#tech fics

while they were down on the surface of serenno to retrieve part of count dooku's war chest, you're sitting in the cockpit of your ship, trying not to pace around. your job was to hang back and only help when needed.

you know they're more than capable of completing missions like this one. ever since you started working for cid and she decided to send you on missions with the group of clones, you've seen their skills firsthand.

you don't want to admit it, but you're still worried. maybe it's because you're not down there with them. anything could happen to them and you might not be aware of it.

the comm device on your wrist is still silent. you're taking it as a good sign. you didn't want to hear all of their talk as they went over the mission. you asked hunter to tell the others to only comm you if they needed help. otherwise you'd drive yourself crazy listening to everything they were saying.

you just hope they're alright. especially tech.

as you had worked with them, you developed feelings for him. after months of being too afraid to talk to him about it, it had been echo who had accidentally let it slip tech apparently talked about you a lot whenever you weren't around.

echo's words had given you a little hope. and one night, when you had all just come back from a mission and were enjoying a drink at cid's, you had pulled tech aside and talked to him about it.

over time, your bond had become much stronger. and though you hadn't exactly defined it a relationship by saying it out loud, it was clear to everyone you and tech cared deeply about each other.

you're so lost in your thoughts you almost miss hunter's voice coming from your comm device.

'...implement plan zero plus one.'

you frown, wondering why hunter would tell them to go radio silent. he must have also let you know so that you wouldn't try to contact them and possibly give away their position.

something must have gone wrong. but right now, you can't do anything about it. you don't know their position, so even if you were to go in, you'd go in blind to a planet that's on everyone's radar due to the items of high value within dooku's war chest.

looks like you're still stuck in the cockpit, now temporarily forbidden from contacting them.

you thought the waiting before was bad, but this is a million times worse. you can't shake the feeling something went wrong.

after what feels like hours, you hear hunter's voice coming from your comm device.

'y/n, come in.' he says.

'I'm here.' you say.

'we're leaving. meet us back at ord mantell. and get your medical supplies out, we're going to need them.' says hunter.

immediately, you're on edge.

'what happened? are you guys alright? did you get what you came for?' you say as you're preparing to leave to go back to ord mantell.

'sort of.' says hunter. 'we got a small part of it thanks to omega, but the place was swarming with imperials. tech broke his leg, but he says it's not too bad.'

hunter telling you tech broke his leg spikes a feeling of fear in you. they were good at what they do, so you're guessing something bad must have happened if it resulted into tech breaking his leg. you were also worried because knowing them, they didn't stock up on medical supplies as much as you did.

'he- what?' you say.

'he was in a container with echo and omega crashing towards the planet surface when a crate fell on his leg.' hunter explains.

'crashing? put tech on.' you say, trying to stay calm.

it's silent on the other end.

'tech?' you say.

'I'm here.' he says.

you briefly close your eyes and sigh softly at the sound of his voice.

'how are you feeling?' you ask.

'well my left femur is broken due to one of the crates falling on top of it and thus crushing it, as hunter told you. and I put pressure on it when I walked on it but-'

'you walked on it?' you yell out before you're able to stop yourself.

'echo and omega were-'

'you fucking broke your leg and yet you continued to walk on it?'

'you did not let me finish. echo and omega were pinned and someone had to get them out.'

'walking on a broken leg, fucking hell.' you mumble.

you shake your head, reminding yourself at least he's alive. it could have been a whole lot worse if that crate had landed just a little higher. he could have broken his back, or worse.

'just rest, okay? I'll meet you guys back on ord mantell.' you say.

'copy that.' says tech.

the journey back to ord mantell seems to last unbearably long. you want to check in with tech, but you know the others would take good care of him until you were there with your medical supplies.

when you finally reach the planet, you immediately get hailed by the marauder. apparently, they dropped out of hyperspace only a few seconds after you did.

'how-'

'tech's fine.' says hunter. 'we gave him something for the pain, but the sooner we land the better.'

'copy that.' you say. 'meet me at my usual docking bay. there's enough space for both of our ships to land if we squeeze it in tight.'

as you're approaching the docking bay, you see the marauder hovering above you, waiting for you to land so they can land as well.

the landing gears of your ship have barely hit the ground before you quickly make your way down the stairs. the marauder is landing as well, and you can see echo's flying it. you're glad tech listened to you and got some rest.

the doors of the marauder open and omega is the first one to come out of it, worriedly looking over her shoulder. then tech appears, supported by both hunter and echo. wrecker is the last to appear, carrying what looks like the small piece of the war chest they managed to get their hands on.

you rush over to tech, checking his leg. there's no blood visible, which takes away some of your worries.

'no open bone fracture, thats good.' you mumble.

you look up at tech who - for some reason - is smiling at you.

'are you okay?' you ask him.

tech nods at you, still smiling. you raise your eyebrows at him and turn to hunter.

'like I said, we gave him something for the pain.' says hunter. 'tech said it took a while to kick in and he didn't feel any better, so we gave him a little more.'

'that explains it.' you say.

you turn to tech. 'alright, let's get you aboard my ship so we can fix you.' you say.

'I have to report back to cid.' says hunter, removing tech's arm from his shoulder.

'I've got him.' you say, moving closer and pulling tech's arm over your shoulder to support him. he's a lot heavier than you are, but thankfully echo was still holding tech up as well.

'you sure you'll be alright?' says hunter, glancing up at tech.

'hunter, as y/n just told you, she's got me.' says tech. you chuckle softly at his words. at least he wasn't in pain right now.

'we'll manage.' you tell hunter. 'but if echo could stay here to help, that would be great.'

hunter nods at you. then he calls for wrecker and omega, and the three of them leave to go talk to cid.

along with echo, you bring tech over to your ship, where you'd be able to tend to his injuries.

'did you mean that?' asks tech as you help him up the stairs to the entrance of your ship.

you frown in confusion. 'what?'

'that you've got me.' says tech, as if it wasn't clear what he was talking about.

you smile at him. 'yes, tech, I meant it. I've got you. so long as we're both here, going on missions for cid, taking care of omega. I've got you.' you say.