Sorry for the long absence guys, life happened, but thank you for being patient with me. :)

GAR Barracks, Coruscant-

"She's what?!" Arcus's voice rang throughout the barracks, startling Nolan who had just become comfortable on Bloodbath's bed.

"Shut up!" Arsenal said. "We don't want to tell the entire planet do we?"

"But how is this possible?" He demanded. "She was only in the brothel for a short time!"

Arsenal grabbed him and pulled him closer. "It doesn't take more than once for something like this to happen!" She whispered fiercely. "And you need to get control of yourself, Railyn needs you now more than ever and if you can't support her emotionally than you shouldn't get involved at all!"

Arcus sighed. "You're right, I shouldn't have overreacted, how far along is she?" He asked, rubbing the bridge of his nose with thumb and forefinger.

"The doctor told Roberta about four months, how long ago did you rescue her?" Arsenal asked.

"Almost four months ago," he said, he sat down on Arsenal's bed with his head in his hands." Shab! That means that it was conceived when she was raped," he said, trying to hold his emotions in check, but failing miserably when tears started pouring down his face.

"Why did this have to happen to her, she's not even sixteen," he said, his voice thick with emotion. Arsenal sat down next to him, wrapping her arms around his shaking shoulders.

"There's nothing you could have done to stop this," she said.

He suddenly broke away from her angrily. "Of course it is, if the Jedi hadn't taken me away I could have been there to protect her!" He shouted.

"You would have been killed along with your parents and the outcome would have been the same," Arsenal said softly.

Arcus sat back down and the two of them sat in silence until a knock came at the door. "Guys, Des has some news for us," Bloodbath's voice came through the door.

"We'll be there in a minute," Arsenal said, she turned to Arcus. "Shall we go?" She asked. Arcus nodded again and they made their way to the rest of the squad.

"I've just received some news from Kal'buir," Des said when everyone was there. "Bardan Jusik has left the Jedi Order," Des finished and everyone's heads shot up.

"Why would he do that?" Bloodbath asked.

"He probably got fed up with the Jedi Council like me," Arcus said.

"Actually, it was because of his disagreement with their use of the clones as a slave army," Des corrected.

"Close enough," Arcus said. He was silent for a moment before speaking again. "I'm going to need your guy's help," he said.

Arsenal squeezed his knee in silent support. "I just found out that my sister, Railyn, is pregnant, and I'm going to find the father."

Ramik spoke up. "If I could have some blood samples I could find out who the father is," he said. Arcus nodded. "I'll get you your samples," he said.

Everyone was silent for a while before Des spoke up.

"We should all get some sleep," he said, he was calm, as usual, but the tone of command in his voice would bode no argument. Everyone said goodnight, dispersing to their bunks and Arsenal to her room.

She lay awake for several hours thinking over the events of the day. If for some reason Railyn couldn't keep the child she would step up and take the challenge, she resolved.

She realized how content and happy she was during the short time she had spent with Canon Squad and Arcus, she also realized that she hadn't thought about hunting down Sladner for some time now.

Maybe she should just forget about killing him, but she had made a promise to Nolan and Ves that she would avenge them. Arsenal eventually fell asleep, as she nodded off she decided that finding Sladner could wait a while longer. What she didn't realize was that she was about to be thrust back into that role sooner than she thought.

The Next Morning, GAR Barracks, Coruscant-

Arsenal was miserable, she had spent the past hour hovering over the toilet and puking her guts out. A knock came at her door and Bloodbath's voice called out.

"Solus, are you alright?" He asked.

She was about to respond when she was hit with another wave of nausea. Bloodbath came into the room, followed by Rever and frowned at the sight of Arsenal bent over the toilet puking.

"Oh, that's not good, are you sick?" he asked.

Arsenal recovered herself before responding. "I think I may have picked up a bug that's been making it's rounds," she managed to get out before bending over the toilet again.

Bloodbath winced and looked at Rever, he didn't look thrilled either.

"I need you two to go pick up Ves from Roberta's apartment, do you think you can handle it?" Arsenal asked.

"Of course, you can count on us, Solus," he said. "Make sure you rest up, you'll be back to kicking Arcus's shebs again in no time."

Arsenal just made a waving motion. "Just go already before I reconsider sending you and ask Ramik instead," she stated.

Bloodbath offered a mock salute before walking out of the room, Rever waited till he was gone before approaching Arsenal and giving her a kiss on her forehead. /Hope you feel better soon/ he signed before following Bloodbath.

As the two of them walked towards the exit Rever walked towards Ramik, Bloodbath following behind. /Keep an eye on Solus, she's not feeling well/ he signed and Bloodbath translated.

"Sure," Ramik said and continued on studying the medical journal in front of him. Within minutes the two commandos were gone.

Arsenal listened to them go. It was odd that she was feeling unwell because she never got sick. A thought suddenly shot into her mind and she froze.

The only possible explanation is... she shot up and ran towards the exit. "Ramik, I'm going out, I should be back within the hour," she said, not bothering to see if he had heard her.

Twenty minutes later she returned with a bag filled with various unidentifiable objects. Ramik watched curiously as she hurried to the 'fresher. She was in there for twenty more minutes before emerging, somewhat in a daze. At that moment Des walked in, seeing Arsenal's face he walked over to her.

"Solus, are you alright?" He asked. Arsenal ignored him and walked over to Ramik, she held out an object to him and he hesitated before taking it.

From the looks of it it was a pregnancy tester and it was positive. Ramik's head shot up and he looked at Arsenal.

"You're pregnant?" He asked unnecessarily and she nodded.

"I'm pregnant," she said.

"The father?" Ramik asked, though he already knew and Arsenal's answer confirmed it.

"Rever," she said.

Apartment Complex, Coruscant middle class sector-

"Why do you think Solus is sick all of a sudden, she was fine last night," Bloodbath said as he piloted the speeder towards the apartment buildings where Roberta lived.

/How should I know?/ Rever signed. The two remained silent for a while before Rever "spoke" again.

/What I don't get is this whole thing with Fi, even though he was a pain in the shebs he was never one to go down without a fight, and General Jusik leaving at the same time as Fi's death is strange too/Rever finished.

"Wow, that does sound kind of suspicious, maybe we should just ask Kal... we're here," he announced. He pulled into a nearby parking space and the two of them made their way into the building.

As the turbo lift took them up to the correct floor the pair continued to debate the issue of Fi's death. A few minutes later they stopped in front of the apartment door. Bloodbath was about to knock when Rever suddenly grabbed his hand.

/Wait/ he signed. Bloodbath froze and the two of them listened for a few minutes. /I don't hear anything/ Bloodbath signed.

Rever shook his head. /Something's wrong/ he signed before pulling a blaster, which he gave to Bloodbath, and drawing his twin blades from their hidden sheaths under his jacket.

Rever motion to Bloodbath to follow behind him. He hit the code into the lock and the door opened. Rever went first, clearing the hallway he moved into the kitchen and motioned Bloodbath forward.

Everything looked normal until they reached the living room. The two of them looked at the mess before them. Furniture was overturned and glass was smashed, it looked as if there had been a struggle.

As they looked around Bloodbath froze. Motioning for Rever to cover him he walked over to a smashed chair. He moved it carefully out of the way, revealing a blood stain on the carpet.

"Rever, I'm calling Arsenal," he said.

Suddenly someone grunted and there was a thud as a body hit the floor. Bloodbath whirled around and saw Rever lying on the floor, a trickle of blood ran down the side of his face. He had unconsciously raised his weapon and was about to fire when something hit him from behind.

The world spun and he struggled to stay conscious as he fell, but the first blow was followed by another and the world faded to black.

GAR Barracks, Coruscant-

"Rever and Bloodbath are sure taking a long time," Arcus said.

"Maybe they got sidetracked, you know how clones are when they're hungry," Arsenal said. She was cleaning her weapons and thinking about that morning. After she had told Ramik and Des about her pregnancy she had asked them to keep it quiet and they agreed hesitantly promise that she would tell the others when they got back.

"But they would have checked in if they had, plus they don't have any credits on them," Arcus corrected. "Something doesn't feel right," he added as an after thought.

"If you're that worried why don't you give them a call?" Arsenal suggested.

Arcus nodded. "Good idea," he said before getting up and moving away.

"Bloodbath this is Arcus, please respond..." static, "Rever, if you can hear me tap the mic on your comm..." more static.

"That's odd, if Bloodbath was unable or didn't respond Rever most certainly would," Arsenal said. During her stay with Canon Squad she had come to know Bloodbath and Rever pretty well.

"Alright, let's go see what's wrong, Ramik, Des, you guys stay here, if we're not back in three hours come get us," Arsenal said, she handed Des a locator remote. "You can track us using this."

Des nodded, sensing something was wrong as well. "Be careful, don't take any unnecessary risks, especially you Solus," he said pointedly and firmly.

Arsenal huffed in annoyance. She'd only been pregnant for a few days and already he was acting like an overprotective uncle, but she nodded in agreement anyway.

"I'll be careful," she said, then the two of them walked outside and towards the nearest speeder.

Once again I apologize for not updating, please read and review. :)