Saga Agony (Captain Rex one time post)

Title: Agony
Author: Takianna
Timeframe: Clone Wars
Characters: Captain Rex
Genre: Drama
Notes: What if following orders effected you more then mentally?


Agony

CC-7567 had been called to do what was required of him. The order had been handed down and Captain Rex had received a call to gather for a march against the jedi temple. It was a call that he had ignored. The first order he had let himself disregard.

Rex saw that Order 66 was not what it had claimed to be. The jedi were NOT taking over. They had merely become an obstacle to Chancellor Palpatine's agenda. An agenda which had been set in motion when the clones had been ordered and had started maturing inside their decanting tubes.

When he ignored the order, Rex was not prepared for what would happen to him. Mentally, Rex thought he as prepared for the effects. There was the constant paranoia of being discovered. Rex had chosen his hiding place randomly, as he had passed by. The small alcove provided him a vantage point to note troop movements, but he was well hidden from the main thoroughfares.

As he huddled in the alcove, his body stripped of it's telltale white and blue armor, Rex listened to the sounds of blaster fire. It sounded so far from him, but so familiar. Familiar enough to be the beating of his own heart. It played tricks with Rex's mind as he thought he heard the clicking of clone armor nearby. He jerked his head around to peer in the opposite direction.

Rex was met with nothing but the dusty colors of twilight. He rubbed his eyes wearily. He'd been standing for so long that his body ached. If only he could move just an inch, but his position was the best to keep watch. Rex knew that if he didn't find somewhere more permanent to stay, he would be dead at the hands of one of his brothers.

Rex stepped into the alley, his black undersuit the only sign to the naked eyes that he was military. Inside he felt like a finely tuned machine on the edge of exploding into precision movements which could kill a man where they stood. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as he thought about his abilities. They were all ordered so well and that was precisely how it had been engineered by the Chancellor.

It was ironic that those who benefitted from those abilities were now dying as a result of the skills. He couldn't believe how his own brothers had turned their blasters towards the general who had fought so valiantly to keep them safe. Rex's stomach started to knot at the thought of Generals Skywalker and Kenobi and what could've happened to them. They were skilled in combat though and he couldn't think about them now.

He moved more quickly, seeking a place to shelter himself until he could come up with a plan. A plan, he hoped would get him off the planet and quickly. Although he didn't know what he would do once he got away.

Choosing a building, Rex tried the archaic door handle. The lock clicked and the door opened to let it's light splash against the alley's far wall. Rex slipped inside and closed the door silently behind him. The landing and stairwell were deserted. Many people were merely going about their daily lives as jedi were being slaughtered right on the same planet.

Moving up the stairs, Rex checked all the angles on the next landing, pointing his blasters at all the areas people could be hiding. Nothing. He let his shoulders relax and began looking down the hall for a room to hide himself.

He tried several doors, but the maglocks were all engaged. Finally he accessed a door. Entering slowly, Rex's hand grasped his blaster confidently. He knew that he could handle whatever came his way.

The interior of the room was dark and bare of all furnishings. There seemed to be no one living there. Rex had stumbled on a good hiding place by luck or the force, depending on who you talked to. Moving quickly to the door, Rex engaged the lock with a satisfying click. He strode back to the room's window and peered out into the lights of Coruscant. From here it didn't look so bad. He could barely see the signs of any clone insurrection, but he kn

 

Very nice look at Rex.