Chapter 9.5 - Bonus Chapter - Omega 1
Author's Note: This is a bonus chapter, so it's short. :) This is for the square "food" on the Clone OC Bingo. :D
~ Amina Gila
The bounty hunters chasing her have never seemed so real. Omega knew they could encounter the bounty hunter in person, but she still wasn't ready, didn't really realize it would happen.
She came so close to losing Vision. Viz – her sister, and she can't imagine living with that. Omega lost her brothers, and living without them was hard but she grew up with Vision. She can't imagine losing her sister, too. She was so, so scared when – of what happened, and what could happen. She can't imagine being without Vision – all they've ever had is each other.
Hunter nearly got shot. He could've died, and Omega has no idea how much danger they'll be in because of her. She didn't know this would happen, and she's terrified of being taken from them.
She can't stop thinking about it, brooding, as hard as Omega tries telling herself that she'll be fine, that they'll all be fine. It's easy to let that slide from mind when they finally make it back to Ord Mantell safely, though the bounty hunter probably tracked them here, first. That means she would know to come back here, and Omega can't help looking around, partly expecting someone to attack them.
Hunter will protect them, and she clings to that knowledge above all else.
The others are acting like nothing's wrong, which helps a little, too. She doesn't want to think about it. She doesn't want to go back to Kamino. Being away from Vision was so, so hard, and Omega doesn't want that to happen again. Vision is the only sibling she's always had. She can't lose her.
Omega is grateful at least when Wrecker comes over to her because it gives her something to focus on other than being worried. If the bounty hunter comes back to Ord Mantell – she must know they were here, right? – it could be... bad.
"Hey, kid," Wrecker asks, scooping her up, "Wanna have a look around?"
"Yeah," Viz adds, hopping up and down in a failed effort to see Omega's face, and she giggles, "We're bored of being cramped up in here. There's so much to see."
"Yeah," Omega agrees, instantly brightening. She looks to Hunter, who's sitting in the seat he normally sits at. "Hunter, can we go?"
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?" Vision adds for emphasis.
Hunter turns his seat to face them. "Alright," he says, "But be careful. If something happens, or if you see something, come right back." He's looking a little pointedly at Vision, who raises her hands.
"Hey!" she whines, "When do I ever do anything that's not the smartest thing to do?"
"Uh-huh," Hunter says, sarcasm practically dripping from his voice. Vision huffs, crossing her arms, and Omega giggles. "And don't buy anything we don't need," he adds pointedly, "We're tight on credits still."
Vision huffs but salutes him anyway. "Sir, yes, sir."
"You too, Wrecker," Hunter adds.
"Yeah," he grumbles, "Whatever ya say, Sarge."
Hunter watches until they leave, and Omega waves at him.
Vision's already halfway across the parking area by the time Wrecker and Omega – who's on her feet now – catch up.
"I don't see anything poisonous," she announces, "Or blaster happy. We're safe."
There's so much to see on Ord Mantell. She's hardly seen anything her entire life, and out here, there's so much to look at.
"Where do we start?" Omega asks, looking around, wide-eyed. It's so big and bright. There are so many colors. Kamino was just white or gray. It was brilliant enough to hurt her eyes sometimes, and it was even worse for Crosshair.
"I'm starvin'," Wrecker supplies, "How 'bout we find something good to eat?"
"Yeah," Vision agrees wholeheartedly, "All we ever have is ration bars. Even Kamino was more creative than that."
"We're in a city," Omega reminds, looking around – there's so much to see and she doesn't know where to start. She'd get lost in minutes of trying to find her way around these streets. "Shouldn't there be something else here we can eat?"
"Yeah," Wrecker assures, looking around. "There's gotta be somethin'. Let's find the food stands."
"Food stands?" Vision and Omega chorus, taking off after him.
She knows absolutely nothing about how most people live, but it's so cool out here. Kamino was boring, and depressing, and she couldn't be happier to leave that life behind completely. She lost so much there, and she doesn't want to think about it. They lost Crosshair there again, and Omega lost Vision there for a while, and she... yeah. It's better now. They're free now.
Vision suddenly freezes up, and Omega pauses when she catches it.
"Viz?" she queries, turning to her little sister. Vision has that calculating, not fully present look in her eyes, the way she somewhat zones out when she's having visions. "Where should we go?" That's under the hopes her sister is Seeing that and not something else, but Omega doesn't think anything will go wrong.
"There," her sister announces cheerfully, pointing, "That way." Vision takes off running, and Omega runs after.
"This place is important," Vision announces, pausing in the middle of the street.
"Oooh," says Wrecker, laughing, "Everything looks good here." Hunter said not to buy something unnecessary, but food isn't unnecessary, is it?
**w**
They try about half a dozen things before they run out of the tiny amount of credits Hunter was willing to let them have in the first place.
"This stuff is amazing," Vision mumbles through a mouthful of Mantell Mix.
"It's called Mantell Mix," Omega reminds immediately, because undoubtedly her sister hasn't even read the sign.
"Whatever," Vision says, trying to cram another handful in her mouth.
"It's amazing," Omega says, giggling. It's sweet and crunchy, not in the way that ration bars are. Omega has never had anything crunchy in her life, actually, and this is amazing.
Wrecker pats her shoulder. "Yeah," he replies exuberantly.
"Hey, d'you think the others would like this?" Viz asks, waving a handful.
"Dunno," Wrecker shrugs.
"Can we take some back?" Omega queries, because this is amazing, and the others deserve to have some, too.
"Would Hunter define this as a do not buy thing?" Vision asks through a mouthful.
"Don't talk with your mouth stuffed," Omega tells her automatically, "It's bad manners."
"Good thing Nele Se's not around to worry about it," she chirps, "Besides, I'mma soldier. Not a manneristic something or other."
"Dunno," Wrecker says as answer to Vision's prior question.
"We hafta have it again," Omega agrees. "After... the next mission? When we have more credits?"
"It's the perfect post-chaos snack," Vision agrees – Omega giggles as she sees her finishing chewing an impossibly sized bite.
"We can make it a tradition," Wrecker suggests cheerfully.
"We don't have the board anymore," Vision concurs.
"What board?" Omega asks, looking up again. Sometimes, it's almost hard to believe thar Vision knew their brothers at a time when she didn't, but there are moments that it's prevalent, and that always hurts. She should be glad Vision got that time, and she is, but she wishes she could have had the same. She never knew them when they were all together, when they still had Crosshair.
"We had a board," Vision explains, "We'd keep track of our successful missions. Don't have that anymore, though. So... maybe we can do something else?"
"Can we?" Omega queries hopefully. It sounds fun, anyway. Fitting to have a post-mission reward of some sort. They don't have anywhere to have a board anymore, of course, but she still wants something.
Wrecker looks instantly elated, and Omega grins back. "Yeah!"
Vision squeals. "Yes!"
This is where she's always wanted to be – back home, with her family.
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