthday.

"However" spoke Obi wan seriously which also made the once happy Courier to stop and look at him with an equal amount of seriousness, 'that was quick' thought Skywalker as he was genuinely surprised at how fast their guest went from happy mood to a serious one. Then Kenobi continued "since you're still considered as our Guest you will have to either join Anakin, Mace or I in our fleets to participate and you'll be under supervision as to make sure that your behaving well" inwardly Howard was sighing in annoyance as he figured as much but at least he'll fight.

"Where is he?" the blonde native of Earth questioned as he heard Windu's name, "he's meditating with Yoda" answered the blue eyed brown haired Jedi Knight and at that the Courier nodded and asked them a question again "when do we leave?" at this it was the light-side user with the beard who replied "soon" and speaking of soon he left with Anakin in tow leaving the Terran Hero to be hyped up for the operation that he was going to join in, he might actually see what these so called 'Seps' droids are capable of.

He then walked back to his 'Workshop' and continue with his tinkering on his equipment that he'll be using for the upcoming battle.

~Later~

"That should do it" spoke Howard Waller as her had just got done tinkering with the Blaster he had 'Borrowed' when he arrived on Skywalker's ship a few days back. He was impressed by the tech still but like he said it also has it's own problems as the accuracy wasn't that great and it only has a limited amount of attachments but nonetheless it has proved useful for the Grand Army of the Republic as he saw the clones use back then when he was observing.

So in a way he had 'Modified' this Deece with his own personal touches for you see he had added a stock to help with the aim and a scope for sights so that he could identify who or what he was targeting at instead of spraying and praying. He at least hoped that it improved the efficiency of it's stats and maybe help improve the soldiers work making sure that they at least have a better chance of scoring and living.

Then there was his OTHER situation, the one where he has to be careful about using bullets since they DO damage to armored foes especially the AP (Armor-Piercing) rounds against the more heavily thick armored foes but he doesn't know HOW effective they will be. But he still has to be counting how much ammo he has since he is rather limited on resources now and no doubt that no factory known are able to create ballistic rounds but he had to have hope right?

He soon heard a knocking on the door that led into his current room, "enter!" he yelled out to notify that whoever was knocking they have permission to enter the makeshift workshop and his ears had heard someone entering. The blonde male turned his head and saw Ahsoka there looking at him with her arms crossed "hello there Courier" she spoke to him and he replied "hi" and then went back to his 'study'.

"So I heard your joining us later" she said to the guest of the Jedi Order as he worked on something she didn't know but was probably safe considering that have been no incidents since a couple days ago. She shivered at the thought as she and the others have not seen someone so 'Bored' in their entire life, poor Jedi knight who was foolish to restrain him and is now hospitalized.

"Yes" was the only response as he continued without any interruption, he had hoped that THIS small little project would come in handy as he had used it multiple times himself and luckily got the parts for it but due to him being suddenly here he could only make a limited amount of them. But he was also curious as to how much time he had left before the Jedi could get him and leave for the OP he was going to participate, "so why are you here?" he questioned his newcomer.

She replied with a grin "oh nothing just wanted to see what you were doing" she had hoped to at least get to know him a little bit more, and not just for herself but the rest of the Jedi who were also intrigued by the Courier's lifestyle before he came into the galaxy. But it would seem that her plan somewhat worked as he had answered her "yeah? Well I'm doing great and not kinda peeved that they sent someone to come and check up on me and know my origins" it was sarcastic and yet surprised the young Togruta as she realized that he knew.

He sighed as he rubbed his face with his free hand and spoke to her without even turning "you are not the first ones to interrogate me, Soka and will definitely not be the last one to try and get my info off of me" he paused for a minute before continuing his speaking "but I guess I'll have to satisfy their little proactive approach, so if you want to know Soka is that I'm making something that'll help me and possibly help the troops in combat" was all he said before he ignored her once again and kept doing his project.

As the saying goes curiosity killed the cat as she had inquired more on his little side doings "what is it?" she tried to peek closer to what it is but she was pushed back roughly but before she was forced backwards she had saw a what seemed like a small jar with bubbles rising up. "Aren't you supposed to be with your teacher or something?" he asked her rudely as he didn't like the fact that one of the students of a 'Great' Jedi was here bothering him stead of her master.

Ahsoka's eyes widen and she spoke up "oh yeah! They said that you better prepare because we're going to be leaving soon" and left with those words in mind, the Courier nodded and continued his so called 'tinkering'.


~Acclamator-Class ship~

"Glad to see you have joined us Courier" spoke Obi Wan as he saw the current guest now walking towards him and Mace's location, Howard nodded while he still was in his Traders outfit as he began to think on how he was now joining up with Kenobi's group.

It was decided that the Courier went with Obi wan's group as both Anakin and Mace's own respective teams, for when the rest of the fleet arrived to Skywalker's ship they noticed that one of the so called 'Droid Control' ship was in pieces and the rest of the enemy frigates were in disarray if the delayed responses were any indication and the many fighters that belonged to the Victors. To be honest Howard was a bit peeved that he wasn't a part of Anakin's side but then again he doesn't know how to fly so he'll let it slide for now.

The current Guest of Obi wan asked a question "So what's the Operation?" he had wanted to know what he was getting himself into and also needed to have information onto where they were going. "We need to take the City of Nabat from Separatist control so that we can have a location where to land the troops" was the answer of Mace Windu as the trio were now standing in front of one of the LAATS that was going to participate in the mission.

"I guess it's time to meet the locals then" was the only words of the Courier as he had boarded on the gunship and looked at his soon to be fellow soldiers "I couldn't agree more" replied the bearded man as he too got on board and the hatch to the flight contraption closed signifying that it was about to begin. "Aren't you gonna change into something more fitting for this?" inquired a Clone as he and his fellow brothers saw their new ally wearing nothing but civilian clothing, "thanks for Reminding me" said Howard as he pulled up his pip boy and pushed a few buttons.

His clothes changed instantly shocking some if not all of the troopers as he was wearing something completely different.

He wore a black colored leather jacket that resembled that of Bikers back on Earth, his left sleeve was removed exposing skin, his left shoulder was covered by a small piece of metal plating that offered little protection against blasters, his right arm however was covered by it's sleeve and on the forearm was another armor plate that was strapped by a piece of leather, in fact most of the armor pieces on the torso was covered by straps that held them together, he wore dark brown leather pants that the shins were protected and a pair of black boots.

Cody was one of the ones who were shocked at the sudden change in attire of the Courier "H-How did you do that?" he asked stuttering as he had tried to come up with a logical solution as to what had just transpired but nothing came up except for the small device on the now leather armored individual's forearm, speaking of whom just grinned "it's thanks to my Pip-Boy" he answered the question as he then raised his multi-purpose object on his left arm.

"You suddenly changed into combat armor because of THAT little thing!?" shouted a still surprised clone trooper as he was now eyeing the so called 'Pip-boy' on the man's body. The blonde haired male nodded "before you ask, It's a multi-purpose device created back where I'm from and to put it simply, it is a Music Player, Location Tracker, Hacking device and best of all a mobile Armory all rolled into one" now if the men's helmets weren't on Howard was sure that their jaws would be on the floor at what he said.

'All those things into one little thing? Kriff wherever he came from has either the Craziest minds or possibly the most brilliant thinkers!' thought Cody as he was even more surprised that something to tiny could contain so many and possibly even more as not EVEN the Republics nor the Confederacy had ever came up with that. 'It's certainly a good thing he's on our side then' were the thoughts of the General as he stroked his beard being the more calm and hiding his shock well, and if he said is true about the Armory then how many weapons does he have?

"Could we possibly hear some songs?" asked another Clone as he was curious as to what was on the Pip-boy, the blue eyed 24 year old nodded "some of these are pre-recorded so it means that I didn't put them in it" he lowered his head 'these are the songs that was able to survive' thought the Courier grimly as he pushed a button but what he didn't realize was that it was Kenobi who saw his facial expression change.

A happy tune was heard as it sounded like older music from long past, then the lyrics were heard.

[Well, I don't know, I've been told Uranium Ore's worth more than gold, sold my 'Cad, I bought me a jeep, I got that bug and I can't sleep.]

[Uranium Fever has gone and got me down, Uranium Fever is spreadin' all round. With a Geiger counter in my hand, I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land.]

[Uranium Fever has done and got me down.]

Some were confused at what the song was meaning but they couldn't argue as it had gotten their interests as to their guest's homeworld. Sure it sounded outdated but at least they could have some tunes before something happened to them.


~Battlefield~

"Take cover!" a shout was heard throughout the whole area as the soldiers were pressing onwards but yet taking cover wherever it was as they were being suppressed by enemy red blaster bolts hitting some of their troops which were unfortunate to be victims of it's trajectory thus ending their lives even, it also didn't help that they were all wearing white whilst Waller wore a dark brown that somehow blended in with the dirt when he ducked when a random bolt nearly hit him.

Speaking of which Howard was now laying next to a dead trooper whose body was unmoving, he brought out his Cowboy Repeater and aimed for the enemy and since it was his first time it was a plus so that he an see what he's up against. He looked through the scope and saw the threat that was keeping Ghost Company at bay by spreading out the bolts out of their own variant blasters, "THAT is the enemy?" asked Howard as he was a bit disappointed in the appearance of these 'B1 Battledroids' as the clones called them but yet he can not underestimate them.

Nonetheless he took aim at his now targets and spotted three on the tower laying on the ground like him but that was a mistake as he then used V.A.T.S. to use against them.

[B1 Battledroid. Head. 74%]

[B1 Battledroid. Head. 65%]

[B1 Battledroid. Head. 50%]

With his enemies highlighted and and the percentage so high he was ready to take it and so he did, in three quick consecutive actions the heads of the Droids exploded shocking the troopers at the speed and leaving a fried circuitry of the enemy as they were shocked as well. "What the!?" shouted a surprised B1 soldier as it had witnessed something kill it's friend and it wasn't a Republic blaster but before it could get any answers four more were destroyed leaving itself as the sole defender.

Meanwhile back on the ground "what are you waiting for!?" demanded Waller as he reloaded his Repeater rifle with the bullets it used, glad to know that his weapons did cause damage and kill the weaker ones but from what he heard these B1's were only the weaker and grunts of the Confederacy and the B2 Super Battle Droids were much stronger and tougher than these and that made the Courier think that these Super's may have a bit more bullets than their B1 counterparts.

"R-Right" came the reply of Cody as he took aim with his own rifle and fired eliminating the last threat thus securing the wall and a way into the home of the Twi'leks that were local to the region. "That was impressive Courier" complimented the leader of the 212th as he had never seen someone get rid of something so easily and quickly, the complimented man nodded "if they were going to continue fighting then they shouldn't be standing so still" he spoke up as he and the Jedi Master were both approaching the wall with the men.

They crossed over the wall and were now looking at a desolate location of several buildings were empty and void of any life, "the hell happened here?" said the Terran human to no one as he was questioning what had transpired before their arrival but his eyes took notice of scorch marks on the exterior of the village homes and that it immediately answered his question. He stopped as soon as he saw one of the enemy soldiers body had fell from he wall and was now broken beyond repair, "might as well" he muttered to himself as he then took the blaster off of the droid.

"What are you doing?" inquired a Clone with yellow markings similar to Cody's but yet different, the replicated male got his answer "they aren't gonna use them anymore" was all he said before he ripped off the head of the droid with his strength and showed it to the inquiring man of war. "That's actually Illegal to take that" scolded the same trooper in a hushed tone as to make sure that his fellow brothers didn't hear what he said, the Earthling replied with a smug look "for YOU maybe, but I'm a Courier and I take things that no one will use" and to prove his point he went back outside.

The genetic enhanced male was a bit disturbed at how someone he met was so demeaning of the Machines of the Seps, but his view of him even lessened as he had witnessed the Courier take one of HIS brother's deceased body's weapon and even the helmet "oi! That's Republic property!" nearly shouted the soldier as he had saw the man take something that wasn't his own but he was ignored as the other Human continued to take off the weapons from the dead clones.

But alas the Trooper known as Boil just shook his head and walked back towards the interior where the rest of the group was at but then heard gunfire behind him, he turned around and saw the barrel of the rifle he carried, at First the 212th member thought that the man was aiming at him "Drop your weapon!" he shouted and ordered as he saw said weapon pointed towards him. "I said drop it!" he ordered once again but yet again the Human of the Wasteland didn't respond.

*Clank*

Was the sound of something metallic hitting the ground behind the clone trooper, he turned around and witnessed a bulky four legged metal machine fall to the ground with a large eye "A recon droid" he muttered as he may have been either saved by the slug user or he had spotted it and took aim without him knowing, "your welcome" came the words from the Terran male as he then went back to taking the weapons off of the bodies.

"There you are Boil" spoke a matching voice and the mentioned soldier looked at his brother who was approaching him "Commander Cody was wondering where you and the Courier were at since you both left without telling anyone" at the mention of his name the Blonde haired desert hero replied back to the new arrival "I was curious about the planet since this is my first time, so Boil here accompanied me to keep watch" at this the black haired cloned man was stunned that the grave-robber lied to his brother who seemed to shrug.

As the clone turned around he had spotted a Recon droid that was busted "a Scout?" he asked as he picked it up, the non-replicated man nodded "I saw it looking at us so I took the shot" at the mention of this the second soldier spoke out "we gotta report this to the general" and soon the trio had moved back into the interior of the wall and catch up with the rest of the whole company.


~C.I.S. Encampment~

A lone B1 droid walked up towards another one that was different than a combat model but looked like an assistant "sir, the reconnaissance droid that we sent hasn't reported back yet" spoke out the machine as it had given the commander an answer. The tactical bot that was the leader of the current battle group spoke out "have you received any information before it's destruction?" inquired the bot cold and lifeless as it had wanted to know how the scout was detected since clones aren't that bright.

The same battle bot nodded and pulled out a Datapad before handing it towards it's leader, the T-series machine look at the video that was playing from the destroyed bot, what it saw was two individuals an average Clone Trooper and someone else that wasn't a member of the Republic but wore something different entirely, possibly a mercenary depending on how the tone of the first organic's was low and the lack of acknowledgement from the second being.

"That's Republic property!" came the shout of the First human as the Commanding droid had witnessed the non-responsive mercenary as the other man had taken the Republic weaponry off of the bodies of the fallen and even some pieces of armor.

It spoke once again "so the Jedi have hired a bounty hunter to work for them. They are getting desperate." it had not calculated this but nonetheless it had to re-calculate against this new apparent threat against them, but from what it saw this new enemy was well aware of the presence of the Probe and therefore may be aware of others that would be sent out towards them, it also had to report this to Emir Wat Tambor who was at Lessu.

"What shall we do sir?" asked another battle droid as it had saw the recording and was a bit nervous due to how the Probe was killing with nothing as far as the video could play, TX-20 replied "we plan accordingly" and with that left to give it's own report to the Emir of Ryloth.


~With Courier, Boil, Waxer~

"What do you think happened here?" asked Waxer as he and the other two were now walking down a path since they separated from Cody and Wooley to find and locate the enemy forces and find out what had transpired to the Citizens of Ryloth, and the Courier went with the two clones under the 212th commander's order which the men had agreed and now the group of three were patrolling.

"I don't know Waxer but from what I can tell, it wasn't good" came the reply of the third member of the team as he walked with his Repeater on his back and readied to be used, "how about some tunes?" he spoke to the other two as he then pulled up his Pip-boy and began to select some music, he pushed another button and soon they all heard the song began to play "you know for someone who uses outdated equipment, you sure have interesting music." said Boil to the Courier as they all listened in.

[Yippy yay, there will be no wedding]

[bells for today.]

[I've got spurs that jingle jangle jingle, as I go riden merrily along, sing oh ain'tchya glad your single and that song ain't so very far from wrong.]

[Oh Lillybell, Oh lillybell though I may have done some foolen this is why I never fell.]

And they continued to walk down their pathway until they could no longer hear the song play anymore.

The sounds of rubble moving were heard "did you hear that?" inquired Waxer as he had motioned with his hand to stop and after they did more sounds of rubble were heard again but louder "enemy?" alerted Boil as he readied his blaster to take aim, Waxer was more hesitant as he was sure he had saw something and it was small, Howard just kept his Repeater on his back holstered and since he was sure whoever or whatever it was could've made an attempt on their life already but didn't they were harmless.

More or Less anyway.

"Relax" said the Courier to his other two companions as he had approached the corner which also led into an alleyway "what are you doing!?" shouted the black haired man as he was surprised that someone was so calm in this situation and for all they know it could be a trap and he would be walking into it but alas the two had followed the Terran into the alley. But what they didn't expect was a small twi'lek female child hiding behind a couple of Crates.

It was Waxer who removed his headgear to show off his bald head and his soft brown eyes that had shown worry, "it's just a tail-head" muttered the still helmeted soldier as he shook his head to calm himself as he saw no more reason to be armed espicially if it was against a small girl no less, Waller kneeled down next to the not-Boil and looked at the alien child. She looked frightened by the trio of men and since they all carried weapons she may be hesitant to trust them.

"Don't worry little one" spoke the Courier softly as he inched closer to her but still keeping his reach to a minimum as moving normally would cause her to react and possibly violently lash at them and they can't have that, he then motioned towards Waxer to give him something and the man obliged as he handed the Blonde haired Human a piece of food he had on him which he then gently gave the piece of nutrition to the smaller being from her looks of malnutrition.

"Aw look at that, you made a new friend" mocked the other trooper as he couldn't believe these two. The Blonde male mocked back "at least I actually MADE a friend" he then eased gently closer to the younger native as she backed away more, Boil scoffed at the display as if brushing the statement as false, he then spotted something approaching their way and then the sounds he heard realized what they were.

He then got the other three's attention "Recon Droids!" he spoke loud enough for them to hear and they too turned their gaze towards the silhouettes of said machines that were swiftly approaching. "Hide little one" said Howard to the young girl as he and the troopers had also planned on taking cover behind either some of the rubble nearby or next to some crates, unfortunately for the 24 year old Hero of the Mojave he was in the middle of the street "what are you doing?" whispered Waxer as he hid behind a pillar.

The current guest of General Kenobi pulled up his pip-boy gaining some looks at him "this is no time for music" scolded Boil as the lightly armored man was looking at his device. Both Boil and Waxer didn't have time to react as the Probe had already turned the corner into their direction "Fierfek!" cursed the kinder soldier as he was sure now the enemy knows of their location, but to the shock of the twin clones the Droid scout just kept it's course and not stopping.

Boil peeked out of his cover for sight and to his utter shock the so called 'Courier' wasn't standing there anymore, just an empty space between him and his brother "where did he go?" inquired the Republic fighter as he and his fellow were now looking everywhere for him but when the two clones approached each other they suddenly stopped in their tracks due to bumping against something, "what the!?" shouted a surprised certain bald trooper as he back away.

A shimmering was seen before a sudden appearance of Howard Waller took place "how did you do that!?" questioned a still surprised Boil as he was sure he was seeing things, the blonde male answered "simple my dear Boil, I used something called a Stealth Boy to turn myself invisible for a brief 30 seconds before I decloaked." he then checked his inventory and saw that he now had 14 pip boys left. He groaned in annoyance "but because of that I've wasted a precious item" he then shook his head before rubbing and looking at the same direction the Scout went.

"Let's go before it come back this way" spoke Boil as he was not liking that the Courier was nearly exposed until the last minute and that the group of 3 were out in the open. The other two nodded taking this as a serious matter since they were distracted by a local, speaking of which she was ahead of them when the non-clone had spotted her nearing a corner "Wait!" he tried to yell out for her but it seems that wasn't the case as she continued down the path which also led the same direction as the Probe.

Both Howard and Waxer followed her with the latter shouting out in worry "She's going the same direction as the Droid!" he then sprinted faster as he was the one who is more worried about her safety than the objective that they were ordered to do. "I'm just trying to keep you guys alive!" Yelled Boil as he followed suite behind the other chasing duo.

~A few Minutes later~

The group of men soldiers have finally caught up with the young Twi'lek who had stopped a few feet from a building. "She sure has a lot of energy for one who seemed to be malnourished" said the black haired man under his Phase 1 helmet as he was looking at her who was still, the blonde male lowered into a crouch before whispering "This is your home isn't it?" he questioned her, he knows that she probably doesn't know what he's saying but he was positively sure that she knew what he said just now.

Young Twi'lek just began to sob before embracing Waxer who too was kneeled as the group entered her supposed former home, Waller saw a small strange looking toy that seemed to belong to a child and at that moment he knew instantly who it belonged to so he picked it up before inspecting it to see if there were any kind of damage no matter how small was on the item in his hands. He looked towards her as she was now being held up by the bald Replicated man's arms before giving to her who took it from his grip and embraced it in a tight hug.

'She's not the only one who I saw was in the same state. I too was that once.' thought the Native of Earth as he began to pat her head trying to comfort her while remembering how similar their lifestyles were like or are in this case for her. "It's alright tiny one, we're here to help you and your people. Hell we won't go back home unless we are ABSOLUTELY certain that everyone is free and I do mean EVERYONE." comforted the Earthling as he was attempting to cheer her up.

"He's right. We will NOT stop until Everyone on this planet is free!" added Waxer as he too was trying to keep her in a happy mood while also agreeing with the current supposed 'Guest' of General Kenobi. He may be a clone like all the others but they each have their own personalities to separate them from each other just to be not confused for each other and his was that of a caring and gentle man despite being bred for war and war only.

The Terran traveler looked back at his fellow ally's own words and began to think 'I bet if the war wasn't happening and so serious he could have been a great fatherly-figure to those without any parents or at least an older brother.' He internally shook his mind away from the thought as he was getting back to the task at hand which was now looking for a way out of there location, it may have been the child's home but due to the rubble and torn down stone walls it provided little cover should they be found by a patrol group.

He stopped as he began to hear hissing sounds and immediately been reminded about Radscorpions back in the Post-Apocalyptic world he was born on. "Shit!" he cursed under his breath as he began to ready his Repeater for combat, this action caused alarms to ring in the soldiers own instincts when he raised his ranged weapon as they soon put on their own helmets and armed themselves while the young Ryloth Local was put on the floor.

However she also heard the hissing and knew what it was, she just couldn't allow these men to be harmed even though they carried blasters so she had began to move some smaller debris off of her carpet.

"Boil, Waxer come in" came the copied voice of the two other clones from the communicator attached to Waxer's wrist, he answered but yet was keeping his blaster at the door or any of the opening in case some unknown enemy came in "Commander this is Waxer reporting in" the kinder Clone replied while keeping an eye out alongside the other two. "Where are you two!?" inquired the commanding officer of Ghost Company as he sounded like not that far off.

*HISS*


~With Cody and Wooley~

"SON OF A BIT-" was the line cut off from Cody's own communication device on his wrist as the voice came from the Courier, he had tried to contact them again "Waxer come in!" but to no avail as the sounds of static were heard and his companion seemed to be a bit worried as the sound was cut off and the last bits before it disconnected was the sounds of blaster and ballistic being discharge at some unknown enemies that had gotten to the group of three.

Wooley was having an unpleasant feeling churning at the insides of his stomach when that happened, "we need to go back for them!" he nearly yelled at the top of his lungs as he was a little more than eager to rescue the three-man team from whatever fate they were about to be dealt. However it seems that his actions were put to a stop by his C.O. who merely put a hand on the trooper's chest-plate "No" was the simple reply from Cody as he knew what the rookie clone was thinking about.

At this the lesser ranking soldier was appalled by what his superior was saying "What are you talking about!?" he had demanded to know why they couldn't go and rescue their brothers who were in clear danger, alas once gain that train of thinking was put to a stop by the Commander of the 212th who shook his head "I know that you want to go and save them but we have to focus on the mission at hand" at this remark Wooley felt a tint of anger rising up but used his head and realized that even if he DID go he probably wouldn't be enough to help despite against his wishes.

He nodded in an almost solemn mood as they then trekked back to their temporary encampment where the rest of the attack group was at that were also being commanded by the General of the whole battalion altogether.

However before they could proceed any further as they approached the intersection they both heard the sound of hissing coming from behind them and without any kind of hesitation the duo of Replicated Humans turned and saw what they assumed was the local wildlife reaching their location while giving off sounds that somewhat resembled that of hunger. "Run!" ordered the yellow striped Officer as he began to fire his blaster at the new arrivals.

But it proved to be ineffective as it seemed that even when the bolts connected it did little damage and just served to make the creatures to have more anger as they slowly gotten closer to the duet of armed team as the pure white armored individual began to turn away from the soon to be fight between the two Clones and these native creatures. However it seemed that one of them had spotted the leaving trooper and chased after him whilst the second beast was focusing it's attention on Cody.

Speaking of who he had witnessed the monster aim for his subordinate "WOOLEY!" he shouted trying to warn his brother about the oncoming monster that was chasing him but he was soon brought back to his own enemy that hissed at him and lunging. Wooley on the other hand looked back at him and saw the other animal was after him and he had tried to aim his blaster but due to the speed of it's approaching and the panic rising he missed the couple of shots he fired trying to at least slow it down.

He then tripped on a rock that had made him fall down and therefore preventing him from continuing his retreat while the beast was catching up faster and faster while the soldier was trying to desperately stop it by firing in it's direction but due to his fear taking over the bolts didn't hit and merely whizzed past it's body while some strays did hit but it only served to piss it off. "I'm not dying here!" screamed Wooley as he was now below the animal as he felt his end was upon him and with a last will of defiance he yelled out "FOR THE REPUBLIC!" and was about to embrace.

But it seemed that he would have to change his name or the universe wasn't willing it for he got to live another day.

*BANG*

*SPLAT!*

The plain and shiny white helmet was now stained with a dark shade of Blood but it wasn't red rather it was a purplish tint, the trooper that once accepted his fate had a shocked expression under his helmet as he was feeling the after-effects of near-death. "Down ya filthy mutt!" came an all to familiar voice that didn't belong to one of the usual Clones but there were also a pair that had shared the mentioned vocals "Right there!" and another "Get it!" and soon the sounds of Blaster fire were heard.

Cody looked to the source and saw the Courier, Boil and Waxer around a corner and they too were covered in blood while a small twi'lek child hiding behind Howard's leg covering her ears, "Boil, Waxer!" shouted the Commander as he was relieved that his two best men weren't killed and now had saved him by pushing back his opponent with their own energy weapons. "Sir!" spoke Waxer as he was kneeling next to his superior Officer who was laying down.

The creature screeched in pain as another loud bang was heard and the sounds of Splatter were heard as a thudding was heard, the leader looked and saw that the beast no longer had a head and it's body is now laying on the side with blood oozing out of the nape. He turned towards where the bang originated from and saw the Courier holding a small pistol that had a single barrel with six cartridge and two ancient bullet casings had fallen out, the thing also had a long scope and Cody assumed that the Courier had used the attachment to get the aim.

But nonetheless the Clone Officer was still stunned that something so Archaic could have such a devastating effect on one of the more critical weak-points.

"Thanks" thanked the Commander as he got up and dusted himself off while his other two subordinates saluted and were ready to give their report but that was postponed as he had heard a small tiny voice "Nera" came from the young Twi'lek who was tugging at Howard's leather pants trying to get his attention and she had succeeded as he looked down while looking at his depleted ammo that was laying next to her.

He wanted to know what she was going to ask him as he knew from experiencing the same thing repeatedly throughout his Wandering days, "what is it little one?" he had initiated the conversation while the three clones were now trying to get rid of the corpse that's laying on top of Wooley's own body. "Nera" she said the word once more and did something that the Courier wasn't expecting.

She hugged him.

The blonde's eyes widen at the action as he felt her hold on him become tighter as if she doesn't want to let go of his being. Howard was still internally reeling in shock that this young alien girl is hugging HIM of all people, he saw that she hugged both Waxer and Boil earlier but he never realized that she too wanted to show her gratitude through hugging. It's a new concept for our favorite Hero of the Wasteland as not very many were much of a hug person if not barely know it at all, Luckily for him he knew what the contact was and gave his own back to her.

After the little physical embrace he gently patted her head then booped her on the nose like Waxer and she had giggled happily. "So Boil, Waxer tell me what happened?" questioned Cody as he and his other clones were now standing around after getting rid some of the blood on Wooley's armor while the man himself is sitting still, "Sir we were ambushed by the things that we killed sir!" came the reply of Boil as he and Waxer stood straight.

"How did you two survive?" he inquired again as he was aware that their blasters won't work on the creatures as proven when he had tried to fend them off but it only angered it, it was Waxer who answered "you should thank the Courier, he saved us and by extension you sir" it was true due to the proof of the headless monstrosities. "Before you ask I used my Pip-boy to get a shotgun and blow the beasts apart!" came the sharp words from Waller as he picked up his casings.

Waxer spoke up once again "he doesn't mean Figuratively sir, he really means quite literally as well" he and his brother shivered at the sight of a local animal suddenly explode into pieces of flesh and blood, they still have the stains to prove it as was shown on their armor that was once pristine white now covered in dirt, grime, and blood with a tint of meat smelling off of their bodies. The current leader of the now reformed group shook his head "we need to report back to General Kenobi" stated Cody as they were late to return.

Everyone nodded even the Courier who had just finished playing with the young gal next to him, "follow me and don't stray" was all he said before motioning her to follow as the group of 6 left back to base.


~Makeshift Camp~

The group of six arrived at the encampment where the General was waiting patiently for the report so that they could form some kind of plan, but what everyone at the area was stunned to see is a little twi'lek child near the Terran Hero as she hid behind his pants, the blonde smiled at her trying at least calm her nervousness at seeing such a military presence around her and looking at her direction as the soldiers were walking towards their General.

"Ah Cody, I'm glad your back" spoke Obi wan as he had spotted his best officer return and with the others, "sorry General we had an encounter" spoke Waller as he sat down down on a nearby rubble along with the child who took a seat next to him as the 24 year old human had then began to search through his inventory in his Pip-boy. "I see you brought back a guest" uttered the Jedi knight as he stroked his beard while looking at their new arrival, Cody nodded "it seems that she is attached to him, Waxer and Boil" he explained.

Kenobi nodded understanding the situation "alright, but what do you have Cody?" he asked the man as he wanted to get back on track, the mentioned soldier nodded before he walked to a table and typed in some buttons to activate a blue holographic digital 3D image of what he and Wooley scouted earlier. However another image appeared in a similar state of transmission but instead of a place it was a person and they were Mace Windu who was still back on the ships, he looked at both Cody and Kenobi "what have you to report?" he questioned.

The commander then began to give his succession of his assignment "Me and Wooley had found the guns on the way we took, they are positioned here" he pointed to a part of the map which created a miniature red hologram that signified enemy presence "and here around the courtyard" he pointed again to show another location of where the artillery was located but he paused as he had to inform them of something else "But sirs, the enemy have taken the Locals captive and are using them as meat-shields."

"The prisoners will prove to be difficult to accomplish but not impossible. I have a plan around it and taking out those cannons as well" spoke Kenobi as he was now starting to form a plan. Windu however was more concerned and was about to speak but another familiar but childish voice "Nerra!" spoke the native alien girl as she pointed up to the sky, "it seems that we have an uninvited guest guys" said the Courier to everyone as he aimed his Repeater up to where the non-basic speaker was pointing and fired.

Then the effects of metal hitting the cold ground made everyone become alert as a couple of nearby Clones were closer and checked to see what he shot "General!" the voice shouted as one of them brought back a robotic creation that didn't belong to their army. "Recon Droids!" sneered the trooper that carried it while dropping and kicking it, "you guys should search your area carefully and thoroughly otherwise THIS kind of shit happens" came the words of the blonde Wastelander.

"Well at least you destroyed it before it could send back anymore data" said one of the white plastered soldiers as he felt somewhat relieved that their plans were not going to go awry but the shooter shook his head "still it had a decent amount so I guess we should prepare just in case" he explained as he was getting a bad feeling about this, "the Courier's correct the enemy no doubt knows we're here and are planning something to counter our troops" spoke aloud Kenobi as he was stroking his beard.

His eyes then turned towards the small being who still was next to his guest and an idea was created in his mind as he approached her and kneeled in front of her but she was still scared of new people so she hid behind the Courier's leg. "Hello there little one" he said to her trying to appear to not be any kind of threat towards her, then he surprises her by speaking her native language that unfortunately our Protagonist doesn't understand "how the?" he questioned but then again not everyone speaks 'Basic' as the relevant term of English is.

Obi-wan got up and began to explain "The little one here can take us around through the Sewers" he then began to inform everyone of his planning "but the enemy will no doubt know that something is wrong if all of us go. So Cody I want you to create a distraction for us while Boil, Waxer, the Courier and I rescue the hostages" the commander nodded as he understood the plan now as well as the Courier.

And soon the job to Rescue the POWs from Separatist control and be one step closer to liberating the Planet.


~With Kenobi and his Group~

Obi-wan and his team have just exited the sewers with him being in the lead followed by Boil, Waxer, Numa and Finally Howard, the last of whom had asked their leader "so WHERE are going exactly?" he was kind of confused as he was sure that they were going to save the people and since they were also going to infiltrate the enemy base but the question is where are they going to enter from? Kenobi answered "it's simple really Courier, we enter through the Backside of the enemy forces and sneak through to the front where Cody will spot us and create the diversion."

Speaking of Back entrances they entered a building and inside of it was what resembled a few cells that should be able to house either large groups of people or animals but they were empty and void with the only sound that was present was scrubbing with a washing object. "This is possibly the worst job in the entire Separatist army!" complained a B1 Battledroid as it had scrubbed the floor with a rag, then it had heard the sounds of a lightsaber activating and clanking of metal parts falling to the ground "huh?" it turned and saw Obi-wan kenobi pointing his lightsaber at it.

The only thing it could do was be downtrodden as the cells have closed therefore making it prisoner of the cell it was just cleaning not that long ago. "I almost feel bad" said the Courier to the group as he had witnessed the machine seem a bit sad at how it had end up in this situation despite it's lack of face or any kind of expression but nonetheless he had continued with the mission 'B1 Battledroids huh?' he thought to himself as the group stopped at the stairs that led upwards.

"Courier stay here and keep her safe" ordered the General as he handed the small twi'lek to the said warrior as he holstered his Repeater and was now instead holding the child in his arms, but before he could ask the Jedi had explained "Boil, Waxer and I will go and free the prisoners, I want you to show them the way out and protect them should any droid follow them here" at the mention of the civilians being followed the blonde nodded before putting down the girl and unholstered his rifle "Just get them out here" was all he said and saluted.

The trio of Republic supporters went up the stairs but not before the clone twins looked back at her and gave her a thumbs up "don't worry little one, we'll be back" they didn't wait for a response as Kenobi had called them but they darted their eyes for a brief second to see she was giving her own thumbs up.

Obi-wan had motioned for the two troopers to pause as he looked around the doorway and saw a large group of Prisoners of War there with a few droids keeping guard and watching the group as if they were planning something but that isn't the case. His blue eyes turned and saw the other Clones that were being led by his Second-in-command who seemed to spot him and ordered his own brethren to launch their attack/distraction.

It proved to be marginally successful as the majority of the security forces were now retaliating against their enemy that had attacked them including the leading stand-in Protocol Droid that was the current leader/officer of the current group of machines as he led them towards the clones who in turn fired back. With the robots attention now focused solely on the rest of the Ghost Company it was now time for Obi-wan and the two soldiers under his command to commence their own mission.

"What the?" questioned a grunt droid as it looked at it's other machine before they both lost their heads to a lightsaber and before the others could register what had happened their heads were shot off from blue blaster bolts ending their short span of activity. The Jedi Master walked to the locals who were on the ground when one of them got up to stand and the General had used his lightsaber to cut off the binds holding their hands together, he then motioned to the people to the way they came from in their language.

Unfortunately for the rescue team one of the last droids that was leaving turned and saw the prisoners escaping, it then twirled it's body back to the group and began to fire it's own red blaster bolts which were loud enough to catch the others that were also barely leaving to return back to their placement and fire themselves.

With the Courier he watched many of the locals of Ryloth go down the stairs with the younger girl looking for someone and that person had called out to her but since the Human didn't understand the many Alien languages he was confused for a bit but saw a heartwarming hug between the two and instantly knew that the both of them were family. He however had heard a great deal of metal feet approaching their location and realized that indeed some of the enemies were after the prisoners.

"Ollo" he said as he poked his head out and spotted a couple of the chasers in front of the doorway, it would seem as their registry hadn't been applied for the squad of 4 battledroids reeled back in shock from the sudden phrasing. "What!?" one of them shouted as it was sure this humanoid wasn't a Clone but unfortunately for it the non-republic soldier had pulled out his slugthrower and fire completely obliterating the first bot leader.

Waller used a shotgun shell to decimate the enemy bot with ease 'they explode almost like body parts' was his thought as the upper half of the robotic parts were blown to pieces and were scattered on the ground quite literally, but he wasn't finished as he had used his shotgun on the other three machines as they too perished under the shells of the Close ranged weapon.

He wasn't done as he had managed to not be hit by red bolts that whizzed past his head as more droids were appearing and identifying him as a threat while they were also getting closer to him and trying to obtain their former prisoners however Howard wouldn't allow it as he pulled out a large syringe that was attached by two others with small tube-like strings going into the larger syringe, he then injected it into his arm really hard that he groaned in pain and he removed it back from his arm and simply grinned at his opposition.

"Come get some!" he roared out whilst raising his shotgun and firing at the ever approaching machines as he too walked towards their direction, but one of the droids was lucky for one of the blaster bolts hit the man in the side where he felt pain but to their surprise he shrugged it off like it was nothing despite the scorch mark now apparent and despite the injury he was smiling at them as if he was enjoying it.

*Click* he tried to fire his gun again but it would seem he had ran out of ammo and forgot to reload but he simply pulled out two other syringes but these were more thinner and sleeker than the large one but it would seem he did not have a care for he injected the two of them into the scarred area part of his body and his arm which he also injected another injection before, he looked at them before using his Pip-boy to pull out the little customized DC-15s he created before the mission began.

Luckily for him he had plenty of practice now in front of him as he aimed through the scope and fired even though he could have done so without needing the sight-enhancer but it would seem to be effective as the blue energy bolts from his Carbine had hit their marks with a couple of shots. Needless to say he was glad he had installed a stock to the thing as he was sure that even though his shots didn't exactly hit 100% it at least got his enemies.

*BOOM*

He turned his head and saw one of the Artillery guns explode followed by another as he witnessed the second one being shot at by a larger bolt and his eyes spotted Kenobi and the two brothers inserting what the Courier assumes to be ammo for the large weaponized machines that was ironically piloted by the General who served for the Galactic Republic, he smiled lightly as one of the B1's panicked before being blown up along with the ammo next to it but it would seem that one of the others had gotten a lucky hit as the shot also hit the allied controlled machine.

"Look out!" Howard shouted out as he had spotted the trio of Republic soldiers and leader get out of the area but they were blown away however as luck would have it they weren't harmed but just disoriented, he went toward the two clones to see if they were harmed despite living through such an explosion "are you alright?" he asked the both of them and he instantly received a nod from Waxer "we're fine just a scratch is all." The blonde smiled having his fears be put to rest.

Then the sounds of yelling were heard as the three Humans turned to the source and saw the prisoners they save come back in an almost charging motion that unrested Citizens would do against someone or rather in this case something "Does not compute. Does not compute" came the robotic voice of the Tactical droid that looked at the crowd surrounding it before the whole group of natives came up on top of the Separatist tank and start beating the machine if not destroy it in a savage-like way.

Waller smiled at the people as one of them had ripped off it's head before everyone looked up at the sky and saw Republic ships entering the area and flying above them, the Terran looked off to the side and saw his leader get up with the effort of the little girl he saw hug the male alien who in turn hugged her. "Looks like we kept our Promise" spoke Waxer as he and Boil walked next to our Hero of the Wasteland and were staring at the large ships begin to descend on their location but the Earthling survivor shook his head "not yet. Not until we completely drive them Seps off" he said.

The other two soldiers nodded understanding what he was implying, they were only part way through and they were eager to save the planet now. "By the way, how did you survive that shot?" inquired the bald Clone as he had witnessed the blonde blue eyed male be shot close if not point-blank at the side of his abdomen which was clearly visible, the mentioned blonde smiled before pulling a couple of medical looked syringes out from behind him.

"Thanks to these babies" was all he said before the two replicated men looked with disbelief looks "THESE are what kept you alive?" questioned the opposite of Waxer as he picked one of the medical objects from the man's palm not believe his ears but yet was curious as to how or what they were, as if knowing the question the leather wearing gunner answered "yes these things kept me alive but I only have a limited number of them left in my inventory so I only use them when in a situation I deem 'Unlikable' so to speak."

But Boil wanted to inquire more information "what EXACTLY are these things anyway?" he continued to examine the shot waiting for the man to answer and he wasn't disappointed "I won't get too much into it, let's just say that these babies will come in handy and 'Improve' my combat performance for a good 5 minutes" he explained without revealing too much information about his 'Projects' back at the Jedi Temple.


~Noon~

The many fresh troops that were exiting the large ship through the ramp were marching off to their own objective under orders of their own respective Commanders/Generals. We see Howard speaking with Obi-wan "so Courier, what do you think?" he was curious about learning the Courier's perspective and Opinion of the Operation that he had just partaken in, the aforementioned male shrugged "to be honest Kenobi, I don't know" was all he said which caused the said man raise his eyebrows at the answer but it seemed the Guest had more to explain.

"I get what you're doing Kenobi and what the Republic is doing but I still need time to figure out on whether I should go back to the Temple on Coruscant or stay here and instead join Windu's group in taking Lessu and freeing the planet from Separatist control and yet despite my mind telling me to go back towards the Temple and recuperate from the battle to collect my thoughts but my heart tells me to help free these Civilians from enemy control." he sighed as he looked at the sunset in the distance.

He spoke once again continuing "Add onto the fact that MY weapons ammunition is pretty much nonexistent in this Galaxy and I have to basically take careful shots unlike you guys, not to mention that I also have to find a way back home as I have some people looking for me probably as a few days have passed since I am considered as a Peacekeeper back there." he may have been a Hero back on his homeworld but here he was just another man even though he knew this.

The blonde male heard Kenobi speak "I did order for the Troops to report on your behavior on the battlefield. And they were positive feedback; You took the mission seriously though you cracked jokes every now and then, keeping the morale high when death was certain through your 'Unique' tastes in music and watching out for troopers that nearly died if you didn't take action and save them." he trailed off getting a wide-eyed look from his Guest but he continued.

"There is ONE thing that seemed to be Negative about you and it came from Boil; You looted off of the deceased corpses from both Republic and Separatist's whilst taking Weapons and Armor/body parts now I am curious as to why you do it but it would seem that the Positives outweigh the Negative" he finished making the boy even more shocked.

Now he had a choice.

Return to the Jedi Temple and think about the events that transpired though he was used to death it was his first combat in a squad since he was usually alone.

Or.

Continue to liberate Ryloth from enemy control and freeing the populace so that they may regain their freedom and so their children could have a much better future.

He turned to Kenobi and gave his answer "Obi-wan Kenobi I would like to..."


Author's Note: DONE! Sorry for the long wait had many things to do. (Lies)

Subject time!

Subject 1: Now that our Protagonist has completed a mission with the Republic and is now conflicted what will he do now? Will he option A) Continue the fight OR option B) Return to the temple and focus on his 'Projects' and solution to return home.

Subject 2: I hope I didn't lose too many fans of my stories for the wait, had to watch some of the episodes repeatedly to memorize the events that happened.

Subject 3: Should the Courier change his attire or keep it as is?

Subject 4: Can some of you guys give me ideas that could help Howard during the Clone Wars? If so PM me for your thoughts.

Subject 5: Should the Courier have romance with some of the Female Characters during his off time or whenever he takes his 'Walks'? (I will create a Poll on Who could be his love interest).

Subject 6: I created a Challenge for those of you who like my stories and I would like to read them, that is IF you want to that is. (it's called Reading Stories Challenge, rules are inside).

Subject 7: Would you guys like to see the Courier command his own regiment/battalion of Clones?

Subject 8: Is this chapter satisfying to you?

Final Subject (9): Be sure to check out my other two Stories; The Wandering Huntsman and DxD Dragonborn in the world of Devils.

This has been FantasyRanger645. PEACE!