all right i was really really careful with spelling and such this time and i reread it at least 5 times so if there is anything in the story that really jumps out at you as a problem tell me (please do not just say i need to work on my spelling and grammar its not gonna get any better than this)


"AAAAAAAA!" Gus was awoken to the sound of screaming. He jumped out of bed grabbed his blaster and hit the light switch. The screaming was coming from the other side of the room. Chopper, Jester, Sketch and Punch had already located the source of the noise.

"Echo! Echo wake up its just a dream!" Chopper shouted shaking the troopers shoulders.

"No, no, nooooooo" Echo screamed bolting up right on his bed. Gus felt an emotional wave of pain and sorrow smash ageist his mind. He hit his knees and screamed in agony. He fought to stay conscious a fight he was quickly losing.

The last thing Gus saw before he passed out was the rest of his brothers sprawled across the ground tearing at their heads, as if taring out there brains would make the pain go away.


Gus came around slowly. It felt as though a thermal bomb had gone off inside his scull and no one bothered to pick up the pieces. He forced his eyes open and closed them again immediately, shielding them ageist the bright light. He heard something move next to him and felt someone pulling at his arm.

"Come on Sergeant wake up!" Gus forced his eyes open once again to see Punch leaning over him looking concerned. He forced himself to sit up. Sketch, Chopper and Jester stood near by. Gus looked around him at the spotless, blindingly White walls. Everything was so clean, so perfect, so… familiar.

"Are we on… Kamino?" he asked not quit believing it.

"I think so sir" Jester answered looking around.

"How did we get here?"

"Don't know." It was Sketch talking this time. Chopper stood silently looking worried.

"This is bad this is really, really bad," the scarred trooper said softly but not softly enough so the others didn't hear.

"Chopper what's going on?" Gus asked. He stood shacking off Punches assistance. "What did you do!" his voice was raw and accusing he stormed up to his brother and grabbed the front of his loss fitting fatigues.

"I didn't do squat!" Chopper replied defiantly knocking Gus's hand away.

"You know what's going on!" Gus accused. Chopper didn't make eye contact an admission of gilt in Gus's mind. He reached out to grab Chopper again but was stopped by the sound of blaster fire. The 5 men turned and ran down the long corridor, in the direction of the continual fire. It sounded as if a full-scale battle was taking place. A young clone probably in his 6th or 7th year of training ran to meet them.

"They're…" he stammered swallowing hard. "They're killing the younglings!"

The entire unit charged around the corner despite their younger brothers shouts of warning. The corridor opened up into a large hanger bay. What was their brought even Chopper to his knees.

Brothers killing brothers, the older more experienced men of the 501st sending continual arrays of blaster fire at the cadets. Who could only run and try to use what weapons they could find to defend themselves.

Gus chocked when he saw one of the 501st, one of his friends. Take out a viro-blade and stab a young brother (he couldn't have been more than a 3) in the back. The trooper stumbled staring at the lifeless body, and without warning took the viro-blade and stabbed it into his own heart. The normally bright white sealing floor and walls of the hanger were covered in the blood of brothers and burn marks from blasters. The sound of a thousand brothers crying in agony filled their ears.

"Echo!" Chopper shouted suddenly "Echo it's just a dream you have to wake up! Echo!"

Gus felt his eyes snap open. He was lying on the floor, the bloody scene on Kamino no more than a distant memory. Chopper was on top of him in a second. Pining him to the ground.

"Get off of me you stinkin'…" he fell silent when he caught a glimpse of Choppers eyes. Which had some how turned a bloody red.

"Chopper what are you doing!" Sketch shouted trying to pull Chopper off of the sergeant. The scarred trooper was on him in an instant. And the blood red eyes meet Sketches as well. Punch was next and then Jester.

Chopper gritted his teeth in pain as he felt the weight of there minds under his. Got to focus. He thought bitterly. Can't make them forget. Won't work, too much there. Maybe… Chopper did a mental swipe of there consciousness.

Just a dream, he forced the thought on his brothers, just a dream nothing more. He ground his teeth together as they pushed harder to escape his control. Just a dream he insisted as they fought him. JUST A DREAM! He screamed at them through the force.

He felt them give in to the suggestion and collapse back down into unconsciousness. He let himself drop out of there minds. Instead of carefully back tracking as he usually did. Chopper was on his knees. He looked up at Echo who was staring at him from his bunk eyes wide with fright and confusion. Chopper held up his index finger.

"Tomorrow" he said flatly. Then fell unconscious from the effort of the endeavored.


Echo stared at his unconscious brothers lying on the floor and slowly got up out of bed.

What the hell just happened? He wondered to himself as he slowly began dragging his brothers back to there beds. He grunted heavily as he hoisted Punch up into his top bunk.

"Man brother what have you been eating?" he asked the unconscious trooper. There was no answer of coarse. Echo turned to Choppers body and slowly lifted him to his bunk.

"How did you do that?" he asked the unconscious man. "Hell what did you do?" but as with Punch there was no replied. Echo sighed and stumbled back over to his own bed. What's happening? He thought desperately.

Echo flopped down on his bunk thoroughly exhausted. He could deal with the nightmares if they came back. He wouldn't let… whatever just happened happen again.

What's happening to me? He wondered once more but was to tired to come up with an answer.

As he drifted of to sleep Echo experienced a new dream. Well not so much a dream but a sensation. It was one he knew well, one every clone clung to no matter what.

"Hope…" he mumbled before falling into blessedly, uneventful sleep.


so what do you think? next chapter Echo starts getting answers. please read and review any suggestions you may have are appreciated. If you give me an idea and i use it i'll be shore to give credit were credit is do. also in case you didn't know what they saw was the invasion of kamino.