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Inventory checks was something everyone dreaded to do. The longer hours of unstacking, counting, organising and restocking had never been quick or fun no matter how hard you so damned tried. So when the Marauder docked back in Ord Mantel after your recent mission, you knew the checks were upon you. Tech had made everyone aware that the ships supplies were low on a few items including medical, food and Weapons. The sigh of annoyance was enough to ruin everyone’s mood.
“Cant this wait a few more days. These checks are boring” Wrecker whined as he pulled out the rations box.
“Unfortunately no Wrecker. Being low of key supplies means it’s vital we restock encase something happens.” Tech replies back. Scrolling through his data pad to cross off something else on his giant list.
“We’re almost out of bandages Tech” Omega shouts from beside you as you finish counting the medic box.
“I shall write it down” he replied before rapidly typing away on his datapad. You sigh heavily before looking over to Hunter. Who was helping Crosshair count and stack the weapons and other various supplies needed. His head turns your way and your eyes lock for a second. A small smile was sent your way as you sent one of plead back.
“Cant we just do this another time” you whisper over to him. The light chuckle that slips from his lips as joy swells in your heart.
“Because we need to get this done, besides, you know Tech won’t leave us alone until it’s done” Hunter whispers back.
“You know I can hear you both right” Tech responses from the cockpit as you and Hunter attempt to cover your smirks. You sigh heavily before turning back to Omega and begin stacking your medical supplies up.
After a bunch of moving and complaining on multiple people’s parts, most of the stocks had been completed. According to Tech, for the most part you were only really low on food and medical supplies which usually were the ones that got low first anyways. So it came as no surprise. Now came the fun part in choosing who went to go gather the items you needed (Which after a supply check no one wanted to do.)
“Right, now who wants to volunteer to go do the run” Hunter asks as the ship stays silent from lack of response. “Anyone at all”
A heavy sigh forces its way from you before you raise a hand. You had wanted to gather some different medical supplies anyways so it was better if you went. Eyes scanning around the room to see the relief on all the boys faces save for Hunter, who’s look was sceptical and filled with worry.
“I’ll go and I’ll take Omega with me. I needed to get some other supplies anyways.” You began to walk over to your gear to begin getting ready, nodding over to the small girl to do the same. The giant smile on her face as she ran off made you feel warm.
“You sure your going to be alright out there.” The concern was very evident in the Sargent’s voice, the rest of the team looking in your direction.
“Ill be fine Hunter, besides I have Omega and if anything happens then you’ll be the first to know” The look Hunter sent your way told you he was still unsure of the plan. But nodded anyways as Omega returns to your side ready to go.
“Just promise that-“
“Yes Hunter. Well let you know” Omega quickly hugs Hunters legs before walking with you down the ramp.
“Bye Hunter” she shouts to him before you disappeared from sight outside the ship.
For the most part the streets of Ord Mantel were what they usually were, smelly, busy, loud and very cramped. Omega stuck to your side like glue so she didn’t get lost in the crowds happily skipping as her arms sway by her side. Usually with the whole group she was centred in the middle to save from unwanted attention, this time however it was only you so she stayed beside you. Meaning she had a little more freedom to roam. You did however had to grab the back of her shirt to stop her from walking out in front of a speeder
Walking past another food stand you couldn’t help but cringe at the musky smell coming from the various options there. Made you wonder how Wrecker was even able to stand half of it. Omegas expression held a similar look to yours
“Yn can we get come Mantel mix once we’ve finished” the girl asks from beside you. Eyes half pleading for you to agree. Most of the time you would give in and say yes. However being a little shorter on credits made you have to rethink this time.
“Well see how many credits we have left after getting everything. We don’t want to not be able to afford something important remember.” Omegas shoulders sagged for a moment before perking up again, smile only faltering for a moment.
“Ok” she cheerfully replied as you continue on your shopping trip.
For the most part the shopping didn’t actually take that long. Heck you were even able to score a couple of banters you had with the clerks on a few items. Meaning by the end of your trip you were a few items and credits richer. Tech would be happy to hear that.
“Can we get that Mantel mix now. Please” Omega pleaded once more. This time you couldn’t hold back your smile as you nod in agreement.
“Ok fine. But don’t tell Wrecker. You know he’ll get sad if we came back without some for him.” The girl cheered as she practically dragged you over to the nearest stall to get a batch. The multiple bags swinging from your arms as you walked. You promptly arrived and ordered said food and while standing by the stall you couldn’t help but notice a man standing off to the side eyeballing you and Omega as you paid for the food.
Gently ushering the girl away you wanted to see if your speculation were correct and sure enough the guy followed every turn you made for the next few minutes. Slowly you lean down to Omega like you were casually talking to her.
“Just act casually Omega and don’t be alarmed but there’s someone following us” her eyes widen slightly as she does what she’s told
“Where” she quietly questions. Body shifting uncomfortably as she moves to press against you. Wrapping a comforting arm around her and pressing her beside you, you turn your head in a causal glance behind. He wasn’t to far off. Still in eyes distance but back enough that to any random stranger it looked as if he was just minding his own business.
“About 50 metres behind us. There’s only one from what I can see but I still don’t like how he’s constantly making us a target. I’m going to contact Hunter so one of them can rendezvous with us”
“Ok” she replies back slightly scared. Her hand tightening on your hand a little. Swallowing a deep breath you lift your hand like your scratching behind your ear and press on the comm device.
“Yn to the Marauder, come in”
“Reading you Yn. Is there a problem with gather the supplies” Techs voice answered into your ear. Muffled noise in the background as Wrecker argued about something.
“Not so much from gathering them no. But we have a situation. We have a tail. He’s been following us for the last 10 minutes and it’s making me uneasy” you explain, waiting for the others to-
“WHAT” several male voices screech through the comm causing you to physically flinch and Omega to look up at you as she questions the noise.
Yep, you knew they’d react like that. Damn overprotective males.
“Where are you right now. Are you hurt. Is there more than one. Have you tried loosing them” Hunter shoots out in rapid concession as he attempts to assess the situation without actually being there.
“Do I need to shoot someone’s head off” Crosshair sneers somewhere in the background and you almost laugh at his shoot first ask questions later momenta.
“For now he’s keeping his distance but I would feel a lot better if i had one of you guys here as backup. As much as I can defend myself it would be hard to do that with my hands full of supplies and Omega nearby.” You retort back. You could hear the sound of plastoid armour being shuffled around quickly as you presume that the boys were rushing to their gear on. Curse words and crashing quickly filled in your comm and you had to hold back a chuckle at their overprotectiveness.
Omegas hand squeezed yours tightly as you draw your down to her worried eyes, her golden eyes widen as she looks back in the direction to where the mans last standing. A small gasp left your mouth upon seeing that he was no longer there.
“Yn, whats wrong” Hunters asks, worry very present in his voice before he barked at the others to hurry up. Without thinking you quickly pull Omega closer to you as you began speeding through the crowds. Not wanting to find out where your mystery man had disappeared off to. The discarded Mantel mix left on the floor behind you.
“Lost sight of our stalker. We’re making our way back to the ship. Hurry and meet up with us soon. Omegas starting to get freaked out” You announce quickening your pace as Hunter states that their were leaving the ship now.
A swell of anxiety nestled in your gut, looming over your like a predator about to pounce. Your body not being able to shake the feeling that something bad was about to happen. You were about ready to dump your supplies and leg it with Omega only to decided against it. If this guy was still tailing you the last thing you wanted to do was let him know you were onto him. You spare a glance to Omega seeing the fear laced in her eyes, being separated from her brothers as someone followed you wasn’t something you would want to experience as a child.
“Omega” You begin, getting the young clones attention as she looks at your face and it was from this angle you could see the tears that sat in the corner of her eyes. She nods in response
"Sweetheart I know what’s going on is very scary but I need you to be brave and promise me something” you softly explain to her
“What’s that” she follows
“If that man shows up and threatens us. I need you to run as fast as you can to the ship. No looking back for anything until you reach the others, am I understood” Omegas eyes look unsure as she replies
“But what are you going to do if he shows up” she questions you and your heart broke as you answer back. Knowing she wasn’t going to like the answer
“Im going to hold him off so you can get away to safety, I’ll be able to handle myself until one of the boys come” she rapidly shakes her head.
“No. You can’t do that. What if you get hurt. Or something else happens. We just got everyone back together again and I don’t want to lose anyone else.” She pleaded with you, heart wrenching at her words. You really didnt want to put her in that situation but it was easier for you to distract the enemy while she ran.
“Omega I need you to promise me that.” She wipes the tears from her eyes but nods anyways. You continued on for the next few minutes without the guy in sights and each minute without seeing him sent your nerves on fire from fear. If this guy was getting backup you were in big trouble. You needed to find the boys asap.
You past beside an alleyway when your suddenly grabbed from two sides and yanked away from the street, Omega letting out a frightened scream as she yells your name. You fought against your attackers fiercely as you attempted to free your body however two sets of hands held your arms tight as they pin your body against the darkened wall of the alleyway. One man reaching down to take away your blaster and throw it somewhere out of reach.
Omegas pained voice yelped as you whip your head over to your left. Anger quickly becoming unsheathed seeing the young girl being held by the man who was stalking you earlier. His large hand grabbing her short blonde hair tight, successfully keeping her within arms reach of him.
“Yn” she cries out in fear as tears seep down her face, hands reaching for her hair as she clawed the mans hand holding her. The poor girl terrified as she thrashed underneath him. You were going to make sure that bastard suffered for making Omega cry..
“Don’t worry sweetheart, I’ll get us out” you reassure her. You just needed to get out of these lackies holds so you could free Omega and get her to safety. You struggled a but more but was held firm.
“Your quite the targets to follow, seems you were very observant of my movements” the stalker explains. You take in your surroundings. Nothing really within reach to use as a weapon and you were far enough from the street that no one would hear you over the bustling commute. There was no doubt the others would be tracking your location and they’d probably double time it when you didnt respond soon. Meaning you didnt have long until they arrived with backup, but that being said you didnt want to wait and find out
“What do you want with us” You follow. The guy flashes you a evil smirk
“A couple of specimens like you will fetch a nice amount of credits on the black market. Things have been getting tight since the Empire took over, you know. Bring them back to the warehouse boys”
The men holding you began moving further into the alleyway and Omegas panicked voice was enough to make you move. With all your strength you shove off the guy to your right, kicking his knee so he’d hurl straight to the ground. The right arm then swings into the other guys face as he yells in pain. With both men dislodged you career for the stalker, punching him hard enough he lets go of Omega. The girl stumbles a little after being freed and she stares at you in shock.
“RUN, FIND THE OTHERS” you scream at her. She runs towards the entrance of the alleyway before hesitating, looking back at you with tearful eyes.
“GO OMEGA” you scream once more as she escapes down the street out of sight. Not even seconds later pain erupts in your face as your body is thrown to the side. Your skin painfully ripping as you make contact with the concrete floor. The stalker standing above you.
“Didnt realise you were so much of a fighter, but now you’ve cost me something great and I am not so forgiving.” You spit blood on his shoes in response, he growls and kicks your stomach harshly, knocking the wind out of you. He looks over to his other members.
“Well don’t just stand there. After the girl” he yells as the two men rush to their feet and sprint down the street after Omega.
The stalker grabs your hair harshly and begins dragging your further away from the street before throwing your body up against a stack of rusted speeders. Pain erupts into your body at the impact of the hard metal. You didnt even have a chance to prepare yourself for the next lot of attacks as the stalker beings to repeatedly kick you in the stomach as well as land a few to your face. You couldn’t help the cry of pain that screeched from your lips
Blood oozed from your nose as you try to pull your body up to defend yourself, limbs shaking from the abuse. Breathing ragged, almost certain that he’d broken a few ribs judging by the pain in your chest. The man pulls you into a sitting position by your hair, making you face him. Ragefull eyes glaring daggers into you.
“Your going to be sorry you ever messed with me” You wheeze out, being backhanded only seconds later. Another pathetic cry leaving your lips.
“You have no control here woman, if maidens of your beauty weren’t so valued I’d shoot you here right now. However I still think you and that girl will fetch a nice price and once my associated bring her back, she can receive the rest of your punishment” You growl back at him in response.
“You so much as hurt a hair on her head and I’ll l rip yours straight from your shoulders” your threat going unnoticed as the stalker punches you in the gut again. This time you couldn’t help the whimper that seeps out of your mouth from the pain. He removes the grip from your hair to snatch your chin, pulling your face close to his.
“You will listen, or you will die, do you under-“ he get to finish his sentence before he was ripped from your body and thrown backwards, colliding with the other alleyway wall. Tears of relief entered your eyes at the sight of Hunter standing protectively in front of your injured body. Crosshair right next to him, rifle drawn to the man in front of him ready to shoot at a moments notice. Tech and Echo surround you seconds later, Tech beginning to examine your injuries while Echo held a blaster out, seconding Hunter and Crosshairs position. Little sniffles caught your attention as you look over to see Wrecker holding a sobbing Omega in his gigantic arms. Small body trembling slightly. Thank goodness she found them
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t have my subordinate shoot you where you stand” Hunter snarled. The stalker didnt look to pleased
“Clone scum” the man not even getting to finish his insult as Crosshair shoves the barrel of the rifle against his face, growling as he did.
“You made a big mistake for attacking our crewmembers here. We don’t take to kindly to others hurting our own” Crosshair growled, the man eyes widening slightly.
“Are you alright Mesh’la,” Hunter side eyes you. Also not taking his eyes off the target.
“Ill live” you groan back, beside you Techs datapad beeps before he looks towards your Sargent.
“Hunter my scans show she has suffered multiple fractured ribs, broken nose, large abdominal bruising as well as some minor abrasions” Tech lists. You lean slightly into his chestplate, whimpering as Tech gently presses on your stomach to assess you more.
“Just you wait until my crew comes back. You’ll never beat them” Stalker says.
“Oh you mean the two weaklings from before. We already took care of them once we saw them chasing the kid” Wrecker smugly follows. Still holding Omega tightly. Hunter slowly walks towards the man before kicking him in the face with his boot. The man cried out In pain.
“Never mess with Clone force 99. Slimo” Hunter swears as he motions for Crosshair to shoot the man. His body slumping forward to the floor as blood pools around him. Hunter turns to face you, taking his helmet off allowing his concern to show in his face. Gently pulling you into his chestplate.
“You had us worried” He began as he gently glides his hand across your jawline.
“We lost sight of him and before I knew it we were being dragged in here, I managed to get Omega free but he got the jump on me, sorry for worrying you. How did Omega find you” you explain.
“She ran into Wrecker hysterical, saying you were back here and in danger. We got here not long after taking out the two that were tailing her” you let out a sigh of relief. Wincing as you shift your body, Crosshair pulls a cloth from somewhere on his person and hands it to you. You look up at him confused
“For your nose. It’s still bleeding everywhere” he huffs.
“Thanks Crosshair” you thank the sniper.
“YN” You didn’t have much of a chance to brace yourself as Omega plodded into your body. You inhale sharply but don’t push her away, reaching in to pull her trembling body closer.
“You promised me you wouldn’t get hurt, you promised you’d be ok. Your hurt really bad” she paused to look at your face with tearful eyes.
“Things happen Omega. As long as you were safe that’s all that mattered to me. I’ll heal up eventually. I’m not going anywhere” she cried in your chest for a few minutes before Hunter gently moves her off.
“Come on Omega, we’ve got to get Yn back to the ship.” The girl rises without complaint and goes back to being lifted in Wreckers arms. Hunter examined your facial features for a moment more before gently pulling you into his arms. Apologising softly when you whimper at being moved.
“Lets take our girls home boys. Their in need of some TLC” Hunter commands as the boys circle around your body. Taking you back to the ship. Your safe place.
Your home