Chapter 1: "Ghost."
POV: GHOST
It all started when I was Born on Kamino. Just like any other clone my "mother" was nothing but a tube full of liquid, thing is mama tube had a few bugs… bugs that affected me.
It created genetic abnormality within me that made it so I aged at a normal rate instead of twice as fast like other clones as the kaminoans put it. Because of this I didn't make it to the battlefront until late into the war but I got to explore more of the base on Kamino and got more training.
When I did end up fighting the Clankers I was put into the Elite Clone battalion, the 422nd that was sometimes led by Jedi Master Drex Doiae and his Padawan Sephi Solusar. Almost every time we joined up with them the battle was easier, almost fun.
They always found a way to have low casualties. The first time we met it was a raid on a seppie stronghold.
Things were going great! Until they weren't… It was a trap set by seppies to eliminate our leaders . They succeeded, after that we became disorganized, clones falling left and right… a popper was thrown, landing right beside me.
I thought I was done for, I closed my eyes then… nothing, it didn't go off. I opened my eyes and thought, "was this a dud?"
Then I looked over and saw a miralian girl in robes, holding her hands toward the popper, "Looks like we got here just in time, huh master Doaie?" she said.
A Miralian was behind her deflecting blaster bolts, his green lightsaber gleaming. "Uh… sure, Sephi! Do you mind helping?" He responded. "Oh right!" she yelled.
She used the force to throw the popper towards the droids causing a massive explosion annihilating several droids! I watched it explode then slid down behind cover, "Oh kriff…" I said under my breath, processing the fact that, that could've been me.
Sephi gave me a look of curiosity, " Are you okay?" she asked. I pointed behind me and said, "Did… did you not just...did you not just see… oh wow…" I stammered in complete disbelief.
The Jedi came over to me and knelt down, "Who's in charge of this unit?" He asked. I looked over to my CO who was currently KIA. Drex looked over as well and said, "Oh! um...Sorry about that… but I need someone to lead.".
He put his hand on my shoulder, "Do you think you can do that?" He asked. I nodded my head frantically and picked up my weapon and asked, "What do you need me to do?" I asked.
"I need you to route the droids and flank them from behind. Can you do that?" He asked me. I looked back at my CO, "Uh… sure!" I responded, a hint of doubt in my voice. I turned to the other soldiers, " Clones! Shoot at the ground!" I ordered.
The clones hesitated at first, but one clone stepped up and began to shoot at the ground. The rest of the clones picked up on what I was trying to do and began to follow suit.
The blaster fire began to pick up dust and form a makeshift smoke screen! "Route the enemy!" I shouted to soldiers. The clones began to move from their cover and moved around the droids.
When the dust settled the droids saw only the Jedi in front of them.
"-uuuuh, weren't there clones in front of us?-" One of the droids asked. Suddenly four thermal detonators rolled from behind them.
They all looked at it and said, " -Oh no...- ". An explosion went off killing most of the droids. The Jedi began to charge and take out the droids.
Drex moved his lightsaber with finesse and Sephi used the force to crush the droids. Sephi slammed her last two droids into each other, and Drex sliced through his.
After they were done they gave each other a high five. They walked up to me. "Nice work! Made good work of those droids!" Drex complimented me.
I looked over at their handy work, "Yeah… same to you." I replied. "Thanks for the assist!" I said.
"It was least the least we can do." Sephi spoke up. "You're a fine set of clones, you managed to steel your nerves enough to win us this battle." Drex said.
I laughed, reached out my hand and said, "CPL. Ghost CT-1716, Nice to meet your acquaintance." I stated. Drex Shook my hand, "Master Drex Doiae and this is my Padawan Sephi Soulsar. We worked well together today. It force wills it maybe we'll be doing more of that." He said. "eh... I'm sure we will!" I responded.
It looks like the force favored our little trio.
I was quickly promoted to Sergeant and led the War Sharks Squad. All went well until…
The Order.
I was one of the few Clones who got their chips removed. I hated every moment of being under control of it. I'm lucky someone reprogramed one of the droids to take the chips out of clones or It's effects would have been more… permanent.
I had heard that there had been reports of a male and female, Mirialan, Jedi in a village. I immediately made plans to travel there first to warn him of faking my death in the process.
After a while I stole a Freighter and got off world. I later sold it and its cargo and bought a fighter and some blasters.
I was too late to save either of them… when I got there the village was nothing but ruins. I stayed on the planet, became a bounty hunter and vigilante for a while.
In the first year of the empire I was approached at a cantina by someone I thought long dead. I turned to see Sephi Solusar. I immediately turned away and, "NNNNope, you died" I pointed to her. "My fault." I pointed to myself.
I took a long swig of my drink. "Okay that's enough of that." Sephi asserted, taking my bottle away. I looked at her with fear in my eyes, "Oh kriif, you're a vengeful spirit!" I uttered.
Sephi squinted her eyes at me, "What? no! Look, I wasn't in the village when the attacked..." She explained, her eyes glazed over. "So you're real?" I asked. She nodded, having a annoyed expression on her face.
I stared at her, "One sec.", I turned around a poke someone sitting next to me, "Is there someone sitting over there?" I asked them. They nodded.
I turned back to Sephi. She gave me a "Are you done." look. I laughed then ordered another drink. I patted the seat next to me for her to sit. She took a seat and ordered a drink for herself.
"You've grown." I complimented. "The empire took over, I became a fugitive, and then my master died. So I kinda had too..." She responded, tapping her drink. I chuckled, "That's a good coming of age story as any." I Joked, using my drink to Bonk her on the head. "Ow!" she yelped, rubbing her head.
She sighed and drooped her head, "I wasn't there ... I couldn't save him." She mumbled.
I put my drink down, "heh, that's a switch of the moods- look kiddo, I couldn't save him either, I got here far too late. It's not your fault. If anything we probably would've died to." I lamented.
"That would've been better than him dying alone..." She fumed, going to take sip of her drink.
I snatched it away from her, "No. Drex was a good man. He gave all he had training you to be okay when he was gone." I turned to looked her in the eyes, "Did he fail you?" I asked. She looked down and shook her head.
"Good. Look on the bright side the force still favors us, we met again didn't we?" I grinned. Sephi Smiled, "Yeah! I guess you're right!" she beamed, quickly taking a swig of a drink.
I looked at her and scrunched my face in mild disgust, "Oof.." I muttered under my breath. She tilted her head in confusion. "That one was mine..." I mumbled. She quickly spat the alcohol on to the ground. We both looked up from the floor to the bartender, who was glaring at us. "Uhhh, sorry Jax." I said, handing him a few credits. He took them and walked away "Oh and hey, Can you make me a blurggonaise?" I called after him. Without turning around he shouted back, "Clean my floor!". I turned back to Sephi, "Yeah.. that's a no. Also that all you." I remarked, pointing to the ground.
We talked some more and she told me she found people that are willing to fight the Empire and I immediately asked if there was any way I could help and she said "You could join us. It'll be good for a clone and jedi to fight side by side again!".
That's how I ended up with the Rebels. My first mission was to find out where the special troops called "Purge Troopers'' were being trained.
This was a solo mission and it was semi successful. I got in and stole some armor and found out what their purpose was but when I tried to escape I was almost caught I barely made it out with my life.
Since then I have stayed with the Rebels and had my armor modified in many ways. Now I have been assigned another mission with a former purge trooper called Ira Skirata... Let's see how this goes.
Chapter 1, end.