Yellow eyes peeled open as the clone sat up in the medical bed. Where am I? The clone darted his eyes around the room racking his mind for memories and codes. Republic Medical bay. I need to get out of here and find Reaper. The clone went to get out of the medical bay when he was stopped by the sound of metal clinging against metal and his wrist being pulled back. The clone looked down to stare at the chains that were around his wrists.
"Fives," a voice tore the clone's gaze away from the chains to settle on a blonde buzz cut clone in the med-bay door.
Fives… yes my Republic name. I could use that. The yellow eyed clone blinked at the blonde clone in fake confusion before glancing down at the chains again. Rex. That's what the clone's name was. The brunette tugged on the chains before glancing up again.
"Rex? What is this? What happened? Why am I chained up," the younger clone asked faking fear and confusion easily.
Rex moved over to him grabbing the younger clone's wrists to keep him from hurting himself. The brunette clone met Rex's eyes playing the part of a panicked ARC.
"Hey easy. Easy Fives. You dropped on the field. Kix took a look at you and we couldn't find anything that would've caused it. You're chained up for your safety and ours," Rex explained moving one hand up to the side of the younger clone's face.
What would Fives be worried about. Not himself. Echo maybe. Play the part Rogue. Play the part and find Reaper. Rogue's yellow eyes darted over Rex as he came up with plans to get out of med-bay.
"The field… Echo. Rex where is Echo? He was there on the field. He was right in front of me," Rogue spoke still playing the part of Fives as he grabbed at the blonde clone's hands.
"We lost Echo. Fives what was the last thing he said to you," Rex questioned bumping his forehead against Rogue's.
Rogue pretended to rack his memory allowing his eyes to dart back and forth. Rex waited patiently still holding Rogue very carefully. Rogue finally answered with a shake of his head closing his eyes in defeat. Rex nodded a defeated sigh escaping him as he pulled away.
"Rex? What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that," Rogue asked still playing the part of a panicked ARC meeting the hurt and angry amber gaze of the captain.
The captain was silent as he stared down Rogue. The yellow eyed male could see the captain work his jaw and his eyes sharpen. Rogue could feel the raw anger rolling off of the captain. He knows. Damn it.
"What gave me away," Rogue finally spoke his lips curling in to a smirk his yellow eyes glinting in mischief.
"You didn't ask about Echo first. That and you don't sound like him," Rex growled his voice filled with hurt and rage.
"Can't blame a guy for trying. You mind unchaining me or will I have to break my hands," Rogue grinned with sharp teeth his sickly yellow eyes seeming to unnerve the blonde.
"What are you," Rex asked disgust and fear in his tone as he glanced at the brunette's hands.
"An alternate version of your precious ARC. Call it a little project of Krell's and Dooku's if you will. You should know. Your precious ARC is the reason for it," Rogue sneered at Rex as he began to pull at the chains on his wrists.
"Don't," Rex warned as he glanced down at the yellow eyed male's wrists processing the information silently.
"Or what? You can't shoot me, cause all you'll be doing is killing your boyfriend. You can't stun me either, because once I wake you'll be a dead man. I don't think your boyfriend would like me killing you," Rogue grinned as he tried to pull his wrist out of the chains and causing them to bleed.
Rex glared at Rogue before turning around and leaving the room locking it down. Rogue grinned as he pulled one of his hands out. It was bleeding heavily and bruised badly, but he was out.
/—/—/
"Rex! Rex, calm down! Rex!"
The captain whirled around glaring at Cody rage and pain in his eyes. Cody, Kix, Jesse, Boil, and Waxer were in the room with him along with Ahsoka Tano.
"Calm down! That… thing in there is some corrupted from of Fives! You want me to calm down," Rex snarled at the commander rage burning in him.
"It's sith magic."
The room went quiet as they all turned to Ahsoka Tano. She was pale and shaking lightly fear in her eyes. The young jedi was staring down at the floor her arms wrapped around her middle.
"Sith magic? Is it reversible Commander," Kix asked hope in his voice as he stepped forward.
"Y-yes, but it takes an actual sith to reverse it. That and it needs to be done in a sith temple," Ahsoka nodded wincing at the problems this uncovered.
"So it's nearly impossible," Boil growled a huff escaping him.
The hope in the room seemed to die almost immediately after that comment. Rex cursed quietly putting a hand over his eyes as he felt his heart get stuck in his throat.
"Did Fives still have his chip," Ahsoka asked suddenly a light in her eyes as if she was just realizing something.
"Yeah. We've only gotten through half the 501st why," Kix nodded confused as to why that information was important.
"What if all Echo had to do was trigger a word. What if the sith magic was more science that is was magic," Ahsoka offered looking around the room.
"The chip. The chip itself is sith magic is what you're saying. You're saying that if we take out the chip then Fives might return to his normal self," Rex looked up hope flitting in his voice.
"It's worth a shot," Ahsoka shrugged glancing at Kix who nodded on agreement.
Their hope was short lived though. It was cut short by the sound of blaster fire down the hall near the med bay. The group glanced at each other before darting out of the room to find injured clones littering the halls, and a pool of blood in the med-bay.
"He got out. Find him quickly. Before he does more damage," Rex hissed out looking down at the blood on the ground of the med-bay.
The group split off leaving Rex alone in the med-bay or so he thought. When the blonde stood up to leave the room it was shut and locked quite efficiently by a blaster bolt.
"Hey cyare. You left with out giving me a goodbye kiss."
Rex was frozen in place as he stared at the damaged door lock. The blonde swallowed heavily as he turned to look at Fives. Or what looked like Fives.
"Fives—"
"It's Rogue. The name is Rogue," the brunette grinned at Rex his yellow eyes glinting in mischief and in amusement.
"…Rogue… I'm guessing the blood was yours," Rex spoke his voice tight as he flicked his gaze to the heavily bandages hands and wrists of the ARC.
It felt so wrong. Calling Fives by a different name. Being afraid and worried about what was about to happen. Having Fives aiming a blaster at him.
"Yeah turns out bleeding myself out on the floor is a great distraction," Rogue smirked stepping toward Rex forcing the captain backwards into the wall.
The blonde's heart was thundering in his ears and tears were pricking at his eyes. This was so wrong. Rogue was in the captain's space completely. The gun was pressing into the captain's gut in between the creases of his armor.
"Fives," Rex choked out tensing up when the gun shifted up to where his heart was.
"Shhh. If I wanted you dead I would have already pulled the trigger. Fortunately for you your little ARC is still up here. Do him a favor and don't come after me. You'll find that I can be very violent when I want to be," Rogue whispered into the captain's ear warm laughter turning into a cold growl.
"Fives fight this. Please, cyare," Rex begged quietly through silent unshed tears.
Rogue chuckled darkly before pressing a rough kiss to the blonde's neck and disappearing in to the vents of the med-bay. Rex was frozen against the wall cold tears falling silently down his cheeks. There was a bruise forming on his neck from the kiss Rogue had given him.
"Fives," Rex choked out placing his hands over his eyes.
/—/—/
"You're late," Reaper growled annoyance in his voice as the other ARC slipped into the ship.
"I had to do something first. Plus avoiding the others wasn't easy. Nice ship by the way. I can see why it was so easy to hide," Rogue grinned at his brother-by-choice sitting down in the co-pilot seat.
"Of course it's a nice ship. It's mine," Reaper snorted a smile gracing his lips.
"Aww you missed me didn't you," Rogue grinned at the other ARC as they pulled away from the Republic frigate.
"Missed you're skills? Yes. Missed you as a person? No," Reaper snipped lightly.
"You're terrible Reap," Rogue rolled his eyes using the old nickname.
"Always."
/—/—/
"Rex?"
The captain looked up at Cody his eyes dull and red around the rims. They had managed to get the door open a few moments ago after realizing that Fives had never left the med-bay.
"He left. He's gone," Rex whispered his voice shaky and raw with hurt.
Cody stared at Rex concern bleeding in his features. The 212th commander pulled Rex for a hug knowing that the captain needed a little closure after this. They all needed a little closure after this quite honestly.
"Maybe it's time we tell General Kenobi about this," Cody spoke quietly knowing that Rex was not big on getting Skywalker into this.
Rex only replied with a nod. They were going to need help if they were going to get Fives and Echo back. A lot of help. Reversing this sith magic was not going to be easy especially with Fives and Echo missing.
/—/—/
Phew! This sucker was long! I hope you guys liked it. I'm trying to figure out Rogue (evil!Fives) and Reaper's (evil!Echo) relationship and personalities right now so that's what this is. I'm going to be bringing in more characters next chapter, and for those of you who know the commando squads Omega and Delta I think you're gonna like the next chapter.
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