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Aiden walked towards the hangar, waving at anyone that said hello to him.
Uncle Rex had said they were meeting up with one of Uncle Cody’s brothers and Aiden was excited.
He found Uncle Rex and tugged on his hand.
“Uncle Rex?” He asked. Rex turned his head to look at him.
“Yeah kiddo?”
“Are they here yet?”
Rex laughed.
“Soon Aiden.”
Right after he said that, the sounds of a ship docking filled the air and Aiden started fidgeting.
The doors opened and a large group of troopers came into the room.
Rex went over to greet the one in the front, with a clasp of the arm.
Aiden trailed right behind him and one of the troopers with letters painted on his armor let out a squeak at the sight of him.
“And you must be Aiden,” the trooper that Uncle Rex was talking to gave him a tiny smile.
Aiden nodded with a grin.
“Nice to meet you sir!” He chirped.
The trooper turned back to the others and said something in a language Aiden didn’t know.
They all relaxed and took off their helmets and one with blue eyes came over to crouch in front of Aiden.
“Hi,” he said gently, “What’s your name?”
Aiden gave him a smile.
“My name is Aiden, what’s yours?”
The trooper smiled.
“My name is Paklalat, but most people call me Lala for short,” he replied.
Aiden looked back at Dad for a second, who nodded his head.
“Do you want a hug?” Aiden asked, holding out his arms.
Lala seemed to melt.
He scooped Aiden up and held him tightly.
Aiden looked at Lala’s armor again.
“What’s on your armor?” He asked him.
Lala smiled.
“Alphabets,” he said, “I painted alphabets on my armor.”
Aiden looked at him, mismatched eyes wide.
“That’s so cool!” He said happily.
Lala laughed.
“I’m glad you think so,” he said.
Aiden looked at Dad again, who was smiling.
“Dad can I show Lala the ship?” He asked with slight tooka-eyes.
Kix chuckled.
“Sure kiddo, have fun.”
Aiden cheered and pointed towards one of the hallways.
“This way Lala!” He declared, causing Lala to laugh.
They started walking, Aiden pointing out all the fun places he would play with his uncles.
Lala was smiling the whole time.
Two 501st ARC Troopers walked past them and Aiden waved.
“Uncle Fives! Uncle Echo!”
They stopped and waved back.
“Hey Aiden!” One of them said.
“You one of Bacara’s boys?” The other asked Lala, who nodded.
“This is Lala!” Aiden said happily, “He’s my new friend!”
Lala smiled.
“Aiden is giving me a tour of the ship,” he explained.
They both chuckled.
“Have fun!”
Aiden pointed towards a large room.
“This is the rec room, we do things like read stories and play games here.”
“Do you like reading stories?” Lala asked.
Aiden nodded with a smile.
“I like telling stories, it’s how I got my name,” Lala said.
Aiden's eyes widened again.
“Could you tell me a story?” He asked kind of shyly.
Lala smiled.
“I’d love to tell you a story,” he started, “A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…”
Aiden leaned closer to Lala, listening closely.
Lala told a story of brave soldiers who fought to save their friends.
Aiden found himself growing sleepy. He yawned and put his head on Lala’s shoulder, closing his eyes.
Lala finished his story and looked at Aiden.
He was sound asleep, his breath tiny puffs of warm air against Lala’s neck.
Lala chuckled and rubbed a hand along Aiden’s back.
“Sweet dreams Aiden,” he said with a smile.