Ugh, did not have the best Winter Break, recovering from getting my tonsils removed. But still got to unwind from the semester I had, and I passed all of my classes.

This be will one my last updates for 2018, and overall I did good with what I was writing.

After this chapter will be a filler, and then we head into the Ryloth Arc.

Thanks for the all the support, I own nothing, and have a Happy New Year!


Mystery of Thousand Moon's

After it was confirmed that Dr. Vindi was secured, the remaining Republic Forces were ordered to secure the rest of the facility. Huntress and Cutup were walking around the facility, looking for any more signs of droids or just securing the rest of the facility.

"I still can't believe how close we came to dying. I mean, Hudson had to be an Ice Cube in order to work in that kind of conditions all the time." Cutup said.

"Yeah, I think the job is cool, but you won't find me disabling bombs for a living." Tess said.

"That, and working for Advanced Recon Force's, due to the possibility of climbing." Cutup muttered.

"Hey, I know we're bred for war, but I do have feelings and opinions." Tessa said.

Cutup was about to say something, but an alarm went off throughout the facility, and they stopped.

"Uh, what's that for." Cutup asked.

Tessa activated her comms and said," Uh, Captain, what's the alarm for?"

"One of the virus tubes is missing, we've going to look around the facility. I want you Cutup back here." Rex said.

"Yes sir. Spoke too soon." Tessa muttered the last part when she ended the call.

The both of them jogged back to where the others were.

"Glad to see you two again. C'mon, we're gonna-"

A large explosion rocked the base, and everyone tried to stay up. Another alarm went off, and Tessa started to get a bad feeling, and her heart stopped when Captain Rex said.

"Virus leak. Get to the safe room. C'mon!" Rex ordered.

He didn't have to tell her twice, and that led to a mad dash to the nearest safe room. Tessa felt fear grip her, hoping to whatever God was up there to help them all get out of this alive. And to hope none of the virus would affect Naboo, a planet this nice and beautiful didn't deserve it.

Her legs were pumping with adrenaline, and she glances back. The Virus was blue, which how it got its name, and it's moving around like a mist in the wind. More panic started to rise within her, as she also noticed the doors slamming shut behind them, and hoped they were all fast enough to make it to the safe room before the door would close.

All of this, was due to a false sense of hope and assurance that all of this was done, and they would all make it out alive.

But now, she wasn't sure if any of them would, and wouldn't live to tell the tale.

Commander Tano and Captain Rex were pretty much leading them. The doors to the safe room were starting to close, and Tessa felt a sense of hopelessness was starting to overtake her. Commander Tano thought otherwise, as she stopped and held out her hands to stop the doors from shutting.

She wished she had the Force, cause the powers the Jedi use was pretty wizard.

"Get inside!" She ordered.

Tessa and the others ran to the doors, but were halfway shut. The Captain was the first one there, so he boosted Zeer, Baker, Cutup, and then her into the room. The Captain wedged a DC-15 between the doors to stop it from closing, so the Commander could get in. Zeer motions for Tessa to help him, so the two of them run to try and hold the doors open.

Once the Commander had enough time, she dived into the room, with Rex knocking the blaster off, and both clones release their hold on the door, and the doors shut, before any of the virus could get through.

Tessa slid against the wall to the ground, catching her breath. The other five were the same as they caught their breath. The sound of the virus alarm still blared in the distance, but Tessa's rapid heartbeat was louder.

Tessa saw a hand in front of her, and looked up to see Zeer.

"Need a hand?" He asked.

Tessa wordlessly said no, and Zeer sat down next to her, and took off his helmet. He wiped some sweat off of his buzz cut.

"Is everyone alright?" Ahsoka asked as she got off the floor.

Tessa merely nodded, while the others replied with a yes.

"Good. I think we managed to outrun it, so we should be safe for the time being." Ahsoka continued.

"Ahsoka! What is going on down there?" General Skywalker's voice cuts through the silence from Ahsoka's comm.

Tessa merely blocks the conversation, and takes off her helmet, and takes a long sigh of relief. Cutup sits next to Tessa and does the same.

"Pretty interesting day, huh boy and girl?" Zeer said.

Cutup rolls his eyes and said," Yep, sir, quite a day."

"Yeah, can't wait for another like this." Tessa sarcastically said.

Zeer and Cutup chuckled, and the Commander finished talking.

"Well, we'll be safe in here for now. Unfortunately, we'll be contaminated once we open the doors. Senator Amidala will assist us, but we also have to take care of the remaining droids, before they could get out." Ahsoka explained.

"What about a cure, sir?" Tessa asked.

"The Generals are looking into that, Tess. So there's no need to worry." Ahsoka reassured.

That helped Tessa anxiety a little. Even though they would have to get out of the safety of the room, and into the virus filled hallways, but they had a job to do, and that was something she was bred to do. She knew that she and her brothers were expendable, and if that meant sacrificing themselves to protect the citizens of the Republic, then she would die in peace knowing she had helped in some way.

Unfortunately, the controls for the door were outside, so that meant they would have to stay there, until the Senator arrived. Ahsoka, Rex and Baker sat down like the rest of them, and the remaining clones took off their helmets.

"So, do you guys have any suggestions for what we'll do for the time being? Any Sabacc cards, Holorecorder that has some TV or Movies? Any gossip? A girl lives for gossip." Tessa suggested.

Her brothers chuckle, while Commander Tano giggles.

"Tess, we're in the military, not in some kind of social gathering." Rex chastised, but she could hear the amusement in his voice.

"Well, we can talk about what goes on in the GAR later, maybe after all of this is over." Commander Tano suggests.

"And we can talk about other things, like how everyone else in the Squad is going to be worried." Zeer said.

"And be jealous we're on a Huntress Mission." Cutup joked.

Tessa and the others who weren't in the loop gave them confused looks.

"What are you two talking about?" The Captain asked.

Cutup blushed a little, with Zeer coughing and said," Uh, it's just a running joke we have in our Squad sir."

"Well, I'm pretty sure we all would like to hear it, especially the person who's name is used." Rex said and pointed his thumb at Tessa, who merely gave them a raised eyebrow.

"It's that, the rest of the Squad has done things together like missions and sorts. But, Tessa is the one who seems to get the most interesting jobs that have to do with the missions that seem more interesting with you, General Skywalker and Commander Tano. We mean no offense to you sir or Tessa." Zeer explained.

Tessa wasn't offended, more along the lines of amused. She had a feeling the rest of her brothers in Beta were a little bit jealous.

Rex nodded and he seemed amused by it as well, and said," All right, maybe I can request the General for you to be his or the Commanders go to Squad when we go on missions. How about that?"

Zeer and Cutup grinned, with Zeer saying," Thank you sir. We appreciate it."

"Y'know I'm sitting right here right? If you want to ask me, I would've said yes. Having my own squad sounds pretty wizard." Ahsoka happily said.

Tessa grinned and said," Commander I'm sure-"

Tessa would've finished, but she felt something in her lungs, and she felt pressure building. She did the only thing that felt right, and coughed a couple of times. She managed to stop, and an unsettling feeling starting to take her. She looks at everyone, and they all look at her with worry, and slight realization.

Oh Gods… no, she couldn't be…

Before anyone could say anything, a different alarm started to go off, and Captain Rex motioned Baker to go to one of the consoles, and he went over to it, and typed in a couple of commands.

"Kriff… no, no, no!" He said in disbelief and fear, and slammed his fists into the console. "Some of the virus got in here!"

Tessa froze, and everyone got up.

She couldn't believe it. She thought they had made it before the Virus could get in, but they were too late. In an effort to keep herself calm, she took a couple of deep breaths, but the last one was a cough, and a slight whimper. Zeer noticed this, and placed his hand on her shoulders, and she looked at him.

Zeer gave her a confident look and said," It's alright sister, we'll be out of here soon. I promise."

Tessa nodded and said," O-ok sir. I know we will… I'm just sorta worried."

Baker looked over at the console again, then looked at Rex, and said," Uh sir, there's still some droids in the facility, it's only a matter of time before they could get themselves out.

"Right... Look we may be dead men, but we can still stop those droids once we get out. We can't mope around and feel sorry for ourselves. And just like the Commander said, the Generals will find a cure." Rex said.

"Yeah, let's see where Senator Amidala is, we have to do something soon." Ahsoka said and activated her communicator. "Senator Amidala, where are you?"

"We're right outside your safety room. Can you get the door open?" Padme responded.

"No, you have to open it from outside." Ahsoka said.

"Helmet's on." Rex said.

"We should've kept them on the whole time, maybe our seals would've protected us." Baker said.

"I don't think it would've worked." Cutup said.

There was a loud rumble, and the doors started to open. Senator Amidala and Representative Binks were the ones to greet them, along with a couple of other clones. And Tessa didn't recognize them, which mean the others in the squad weren't with them.

Karabast, she would have to contact them to let them know what was going on.

Tessa tapped Zeer on the shoulder and said, "Uh Sarge, I just realized we need to contact the others in the Squad."

"C'mon everyone, we gotta move it. We're heading to the south entrance. One squad goes through the north corridor, while the others go to the south." The Captain ordered.

"Right, contact them on the way. And… try to let them down easy, kid." Zeer said.

Tessa nodded, and everyone ran out of the room to get to where the droids were. Tessa was in the back, and she activated her comms, and was ready for what was about to happen.

"Does anyone copy? Echo, Fives, Nax?"

There was static for a moment, and then it came to life.

"Tessa? Is that you sister? Blast it all, don't go silent like that again! You had us all worried, what's going on?" Fives voice said.

"The virus got into the facility, and we're clearing out droids right now. But… your not going to like this?"

There was pause, and Tessa was sure Fives was realizing what she was saying, and was now processing the information.

"H-how is everyone?" Fives stuttered.

"Fine, but don't worry, we'll be out of this soon. General Skywalker and Kenobi are going to find a cure. We'll get out of this before you know it. Out." She said and turned off the call.

"I don't think that will help them." Cutup winced.

Tessa winced as well and said, "Well, it was the best I could do on short notice."

Fives, along with everyone else who were topside, after the alarms went off, they were all told to start to guarding all entrances, and to make sure no one tried to get out, or if there was any leaks. Fives felt terror grip him at what Tessa had said, and he prayed to any deity out there that everyone who was sealed down in the tunnels with the virus, will get out safely, and hoped the General's will find the cure as fast as they could.

He sighed shakily, and turned around to everyone else in Beta, minus Coric and Attie, and he realized the others had heard.

"Oh bloody Kriff." Del said in horror.

Back underground, Tessa and the Sergeant was placed with Senator Amidala, Representative Binks. The both of them were good shots, and experienced enough to protect the both of them.

The four of them get close to the corner, and they could hear droids, and they were trying to cut through a hatch to get outside.

"You may have to stay behind us." Tessa told Jar Jar and he nodded.

She had noticed he had a blaster pistol in his hand, but she had the feeling he didn't know how to use it well. And she didn't have the time to teach him proper gun safety.

Padme led the charge, and fired her blaster at them. Tess and Zeer follow suit, and Tessa satisfyingly takes out 3.

She heard more blaster fire, and saw a couple of droids down the hall go down, and saw the others. There was one droid left, and it made her chuckle when it shot the hatch, and the bolt ended up ricocheting off the walls, until it hit the droid, and it fell onto the ground.

Tessa looked at Baker and said," How many did you scrap?"

Baker coughed and said," About 2."

"We'll tally scores later, c'mon, we gotta move." Ahsoka said.

They moved out again, Padme was next to Tessa.

"Y'know I didn't really get a chance to talk to you. You're Huntress right, the first female clone?"

"Yes, ma'am. I read about you and watched some of your Holovideos. Your pretty good, and your fashion is nice." Tessa said.

Padme smiled and said," Why thank you. You've been the talk of the Senate for a couple of times. Although I don't agree with the war, you are setting quite an example."

"I try my best, ma'am." Tessa said.

They would've had more time to talk, but they had to continue clearing the rest of the base. But Tessa could feel herself getting sicker, and it was only a matter of time before things would get worse.

It was a couple of hours later, they had taken out the last of the droids, and they were all recuperating or basically lying down back where they had started. Tessa was sitting against a wall, coughing, bags under her eyes, looking really pale, and feeling slightly tired, but she tried to stay awake. She was too afraid to close to her eyes, in fear of not being able to again. The virus had already taken two clones, one was a shiny she hadn't gotten a name from, and Baker.

Who she was sitting next to in his final moments, and what he said, would stay with her for the rest of her life, which she felt wasn't going to be long. But she had to keep hope.

"I think I did good… and made a difference, heh… I know it wasn't big, but it counts. I know we were bred for it, but I fought for what I believed was right. And… I met my sister in the process. You were or are still great Huntress, remember… your brothers and I myself love you. Stay alive, and help win this war, for all of our brothers… I'll see you on the other side."

After he died, that left: her, Cutup, Zeer, Rex, Jar Jar, Senator Amidala and Ahsoka. Binks was the only one who wasn't infected, and she was tempted to kick the snot out of him, and make him breath in a lot of the virus and see how they felt.

She was too busy plotting murder, that she didn't notice Ahsoka looking dizzy, but did when Padme called out.

"Commander." Cutup muttered and harshly coughed.

Rex checked her pulse, looked relieved and said," She's fine, she's unconscious."

"It's only a matter of time." Tessa muttered dejectedly.

Cutup held her hand, grinned and said," Then it's a good thing I will die with my sister, and we'll get to see old Droidbait and Hevy. I wish the others were here, but they need to stay alive."

"And fight in honor of us." Zeer managed between coughs.

Tessa didn't hear the last part, because everything was starting to blur, and she felt her strength leaving her. She could've sworn she heard someone calling out to her, but she couldn't distinguish who was calling for her.

And she soon blacked out.


The next thing she saw a bright light, and she thought she was dead. But, she felt like she was moving, heard loud noises, including what thought was the sound of Gunship engines. She was laying down on something, and she heard voices.

"Coric! Please… alright!"

"She'll… don't… Cutup and Zeer are going to make… along with… others."

She didn't hear more, and ended up falling unconscious again.

The next time she becomes aware of is lying down on something soft, she heard could hear beeping, voices, and she could also see a dim light.

"I think she's waking up."

A bright light shines in her eyes, and she slightly hissed.

"Fucking Kriff, don't shine that damn light in my face." She muttered.

She heard a couple of chuckles, and the light left. And she was able to see, although a little blurry.

"Easy, take it easy, sister. Take your time." She heard a familiar voice.

She blinked a couple of times until her vision cleared. She found herself in the familiar room of the Med Bay on the Resolute. And the rest of Beta squad was with her, Attie had a cast, but was sitting on a chair. Except for Cutup and Zeer, who were in the beds next to her. Zeer was awake, and he was sitting in the bed next to her, and he had a Datapad on his side. While Cutup was still asleep, the both of them still looked a little pale, but they looked better.

"Glad to have you back sister, damn gave us a heart attack." Fives said and patted her shoulder.

"The Generals?" She said, voice sounding kinda raspy.

Coric gave her some water, and she gladly took it, and she felt it going down her throat.

"Yeah, he and General Kenobi came back in the nick of time. You've been out for a day. Cutup woke up and hour ago, but I told him to rest. The first to wake up was the Captain, then the Senator, the Commander, and then the Sergeant and you." Coric explained. "Also if your wondering about Naboo, it's fine. The virus is now gone, and that Separatist Scientist is going to trial." Echo explained.

Zeer gave her a proud look, and said," You and the others did great, kid. I'm glad to have you with us."

"And the good news is, we get a week and a half off, and we'll be heading to Coruscant. That mean's we'll be taking you to 79's for some drinks." Nax said with smirk.

Tessa grinned and said, "Sounds good."

"But you have to wait until your better. So I suggest you rest for a bit. Ok?" Coric said.

"And Tess, glad your ok." Echo sincerely said.

Tessa nodded, and she closed her eyes again, and drifted off.


I did a little Call of Duty reference at the start of the chapter, just in case some of you didn't catch it.

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