S.R.F. Ch. 13

Reluctantly letting go, he hoped death was swift if it were to come.

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Ezra was stupefied, here he had seen a side of Kanan he never expected. A ruthless, cold, calculative side that emanated power. All the things that Ezra had managed to squeeze out of a reluctant Kanan about the Sith. Ironically enough, Kanan immediately lost that power the second Rex had switched their roles. Only, instead of threatening Kanan, here he was, less than a second away from killing his master. Feeling the all-to-familiar rage and darkness welling up inside him, Ezra watched in horror as he knew, even with the dreaded strength of the dark side, Kanan was dead. Then his world was rocked a second time before the first time stopped shaking him. Rex whispered something into Kanan's ear, and let him go.

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Kanan was stupified. This man, who he had assumed was here to kill all of them, just gave up the perfect opportunity to take out the biggest, most immediate threat to him.

All of his battle-hardened instincts that were screaming at him to turn around and face the threat were ignored as Kanan found he couldn't get over the shock of how close he came to the end. When he felt a shoulder turning him around, he almost flinched at the sight of Rex's face, jedi-impassiveness evading him.

"Sir, I'm no threat to any of you. I'd appreciate it if we could continue the talk somewhere more comfortable, with everyone there. I'll answer any and all questions, and in return, all I ask is that you help me with a few questions of my own.

Kanan only stared at this man before coming to his senses and once more reached out to the force. To his surprise the mental shields had been lowered and he could feel sincerity in Rex's words.
"Specter 6, go round up everyone. Ask Specter 2 where they think we should meet up."

Alright, Jedi didn't cut my head off, this is off to a good start, Rex thought to himself as he watched the young boy walk away.

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Rex cleared his throat as the entire gang stared at him in silence. Guess they don't care about keeping me comfy anymore, he thought to himself.

"Well, hello, err, everyone. My name's Rex. Don't know the rest. I guess I should start at the beginning. The first memories I have where of me growing up with my brothers on Kamino."

"Humans don't live on Kamino." Zeb said interrupting Rex with a snarl on his face.

"That's right. Well, I, all of us, were clones. There were millions of us in the end, and we were bred for one purpose; to fight alongside the jedi against the Separatists."

"Are you talking about the Clone Wars!?" Ezra blurted out, asking the question everyone else wanted to ask but were afraid of sounding ridiculous.

"There's no way in-." Zeb started, only to be cut off.

"Yes. That's exactly what I was talking about."

Everyone only looked on in shock. And once more, Kanan used the Force to gauge Rex. Deciding that he wasn't going to get anywhere asking questions, he decided to let Rex finish.

"Everyone, quiet. Rex," Kanan said slightly reluctantly, "go on."

"Well, I was serving under, General…er… Skyguy. I don't know why that sounds right…" Rex said with a sheepish smile at the look everyone was giving him.

"I can't remember very far back. Actually, I can't remember getting off the battlefield on some random battle and everything since then until two weeks ago."

Hera was skeptical, and after hearing from Ezra what he had done to Kanan, she honestly didn't very much care what this man had to say.

"Sounds ridiculous to me." The usually loving mother-figure said with a bitter tone that didn't go unnoticed.

"I…know. It's actually very disturbing. The latest memory I do remember is of… the facility. I woke up in a bacta tank. I'm was told I had been gravely injured on the battlefield, but something seemed off. I shook off the thought, and then realized that there weren't any Kaminoans or brothers in sight. When I asked the man where I was, he said that it didn't matter for now, I'd be sent to Coruscant soon anyways."

Sabine shuffled a bit awkwardly, seemingly uncomfortable, which Zeb was the only one to notice as everyone else was drawn in closely to the apparent clone's story.

"Then they started asking me questions. At first, they made sense. They seemed like questions they'd ask any clone to see if someone was hurt in the head. Then they got awfully personal, and I told them I thought so.

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Rex still felt weak in the knees. "I'm fine."

The man in light blue doctor scrubs who's name tag identified him as Tres responded with a slight nod.

"And tell me, do you remember all of your contingencies?" The seemingly innocent question startled Rex, and he suddenly felt the need to be more on guard around Tres from then on.

"Yes sir, all of them. Do you want me to recite them?"

"That won't be necessary soldier. Tell me, you're close to your general aren't you?"

Flashes of blue, insane stunts, and many successful and not so successful missions all buzzed through the Captain's head, and with them a killer migraine.

"We… worked well together sir. He was good at what he did."

"Hm." Tres grunted, as if he found the question evasive.

"Very well, you'll find your quarters around the corner. 1st door on your left. I'll be sending someone down with food for you later. I want you in bed, I'd keep you in the medbay but I know you sto- troopers hate standing still here."

"Sir yes sir." Rex saluted. As he left he paused a few feet on his way to hear the whoosh meaning the door had closed.

"Yeah, good luck trying to put me down…" Rex muttered to himself. Determined to escape whatever fate the kaminoans had in store for him, Rex took off to the left, keeping a lookout for any fellow brothers.

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