Omega's pov
Finding the capacitor was so easy. We had to stop once or twice because Ahsoka was pained by something. She tried to explain it but I didn't quite follow so we moved on. Ahsoka showed me how to track using the force and also how to reach out and connect with other species. That's how we got the capacitor back. I kept the beast occupied by soothing it while she grabbed the capacitor. I noticed she didn't exit the hole until I was already out and safe. I smiled at that, appreciating the fact she didn't expect my blind loyalty or trust like the empire did. Instead she earned it. I'm proud to call Ahsoka Tano my master.

"Omega over here!" She called out. My head jerked back to see her and Hunter. Both were sitting up looking at me. I smiled at the sight. Running toward them was fun, especially when I tripped on air. That was great. Dirt is awesome except when it's in your mouth. That's not as awesome. Or at least it doesn't taste as awesome.

"So Ahsoka tells me that you got the part back?" I nodded frantically. I couldn't explain it I was just filled with so much joy and utter happiness.  And I was a bit hyper. Don't know why though.

"Nice work little'un. And you, uh, didn't have to like, slice anyone right?" Ahsoka and I looked at each other and let out a laugh. Hunter just wanted an answer so I gave it to him.

"No we didn't kill anyone. Here's the capacitor by the way." I handed him the part which was giving me severe arm cramps from its weight anyways. What shocked me was when he smiled and carried it in one hand with ease. One hand! It took both my hands just to keep it off the ground. I grunted and followed him back to the ship.

"Ah there you three are. What took you so long?" Echo said.

"Hey don't complain to me. Complain to Hunter, he took the nap and still had it harder than you."

"Yeah. We're the ones complaining... wait, what did you just imply?" Tech sassed back to Ahsoka at first but then he was genuinely concerned again.

"Whatever Tech. Just get us off this stupid rock before I get hungry cause if I do, guess who's getting eaten first." I snorted and sat behind Echo. I got a glare from Tech and a hair ruffle from Hunter. Physical affection like was really nice. It took a smothering Hunter and an affirmative Ahsoka to finally realize how touch starved I was. I giggled and grabbed the back of Echo's seat.

"Gladly." And just like that we were off the 'stupid rock' and back into hyperspace once Tech snapped the capacitor back in no problem. Ahsoka stayed in the middle but was pushed to the side when Wrecker barged in. I sent him a simple smile but instead of one in return I got a cheeky grin. What's that for?

"Where have you been big guy? You missed all the fun." Ahsoka asked as she gave him a sideways hug. Fun isn't exactly what I would call it but it certainly wasn't boring either.

"Oh I've been busy. Come here you two." I assumed he meant Ahsoka and I, so I followed Ahsoka out to the main area who then followed Wrecker back to the gunners seat. But it looked different and we haven't even seen it yet. There was a curtain over it the passageway.

"Wrecker what did you do? Do I have to prepare an apology for Hunter now?" Ahsoka asked playfully again but there was a slight dread to her tone. Like she's had to do something similar before. Wrecker told me about her Obi-mom and Anakin married-man Skywalker modes. She must be in the Skywalker mode right now. Wrecker walked us both toward the gunners seat and tugged the curtain lightly.

"Tada! It's your own room! Well, yours and Omega's. Obviously that's why I called you both back here." Wrecker corrected himself. I grinned so widely my lips might fall off! I climbed up there and sat on the blanket covered ground not needing an invitation. There was a hammock and a cot. The gunners seat was still in the way a little but Wrecker tried. Surely Ahsoka and I can manage, Wrecker made sure of it the way everything was laid out. And to me that's all that matters. I spotted my name handwritten above the cot and gasped when I noticed a red and black tooka doll sitting by a pillow. He gave me his Lulu!?

"If it's not good we can change-"

"It's perfect." Ahsoka and I said in unison. We all chuckled for a moment.

"Well I don't know about you boys but chasing a moon dragon and stealing back a power capacitor from it has me beat. I'm off to bed- er hammock? I guess?" We all laughed again. She was on a roll today. They all said their simultaneous goodnights to us and we were off to sleep. Ahsoka removed various pieces of her outfit. I noticed her sigh as she held one thing in particular.

"Something up?"

"The ceiling." She deadpanned. Wow. That was a bit harsh.

"I meant with you. What's wrong with you?" She got distracted staring at something in her wrist gauntlet. It's almost as if she was in a trance staring at it. Was it the force again doing this to her?

"Master." I said. That snapped her back to reality real quick. She positioned herself on her hammock and patted it. I closed the little curtain we had and sat next to her. It took a bit of a jump but I made it up.

"This picture. I drew it shortly after I left my home. And well, it's brought back memories. Some good, some not so great. See for yourself." She handed me a crumpled up and folded piece of paper. I unfolded it and set it in my lap, carefully examining it. There was at least 50 different faces on that paper. I recognized one as the old Echo and his former best friend Fives, also Captain Rex and a few other clones. But what intrigued me the most is that almost all the people on there either had a black or red X marked over they're face. In the middle was a young man with medium brown hair and shining blue eyes, and in the middle of his drawn face was one big question mark. At the top of the paper I accidentally gasped when I saw the words, 'my forever family'. I get the feeling there's a deeper meaning behind this picture.

"If you don't mind me asking why are there so many X's? And why are they different colors?" She took a sharp breath in and gently took back the paper.

"The black X's represent all of my family who have died which as you can see is unfortunately quite a bit of people. I have basically all my clone brothers, including Echo since at the time he was presumed dead marked with a black X." I could tell she didn't tell me about the red X's on purpose. But I had to know why. I just had too.

"Why are the other X's red? What does the red X stand for?" I asked practically begging her for an answer. She sucked in a breath before looking me directly in the eyes so I could see how glossy hers were becoming.

"The red X stands for everyone in my family who betrayed me." My face went pale. I looked at the paper again and let a tear slip out when I noticed it. Everyone who wasn't marked with a black X was marked with a red one. Except two people. Captain Rex was one of them and there was the guy with a question mark.

"Your entire family betrayed you?"

"Everyone I had ever loved. Everyone who said they would forever care for me, turned on me in an instant."

"E-everyone!?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. There had to be over 50 people on that page! The paper itself was huge! How could one be so loved one second, and so loathed the next? Especially someone as charming and loving as Ahsoka Tano?

"Well that's not entirely true. There is one person who never gave up on me during my darkest times. Anakin Skywalker. Like I said before, he was my master. He stuck by me. He never stopped believing in me, even when everyone else did. But lately I've seen some things. Dark things that I know he was a part of. Anakin Skywalker is no longer Anakin Skywalker. He was always there for me when I needed him, but I can't say the same about me. I wasn't there when he needed me. And now not just me, but the whole galaxy is paying the price!" She was getting too worked up. I wasn't a pro at this. Living on Kamino my whole life, no one really had emotional breakdowns except for me and I didn't have anyone to comfort me like how I want to comfort Ahsoka. But regardless of my inexperience I gave her a side hug and leaned on her shoulder. I saw her doing this for Wrecker yesterday when he was staring at a rifle emotionlessly.

"Best to let it out master." She sighed and calmed down a bit. She started rocking in my arms. I thought she was cheering up but she was actually just silently sobbing in my arms.

"It's okay master. I'm here for you." That only made her sobs get more frequent and aggressive. Did I say something wrong? Or something right? Ugh emotions are so difficult! Why do people keep having them? After a little while she began to calm down. I was surprised to hear the sound of a curtain open. Out popped the heads of four sad awkward clones. Ahsoka wiped her tears and smiled at them. You could tell she been crying though with her red puffy eyes and her fluid stained orangish cheeks.

"Hey, uh, everyone alright in here?" Hunter asked as awkwardly as ever. I just stared at him. Well at least he's trying. Ahsoka nodded although I highly disagreed.

"Actually no. She is quite not alright." Pretty sure they already knew that but I stated it anyways. Wrecker, Tech, and Hunter just stood there unsure of what to do. However Echo elbowed them out of the way.

"Commander can I tell you a short story?" He asked her. He sat down on my cot part of the room and looked up at Ahsoka who was slightly nodding her head.

"I remember me and Fives' first night on the Resolute when we first became apart of the 501st. It was the day we lost over half our squad to the separatists at Rishi Outpost Station. Once we got into our new quarters and were alone... we cried. We cried so hard yet so quiet not one person heard us. Except for two people." I had a feeling I knew who he was talking about.

"I-I think I r-remember, that day." She said between sobs.

"Of course you do. You and General Skywalker were the ones to help calm us down. I remember the giant hug you engulfed us both in that made us feel immense relief and relaxation while Skywalker put both his hands on our shoulders. I still remember what General Skywalker said to us. Do you?" Ahsoka thought for a mininute before shaking her head.

"I remember his exact words. They were 'you can be the bravest soldier there is and the best survivor alive, but I don't care. Everybody cries. Everybody feels emotions, everybody has emotional breakdowns sometimes. Even I do. It's a part of being alive. You can't change the past. But you can accept it and move on. Realize that the people your crying over would want you to be happy and move on. It's the best thing to do for others, your fallen brothers, but most of all yourselves.' I never forgot his words. They hit me hard. You should listen, I mean really listen to your master more than you do." I saw Ahsoka crack a small smile. She wiped her eyes and her smile grew.

"Thank you Echo. Thank you Omega. I'm sorry you had to see me like this." Echo and I both gave her a hug. I imagine it was much like the one Ahsoka gave Echo and Fives way back when they needed it too.

"Don't apologize Commander. Everybody cries. If the Arc twins can cry, you can too. It's okay. Let it all out." She sniffled and quietly sobbed a little more into the hug but it was nothing like before. She truly was feeling a lot better.

"Thank you Echo. I feel better now."

"See? I knew you would." They pulled away from the hug so I did the same.

"Now Ahsoka. After your little breakdown in here I think its fair to say you owe us a bit of an explanation." I couldn't help but glare at Hunter for saying that right now of all times. I mean sure I would love to know more about her past but right after she's recovered? Surprisingly Ahsoka nodded. Echo offered her a hand and a droid plug-in to help her get down. But she didn't need it. She leaped off the hammock and landed feet away from Hunter. She walked over to the dejarik game table and motioned for us to follow.

"So where should I begin?" I listened intently to her every word. Her voice was laced with sadness and despair but she powered through. Ahsoka told us all about the temple bombing, the jedi's accusations, her best friend Bariss Offee's betrayal, and her having to leave the jedi order. Leave her home. I know how awful that feels. Then she talked about her little spice adventure with women named Trace and Rafa Martez but I zoned out during that a little. It was kind of boring. But when she moved to talking about a Mandalorian named Bo-Katan and finally reuniting with her old masters, her old family and friends. That's when I got interested again. But something didn't seem right.

"So I wished him good luck and sent him on his way-"

"Wait." I interrupted her. All eyes were on me now.

"If you didn't know if you would see each other again why didn't you at least hug? You know, tell each other how much you mean to each other?" I asked. It seemed like a fairly easy question to answer in my opinion but for some reason Ahsoka was struggling. She merely sighed and looked defeated.

"That's just it. I didn't know I would never see him again. To me this was just another mission, one where I would return to Coruscant. And I thought maybe, just maybe if the war ended I could go back to the Jedi. Help recreate the new generation into something other than children being readied for a life filed with destructive warfare and internally destructive death all around them. But that's not what happened at all." I looked at my feet as she explained the rest of the story. I noticed how highly she spoke of Captain Rex. Isn't he the one she was kissing in Echo's picture?

"I had to bury all my brothers by hand. So did Rex. It was one of the most painful things I've ever done, aside from telling this story right now. They all died Echo. Every single one of them. Even Jesse. Now the only one left is-"

"Rex." He finished for her. She looked away and sideyed the wall for a second. Hunter and I even noticed a little eye twitch. That was a litte odd unfortunately no one else noticed. She looked back at the bad batch. They all put a supportive hand on her shoulder or back. Yeah okay where was all this love and comfort an hour ago when she was crying her eyes out? I sighed and refocused on the conversation.

"I wanted to just go live our lives somewhere calm and forget about the Jedi and our past lives. But he wanted to start a kriffing rebellion right away and take out all his anger on the Empire. I can't blame him for it, if anything I respect Rexter even more now. But I wasn't ready to fight yet. So at his first stop he dropped me off at Cut and Suu's which is where I met you guys. And, well, you know the rest." They all chuckled. Her last words were meant for humor purposes but they struck me as painful. Luckily I knew just what would make it better.

"Stay here." I said. I ran back in my new room and shut the curtain tight. Just like Ahsoka taught me I could sense the confusion radiating off of them all. I giggled to myself and continued frantically searching for the special piece of paper. The only one I could find was my name tag above my cot. I sighed and ripped it off. I grabbed a pen which I found in the corner of the room randomly stuffed below the gunners seat. I started drawing away letting my creativity flow. It wasn't much and by not much I mean stick figures with only a few defining traits but I hope it'll make up for the loss my poor master has endured over the years.

"Perfect... ish." I whispered to myself. I opened the curtain and leaped down over to the batch.

"Surprise!" I yelled as I shoved the paper in Ahsoka's face. I was so excited it was unexpected I couldn't think straight. Ahsoka force pushed me back ever so slightly and took the piece of paper from my hands.

"Omega.. it's beautiful.." I drew a picture of Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Echo, and her with me in the middle. And above it all was the wonderfully familiar words 'my new forever family'. Her eyes got glossy but she didn't cry. She hugged me again it was short but sweet.

"Thank you dear. And I'm sorry I caused you so much trouble. I know you were only trying to go to sleep." I rolled my eyes but smiled at her.

"Oh please some people are more important than sleep. Some." Once again she was engulfed in a giant group hug initiated by Wrecker.

"You know what? Were all tired. And I miss the old clone cuddle piles. Think we could just stay here for the night?" Ahsoka suggested, once again reclaiming her old snipy attitude. Everyone smiled and snuggled up tighter to one another. I noticed how hesitant Hunter was so I wrapped my arms around his waist to help him relax. It was the most adorable thing I had ever experienced. Then again I've lived on a planet filled with old stoic children and long necks my whole life. The most adorable thing I've seen anyone do was that clone cadet named Waxer tackle and older cadet, Boil I believe their names were. They were good friends the only acquaintances I had on Kamino. 99 was my only true friend. Once he was gone it was just Nala Se and I for what I thought would be eternity. She was supposed to be my forever family. And just like Ahsoka, I do miss Nala Se but now I have a new family. A better one. After all the pain and suffering, I lean into to the clone and jedi cuddle pile. Finally. Things are finally looking up. No more paying the price for others mistakes. No more paying the price.

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