Echo and Crosshair talk about their twins.
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Pabu has the most beautiful sunsets heâs ever seen. It almost makes him forget that the hike down to the rocky outcroppings on the edge of the island isnât easy on his metal legs. They make it harder to get footing sometimes especially now that he has to do the upgrades and repairs himself.
He can see the lone figure on the cliff bathed in the golden light of the sun just barely touching the horizon.
Crosshair doesnât turn as Echo walks up behind him. Heâd heard the man grumbling about his legs most of the way down. Echo sits beside him letting the silence wash over him simply existing in the moment feeling the ocean breeze cool off the heat of the sun. He waits until Crosshair speaks first,
âYou didnât need to come down.â
âYeah well, Omega was worried about you.â
âShe doesnât need to worry about meâ the sniper scoffs.
âNo, she doesnât but she does anyway. Itâs the anniversary Crosshair, weâre allâŚthinking about him. You donât have to be alone in thisâ
Echo still doesnât look in Crosshairs direction, he doesnât need to, he can tell Crosshair has that look in his eyes, that tightness in his jaw.
âYou knowâŚI was a twin myself. Still am, the absence of one doesnât take away the existence of the other.â
Crosshair lets out a half hearted scoff his mechanic hand clenching and unclenching making a moment not unlike one flexing a sore muscle.
âFivesâŚFives was the best of us. He was born to be a leader probably shouldâve become a captain or commander one dayâ. Echo chuckles leaning back on his arm.
Crosshairâs brows furrow and he asks hoarsely,
âHow do youâŚget over it?â
âYou donât. You never do, never will. It will stay with you, he will stay with you.â
âI donât get it, how can you talk about him without-â Crosshair stews in silence for a moment after his voice cracks
âWithout losing it? I guess ive always thought of it kind of like the Jedi. They always said the people you lose are part of the force, and you know they always say the force is with you always so why wouldnât they be with us always?â
âI suppose that it could work like that, but we arenât Jediâ
âThe Jedi said that we are all part of the force no matter what life form we are, whatever that meansâ
Echo smiles, watching the sun as it continues its dive beneath horizon.
âYâknow I like to think that theyâve met. Fives and Tech on an adventure beyond our galaxy.â
âTech would probably talk his ears off about the statistical probability of the force letting them roam about the galaxy or something like thatâ
Crosshair says with a chuckle as he finally gives the slightest smile.
âFives could probably talk enough to combat that, drive Tech crazy with his version of âStrategyâ
They fall into a comfortable silence. Words still unspoken but enough were said to make the day a little easier.
The sun sets on the twins as they sit with their thoughts for a moment. They canât feel the hands that rest on their shoulders as their brothers sit beside them watching the sunset together.