Dar'solus [Captain Rex x reader]

Chapter 22 - A miss-matching piece of a puzzle

Mando'a used in this chapter:

"ori'buyce kih'kovid, al'verde." = "all helmet, no head, Commander", severe insult to someone with an authority complex.

The sun had just set on Ryloth and the temporary camp in the abandoned village had been set up. We had a handful of troopers on different locations around it as a lookout, while the rest stayed within a building that was quite large. It was completely empty and the walls were old and decaying. I didn't even want to touch them as they looked as though they would fall if you even looked at them for too long. It didn't have any roof, as it had probably collapsed many years ago and been cleaned out. The starry sky with two of its moons visible gave the valley a white hue as the moonlight bounced around on the old white buildings. During the daytime, it would be hot as the planet mostly had a desert-like climate or a jungle climate. Lessu was located on the dry and sandy hemisphere, which had next to none in plant life. But now when it was night out, it could actually get pretty chilly. Not enough to need a thicker cover, but enough to make you shiver if you didn't have long sleeves on your shirt. The troopers of the 212th were lucky that they had all-covering armour to keep them protected against the chilly breezes that swept through the valley now and then. Sure, I had long sleeves on me and my usual cargo pants, but I had expected this mission to only last one day, during the sun hours on Ryloth. So now I was pacing back and forth or trying to find something that could occupy me to not think about the cold. I had already gone on a round around the perimeter where we had the lookout to check in with them. Everyone reported the same thing, it was all quiet. As I paced back and forth outside on the main street, I could feel someone burning holes in my side. They had been for quite awhile now, but I had tried to ignore it and think about something else. I had checked my vambrace every other minute to keep me updated on my locator in case something popped up. But it was the same thing there as with the lookout, quiet. Why did everything have to be so kriffing quiet? It was really off-setting that nothing had appeared or been heard. Something should have happened by now. Right? Not being able to ignore the burning holes in my sides I spun around to meet eyes with Obi-Wan,

"Master, with all due respect, can I help you?"

my question came out a bit snappy, but the everlasting silence from the lookouts was really bugging me. He smirked and waved his hand a little as he calmly answered,

"No, the question is rather, can I help you?"

crossing my arms at him I quirked a brow,

"I'm not the one who has been staring all this time."

he chuckled at my behaviour and looked up at the stars,

"It's a nice and quiet night, don't you think?"

I was also looking up at the stars, mumbling out my answer to him,

"That's just my problem, it's too quiet."

he shifted his eyes to me again and walked closer. Putting a hand on my shoulder I felt him calm me down slightly through the Force,

"You need some rest (Y/N). I have a feeling that tomorrow will be hectic."

I glanced at his comforting eyes before throwing my hand up in the direction of the lookouts,

"I should also be on lookout, or venturing beyond the perimeter just in case something or someone tries to sneak up on us."

he chuckled once again at my restlessness,

"So much like Anakin. I'll wake you up if something happens or there is any news."

I tried to challenge his orders by holding his gaze. Feeling him slightly nudge my mind with the Force to comply I grumbled out in defeat,