I promise I'm working on The Truth but school is kicking my shebs right now. So I decided to write this random thing that I thought up with a friend. I was inspired by several of KarajeJinsta and STARWARZMYLIFE's stories. Enjoy the random!
Commanders Wolffe, Doom, Bly, Cody, and Captain Gree were all waiting for Rex to show up. The clone captain was always punctual, except for these meetings. He always seemed to be late for these meetings. All the clones were sitting on a long table, the only table in the large room. Bly was staring off into the distance and Gree tapped his foot impatiently while Wolffe managed to look slightly irritated.
"Any particular reason why Rex is so late?" Wolffe drawled, raising an eyebrow at Cody.
"Oh shut your trap, Wolffe," Cody tried to sound angry but couldn't help a grin that twitched at his lips. Wolffe was always fun to mess with when he was restless, especially for something as trivial as this. "Rex is always on time for military proceedings, and this isn't one of them so there's no reason for him to feel obliged to be here on the dot. Plus, Commander Tano's been following him around for a while. Trying to figure out where he goes I guess."
That elected a couple groans and good-natured chuckles from the clones gathered. The Togruta had started to become suspicious of the clone Commanders and Captains 'secret meetings.' She tried to pull rank but Rex had confirmed that he had permission from the clone Commanders and General Skywalker himself to attend the meetings. This was true, General Skywalker had given him permission. He just didn't know the specifics of the meeting itself.
A whoosh of electric doors and a few quick footsteps later, Captain Rex plopped himself down in his chair with a relieved phew.
"Lookin' sharp Captain," Cody teased as he saw Rex's face flush slightly.
"I couldn't shake the kid," Rex grumbled, setting his helmet down on the table. "She kept nagging me and wouldn't quit until I told her I was assigned for sanitation duty. Sprinted away as fast as possible," Rex chuckled to himself and rolled his eyes. "She'd rather do anything than clean, which makes it a really good excuse."
"All right all right enough with the chit-chat," Doom grinned and waved his hand in the air. "Somebody spill, I've got a good one for y'all." All the clones shuffled in a little closer, the excitement palpable in the air. Clones were notorious for gossip, they loved to spread rumors or secrets back and forth. It was the worst with the officers, because they had The Meeting. The Meeting was where all of the Clone Commanders and Captains could come and spread gossip about their Jedi Generals or Commanders.
"Whatcha got Wolffe?" Cody asked, turning toward Wolffe with bright eyes. The stoic Commander was always the one to get the ball rolling, mostly because of his General. Wolffe got a sly smile on his face as he leaned in closer.
"We were on a mission recently in the Outer Rim. General Koon comes up to me and asks me to help him scope out the perimeter. Normal, right?" All the other clones nodded and Wolffe's smile got even bigger. "We came across at least fifteen tookas and a couple of flying things that I couldn't identify while on patrol. I turn around for one second, one kriffing second, and the next thing I know, General Koon's got all of them in his arms and asking me if I would help him sneak them on the ship." The clones howled with laughter and Doom actually fell off his chair.
General Plo Koon was always trying to adopt random wild animals. One time he even tried to smuggle a Fynock on the ship, but the thing had just flown away. Wolffe sat back with a small smirk, his face softer. The way he always looked at these meetings, relaxed and happy.
"Mine might not be that good, but I got something." Doom grinned and pulled out a holo-projector, flicking it on. Rex choked and Cody let out a surprised snort of laughter. There was Jedi General Tiplee, asleep, with her face in a mound of blankets. Her mouth was open and her body was angled awkwardly as though she'd just fallen to the floor and passed out.
"I need details now," Gree was giggling and couldn't seem to stop.
"With pleasure," Doom gave a little hand flourish and looked on the verge of laughter himself. "We'd just finished a long battle and poor General Tiplee was worn out and General Tiplar was taking over command. I escorted her to the ship and was planning to take her to her quarters when I heard a loud thunk. Sure enough, she'd fallen asleep in the gunship into a pile of blankets. I snapped the holo and didn't tell anyone, the next morning she was complaining about a crick in her back and neck." Gree was still giggling and Cody was laughing, his booming voice echoing in the mostly empty room.
"Okay Bly, your turn." Rex turned to Bly, who was still staring at the wall. A quick look was exchanged amongst brothers and Gree's smile turned devilish. He leaned in closer to the daydreaming Commander.
"Oh Bly." Gree leaned in and whispered in a sing-song voice: "General Secura's coming."
"What?!" The Commander snapped out of his daydreaming and leapt ten feet into the air. "Yes sir! Uh, ma'am, reporting for duty!" He slipped and fell backward on his butt when he landed before scrambling to his feet. Then he blinked, slowly realizing that A) his General was not in the room and B) all of his brothers were laughing at him.
"Y-you should've seen your faaaaaace!" Doom wheezed, clutching his gut as he doubled over laughing. Rex was howling and Gree was shaking as he tried to hold back his guffawing. Wolffe's face was pressed into the table, banging his fists as laughter shook his body. Cody was leaning on Rex for support but soon fell to the ground in a giggling mess. Bly's face quickly turned red as he sat down, burying his head in his hands.
"S'not funny," he mumbled, hiding his head from his brothers. When they'd all calmed down and moved back to their seats, Doom poked at Bly.
"C'mon, we all know you're practically married to General Secura." Bly lifted his head up long enough to swat at Doom before shoving his head back into his hands. "Besides," Doom was rubbing at the newly acquired red mark on his face, "it's your turn. Spill the tea."
Bly sighed but lifted up his head anyway. "General Secura and I—"
"Were caught necking in the supply closet!" Gree interrupted, beaming and spreading his arms wide. Bly shot him a look that could have frosted over Tatooine and Gree sank back into his chair. "It could've happened," he mumbled sullenly, kicking at Bly's foot under the table. Rex covered a laugh with a cough and Doom grinned widely but motioned for Bly to continue.
"As I was saying," Bly cast a pointed look at Gree, "General Secura and I were paired on a mission with General Vos." A chorus of laughs and sympathies were expressed, knowing the crazy Jedi's behavior. "Of course, the first thing he does is jump out of the helicarrier before the designated landing site and knock himself out on a tree limb." Wolffe snorted and Rex just rolled his eyes, typical Quinlan behavior. "As per usual, I had to go get him. But we came under heavy fire and General Secura had to go on without me. So I was left literally dragging General Vos's sorry shebs all the way to the site where I just dumped him by a bunch of supply crates." Cody hooted with laughter as he tried to imagine Vos, knocked out and limp, lying by a bunch of crates while a battle raged.
"That's a pretty good one Bly," Wolffe grinned, tapping the table with his index finger. "How about you Gree?"
Gree smiled, interlocking his fingers and waggling his eyebrows. "Boy do I have a surprise for you." Rex smiled and leaned closer to his brother. "As you know, General Unduli is always the model of a perfect Jedi." Several clones nodded their heads, Doom was grinning wickedly as though he knew where this was going.
Gree continued with a new light shining in his eyes. "Commander Offee was up studying late, as per usual. Something about either military warfare or plants, I don't remember which. Either way, General Unduli didn't know where the Commander was and kept calling for her. Commander Offee actually climbed into the vents and to her room while General Unduli was looking for her. General Unduli searched the whole karking ship before checking the Commander's room to find her sleeping peacefully. She could not keep the baffled look off her face for at least the next hour." All the clones chuckled lightly at that, there was very little that could ruffle General Unduli. One of them being her padawan, who seemed to love following the rules almost as much as bending them.
"Cody, what've you got for us man?" Doom asked once they'd all finished imagining a flustered Luminara.
Cody just sighed and placed his head in his hands. "General Kenobi is driving me up the wall as usual." Rex snorted and elbowed Cody, knowing full well what kind of shenanigans Obi-Wan was capable of pulling. "First he decided that it would be a great idea if we all flew in separate gunships and surrounded the enemy base. Not a bad idea, except he was promptly knocked out of the sky. Fortunately, he wasn't hurt and somehow managed to swing into my gunship. He then proceeded to ask me where his lightsaber was, which had been on his belt at the beginning of the mission. That di'kut had gone and lost it."
"Wouldn't be the first time," Rex said, slapping Cody on the shoulder. Shooting a grin at his brother, Cody continued.
"When I told him I didn't know he just jumped off the gunship to go get it while telling me to continue the assault." Cody rolled his eyes when he remembered his General walking in after the battle, covered in leaves and completely bruised up but holding his lightsaber triumphantly. "After the battle he told everyone he was fine and Orion had to sedate him to treat his injuries."
"Obi-Wan 'I'm fine' Kenobi returns." Bly crowed, now fully engaged in the gossip.
"Rex? What about you?" Cody raised a brow at Rex who looked seriously at all his brothers before pulling up a holo-projector and flicking it on to reveal a long list.
"How much time have you got?" That was met with several chuckles and a few hoots of laughter. "Most of this is catching General Sywalker with Senator Amidala," all the clones rolled their eyes or waved their hands in the air. Those two were not half as discreet as they thought they were. "More than half of those are holo-calls. But," Rex leaned in conspiratorially, "I did walk in on them kissing."
"You caught them necking!?" Gree burst out, unable to contain his excitement and disbelief.
"They didn't even notice I was there!" Rex laughed, shaking his head slightly.
Bly giggled and tipped almost all the way back in his chair. When the chair popped back up, Bly's hands were pointed directly at the ground in front of him. "There is something going on between those two that is more than just friends! And how the haran have they not been caught yet?!" His brothers shrugged their shoulders, the Jedi Council could be extremely oblivious.
"On another note," Rex spoke up, "Commander Tano accidentally locked herself in her quarters." Cody howled with laughter as exclamations of disbelief filled the air. "It's true, Echo had to get her out." The tech-savvy Togruta had locked herself in her room. It was almost too much to process.
After a few more light-hearted jokes and jabs, the brothers stood up. They shook hands and put on their helmets as they left the room so no one could see their huge smiles.
Random fact: Tonight I learned that I can type as good if not better in the dark when I can't see the keyboard vs. when it's light and I can actually see the keyboard. For those of you who don't know: 'Necking' basically means kissing, 'shebs' means butt, 'karking' is kind of like another version of 'kriffing', and 'haran' means hell. Please review if you liked it, thanks so much for reading! :D P.S. Orion is my OC medic for the 212th.