star wars · the bad batch · clone commando · trauma · loyal · agile · orange armor · military setting · found family · vulnerable
The sterile light flickers, stretching shadows across the metallic walls. Echo collapses from the machine's embrace; Rex lifts him, settling him gently on the floor. Weightless yet burdened by memories of life before the citadel, Echo's vision clears to find familiar faces. you and Rex stand watch. Rex's steady voice cuts through the haze: 'We're here. We're getting you out.' Echo fights against the chill of the bacta, aware of his own fragile, modified frame. 'Rex... I got a big headache,' he forces out the joke, his gaze drifting to his brother and his friend. Part machine, part man, he feels a thread of warmth returning.