Star Wars: The Yuuzhan Vong/ Chapter 2: Sacrifice

“Ponds, this is Rex. What’s happening? Respond!” Rex said through his comlink. There was no response. “Rahr, Solo, track down Carg and Ponds.”

“Okey-doke,” Rahr replied.

“I don’t get paid enough for this crap,” Han murmured to himself. Right when Rahr and Han exited, Ponds entered the same door, sweating. “What the?” Han exclaimed.

“What’s going on out there, soldier?” Rex helped Ponds up, who fell down from tiredness.

“Rex,” Ponds said, gripping onto Rex. “He’s gone. Carg’s gone.”

“Where? Why?” Rex hollored.

“Who?” Patrick chimed in and in result of that, he got complete and utter silence.

“I have no clue, men. All of a sudden, we were getting fired upon and then… they took him.”

“Who?” Rex asked, getting the cold shoulder from Rahr, who originally asked that question.

“Whoever it was, it was big, disgusting and well-armed,” Ponds caught his breath.

“Alright, troopers. We’re gonna find this brother and get him back home in one piece. Rahr, you and I will reconnoiter the area where Carg was last seen, given the coordinates Ponds will provide for us,” Rex informed, trailing off to Ponds who agreed to it.

“What? Yeah, sure?” Patrick replied with drool dripping from his mouth.

Ponds was desperately waiting for Rex to say his name in his orders to go along with the search party. All Rex did was nod to him. As the former leader of the 501st Legion began to walk away, Ponds rushed faster than a Kaadu to him and practically begged to be a part of the search party. Rex turned to face him, knowing that he was going to be as stubborn as they come. “Ponds, you are in no condition. I heard you complaining about your head the other day and now this. Look, I would love for you to join in on the fun but we cannot afford to lose another trooper. Understood?”

“But Rex, with all due respect, what if we lose you? Carg was my mentor after I joined the Rebel Alliance. Please, sir!” Ponds then felt a thumping in his head, like Rex had mentioned before. There was a long pause.

“No,” Rex said boldly. “Now go to medbay so Leland can take a look at you.”

Ponds walked away slowly. “Sir, yes, sir,” he said in a manner Rex did not care for.

Rex nodded to Rahr and Rahr got all giddy, jumping up and down whilst clapping his hands. They exited, leaving a furious clone commander behind. The fog and mist seemed even more dense than before. Rex, who was dressed up in his Endor uniform, held a tracking device. The device was handheld, grey and consisted of a screen with beeping red or blue dots, indicating a life-form’s status.

“Just like old times, aye Tyrannosaurus Rex?” Patrick moved in closer to his companion.

“It’s Rex, Rahr. Just call me- [sigh] nevermind. Yes, just like old times,” Rex agreed. Thunder rolled in from the distance and they could see little flashes of lightning from time to time. Patrick out of the blue stopped in his tracks. Rex kept on going a few more feet until he noticed that Rahr hadn’t. Scratching his head, he approached him. Rex heard the thumping of Rahr’s heart and saw him put his hand on his chest. The clone commander put his hand on Rahr’s shoulder. “What’s wrong?”

“I-I feel a slight urgency to… eat some ice cream!” Rahr shrieked, sticking his teeth out of his mouth.

He received a slap from Rex on his face. “Idiotic fish,” he murmured to himself, hoping the Jedi could hear it.

“That’s probably the nicest-” Rahr was then interrupted by Rex who put a hand on his mouth. They then approached a gorge that was all lit up. The two poked their heads out from the hill part of the gorge where they were. Rex’s eyes bulged, even Rahr’s did too. Long lost clone commanders named Colly and Ganch were handcuffed to the wall right next to Captain Carg, who was still unconscious.