After a few weeks had passed since the hussle and bussle, it was a strange feeling to be back home, it still wasn't calm, there was much to do, but it was less action packed. There were still sleepless nights too, like this one. As I lay awake, accepting the fact that I'd probably never go back to sleep, at least not for tonight, I thought about new ways to elude the spies and continue deceiving Palpatine, it was getting to the point where just strategizing was no longer exciting, I wanted to put in place phase two of our plan but I knew we weren't ready yet, after all, the plan had been going well so far. "Wanna get something to eat?" Rebel's voice crept out from the silence, but not startling me. "Sure, I'm starving." I agreed. I got hit with Déjà Vu like a brick wall as I waited for Rebel to hop out of bed so I could follow her. It reminded me so much of that night we'd first learned the terrible truth, even though so much had changed in so little time. We used to be so hopeful at first, always sure the war would end on a peaceful note. It made me nervous to pass Palpatine's office this night now, worried our only hope of a peaceful end to the conflict would be robbed, this time for good. We tiptoed past the grand office this instance in fear of our lives instead of in fear of waking someone up. I heard Rebel in front of me gasp and jerk back but then shake it off quickly and continue walking. We went into the kitchen, careful not to make a sound as we gathered up some food. We sat down at the same table where Rebel and Wrecker had their fight with a sigh of relief, finally feeling safe. "Finally we made it to the mess hall." Rebel joked as if we'd been on a long journey, it felt long with all of the tiptoeing and pauses when we thought we'd heard something. "Yeah, it feels like a year ago that we found out about order 66." I told her truthfully. "What if- what if we don't stop order 66? What if we can't? And if we stop the war, what will happen to the clones?" Rebel said with horror coming over her and realizing if we failed it was all over. I gasped and bit my lip when I finally understood that even if we could stop this, the clones would have no way to make a living and take care of themselves.
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