20 | she/her | clones (Especially Wrecker) and Anakin my beloveds | 🦋too many aus🦋 | likes and follow from @ moss-tombstone You can request basically anything from my AUs to doodle, I'm very open for ideas 👉👈
Hi hello on my Star Wars blog. You can call me Moss or Kosh, and I'm here to deliver all the weird aus I make for this fandom
'*' means I am not proud of the drawing and it's old :>
(+snippet) means there's an additional piece of fanfic to match the artwork
THE BAD BATCH
Hybrid Bad Batch: Clone Force 99 are hybrids of Jango DNA and another sentient species. Trandoshan Hunter, Chiss Tech, Zygerrian Crosshair, Lasat Wrecker, and Diathim Omega
-all that's chibi <3 | a peaceful nap | and a Bookmark
-original (old) designs*
-baby batch sleeping pile*
-Baby batch squad photo
-Baby Wrecker in Lula onesie
-Wrecker's a show off (cadets)*
-The Batch all grown up
-nap in the sunlight
-Crosshair got put in the air jail for scratching pilot seats
-S1ep1 screenshot redraw
-mission going wrong page 1
-Zygerrian mission going awful
-Wrecker's bo-rifle
-A nap after Wrecker got blown up
-Hunter's chest scars
-Crosshair vs the red dot
-Tech and his pillow Wrecker
-Tech helps Hunter with his molt
-Snowy day with Omega and Hunter
-Hunter protective over Omega
-Crosshair's murder mittens and Wrecker's murder mittens
Mermaid AU: Four mers raised by a fisherman called 99, Lionfish Hunter, octopus Tech, Whale shark Wrecker, eel Crosshair. There are also the betta twins Fives and Echo, and manta ray Omega, but these three the batch meets after being captured by Admiral Rampart
Ref Sheets: Tech | Omega | Hunter | Crosshair | Wrecker | Domino Twins and CHIBI BOOKMARK
-How does Tech's underside look?
-Baby Wrecker and 99 and part 2 (+snippet)
-Doctor Nala Se and Omega
-Kiddos Tech, Hunter and Crosshair
-Wrecker meets Tech
-Teens resting and 99 fishing on a warm afternoon
-Hunter teaching Omega to swim in open waters
-Crosshair in trouble + Mayday finding him
-Hemlock and subject 9902
-An unrelated food pic and Hemlock eating it
Centaur Wild West AU: (i'll add explanation later)
-Ref sheet for the Batchers
-Wrecker vs Zygerrian hunters
-Wrecker nad Lula napping
The Bad Batch x Detroit: Become Human: Android Force 99 is a team of four specialized androids that hunt down deviants
-Ref photo
-Wrecker saves Echo from humans
-WR-993 protects TH-992 from bullets
-Crosshair CS-994 kills his brother Tech the deviant TH-992
-Crosshair and Tech getting out of the Cyberlife building
Tantiss Batch: Hemlock once visited Kamino before the war, finding himself curious about four defective clones slated for decommissioning, all young and easy to mold. He took them as his side project, transporting the batch to his lab on Tantiss, where he raised them
-Kiddos Wrecker and Tech
-Wrecker and Tech, their brothers the night after rescue (+ snippet)
Fairy Batch: Fairies are born from normal insect eggs infused with a special elixir, their wings match whatever egg they hatched from Fairies that are born on the same day treat each other like brothers Each fairy picks a job in their community, hunters gathering food, defenders fighting birds and other dangers, and engineers creating new tools and other stuff
-Ref sheet for the Batchers
-Eepy batchers
-Phee finds a surprise in a lab
Coraline AU: Omega and her family arrive at their new house, where she meets her other Brothers with buttons for eyes
-Omega and other Tech (+ snippet)
LULA in all the AUs
CLONE WARS
Dragon Jedi AU (Fantasy medieval setting) The United Kingdoms of the Republic own all the dragons on their territory. When the Confederacy of independent Kingdoms began a war against the Republic, the Kingdom of Mandalore provided their soldiers; the princes of the house of Mereel being the leaders. Every battalion was given a dragon to fight alongside them, and during the time spent together the soldiers realised that the creatures were as smart as humans and kept against their will
Which one can you pet?
ANAKIN Ref sheet | and Fox | in harness |
OBI-WAN Ref sheet+ Ahsoka | and Cody |
PLO Ref sheet | and Wolfee |
AAYLA Ref sheet | and Bly |
KIT Ref sheet | and Monnk |
MACE Ref sheet | and Ponds |
QUINLAN Ref sheet | and Fox |
QUI GON Ref sheet |
MAUL, ASAJJ, and MOTHER TALZIN Ref sheet
other dragons
Mecha AU: Kaminoas created an army of droids for the Republic. 10-15 meters tall, perfect in combat, and have suspiciously advanced AI. It is located in tubes filled with thick, red liquid, which, if not cracked or destroyed, can be transported into a new metal body. Some of the mechas are modified so that the Jedi can pilot them from the inside, with the commander and the general working together.
-Rex and Cody*
-Anakin and Rex
-Blank trooper design
Non-connected Rexwalker drawings
Medically mandated comforting pressure
Rexwalker week 2023 Vampire AU
Vaderkin exchange: Massive Mer Ani and Rex
Squad-724: squad made out of clones at first deemed unfit for duty because of mental instability or injuries obtained in the war. In later years of war, the Kaminoans decided to form the squad to see which defects could be sent back to the field and not waste as many clones to decommissioning
-Ref sheet for them
-A full squad holopic
-Dianoga and Rex*
-Chibis in flower crowns
-Reek and Nexu (then Kiros)*
-(almost) accurate headshots*
My dearest Captain Monarch: 212th drama queen, fashion icon, prettiest princess, and party rocker. Cape is used to dramatically woosh when he turns around. Will walk late to a meeting with Starbooks coffee and a shirt that says "Sorry I’m late, I didn’t want to come"
-PFP and headshot
-Ref sheet
-drank too much and found a pole
-wink
-waking up in the bed
-Hair showoff
-Monarch in a corset
Coruscant Guard oc Pops and him in moth AU
CT-0983 and Commander Ghost *
Commander Michael Angelo and her Jedi general Luvi and other art of them
All that's else:
Bad Batch incognito as drag queens
Tech is some sexy fit :]
Medusa Vader and two heroes sent to kill him
goodbye season 3
Crosshair's reaction to Techphee kiss (photo redraw)
@clownery-and-fuckery's fanart for Project Failsafe: Prisoners' vodpile | Cody says goodbye | Tech Seven's new haircut |
Art trade with @keef-a-corn Bookmark of their Elemental AU
Other people's clone chibis part1 | part2 | part3
Clone Wars x Venom
Teeny Ahsoka in my style
Star Wars Art Trade 2023
The Batch as Echo's support animals (modern au)
Rexanidala movie night
@toomanyteefs' Snapback fanart: Kiddos Batch goes to McDonald's and A family picnic
Gift for @/phantasm-echo and their Siren Echo & Inquisitor Fives and Modern Echo
Tech x OC
Wrecker and Omega going fishing (after S3)
Wrecker in a corset
Bad batch actor au: Crosshair has his burn applied
My designs for Coruscant Commanders*
Mayday and Crosshair smoking and dripped out
Batchers in female lingerie
Clone Wars x Steven Universe
Crosshair trying Mantell Mix for the first time
Bad Batch but it's 1940's noir movie
Anakin and Tann (fanfic fanart)
Hey!! Not sure if you still use this account but I wanted to let you know I just found this blog and OMG I am obsessed with your AUs!!! They are all so unique and well designed. I love love love AUs and I am obsessed with your mermaid octopus Tech!! And centaur Wrecker with lamb Lula!! I could go on and on. Regardless, your art and ideas are amazing!! Much love!
Aw thank you <333 A year ago I got into another fandom that has made me kinda lose my interest in Star Wars (that and the bad batch ending), but I still hold my aus close to my heart
Now that you've mentioned all this stuff makes me think I should revisit some of my old art, perhaps you have any suggestions on what I could draw?
✨ Happy Star Wars Day Week everyone! (a bit late to posting this here 😅) ✨
Time to finally give you some updates on the Tukk Tales project and introduce one of its new characters:
Commander Faust of the Coruscant Guard.
More on him soon, but for now I'll let this animation speak for itself. 🫡👀
But why new characters? And where's the short film??
First of all I'm sorry I haven't been great with keeping you all updated in the past! Juggling the project with my freelance work and private life hasn't been easy and I wanted to wait until things have developed further until I make any new announcements, but here's basically what happened:
After the announcement teaser trailer in 2023 completely blew up and I got to see how much love and support there already is for Tukk, his company and the project, I got motivated to push both my storytelling skills and the film itself a lot further, going back and rewriting the whole thing to let us spend more time with these characters and tell a more impactful and memorable story.
Instead of a little one-off 6 minute short (which at the time was still mostly in rough previz stage), it evolved into something closer to a full Clone Wars episode, which I've eventually decided to separate into three mini-episodes, inspired by the beautiful "Tales of" shows from Lucasfilm.
With that expansion also came the need for a lot more characters, designs and assets. And since I'm making all of those from scratch, with hand-painted textures, animator-friendly rigs and screen-accurate details that have to hold up in all kinds of close-ups, I've spent a LOT of time on that part of the process while simultaneously setting up some of the previz animations for the new story.
But an end of that step is in sight and once it is complete, updates will become way more frequent as I'm much faster when it comes to bringing shots from previz to a final stage.
I still can't give a release date yet as it's a no-budget personal project that is happening between client jobs, but it's still going full steam ahead and I'm extremely excited about the new direction it has taken on a while ago.
I'll also be looking for other character animators to bring onto the project later on and help out with some shots, so if you're interested in volunteering, feel free to send me your reel (mail address in my linktree)!
That's it for now, more character reveals soon (and no, they won't all be clones 🗡️🥸)!
So I was scrolling through Switter looking at these holovideos of Leia Organa's assassination attempt and something crazy occurred to me. How could she have these quick reflexes? Here's a thought, she's force sensitive!!!!
#RPF SHIPPERS DNI
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You all really should stop using Switter, it's still owned by a prominent Pro-empire nepobaby. Go to BlueSpace or Concord or something.
💀mychemistbromance follow
Bro, no one uses BlueSpace, and they scrap your information anyways. Concord doesn't have a good alternative, remember there's no ethical consumption under caempiretalism.
And OP clearly uses social media other than Switter, they're here after all lol
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This is all very ironic considering Leia Organa, Mon Mothma, and basically every former rebel leader have verified Switter accounts. Isn't that sus.
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Yeah, dude, I'm sure Leia fucking Organa of all people secretly supports the Empire.
Can yall at least engage with the point of my post? I swear to the force...
🐱lesbianwarriorlothcats follow
you're saying she's force sensitive based on good reflexes, you can't get mad when your theory is this outlandish.
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Force sensitivity is a spectrum, it isn't as rare as it was once believed, it wouldn't be that rare. Is not as outlandish as you might think. I think is a fair argument, just like the arguments out there about Luke Skywalker being spautistic. I think some sentients confuse force sensitivity with out right jedi mystical spanime super spayayin Z powers.
Source: I'm (self diagnosed) force sensitive.
Also does anyone recall that theory going around about Leia being the bastard daughter of Kenobi (THE Kenobi) and Breha Organa? Kenobi was force sensitive, so-
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I SAID RPF PEOPLE DNI, why no one respects basic holonet boundaries anymore? Also wtf, you can't self diagnose force sensitivity.
And why would you ship a rebel leader with one of the kriffing Emperor's guard dogs.
#andwhythekriffyouwouldmakekenobihetero
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Dude, not everyone has the resources to get tested. Like do you know how fucking expensive is to go and find Luke Skywalker? He's always exploring some ruins or saving people in the middle of nowhere. Like yeah sure, I'm gonna spend several thousands of credits tracking that bitch just for him to read my mind and take my blood or some cosmic bantha Jedi shit. Honestly can we talk about how problematic this trend is, I have seen all these rich Nepobabies holorecording themselves on ClickClock approaching the dude to ask him if they're FS enough to be Jedi. Have y'all seen his face in those holovids????? Guy's dead inside, I hope he gets fed up and starts exploding everyone's head.
#PleaseCheckYourClassism
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Have you seen the one uploaded by MrWookieBeast, where he asked if they could collab for a reality Holoshow game? Skywalker looked scary as kriff. Glowing eyes and everything. He didn't even answer, he turned to his side and started talking to the air in huttesse, lmao, freaky shit.
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I heard that everyone in Tatooine thinks he killed his aunt and uncle and then fucked off . The case's very popular in True Sprime popholocasts
🧛Spalestatlawyer follow
Luv, he single handely blew up the death star I, killed the Emperor and Darth bloody Vader. How is this of any surprise?🤐
🌞Supernova-chaos follow
Damn, Stewjonian, thinks Luke Skywalker is some psycho, a lawyer AND a Interview with the Force Vampire fan, pick a struggle girl.
🐸 justvib1ng follow
The ableism in this forcedamn thread. Skywalker isn't "scary", he's literally just spautistic and a young man from a less civilized planet.
🤖 droidcreampie follow
His eyes WERE GLOWING. HE'S ALWAYS TALKING TO THE NOTHINGNESS. HE FORCE CHOKES IMPERIALS.
🐸 justvib1ng follow
So? You're pathologizing and sithmonizing psychosis now?
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"He's just from a less civilized planet" 💀💀💀💀
For all we know Vader could also be from Tatooine and also have psychosis and be spautistic, does that mean he wasn't scary or-
Also psychosis IS a pathology, wha-
🐸 justvib1ng follow
The fuck is wrong with you to comparing a rebel hero, a queer icon and spautistic young man to fucking Darth Vader. Again, sithmonizing neurospadivergent traits.
Good thing Luke doesn't use social holomedia or he would kill himself if he knew people compare him to Vader. (YES, I KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE INTERVIEW, HE WAS CLEARLY DISTRACTED AND LITERALLY RAN AWAY, is just rumors, I have been blocking everyone who brings up that video- LUKE HATES VADER, PERIOD.)
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Gotta love the misogyny here. OP literally made a post about Leia Organa and here's everyone talking about poor booboo Skywalker having to talk to tourists and wishing he starts killing sentients and Vader and shit. Y'all are disgusting.
Back to the point, though, I think Leia Organa being FS is hella cool, we do need more FS women representation. She's quite good at reading political opponents and quick to react to danger. She's also done some impressive stunts, I wouldn't be surprised if she's secretly a Jedi, she just doesn't want to brag about it and doesn't feel the need to say it out loud every chance she gets and put on dramatic dark robes, unlike someone else.
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Girl, are you aware misogyny is only a problem in some planets? There's many other planets dealing with the opposite fyi. The person you reblogged from is literally from Dathomir, it's really insensitive for them, they were literally raised under the idea of their sole purpose to be to breed with witches and fight their brothers to death just for the right to mate and then be killed.
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Force, I wish that were me
#breedingkink
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Personally I think it's even more sexist to think Leia needs to be force sensitive or a fucking Jedi to be cool
you're erasing her own merits cuz now all her skills and achievements are religion and magic.
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I SAID RPF SHIPPERS DNI
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RPF shippers killed OP's grandma 😔
🌠 Starcatcher12 follow
They fucking literally did, technically Boba Fett did it, but it was due to RPF shipping.
A group of RPF shippers hired Boba Fett to kill her for getting in between their ship (Sebulba x Tay' Loorr Quickst)
#YES.TAY'LOORR IS GAY AND SHE WAS DATING MY GRANDMA
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I was expecting you to say Darth Vader was a RPF shipper, because he always used to hire Boba Fett
⚡ Jediknitter follow
Tbh he actually wrote fanfiction of Luke Skywalker and him ruling the galaxy, it's easy to find.
And I'm assuming @ justvib1ng is referring to this. Someone asked Skywalker if he has read those and he said he likes to read anything his father writes (???!!!!!!) and then jumped off of a cliff onto a ship and flew off.
Relationships: Phee & Clone Force 99, Batcher & Clone Force 99 Omega & Tech & Wrecker
Content Warnings: Blood and Injury
Summary:
A Bad Batch x Don't Starve crossover
When the Batch find a strange archway, Omega, Tech, Wrecker and Batcher end up being dragged into the Constant. They struggle to adjust to the new world and its hostile environment, slowly learning more of how this separate dimension works.
Check out the amazing art @squad-724 made for this AU :D
Word count: 4,496
Read on Ao3
Echo sighs. Even if Rex said he didn't need him, and as much as he enjoys going on missions as a squad with his siblings, Echo is plagued by the feeling that he isn't doing enough. There's so much still to be done, the fight being far from over. Like he can sense something's up, Hunter puts a hand on Echo's shoulder.
"It's good to have you back, if only for a bit." Hunter says. "Omega missed you." Hunter doesn't need to say that he did too. It's only been around three months since Tantiss, but Echo hasn't been on a mission with his siblings since then.
Echo smiles. It's not like he's missing out on anything important by being here, Rex not having a mission planned, so he tries to push those thoughts aside. "What did you say this place was, Phee?" Echo redirects the conversation, shining his flash light around the cave walls.
Phee grins. "The last known location of a group of pirates. They raided areas destroyed by the war, they're bound to have items belonging to refugees on Pabu."
"Pirates? Like you?" Crosshair ribs Phee. She laughs, elbowing the sniper as she passes him.
"Stow it."
Echo has to admit that she fits right in to their little dysfunctional family. Tech's started to grow closer to Phee as well, it's clear to see that they care for one another.
“Where is Tech anyway?” Echo thinks to himself. He, Wrecker and Omega, accompanied by Batcher, went a little ahead. They haven't been heard from in a while. Echo hopes they're not getting into trouble.
Just then, Omega comes running towards them. At first, Echo thinks he's jinxed them by thinking of the possibility of something going wrong, but he relaxes when he spots the wide smile plastered on Omega's face.
"We found something! It looks really old!" She grabs hold of Echo's hand with one of her own, and Phee's with her other, dragging them towards what's got her so excited.
"Slow down Omega." Echo says, unable to suppress a laugh. She reduces her pace slightly, but only stops dragging them when they enter a wider part of the cave. Hunter and Crosshair managed to keep up, Echo already able to hear the youngest member of the squad complaining about the unnecessary jog.
The cave is taller here too, Echo's flash light almost unable to penetrate the dark above them. In the middle of the seemingly naturally formed room Echo spots Tech and Wrecker, now joined by Omega again. All three of them are crowded around a structure of some kind, which Batcher is sniffing, wagging her short tail.
Omega's right, it does look old. The structure consists of two stone pillars, connected by a further carved stone beam. In the centre of the beam, the stone seems darker, and carved to look like a closed eye. Tattered red fabric hangs from the beam, and dark green, almost black, thorny vines twist around the pillars. Strangely enough, there are bright red flowers blooming along the vines.
Echo can hear how excited Tech is, even from meters away. He's rambling about the flowers, a type of rose according to him, and how they could have evolved to survive in complete darkness.
"Ever seen anything like this?" Hunter asks Phee.
She shakes her head. "Never." There's a fond smile on her face as she watches Tech show Wrecker and Omega something on his datapad.
The four of them walk across the room at a normal pace now Omega isn't rushing them. She does wave to them, urging them to come look at their find closer. Echo laughs quietly to himself at her enthusiasm.
Out of nowhere, Hunter inhales sharply.
-
"Get away from that thing!" He yells across the cave. No sooner than he's done that, something in the structure seems to awaken.
The carved eye flicks open, emerald iris staring around the room intensely. Black flames dark enough to blot out light in their close vicinity flare from the pillars, and the vines begin to writhe and undulate. A black mass starts to form in between the pillars, and a tremor runs through the cave.
Echo is knocked to the ground, his brothers and Phee suffering the same fate. Distantly, Echo's aware of screaming, but he can't place its origin.
Then, a silence falls over the room. Echo just catches the eye on the beam blinking once more, then all the abnormalities are gone, and so are Tech, Wrecker, Omega and Batcher.
Tech groans, rubbing a hand at his throbbing head. Pushing himself onto his knees, his attention is immediately drawn to the grass beneath his palms and the shift in light.
He'd thought he might have slipped or been hit by something related to the artefact they were inspecting. Tech hadn't expected to see entirely different scenery.
Sitting up, he first notices how even and broad the terrain around him is, the sky seeming to go on endlessly. There's a strange look to it, both the world and the sky. Like nothing Tech's ever seen. The sun is larger then the one seen from Pabu, hanging close to the horizon at the moment, and the shade of the sky is strange, a slightly off colour.
A groan to Tech's left alerts him to the fact he isn't alone. Wrecker's slowly getting off the floor, rubbing at his neck. Then Batcher barks, followed by Omega trying to get her to quiet down.
There's confusion on both his siblings faces as they try and make sense of their new surroundings. Tech's yet to do so either.
Turning around, he spots the same archway they'd inspected in the cave. Only, it bares a few changes here. For a start, a loud noise emanates from it, sounding almost mechanical. The vines wrapped around it seem more active, pulsing and writhing, and black smoke or flames emit from the top of the pillars. The carved eye is open now and looking very alive. It moves and rolls, peering down at them and blinking from time to time. An involuntary shudder runs through Tech's body as he makes eye contact with the thing. He moves backwards a few steps. It can't possibly be alive, so it must be some mechanical device.
"Where are we?" Omega asks, eyes wide and one hand on Batcher's back.
Tech really wishes he had an answer. Simply due to the look of the sky and sun, this has to be a different planet. But that should be impossible. The only way something like this could have happened is teleportation and that's a science no one has mastered yet. Tech would know, he'd spent hours reading papers about its continuous failure.
But then, how did they get here? And why did this place bear the same ancient archway as the cave.
"I'm not certain. We are not on Pabu any more, that much is abundantly clear," Tech says, looking for his datapad. It's laying on the floor a few steps away.
"Where are the others?" Wrecker asks, looking around. Tech's seen no sign of them, even if they were right there in the cave.
Wrecker activates his comm, only getting static in return. Either they can't answer their comlinks, or they're out of range. Tech highly doubts it's the second, due to the fact that he's made sure that their comms can be connected over vast distances.
Tech's datapad switches on fine, but he's immediately baffled by the fact that is seems to be getting absolutely no signal. There's barely any places that that's the case. He says as much to his siblings, both of them looking confused.
Tech manages to find signal, no matter how bad, anywhere. This is getting stranger by the minute.
"Maybe we're just in a bad spot?" Wrecker suggests, voice hopeful despite the worry on his face. The alternative is that they've somehow managed to land on a planet so far from any technologically advanced societies or satellites, that it can't reach them, and that's a rather terrifying option.
Hesitantly, they decide to walk a little further in the strange terrain, looking for any form of signal to contact their siblings and Phee. The land only gets stranger. The two types of trees spread in this area, one deciduous, bearing orange leaves, the other coniferous make strange noises occasionally, and large pollinator insects fly between various colourful flowers. Occasional solitary bushes covered in bright red berries come into view and fungi of a similar shade of red dot the ground in some places.
“I really don't like this Tech,” Wrecker mutters out of earshot from Omega, “why aren't they answering their comms?”
Tech scans many of the plants they stumble upon, baffled by the readings his datapad spits out. Despite giving him a decent reading on the plants, it keeps bringing up errors, claiming it can't identify certain substances. That shouldn't be possible, so Tech concludes that this must have to do with the lack of signal as well.
Batcher chases after the black and red birds that land ever so often, wagging her tail. At least someone's having fun, Tech thinks to himself as his datapad fails to connect with anything yet again.
Red seems to be a common theme throughout this area, though Tech's sure he's just recognizing patterns in places there are none.
Tech shakes his head. He doesn't know, despite being the one who's supposed to know almost everything, who's supposed to solve issues like these.
They walk for hours, exhaustion and hunger beginning to set in. The grass eventually becomes darker and the trees denser, all bearing needles now. They block out a lot of the light, making the air seem cooler. It smells damp and of tree sap.
The more they try and contact the others, the more Tech scans things, the more the irritating thought that something is horribly wrong rattles around Tech's head. Things keep not adding up, the lack of signal, being unable to even set up a weak connection with their siblings, the bizarre error messages his datapad spits out.
Tech has a theory that may explain their situation, but it is even crazier than the prospect of teleportation. He doesn't share it immediately, thinking about it as they walk. He doesn't want to worry his siblings, but keeping things from them is hardly an option.
When the sky starts to turn red, dusk setting in, Tech decides he's thought about it long enough. They all need a short break anyway. Taking a moment to sit down, Batcher obviously immediately flopping her head into Omega's lap, Tech sits in front of his siblings.
“I do not believe we are in our universe any more,” Tech states, interrupting Wrecker saying something about a different type of mushroom he spotted, green this time apparently. “And I doubt the others are here with us.”
“What's that supposed to mean?” Wrecker asks, leaning forwards. Even if his voice doesn't betray it, deep worry lines his expression. Omega strokes a hand over Batcher's head as she nods along to Wrecker's question.
Tech explains the data he's collected on his odd findings, showing his siblings the error messages and mentioning the strange look of the sky. “As outlandish as it sounds, I believe we are in an entirely different dimension.”
Silence descends on the group, only the forest around them breaking it. Something moves among the trees and Tech turns to check, hand going to the blaster at his hip. When nothing moves again, Tech turns back to his vode.
“How are we going to find the others?” Omega asks, voice small.
“I don't know,” Tech says, wringing his hands. “Perhaps the gateway that brought us here can be reactivated.”
Wrecker nods, putting a hand on Omega's shoulder. “Yeah! If anyone can get that thing running, it's Tech! We'll be out of here in no time!”
Tech admires Wrecker's optimism and trust in his abilities, though Tech isn't quite as sure. At least it gets a smile out of Omega.
“For now, we will have to prioritize survival. Finding a source of food as well as water clean enough to be safe to drink after being cooked.” Tech says.
“And supplies for a fire. I can handle that,” Wrecker adds, Tech nodding in response.
Wrecker stands up, cracking his back before pulling Omega up next. He reaches for his knife but comes back empty. Confusion pinches Wrecker's expression. “Could have sworn I packed my knife this morning,” Wrecker mutters, annoyance clear in his tone. “Did anyone see it?”
Tech shakes his head. He'd have noticed if Wrecker dropped it and he doubts Wrecker would ever be so careless as to not realize if he lost his knife. He'd need it to collect wood, that much is clear. Despite all the trees, there are next to no branches on the floor. There are small bushes made of twigs, but they'll hardly fuel a fire long.
Looking around, Tech's eyes land on a piece of stone on the floor. For some reason, he's certain it's flint. They're laying about in many places and it's giving Tech an idea. He gets to his feet, picking up the piece of flint. It's edges are already quite sharp.
“I may have a solution for your problem.” Tech holds the flint out to show it to his vode.
“An axe, that's a good idea!” Omega says. How she'd managed to tell exactly what Tech was thinking is a little strange, but he pushes the thought aside.
The tool ends up looking very primitive, handle made from a thick stick Wrecker got from one of the dry bushes. It doesn't look particularly stable, but it will have to do.
As Wrecker finds a suitably small tree to fell for their purposes, Tech and Omega scan the area for anything edible looking. After informing Wrecker, they trace their steps back a little to the edge of the forest.
It doesn't take long for them to spot a pond surrounded by berry bushes. The water is stagnant, so Tech's hesitant to use it, but it's the only thing they've found so far. It look surprisingly clean. After carefully inspecting the berries on the bushes, scanning them multiple times, Tech has to admit that they seem edible. Omega begins collecting them whilst Tech saves an image of the fruits on his datapad, logging the information on them. Batcher looks like she wants to help, though all she does is sniff around the bush and take a drink from the pond.
After aiding Omega in her efforts for a while, Tech wanders a little further. He's spotted more berry bushes and something that looks like an orange root growing close to the ground. The orange root seems edible as well, so Tech collects it too.
They've amassed quite a bit of food by the time Wrecker steps out of the forest, carrying wood. The sun has almost set by the point Wrecker lifts and arm to wave at them as he smiles. He deposits the wood next to Tech.
“We should set up camp near trees, they will act as shelter against the elements,” Tech says. Omega helps him move the wood Wrecker's collected, whilst their demolitions expert wanders off to find some suitable kindling. Thankfully, there seems to be a lot of dry tufts of tall grass about.
“Woah, s'kriffing dark out here!” Wrecker exclaims, making Tech roll his eyes.
"Have you ever made a fire?" Tech asks Omega as he arranges wood in preparation for a fire. Wrecker's still taking his time with the kindling, but they may as well get ready.
Omega shakes her head, so Tech makes running commentary whilst he works. He shows her the fire starting tool he carries. It's little more than two pieces of stone, but that makes it good. It doesn't need fuel or charge to work.
As the light keeps getting dimmer, Tech turns his flash light on and so does Omega. Looking up, Tech spots Wrecker still halfway across the clearing, staring into the nearby forest.
"Wrecker!" Tech shouts, waving him to come to them when he looks up. Wrecker jogs a little to close the gap between them but slows when he's in shouting distance.
"Saw something moving," he says, "it looked furry."
It's good that Wrecker's keeping an eye on their surroundings, but Tech wishes he'd do so later. It's already getting cold and they're all hungry.
Then, when Wrecker's still a couple meters away, the sun sets and complete darkness descends upon them. The only thing Tech can see is the small area his and Omega's flash light are illuminating.
“You have a flash light, don't you?” He shouts, turning back to the stack of wood he and Omega have created.
Out of nowhere, Batcher starts to whine. Then Tech hears it, an unfamiliar noise in the darkness. At first, Tech thinks it's a loud rush of air, but a moment of consideration places the sound more in the realms of breathing or perhaps a snarl. Tech's immediately on high alert.
“Tech?” Wrecker calls, breathing hard and shaky. Then he screams.
Omega gasps. “Wrecker!” She yells into the darkness, trying to run in the direction of the noise before Tech grabs her. Barking into the darkness, Batcher refuses to step into it.
Fear grips Tech as he pulls Omega close, using his light to look for their brother. Tech's certain he can hear him, heaving for breath, but the beam of light from his flash light doesn't land on Wrecker. Heart thundering in his chest, an eternity seems to pass.
The snarl echoes through the pitch black again, just moments before Wrecker stumbles into the light, falling to his knees.
He doesn't stay on the edge of the light long, scrambling to his feet and running towards them, glancing behind himself as he moves. Wrecker drops to his knees next to Tech and Omega, panting hard. In an instant, Batcher is at his side, pressing herself against Wrecker.
Tech scans the area around them, but nothing moves. Nothing snarls or breaths again either. He still draws his blaster. There's few things worse than an enemy you don't have eyes on. He glances at Wrecker, but despite his scream, Wrecker doesn't look hurt. Hunched over and breathing irregularly, but not visibly bleeding. Tech decides to deal with him later, trying to spot their stalker instead.
Except, Omega starts frantically tapping Tech's arm. “Tech, Tech!” she says, voice cracking in fear.
Tech whips around, expecting her to be staring into the dark and at some vicious beast. Instead, her eyes are focused down, on Wrecker.
He's spitting on the floor as he struggles to breath deeply. Something gray and translucent drops from his lips, almost like that strange gray fire they saw on the archway. It starts to dissolve when Tech points his light at it.
Tech crouches down to his brother's level, manoeuvring him to be sitting down on the ground. Wrecker looks paler than usual.
“What is that stuff?” Tech hisses to himself as he watches more of the smoke-like substance drip from Wrecker's lips and disappear. Wrecker coughs weakly, shaking his head.
“Something bit me,” Wrecker forces through clenched teeth, clutching his chest, “then it burst into my chest and out of my mouth.”
“What?” Omega sounds both horrified and confused.
“I- I couldn't grab it,” Wrecker mutters, “it was like smoke. Or a shadow.”
Tech tries to push most of the assault of information aside in favour of dealing with what seems most pressing. “It bit you?” Tech asks.
Wrecker nods. “Chest- Chest hurts,” he gasps. Omega's eyes are wide as she puts a hand on Wrecker's shoulder.
“Show me,” Tech says before handing Omega one of his blasters. “Watch the darkness. If you sense any motion of a threatening nature, eliminate it without hesitation, understood?” Omega nods, taking the blaster in one hand, grip on it and her flash light tight enough to make her knuckles lighten. Batcher stands at her side, watching the darkness just as intently.
Wrecker's only wearing his light armor, but even it shows no damage. But the clothes underneath it bare signs of the injury Wrecker spoke of. It's soaked in blood. Tech swears under his breath as he notices it, making Omega look over briefly.
Getting the relatively tight shirt off Wrecker is stressful, Wrecker groaning at the movement and fresh blood spilling across Tech's hands as he works. Once Wrecker's chest is bare, Tech swears again.
Deep gouges, arranged in a semi circle span across Wrecker's chest. The same strange gray substance seems to leak from the injury. Tech keeps his light focused on it to make the stuff vanish faster. The bite looks to be from an enormous set of teeth, jagged and sharp.
“Think it got my back too,” Wrecker groans, hunching in on himself. Omega turns around again, inhaling sharply.
“He's right, it did,” she mutters, pointing at Wrecker's back.
Wrecker leans forwards for Tech and he spots it too. An almost matching set of wounds mar Wrecker's back. When Tech helps Wrecker sit upright again, he exhales shakily.
“Omega, keep watch while I treat Wrecker,” Tech orders, getting a nod from Omega. He feels bad putting that responsibility on her, she's just a kid. But he needs to deal with Wrecker and do so fast.
Tech is far from prepared to do first aid. He wasn't wearing his pack, and the only supplies he has on hand are things stashed in his satchels. Some disinfectant, bandages and a meagre amount of bacta.
Wanting to free Omega from her horrible job as soon as possible, Tech hurries as much as he can. He does his best to be careful, but Wrecker still suffers under the hasty treatment, hissing or whimpering at everything Tech does. Tech sincerely hopes he's got all of that bizarre substance out of Wrecker's injuries by the time he moves on from cleaning the wound. He'll be monitoring their large brother closely, fearful of what the substance might do.
Not that noticing it's toxic and harming Wrecker would do them any good, Tech thinks. It's not like they have the supplies to deal with something like that.
Tech's never put such a thing layer of bacta on such a nasty injury before, but they'll need enough for Wrecker's continuous recovery. He curses himself for not preparing better for their mission. Now Wrecker's not just gravely injured and in a lot of pain, but he doesn't even have a decent amount of bacta to get him comfortable and encourage healing.
Despite the pain and his hatred of medical situations, Wrecker holds remarkably still. Tech uses as little of the bandages as he can, the fabric staining red immediately. Wrecker looks very uncomfortable holding his arms above his head, so Tech is relieved when he can tell his brother to drop them.
With Wrecker taken care of best as possible, watching the darkness becomes a group project. Tech has them all move under a nearby tree, tall and covered in thick needles, making for good cover. When Wrecker's leaned against the trunk, Omega sitting at his side, Tech lights the fire with the kindling Wrecker collected. Hands shaking with adrenalin, it takes him a few attempts.
With the flames going, Tech tries his best to cook the food they collected. It isn't much and it's somewhat burned, but the berries are sweet at least.
Wrecker tries to refuse food, complaining of a foul taste the beast left in his mouth, but Omega gets him to eat easily enough. She's remarkably good at being convincing and getting her way.
Tech is hesitant to risk venturing into the darkness, so water will have to wait until the sun is up.
Despite claiming to be unable to ever sleep again, Omega does so almost instantly.
The beast that attacked Wrecker, that can apparently phase through clothing and disappear in an instant, doesn't show its self again. After a lot of pestering from her brothers, Omega eventually gives in and tries to sleep curled up next to Wrecker, back pressed against his leg. Tech doesn't question when Omega takes Lula from her jacket pocket, assuming she must have taken her for the trip with Phee, even if it was intended to be short. No matter the reason, Tech's glad she has the stuffed toy. If there's ever a time she'd need it, it would be the time they get dragged into another dimension with no certainty of ever getting back to their family.
They've been gone for about a day now. Tech can't imagine any of them are handling their disappearance well.
Batcher dropped her head in Wrecker's lap at some point and hasn't moved since. She seems convinced that whining sympathetically every few minutes will help Wrecker. Though there is little medical value to her “help”, Wrecker seems endeared by the hounds worry so at the least it aids his mood.
Tech adds more twigs to the fire, then returns to staring into the darkness. He keeps expecting something to jump at them. They've only been here a day and the place has already proven its self to be a nightmare. A nightmare Tech needs to save them from. Only, he hasn't got a single clue how he'll actually get that archway working and if that is even how they got here in the first place.
“Tech,” Wrecker mutters, leaning forwards to stroke Omega's hair, then lean close to Batcher. He tries to hide the way the movement pains him. Without his shirt, Wrecker's been shivering almost constantly, so he must be glad for the close proximity to the lurca hound. “Thanks for looking out for us.”
Tech sighs. “That is hardly worth mentioning, Wrecker.”
“It is, Tech. You figured out where we might be. You found us food. You're keeping me alive,” Wrecker laughs weakly.
Tech glares at his little brother. “You are not dying, do not joke about that kind of thing.” He's worried enough about Wrecker without him talking about death. Tech's worried about both of his siblings and their hound. They're all his responsibility as the oldest and if anything happens to them, it's Tech's fault.
“Sorry,” Wrecker laughs, rubbing at his chest with a pinched expression. The night is near silent here, very few noises in the world around them. Wrecker looks upwards. “You were right bout the sky looking strange. Look at the stars.”
Tech's eyes flick upwards. Try as he might, not a single cluster of stars looks even vaguely familiar. The unfamiliarity is terrifying.
“Hey, Tech,” Wrecker says after a pause, “we'll get home, I know we will. Give it a few days and we'll probably be back on Pabu, being told off by Echo for our little adventure.” Wrecker laughs so warm and sincere, Tech has no choice but to almost believe his words.
