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Laughing to himself as he runs along the halls of the Resolute, an angry commander Cody chasing after him, Fives is absolutely certain that nothing can come close to the thrill of causing utter chaos.
And hey, just because he had heavily encouraged and egged on the food fight that had started in the mess hall didn’t mean he was at fault. Technically one could say he was, as he did technically throw the first bit of food.
But how could he have known that his brothers would react just like they always did and start an all-out war there?
Well, it probably didn’t help his current situation that he had missed his initial throw at Jesse’s face and hit the visiting commander on the back of the head with his food sludge. But that was the fun part of chaos, the unpredictability of it all.
The punishment that would inevitably come would be less fun, but it was worth it. Seeing the commander sprinting after him, red-faced and fuming, was a sight he could get used to.
But when did Cody come this close?
He realized a little too late that he should probably run a bit faster and promptly thrown to the floor in a tackle. He tried to get out of the hold the commander had him in, but it was no use, Cody had him pinned and he couldn’t move without hurting himself.
He could already see in the commanders eyes that he would get to know the freshers very well in the next weeks.
As he was returning from the freshers that evening, -did Rex have to enforce Cody’s punishment so harshly?- he had come up with an idea.
He always had ideas on how to cause chaos, but he was always busy dealing with his punishments afterwards, so he simply didn’t have time to enact all of his ideas.
“Back from the freshers already?” Echo asked him with a grin, knowing full well what his brother had been doing and why he was back so late.
“Oh, kriff off. The commander didn’t hold back with his punishment. I mean I expected two or three weeks of fresher duty, but he went ahead and gave me a full six! Six, Echo! Do you know how long that is?”
Echo only answered him with a grin, that made fives want to punch him.
He took a deep breath and sat down on his bunk.
“Listen Echo, I have idea. You know how I always have more ideas that I can pull off?”
“I don’t think I like where this is going.” Echo replied warily.
“Oh, come on! We both know you like causing trouble just as much as I do!”
“Yes, but unlike you I aspire not get caught.”
Fives glared at him.
“As I was saying”, he continued, “I have an idea.”
“And what would said idea be, Fives?”
“I’m getting to that! You know how the other battalions have their own jokesters?”
“Yes…” Echo looked like he wasn’t entirely sure where Fives wanted to go with this.
“Well, I may have managed to get a few of their com-codes” Fives finished with a grin.
Echo sat there, looking at Fives “How did you manage that? The Captain would have never you just go up and ask!”
“Irrelevant, but do you see my vision, we could unite and organize!”
“Organize?”, Echo asked cautiously, “under whose direction? Certainly not yours.”
“Oh come on, I’m not that bad at it!”
“Do I need to remind you what happened last time you tried something similar?”
“Yes, Yes I know. I accidentally invited Rex into the Group Chat, but I promise it won’t happen again!”
Echo rolled his eyes at that, “Well it doesn’t look like I can stop you anyway.”
At that Fives grinned mischievously.
ARC-5555 created a new group
ARC-5555 changed their name to Fives
Fives added CT-1409 to the group
Fives: So, who do you think we should invite first?
CT-1409 changed their name to ECHO
ECHO: I don't know this was your Idea.
Fives: I'm just gonna invite everyone, so I don't have to explain everything again when someone new joins.
Fives added CC-4477 to the group
Fives added CC-7996 to the group
Fives added CT-4860 to the group
Fives added CT-8454 to the group
Fives added CT-8547 to the group
Fives added CT-6116 to the group
Fives: Oh, Kriff!
Fives removed CT-6116 from the group
ECHO: Fives!
ECHO: This is exactly why I told you this was a bad idea!
Fives: Relax, I removed him before he saw anything.
CC-4477: Anyone want to tell me what this is about? How did you even get our com-codes?
Fives: In a moment.
Fives added CT-4268 to the group
Fives added CT-1200 to the group
Fives: So I think that's everyone.
Fives: For now at least.
CC-7996: Great, so will someone finally fill us in on what's going on here?
Fives: Yes!
Fives: I made this group chat, because I heard that all of you love chaos just as much as Echo and I do!
ECHO: Keep me out of this Fives, this was your idea.
Fives: Yeah, yeah, anyway.
Fives: I made this group so that we could work together, maybe make a few plans for times when our battalions meet.
CT-1200: That sounds like fun.
Fives: Right?
CC-4477: Well, I'll have to see how much I can actually do here. The Guard has enough work for two battalions, and you know fox will work himself to death if we let him.
CC-7996: Yeah, we likely won't be able to contribute much other than potential ideas.
ECHO: Obviously duty comes first.
ECHO: As fives here will gladly confirm.
Fives: Yes, alright. Duty comes first. So, help as much as you feel comfortable to, and don't let it affect your duty.
Fives: Happy?
ECHO: Yes.
CT-1200 changed their name to Waxer
Waxer: Well, that sounds like a plan.
Waxer: Boil is also in, by the way. His com is just still damaged from our last deployment. The replacement has yet to arrive.
Fives: Great, the more we have on board the better!
CT-8454: The Insane one your captain keeps complaining about didn't want to join?
Fives: Who are you reffering to here?
ECHO: I think he means Hardcase
ECHO: I was wondering about him too.
Fives: OMG, I forgot Hardcase!!!
ECHO: Fives, would you please refrain from using slang you don't know the meaning of?
Fives: I know what that means!
ECHO: So what does it mean?
Fives: OMG = Oh, my General
Fives: Obviously.
ECHO: Then why do natborns use it?
Fives: I don't know. You ask them. Natborns are confusing.
ECHO: Whatever
Fives added CT-9415 to the group
CT-9415: Huh, what is this?
CT-9415: If this is about the food fight, that wasn't me!
CC-4477: Food fight?
Fives: Relax vod, this isn't about that.
Fives: Besides, Cody already punished me for that.
CT-9415: Oh so it was you!
Fives: Who else did you expect?
CT-9415: No idea, I just figured some form of blame would find me, because I was there.
Fives: Well if it does happen, it won't happen here.
CT-9415: Great!
CT-9415: Now, would someone please explain what this is about then?
Fives: Of course!
Fives: So, I had an idea.
Fives: Everone here loves causing chaos, but each of us alone can only do so much.
Fives: So I figured, that we could work together, to make better plans and execute them easier.
CT-9415: Just because I cause a lot of chaos, doesn't mean that is my goal.
CT-9415: I'm just curious and want to find things out.
CT-9415: That things blow up because of that is hardly my fault.
ECHO: Whose faul is it then?
CT-9415: It is the fault of whoever left those thermal detonators lying around in the hangar bay.
ECHO: So that's where they went.
ECHO: Fives was planning to use them before they disappeared.
Fives: SO YOU TOOK MY DETONATORS!!
CT-9415: Don't leave them lying around when you want to keep them.
CC-4477: He has a point here.
CT-9415: Huh?
CT-9415: Who is this?
Fives: That's Commander Thire.
Fives: Though that reminds me, we should probably change our names, so we have an easier time reading this.
Fives: The numbers are just confusing.
CT-9415: True.
CT-9415 changed their name to Hardcase
Hardcase: Much better.
CC-4477 changed their name to Thire
Thire: Maybe Fives can change the name for the others? I feel like that's easier than to wait for everyone to change their names themselves.
ECHO: If you trust Fives to do it properly that is.
Fives changed CC-7996's name to Rosebush
Fives changed CT-4860's name to Boost
Fives changed CT-8454's name to Fishingweight
Fives changed CT-8547's name to Starchild
Fives changed CT-4268's name to Kettle
Fives changed Waxer's name to Candle Only Admins can now change nicknames
Fives: All done!
Candle: Did you have to change my name?
Fives: Yes.
Rosebush: Seriously?
Fives: What?
Rosebush: Forget it.
Rosebush: I don't have time to argue with you anyway.
Fishingweight: How come Boost gets to have his normal name, but I don't?
Fives: Couldn't think of a nickname that didn't make him sound cooler.
Boost: Ha! Take that.
Starchild: Why does my nickname call me a child?
Fives: Because you are younger than all of us here.
Starchild: Not by a lot!
Fives: Doesn't matter.
Fives: No clones are further than 6 years appart, and you are almost 2 years younger than me.
ECHO: Fives, Re is calling for you.
ECHO: What did you do this time?
Fives: I didn't do anything!
ECHO: Anyway, you best not keep him waiting, lest he extend you fresher duty just based on that.
ECHO: He didn't sound happy.
Fives: Well I best get going then.
Fives: I don't want my fresher duty extended for another 2 weeks because of nothing.
Fives left his bunk to go meet the captain. He didn’t know why he was called, but he hoped Rex would give him the news, that he was relieved of fresher duty. Though more likely was, that it was just shortened.
As he walked down the halls, he could not get rid of the smirk on his face. With his plan starting off well, he could only imagine the new heights of chaos they would cause together.