#fives is out there killing ppl but its ok he'll get over it and find his soulbrother again

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for my Dead Men Walking (Swimming) AU

When Echo is rescued from the Techno Union by Clone Force 99, Captain Rex and General Skywalker, the first thing he notices is that Fives isnt with them. And just through that, he knows that if Fives isn't here to rescue him when Rex is, Fives is dead.

The realisation is devastating, but he forces his mind to bury the thought, since he still has to actually leave the facility.

He gets to know clone force 99 better, learns they call themself the bad batch and begins to enjoy their company when all he gets from most troopers in his old battalion is judging looks.

He quietly asks Rex what happened to Fives already knowing the answer will break him, and breaks down further when Rex will refuse to tell him anything beyond the fact he's marched on.

At the end of the capaign, when Hunter asks him to join clone force 99, he is fully ready to accept and join a group where maybe he wont stand out as much anymore...

Instead, he is interrupted by the immediate order to return to kamino for analysis and examination.

A chill runs along the ports in his spine as he hears the chancellor's voice through General Skywalker's comm, and knows that he will never make it off Kamino.

But what else is he meant to do, right? After all good soldiers follow orders, and if a small part of him thinks that dying on kamino will bring him closer to seeing Fives again, then that's for him to know.