Warning:Flirting in this chapter - maybe have sexual innuendos. Time jump also in effect
It had been months since (Y/N) had been drafted to Kamino to train the experimental unit. She had gotten to know them well, to the point she could call them friends, as she had done with many other troops before them. She had come to trust them. Neither of the four had let her down, every task she placed before them they completed. They personalized their armor, using a skull with 99 below it, as their symbol. Their armor had been personalized a little more too, things being added and taken away to suit their needs.
Tech had completed the medic training with ease, but that was mainly down to his endless research and studying after each trip to the training facility. Crosshair had trained to use different weapons even impressing herby combining his rifle with the gold platted knife (Y/N) had given each of them. Being able to hit the target with ease. Wrecker had taken a few attempts to do as sheasked, eventually passing the disarming test, being able to disarm all explosives he had found a love for. Where as Hunter had worked closely with her. Coming up with around 150 strategies with her, each one different but effective when put to the test.
Yet that day they knew their test in the training facility would be different. (Y/N)had told them it would be the day before. This would be their last week of training before their final test and graduation. After that they would be off to harsh reality of war. They would join their regular brothers on the battle field.
"Makes you wonder what the princess has planned for us this time?" casually spoke Hunter, recalling the times she'd spent with each of them in the barracks. Even how sheanswered the chain code messages whenever they sent one. Each of them had grown closer to her, shewasa friend to them, not just their future general. The times spent together had been filled with talks and laughter, memories had been made. Yet he had noticed it was Crosshair to have been effected the most by her. His comments seemed to have taken on a new meaning as he slowly opened up to her, accepting her as one of them. She had a kind of playful flirting going on with them, Wrecker's clueless comments often being met with something else he didn't quite catch on to. Tech flirting was met with the same, where as Crosshair's comments were understood as was the looks he silently sent her. As for Hunter, his odd flirts wouldn't go unnoticed, nor did it when she tested his senses.
"If I had to guess. It would be something outside the normal realm of things. She knows we can effortlessly overcome the normal obstacles" responded Tech. Find the rare moment of the four gathered around the table comforting. The four of them had wordlesslydecided to work together, in the hopes of being prepared for whatever their princess would throw at them the following day. They knew she would think of different ways to test their individual skills and team work, many times had she displayed it. But it was thanks to her unorthodox thinking they had gotten used to running about and moving around in their armor, it was thanks to her, they had learnt to be prepared for anything and expect anything when it come to the nightmare of the battlefield. She had given them the gift of knowledge, thrust giving them a better chance at survival.
"She mentioned something we haven't done before. Testing our skills to adapt" recalled Crosshair, his voice calm as he spoke. Many of times did he pick up on things, others wouldn't have noticed. Yet the sharp eyed cadet took care to notice everything with her. Even when his jealousy rose, especially when other cadets spoke to her in what was considered a flirtatious way. With his words the four began to think harder on what scenario they hadn't been put in before, they thought harder on what it was their General had planned for them tomorrow, it had to be something special, she'd been working on it for weeks, even being able to remodel one of the training facilities to her liking, for the sole purpose of testing them.
When the next morning flew around. The same old routine was enacted by the bad batch. Entering a hall filled with quiet whispers about the Jedi and the war in general, ignore the regs attempts to make fun of them while eating breakfast. From there they would go separate ways. Hunter would be off to train in advanced strategy with the other regs, set to be in a command position. Tech would be heading for the library area, brushing up on his advanced knowledge and attempting to work out what (Y/N) had planned for their test. Wrecker would be going to the demolition area, practicing his skills at taking down moving objects, such as droid tanks and gun ships. Crosshair on the other hand headed for the shooting range, finding his nerves settled when he was shooting things. (Y/N) made himnervous and feel things he didn't understand. He had a need to be near her, although he didn't know why. He knew what he felt for herwas forbidden on both ends. She wasa Jedi, it was against the code to love, where as he was a clone, property of the Kaminoans. Yet still he found something had awakened in him, something he struggled to control when near her.
When the afternoon finally rolled around. The four cadets met up with the woman they'd all called Princess outside the training facility closed off to the rest of the cadets. As asked they wore their armor, the had mentally prepared themselves and come prepared with their weapons, all of them on stun as was expected. (Y/N) was dressed in her normal black robes, although she had no lightsabers with her this time, insteadshe had other weapons and handy trinkets attached to her utility belt. She escorted each of them into the facility with quietness, not one of them uttering a single word as they looked around the scene they found themselves in. It was a maze of building, some with several stories others with one. Some with windows others with none. They seemed almost surprised by how normal the scene looked yet soon looked to (Y/N) for instructions and an explanation.
"A simple scenario neither of you have faced. A member of the team being taken" started (Y/N), revealing what the one scenario they had never faced was. A team member being kidnapped. They had faced one where she was injured or taken from them, but not one where a brother was taken. "When the game beings, I will be your enemy. At the buzzer I will take one of you and the other three have forty minutes to find my location, apprehend me and save their brother" stated the young Jedi knight, watching as each nodded to her, wordlessly stating they understood what they had to do. But before they got the chance to even wonder which one of them would be the hostage. (Y/N) had put the breathing applicator in and set a sleeping gas canister off. Only when the four went down did the game begin and she select who was to be her hostage.
The moment they had all awoke did the game truly begin. The three in the open arena seeing a timer counting down from every area of the arena. Thrust being a constant reminder of how much time they had left to save their brother. Tech was quick to help Hunter from the ground, explaining his senses had likely be scrambled by the gas, thrust forcing them to rely on instinct. Wrecker on the other hand looked unsure now. Especially when it dawned on each of them Crosshair had been taken. Neither he or (Y/N) were anywhere to be seen. They looked around from their spot at the edge of the arena. Knowing Crosshair and the Princess were in on of the buildings to make up the maze and they had a time limit to find them, arrest (Y/N) and save Crosshair. Knowing if they didn't find them before the time was up they would lose for the first time.
"Where am I?" questioned Crosshair when he awoke, his voice as coil as ever as he attempted to blink away the blurriness to over take his vision. He knew he lay on a cold floor, it felt like ice on his cheek. In the corner of the room he could just about make out a blurry figure in the shadows. Coming closer as he attempted to sit up, only to be met with dizziness. It soon dawned on him, he was the selected hostage. "Why me?" he mumbled, as if his own voiced sounded like he was yelling when in reality his voice was barely above a whisper. The silver haired sniper, felt (Y/N)'s cold hands gently take hold of his arm, helping him up from the hard icy ground below him. He helped her but felt uneasy on his own feet, so was relieved when she assisted him with sitting down. Slowly the blurriness went away.
"It was a toss up between you and Hunter" (Y/N) replied, revealing with two it had come down to. "I settled on you, you'd be able to see me from anywhere in the arena. Your the eyes of the team. Take that away and they have to improvise" she added, she was playing a strategy game. Only when Crosshair's vision completely clear up, did he notice the bare room. There was a cot to his left, a desk ahead of him again the far wall and a window to his right. The chair he sat on was in the center of the room, yet it only dawned on him now shewere tying him to the chair, preventing any possible escape or at least testing his will. His weapons where neatly pile on the end of the cot, making it that much more difficult for him to escape. Not that he wanted to go anywhere.
"You know if you wanted me alone you could've just asked" commented Crosshair, a wicked smirk appearing on his lips as his eyes got darker. He could feel his excitement growing, he wanted her, he wanted to feel her in every way possible, that need only growing now when he was alone with her, nearly helpless before her. "Oh what I would do if the roles were reversed" added the silver haired cadet, wiggling his ankles around to test to the ropes she'd bound him to the chair with. At the same time she'd tied his wrists to the back of the chair, wrapping another rope tightly around his upper arms and chest thrust ensuring he was secure enough to be left alone. Yet she was willing to play along with his comments and flirting ways for the time being. While stood behind him, (Y/N) lent down slightly, brush her lips near his left ear, close enough he could feel her warm breath and shiverslightly.
"Oh I can guess" (Y/N) replied with a seductive whisper, again watching as he squirmed to try and get free from what bound him. "But you're brothers are awake and need attention to" she added, as she straightened up. Creeping close to the window to get a good luck of where they were. The three had since split up, each going a separate way upon entering the maze. (Y/N) had chosen to hide in one of the higher building, near the edge of the maze, although it wasn't the tallest one, it was still high enough she could see where each of the boys were and keep an eye on them. "Looks like your little brother gets the attention first" added the Jedi Knight, hearing Crosshair almost growl in frustration, after all he was alone with her, tied to a chair and at her mercy, he was aroused by it in a clear way and yet she put her attention on Tech, his little brother. Oh how he wished to get payback for such a crime.
Within a blink of an eye (Y/N) had left the room and silently wondered down to the maze. Shefollowed Tech's steps, being sure to keep hidden around the corners. By far sheknew the most difficult of the four cadets would be Hunter, once his senses had recovered, he'd know shewasabout, he could easily turn the tables on her. She was lucky he was the furthest from the hideout for the time being. Tech got the feeling someone was following him, every now and again he was sure he saw something move from the corner of his eye, dodge away around the corner again. Only when he turned no one was there. He looked around him, yet seen nothing and assumed he senses were in overdrive. Yet had he looked up, he would have seen (Y/N) stalking him from the roof tops, after all he wasn't that far away from her hide out, she had to protect it.
"Tech" (Y/N) called, gracefully jumping down from her perch above him. shegrinned innocently as he reached for his gun, before realizing, he couldn't stun you without knowing where Crosshair was first. Incapacitating her was half the game, the other was to find and rescue Crosshair. Yet before he got another thought in, she pulled her own gun from beneath her ropes, stunning him. Quickly dragging his unconscious body into the hide out. Leaning him against the wall near the window, when he woke he would be able to see his brother. Just like with Crosshair, the Jedi known as the Princess bound his wrists and ankles, ensuring it wouldn't be easy for him to move.
"What's the prize if we win Mesh'la" spoke Crosshair, watching herclosely as his arousal started become uncomfortable, yet she teased him by paying little attention, instead a smirk similar to his own appeared on her lips. Teasing him further. "You're doing that on purpose" guessed the sharp shooter, watching as she carefully laid Tech down, so he didn't hurt himself, quickly the sharp eyed cadet realized she much have done a similar thing with him at the start of the game. Even now safety was her priority. "Why you'd get Tech? Was he the closest?" added Crosshair, wondering if you would answer, after all, he wasn't going anywhere and she was already tormenting him in a way, he hadn't been before. Yet the desire he felt wasn't something he was used to.
"He worked out I would be somewhere with a view of the field. Didn't get the chance to com the others though" responded (Y/N), showing just how well she knew each of them. Eliminating them one by one. Leaving them to work through it all while figuring out how to win the game as they went. Only now did Hunter's voice echo over the coms.
"Crosshair, if you can hear me. Give any detail about you position. Anything that will help" whispered Hunter, as if he didn't want to give away his position towards the center of the maze. (Y/N) kept tabs through the camera, as he was hidden in the thick of the buildings. "Wrecker, Tech. What's your twenty?" cautiously asked the Sargent, as if he was unsure whether you were listening into it. Wrecker soon responded saying he was near the place they entered from, continuously running into dead ends and was lost.
"Tech unavailable at the moment. May I take a message?" (Y/N) uttered into the com, hearing Wrecker yell out Tech had been caught and Hunter sigh as it dawned on him, shewasone step ahead and they were now two members down. "Don't worry Tech's fine, he's taking a sweet little nap. Crosshair on the other hand not so lucky, his mind games are failing him. Tick-tock boys" she finished before returning to the shadows of the window, feeling Crosshair's frustration at the lack of attention, he craved it, he wanted you near him. "Such a naughty boy" she tutted, causing the sharp shooter to smirk as if he had received the response wanted.
"Guess you'll have to punish me" responded the sharp shooter. His smirk returning and growing. Yet he didn't expect the response he got. Teasingly she walked forward, placing a hand on his shoulder when close enough, slowly she walked behind him, stopping there, before placing her lips to his ear again, send a shiver down his spine, one he couldn't help.
"Already am" she whispered, before place a soft kiss to his temple and disappearing again. This time aiming for the strongest of his remaining brothers. Intending on taking advantage, of his situation of meeting dead ends. As he wondered down one, she followed, confidently stood there weaponless when he turned. His reaction was as she expected, running at her with force, she ducked the first time, running beneath his arm as he ran passed. There she backed herself into the corner, his yelling working to her advantage as she knew Hunter would hear and know she was on the prowl again. She wanted him to know, to think outside the box. As Wrecker ran at her again, she didn't duck this time, instead jumped up, gracefully flipping over him, as she landed she watched as he ran into the wall, using the butt of her gun she whacked it across the back of his head before stunning him with it.
"Three down. One to go" whispered (Y/N), making sure the com was on, so Crosshair could hear and so could Hunter. Shecould hear Crosshair saying this was embarrassing, especially how easily shehad gotten them so far. The groaning of Tech could also be heard as he woke up. Seemingly confused about where he was, Crosshair offering comfort and reassuring him he was safe and still in the game. Using the force you slowly got Wrecker back to the hideout, placing him against the cot in the room, like with Tech you bound his wrists and ankles, making sure to use actual cuffs this time, before lying him gently on the ground.
"What's your plan for Hunter?" asked Crosshair as sheturned the coms off. Signalling shewasn't about to let the Sargent know, although she waswilling to allow the boys in the room with herin on the plan. "Going to hunt the hunter?" sarcastically added the silver haired cadet, Tech could only roll his golden eyes, quickly catching on to her plan now he could see her. He knew now (Y/N) was done with hunting, she wanted him to find her, whether or not she would make it easy was another matter.
"Hunting's over. She's got us three. Hunter will be able to sense her coming, so she'll wait for him to find her. Although what she'll use as bate is another matter" responded Tech, knowing Hunter was the opposite side of the maze now, the conversation happening between Wrecker and Hunter before giving away. After all he'd been caught for getting to close to the hideout, that he realized now.
"Hunter" spoke (Y/N) into the com-link, Crosshair noticing it was his shewere using. "Do you see the light?" she asked, receiving the reply of Hunter's deep smokey voice. "Good, you'll find your brother's here. Me on the other hand not so much" she added before turning the com-link off and placing in on Crosshair's lap, as she did also returned Tech's to him, again off, placing it on his lap when she helped him sit up. Upon completing the task she left. Leaving the three brothers to converse and work out a way to help Hunter from their tied position. They knew they could be apart of a trap, but had no way of warning Hunter of it. From his position on the chair, Crosshair could see (Y/N)waiting on the rooftop across from him, in herhands was his snipe rifle, something he hadn't realized was gone until then, although shehad left the other blaster she'd previously been using with him and his brothers.
"She's cocky" spoke Crosshair to Tech, Wrecker still out on the floor, seeming peaceful all things considered. Both knew he'd be mad if he missed the end of the game. As if on cue Hunter walked down the alley to reach the hideout, yet he stopped near the door, sensing he was being watched, his response to dodge into the building on his left, thrust removing himself from sight. Yet he soon sensed (Y/N) was close by, so he quickly threw something from the building down the opposite end of the alley, distracting her while he reacted the door to where his brothers were. Checking every room as he went. Until he heard Tech calling his name and the word trap. His response was to enter the neighboring room, spotting heron the rooftop across from him. There he took aim, firing, just missing with the stun bolt, yet he took cover none the less, just in case she retaliated.
He soon trusted his senses, hearing (Y/N), to which he let out a heavy breath and fired again, catching her this time, seeing as shecrumbled down to the roof top, Crosshair's rifle landing next to her. Hunter's response was to look up at the time, only now noticing she had been distracting him. He had seconds left to get through the door and rescue his brothers, if not they would lose. Yet just as he was about to bust through the door, all the lights of the facility turned red, signalling time had ran out. For the first they had lost. The door opened on its own, allowing him entrance to untie his brothers, Wrecker now awake, although seemingly confused on how he got there.
"Two days and you'll be tested again" called (Y/N), showing the stun bolt hadn't actually hit her. Yet she surprised them, she was willing to give them another chance to out smart her. "Strategy is the key and now you have the ammo to create it" added the Jedi Princess, taking down the simulated scenery around the buildings. Watching and waiting with patience as the four cadets joined her, knowing they'd spend the night healing their egos over the loss and planning for their next attempt at the scenario they had faced. Yet it was Crosshair's dark eyes locked on her, she seemed to notice, after all she was expecting retaliation from her torments. His lust was on clear display to those who looked close enough.