"Fives you need to talk to us. We can help with the chips and the plot, but you're not giving us a chance to help you," Rex begged his hands on the ARC's shoulders.

Fives snapped away from the touch anger and pain in his eyes, but what scared Rex and Cody the most was the fear in them.

"What?! So you can shoot me too," Fives snarled at Rex stumbling backwards fear in his eyes.

"Fives please. You know we would never," Rex tried stepping forward, but Fives kept going.

"So you can blame me for being sick and delirious just like they did?! So I can be on the other end of another brother's blaster again—"

Fives shut down as he said those words and horror spread across Rex and Cody's face. The ARC's knees gave out and he fell to the ground. Rex darted forward to catch the ARC holding him close. Fives was shaking. Badly.

"You know me Fives. I would never. We would never. Fives listen to me. Listen to me vod'ika. You are worth it," Rex spoke quietly holding Fives close running his hand through Fives' hair as Cody dropped to the floor with them.

"Fiv'ika you're safe. Let us help you. We can save the war and the jedi, but you're not giving us a chance to save you," Rex continued as Cody rubbed circles on to the ARC's back.

The ARC was shaking in their hold having yet to snap out of his daze. His eyes were darting around lightly as if he was watching something that the other two couldn't see. Cody's hand stilled on Fives' scar on his back which seemed to drag the ARC back to reality.

"Wha- what do you want to know," Fives croaked out finally leaning into Rex.

"Let's start small and then we can work our way up, alright," Cody spoke trying to meet the ARC's eyes and failing.

"…I only found out about the chips because one our brother's chip fired early…Tup… taking it out killed him," Fives whispered his voice cracking at the name.

Fives continued talking never once looking up to see Rex or Cody's reaction. The two officers were quiet as Fives told his story, but both tensed when Fives got to the part where he met with the Chancellor. Cody whispered a curse. Rex's thoughts were racing. Fives seemed to freeze and go quiet as he explained his meeting with General Skywalker and Rex.

"Fives? How did you… who," Rex was quiet as he asked the question both he and Cody had be worried about since the night before.

"…The guard came running in… I… I picked up your blaster and… he shot me. Fox shot me straight through the heart…. I died in your arms," Fives whispered a hand on his chest over the scar there.

Cody snapped away and began pacing startling Fives. Rex lifted his gaze watching Cody before he began talking to Fives trying to calm him down. Once Fives was calmed down Rex stood up and grabbed Cody by the arm; dragging him into the hall way.

"This whole war was for nothing," Cody snarled once they were outside.

"Cody. Cody you need to calm down. We can still fix this. General Skywalker didn't listen to Fives because of how close he was with the Chancellor. We know he and some of the kaminoans are the ones plotting against the jedi. We don't know who we can trust. We beed to be careful with this," Rex spoke holding Cody's arm.

"You're talking about treason Rex," Cody warned looking at the 501st captain.

"We've been doing some very treasonous stuff already, Cod'ika," Rex grinned dangerously.

"I'll talk to my General and we can start moving the men through quietly. He doesn't like the Chancellor he'll listen. What about you though," Cody nodded turning his head to the side thinking.

"I can get Kix to move us through quietly. We'll be careful. I'll contact Bly can you try and get in contact with the others," Rex waved his hand lightly as if he already had it covered.

"Yeah I'll see what I can do. If we can do this quietly then we won't have to worry about this plot," Cody nodded and then the door opened.

The two tore their gaze away from each other to Fives who was standing in the doorway looking between the two his emotions hidden.

"You believe me," Fives asked carefully his voice guarded.

"You haven't been wrong yet. Don't worry you aren't alone in this. Not anymore," Rex smiled weakly reaching out to hold Fives by the back of the neck bumping their foreheads together.

"Plus should everything go sideways we have each other and a lot of evidence," Cody grinned back a smug smirk on his lips.

"I should have just called you two," Fives relaxed a light smile tugging at his lips.

"You won't have to worry about that, Fiv'ika. We have you now, and we don't plan on letting go," Rex smiled weakly pulling Fives into a crushing hug.

"Ever," Cody added on joining in the hug.

The ARC started shaking apart in between them until he sobbing into Rex's shoulder. Every soldier has their breaking point. Every soldier has their recovery as well, and this was the beginning of Fives' recovery. Now all they needed to do was make sure that whatever plot was against the jedi never happened. Ever.