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Disclaimer: I hate doing these, they're so boring. You know the drill by now: I don't own.
It was a boring night aboard the Resolute. The barrack beds contained a collection of men sleeping, reading magazines, or searching the holonet. The mess hall was fairly quiet but a couple of tables were hosting games of Sabacc. Ahsoka sat a such a table with Hardcase, Chopper, Jesse, Tup, and Dogma.
"I wonder how that secret mission Rex, Fives, Echo, and Anakin are on is going." Ahsoka wondered out loud
"Probably is more exciting then what is going on here." Hardcase muttered
"They're probably tramping through some overgrown jungle or some muddy swamp." Jesse added
"Is that your definition of 'more exciting'? You need to get out more." Chopper scoffed dealing another hand
"Hey!" Jesse was slightly offended
"Jungles are awful. Full of thick undergrowth and weird creatures." Tup put in his two cents
"Swamps aren't much better. Lots of mud and annoying bugs. I hate bugs." Dogma shuddered
"Dogma are you afraid of bugs?" Ahsoka smirked
"No. Absolutely not." He ground out
"Given the size of your shudder, you don't like bugs." Ahsoka negated
"Just because I don't like bugs does not mean I fear them." Dogma glowered
"So if we dump a bunch of bugs on your bunk while you're sleeping, you won't wake up screaming like a small child?" Jesse suggested
"You do that and you'll wish you jumped out an airlock when I get my hands on you." Dogma hissed
"Yup. Okay now we now what Dogma is afraid of. What are you afraid of Tup?" Ahsoka tossed another card onto the table.
"Can I say Fives when he is drunk?" The others snorted but nodded anyway
"Chopper what do you fear?" Hardcase wondered
"Crawling through enclosed spaces. How about you Hardcase?" Chopper tried to deflect to the next person.
"Moving plants." And no more was said since all those present remember or heard about Umbara.
"Jesse?" Tup asked
"Snakes." Jesse grunted
"When have you ever had a run in with snakes?" Hardcase muttered unconvincingly
"About a year ago. When we were trudging through a swamp on a moon in the outer rim."
"Oh I remember that! Yeah I could see why you don't like snakes now."Ahsoka said
"How about you Ahsoka? What are you afraid of?" Tup asked "You are the only one who hasn't told us what you fear."
"Thunderstorms." The togruta shrugged at their looks "When I was a youngling some of my clan mates thought it would be funny to leave me outside when it started raining and I ended up stuck outside during the entire thunderstorm."
"That doesn't sound fun."
Ahsoka shook her head and they all went back to playing their game silently
Four hours later the group was still playing Sabacc when Fives and Echo walked in and joined them in a new hand.
"What have you been doing while we've been away?" Fives questioned the silent group
"The usual. Made guess of where you might be. Learned each other's fears." Ahsoka waved her hand around lazily
"Fears? What fears?" Echo asked
"Chopper is afraid of tight spaces, Hardcase doesn't like moving plants, Jesse hates snakes, Dogma has a fear of bugs, and I don't like thunderstorms." Ahsoka explained strategically leaving out Tup's fear in Fives's presence.
"Now that we have that settled… What are your fears?" Hardcase asked, throwing another card into the pile on the table.
"Spiders. Especially assassin spider droids." Fives offered
"That's justifiable." Jesse acquiesced
"Needles. That's why I try to avoid getting hurt and running into Kix or Coric." Echo shrugged
"Now it makes sense why you are the more cautious one." Tup
They continued to play another couple of rounds quietly.
"I wonder what the Captain is afraid of." Hardcase wondered out loud
"Probably nothing or something stupid." Fives grumbled irritably since he was losing.
"Even if he does have a fear he won't tell us." Dogma threw out
"We could always make him tells us." Chopper suggested
"Or trick him. That would help us with the boredom." Tup groaned, cringing at his bad hand.
"Do we want to repeat the incident when we all jumped him? He ran us hard on the training course for three days. And I for one do not care to repeat that." Fives defeated the tricking idea.
"Oh well that's true." Hardcase dropped the idea
"But I'm still curious to what he fears." Jesse muttered
"Stop mentioning it!" Tup whined
"What can I say? I'm bored and it's piqued my interest!" Jesse shot back
Ahsoka reached over and smacked the two on the shoulders.
"I'll deal with it. Now are you going to play another hand or not?"
Captain Rex was enjoying some down time after his most recent mission. He had cleaned his armor and polished his weapons and finished some reports before going to the mess hall for a cup of caff. There he saw the boys and his girlfriend playing another game of Sabacc and nursing their own cups of caff.
"What are you all up to?" He asked
"Playing Sabacc and sharing fears." Echo grumbled, throwing his hand of cards down in defeat.
Rex tilted his head in confusion. "The game I understand. The sharing of fears I don't. Care to explain?"
"I don't even know how we got on the subject but we all discovered each other's fears." Ahsoka explained casually "Ha! That's it Fives, I win!" she exclaimed proudly
"What about you Captain? Do you have anything you fear?"Jesse asked almost innocently
Rex's eyes narrowed.
"Even if I had one, I wouldn't tell you guys."
"Told you he wouldn't tell us." Echo muttered under his breath
Ahsoka rolled her eyes.
"Anyway boys, thanks for the entertainment, I'll see you guys later." She collected her meager earnings and followed her boyfriend out of the mess.
"So what did you say you were afraid of?" Rex smiled down at the togruta
"Thunderstorms."
"Ah. The whole left outside by your clanmates thing." Rex nodded in understanding
"You never did tell me what you fear most." Ahsoka nudged the blonde-haired clone next to her.
Rex glanced sidelong at Ahsoka.
"Did the boys put you up to this?"
Ahsoka rolled her eyes. "No. We were talking about it and none of us knew what you feared. And you can't say nothing, because we're all afraid of something. Anakin hates sand. I hate thunderstorms."
"Fine. But you have to promise you won't bust out laughing."
"Aw. Afraid I'll hurt your feelings?" Ahsoka mocked jokingly
"Falling uncontrollably from great heights." Rex admitted
"What? That's it?" Ahsoka titled her head to look up at him "How did that come about?"
Her boyfriend gave her a look.
"Do you remember when you and the General decided to throw me off the wall?"
Ahsoka laughed shortly. "Are you serious?"
"Very. I still haven't forgotten that event."
"I'm sorry then. Won't happen again, I'll tell you to jump next time." Ahsoka made a serious face until she started laughing again.
The next morning in the mess hall, Ahsoka slid in at the table that hosted the past evening's Sabacc game.
"So? Did he tell you?" Fives leaned in closer
Ahsoka nodded and started eating her breakfast.
"Well?! What did he say his fear was?" Hardcase asked eagerly
"Jedi throwing him off tall buildings or walls."The commander answered seriously
"Really? That's what his fear is?" Jesse narrowed his eyes slightly
"Apparently he still hasn't forgotten when the General and I threw him off the wall on Geonosis." Ahsoka twirled her fork in her food.
"So no throwing our Captain off a wall or building, got it. Unfortunately there goes our weekend plans." Echo shook his head in fake disappointment
"Sorry." Ahsoka patted his shoulder sympathetically "Anyway. Who's up for a rematch in Sabacc?"
AN: There you guys go! Hope you guys liked it! Please R&R and suggest more ideas!