"What bets do we have?" Anakin asked.

"They are playing."

"They are arguing."

"Again."

"They are training."

"They are showing off."

"This is just their fighting."

"Kix will sedate them."

"Kix will shout then sedate them."

"Both will collapse of exhaustion."

"One will collapse of exhaustion."

"Neither will collapse of exhaustion."

"They'll kiss."

"They will not kiss."

"Didn't need to know that one," Anakin butted in.

"Sorry, General."

"Rex will tell us off for the bets."

"Commander Tano will tell us off for the bets."

"Both will tell us off."

"Neither will tell us off."

"Any more?" Anakin asked.

Fives grinned, "that is just the first page."

"I don't think I want to know what other bets there are," Anakin stated, running his hand down his face.

Flicking through the book, Fives grimaced, "best not, sir."

Anakin sighed, looking over at where Ahsoka and Rex were sparing. Sparing was an over sumptuous term; they were mostly throwing and catching punches.

-----

Well, if you went through the bets, then;
One was partly right.
Two was not right.
Three was also partly right.
Four was not right.
Five was right.
Six was not right.
Seven was - big time.
Eight was right.
Nine was not right.
Ten was not right.
Eleven was not right.
Twelve was right.
Thirteen was not right.
Fourteen was not right.
Nineteen was not right.
Twenty was right.
And as Fives stated, that was just the first page.

-----

"I get it, Kix," Ahsoka grinned.

"That sparring match said otherwise," Kix stated.

"It was barely a sparring match," Rex said.

"The betting book said otherwise," Kix crossed his arms.

"We were just testing where our muscles currently are," Ahsoka stated.

"We have been bed-bound for an extended period," Rex explained.

"And rightfully so!" Kix exclaimed, "you should be scarcely doing walking, let alone testing your muscles!"

"We feel fine, Kix," Ahsoka soothed.

"And that is the problem!"

"Why?"

"You have no care for your health!" Kix final snapped, paling once he realised what he said. "I-I didn't mean it-."

"Of course," Ahsoka answered stiffly.

"I didn't," Kix started before sighing, his body sagging, "you can go around, just don't try and overexert your muscles, your body has not recovered."

"Alright, Kix," Rex nodded as both Ahsoka and himself turned and left the medic to his thoughts.

-----

Rex was enjoying the playfulness of the boys around him. Surrounding Rex, the 501st were enjoying their free time. There was sabacc going on in the corner - by the sudden lack of clothing Echo's alcohol might be involved, but Rex wasn't going to check - along with a game of battle, battle, war.

Rex knew he should be trying to get them under control soon, they were meant to be meeting up with the 212th in an hour, but then he'd see a pile of giggling clones and think 'just five minutes more'. It was a vicious yet pleasant cycle.

-----

Rex was jolted from his mandatory sleep when Ahsoka threw herself on him. His arms reached up and pulled her close, rubbing her arms as she cried. "What is it?"

"Master Kenobi," she hiccuped.

"Is something wrong with General Kenobi?"

"Sniper," Ahsoka hiccuped again before bursting into tears again, "shot off the roof, landed at my feet."

"Is he ok?"

Ahsoka seemed to go rock solid, a single whisper leaving her mouth, "his funeral is tonight."

-----

A single candle flickered, its flames strong and healthy. It was surrounded by clones of the same man, of the same origin. Clones split with life, together with death—Vode an—Brothers all.

"Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum," Cody stated.

"I am alive, but you are dead. I remember you, so you are eternal," the clones around Cody in a sea of orange echoed.

"General Kenobi."

"General Kenobi."

"Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la," Rex stated.

"Not gone, merely marching away," the clones in blue echoed.

"A warrior."

"A leader."

"A General."

"A friend."

"A brother."

"There is no death; there is the Force," Cody finished.

Slowly the clones dissipated, leaving just Cody and the candle. Soon, only the candle was continuing to flicker in the dark of the room.

-----

"Kriff," Rex swore as his body folded in on itself. His hands dropped to where the pain was as he tried to shield it from the continued assault.

Reaching one hand up, he caught one fist, the other hand grabbing the other. He tucked Ahsoka's hands to her side, her chest against his. Slowly wrapping his hands around her, it took Ahsoka seconds to break.

The room echoed not from the swears and grunts of a fight, but the sobs and shakes and someone having lost a parental figure.

-----

"Rako Harden has escaped," Ahsoka growled as she stormed into the rec room, "alongside two other prisoners."

"So what are you going to do?"

"Skyguy wants to chase Hardeen down, but the council has forbidden it, saying they have it under control," Ahsoka stated.

"If the council has a plan, then it would be best to follow them," Rex stated.

"Yeah, they are the ones that have been chosen to be in control of these situations, sir," Fives stated, "if they have a plan, it would be wise to follow it."

"Didn't General Kenobi have a friend that is a shadow Jedi?" Rex asked.

Ahsoka's eyes lit up, "Yeah, he did! And who better to go after someone then a shadow Jedi?! Thanks!" Ahsoka quickly turned on her heels and ran out of the room.

------

"Thanks, Rex!" Ahsoka chirped as she threw herself at Rex, flattening the man to his back.

Ignoring the laughs around the room, Rex asked, "what for?"

"Rako Hardeen wasn't Rako Hardeen!"

"What?"

"If we went with Skyguy's plan, then we would have attacked Obi-Wan!" Ahsoka said, pulling Rex to his feet as she stood.

"Wasn't General Kenobi declared dead a week ago?" A few of the clones muttered to each other.

"The council faked his death to send him undercover to stop the assassination attempt on the Chancellor!" Ahsoka chirped, grabbing Rex again.

"Have you been able to talk to General Kenobi yet?" Rex asked, noting how hyperactive Ahsoka was.

"No," Ahsoka muttered before tearing herself off Rex and charging out the room.

Raising his arm, Rex commed Cody, "tell General Kenobi to be prepared, Commander Tano is on her way."

"What do you mean?"

"She's hyperactive," Rex answered before ending the comm.

-----

"You alright, Cody?" Rex asked as he watched the man stormed into the rec room, holding himself as if injured.

"Two Jetii decided I was a crash mat and bruised my whole back," Cody growled.

The room burst into laughter as Rex bit his lip to prevent his laughter. The attempt was fraught as he soon joined his brothers with his laughter.

"It's not funny when you get trapped while they talk," Cody growled.

"It is pretty amusing, you've got to emit it," Rex defended.

Cody sighed, "painful was more the word I was looking for."

"We could always ask Kix and Wrap to take a look at it?" Echo offered.

Cody's face paled dramatically; he quickly shook his head, "you know, it was funny, not painful."

"Thought you'd come around," Rex grinned.

"Tion'ad hukaat'kama?"

"Ni hukaatii'ni shebs ti kama!" Rex grinned.

Cody only growled.

-----

Rex paused mid swallow as he watched who just entered the room. Everyone that noticed the pause looked towards the door before bursting into sniggers. Rex promptly swallowed and started growling at the boys around him.

Ahsoka was wearing a dark blue bodysuit. A belt wrapped around her was of similar colour but had ice blue threads dancing around it with a white double circle buckle. The buckle had small orange gems embedded into it as well. Dark blue boots covered her feet, bending nicely at the top while working towards a darker colour at the bottom—there were clasps made of orange gems that looked to have been marbled with white and blue diamond. The robe finished off the look by giving an almost light frost around her.

"You alright, Rex?" Ahsoka asked as she moved to sit in front of Rex as Hardcase and Fives slide over on the bench to make room.

Echo laughed, clapping Rex on the back before the man could reply. His actions were met with loud laughter and a deathly glare.

"Just fine, Commander," Rex answered before going back to glaring at the boys around him, "some of the boys have decided to volunteer for sanitary."

"Yes, sir," the boys around Rex muttered, grins still cracked over their faces.

"For two rotations," Rex growled on the end.

"Sir, yes, sir!" They chirped as they got up to put away their plates and disappear before Rex decides assault was allowed.

"Is something up with them?" Ahsoka asked as she sat on the opposite side of Rex, facing him directly.

"The boys are being their normal annoying selves, Commander," Rex stated, trying to kick his brain back into functioning. The kick came from elsewhere as both Ahsoka and his' comms beeped into life.

"Ahsoka, Rex, briefing room, now!"

-----

"I suggest blockage position forty-six," Rex stated, highlighting the positions of the different Republic fighters on the holomap.

Ahsoka brushed that plan away before pulling out a different one, "plan seventy-two would play better and is less predictable as it is rarely used."

Soon the plans were changing almost too quick for Anakin to keep up, one moment it was fifty, next it was one-o-five. They kept flickering more and more, the clones in the background stopping their actions as they tried to keep up with the decisions. Soon it seemed they were making their own plan; pull this fleet here, flagship positioned her, come in for this attack, defend with these ships.

Anakin blinked blindly as Rex and Ahsoka both turned to look at him, asking simultaneously whether he agreed with the plan or not. With only the raspy sound that left Anakin's throat, they dove into the planning again, leaving everyone to try and catch up with what was happening.

The next time they asked about the plan, Anakin nodded.

-----

"How's it looking down there?" Anakin's voice came through the comms.

"Only a few scouting units, making quick progress, sir," Rex answered.

"Seems like they might be about to form a skyward attack, Skyguy," Ahsoka stated.

"I'll keep an eye on it, Snips," Anakin reassured.

-----

"That plan was well thought out," Anakin commented.

"I should hope so; I nearly went crazy as the two planned it," Fives muttered in the background, moving out of the way of the metal kicked in his direction.

"Regardless, you'll need to write it down and name it, I believe it could come in plenty useful at later situations," Anakin stated.

"Already done, sir," Rex said, "drew it up as we were making it."

"Does that mean?"

"The other plan is also written out as well," Rex nodded.

"You don't do things by halves, do you?"

"Go big, or go home."