A/N Set in season 3 episode 3 of the clone wars "supply lines". Lots of the dialogue are taken straight from the episode. Xxxxxxxxx

"General Ima-Gun Di!" Captain Keeli called. Gobi watched as he raced over to the Kajain'sa'Nikto Jedi. The clone stood up straight, like the good soldier he was, but the exhaustion was clear in his voice. "The right flank has collapsed. The droid army will be closing in on our position."

Gobi silently cursed. They'd been pinned down at the bottom of this mountain for days. The droids were closing in on them more with every second and their supplies were running drastically low. He was startled from his thoughts when Cham rushed over on the back of his blurrg, most likely after over hearing the captain.

"What about reinforcements?" Cham demanded, circling General Di with his blurrg, probably in an attempt to intimidate him. Gobi wasn't sure that this tactic would prove useful since the Jedi seemed to have a natural affinity with the creatures and had probably been threatened by more imposing people than Cham.

"Communication has been difficult." Di said diplomatically. "But I promise you Cham, the Republic will not abandon Ryloth."

Gobi knew that while the general might believe his own words, that didn't necessarily make them true. But at this point it didn't matter. The only way they would survive would be if they received that aid.

"I've heard enough of your promises Jedi!" Cham spat, his belief in the general clearly not as solid as Gobi's. "The fact remains that if we stay here without reinforcements we are all going to die. Gobi, tell the people we're leaving."

Gobi stood to attention to address his leader, not his best friend. "Yes sir."

Captain Keeli then glanced at them as though Cham's idea was crazy, which Gobi supposed wasn't entirely inaccurate.

"I don't think you understand, the right flank has collapsed! There is no leaving. We're stuck here together."

The Captain didn't seem to be any happier about that then Cham was. Although, Gobi suspected that his reasons were more to do with the fact that he didn't know how to deal with soldiers who refused to follow orders.

Gobi wasn't surprised when Cham didn't listen and snarled at the man before leaving on his blurrg. The captain threw his hands up in the air in exasperation ,before marching off to find some droids to re-direct his anger towards. Once they'd left, General Di turned to face Gobi, the worry starting to show on the Jedi's usually emotionless face.

"You have to convince him to keep your people here until reinforcements arrive." Di told him.

Gobi nearly scoffed. Trying to convince Cham to do something he didn't want to do was like trying to teach a blurrg to become a Jedi.

"I can try, but he's not going to listen to me."

He was surprised when Di placed a hand on his shoulder and was unsure what to make of the knowing smile on the other man's face.

"He will." General Di said with certainty that only a Jedi could produce. Gobi still highly doubted that he would be able to change Cham's mind, but he supposed it was worth a try. Nodding in reluctance, he headed off to once again search for his best friend.

The base where they were pinned down was depressingly small, so it didn't take him very long to find him. He was attending an injury on his blurrg's leg, as far away from any other being he could get in this camp. Gobi held out his hand for the blurrg to smell. She sniffed his hand before looking up with large round eyes, as though silently asking him why there wasn't any food there.

"I'm sorry girl." Gobi apologised, patting her head gently before moving towards Cham.

"Cham-"

"What!" His friend snapped, not looking up from where he was bandaging the leg. Gobi almost rolled his eyes. Great, Cham was angry. That was going to make things so much easier.

"Can't you just hear the Jedi out?"

"Why? To listen to his plan about how he's going to kill us all?" Cham stood up in anger. "We can't stay here Gobi!"

"No but we can't leave either." He responded calmly, knowing that it was the only way to possibly get through to him. "Yes we are in a dangerous position here, but we'd be in an even more dangerous one if we left. At least here we have a base and we know supplies are supposed to be delivered here soon. If we leave now, we could be walking right into a separatist trap."

"And what if the supplies don't come?" Cham retorted. His anger had faded slightly at Gobi's calm presence, but his lekku were still quivering with rage. "You know we can't trust the Republic! They're the reason why we are fighting for our freedom in the first place."

He then leant against his blurrg and massaged his temples with his fingers, the worry and exhaustion clear in his actions. His shoulders sagged as he let his hands drop in exhaustion. "I just want what's best for our people."

"I know you do. Which is why you need to think about what is best for Hera." Gobi said placing his right hand on the man's shoulder. His words and touch seemed to finally ground the man, as he looked it Gobi's eyes with sudden attention. "She is starving, she needs food. And if we leave she might die of hunger. Think of our people like you see her. You need to think about what's best for them."

Cham remained silent for a long time. So long in fact that Gobi thought that he might have been affected by a head injury that of course he would neglect to tell him about. But eventually Cham sighed, apparently haven taken his words close to his heart. "All right. We'll stay here for as long as we can, or until the supplies arrive."

Gobi was frozen for a moment in shock. He couldn't believe that he'd actually made Cham change his mind. The only other person who he'd known to have been able to do that was Athena. He was even more shocked when Cham raised his own right hand to place it over where Gobi's was still attached to his shoulder.

"Thank you Gobi, for making me see past my anger. I don't know what I'd do without you."

Gobi looked away, hoping that his blue skin would hide his blush.

"You're welcome. Maybe I should sing you The Ballad of Cham Syndulla in thanks."

Cham rolled his eyes at the old joke between them. Gobi smiled at the rare sight of his old friend being happy.

"Please never sing that song again." Cham told him playfully.

"You know you love it."

They chuckled as they made their way back to the centre of the base, their minds more relaxed and clearer. They walked towards where General Di was waiting for them with another knowing look towards the pair that Gobi still wasn't sure what to make of.

He watched as Cham actually listened while Di explained his plan.

"If we re-configure the flow system, we can turn our ship into a bomb big enough to collapse the pass. The enemy will then only be able to engage us on one flank. If we provide cover, the twi'leks will have enough time to take their families to the base of the mountain, where the republic supplies are scheduled to arrive."

Gobi glanced at Cham to find that the orange twi'lek was already looking at him. Just as they had when they were younglings, the pair had a silent conversation with just their eyes and lekku. They both agreed that it was the best plan they had for their people to survive this mess.

With a nod, Cham turned away from him to face the general. Gobi smiled as he recognised the look on Cham's face. It was the one he pulled when he was forced to admit that someone's idea was better than his own.

"We will put our faith in your plan general. I hope you do not fail us. I will tell our people."

After those words, Gobi watched as he marched away once again, but this time with purpose instead of anger as he went to rally their people. Whilst Cham's decisions could often be rash, there was no denying that he always had his people's best interests at heart. Something that Gobi had always admired about him.

He felt the Jedi's eyes on him and turned to face the man. He didn't want him to misjudge Cham for his actions.

"Cham is still angry. He feels betrayed."

"He counted on republic assistance. And it didn't come." Di said sadly, apparently agreeing with Cham's reasons for anger. "War turns promises into hopes. I wish it wasn't so. We won't be able to hold of the droids for long. You'll have to move quickly to get your families out of danger."

When the Kajain'sa'Nikto's mentioned families, Gobi followed his gaze to where it landed on Cham, who was helping his frightfully thin daughter onto his blurrg. Gobi didn't have any real family of his own left. Growing up he'd only had his mother but she had died years before the clone wars had even started. Cham and Hera were the closest thing to a family he had now.

He was startled from his thoughts when he noticed General Di holding his hand towards him.

"Tell him what I have told you."

"I will." Gobi promised, shaking his hand.

Once he let go, Di looked at him with that same infuriating look. Gobi was about to ask him the reason for it when the Jedi spoke.

"War often puts into perspective how short out time in this galaxy is. It would be wise not to dwell on 'what ifs' but to make the most of what we have."

And with that, the Jedi left him to go and talk to his captain. Despite spending a considerable amount of time in the presence of Jedi since the start of this war, Gobi still had no idea what any of their enlightening nonsense was supposed to mean.

Still, he took the man's words to heart and went to find Cham to tell him what the general had said. Cham didn't seem particularly impressed with his words either, but he was too busy organising their people to make much of it.

After grabbing what few things he had left, Gobi mounted his blurrg before riding beside Cham over the mountain. They rode behind their people so that they could see that they were safe, and so that if the general's plan failed and the droids broke through, then he and Cham would be able to fend them off, at least for a short while. Hopefully long enough to give their people a chance to run.

Gobi took his eyes of the crowd for a moment to where Hera was cradled against her father's chest. He'd been forced to tell Cham that he would need to use a sling to hold her there like her mother had when she was a baby, as her body was too weak to hold onto him herself. The sight made Gobi's soul ache. They needed to win this war soon. Before Hera or any other children had to suffer.

He was abruptly dragged from his thoughts however, when a ship landed barely a few meters a head of their people. In an instant he and Cham had their rifles aimed at the ship. But before they could bark any orders, someone had opened it up to reveal what was inside.

"It's food and medical supplies from the republic!" They cried.

Cheers roared from the crowd and Gobi lowered his weapon in relief. He turned to speak to Cham when a young twi'lek woman ran up to their leader.

"Thank you chief Syndulla! We would not have received these supplies if it hadn't been for you. If it hadn't been for your heroism, my son would have gone another day without food."

As the woman searched for something in her pockets Gobi watched the dark orange blush travel up his friend's neck in fascination. It was so rare that he got to see the man flustered.

The woman had apparently found whatever it was she was searching for and handed it to Cham.

"I brought some nutrient injections from the ship for your daughter."

Cham didn't hesitate to inject one into Hera's pale green skin. The effect was almost instantaneous. Her wide eyes opened and colour seemed to spread from where she'd been injected to the rest of her body. Gobi couldn't help but sigh in relief. Cham was equally relieved. After checking over Hera, he then leaned down to take the woman's hand in his own.

"Thank you." He told her sincerely.

"After everything you've done for us, it was the least I could do." The woman replied.

Gobi watched as she nodded respectfully before heading down the valley to where her son was waiting with her wife. He then faced his friend with a teasing smile.

"She's certainly listened to 'The Ballad of Cham Syndulla'. I think I should sing it in celebration of our most wondrous leader."

"Gobi…" Cham said, but his warning was dampened by the open smile on his face.

"In our warrens Ryloth children, we gather and hide but still hear the call of Cham Syndulla-"

"Gobi!"

He almost thought about stopping, but then Hera giggled so he had no choice but to continue.

"We aren't lost Ryloth children, we will turn the tide by following into battle Cham Syndulla-"

"GOBI!"

A/N Hi! Hope you guys enjoyed the new chapter! I should be updating this on a lot faster schedule than my other fics. Also in legends Gobi actually did write and sing Cham a song called The Ballad if Cham Syndulla and the lyrics used here are the actual lyrics. Xxxxxxxxx

To FossilQueen1984: Hi! I'm very sorry that I got the names wrong. My entire knowledge of Greek Mythology comes from the Percy Jackson books which I haven't read in years. I hope this didn't deter you from enjoying my fic. Xxxxxxxxx

To Little max: I'm so happy to hear that you're enjoying my fic. I hope that you like what I have planned for chapter 3. Xxxxxxxxx