🐺 ~PROJECT SAC-1~ ⚔️

Chapter 7 - If Given a Second Chance- 🤲🏻

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🚫TRIGGER WARNINGS🚫 Some Gore

- Ella

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A fraught silence took place after they failed to establish contact with SAC-1... because it only meant one thing.

Tech was having trouble comprehending the thought that SAC-1, someone he had already considered a comrade, who actually listened to him, wouldn't be returning. This reality shut down his mind, and he ended up swiftly leaving the bridge so he could try and process this successful but at the same time failed mission. And how he had failed her by supporting this thought to be brilliant plan that led to her demise.

Wrecker hung his head with a crestfallen frown. He tried to focus on the fact that she completed the mission and died a hero, but that honestly didn't help at all. He'd not gotten used to her yet, but heh, he might've liked to include her in the game of who destroyed the most clankers, thinking that she could've had the skill to knock Crosshair off his high bantha.

For Crosshair, well, the mission was completed, that was what was important and that was what he would choose to focus on. Sitting around crying wouldn't bring her back. Nothing would.

Ahsoka keenly felt the loss of her friend, even though they had only known each other for just over twenty-four hours. They had just clicked and while SAC-1 was very inexperienced about life in general despite being, in a way, several years older than her, she had the same liveliness as the young Jedi, something Ahsoka found refreshing after being surrounded by stiff Jedi Masters and troopers all day, every day.

Anakin sensed Ahsoka's heavy heart, and with a sad smile walked up to his young padawan, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. He felt terrible for thinking so badly of SAC-1 and was sorry to lose such a good soldier; Obi-Wan and Cody shared in this professional thought process.

But shockingly, it wasn't Tech or Ahsoka who felt the worst about SAC-1's demise. It was the man who had figuratively bitten her head off after the first failed mission attempt... Sergeant Hunter. Much like SAC-1 yesterday, Hunter was paralyzed in self-reproach over the situation, only his was actually deserved. 'I could've prevented this. I should have warned her about the bad side effects enhanced senses could have.'

'SAC-1 would be alive right now if I had done this; her death is my fault.'

Death was something not new to Hunter, I mean they were in the middle of a war, but he had never lost a squad member. There were many close calls, but he had always managed to keep them all alive, and since he had a disdain for regs he was not heartless for feeling bad for these soldiers when they dropped like flies around him and no one bat an eye, but he was not crushed with grief. He barely knew them. It was the same situation for SAC-1, he only knew her for two days... But he felt like he'd failed to protect his squad, and that was a terrible thing to feel.

Obi-Wan broke the silence. "We shouldn't let SAC-1's efforts go to waste. I shall inform the Council about what she discovered and make sure they know that Silva has been liberated because of her."

Anakin nodded in agreement, then worried over his weary student. "We should get you back to the med bay, you need to rest."

Ahsoka tiredly hummed in accord to his 'suggestion', and Anakin helped her get up and led her out of the bridge, Obi-Wan behind them. Wrecker, knowing when Hunter wanted to be left alone, asked Crosshair if he wanted to go get some food and the Sniper, in a rare moment of graciousness, said sure, halfway side eyeing the stony faced Sergeant left behind.