adventures with the bad batch

part twenty-two (between ep10 and 11)

we all returned to the ship and left to collect the flower,

"we have been getting a lot of easier missions later" echo said

"yeah, if we can manage to get one good mission that pays good we can stop working for Sid" hunter said

"sid pays us terribly considering we risk our lives for her all the time" I moaned

"yeah but at least omega payed off our dept" echo said

I got up and exited the cockpit and I saw omega sitting in her room alone playing with her toys

"hey omega what are you are doing?" I asked climbing a few stairs

"just modifying my clone doll" she said "want to join in?" she asked

"sure" I said fully claiming up and sitting across from her.

we arrived at the planet and I was nearly blinded by the colours, everything was 10 times more colourful than usual.

"woah its so pretty" omega smiled,

"yeah it is" I replied,

we started looking for the flower, I kept looking over at hunter, he looked really uneasy

"hunter are you okay?" I asked he took a few seconds to look over at me

"what oh yeah im fine" he replied "can you hold my helmet" he said,

"Sure" I said lightly grabbing his helmet, something was wrong, he wasn't feeling himself and I could sense that,

we approached the flower and it had this strong smell, the closer we got the stronger the sent got and Hunter got even more uneasy

"Hunter whats wrong?" I asked firmly but he didn't even acknowledge me, "tech somethings wrong" I said before hunter fell to the ground and started lightly shaking "hunter!" Kneeling next to him

Tech also kneeled next to Hunter,

"What's wrong with him?" Omega

"Sensory overload" tech said

"Sensory overload!, what is that? Is he going to be okay?" I asked in panic standing up to give them both space

"He should be" tech said

"Should be" I said trying to not yell what does he mean should be,

I stood there in shock as he laid on the ground, I slowly passed Tech Hunters helmet and Tech slipped it on Hunter, omega grabbed my leg as she was clearly in distress, I picked her up and she buried my head in my shoulder

"Its okay" I whispered, how did I not know this could happen, I watched as wrecker picked him up and slung him over his shoulder and Tech grabbed the flower and put it in a box making the sent go away, Hunter looked lifeless as wrecker carried him, it was painful to see him like this. Wrecker put him on the med bed in the main room and I sat down next to him with omega still in my arms,

"Does this happen a lot?" I asked tech lightly

"It has only happened a few times, did he not tell you this could happen"

"No, he didn't" I sighed,

~

it was the middle of the night, omega was asleep with her head on my lap, I was half asleep as I subconsciously stroked her hair, with my other hand on hunters, my eyes were closed but I wasn't asleep. I felt hunter squeeze my hand and my eyes shot open and looked at him as he sat up, I got up carefully placing omegas head where I was sitting,