“I don’t have a lot of time and I need to ask a favor,” Cody told him, sounding more weary than Fox ever recalled hearing.
“You and everyone else,” Fox replied gruffly. “What is it?”
“We…we found Tech.”
Fox had never known Tech all that well. His brother’s particular enhancements had been the sort of thing to drive Fox nuts, however valuable Tech’s skills were. But these days he valued every vod they found alive. And he knew that the Bad Batch had taken his loss hard.
“What do you mean? His body?” he clarified.
“Ah…in a way,” Cody replied, and Fox could hear other voices in the background. Across from him, Thorne made a motion with his hand, meaning wrap it up. They usually had about four minutes before they had to cut the signal to avoid detection.
“Give me the facts, Cody,” Fox snapped. “We’re on a clock.”
He ignored his brother’s offended huff.
“He’s alive, Fox. But—-he was captured after he fell on Eriadu. They…did things to him. Damaged his mind and brainwashed him.”
Fox felt a surge of white hot fury. Was this always the fate of the clones? To have their minds messed with? To be abused and twisted?