Hello, I know that it has been almost six months since I updated this story and I'm so sorry but I hope you still like this chapter though it's kinda bad I have to admit. Warning: alcohol.

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Zeb's POV

All of us had been on missions, most of us on solo missions as well. I knew that, but I just had this really bad feeling about the mission that Ezra, Kanan, and Ahsoka went on. I know that it's stupid to worry, what happens happens and you can't change it, especially if you're not there, but I just couldn't help but feel that something bad had happened or will happen.

Anyways, I was just over at my own little area trying to take a break, but I just couldn't the feeling and just the nervousness I felt from the three jedi still being gone wouldn't let me relax, so I decided to go over and see what chopper was doing and make sure he wasn't doing something stupid or making a mess. But, as I headed across the open space that still hadn't been filled the familiar sound of a particular ship reached me. I looked up at the sky just as Hera yelled, more like squeaked out, "They're back." The trepidation I had been feeling all but disappeared as the Phantom came into base and landed. However it came back at full force when the ramp lowered.

It turns out, to my dismay, that that trepidation turned out to be needed and correct, because as the ramp lowered a few of my fears were confirmed.

To start out there was only two people standing at the ramp and my quick scan of the rest of the phantom made me come to the conclusion that they were the only two there, which meant that one was gone, and that one was Ahsoka.

Next, I looked at the two actually on the ramp. I was glad to see Ezra was, or seemed to be, alright, as I had seemed to have grown quite attached to the young jedi padawan. But, finally my eyes turned to my friend and mentor, Kanan. Kanan was standing there with a white bandage wrapped around his head covering his eyes. Just one glance at that stark white thing on his face and I knew what it meant. Kanan was injured to but it optimistically, blinded to put it realistically.

I didn't have much time to dwell on anything that I had just found out however, as I heard someone come up behind me just then. When I turned it was the person I was dreading at that moment. Behind me staring at the phantom with an expression that was quickly turning blank and emotionless, Rex. Although they were all surely upset about the disastrous results of the jedi's mission, Rex was definitely the one that was devastated the most. He had lost a fellow clone wars veteran, a fellow warrior of sorts, a commander, a leader, a friend. I understand that acutely and knew that Rex was not ok and probably would never be the same.

Rex's face had now gone entirely blank as I quietly as to not disturb the reunion going on between Kanan and Hera in front of us, said, "Rex." It took him a moment to look up at me from where he was still desperately searching the phantom for his friend. I knew this was hard after all I had lost my entire species.

"Rex. I know this is hard, but you have to admit that you know what's happened. She's gone. I'm so sorry," and I know that sounds really blunt and rude, but truthfully that's what was needed right then. There's no point in babying him or anyone.

As Kanan, Hera, and Ezra brushed passed us on their way to the medbay I continued to talk to Rex. It was mostly nonsense and I wasn't even sure what I said at all and I'm absolutely sure that Rex wasn't truly hearing me at all. Suddenly, Rex run off towards his barracks and I almost let him, I knew he wanted to be alone right now but he shouldn't be alone, so I followed him.

I found myself in Rex's quarters. They were orderly, neat, not a thing out of place, militarian, but I guess that makes sense as Rex and all his brothers were literally made for the military. BUt, anyways I walked in and Rex was sitting on his bed looking at something in his hand. I found that it was a holodisk with a picture of him Ahsoka and a couple of his brothers and comrades. For a moment I just stood there staring at him until he looked up, that's also when I finally noticed that he had tears streaming down his face.

In a hoarse voice he said, "You know, she always came back. No matter the mission, even when she was kidnapped and was missing for almost a week, she always came back. In the war I saw so many of my brothers get killed and it was horrible, but it feels nothing like this. I got so used to her coming back to her always being there, that I became complacent. I let her, them go without me. I should have stopped them. This is my fault and now she's gone. Ahsoka, my friend, is gone, she's dead." I winced as I heard Rex's account and couldn't help but understand entirely.

They were quiet for a few moments then I said, "Rex think about this. Could you have actually got her not to go?" he shook his head, "If you somehow did manage to convince her or any of them not to go would they have ever forgiven themselves. No they wouldn't have. This is in no way either of our faults at all. You can't blame yourself. That destroys a person, I know. It destroyed me when my species was killed." We were again silent for a time until Rex nodded and pulled something from under his bed, a bottle of alcohol. We had a few glasses of it and Rex told me stories of the finer and funnier adventures they had had during the clone wars until he passed out. I put the bottle away and then left him on his bed.

As I walked back to the room I shared with Ezra it hit me just how horribly that mission had gone.

Hello again. I hope everyone liked this and I know that this does seem a little incomplete and that's because it is. I already wrote the rest of this chapter and that's in my oneshot Fault, so if you want to know that happens next just read that as it takes off just where this ended. Again, I'm so so sorry for the super long wait, but I promise that I will get the last two chapters out within the next month or so. I seriously hope you liked it and as always Read, Review, and Enjoy. Love all of you. Thank you to all of my followers, if I actually have any left on this story.