Krell's Ex Padawan

Chapter 17

I'm back and listening to Slumber Party-
⚠️LANGUAGE⚠️

Captain Gram's POV:

Kriff-

There's three exits to the runway.

One's behind me, one's in the middle, and one's behind him.

He can't make a breakaway.... too many people here.

What if there's more imposters?

My brain was racing, and I could immediately tell why the Kaminoans were so impatient when teaching us decision making skills.

I don't have all the information-

I need to corner him.

I kept walking but kept my eyes on him.

Silently I clicked a button on my com link that started to record everything I could see.

I took a deep breath and made my way over to the group he was standing with.

"Gram!" A familiar voice throws me off guard.

"Cody?" I turn on my heel in shock.

Cody jogs over and takes his helmet off.

"Your armor still looks like a shiny, vod!"

"And yours looks like it hasn't been washed since you got off Kamino!"

He smiles and I reluctantly remove my helmet, making sure to place it on a crate facing the imposter.

He notices my concerned body language and opens his mouth.

Shit-

I quickly reach up and rest my index finger on my eyebrow.

Please remember, please remember, please remember-

His stance becomes rigid and now he looks confused.

I mean he has every right too, seeing as your vod doesn't tell you to 'shut your ass up' after 3 years of not seeing each other. He also gets more points on the confused scale because I used a 4 year old language that he barely remembers.

So yeah. He should be confused.

"How have you been vod?" I ask carefully.

"I- I've been fine."

Cody still looked deadly confused.

And like he wanted to punch me.

Which is fair, but still.

"I heard about Krell." He starts slowly. "Were you-?"

"No. Krell was never as important to me as your general is to you."

Now he just looked offended.

"What are you trying to imply, vod?!"

I laughed and didn't answer his question.

After a moment he rolled his eyes and smiled.

"It's good to see you back in one piece, vod."

"Same to you."

He rolled his shoulders and put his helmet back on.

"We should catch up at 79's. You can tell me all about your life then."

His words were meaningful and I knew the second he saw me again he would ask me about what I had signaled.

"Of course, I have to go check on something but I'll see you soon."

"Ret'urcye mhi!"

He waved and walked back to a small group of shiny's eagerly waiting for him.

I turned back around and cursed.

The imposter had left.

But at least I had the recording.