What I Am (Loki Show) [Marvel/Star Wars]

Chapter 30: The Clone Deserter

Remembering all that happened that day, I gave into my anger, narrowing my eyes at the clone. The Twi'leks looked around, rather terrified as they croaked out. "Dad."

The clone kept his eyes on me as he responded. "Jek, Shaeeah, stay there. Don't move."

"Mom?" Obi and Stass questioned, sounding just as scared as the Twi'leks.

"Stay back, Obi, Stass." I advised. 

The clone then slowly made his way towards me, keeping his blaster pointed at me. I steadily took out my lightsabers, igniting the blades at once. As soon as he saw my red blade. His eyes widened as he gasped. "Sith."

"I'm no Sith." I rebuked. "I couldn't betray the very thing that I swore to protect. No, I'm not like you and your brothers did to us and the Republic."

For a moment, the clone furrowed his brows. His face then fell before he slowly lowered his blaster. His eyes flicked towards the ground before he responded. "You don't know the entire story."

I scoffed. "And what good will that do me? You and the rest of the clones betrayed us. I nearly lost my life that day."

"And I'm terribly sorry to hear that, but I assure you that I'm not with the Empire." The clone protested.

"Your words mean nothing to me." I shot back.

At that moment, a tall female Twi'lek with pink skin and blue eyes stormed out the house, carrying a rifle in her arms. I tightened my grip around my lightsabers, determined to take them both on if necessary. Snips and Fang growled, standing side by side, prepared to help me out.

"Lower your lightsabers, Jedi. We can talk about this inside without violence." The clone urged.

"You both lower your weapons first." I retorted.

"You're crazy. You are the one who walked onto our home." The pink skinned Twi'lek retaliated. "If anyone should lower their weapon, it should be you."

"How about we all lower our weapons at the same time?" The clone suggested. "On the count of three, one...two..."

I glared at the Twi'lek, who kept her gaze on me along with the clone, who continued. "...Three."

Reluctantly, I lowered my lightsabers, turning off the blades. The Twi'lek and the clone both let their rifles fall to their side, honoring their word. I then placed my lightsabers back in my belt. I glanced over at Snips and Fang before speaking to them. "Stand down, Snips, Fang. It's all right."

At my words, Fang and Snips stopped growling. Obi and Stass along with Kiara emerged from behind us. They looked startled and confused, I wanted to assure them that it was going to be fine, but I wasn't sure whether I could trust this clone. Right now what I had to focus on was whether that clone was telling the truth about not knowing the entire situation of this matter. 

"Who are you?" I questioned.

"I am Cut, Cut Lawquane." The clone informed me. He then pointed to the Twi'lek with tan skin and brown eyes. "This is Jek. That is Shaeeah."

He motioned towards the other Twi'lek kid with blue skin and pink eyes. Cut then glanced over at the Twi'lek with pink skin and blue eyes, who now stood beside him. "And this is Suu, my wife."

Before I could introduce myself or anyone, Stass spoke up. "I'm Stass, this my brother, Obi. That's Snips, Fang, Kiara, and this our mom, Storm."

Upon hearing her words, Cut's eyes widened. "Storm? As in the Jedi General Storm Ca'ana?"

I nodded. "Yeah, you've heard of me?"

"Of course. You were well known in the Grand Army of the Republic. And Areria and Rex also talked about you." Cut explained.