A Family Reunion [Solo Family]

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Chopper stood and tried the door. Locked, still.
"It's locked." He said bluntly.

He decided against attempting to break it down, and instead knocked.
"Kaitlin? Kaitlin open up." He was going to say please, then decided it against it. There was really no time for being sweet, nor for shooting eachother. The thought made him smile, oh how they were all so alike.

"No worries, I have no desire to have you tranq-ed!" He said in good humour.

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Kaitlin didn't unlock the door.

Kayla used the Force to unlock the door.

"There happy?" Kayla asked raising an eyebrow.

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Chopper looked over and raised an eyebrow. Not really, he was trying to ask permission. With a sigh, he pushed open the door a crack.
"Kaiiiiiiittttlin...." He grinned mescheviously while poking his head through the door.

He looked in, not really knowing what to say. Eventually something would come up, but for now. Concentrate on keeping the daughter in one place.

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"I got a pillow and I'm not afarid to smack you with and I've got force powers to kick ass and take names later so take your pick," Kaitlin growled in her sleep.

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Chopper couldn't help but smile. That was definitely like her mother, that was for sure. Kayla definitely sleep threatened.
"You can take the name now, daughter." He frowned, leaving the room and leaving the door open a crack.

He seeked out Kayla and frowned, scratching the back of his head. "She's asleep, and I dunno if that's a good thing or not. She could be sleeping it off, or falling unconscious, or maybe even have something terribly wrong." He suddenly grew a little worried. He frowned.

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Kayla listened as Chopper spoke. She knew he was right. Kaitlin did need medicial attention and their daughter took after her. She thought for a moment. "I was thinking about contacting Captain Richard if it's all right with you," she said. "Considering what's happened I don't think it would be a bad idea. Not to mention he is a good medic." She sighed softly. "I don't think he would expose us to anyone else not after the crap we've been through today. I trust him enough to help us. Plus I think he'd be able to reason with Kaitlin."

Kayla sighed and pulled out her comlink. "Captain Richard," she said over her comlink. "This is General Solo. I need you to come tend to someone and I need to speak with you and I rather it be in person if you don't mind."

Kayla looked at Chopper. "For now just let her sleep until after we talk to Captain Richard," she said. "Knowing him, he'll probably yell at us and I don't want here to hear it. If he has to operate on Kaitlin she'll probably want you to stay with her after me scaring the hell out of her. I took that tranq from Rich anyway so he's probably gonna want it back. I'm going to check this place for more droids. Doesn't make sense on how they even knew we were here or why they tried to kidnap Kaitlin. And I be damn if I'm going to let that happen again." Kayla gritted her teeth. "I don't blame you for any of this," she said as she walked over towards Chopper and wrapped her arms around him.

"You all right?" she asked as she looked at him. "I know seeing Slick might have touched a nerve and you probably scared the hell out of Kaitlin as much as I did," she added as she looked at Chopper and heard the sound of a speeder pull up. "That must be Captain Richard," she said as she glanced at Chopper. "You go make sure Kaitlin stays in one place at least. I already know she is going to give Rich a hard time and she probably still has that damn sniper with her as well and before he goes in there I don't want him to find himself face-to-face-with it," she added with a chuckle.


***Kaitlin's Room***
Katlin groaned in her sleep as she remained curled in a ball holding her sniper.

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"Captain Richard, this is General Solo. I need you to come tend to someone and I need to speak with you and I rather it be in person if you don't mind."

The lcone medic nearly jumped in surprise as his helmet bleeped the message over. He was in the middle of applying stitches, and if it wasn't for his steady hands, the trooper probably would have lost an eye. Swearing under his breath, the captain continued his work.
With a snip of the thread, and placing the kit away, Richard had finished.

Grumbling under his breath, he answered the message. "General Solo this is Captain Richard. I'm on my way." Forget the formalities! He wasn't ina good humour. Shooing the trooper off, he grabbed his pack and shouldered it before leaving the med bay. What ever the general needed, he hoped it was important.

Dissmissing himself from the ship, he slipped onto a speeder. It was a good thing he had read the files; she had given no location. However, the file gave an address and so he thought he'd start there. 'Thanks for the specifics.' He noted mentally.

Slowing to a halt, the clone captain strode up to the door, making a small note of the occasional blaster bolt. An eyebrow arched, but he pushed it away. Stopping at the door, he raised an armored hand and thumped on the door.

"General Solo?"

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Chopper grunted in agreement as she commed Richard. The Captain was definitely good at his job, and for that, Chopper was thankful. However, he didn't like the thought of breaking their secret for sure this time. But for the safety of his daughter, Chopper supposed it was worth the medic's rage.

With a small sigh, he wrapped his arms around his wife and hugged her tight. The whole running into Slick had stirred old times back, times of distrust and uncertainty. He squeezed his eyes shut. "Yeah." He managed. Giving her a weak smile, the clone trudged into the back room and opened it up a crack.

Sliding inside, Chopper approached the bed. "Shh, shh... Kaitlin..." He said soothingly as he sat down besider her. He gently placed a hand on her shoulder and rubbed it gently. He gave her a weak smile, then reached for the sniper rifle to slowly pry it away from her fingers.

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Kayla looked at Captain Richard when he came in. ”Glad to see you got my message,” she said with a sigh. ”Sorry if I interrupted something, but Kaitlin requires a medic. She said her side is bothering her and I’m not a trained medic, but I think it may be her appendix that may need to be removed. Yes, Kaitlin is our daughter and right now she needs medical attention. She’s had one hell of day with an ambush kidnap attempt made by Slick. I don’t trust many people and I’m not one to gamble with Kaitlin’s life. Fair warning she does take after me. Chopper is with her. You can yell us later. Plus you were there when I gave birth to Kaitlin and I'm sure you suspected that Chopper was her father.”

Kaitlin let go of the sniper when Chopper took it. She groaned and wrapped her arms around Chopper tight and buried her head on his chest as tears formed in the corner of her eyes. She just wanted to be held. "Daddy," she said as she cried. "My side hurts." She put his hand under her shirt so he could feel her side which was burning up.

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Captain Richard entered the room once the door was opened and gave a quick glance about. Why was he not surprised that this was her place.
He met the General's gaze, deciding it was best to not mention the fact he was in the middle of giving stitches.
"Negative General, no need to appologize.."

He was taken aback by the sudden wash of information. Appendix removed?! That was random and all of a sudden. Kaitlin? Who was Kaitling? Oh right. Her. He listened intently to what had happened throughout the day, mostly the adventures with Slick (which made him clench his fingers angrily). Yeah, the traitor. He had been told stories.
In regards to the whole daughter thing, Richard should have known it'd come down to this. I should have known it was Chopper, and he should have seen all this crazy mix up coming along.

He hissed behind clenched teeth. "You're just lucky I care for my brothers and like my job. General or not, ma'am, I can guarentee a necessity to have a chat later."

Spinning on his heel, Richard couldn't help but feel angry. He opened the door a little more as he entered the room cautiously. He never made eye contact with Chopper, but approached the bed and nealt down.

"Kaitlin," He said softly. "My name is Captain Richard, I'm you're ........ daddy's........ brother."

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Chopper heard the door open and the sound of the medic captain's feet and voice. He was definitely here, what on earth was he gonna think?! Chopper knew protocol, and he had busted them once already; he didn't need this helping his situation any. Deep down inside, Chopper really hoped Richard would understand.

He hugged Kaitlin back, gently rubbing her back and trying to comfort her. He wasn't one for tears, not really knowing what to do or even what to say. He was bred to kill things, not comfort them. He loved his daughter to bits, but he felt powerless to help her. It wasn't a good feeling.

Chopper hugged Kaitlin protectively as Richard entered. His eyes flickered up to the clone trooper's helmet, hoping to find a face but finding the visor instead. He concentrated on Kaitlin instead, not being able to look up at the Captain anymore. He swallowed as he approached, hesitating on the word 'daddy'.

"Kaitlin it's alright, you can trust him I promise." He whispered to her softly.

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"I know," Kayla said softly as she watched Richard go upstairs to tend to Kaitlin. Kayla leaned against the wall and ran her fingers through her hair gently as she closed her eyes, fighting back tears that were threatening to come out. She had to be the strong one for Kaitlin and Chopper. She knew Richard was probably pissed at her and Chopper and that he would probably have a stern talk with them. 

Kayla grabbed a box and she threw it at the wall.

CRASH!

Box crashed and burned.

Kaitlin looked up at Chopper and Richard and sighed softly. "Brother?" she asked, blinking at Chopper and Richard. "Anymore brothers I should know about of who to trust and who not to trust?" She asked as she looked at Chopper with narrowed eyes.

"It's all right, Kaitlin," Kayla said as she stood in the doorway. "You can trust him. He'll make you well again."

Kaitlin yawned as she wiped away the tears."Fine get it over with," she grumbled as she yawned, fighting the urge to go to sleep. "No droid or I'll shoot in the head," she added as she glanced at her mother. "No tranq either and besides I'm sure Captain Richie is wondering where his tranq gun went to," she added, sticking out her tongue at Kayla.

Kayla chuckled. "You try not cause too much trouble for him," she said.

"I'll try not to," Kaitlin said as she glanced at Richard. "So I take it you're the one that patched mama up?" she asked.

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Captain Richard found it almost, awkward to be around the 'family'. Referring to Chopper as the father just seemed, odd... it made his stomach feel queezy, perhaps with unease, maybe even curiousity.
The clone reached up and pulled off his helmet so Kaitlin could see him eye to eye. He met her eyes, never flinching or looking away.
"Slick is the only exception. There arn't any of us like him. Then again, there arn't many people like your father now is there. Yes, I have patched up your mother, your dad too. I have quite a handful of stories if you'ld like to hear 'em; you'ld love them!" The captain couldn't help the small twitch of a smile that curved across his face.
Glad to hear you'll semi-cooperate. See if you can beat your parents."

He set his pack on the floor and flipped open the top, setting his helmet down beside it.
"Richie?! Tranq gun?" An eyebrow arched as he searched through his pack. Never mind, just drop it. She was only a kid after all. He looked at her, leaving his pack.

"Just gonna check your pulse." He said calmly, reaching for her wrist to check it. "How old are you Kaitlin?" Deciding it was best to keep a conversation, Richard could pull several amounts of information from it such as pain scales and maybe even breathing issues.

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Chopper felt a sudden anger build inside of him. Not only has Slick inmpacted his brothers, but he had brought his wrath onto his family. He met Kaitlin's eyes, then looked away to avoid causing himself more inner pain. It was already terrible enough to have her injured, he didn't have to bring up all of this.

He gently loosened his hold as Captain Richard began his survey. He didn't like whole situation, but he'd be strong for them as he looked up at Kayla. He smiled weakly at her, hoping to regain some hold on his inner struggles. He decided it was best to keep his mouth shut and let the medic do his job.

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Kayla smiled at Chopper and went over to sit beside him and Kaitlin.

"Thirteen," Kaitlin said gigglinh at the expression on Richard's face when he overeracted to her calling him 'Richie' and she rolled her eyes at her parents. "You two go away 'cause I wanna listen to Richie's stories about you two," she added as she stuck out her tongue.

"You sure you want us to leave?" Kayla asked as she raised an eyebrow at Kaitlin.

"Yes and besides if I yell you'll come running back up here."

"Damn straight," Kayla said as she grabbed Chopper's hand and led him out of the room and when they were alone, she wrapped her arms around Chopper and hugged him close. "You know I can sense something is bothering you," she said as she looked at him. "I know you worry about being strong for Kat, I worry about that too. She knows that we love her. You're bred for killing things and I'm suppose to be the one who is able to comfort Kat when she's down or cries," she added as she sighed softly.

"I feel as if I'm not the best mother for her sometimes," she said sighing. "I couldn't even defend her when she's hurting. I know she's in good hands with Captain Richard." She just kept her arms wrapped
around Chopper, feeling like she would break into if she didn't. "I swear if I see Slick again he'll have a rocket shoved up his ass," she growled as she hissed in pain from squeezing her injured knuckles. "How in the hell did Slick even know we are together is beyond me."

"Also have a knack for killing droids and ripping their heads off too," Kaitlin said grinning at Richard as she groaned some from her side some and instinctively Force-pushed Richard some as she growled.

'It's all right, Kaitlin,'[/color] Kayla said to Kaitlin through the Force. 'We're nearby if you need us.'[/I][/color]

"Sorry Captain Richie," Kaitlin said. "I take after mama in that department of Force powers."