A/N:This chapter's for missredkat.

"Jump on the count of three!" Rex shouted.
"ONE, TWO, THREE!"
They all jumped, fearless and as a single unit. They rolled; broke their fall and they were unharmed.
Rex turned back as he watched Marty draw the Seperatists off-track. They had already told Ahsoka what had happened and she would rendezvous with Rex there but Marty…
Marty fought off the Seperatist ships. In a bold move, he swept his carrier down and attacked one of the Seperatist ships from the bottom, damaging it.
"Marty!" Rex shouted as a Seperatist jet got a hit on the Republic carrier. One of the carrier's wings burst up in flames and it crashed into the ground a mile away with full force. It eroupted into flames and smoke escaped.
A tear trickled down Rex's cheek. Marty. Marty was dead. His most trusted soldier, dead…
He bent down on one knee mourning for Marty.
"It's okay" a familiar voice said.
Rex got up and looked back. It was Ahsoka. He smiled weakly and nodded, "It's been a long time, kid."
"It sure has, but can you tell me what's complicated?"
"Not yet!" Keenis shouted, "I see a battalion of droids heading our way! Marty's diversion didn't work! There was a Separatist squadron to start out with and at the most there's a section in the sky. It's a miracle that only so many ships tracked us but they'll still destroy us."
Rex smiled, "Phantom, you got the bazooka?"
"Yep"
"okay hold your aim and wait for the battleship.."
But it'll have a shield!"
"Which is weakest at the bottom! Marty damaged that part. You're good with a bazooka?"
"Oh am I…." Phantom said and steadied himself. He could now see the battleship.
"Everyone take cover!" Phantom shouted. For a clear shot, he'd have to stay in the open. The battleship passed over him shooting and Phantom took his shot.
"Boom!" he said as the ship twirled and crashed a few miles away.
"Nice! But how many more shots do you have?"Rex asked
"Uhhh I'm out of ammo"
"Damn. Ahsoka can you handle that jet?"
"'Course" Ahsoka said. She jumped into the air gracefully and fell on the incoming jet. She cut a hole on the top and killed the passengers.
"Who were inside?" Rex asked.
"Just some droids. But now we've got our way out of here."
"No we haven't. We've got 20 odd people here and that jet can only hold 5, 10 at the most. And nobody's being left behind"
You want to take the carrier?!" Mantis asked. Rex nodded.
"But there's-" Mantis started.
"Yeah. There's a 1000 strong droid army between here and the carrier. So everyone gather behind this rock and we'll discuss strategy."
Everyone hid behind the x continued, "This is going to be difficult. So I'm going to ask this once- anyone wants to be a coward and leave in the jet?"
No one replied.
"Good" Rex said. Just then the jet exploded. Out in the open it was an easy target for the droids. Rex cringed. 'Forgot about that" he muttered.
Ahsoka shook her head, "That would have helped us so much!"
"Okay okay" Rex said, "But let's focus on strategy. Does anyone have grenades? Half of them raised their hands.
"Okay. You'll throw the grenades in the front. Now we're dividing the squad into four groups. Front, flank will consist of four soldiers led by Phantom, the right flank will also consist of four soldiers led by…" He pointed at a well-built grim soldier.
"Pat" he said.
"Right, Pat. These flanks will protect two soldiers each. Keenis and Spitz, right? You'll be on the left. On the right will be Ahsoka and Mantis. You proceed back and we'll crush the droids."
"Yes sir!"
Rex shook his head, "Remember! I'm not 'sir'! I'm Rex!"
They laughed. Rex smiled. It might be their last smiles.

Rex knew the front would be tough yet the number of droids were overwhelming. The grenades helped a lot. So far, on his side no one had died. He was most worried about the left and right flanks. They didn't have him or Ahsoka…they had Phantom and Pat. Out of the corner of his eye, Rex saw the back flank reach successfully.
It was chaos. Rex had seen at least 5 soldiers fall, one on his side itself but they were closing in. With a blaster bolt and a lightsabre swipe, the last droids were gone. No one was in the mood to talk. There were only 7 up. 13 had died. 13. 7. The numbers went through Rex's head. Ahsoka approached him and bent on one knee.
"We did it" she said.
"With thirteen dead. Thirteen young, brave soldiers are dead. And I didn't even get to know all of them"
"It could have been worse. We were outnumbered 50 to 1"
"You don't understand. None of them should have been here. None of them. I dragged them here after killing Fox."
Rex shook his head, "I'm going to look for Marty's body. And gather all the other bodies, we'll hold a funeral."
"You want me to come?"
"No, it's okay. I'll go alone"
Rex started jogging. He needed some time for himself.

The ship had fallen on a nearby hill. By the time he had reached it, it was dark. It was a disaster. The ship was ash and smoke still rose. Rex didn't think he'd be able to find Marty's body but he'd have to try…
"Don't try anything" a voice spoke behind him. A voice he could easily recognize before he turned back with his hands in the air to face the dark figure pointing a blaster at Rex.
"Marty" Rex said his voice cracking, "Wh..wh..whats the meaning of this? Are the Separatists forcing you to do this?"
"No one forces me to do anything." Marty said, "Not even you Captain"
"What are you doing Marty?!" Rex cried out as Marty pressed his blaster against Rex's temple.
"Sorry Rex. I didn't want to do this, but you've brought me to this…you should have died in that battle over there."
"Marty how could you? You know better than anyone that the Separatists are evil! What did we ever do to you!"
"It isn't just about you Rex, it's about the damned Republic. But you won't understand Rex, you never did."
"Marty.."
"Yes, me Marty, it was me from the beginning, I alerted the Seperatists, me! Your most trusted soldier! You told all of us that we were equals and yet you Rex, you hid things from the rest of us, you carried out all the plans, you always tried to maintain superiority. Any last words?"
"Well at least tell me how you managed to escape the spaceship?" Rex said quickly.
"You do know there's something known as jumping, right" Marty said laughing, "Or are you too stupid to know how to that too?"
At that moment, Rex flipped back and brought out a blaster from his pocket. He and Marty were equally matched.
"How-?" Marty said surprised, "I thought, thought you wouldn't bring a blaster here."
"Under normal conditions, I wouldn't. But some time ago I found a transmitter lying around keyed with imperial codes. I realized I had a traitor aboard. After that I always kept an extra blaster which I never used."
Marty spat, "Now I guess it's a face-off. I shouldn't have wasted so much time"
Rex shook his head, "No Marty I don't want to kill you. We clones are brothers Marty. I don't care whose side you're on Marty, who you support, but you never betray your brother. I admit I made a mistake. I should have trusted all of you. I've paid the price. But please Marty, don't do this. Trust me as I ahould have trusted all of you"
Marty looked down. He mumbled, "I'm sorry"
Rex smiled, "It wasn't so long ago when you repeated the same sentence after dozing off."
Marty dropped his blaster and Rex did too.

Rex and Marty embraced.
"Now let's get going. Everybody will be waiting for us" Rex said.