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Rex is examining an old photo of Cody, Fives, himself and Echo. Kix, Jesse, and Cody approach the dormitory.
"Come on, Rex. Time to move out." Says Cody.
"Fives, Echo, and before that, Hevy. There's so many troopers gone." Rex glumly states.
"Yeah. Regular folk don't understand. Sometimes in war, it's hard to be the one that survives."
"That's... what I'm worried about." Rex admits.
"Well, what do you mean?" Cody walks closer to Rex.
"I didn't tell the Generals. They might think I'm crazy. In fact, you might think I'm crazy."
"What is it?" Cody presses.
"I think Echo's alive." Rex manages to say.
"That's not possible. He died at the Citadel." Cody said with wide eyes.
"The way the droids are countering us here, the strategies I'm using, they're all old battle plans Echo and I drew up together." Continued Rex.
"Look, Rex, I hear what you're saying. But it's just not possible." Cody assured.
"I hope you're right. But the fact is, Echo's fingerprints are all over these Separatist strategies."
"Rex, you have to admit what you're saying is a long shot at best, and most likely misplaced hope. I need you to be focused on this." Says Cody.
"I know, I know. Don't worry." Rex shrugs.
Cody begins to walk away.
"So, what squad are we taking in?" Rex suddenly asked.
Cody pauses in the doorway.
"Clone Force 99."
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"I've heard mixed things about these guys." Jesse says.
"They have a 100% success rate." Kix replies.
"It's not that they win, it's how they win that worries me." Jesse unsurely said.
"Heard they got General (L/N). Lucky pick."
The two walk over to Rex and Cody.
"Repeat, coming in hot on platform TT-3-9-7." A clone's voice said over the P.A.
A heavily modified Omicron-attack shuttle rapidly started pulling in. Clones yell and duck as crates were blown away.
"Clear the airfield! Clear the airfield!" The clone speaks over the P.A. again.
The shuttle makes it to the ground, landing rather nicely a couple inches away from Cody, Rex, Jesse, and Kix, who all shield themselves from what they thought would be their demise.
"So, why haven't I heard of this squad?" Rex asks.
"Experimental unit Clone Force 99. They're defective clones with uh... Desirable mutations. Led by General (L/N) herself." Cody answered.
"99 eh? Nice touch."
"General (L/N)? The elf Jedi?" Rex asked curiously.
"Er- yes."
"How'd she end up with the Experimental unit?" Jesse asked.
"No one except them could keep up with her athleticism and unexpected methods of getting the job done." Cody explained.
"They call themselves, 'The Bad Batch.'"
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Stairs come down from the shuttle. The first one out is the infamous General (L/N). Her Jedi robes are completely different to those of the normal Jedi. Even with the darker tone in clothing, she still looked elegant with her Elvish hairstyle and headdress. She flips her hair off to the side.
Next was a clone in dark gray armor, it didn't seem to have as many modifications in the armor itself. He cracked his knuckles. Afterwards was a clone with rather strange armor. It seemed to have goggles sticking out, along with a datapad. The last two were pretty different in size. One was tall and skinny, with black armor. The other was absolutely massive.
"The cavalry has arrived!" The large one took off his helmet to reveal a scar across his eye.
Jesse and Kix exchange looks at seeing Wrecker's appearance. (Y/N) leads her squad to the other clones. Hunter and Crosshair taking off their helmets along the way.
"These guys are clones? They don't look like clones to me."
(Y/N)'s ears twitch. Indicating she'd heard them.
Tech removes his helmet next as (Y/N) shakes Cody's hand.
"Good to see you, (Y/N)." Cody says warm, yet on edge.
"You too Cody." (Y/N) bows her head slightly.
"Sargent, good to see you as well."
"Likewise, sir." Hunter tells Cody.
Cody turns to Rex, Kix, and Jesse.
"This is General (L/N). Prefers to be called (Y/N). General of Clone Force 99." He gestured to (Y/N).
(Y/N) bowed her head in acknowledgment once again.
"This is Hunter." Cody moved to him.
"Sorry we're late, Commander. We were putting down an insurrection on Yalbec Prime when your comm came in. Had a few unforeseen... complications." (Y/N) put her hand on her hip and looked at Wrecker.
Wrecker laughed.
"Ever fought a male Yalbec?" He asks.
"Um... No. Can't say that I have." Jesse answered awkwardly.
"You're lucky! Only way to kill 'em is with one of these."
Wrecker pulled out a huge vibro knife.
"That's right. Wrecker here cut off the queen's stinger while she was still alive." Said Hunter modestly.
"That's why all those Yalbec males tried to eat us." Hunter concluded.
"Ah, technically they were trying to mate with us. And, for your information, the stinger of a Yalbec Queen is a delicacy on some planets." The goggled clone said.
"They call him Tech." Cody gestured.
"Yeah, he can fill your head with useless info for hours. Crosshair, on the other hand, is not much of a conversationalist, but when you have to hit a precise target from ten klicks, Crosshair's your man." Says Hunter.
"So, Commander, what kind of suicide mission do you have for us this time?" (Y/N) asked.
"Let's get going. We'll brief you on the way" Cody starts leading the group of 9 to a gunship.
The 9 of them climb aboard. It's pretty cramped. The red lighting giving an eerie feeling. (Y/N)'s shoulders are touching Tech's. She can sense the unease in the shuttle. Including her own. It's been a while since she's worked with regs. She's also concerned at the attitude Crosshair will give the regs.
Sure enough, the attitude from Cross has already started.
"What are you looking at?" Jesse broke the silence.
"We don't usually work with regs." Crosshair sneers and flicks his toothpick at Jesse, hitting him.
"Regs?" Jesse starts taking a threatening step forward to Cross.
Hunter steps in front of him.
"That's enough Crosshair... He's talking about regular clones. But don't take it personal. He's like this with everyone." (Y/N) states calmly.
Hunter backs up slightly.
"We're all on the same team, so cut the attitude and listen up. Here's the mission: Our target is this Cyber Center." Cody glares at Crosshair.
Cody pushes a button and brings up a hologram of the Cyber Center.
"It's the brains of the entire Separatist campaign here on Anaxes." Cody says.
"I could demolish that with one hand. Yeah!" Wrecker booms.
"This isn't a demo job, Wrecker. It's strictly a retrieval operation." Cody looks at him.
"You'll get your chance Wreck'. Just not now." (Y/N) assures giant clone.
"Incoming fire!"
Everyone on the ship is struggling to keep balance as the gunship swerved. One particular bump was rough.
(Y/N) fell into Tech. She managed to grab the top of his chest piece before falling. Tech had reached out to catch her.
"Sorry!"
"M-my apologies!" Tech nervously said.
She uprighted herself just as they began crashing into a canyon.
"We're going down!" Wrecker laughs as the gunship slides on the ground.
The ship finally jerked to a stop.
Wrecker helped get everyone out. (Y/N) observed the terrain and wreckage.
"We always get shot down when we travel with regs." Says Wrecker.
Kix spots Cody trapped underneath the gunship.
"Cody! Help! He's trapped. We have to do something!" He yells.
"I'll get him." Rex says.
Rex begins to walk towards the ship, before Hunter stops him.
"Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah. Easy, Captain. Wrecker, get him out." Hunter commands.
Wrecker cracks his knuckles in confirmation.
"He's gonna get the gunship out of there, not Cody." Crosshair chuckles.
Wrecker puts on his helmet, and with little to no effort, pushes the gunship over. Picking up Cody and bringing him over.
"Boom."
The gunship blows up behind him, as if on command. Wrecker places Cody down gently as Kix scans Cody.
"He has internal damage. I can cut the pain, but he needs help fast." Kix says.
"I can heal him a little, not to the point where everything is fixed, but to help ease the pain and quicken the injuries." (Y/N) pipes up.
"We all need help." Crosshair says as a huge legion of droids are marching towards the group.
"That blast gave away our position."
"Hah. I thought getting shot down gave away our position." Hunter replied.
"(Y/N) should heal the Commander in the aftermath of the battle, Force healing takes a multitude of energy." Tech turns to (Y/N).
"'Force healing?'" Kix asked.
"It's not something a lot of Jedi can do." Explained (Y/N).
"Everyone, find cover. We'll hold this position and let them come to us." Rex commands.
"Sorry Captain, that's not our style. We prefer going to them. Bad Batch, Plan 82: Shockwave!" (Y/N) responds firmly.
Wrecker picks up a large piece of wreckage. More and more droids are approaching.
"'Kay boys, let's get to work." (Y/N) grins.
The Jedi ignited her lightsaber. It's white hue glowing around her.
Rex, Jesse, and Kix had never seen a white lightsaber before. Their eyes wide with curiosity and shock.
The five of them charged forward. Wrecker used the piece of metal as a shield, as (Y/N) blocked incoming shots.
Shots were fired by the Bad Batch, each hitting their targets. While (Y/N) blocked the incoming fire, Wrecker plants down the piece of metal and starts bashing some droids.
Meanwhile, Tech used a scanner built into his helmet to scan the droids.
"45. Mark 151." Said Tech.
"45. Mark 151." Hunter affirmed on the comms.
Hunter threw a grenade up in the air. Impressively, Crosshair shot it dead center, and it exploded in electrical currents, shocking droids around them.
"75. Mark 357." Tech pointed.
"75. Mark 357." Hunter confirmed.
Hunter throws another grenade, angling it lower. A nearby droid catches it.
"What the...?" A battle droid said.
Crosshair shoots the grenade, making it explode again, taking out a larger group of droids.
(Y/N) hears a whir and turns around to see Spider Droids coming up.
"Tech! Sword and Shield Maneuver!" She yells.
Tech runs and ducks behind (Y/N). She began blocking shots from the Spider Droid.
The regs are in awe of what they're seeing. (Y/N) and Tech's movements are like one of the same. Their moves mirroring each other and with the graceful movements of the two made it look like a dance.
(Your lightsaber is white and you only have one)
Cody chuckles and winces while he's leaning on Kix.
"Pretty impressive huh?" He says.
"I've never seen the Sword and Shield Maneuver executed so well." Rex said in awe.
They get to the Spider droid. Tech shoots the droid in the eye. While it's malfunctioning, (Y/N) elegantly slashes the legs and stabs the head in one solid movement. Looking like she made no effort at all.
"Any more? Come on!" Wrecker jabbed.
(Y/N) retracts her lightsaber, and helps Tech up.
"Well done boys." She called.
The Bad Batch came back to the group of regs.
"That was some show you put on just now." Rex commented.
"Just doing our job, Captain." Hunter said.
"A white lightsaber? I've never seen such a thing." Jesse said as he pointed to the lightsaber hilt on (Y/N)'s belt.
"Ah yes. I've gotten that a lot. It's a long story. For which we don't have time for at the moment. Cody?" (Y/N) asked.
"(Y/N)?" He echoed. (Haha get it?)
"It would be wise to get a temporary camp set up before (Y/N) initiates the 'Force-healing' process." Tech pipes.
"Force healing?" Jesse repeats.
"It's when you use the Force to rapidly accelerate the healing process. It's a power very few Jedi possess."
"I tell ya, these Jedi abilities keep getting harder and harder to believe." Kix exclaims.
"Might I add, it's like transferring your energy to the person being healed, draining the Force-user's energy temporarily. We found out the hard way." Tech added hastily.
"Are you sure you can do this?" Rex asks.
"I will be fine." (Y/N) says.
In the background Wrecker picks up a droid head and shoved it in Crosshair's face.
"Hey look, Crosshair, this little clanker likes you." Wrecker laughs.
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"Grow up, Wrecker." Crosshair sneers.
"We should move out before reinforcements arrive. Our position has been compromised." (Y/N) suggests.
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"We wanted to speak to you directly, sir. This infiltration is irregular." A BX Commando Droid said.
Trench clicks.
"Were there Jedi with this squad?" Trench asked.
"There was one Jedi sir. The Elven one. Along with many clones. But they used tactics we have never seen before."
"Interesting." Trench clicks.
"They're on foot now, in the middle of nowhere. Sweep the area, locate these clones, and notify me if the incursion escalates. Eliminate the Jedi."
Trench clicks one last time before ending the hologram.
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The group of nine found a spot to camp for a little while. Eight of the group are gathered around a fire. Hunter is off investigating the ground in the distance. (Y/N) prepares to heal Cody.
"So, I get what makes the other Batchers unique, but what's so special about Hunter?" Jesse asks.
"He can put up with the other three." Kix responded.
"He was engineered with heightened senses. A place like the Cyber Center, Hunter can feel the electromagnetic frequencies from anywhere on the planet." Tech explains.
"And here I thought we were smart just using a holomap." Jesse says.
"Maps can be wrong, Hunter, never is." (Y/N) said.
Cody groans.
"Hang in there, Cody." Rex whispers.
"Listen up. We have to move out." He continues.
"Commander Cody's in no position to move." Crosshair sneers.
"Already called in Evac. Kix will stay with Cody until it arrives. I'm in charge now, and I've got a plan to get into that Cyber Center." Rex bit.
"If your plans are so good, why did Commander Cody have to call us in?" Crosshair asked sarcastically,
This gets (Y/N)'s attention and she inches closer as Wrecker does. Jesse however, decides to point in Cross's face.
"You can't talk to Captain Rex like that!" Jesse says.
Kix stands up in the background.
"Says who?" Wrecker threatens.
By now, everyone is up in each other's faces, snarling threats.
Tech and (Y/N) share a look.
"Uh a fight would not be ideal on this compromised mission-" Tech tried to say.
"What did you just say to me?!" Jesse yelled.
"ENOUGH!!!" (Y/N) yells as she lifts her right hand, using the Force to separate Wrecker and Crosshair from Kix, Jesse, and Rex.
The clones stumbled at the force of the push.
"We're all fighting for the same cause, yes? This war is hard enough without the infighting. Countless lives have already been lost on this planet, and we're the only ones who can stop this madness. But we can't stop it unless we learn to trust one another's judgments and abilities. And cut the insults...Crosshair, I'm looking at you." (Y/N) said in her authoritative voice.
The clones blinked at her for a moment. Letting her words sink in.
(Y/N) trudged over to Cody along with Tech. Hunter came over and looked between the Bad Batch and the regs.
"She's right, you know." Was his only response.
Hunter walked over to Cody, (Y/N), and Tech.
Followed by the others.
Cody groaned.
(Y/N) examined Cody before sitting cross-legged in a meditative position.
She
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