Chapter V - Memories

3rd Person POV:

"Hey Kih Verd," Hawk said, taking off his helmet as he patted her helmet jokingly as she jumped up, scared.

"Whoops, sorry," He replied, sitting down in front of her as she looked up a bit.

"Hey Hawk, how's it going?" She asked.

"I'm alright, had to get Kass out of a hole while Halo just sat there, I think he was laughing," he replied.

"I'll always be here kid, I don't care what those clankas do to me," he said as she nodded slowly.

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3rd Person POV:

"Come on Hawk!" A trooper shouted as they ran across the barren planet of Hoth.

"Split up, there's a life form here..." Obi-wan replied.

"Yes sir," Hawk replied, running off towards the icy cliffs. The ARC trooper was a bit cold, but he pressed on, suddenly his life form monitor started to beep frantically, he saw a shadowy figure on the cliff but it quickly disappeared. He just walked into the cave, turning on his life as he heard a thump.

"Hello? Is anyone there? This is the Grand Army of the Republic, we are not here to hurt you," he announced as the light started to flicker and turn off.

"Agh, darn thing," he grumbled, throwing it to the side. He walked further and saw a pile of droid heads and parts of scrap metal, and he heard something crack above him, he looked up and saw a thing sitting up there and shivering.

"Hey... We're those sounds you?" He asked, moving closer.

"I'm Hawk... I'm not going to hurt you," he said, realizing that the figure was a child, looked like a girl.

"Hey kid, you can come down," he said, taking off his helmet as he smiled warmly.

"It's alright, you can jump, I'll catch you," he said as the girl reached her bloody broken up hands out.

"You're hurt...?" He asked as he held her hands carefully, the kid was wearing a mask as he carried her down gently.

"There you go," he said, bending down to the kid who moved away from him a bit.

"I'm not going to hurt you, see," he said, putting his pistols down and smiling as he held the lantern up to his face. He had kind brown eyes, black hair and a friendly smile.

"What's your name?" He asked.

"Arius," the kid replied in a computerized voice.

"Nice to meet you Arius," he replied, looking at her tall figure.

"How old are you kid?" He asked, seeing her wounds and broken bones.

"F-four," she replied with a small stutter.

"You're pretty tall," he replied, standing up.

"Can you give me your hands?" He asked, pointing at his hands so he would understand.

"Hands..?" She asked in an accented distorted voice from her helmet.

"Yeah, those," he said, pointing at hers as she held her bloody hands up.

"Who hurt you? And where are your parents?" He asked. She just shook her head.

"Who hurt you?" He asked. She took a little while until she pointed at her head.

"Who?" He asked as she kept pointing at her head.

"You? You hurt yourself?" He asked as she nodded slowly.

"THERE! GET THEM!" A droid shouted as he grabbed his pistols and he was blown backward by something. Arius twitched her head sideways as the droids were all squished together into a big pile.

"You- you did that?" He asked, getting up and walking over to her as she nodded.

"Hawk, you found the life form?" Anakin asked, walking into the dark cave with Obi-wan.

"She's force-sensitive sir, she did that to those droids," Hawk replied as Obi-wan bent down and smiled as she moved away, behind Hawk a bit.

"She seems to like you Captain," Obi-wan joked as Hawk bent down to her.

"Come on Kid, the Jedi will fix you right up," he said as she followed him and the Jedi to the ship.

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3rd Person POV:

She woke up, startled a bit, she was still wearing Hawk's clone armor, which she helped him paint even though she had gotten it all over her clothes and helmet, she had his bruised and broken helmet on her desk as she remembered him, she usually wasn't this emotional when she lost someone, but something was different, he was like an older brother in a way, he had always helped her when she needed it. She was going to miss him, she was going to press on with Halo and Kass, and she'll make the clankers wish they never were created in the rusty droid factories.