Along the way
Ace looks around their sleeping quarters in awed. Not much webs on some of the 8 beds. A window next to each bunk that's against the portside wall of the ship.
"Who died in here?" asks Ace.
"More like what if you ask me." Bolt said using his shirt covering his nose from the smell.
"Sorry, we have our own quarters down the hall, some clones used to be here, one left his helmet here as a souvenir for us."
"Were they Navy clones?" Ace looks at Dexter, wondering of his brothers.
"Yes, they volunteered to board on our ship throughout the war. Descent men they were." Dexter turns around and walks out of the room.
Master Den-Jii feels a disturbance in the force in Ace and Bolt, "Well we don't have all time to stand here, and we must unpack our equipment. Bolt and I shall unpack, Ace you may do whatever with your equipment."
"Yes General." Ace walks over to the bunk next to the round window and takes off his helmet.
"Ahhhh, fresh air." He drops his sack of weapons and sets his weapons under his bunk.
"Ace is it all right if I ask you something?" asks Bolt.
"Sure, what is it?"
"How hard it is to forget your brothers, I mean your squad mates in other words."
Ace closes his eyes trying to remember what their helmets looked like, their different hairstyles. "Bolt they, and every clone is still in our heads and we will never forget who we are, and why were made."
"I don't get it."
"I'll explain later just let me sleep please." Ace starts to take off his armor when all of a sudden the ship vibrates.
"What was that?" asks Bolt.
"Bolt stay here and unpack our equipment." Jii orders, Ace, and Jii leave the room running to the bridge.
Once they walked through the cockpit's door, Falcon stands up out of his seats, "Were here!"
"What? We were only in hyperspace for less than an hour and were here?"
"What can I say this baby can sure move fast huh?" Falcon says petting the chair next to him.
Den-Jii looks at Dexter, "He's Corellian isn't he?"
"You got it."
"Figures."
"Hey look at the view!" points out Falcon and everyone looks at the window and out into beyond seeing Dangath.
"That's Dangath, heavily forested planet, with a small asteroid belt around it, and that huge black spot on the planet indicates on my screens a droid factory. No life signs nor droid signs so lets get into the close."
Dexter drives the Freak Show past the asteroid belt and into the planets astrosphere over looking the droid factory.
"Shoot, to many trees blocking the way for landing we got to use larty on this one." Falcon says shaking his head as he looks down at the forests.
"When you said larty you mean a Low Altitude Assault Transport/Infantry?" Ace asks out of curiosity.
"Yes, the clones that were here also gave us their transport as well. It's in the cargo hold. You see here, the larty is next to the cargo hold door, which is the floor, so when we want to get out, well have to drop under the cargo hold doors, and were out free.
We've made a few modifications, such as the ball turrets on both sides, we set those as automatic defense systems with no man inside them, and they shoot by themselves."
"Impressive it may be, but how did you two managed to upgrade this ship after the war?" Jii wonders looking both Falcon and Dexter knowing theirs a twitch in the explanation.
"Well, we first went to Corellia, and since Falco is a native they agreed to upgrade all three of our ships." Dexter explains.
"Three? What am I missing? Is a Twi'lek woman here that I don't about?"
"I wish." Falcon mumbles to himself.
"It's a T-47."
"A civilian speeder? Why wont you just told us these things before we got on this ship?" Ace asks angrily."
"Ace, please your adrenaline is pumping, this is how people turn over to the dark side." Jii says patting him on his pauldron.
"Hey its our ship, not yours we don't need to trust you. I am with a clone that is trained to kill, a kid who is also being trained to kill, and a fugitive on the loose. And your telling me that I'm not telling you stuff?
Look at you! Your wearing a skirt, shoulder plating, you have what look like another set of eyes above your visor, even your name starts with an A! I know clone commandos were supposed to start with RC for Republic commandos! You are a liar here!"
"That was my formal name before their was any training for Republic commandos. The skirt is a katana, the shoulder plating is a pauldron to show my rank of command, and it is colored orange that stands for squad leader, the other set of eyes is Jaig eyes that show my bravery in battle, which means I lead my men into death. I've seen death in the face, I am death itself!"
Dexter terrified, slumps back down in his seat, and Falcon jaw hangs loose in astonishment. A moment of silence occurs and Dexter trying not to show any emotion focuses back on the controls, turn a few switches and leaves the cockpit.
Jii looks at Falcon who is still amazed and looks at Ace. Even though he cant see his eyes through his visor he can feel in the force of pain of losing his squad. "So… I believe we are ready to go I presume!"
"Uhhh no we cant." Falcon says double-checking the scanners.
"Why is that?"
"I think I found an escape pod. Looks recent, engines dead, I cant establish a communication with it. You want to catch it?"
Jii walks close to the window looking at the pod, "Its an Republic escape pod, how many life forms are you detecting in the pod."
"One but it is very faint." Replies Falcon looking for Den-Jii's opinion.
"Do we need Dexter's approval?"
"No we don't this is also my ship and I say that we catch it." Falco smiles and looks at Jii and Ace looking for a smile from them. Jii smiles but Falcon cannot see Ace's face.
"Ok then get starting."
"Activating tractor beam to one empty escape pods slot."
Ace looks back of the window and watches the pod being pull to the right side of the ship, several clicks occur after.
"What the bantha was that!?" Dexter yells.
"Nothing now just pipe your bantha hole you bantha!" Falcon screams back. Falcon turns his head and sees Ace and Den-Jii staring at him.
"What a beautiful relationship." Den-Jii whispers to Ace and Ace chuckles.
"Ok follow the leader." Falcon sets the ship on autopilot, and the three leave the cockpit.
Ace and Den-Jii follows Falcon around the small frigate to the escape pod holding area starboard of the ship. The three were looking at the entrance of the pod and they see blaster scorches all over the door.
"Seems to be that the people who fired at the person in this pod didn't like him much."
Falcon pulls out a crowbar from his back pocket and starts attempting to open it with all his might. After 2 minutes of Falcon pushing, he drops on the ground exhausted.
Ace walks up to the door, "May I?"
Falcon nods and Ace pushes the door with one blow and than before it can shut close he uses his hands and pulls the door all the way back. In the pod is a person in blue armor, on the left shoulder is a pauldron and a similar T shape visor such as Ace's. In the right hand is a ceremonial blaster and a pike lying against the wall.
"A Senate commando!?" Jii announces.
Ace puts his hands on his throat and checks his pulse, "His pulse his much fainter than what you told us before he doesn't need medical attention no wounds, but I can sure tell he's hungry. He must've not eaten in days most likely a week or two." Ace says.
"This ship doesn't come with a medical droid but we can give him some food, let him sleep, and see what will happen when he wakes up." Falcon suggests.
"Good plan help Ace take off his armor put him in some clothes."
Falcon agrees and starts to help Ace.
Fenn feels something soft in his hands and his head no longer aching. He opens his left eye and looks around; he is in a white room and realizes he is on a bed and his armor hanging on an armor hanger on the wall next to him. He opens his other eye and takes a full view around the room.
Next to him, is a young man sitting on a chair next to him with his head back and snoring. Fenn notices his ceremonial blaster is in the man's hands and it seems that he was cleaning it but isn't finish with some parts spread throughout the bed sheets next to his legs. Fenn slowly grabs his unfinished blaster from the man and starts reassembling it quickly.
Fenn next gets out of bed and looks at his armor, "Hello their beautiful".
"Well that just makes my day, a senate commando talking to his armor."
Fenn spins around and points his blaster at a republic clone leaning against the wall just out the door.
"Where am I, who are you, who is this man, and aren't you supposed to be an imperial?"
Ace walks a few paces closer to the commando and sees Fenn's blaster being pointed at him.
"You are on the republic frigate Freak Show, I am republic commando Ace, the snoring guy is one of our pilots called Falcon, or you can just call him Falco. I deserted the Empire once it announced Order 66. What's your story?"
Fenn seeing that he's a friendly tosses his blaster on the bed and he starts putting on his armor immediately.
"My name is Fenn, my squad and I was on a cruiser heading towards a separatist planet to drop off some Jedi and clones and be on our way while the fleet will back them up. The now Emperor contacted me and the clone commander on the ship and gave the order. I didn't believe it and told the commander it was just a trick from the enemy, he said he knew it was the Emperor and he will deal with the 4 Jedi on the ship. I managed to inform the Jedi before the commander reach their rooms and they killed the clones but the commander told one of his lieutenants the order before leaving to kill the Jedi. When the Lieutenant figured out that the commander was missing, he locked down the ship and while doing so found out about me informing the Jedi. I kept the Jedi in my quarters and the lieutenant starts a mini-war in a hallway. My squad held them off temporarily but were killed quickly, the Jedi start for the escape pods and advised me that I should do so too. Once jettison the Jedi pods were shot down, I saw it happen and I guess they left me alone. All of this happens like 4 weeks ago; the pod had enough food and water."
"Nice story my own squad did the same but I didn't turned, I saved the Jedi master and… well I'm not a good story teller so I think you should get finish dressing. Once done go out the door and take a right and meet your new family except this person."