26The long awaited tornado trio spin-off! Well, not that long awaited, ;) Anywho, this takes place a couple days after the blue shadow virus incident, Xavier and Esinon are both thirteen and Ahsoka is fourteen almost fifteen
Rex, Wolffe, and Cody stood on the bridge waiting for their respective Generals. Soon Generals Skywalker, Kenobi, and Koon arrived.
"Hello gentlemen," General Kenobi greeted, each of the soldiers gave a nod of respect to the Jedi.
"We are going on a recon mission before bringing the troops down to the surface." General Skywalker began,
"So that means, for the time being. It will be your job to look after your respective commanders." General Koon finished. All three troopers stood stiff, then glanced at each other. The Tornado Trio, one cruiser, no Jedi supervision.
"Are you sure that's such a good idea sir?" Rex spoke up,
"Ah come on Rex, you can't handle Snips for one night?" Anakin teased,
"Um, it's just that…"
"Those who never challenge themselves shall never progress." General Kenobi quoted from the Jedi proverbs at the temple, "I'm sure you all will do just fine, Cody, if I may have a word." Cody nodded, going off to a corner with his General, "Now, Esinon has only been released from the medbay after her little incident on Naboo. She has a med exam with Drummer at seven, make sure she goes to it, and don't let her push herself too far."
"You've got it, sir, no need to worry," Cody reassured him, Obi-Wan gave him a nod before leaving with Plo and Anakin.
"Good luck boys," Anakin said, stepping out of the command center,
"And may the force be with you," Plo finished, and with that their Generals were gone, leaving the Tornado Trio to plan their first attack.
A few minutes later…
"Hurry," Ahsoka hissed, as she wavered a little bit with Esinon on her shoulders, Esinon nudged a bucket of paint onto the doorway.
"Why are we striking this early?" Xavier asked, "They'll see this coming,"
"Not when it's a shiny barracks," Esinon replied, "I know these troopers, they don't know about us… yet."
"Doesn't Cody brief them on this stuff?" Ahsoka asked as Esinon jumped down from her shoulders.
"Not yet, I don't think, he's been a little preoccupied with trying to get me in for all my med exams," she said,
"Now let's get in the vents before someone comes along," Esinon said, using the force to move the grate and leap inside. Xavier shrugged his shoulders and jumped as well, before helping Ahsoka inside. They replaced the grate and waited for an unsuspecting victim to get doused in orange paint.
"So how do we want to go about this?" Wolffe asked, he had experience dealing with Xavier and that kid's loud tendencies, but a speedster? And Skywalker's padawan? Those three combined would reign havoc down upon the ship.
"Well, first we should probably corral all of them into the common room. There's enough stuff in there to keep them entertained until we can corral them to bed." Cody replied, he probably had the most difficult of the three Commanders because of Esinon's speed.
"Sounds like a plan, but there's one problem… where are they?" Rex asked, "I haven't seen any of them all afternoon."
"That's not good," Wolffe muttered, "When they're quiet, they're up to no good." That's when the question of where the Tornado Trio was, was answered. A loud scream echoed through the halls and all three captains took off. They skidded around a corner to the 212th barracks, to see a trooper covered from head to toe in orange paint,
"I just showered," he grumbled, shaking orange paint from his body,
"That's got tornado trio written all over it," Rex muttered,
"Hit the showers again trooper, Cody, I thought you briefed all the shinies on the trio," Wolffe said, looking over at him,
"I've been a little busy corralling Esinon to the medbay for her exams. I need to find that child before she pushes herself too far," he grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest.
"We better move before they look up," Ahsoka whispered as they stared through the grate at the shiny and their captains. They all nodded and began crawling until they reached a fork in the vents.
"The best way we can get away with this is to split up," Esinon said,
"Ok, I'll go to the hanger and help Zeer with a few of the ships," Ahsoka said,
"I'll head to the mess and help with clean-up," Xavier said,
"And I'll head for the 501st barracks, Fives'll hide me." she replied, "I think I'm his favorite, I mean he did paint my markings on his armor." She placed a hand over her chest in pride, Ahsoka copied the movement,
"I mean he did paint my markings on his armor," she parroted,
"You're just jealous he didn't paint your markings," Esinon huffed,
"One day all of the troopers will wear my markings," Ahsoka said, starting to crawl in the other direction.
"In your dreams," Xaiver mumbled, crawling back in the direction they had just come from and Esinon crawling in the opposite direction of Ahsoka.
"We'll have to split up, and tell everyone to be on high alert," Cody said, studying the paint all over the floor.
"They might try and split up before regrouping for another strike," Rex added,
"Alright, find your respective commander, well, at this point, find any of them. When you do, bring them to the common room,"
"I'll put out an alert," Wolffe said, all three of them nodded before taking off in seperate directions.
Esinon removed the grate to the ventilation shaft, finally locating blitz squad's section of the barracks. Attie was right underneath her, so she jumped down onto his shoulder, hugging his head,
"Hi Attie," she said,
"Hello Commander and why were you in the ventilation shaft?"
"I got bored, have you seen Fives?"
"He's in the mess," he replied, still carrying the small commander on his shoulders.
"When's he gonna be back?"
"I dunno, I don't monitor his movements like Echo does," he replied, Esinon sighed, muttering to herself in Ewok, and resting her chin on top of Attie's head.
"Is there something you need from him that I can supply verd'ika?"
"What does that mean?"
"What does what mean?"
"Verd'ika?" she stumbled over the pronunciation.
"It's mando'a, verd mean soldier or commander and 'ika is the suffix for little. So it translates to little commander," he replied,
"I like that, do all the troopers speak mando'a?"
"Most of 'em," he finally removed her from his shoulders, setting her down on the ground.
"Can you teach me?" she asked hopefully,
"Sure, when I have time," he replied,
"How about now?"
"Now works, least till Sarge finds something for me to do."
"Hand me the hydrospanner Commander," Zeer said, holding out his hand towards a very bored Ahsoka.
"You know when I came down here, I thought I'd be fixing the ship," she said, slapping the hydrospanner into his waiting hand.
"Technically, I'm supposed to turn you over to the Captains if I find you, but if you continue to be helpful, I'll let you stay."
"Fine," Ahsoka grumbled, she knew if Rex got a hold of her, he wouldn't let her out of his sight and she'd have no fun. Until she got the call for a rendezvous from Esinon and Xavier she'd have to stick out here, no matter how boring this was.
"You want to do dishes?"
"Yep," Xavier replied, staring up at Boost innocently.
"Did someone put you up to this? Or are you being punished?" he asked, crossing his arms,
"No, I came to help. Of my own free will," he replied, edging Boost out of the way and making for the sink. He needed to keep a low profile until someone called for a rendezvous and they could strike again, even if it meant he had to do dishes.
"How many different mando'a words are there for armor?" Esinon asked, scribbling down another term onto her datapad.
"A lot," Attie replied,
"A lot isn't a number Attie," she grumbled,
"I know, but honestly I can't keep track of how many words there are for armor,"
"Whatcha guys workin' on?" Fives asked, waltzing into the barracks and stealing Esinon's datapad,
"Fives, give it back," she whined, Zeer came in next, snatching the pad from Fives's hand, handing it back to Esinon,
"And that's why Zeer is my favorite… vod? Right?" Zeer smiled, ruffling her hair and climbing onto his bunk. It was evident by the amount of oil stains on his jumpsuit he had just pulled a double shift.
"Very good verd'ika," Attie said, wait a second, if Zeer was here, he wasn't with Ahsoka… where was she? Esinon tapped her comlink three times, signaling Xavier and Ahsoka. Her com flashed gray three times and then blue three times, both of them were still in hiding.
"There you are!" Cody exclaimed, "You're about to be late for a med exam." Esinon's head whipped around,
"Abort mission!" she shouted, jumping behind Attie,
"Oh no you don't," Attie said, grabbing her as she tried to scramble for the ventilation shaft. She wriggled in his grasp,
"Come on Attie!" she whined,
"Nope, the Captain wants you for something and I'm not getting in the way of that," he said, handing over the squirming padawan to Cody. She finally realized she wasn't getting out of her med exam and wrapped her arms around Cody's neck and let him carry her out of the barracks. She pressed her comlink,
"I've been captured, abort mission, I repeat, abort mission."
"Copy that," Ahsoka and Xavier responded,
"What are you planning?" Cody asked,
"Nothing… yet." she said, grinning wryly,
A few hours later…
The tornado trio were jumping across the sleeping mats they had dragged onto the floor of their quarters, along with the pillows and blankets.
"No, come on , it's bedtime." Wolffe said, grabbing the back of Xavier's tunic and plopping him on his sleeping mat.
"Ahsoka, did you brush your teeth," Rex asked, Ahsoka hung upside down from her bunk,
"I'm not four Rexster," she teased,
"And I'm not twenty-two," he said seriously, "Now did you brush or not?"
"Yes," she grumbled flashing her fangs,
"Esinon, get in your pajamas, now." Cody commanded as the speedster bounced past him, "This- did someone give you caf?"
"No! I'm just hyper!" she said, jumping onto Rex's back. Cody pried her off,
"It's bedtime, pajamas, now," he said, shoving the clothing in her arms and pushing her into the 'fresher.
"I don't wanna go to bed," Xavier whined, "I'm not tired,"
"Well I am tired," Wolffe said, tossing a blanket over his head. Esinon came bounding out of the fresher, collapsing into her bed.
"Now sleep, all of you. Before I get Kix in here with sedatives," Rex teased, well, he was only half kidding.
"Goodnight!" All three of them called as Cody flipped off the lights. As soon as the door closed all three Captains slid down the wall to the floor. Cody sighed, running a hand down his face.
"We deserve medals after all of that." Rex muttered, a tired grin on his face,
"And a drink," Wolffe added,
"We're lucky to have the Commanders we do though," Cody said,
"Indeed we are, no matter how difficult and energetic they may be." Rex replied,
"They keep us on our toes, that's for sure." Wolffe chuckled. Their Commanders may have been crazy, but they wouldn't trade them for the galaxy.
I hope you enjoyed this chaotic piece of art, in here you'll be seeing one-shots, maybe a little series here and there, AUs, and missing scenes, battles and ideas that didn't make the final cut for Windcaster! Anyways, I hope you look forward to more of this.
just a little note, I've dubbed the Teth survivors, blitz squad, and Fives and Echo were added to that squad.
As always, thank you for reading, and make sure to leave a review!