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Febuwhump day 3: Muzzled
Fandom: Star Wars
Timeline: The Bad Batch
Warning: Character death
(I'm so proud of this story lol. Please enjoy.)
Hunter woke up in a cold, dark room. Looking around he noted the room was empty other than him. His wrist met with metal as he tried to pull them up. He was sitting on his knees, both his ankles and wrist cuffed. A tight cloth was tied around his head, tucked into his mouth to stop him from speaking. Trying to move the chains kept him against the wall.
He tried to recount what had happened to lead him to this. He remembered being separated from the rest of the batch on their last mission. The planet was freezing cold and it started to take its toll on him. Walking through the woods he would be found by Crosshair who would stun him.
Hunter wondered why Cross hadn't just killed him. Crosshair wanted him dead, he wanted all of them dead.
Hours passed before light spilled into the room as the door opened. Hunter looked up to see his brother. "Hello Hunter." Crosshair said coldly.
Hunter attempted to greet the soldier but was once again reminded of the cloth that restrained him from speaking.
Crosshair chuckled "what's wrong, cat got your tongue?" He hissed.
Hunter rolled his eyes.
"Don't get too comfortable Hunter. Soon you'll see." Crosshair moved to the upper corner of the room.
Hunter wondered what that could possibly mean. His question was answered soon after as he heard familiar voices taking of how to free their brother. Hunter panicked and looked at Crosshair. He was the bait.
Crosshair grabbed one of his vibro-knifes from his armor. Hunter relieved whoever walked through that door first would have no chance to see what was waiting for them. It was a perfect plan.
Hunter frantically tried to free himself from the chains. He desperately tried to remove the gag from his mouth. He could hear the footsteps of his family running closer to the cell he occupied. The beeping of the combination to the door scared him. He wished the batch would have just left him instead of falling for Crosshair's trap.
The door opened. Tech walked through the door first followed by Echo. The other two stayed outside to guard the room. Little did they know the danger was already inside.
Hunter tried desperately to alert his brothers of Crosshair. His muffled screams were heard but not understood until Crosshair's knife submerged in Tech upper back. Tech fell to the floor. Hunter shrieked, Echo gasped and took a step back as Omega and Wrecker took their eyes off the hall. All relieved what had happened. Crosshair had killed Tech. Crosshair had killed their brother, his brother in what he would say is in the name of the empire.
Crosshair had no remorse. He stepped closer to Echo who had fallen to the floor in disbelief. He knew Tech was dead but needed to prove it to himself in some way. Echo couldn't lose another brother. Not after so maybe. Hunter continued screaming into the cloth, both to warn the others and from the sheer pain of losing his brother to one of their own.
Wrecker would attack Crosshair while Omega would run to Tech and Echo. Echo shook Tech trying to wake him. He couldn't grasp the fact that Tech would never wake again. Like his other brothers he would forever rest, never to be bothered by the pain of the real world again.
Crosshair jabed the knife towards Wrecker. Wrecker moved to the left to avoid injury. This unfortunately opened Crosshair to new possibilities. He slung the knife towards Echo. More attempted warnings ignored. Echo however would move on his own to stand and be hit in the lower back. This would force him right back on his knees.
The suppressed screaming hadn't ceased. Attempting to warn the batch, trying to get them to leave. Hearing soldiers coming closer and closer. Though no one understood him, he pleaded to his family to leave him. Even if they did understand him they wouldn't. That's the way they were or at least were now.
Wrecker slammed Crosshair into the wall "Omega try to free Hunter!"
The girl moved from where she was comforting Echo over to Hunter. As to not scare her he finally let his voice rest.
"Hold on Hunter" she spoke softly. Gently untying the gag she pulled it away from his face.
"Leave, soldiers, hall" Hunter stuttered out, his throat horse and in pain.
"Hunter, we aren't gonna just leave you here." She fiddled with Hunters chains, attempting to free him.
"Please, no one else needs to die here." He begged her.
Omega's heart broke. No matter what they did Hunter always tried to look out for them. He couldn't let it be the other way. It was like if he didn't find a way to save them, no matter the cost, he would fail them. "Wrecker" the blonde began, "can you come get these chains off Hunter?" Omega's voice sounded calm. Hunter knew she wasn't, he knew it was for him. His heart shattered as he realized the position she was put in, the position that didn't allow her to be a child.
"You need to leave, please." Hunter looked at Wrecker as he walked over to him. "They're coming."
"We aren't going to leave you." Wrecker kneeled down and pulled the chains out of the wall and floor.
Echo had begun to attempt to fight Crosshair.
Picking up Hunter, Wrecker kneeled down to Tech. "I got them both, let's go!"
Echo moved from where he was and waited until the others were out of the room before rushing out. He would close the door before Crosshair would get the chance to leave.
The team would hardly escape. Back on the Marauder the family attempted to stay together, all just barely holding themselves in one piece.
After a while everyone was physically stable. Now they were left with three adults, one child, and a body. Cid would pity them and give them some time. None of them weren't sure how much time they really could take or how to properly handle the sharp grief that came with losing Tech.
Hunter rubbed the part of his face the gag had been. If only he could have told them, if only that cursed cloth hadn't been there.
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