Rex, Captain of the 501st,, second-in-command to the chosen one, husband to a Jedi, father and clone to Jango Fett, crouched behind a large chunk of debris.

The council of Jedi had sent Anakin Skywalker and Rex with a handful of the 501st's best to reconnaissance separatist holdings, only to discover an ambush.

"Rex!"

Rex looked over his shoulder at Anakin Skywalker, who was motioning him over.

Rex reached over his shoulder and grabbed Bitt's shoulder, pulling him closer to shout above the roar of starfighters and blaster fire. "Watch your back!"

"Yes sir!" Bitt nodded, pressing his back against the chunk of rock to better protect himself as Rex lay on his stomach, pulling himself forward with his elbows.

"Can you get a hold of Wings?" Anakin asked, voice rising in an attempt to be heard over the noise of battle as the clone captain reached him.

Rex looked over his shoulder at Sparks, the radio technician, who was fiddling with his radio. "Not yet, sir." He answered. "The radio's busted, and he's out of our helmet comm. reach."

Anakin frowned, swearing under his breath.

Rex waited silently as the Jedi Knight turned to him. "We need someone to get to Wings! Then we'll need a distraction to cover for his landing and keep the droids back while the wounded are loaded!"

"Yessir." Rex nodded. He was tempted to take the job for himself, but decided to give it to someone that may benefit from it. Looking behind him, his eyes fell on Finn and Bud, both shinies that were hugging the dirt with their arms over their heads, totally intimidated by their first battle.

"Bud!" Rex shouted, the younger clone looked up and he motioned him over. He noticed Bud hesitate, and knew the younger clone was considering whether or not to disobey, but his training kicked in and he began to make his slow crawl toward his superior officer.

Rex waited and made a mental note to talk to the shiny about moving too slow on a battlefield.

"Yes sir?" Bud asked, on his stomach next to his captain, waiting expectantly.

"We need someone to get to Wings, ASAP!" Rex shouted to the young clone. "You need to get within comm. range and call him for evac!"

Bud nodded slowly, and Rex pointed to an uphill incline. "Get up there and try. If it doesn't work, keep going."

"Yessir." Bud saluted, crawling off through the rubble.

Rex looked at Anakin. "I will take men out to distract the clankers, sir."

Anakin cocked his head at him. "Get some men, Rex, and I'll lead it."

"Yes sir." Rex smiled into his helmet. That was one of the reasons why he liked Anakin so much. He didn't give orders from the background, sending his soldiers to their deaths as if they were expendable, but he led them. Was one of them. "Yes sir." He said again, shuffling backward in the direction he had come.