The Clone of Kamino

by Hyperteenager24

The Republic are in the middle of a war with the Separatists. Their army consists of clones, which are kept locked away in the barracks until they are needed, even when they are out, they have to wear the helmet at all times. However, one clone goes against this…and sets off a chain of events that change the war forever.

8. Into The Sun

Due to the success of my Christmas Carol AU for this fandom, I have decided to write a Codywan centric one, in a Hunchback of Notre Dame AU :)

Enjoy and please read and review :)

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"Nor would I!"

The three span around to see Palpatine standing on the stage, clones pouring into the courtyard as they surrounded the Jedi and took them into custody.

Palpatine smirked as he made his way down the stairs, "After twenty years of trying, the Jedi are under my control at last…" he turned to face Cody, "…CC-2224, I always knew you clones would someday be of use to me."

Obi-Wan, who was struggling against the grip of the guards, frowned, "What are you talking about?"

"Why, he led me right to you…."

Obi-Wan practically snarled at the man, "You're a liar!"

Ignoring the fury of the Jedi, Palpatine turned his attention to Anakin, "And look what else I've caught in my net! Darth Vader back from the dead….a miracle, no doubt. I shall remedy that…." He glanced at the crowd of arrested Jedi and grinned, "There will be a little bonfire in the barracks coutyard tomorrow, and you're all invited to attend."

Palpatine then turned to a nearby clone and smirked, "Execute Order 66"

The courtyard was filled with the sounds of struggling and pleading, with the odd youngling and padawan bursting into tears as they were dragged away….those who resisted, were shot.

Cody shook his head in dismay as Obi-Wan and Anakin were dragged away. In desperation, he fell to his knees in front of Palpatine, "No, please, Chancellor!"

Palpatine sneered at the clone, gesturing to a couple of the guards. "Take him back to the barracks, and make sure he stays there."

…..

Morning came too soon, and a huge crowd was gathered in the courtyard of the barracks, where a pyre had been built on top of a stage. Tied to a stake in the middle of the pyre, was Obi-Wan, dressed in a simple white tunic and pants.

Palpatine stood opposite, a large black cloak hiding his face as the rest of the Jedi watched from their force-field cages, collars blocking them from using the Force. Anakin and Master Qui-Gon stuck the force-field desperately, calling out for Palpatine to stop.

Lama Su, who had made his way out of the barracks, was instantly grabbed by two clones and forced back inside.

On the stage, Palpatine read out the sentence. "The prisoner, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi has been found guilty of the crime of treason. The sentence….death!"

Whilst there were some cheers scattered throughout the gathered crowd, the majority were booing and calling out proclamations of Obi-Wan's innocence.

Palpatine leant in close to the Jedi Master, smirking at the slight fear in the man's eyes. "The time has come, Master Kenobi. You stand upon the brink of the abyss. Yet even now, it is not too late. I can save you from the flames of this world. Choose me, or the fire."

Without even pausing, Obi-Wan spat in the Sith Lord's eye, causing the man to take a step back and sneer in disgust.

"Master Kenobi has refused to recant. He has put every citizen of Coruscant in mortal danger..."

…..

Up in the barracks, Cody was slumped over, his wrists handcuffed to the wall as he listened to Palpatine's speech down below in the courtyard. His brothers were desperately tugging on the cuffs, trying to remove them despite Cody's seeming disinterest.

"Come on, Cody! Snap out of it!" ordered Fives

Echo nodded in agreement, "Your friends are down there!"

Cody shook his head, "It's all my fault." He whispered

"You gotta break these cuffs!" ordered Rex, tugging on them.

"I can't. I tried. What difference would it make?"

Echo's face fell at the defeatist tone in his brother's voice, "But you can't let Palpatine win!"

Cody groaned, "He already has."

Fives shook his head, "So, you're giving up? That's it?"

Rex scowled, "These cuffs aren't what's holding you back, Cody!"

"Leave me alone!"

His three brothers took a step back in shock because of this, before they all glanced at each other and silently agreed on something.

Fives was the first to move away to the window, "Okay. Okay, Cody, we'll leave you alone."

Echo nodded, "After all, maybe it's true….maybe we are just emotionless clones, like everyone says."

"We just thought maybe you were different….that you could prove everyone wrong." Finished Rex, following his brothers towards the window

Cody watched them for a few moments, before closing his eyes, his thoughts instantly turning towards Obi-Wan….imagining those beautiful eyes dulling with fear and pain. From the courtyard down below, he could hear that Palpatine was finishing his speech

"-for justice, for Coruscant, and for his own salvation! It is my shameful duty to send this poor man back where he belongs!"

The sudden cheers from down below indicated that the pyre had been lit, causing Cody to cry out in anger and shock. "No!"

He began to pull against the cuffs harder and harder, until the bars he was cuffed to, ripped away from the wall….he was free. With the help of his brothers, Cody climbed down the outside of the barracks, with any clones that dared to oppose him being knocked to the side.

Upon pushing his way to the stage, where the pyre was on, the first thing he saw was Obi-Wan slumped against the pole he was tied to….unconscious. Kicking the guard clones off of the stage, Cody ripped the ropes away from the unconscious Jedi and gently moved him to his shoulder, as a trio of guards prepared to attack.

However, before they could attack, clones from other arcs surrounded him an open fired on the clones that remained loyal to Palpatine, "Go!" cried out CC-3636, aka Wolffe.

"Yeah!" agreed CC-5576-39, aka Gregor, "We'll cover you!"

Cody nodded his thanks, before racing back to the barracks, bursting through the doors and locking them behind him.

Palpatine snarled angrily as a small group of clones prevented his troops from entering the building, "MOVE!"

Meanwhile, Cody had reached the upper levels, where he stood on the balconies. "You shall not enter!" he yelled, "This is sanctuary!"

The crowd below cheered as Palpatine growled in frustration, "Captain!"

"Sir?"

"Seize the barracks!"

….

Despite the commotion down below, Cody gently placed the still-unconscious Obi-Wan on his bed, stroking the Jedi's hair away from his eyes, "Don't worry…." He whispered, "…You'll be safe here."

As he moved away, Fives gently patted him on the shoulder. "We'll get Kix up here…he'll be fine."

Cody nodded his thanks, before grabbing a couple of grenades and throwing them over the balcony, watching as the clones down below scurried away.

"Come back, you cowards!" yelled Palpatine, turning to the guards near the force-field cages, "You men! Break down the door!"

The men were quick to obey, leaving only one guard…who wasn't paying attention to what was going on inside the cages….or outside.

"Alone at last!" grunted Dex, knocking the guard out and shattering the device keeping the force-field working. As the guards began to knock on the barracks door, Anakin and Qui-Gon burst free from their cage, with Qui-Gon quickly taking command.

"Citizens of Coruscant! Palpatine has persecuted our people, ransacked our city and forced innocents into a war! Will we allow it?!"

"No!" the crowd cried out, pushing past the guards and grabbing their blasters, joining the rogue clones in their fight against Palpatine, with some of them rushing to set the rest of the Jedi free.

"I think the cavalry's here!" Fives cheered from his position on the balcony

Cody grinned, "Hey! The Jedi are free!"

The crowds down below continued to fight. Up above, Cody continued to throw grenades in front of the barracks doors in order to prevent the clones from entering, with his brothers open firing on the advancing troops.

"Harder!" called out a guard as the clones struck the barracks door again and again. The Jedi in the courtyard were ferociously battling against the clones, the bright colours of blue, green and the odd purple flashing in the early morning sun.

As the Jedi drew even closer, the guards battering the door of the barracks ran away, but through the cracks in the door, Palpatine managed to get inside the barracks safely. As he entered, Lama Su ran up to him, a deep frown on his face.

"Chancellor, have you gone mad? I've already warned you against entering this building without permission!"

Palpatine just snarled and pushed the cloner to the ground as he moved to the stairs. "Silence, you fool! That clone and I have unfinished business to attend to. And you will not interfere!"

As he entered the upper levels, he closed the door behind him and locked it…it was time to end this.

….

Upstairs, Cody burst into his bedroom, a beaming grin on his face. "We've done it, Obi-Wan! We've beaten them back! Come and see!"

Silence.

Cody span around and headed towards the bed, ignoring the slightly distressed look on Kix's face, "Obi-Wan? Wake up! You're safe now."

He paused, but still there was no response.

Shakily, Cody brushed his fingers against the Jedi's cheek, "Obi-Wan?" He glanced at Kix, who simply shook his head. Cody shook his own head in denial, "Oh, no…"

Desperately, he fetched a glass of water from his personal sink and gently supported Obi-Wan's head, in an effort to make him drink…nothing.

Dropping the glass in his distress, Cody shook his head and pulled Obi-Wan closer, his eyes filling with tears. "Oh no…."

As he began to sob, Kix swiftly moved out of the room, preventing Fives, Echo and Rex from entering the room with one hand as he closed the door with the other.

It felt like he had been sobbing for hours when Cody felt a gentle hand on his shoulder. "He killed him…" he whispered, to what he assumed was a brother

There was only silence, causing Cody to frown in confusion….until he heard the familiar schnick of a lightsaber. Spinning around, Cody knocked the hand away and rolled to the corner of the room, pulling out his personal blaster before firing it at the intruder.

The hooded figure in the centre of the room smirked at the furious look on the clones face. "You clones should have listened to me…it would never have come to this. Master Kenobi would still be alive."

As the pair slowly circled each other, until Cody was once again in front of Obi-Wan, "Now, you listen…" snarled the clone, "All our lives you have told the clones that the world is a dark, cruel place. But now, I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!"

"Cody…"

Being sure to keep his blaster on the Sith Lord, Cody twisted around to see the Jedi Master weakly sitting up on the bed.

"Obi-Wan…" whispered Cody in relief….which soon turned to dread as the Sith Lord snarled in anger

"He lives!"

Force lightning crackled from the Sith's fingers as he prepared to attack.

"No!" cried out Cody, lifting Obi-Wan into his arms as he fired, causing the Sith to lose focus. Whilst Palpatine was distracted, Cody pushed past him and ran out to the outside of the building.

Palpatine was quick to follow but when he got outside, he saw nothing but the smoke rising up from the city streets. After looking left and right, he looked out over the edge to find Cody hanging there with Obi-Wan still in his arms.

"Leaving so soon?" chuckled the elderly man snidely.

He swung his lightsaber, but Cody dodged the blow by swinging to another spot. Down on the ground, the guards and the Jedi stopped to watch.

Palpatine went to swing again, causing Cody's eyes to widen slightly in alarm. "Hang on!" he cried out as he swung to another spot, narrowly missing being sliced by the lightsaber.

Desperately, Cody pushed Obi-Wan onto the roof and away from Palpatine's fury, just as he climbed onto the railings of a balcony…however, this meant that he was cornered.

"He'll never love you back you know. Attachment is forbidden by the Jedi code…you are wasting your time and your emotions on him."

Cody caught Obi-Wan's eye for a brief second, before turning his attention back to the Sith Lord. "I don't care…Yes, I love him and even if he never loves me back, the last few days have been the happiest days of my life. No matter what you say or do to me…my feelings will never change."

Palpatine snarled angrily at the man, "Fool!" He swung his cloak towards the clone, covering Cody's head in an attempt to throw the man off of his guard. However, when he tried to use the cloak to tug the clone off of the balcony, Cody kept a hold of the cloak and used it to tug the Sith Lord over the edge as well.

Expecting to fall to his death, Cody was surprised when he found himself floating in the air. Still keeping a tight hold on the cloak, he glanced over towards the roof. Obi-Wan was standing on the edge, his hands outstretched as the Jedi clearly tried to keep him from falling to his death. Carefully, Cody was pulled back to the edge where was able to grab a hold of the railings before Obi-Wan couldn't manage it anymore.

As Cody clung desperately to the rails of the balcony, he felt Obi-Wan grab his wrists as the Jedi tried to pull him up. Down below, Palpatine had managed to pull himself up to the balcony, standing on the edge as he ignited his lightsaber again, rising it above his head as he prepared to kill the Jedi Master…who clung onto Cody's wrists even tighter.

Smirking at the fear on Obi-Wan's face, Palpatine smirked. "And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!"

Suddenly, there was an ominous cracking as the edge of the balcony broke under the pressure, causing Palpatine to wobble and fall over the edge. Despite clinging onto one of the railings, it was too much….with another loud crack, the railing snapped, sending Palpatine falling to his death with a loud scream.

Not even paying attention to the gruesome demise of the Sith Lord who had caused him so much pain, Obi-Wan focused on Cody as he began to lose his grip on the clone's wrists. "Cody…" he grunted, his fingers tightening, "…Cody, hold on…."

Another crack of the balcony caused Cody to slip loose as he fell towards the ground, as Obi-Wan screamed in despair, desperately reaching out the force in an attempt to stop the clone from falling. "NO!"

Obi-Wan's attempt came to nothing as Cody continued to fall…until he wasn't. Whilst he had closed his eyes as he was falling, Cody immediately opened them again to see Anakin standing opposite him, leaning out of a window with his hands outstretched.

With a relieved grin on his face, Cody was pulled in through the window. Once he had two feet firmly on the ground, Cody pulled the ex-Sith Lord into a spine-cracking hug. As they pulled away, they heard frantic footsteps as Obi-Wan burst in through the door.

"Cody!" gasped the Jedi Master in relief, running up to the clone and pulling the man into a hug. When they pulled apart, Cody was shocked as the Jedi Master leant in and kissed him. "You're okay…you're alive…" whispered Obi-Wan, smiling softly as the clone beamed at him.

Cody pulled the man into another quick kiss, before pulling away. "I love you…" he confessed, catching Anakin's grin out of the corner of his eye, "…and I know that the Jedi Order forbids attachment but-"

"-yes…" interrupted Obi-Wan, "…but not love and compassion…and I love you."

Cody and Obi-Wan grinned at each other…until Anakin cleared his throat besides them. "Not that this isn't a touching moment…but there's something that we need to do, especially now that the Chancellor is dead."

Obi-Wan nodded, his eyes still focused on Cody, "You ready to end this war?"

"I was made ready."

…

The crowd cheered as the two Force-users exited the barracks. "Chancellor Palpatine has betrayed us!" called out Anakin, "He was the Sith Lord known as Sidious…but he is gone, which gives us a chance to end this war once and for all! End the suffering and pain…and embrace those who were once outcasts!"

Glancing around, the crowd watched as the clones began to remove their helmets and left the safety of the barracks.

Silence.

Making his way through the crowd, a small boy strode towards Fives, ignoring the whispered hisses of "Caleb!" Once in front of the clone, the small padawan, Caleb, grabbed a hold of Fives's hand and pulled him towards the crowd, who began to cheer.

Up near the entrance to the barracks, Obi-Wan slipped his hand into Cody's, causing the clone to look at him. "So…" began the Jedi, "…what will you do now?"

Cody thought to himself for a few moments, before grinning. "You think the Jedi Order need some new security guards?"

"…that's actually not a bad idea."

"Really?"

"Let's go talk to Master Yoda…."

…

"What happened next Master Yoda?" asked Luke, his sister beside him, curiosity shining in her arms.

Master Yoda smiled at the pair. Not long after the defeat of Palpatine, it was revealed that Padme was pregnant and once born, it was clear that they were strong in the Force. "End, the war did…." He began, "…together, Cody and Obi-Wan remain."

"And the rest of the clones?"

"Whatever job they wanted, they got."

The twins seemed happy with this explanation, but, before they could run off, Master Yoda interrupted. "A riddle for you both, I have. Listened to my tale you have, now….what makes a monster and what makes a man. Hmmmm?"

Chuckling as the twins began to discuss this riddle to themselves as they walked away, Yoda glanced up at the sky, watching as the birds flew overhead. "A good time, this is. Peace, we finally have…and peace, shall remain."