A/N: Definitely a longer one! I was so excited to write this request from Greatly_Weird! Thank you for the request! Requests are Open!! AND YES I know Fives technically died by this point, but he never died in my head so..... 3,000 words...Enjoy :)

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"What do you mean I can't go to the Citadel?" you gasped, throwing your hands up. 

"We already have enough people, (Y/N). We can't carry anymore people," Master Kenobi explained, his answer dissatisfying you, "And no is the final answer." 

You grunted and crossed your arms as he walked away with most of the Citadel crew. Echo, your boyfriend in secret decided to stay behind. Shaking your head at him, he pulled you into a hug once the coast was clear. 

"Please stay safe," you begged, looking at up him, cupping his cheek.

"I promise, I promise," he reassured you. His promise didn't seem right though, yet you trusted him. Just some how, the force was telling you other wise. He pulled you in for another hug and whispered in your ear, "And when I come back, we can have another night just like last night."

His mention of the previous night make you smile and hug him tighter. You loved him and this would be the first mission in which you weren't by his side.

The warm embrace didn't last forever. "Echo!" Fives called. He put his hand on his hip and sassily leaned to the side, "Save it for when you come back!". You rolled your eyes at Fives and softly kisses Echo's cheek.

"See you soon," you smiled, "I love you."

"I love you too," he whispered, kissing your forehead, then leaving with Fives. You smiled as he shoved Fives as they walked off to the ship. Fives and Echo were best friends. They've known each other their whole lives and it made you so happy that they were able to be assigned to the same legion.

As the ship too off, you gave a gentle wave, even though you knew Echo didn't see it. But as soon as the ship was out of sight, your heart began to ache for Echo, beginning the mental countdown until he got back.

(......)

You awoke from you sleep gasping, then reaching out to Echo's side of the bed. He wasn't there, and you knew that, but you were no longer sensing his presence. It's the second night without having Echo here, but each night, the force kept him right beside you. You quickly grabbed your comlink and tried to contact him, but the transmission didn't even go through. Fearing the worst, you tried to contact Fives. It went through, but to your surprise, he denied the transmission.

The next morning, you tried both Echo and Fives again, but you still couldn't get in contact with them. With nothing else to do but wait, you went to the mess hall to see if any 501st members, who didn't get to go to the Citadel, heard anything. You got your food and walked towards Hardcase and Tup, the only two you could find.

"Hey General what's up!" Hardcase asked, patting the seat next to him.

You took the seat and sighed, "I can't get in contact with anyone on that mission. And the force is telling me something isn't right."

"Have you tried asking the bridge if they heard anything? General Skywalker or Kenobi would probably contact them first of something went wrong," Tup smiled, trying to reassure you that you had nothing to worry about.

"Thanks Tup! That's a great idea!" You got up and began to leave the mess.

"Hey!" Hardcase called to you.

"Yeah?"

"You going to eat that?"

You laughed, "Have the cookie! I'll be back!"

(.........)

Once you were in the bridge, you rushed to the first commander officer you could find.

"Commander, how is the group on the Citadel doing?" you asked, your nervousness clearly exposed in your voice.

He took a deep breath before answering, "Their transport was destroyed. We are sending a rescue mission to go retrieve them. They were going to ask you to be a part of that, but they feared if something were to go terribly wrong, at least of the leaders of the 501st would still be alive."

The commander's words made you even more anxious; Was the situation that bad?

(......)

You eventually returned to the mess hall with Hardcase and Tup to finish eating. It didn't take a Jedi to tell you were worried, so they tried to lighten the mood with their jokes and kindness, which helped a lot. But once you got word the Citadel squad was back, you rushed to the hangar.

You got to the hangar before they even began to exit the gunships. Oddly, a deck officer came up to you before the gunship doors opened.

"General. You have been requested to meet the men over by the supply boxes," he informed you.

"May I ask why?" you asked, very confused.

"You can ask, but I wouldn't have an answer for you, sir," he replied, reporting back to his other duties.

You did as he said and waited for the guys by the supply boxes. It felt like forever until someone came.

A hand grabbed your shoulder, "(Y/N)?"

You turned around to find Fives, not Echo, "Fives?" you asked, slightly perplexed. He didn't answer you, but his eyes were full of sorrow.

"Fives?" you asked again, but then it hit you, "no." You shook your head, "No, no, no, Fives, no," your eyes began to well with tears.

He took his hand from behind his back, revealing he was holding Echo's helmet. You took it from his hands and stared at his as tears slowly began to slide down your cheek. His helmet was burnt, beaten, and almost destroyed. Turning it over, you could still see your initials, faintly painted on. You pressed your forehead against it and fell to your knees, sobbing. Not knowing what to do, Fives kneeled next to you and rubbed your shoulders. He knew his efforts to help could not change the emotions you were feeling. After a while, Fives decided it was time to go. As he got up, you did the same and hugged him, crying into his armor.

(............)

It's been about a month since Echo's passing. The tears may have stopped, but the emotions still hit hard. Luckily, you had Fives, who was always by your side. Not only did you lose your love, but he lost his best friend, making him the last standing member of is training squad on Kamino. Sometimes, he would like to tell you stories of the Domino Squad. Some of them, very funny.

You've felt sick for two weeks now, but just assumed it had something to do with Echo. Fives, on the other hand, suggested you actually had something wrong, especially since you haven't been eating much lately. Taking his suggesting, you decided to run some tests and the last test you decided to take changed everything.

(.........)

After not seeing you for three days, Fives decided to go into your barracks without permission, fearing the worst. He entered your room to find you lying on your bed, crying.

"(Y/N)! I haven't seen you in days! What's wrong?!" he asked, rushing to your side.

You tried to pull yourself together, but all you could do is point to your stomach.

He tried to read your gestures, "You're hungry? I'll go get you some food!"

You shook your head, "Fives. I-I'I'm pregnant."

Fives' expression went blank, knowing Echo was the father.

"Fives, our-my child won't have a father. I can't do this alone. He didn't even know!" you sobbed.

"I know this must be rough, (Y/N)," Fives began to say, "and if you don't want this, please let me know, but I will do anything I can to help you with this baby. I promise, for Echo."

(................)

You've been pregnant for almost seven months now, making the pregnancy obvious. But based on the circumstances, no one gave you any crap for it. For how nice he's been treating you, many of the clones in the 501st assumed Fives was the father, but you quickly confirmed the truth, which much of the 501st instantly felt sympathetic towards you.

Yet every day was a struggle. Fives' support meant so much, but you wanted Echo and not a day has gone by without you thinking of him. To make things worse, none of the 501st  was on the Jedi Cruiser today. They were off on a mission with a group of defect clones with special abilities. You'd love to be a part of that mission, but this far into the pregnancy, you weren't good for anything.

When the 501st got back a few days later, you didn't even bother going to greet them as they returned. You figured you'd just catch up with them later on. Typically, when you didn't greet them upon arrival, they would tell you what you missed at the mess, but this time was different. There was a knock on your barracks door. You used the force to open it, expecting Fives, but getting Rex instead.

"Hey Cap, what's up?" you asked, his expression almost ghostly.

"(Y/N), I have something you may want to see," he said with a mysterious tone, handing you a small audio recording device. You turned it on.

"1409...1409...1409..." it kept going and going. You shook your head and turned it off.

"Rex!" you yelled, throwing it back at him, "Why would you do that to me?!"

"General, that was a real recording. A transmission from Skako Minor. (Y/N), I believe Echo is still alive," he shook. You were speechless as Rex kept talking, "I talked to General Skywalker about it. He may have survived the explosion at the Citadel, being rescued by the Separatists. General Skywalker believes Echo may have turned, and be on the Seppy's side now. I refuse to believe that. I want to go rescue him."

Rex still had you speechless. The thought of Echo being alive gave you an indescribable feeling inside. A complete feeling that you haven't felt since he's been gone. It was almost like being able to breathe again. 

"Rex, I'll go with you," you decided, standing up next to him. 

"No!" he insisted, sitting you back down, "We don't know his state. It may be too much for you, and the baby," he sighed. You nodded in agreement. 

"Thank you Rex. Good Luck," you softly smile as he left your barracks. The news was exciting, but almost too hard to believe. For seven months now, you've believed Echo was dead. You didn't even know how to react to him maybe being alive. 

Throughout the rescue mission, you tried to contact Rex to see if there was any update on Echo's status, and he he was even alive. But you didn't get a status until three days after the start of the mission. The status that the rescue mission was coming home. No status on whether Echo was with them though. You anxiously awaited in your barracks, as you were instructed to do so. But just as they were about to land, you felt the force pull your heart in all different directions. Echo. 

All you wanted to do was run to the hangar to be reunited with your love. He is alive. But you stayed in your room out of fear. What if he wasn't the same?  Your heart still ached for Echo as time passed. You knew he was here. The excitement was almost incapable of being contained. How would he react to being a father?  While you were lost in your thoughts, there was a knock on your door. You quickly opened it, it was Fives. 

Fives greeted you with a hug, "(Y/N), he's here."

Tears began to pour down your face upon the news. 

"But," he continued to say, "he's not what he used to be, uh physically that is. He still remembers you. He's been asking for you ever since we rescued him," he laughed. 

You smiled when Fives said Echo was asking for you, but then you remembered what he said about him not being what he used to be. "What do you mean he's not what he used to be?"

He sighed, "I think it's best for you to figure out yourself."

Your excitement went to fear upon those words. Fives led you to the medical bay, where Echo was. As you entered the room, Echo was facing away from the door, unaware you where there. You sat on a chair, next to him as Fives left you two alone. A blanket was covering his body but you could see his head. His hair, the hair you loved to run your hands through was almost gone. It looked like there was some hair trying to grow back, but his full hair was gone.

"Echo?"

He rolled over and tears suddenly began to form in his eyes, his hand caressed your cheek, "My love, I missed you."

"Echo, I thought you were dead," you choked upon the last word, beginning to cry and tried to hug him, but he pushed your arm away.

"(Y/N), I'm not what I used to be," he whispered, pulling the sheets off him, revealing his mostly cybernetic body, "I can't even cuddle with you anymore," he began to cry harder.

"Echo, I love you no differently, you're perfect Echo. And if it bothers you that much, Kix is thinking of performing some transplants soon. Echo, I want you to be happy," you smiled, leaning forward to kiss his forehead.

"I love you so much (Y/N)", eh smiled, kissing you softly on the lips. The first kiss in seven months.

You pulled back and looked down at your stomach, that he couldn't see because you were sitting down. "Echo, I have some news."

"Yes?" He asked, trying to sit up. You helped him sit up as you told him the news.

"I found this out just a few weeks after the Citadel, and not having you here for this really hurt and Fives has been helping me out but-"

"Tell me my love," he interrupted you.

You sighed and smiled, "Remember our last night together?" You waited for him to smile, "Echo, I'm pregnant," you said, standing up, revealing your stomach.

"I'm going to be a father?!" he gasped, putting his hand on your stomach.

"Yes Echo, yes you are."

He began to cry tears of joy as he swung his cybernetic legs over the bed, getting up to hug you. He quickly realized it wasn't totally easily to hug someone with a seven-month fetus in their stomach. "I'm going to be a father!" he cried, kissing your stomach, "I am so sorry I wasn't here for so long. I shouldn't have run into that shuttle. If I didn't I would-"

You cut him off with a kiss, "Shhhh, we can't change the past, but the future is now. And we have each other," you smiled, gazing into his eyes.

"I love you so much," he mumbled as he kissed you.

(.......)

Two months later, Echo was done with all of his transplants. His arms had full strength, but his legs were still a challenge for him; he used a crutch for support most of the time. But the time for the delivery of your baby was finally here. Due to the circumstances, you only allowed Kix to deliver the baby, as he was helping both you and the baby medically the whole time. Fives also was in the room, as he was a huge part of this journey as well. And of course, Echo was there, holding your hand the whole time. A few minutes, painful minutes, later, Kix presented you two with a beautiful, healthy baby girl.

"So what are you going to name her?" Fives asked as you and Echo cried tears of joy.

You and Echo nodded at each other in agreement of the name you chose the night before. You both wanted the name to pay tribute to Echo's fallen idol, 99.

"Nina," you smiled, kissing her forehead to stop her crying. She pleasantly smiled upon your kiss. Echo took Nina from your arms and rocked her back and forth, whispering how he promises to be the best father ever.

Over the course of the next few hours, the entire 501st  came to see Nina, who they all considered their niece. At the end of the day, not only were you with the love of your life, but you were sure Nina had the best uncle protection in the entire galaxy.

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A/N: Whoo that took me a while to write, but I loved the idea so much! Thank you again Greatly_Weird. I hope you, and everyone else enjoyed!!