'cause i thought Commander Fox was pretty adorable in that other chapter so i had to bring him back.

The comm light was blinking on Soniee's helmet when she picked it up the next morning. She didn't think anyone had the ID code for it yet so it caught her by surprise but then she saw that it was just a general alert. There was a wanted picture in the HUD's visual. Ahsoka had escaped and was described as armed and dangerous.

Soniee didn't want to look at it. She didn't want to believe it. There was something else she had planned on doing with the helmet's comm system.

Oh yes. She had been planning on pinging Momma's garage so that Momma would have her ID code and could comm as soon as she found out anything about Korkie. But when she went to the code list, she found that someone had already programed in an ID. It wasn't a code she was familiar with and who could have entered it in to the memory? She'd only had the helmet for a few days and as far as she knew she'd been the only one to mess with the systems.

Unless... perhaps Bo-Katan had entered in a code to use to contact her back on Mandalore? And and Korkie would be with her! Yes, that had to be it! It had been here all the time! All she had to do was comm Bo and she would be able to talk to Korkie! She would be able to tell him that she had accepted his proposal!

Soniee wasted no time activating the comm to the saved code. But it wasn't Korkie who answered or even Bo-Katan...

"Commander Fox, here." There was heavy breathing as if he were running and then the sound of blaster fire.

"Fox?" Soniee repeated, shocked.

"Miss Ordo, it's you. I uh, it's really not the best time for me to talk."

"You programed your comm ID into my helmet?" she asked.

"Yeah," another round from a blaster and yelling in the distance. "thought maybe you might want to talk sometime, about tech or somethin'."

Soniee smiled. It was kind of sweet really that he would want to stay in contact with her.

"Really though, Miss. It's kind of a bad time. Maybe later I could..."

"You're running." she observed and heard another round and if she wasn't mistaken what sounded like a lightsaber being activated. "Are you fighting or... or chasing someone?" She gasped. "You're chasing Ahsoka!"

"Can't talk about it now..."

"Please you, you don't really think she's guilty do you?" she asked, worried.

"I don't blame her for offing the bomber, really I don't. But, she's killed my brothers and fled the scene."

Soniee gulped. "You saw her kill them?"

"Not exactly." he answered impatiently but he still hadn't ended the comm. "I was the first one in the cell after the Turmond woman was killed. She was the only one in there with her. And then my brothers were definitely killed with a lightsaber. Don't know who else it would have been."

"Anyone else with a lightsaber or access to one?" she suggested.

"Well yeah," he sounded flustered. "I suppose. But she was running away from the scene."

"It does sound suspicious." she agreed. "But you're not going to hurt her are you? You'll give her a chance to explain?"

"Orders are to stun the suspect and bring her in."

"Good." Soniee sighed. "I'm glad."

"Er, Miss Ordo." It sounded as if he had stopped running.

"Please, it's Soniee."

"Soniee." He swallowed. "I know you and the senator..."

"The senator?" she asked.

"The one from Onderon."

"Lux Bonteri?" she wondered what he had do do with anything.

Fox cleared his throat. "I know the two of you..."

"Lux and I are just friends." How would he even know that much? And why would he care?

He took a breath as if he had been holding it. "Then you wouldn't mind if I commed you back sometime? I can't talk now, gotta run, literally. But when I'm free?"

"I ... guess so."

"Till then... Soniee." The comm ended, leaving her feeling rather confused.

Then suddenly it dawned on her. "Fierfek," she cursed.

"Language!" came Padme's voice from the other room and the senator poked her head into Soniee's room.

"Oh I'm sorry." Soniee moaned.

"What's wrong?" Padme came and sat on the end of the bed.

Soniee sighed. "You know that... Commander Fox. I think... I think he has a crush on me."

Padme laughed. "I could have told you that when he dropped you off here after your questioning."

"He programed his comm ID into my helmet and ... and he asked me about Lux. I told him we were just friends but I don't know how he even knew... I should have said something about Korkie. I don't want him to get the wrong idea."

"No," Padme shook her head more seriously. "It's probably better this way. The fewer people who know about Korkie right now the better."

"Oh. I hadn't thought about that." Soniee bit her lip. She didn't want to put Korkie in danger. "You think I should encourage him then?"

"Well, it wouldn't be very fair to lead on any young man and then break his heart but I don't think being friendly would hurt anyone." Padme reached out and patted her arm.

Soniee sighed. "It sounds a bit like the duchess and Viszla."

"Did she tell you that story?"

"No," she smiled. "Korkie and I went searching through the old holos after she told him that she was his mom. He wanted to see if he could tell she was pregnant in any of them."

Padme smiled. "At least you don't have anything like that to hide. You don't, do you?"

"No! I mean no, nothing like that. Korkie and I, well, I mean... no. Thankfully." Soniee blushed and then she remembered. "There was something else that Fox said though."

"Oh?"

"He was running after Ahsoka. She escaped somehow and they think she killed clones. But Ahsoka would never do that, would she?"

Padme frowned. "No, as long as I've known her she's always had the greatest respect for her men."

Soniee nodded. "He said they were only supposed to stun her and bring her in."

"Well that's something at least, but I can't help but think things would go better for her if she turned herself in."

"Maybe she's trying to find out who really did it." Soniee wondered.

"We can only hope that she finds out quickly."