Fixing Our Broken Pieces || The Bad Batch

Chapter 11: Battle Scars

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After another successful mission, The Havoc Marauder sped through outer space, being pursued by several angry gunships.

"How much longer until we're in hyperspace Tech?"Hunter called out, manning the rear gun and firing at one of the ships that crept closer and closer.

"That depends on when Echo plans on getting the drive back online," Tech responds, eyeing Echo who frantically tinkered with the hyperdrive.

"I'm working on it!" he snapped back. Wrecker strapped Omega in and secured their asset in a cage next to her. The creature was becoming more anxious which promoted Omega to say.

"I don't think Ruby likes this very much."

"You named that thing," Wrecker's head jolted to one side as Tech made a sharp turn, manoeuvring from fires, "What's with these guys!"

"Well, we did steal from them," Omega smartly remarked.

"Technically the Rhokai stole the lizard first, we are merely intercepting it," Tech pointed out, distracted with steering the ship. The ship jerked again, the lizard's cage fell and the sacred creature crawled up onto Wrecker. In response, he panics and slips. The creature rolled off just in time for Echo to announce the hyperdrive is back online. Omega secures Ruby back in her cage and sets their coordinates back to their client Cid, on Ord Mantell.

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Rex and Orla were already sitting in Cid's Parlor when the Bad Batch arrived back from their job. Rex's call was from two of his companions he held contact with. They had informed in of "rouge clones" on Corellia. Their description matched exactly to Clone Force 99 and it surprised them when they informed him they were located on Ord Mantell, only a few miles from where they were. Obviously on the less nice side of Ord Mantell but the planet can only get so nice anyway. They sat far off in the corner but still held a good view of the squad talking to their informant Cid, a Trandoshan female who ran the small parlour for gambling and occasional food. They both were wearing long ponchos that covered the majority of their faces and clothes. It was funny for Orla to guide Rex through the city with his hand since he couldn't see. She occasionally let him bump into things, for humorous purposes. They both quietly watched the group show Cid the lizard they had captured.

"What's with the lizard?" Rex whispered to Orla, trying not to be heard by two other guests standing by them.

"I wonder if it's related to her," she whispered back, talking about Cid, which made Rex snigger. Orla had only just noticed the little girl she helped escape from the bounty hunter, was still with the group.

"Is that the kid Rafa was talking about? The one they're travelling with?" Rex spoke, barely hearable. She answered by hypothesizing that a bounty hunter was after her but she never caught her name. She stopped speaking when she saw the clones move into a different room and Hunter looked towards their direction but turned to start another conversation with the girl and Wrecker. Only a minute later they both left excitedly and Rex and Orla continued to silently watch. Until they were interrupted.

"Hey, you're in my seat, move," an Ithorian angrily claimed. Neither Rex nor Orla responded and Orla set her feet comfortably on the table, indicating they weren't going anywhere.

"Oh, they're ignoring you." said a male Weequay

"You hearing me? I said move it." The Ithorian demanded. Orla fired her blaster into the air and the two imbeciles were scared off. The blasts alerted the squad back into the main parlour. Echo stopped to gaze at a familiar symbol embroidered on one of the figures' hoods. Before he gets a chance to say anything, Cid pushes forward and took the words right out of his mouth.