This is kind of a basis for a fanfic I plan on writing, but I wanted to see what people thought of it first.
Rex had never liked the quiet before, it had always reminded him of all he'd lost, now more than ever as he walked into the empty barracks of the Resolute, the barracks that used to be filled with the laughter and joking of his brothers and his sister.....Fives, Echo, Hardcase, Tup, Kix, and Ahsoka all gone. Even though he had gotten Echo back for a short time, he was taken from him again in the blink of an eye. The only person Rex could really count on was Cody, or so he thought.
After the Tribunal crashed, Rex and Ahsoka went to search the wreckage, hoping to find survivors....they weren't so lucky. As they moved further and further into the star destroyer, all they found were the body's of thier Brothers. Rex didn't know many of his men personally anymore. He had learned a long time ago that that only makes it hurt more when they die. So it wasn't until he found Jesse's body that he truly mourned for the losses on the ship. For Jesse was the last remnants of the original 501st and of Rex's closest brothers, the ones that Fives had deemed "Rex's inner circle." Rex would never admit it because he didn't want to incourage Fives, but he actually liked the name.
Ahsoka had told him that she couldn't feel Anakin or Obi-wan anymore, and that could only mean on thing that the remnants of the 501st had finished the job that Rex couldn't. He didn't even want to think about the 212th. He just prayed that Cody hadn't been directly responsible for Obi-wans death. He knew how close his brother was to his general.
After burying the dead they headed to the core world's where they got word of Padme Amidalas death, since Rex was one of the few people who officially knew about the marriage of Padme Amidala and Anakin Skywalker he knew that if she was dead and the world wasn't burning as they speak then Anakin must be gone too. They traveled to Naboo and attended the funeral, there Ahsoka ran into Bail Organa, who gave Rex information on where he might find the bad batch. Soon after the funeral, Rex and Ahsoka parted ways, as much as it hurt Rex to leave her he knew it was for the best.
It had been several months since his last encounter with the bad batch to remove their inhibitor chips. Since then, his hair had grown well past regulation length, which to Rex symbolized his desertion from the Empire or Republic or whatever, he'd stopped caring who he was fighting a long time ago. His hair was also long enough now to wear the blue bandana that 99 had given him when he was a cadet. One of the last times Rex had talked to 99 before his death 99 had told him that a young defective cadet admired Rex so much from the stories 99 told him that he got a bandana of his own except his was red.
His current mission was to find Cody, he'd found out recently that most of the high-ranking clones, like Cody had been made into purge troopers.Rex had already rescued Wolffe and left him with Gregor back on courasant. Rex was currently tracking one of said purge troopers to Ord Mantell.
When he landed, he made his way to Cids bar, where he was greeted with hugs from both Wrecker and Omega. "Rex, I missed you."
"I missed you too, Vod'ika."You've grown a lot since last time."
"I sure have. Also, what's vod'ika mean?"
"It means little sister or brother in mandoa."
"Why are you here again so soon, Rex?" Hunter asked curiously.
"Yeah, I'd like to think it's because you missed your favorite Vod'ika, but I assume that's not it." Echo added jokingly.
"As good as it is to see you Echo your right that's not why I'm here, I'm here because I tracked a purge trooper to Ord Mantell, a purge trooper I belive to be Cody.
"This isn't you, Cody, it's your chip, I know you're still in there, Cody. u just have to fight it." Rex screamed, tears streaming down his face as he held a blaster level with the chest of his closest brother.
"Good soldiers follow orders." That was all Rex needed to hear. As he fired at the brother that meant the world to him, he felt his heart shatter into a million pieces.
Rex opened his eyes and ran to his brother, his blaster bolts had hit their mark just as they always did.
Through tear stained eyes, Rex could see that Cody was trying to say something. "It's not your fault, Rex, it's mine, I wasn't strong enough.. i wasn't strong like you were i failed you Vod'ika " "And tell my Cyar'ika, tell Obi-wan that I'm sorry."