A returning Echo

Chapter Twenty Two

"I'm fine, just a little dizzy, that's all," Echo said, but Kix shook his head.

"You might have a concussion. I'm not letting you go fight until I'm able to examine you."

"Kix. Trust me, I'm fine."

Kix eyed Fives, having a silent conversation with him. They both nodded, and Fives sighed.

"Fine. But stay with me, I'm keeping an eye on you," he said.

"Since when am I ever not by your side? I'm always babysitting you."

"Yeah yeah, let's go," Fives said, handing Echo his helmet before they ran off.

Echo fought the small stumbles and dizziness as he ran, nearly colliding with Fives when he suddenly stopped.

"Get down Echo!" He says, pulling his brother to the ground as a cannon blast flew over where Echo stood seconds before.

"Kriff, now I'm babysitting you!"

"Well, how does it feel?" Echo shot back sarcastically.

"Like you're trying to get your ass killed!" Fives yelled, jumping up to continue running forward. Echo followed, steadying himself as much as possible. Raising his blaster, he shoots, and misses completely.

Kriff, what's wrong with me? Echo thought to himself, moving to hide behind cover while holding his now pounding head. Everything became dizzy and blurry, and he barely raised his arm to speak into his commlink.

"Fives. Fives, c'n ya hear me?"

"Echo! Are you okay? Where are you?"

"M'hiding, behind cover. M'head...dizzy...blurry..."

"Echo! I told you to stay with Kix!"

"S'ry vod...can't move..."

"Karking hells..." Fives mumbled over the comm. "Okay, ping your location and I'll comm Kix to get you, okay?"

"M'kay," was the last thing Echo said before he reached to ping his location. Not even a second later, he slumped to the side and fell unconscious.

"Kix! Can you hear me?" Fives yelled into his commlink. He bent down to avoid a shot and straightened up, firing his own and knocking down the droid.

"Is it Echo?" Kix responded, skipping the casualties.

"Yeah, he pinged his location, can you get to him?"

"Yeah, I'll be there in a second. I thought he was supposed to be the responsible one out of you two."

"He is! That's why I'm confused. It's not like he's trying to impress anyone, there's no one here to impress. And y/n is gonna have his ass when she finds out," Fives said. He ran behind cover before popping around, firing a few shots before going back into hiding.

"I doubt he'd tell her," Kix responded.

"Oh, he won't, that's why I am."

"He's not gonna be happy about that," Kix chuckled.

"Well I'm not happy about what he did, so I'd say we're even."

"I guess," Kix said before he let out a groan.

"What? What's wrong?"

"Echo is passed out, I have to haul his ass back to camp."

"Just get him out of danger, okay?" Fives said a little too forcefully.

"Sir yes sir," Kix responded sarcastically.

When the comm ended, Fives rushed forward to join Rex and Anakin on the field.