Chapter 4

As the huntress headed for the Togurta colony, Stealth decided to grab some grub. He was happy that Riyo was on the ship however he knew his duty came first. Riyo knew this and understood it, she too had a duty and they both knew that at some point it might cost them their lives, so they had made a pact to live very moment with each other to the max.

Stealth pushed these thoughts out of his mind as he walked into the mess, he looked around and saw a few of his men dotted around playing games, eating or having arm wrestles with pilots or naval clones. There had always been a playful rivalry between the infantry, the navy and the pilots. However Stealth made sure that all is men respected each other, after all if it wasn't for the pilots his infantry would never get into the fight, and without the Navy they wouldn't be any craft for the pilots to fly.

Once he got his grub he looked around for a place to sit he saw a group of his closets brothers and walked over to them and sat down, as he sat down one of the clones who Stealth knew was new stood up and saluted "Sir, CT-8218 nick named Lucky, Sir" he said. Stealth was about to say something when one of the other clones spoke up.

"Sit down Kid, you don't have to stand on ceremony all the time." He said simply.

"Snapper. I could of told the kid that" Stealth said simply.

"I know Stealth" Snapper said, snapper was an ARC trooper he was assigned to Ahsoka's battalion. He wore the standard ARC trooper uniform however his was decorated in purple and he too had the Ahsoka's face markings on his left breast plate. It was something all of Ahsoka's men did. He was good friends with stealth as they were part of the same squad until snapper was selected to become and arc trooper and stealth was selected for command. As Lucky sat down one of the other clones patted him on the back.

"Don't worry you'll get used to it sooner or later" Doc said, Doc was a medic and again part of the same squad as Stealth and Snapper, in fact the whole group where Stealth's old squad, that was why they were so close.

"So commander how is the senator, I hear she's on board" Another of the clones asked.

"She's fine Loki, however I don't think it's any of your concern" Stealth replied defensively.

Loki out his hands up "Ok, Ok sorry" he said simply. Loki was a trickster he was also a little random. However Stealth had kept him close as he was one of the best heavy weapons clones in the army. Stealth had on several occasions remarked that he was an artist with explosives.

It was at this point that a clone pilot came over and took a seat "I see Loki's sticking his foot in it again" he said taking a sip of his drink.

"When isn't he Swoop" Doc replied.

"Good point" Swoop replied, swoop was the last member of Stealth's old squad he had been moved to the air corps but he still keep in contact. He had the distinction of being Ahsoka's personal gunship pilot. As a result he was always the first into the fight and often the first one to come under fire. However he had earned the respect of Ahsoka and her men.

"I saw a group of those senate guards; do they really think senator Chuchi needs that much protection?" Swoop asked.

Stealth just smirked "Their not for Riyo, their for the supreme Chancellor" he said simply.

All his men looked at him with surprised faces "Wait Supreme Chancellor Amadila is on board?" Loki asked.

"Yep, she requested our ship to be her escort; she has a high level of respect for us and the General" Stealth replied.

"I must admit when we were first assigned to the General after out last one was killed. I was concerned, she was so young. I knew she had served with 501st as a commander. However it was often her master calling the shots." Doc said simply.

"We all had those thoughts, I mean a 16 year old newly prompted Jedi knight. Taking command of a battalion that is as closely knit as ours. It did seem like it was not a good idea." Snapper added.

"However she has proven herself time and time again ." Stealth replied "Remember Anzio 6" he added.

"Yeah, surrounded losing men fast, close to defeat and then she lead us to victory. Even though we were at 25% strength." Swoop said "I was shot down during the fight and she helped me to the square while fighting off the clankers" he added.

The whole squad remembered that day; they remembered how Ahsoka lead them to victory. They remember the thought when they saw her standing on the top of the hill carrying a wounded clone, her lightsaber blazing. That was when the squad realised that there was someone they could follow, someone they could fight for and someone they could call General. She had surprised them after the battle as well, as she ahd asked for a causality list, an actually list of names and numbers. She never forgot the loss of life or war and she respected all her men.

Doc remembered how she came to the aid tent and asked how he was doing, if he needed anything and how bad they had done. She ad earned the clones respect that day and their loyalty.

"Well this mission shouldnlt be anything like that. After it is just a diplomatic mission" Snapper said simply.

"Well we can always hope but you know how quickly things can change" Stealth said, he never expected a mission to be easy, he always prepared for anything that might happen, that way he would not be caught out if it did go pear shaped. But if it went well he was pleasantly surprised.

Just as Stealth finished his sentence the rad battle lights came on =^= Red alert, battle station. All hands to battle stations.=^=. As soon as the alarm went off all the clones where up snapping their helmets on and heading towards their battle stations.

"See, what I mean" Stealth said as he headed for the bridge, while his squad went to their designated areas.

AN: As promised here is the second chapter. As always please review.