Write to a Clone Day: Chapter 7

Another day passed, and though Jalena and her parents didn’t admit it, they were all watching the news in hopes of finding more about Tup. At the end of the day, and when the news highlights were played, they got more information.
“This just in! Inside sources say that the rouge clone has passed away on Kamino. The causes are unknown. However, the Kaminoans were operating on this clone in order to figure out his condition. More news will be released when we hear it.”
“I call bantha poodoo. I’ll bet they killed him before they even tried anything. Our hospital doesn’t work anywhere near that quickly.” Jalena’s mama huffed.
“Fives said he was in there as ‘a controlled variable.’ I really hope that this death isn’t going to affect him.” Jalena worriedly said.
“Don’t worry about Fives, Jalena. You’ve only been mailing him for a short time anyway.” Jalena’s mother soothed her. Jalena nodded, and started scrubbing the counter. Jalena meticulously cleaned the kitchen in hopes of catching a bulletin. She didn’t think that Fives would be involved, but did the Kaminoans perform the same operation on the two clones to see how they could cure Tup? She found many minor tasks to do around the kitchen in order to prolong her time watching the news, and right when her parents were about to send her to bed, her wait finally paid off.
“A clone has just escaped Kamino! Our sources say that after setting off numerous alarms in the medical facility and nearly killing other clones, CT-27-5555, or Fives-” Jalena shivered, “has finally been captured and apparently being taken to Coruscant. The reasons remain unknown, but, seeing as we have more access to information on Coruscant, stay tuned.”
Jalena put down the rag and ran to her room. Was this some sort of virus spreading around? Was it making clones go berserk? Most of all, she hoped Fives was okay. This wasn’t the first time he’d disobeyed orders, and the first time had turned out for the better. Jalena decided to put her faith in Fives, and keep as posted as she possibly could. She decided to check her holomail, in an empty hope that she’d find more information. She didn’t have an email from Fives, but the headmaster had replied:
Dear Miss Indiarra,
Going through days-old security footage is useless, and the witnesses to the fight are mostly students without a spot on their records who also have good academic track records (more than I can say about you). I assure you that Mr. Fueun got the punishment he deserved, and will be cleaning labs out after the dissection in addition to his suspension. Keep up with your studies.
Sincerely,
Dr. Nuncolvid.
Jalena screamed into her pillow. Were his days too busy to study a tape that was probably two minutes long at the most? Not for the first night, Jalena cried herself to sleep.
The next day of her suspension went by in a similar fashion to the last one. The only bits on the news were reruns of what they’d already said. Jalena paced nervously around the house, seething with anger about Clinee’s unfair punishment one minute, and worrying about Fives the next. As Jalena went to sleep that night, she figured that if Fives didn’t contact her within the next day, she would write him a goodbye.