#uncle rex

What Happened Before:

Nervous Flutter

Part 2 - Help Me To Let Go

Part 3 - Asking For Advice

Part 4 - Devotion

Part 5 - The Explorer

Part 6 - You’re The Best

Part 7 - Experimental (½)

Part 8 - Experimental (2/2) - Not Fully Functional

Part 9 - Not Alone

Part 10 - Cared For

Part 11 - Don’t You Worry

Part 12 - A White Lie

Part 13 - Hope

Part 14 - Games To Play

Part 15 - Work Work Work

Part 16 - Trouble

Part 17 - In Loving Domination (½)

Part 18 - The Game Changer

Part 19 - Wild Animal

Part 20 - Embarrassing Vulnerabilities

Part 21 - Between Hangover And Love

Part 22 - The Future Ahead Of Us

Part 23 - About Making A Baby

Part 24 - It’s Going To Be Okay

Part 25 - Returning A Favor

Part 26 - Baby Fever

Part 27 - A New Life

Part 28 - Daddy Tech

Part 29 – Back Home

Part 30 - Pleasant And Unpleasant Surprises

Rex was walking up the ramp of the Marauder with his helmet tucked under his arm when he saw Tech coming towards him. For a moment, the former clone captain was surprised, because it looked like Tech was limping. But then Rex saw the reason. A little girl with happily bobbing dark curls was clinging to his leg, giggling.

Rex grinned.

"That must be Amy," he said, amused.

Tech grinned and greeted him with a nod. Finally, he looked down at Amy and said, "Hey spider monkey, maybe let go of Daddy's leg for a moment and say hello to Uncle Rex?"

"Rrrrrrrrex," Amy rolled the name off her tongue, she did things like that a lot lately, played with emphasizing and pronouncing words.

Rex raised his eyebrows in amusement. When the little girl turned to him, he knelt down and smiled at her.

"Hi Amy."

She waved at him with a grin, then looked up at her father.

Tech said, "It's okay, Rex is one of my brothers"

"Another uncle," she said, looking at Rex from a distance first, scrutinizing.

"That's right, little mouse," the former clone captain said, amused.

Unabashed, Amy eyed the newcomer and said, "You look like my Uncle Echo."

Slowly the little girl walked up to Rex until she was standing right in front of him, then she eyed him again, this time up close.

"Your hair is all light," she noted.

"It's called blonde, Amy," Tech explained softly.

"Blonde," she repeated thoughtfully.

She slowly reached out to touch Rex's head, very slowly, watching him as she did so, as if expecting him to bite her at any moment. She touched the soft, cropped hair briefly, then withdrew her hand.

"Real soft!" she exclaimed, running back to cling to Tech's leg again.

"Amy, I have to work in the engine room, you can't stay on my leg, honey."

Tech's daughter sighed theatrically and went back to Rex, who had just gotten back up.

"Will you play with me?" she asked, looking up at him expectantly.

Rex scratched the back of his head and laughed softly, "Sure, if your dad doesn't mind."

Tech said, "In fact, I'd be very grateful if you could keep her busy until her mom gets back. The work in the engine room needs to be done by tonight. Y/N should be back in an hour at the latest, I guess"

"Sure, no problem," Rex said, even though he wasn't at all sure what to do with the little girl. He didn't really have much experience with children.

Tech made his way to the engine room, and Amy continued to look up at Rex expectantly.

"What would you like to play?" he asked her with a smile.

Amy said eagerly, "We could play what Uncle Cross always plays with me."

Rex raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Crosshair plays with you?"

The girl nodded eagerly, grabbed his hand and pulled him down the ramp outside, several feet away from the Marauder.

"Where are you taking me?"

"To the playground."

"There's a playground here?"

Amy beamed at him, "Yes. Uncle Cross made it"

Rex said dryly, "I guess your Uncle Crosshair is good for many a surprise after all"

The Captain just couldn't picture the Sniper handling a child, but Amy was obviously quite fond of her Uncle Cross.

In fact, there was a playground. There were a few trees a bit off to the side, a makeshift swing hung from one of them, a small climbing frame was set up next to it, and a slide. All very carefully homemade from scrap parts. Rex was amazed and took a closer look. No sharp edges, no rust. Everything had been neatly and very conscientiously worked on. He nodded, Crosshair had really made an effort, he had to admit that.

At Amy's request, Rex carefully placed her on the swing and gently pushed her.

"So, what do your other uncles do?" asked Rex curiously.

Amy eagerly began to tell, "Uncle Wrekah sometimes plays with Mimi and Lula with me, our stuffed animals and I can ride on his shoulders, and then I'm the biggest person in the galaxy! Uncle Echo taught me how to draw and read the star chart. Uncle Huntah sometimes goes with me to watch animals and pick berries and flowers, for Mommy."

Rex laughed softly, the idea of Clone Force 99 taking care of a toddler was cute and funny. Especially Crosshair, was a surprise to Rex.

"You sure talk a lot for your age, don't you? That's pretty amazing"

"I'm almost three!" exclaimed Amy, indignantly.

"That's very young," Rex remarked, "But you definitely are your father's daughter."

Amy seemed to be thinking, not sure if Rex had just said something good or bad there. She looked at him over her small shoulder and said, "Daddy is the best! He knows everything and can fix anything!"

Rex nodded and said in agreement, "That's right, your father is a very capable man"

"Mommy is great too" she said thoughtfully "She makes really great food, knows great stories, and she makes Daddy very happy"

Rex laughed softly again and said, "Yes, I'm sure she does, she's a great woman"

"Hey spider monkey"

Amy's gaze shot forward in the direction of the voice. Crosshair had emerged from between the trees. She said hastily, "Stop the swing! Stop the swing!"

Rex did as he was told, and before he could reach for her, Amy jumped down and ran toward her uncle. She jumped on one of the Sniper's long legs and began to climb up. Crosshair watched her with amusement as she climbed, holding onto his armor. He remained alert and ready to grab her should she slip, but she made it up to his chest. Only now, he wrapped an arm around her small body to hold her in place.

"You're getting better at this," he said with a smirk.

Amy beamed proudly at him.

"Uncle Rex is visiting. I showed him my playground"

"Well, well, well," Crosshair said, nodding at the clone captain, "Rex."

"Crosshair," the latter returned the greeting, "I heard you two get along pretty nicely"

Crosshair looked him dead in the eye and said snarling, "Well, that's pretty easy, I'll just give her what none of us ever had"

Rex asked, "What would that be?"

"Someone who cares"

Before Rex could say something about that, a noise distracted them all.

The two men and Amy looked up as an alien ship approached the Marauder and landed more or less nearby.

"Are you expecting visitors?" asked Rex.

Crosshair, who had been frowning critically, shook his head and said, "No, not that I know of. I don't know that ship. I should go back and see if everything is all right. You stay in cover with Amy, just in case."

But when Crosshair tried to hand Amy off to Rex, she clung to the sniper with all her strength.

"No, I want to go with you!"

"Amy, this could be dangerous, it's better if you stay here with Rex," Crosshair said surprisingly patiently.

"Then you'll have to watch out for me! I don't even know Rex! I want to stay with you!"

Rex didn't blame the little girl, she was right, she didn't know him at all.

"I'll go see," the clone captain offered, "You stay here with Amy. I'll come get you when I know the coast is clear."

Crosshair sighs but nods.

"Be careful," he growls.

Rex runs off and Crosshair looks at Amy, her little face all worried and her little fingers clamped around the edges of the shoulder plates of his armor.

"It's okay, I'll stay with you and keep an eye on you. We'll go up that wooded hill back there, we can see the Marauders from there and have a good place to hide in case of emergency."

Amy nodded, her little heart beating fast and nervously in her chest, sensing that something was in the air.

As they started moving, she asked, "What about daddy? Is mommy back yet? Who's going to watch them when we're not there?"

Crosshair explained, "Hunter and Wrecker are back with the Marauder, they're both watching out and your Uncle Rex is a good... protector too."

"Okay," Amy said uncertainly, resting her head on his shoulder.

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