Fives cursed as he dragged a shiny to safety explosions and blaster fire surrounding him. The ARC whipped his head to the side as a blaster bolt zipped right by his head barely missing him. He moved over to another barricade to get a clearer shot at a sniper. The chaos of the battlefield drowned out most of the voices around him as he made it to his chosen barricade, but he could still hear the sound of plastoid armor hitting the ground.

"Rollers!"

The ARC turned his head cursing under his breathe as his cover was destroyed by blaster fire. Fives managed to throw a few EMPs at the droids before he was forced to retreat. As he turned a corner something slammed into his back causing the ARC to trip and hit the ground. Pain flared up along Fives' spine as he pushed himself up.

"ARC down!"

"Someone get a medic!"

"I'm on my way!"

Fives cursed as his vision swam and went dark. He could taste blood on his lips as he rolled over onto his back to make sure that the shot didn't go through the armor.

Gah you don't believe me!

I only wanted to do my duty.

The nightmares their finally over.

Relaxing when he didn't see blood the ARC rolled back over to try and crawl to safety, so that when the medic made it to him they weren't in the line of fire.

Kix made his way over to Fives with Jesse and Hardcase on his tail giving him cover. The medic slide to the ground and immediately set to work.

"Did it go through," Fives heard Jesse ask over the sound of raging chaos.

"No. Just the back armor. Fives can you move," Kix spoke up as he worked.

"Yeah. Just give me some pain killers. I'll live. You have other brothers to take care of," Fives nodded pushing himself up.

"Kriff no! Rex will kill me," Kix said pushing Fives back down in to the ground.

"I'm fine," Fives argued stubbornly getting up quickly.

Sure he was injured, but ARCs were built bigger than regular troops due to their training. They may not be as big as commandos or officers, but they were still big. Fives brushed Kix off and grabbed his blaster going back into the field leaving an angry medic behind.

"Kriffing ARCs."

/

"Where is he," Rex grabbed Kix by the arm once the battle was over.

"He's over there. Second bunk," Kix pointed over at the ARC clear frustration in his voice as he moved on to another shiny.

Rex nodded and made his way over to the ARC who had already spotted him. Fives was half in armor and half naked so that Kix could get a look at his back.

"You make the stupidest decisions sometimes you know that right? You need to stop being so reckless. How bad was it," Rex snapped at Fives almost immediately regretting it when Fives flinched lightly, almost.

"It's fine. The bolt only went through the back armor. It missed my heart by a couple of inches," Fives said waved his hand lightly his trying to play off the care he had on the battlefield, but his shaking voice gave him away.

"Scared the hells out of me when I heard some screaming you were down. Please be more careful Fiv'ika," Rex sighed grabbing Fives by the shoulder being mindful of the bandages across the ARC's chest.

"Wasn't the first time I've been shot, and it won't be the last. I'll live," Fives dipped his head slightly milking the attention he was getting.

"Di'kut."

"I learned from the best," Fives snipped back lightly grinning when Rex blinked slightly offended at what was implied.

"Now what a minute there," Rex pointed at Fives getting ready to argue when Kix came flying in to the rescue.

"Alright the foolish ARC needs some rest. Out. Out. I do outrank you Captain," Kix shooed Rex away as Fives snickered a smug smile on his face.

"Yes mom," one of the injured shiny's called out.

"Ringo I will sedate you!"

Fives laughed lightly when the shiny squawked at being called out. Rex stood in the doorway of medical for a little while longer watching the younger clone before he exited the medbay. Recovery was slow, but Fives was getting there.

/

"Umbara? The shadow planet, sir," Rex asked as he looked over the briefing occasionally glancing over at Fives who was as blank as a piece of flimsy.

"Yep. Umbarans have sided with the Separatists. If we can take the planet then the Seppies will have one less ally. ARC trooper Fives and the 212th will be accompanying us as well," Anakin nodded as he looked over the briefing as well.

Rex relaxed slightly at hearing that Fives and Cody would be on the field with him, but as he glanced over at Fives he recognized a hidden anger in the ARC's eyes. Something had happened on Umbara. Something had changed Fives for good, and Rex wasn't sure he wanted to find out what exactly had happened.

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Author: Hey guys! The Umbara ARC is coming up next and I need a few suggestions with how I want Fives to react on the shadow planet. I also need some help with how I want Krell to go out considering I want to save Dogma for plot reasons. Please give me suggestions in the review sections