Fic Excerpt: “See You on the Other Side”
Word Count: 1,128
Relationships: ARC Trooper Fives & Captain Rex
Summary: The Galactic Senate finds ARC Trooper Fives guilty of sedition against the Republic. His execution does not go as planned.
Written for @celebrate-the-clone-wars‘s prompt: One Last Chance
“Bring out the prisoner,”
Admiral Tarkin spoke in his eloquently-accented voice. Rex’s stomach clenched
into a hard knot as four more shock troopers emerged from the doorway, one of
them Commander Fox. A single figure was trapped within the perimeter they made.
His wrists were bound behind his back, but he held his head high and proud, an
angry scowl hinted at on his face.There was no mistaking the
man in his prison grey slacks and tunic, even if his head was shorn and his
goatee had been shaved. Only the stark “5” tattooed on his temple labeled him
as Domino Squad’s last surviving member. The elite trooper. The ARC soldier.The traitor of the Republic.
Fives was guided to the
middle of the back wall and then was left standing alone, facing the line of
troopers with his chin pushed forward, arms still bound behind his back.“ARC Fifty-five-fifty-five,”
the Admiral’s voice rang out as he stood in front of the line of clones meant
to serve as the firing squad. “For being found guilty of high treason and
sedition against the Republic, you are to be fired upon until dead.”Rex couldn’t see the
admiral’s expression, only the back of his silvery head, so he fixed his gaze
on the ARC trooper as he slightly puffed out his chest.“Do you have any last words
you wish to express before this order is executed?”“Yeah. I have a few choice
words to say.”Rex fought the urge to
wince. It wasn’t as if Fives could make the situation worse, and he was owed this last chance to speak before… before it
was over.“You may speak them,” Tarkin
proclaimed, tone indicated he wished nothing more than to get on with it.“They aren’t for you.” With
a disgusted sneer, Fives looked past the admiral, past the line of prison
guards, straight to the crowd of politicians, Jedi, and officers.
Etiqueta: !!!!!!
You want a damn cool fight with a sick soundtrack, you got the darth Maul vs. Obi-Wan & Qui-Gon
If you want a senseless yet cool as heck alien battle scene like the sarlacc pit one from the originals, you got the arena scene
If you want films that show the contrast of the days of the republic compared with the days of the empire, well take in the sight of these amazing costumes and locations.
If you want to feel the exact same thrill you felt the very first time you heard darth vader’s voice under his machine-assisted breathing as he shows up dressed in black with that iconic helmet and mask threatening Princess Leia then watch the original trilogy, because he sure as fuck isn’t going to be in the prequels; you see, Anakin Skywalker wasn’t darth Vader back then; check if your criticism isn’t coming from a thrill that you’re trying to seek in the wrong timeline.
I’m not saying the prequels are perfect. But I’m sick of seeing them being compared to the originals, which aren’t perfect either.
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