Fallen Not Forgotten

# Description

Plagued by nightmares of what awaits the ARC twins, I rescue Echo from Lola Sayu, sparing him the fate planned by the Techno Union. The Batch and I bring him back to Naboo for medical attention, but bad news soon strikes; a recording of me on Lola Sayu got out. Also, apparently, there's a portal on Naboo now too. Which leads to a particular moon base, before it was destroyed. How interesting.

# Summary

Jolted awake by the nightmare of ARC Trooper Echo's presumed death on Lola Sayu, Shadow is comforted by Corporal Crosshair before they manage to convince the commandos to help them save Echo from the Techno Union before he is turned into a cyborg. A few days later, while on Lola Sayu, Shadow tears apart a squad of droids and kills a Skakoan Scientist before retrieving Echo from a stasis pod. When the ARC awakes, missing his legs below the knee and burned all over, he's greeted by Shadow and Crosshair in the *Havoc Marauder's* backroom that serves as both a pantry and medical bay. Leaving the ARC with a grouchy Crosshair, Shadow speaks to Sergeant Hunter and tries to sooth some of his misgivings about the ARC by promising to contact Commander Cody as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, on Coruscant, Cody is heading to an emergency meeting when shadow contacts him. Although he is initially angry and dismissive of them due to the events in *Commander, Meet the Cat*, he hesitantly agrees to meet Shadow and the others on Naboo with Captain Rex and ARC Trooper Fives. He does not, however, learn yet of Echo's survival. In the emergency meeting with Generals Kenobi, Skywalker, Windu, and Yoda, Cody discovers something unknown to Shadow; a recording of their actions on Lola Sayu get out and the Jedi Order is now aware of Shadow's color changing sabers. While reluctant, Cody tells the assembled Jedi about Shadow's status as a Realm Walker.

Back on Naboo, Shadow helps Echo get settled but does not tell him who or what they are quite yet. They also tell him Fives isn't aware of his survival yet, but Shadow shuts down any more questions after that and tells Echo they will reveal everything once the others arrive. Back in the GAR barracks, Fives and Rex are both struggling to come to terms with Echo's "death" when Cody comes and gets them for the mission. Cody tells them very little on the way to the gunship waiting with Kenobi, but once they set off to Naboo he admits to the pair that they are heading to meet with a Realm Walker and their commando squadron. Both Rex and Fives are shocked a Realm Walker requested them personally, especially Rex once he learns he is said Realm Walker's favorite clone outside of their squad.

In a bar not far from the Bad Batch's Hideaway, Echo is anxious to reunite with Fives and Rex, although he is frustrated with Shadow's lack of clarity. When the others arrive, Shadow initially refuses to show themselves since Cody brought a Jedi but Rex manages to find them in the bar. A tearful reunion follows after Shadow reveals Echo is with them, with both Rex and Fives breaking down. The meeting turns somewhat tense once Kenobi approaches Shadow, with tensions rising once Fives, Rex, and Echo learn Shadow's blades turn red. However, Rex becomes suspicious when he, like Cody, recalls that the fighter on Rishi also had color-changing sabers. After a brief, private conversation, Rex learns that Shadow is in fact the fighter on Rishi but they haven't gone back in time yet. Before returning to the others, Rex manages to convince Shadow to tell him what they can about the future when he brings them back from meeting with the Jedi after Echo and Fives' week of medical leave, granted by the Council in exchange for Shadow's promise to speak with them later. On the way back to the shuttle, Rex tells Cody and Kenobi that Shadow agreed to tell him what they could. Kenobi says that while it is unfortunately Shadow doesn't trust anyone in authority aside from Rex, him knowing the future is better than no one knowing.

Returning to the Hideaway, Shadow and Crosshair take a separate path during which Shadow tells him to view the regs' stay as "exposure therapy". Crosshair is, unsurprisingly, disgruntled about this plan but nevertheless agrees to attempt to be nice. Once the others arrive, Shadow promises to tell Fives and Echo "everything" but warns that they may not like it. Shadow and Crosshair then depart back to town with the cargo bike to get supplies for the week, leaving the ARCs with the others as Tech prepares some rudimentary prosthetics for Echo. Fives and Echo spend some brief time alone, lamenting the loss of their others brothers at Rishi. Meanwhile, Crosshair and Shadow meet Trevor who tells them he is searching after a portal somewhere on Naboo. Relaying the information to the others when they return, Shadow finally agrees to tell the ARC brothers just who they are. Both men are shocked at Shadow's origins, as well as the fact they themselves are fictional. They ask Shadow if the Realm Walker still plans to go back in time, and Shadow confirms they will find a way to save the other members of Domino no matter what.

# Characters

Below is the complete character list in order of appearance.

* ARC Trooper Echo
* ARC Trooper Fives
* Shadow Hyder
* Corporal Crosshair
* Wrecker
* Sergeant Hunter
* Tech
* Unnamed Skakoan Scientist
* Commander Cody
* Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Anakin Skywalker
* Mace Windu
* Yoda
* Medic Kix
* Captain Rex
* Pilot Lucky
* Trevor Stu
* Kabri

# Settings

* Havoc Marauder
* Lola Sayu
* Coruscant
* Naboo
* The Hideaway