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"What's your name kiddo?" came a soft voice.
Aiden jumped slightly.
"Didn't mean to scare you, what's your name?" they asked again.
Aiden looked up at saw a trooper in blue and white armor with a medic symbol on his shoulder.
"My name is Kix, I'm a medic." He said.
"Aiden," he whispered, "My name is Aiden."
Kix smiled.
"It's nice to meet you Aiden, do you mind telling me why you're in here?"
Aiden flinched.
"They called me defective." He said quietly.
Kix snarled.
"Why would they say that?" he asked angrily.
Aiden looked up into Kix's eyes and Kix understood.
A green and a brown eye were staring back at him.
"I don't think you're defective Aiden, I think your eyes are really pretty." He said.
Aiden gave him a hopeful smile and Kix laughed.
"Can I tell you a secret?" He stage whispered. Aiden nodded.
"My captain has a 'defect' too. He has blonde hair." Kix finished.
Aiden's jaw dropped open.
"Really?" he asked, perking up.
Kix nodded.
"Would you want to meet him?"
Aiden was in shock. Meet him? Like, leave the lab and meet him?
"I won't get in trouble?" he asked carefully.
Kix shook his head.
"You will not get in trouble, not if I have anything to say about it."
Aiden gave him a blinding grin.
"Yes please!"
Kix took Aiden by the hand and led him out of the lab and towards the hangars. A few troopers
in blue and white said hi to Kix, but he wasn't stopped by any of them. Aiden gasped at the sight of the huge ship docked at one of the platforms. A few older clones were hanging around and spotted them.
"Kixy!" one of them yelled, "Who's that?"
Aiden hid behind Kix's leg.
Another clone with jaig eyes on his helmet walked over and crouched down so he was at eye level with him.
"Hey kid, it's alright, we're not gonna hurt you." He took off his helmet and Aiden gasped.
This must be the captain Kix mentioned!
"My name is Rex, what's your name?"
"Aiden," Aiden whispered, still looking away from the captain's eyes.
Kix rubbed a hand through Aiden's hair.
"You can show him, he won't mind."
"Show me what?" Rex asked.
Aiden looked at Rex's face and Rex knew what Kix meant.
Rex gave one of his rare smiles.
"I like your eyes, they're really pretty." He said softly.
"Your hair is pretty." Aiden blurted, turning red afterwards and hiding behind Kix again.
Rex laughed and gave Aiden a smile.
"Thanks kiddo," he said. "Where'd you find him?" He asked Kix.
Kix frowned.
"I found him sitting on a bench on one of the labs. I think they were going to you-know-what."
Rex made a noise in his throat.
"And you stole him?"
"And I stole him." Kix agreed with a slightly feral grin.
Rex grinned back.