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Not long after leaving Nulpar and returning into the space occupied by the Alliance, Booster and the LGM's ship was contacted by Star Command.
They were asked to make a stop on the space station Sanktifel to pick up important files at the local defense force.
Thus was made.

Booster was in a surly mood.
Sanktifel was a station of small size, made for medium-sized people.
The members of big-sized species, like the Jo-Adians, had to submit themselves to special rules and go through a temporary shrinking to be able to get in the station.
And after two weeks of growing in a titanic god again and again, the idea of getting shrunken, even not much, was really displeasing for Booster.
He still did it so he could go and get the files (the LGMs would stay in the ship), but that didn't mean he liked it.
Still, he went.

They were going back to the hangar bay after getting the files when a commotion resounded near to them, in the shopping alley.
Booster ran towards the commotion.
And saw a multitude of yellow five-eyed, four-armed brutes blasting in all directions, making people run away as they went in shops and stole whatever they could.
Crater! he thought as he recognized the brutes as clones of that thug Torque.
"HEY, JERKS!!" he yelled, attracting their attention, before starting to shoot them.
Thanks to their unstable nature, they all dissolved after one solid hit each, like always.
And thanks to the advantage of surprise, they didn't even have the time to shoot back.
The last clone shot down, Booster glanced quickly around.
No sign of the real Torque.
Where is he?!
He brutally had his answer when an arm gripped vice-like his throat and another one pressed a blaster at his temple.
He also felt two more arms poke his back with shivs.
"I never could have done that normally," smugly snarked Torque at his newfound hostage. "Gotta love these special rules they have here, especially when I don't follow them!"
Booster cursed mentally these rules while the enemy began spawning new clones to grab the loot and get it to the bike.
He barely had the time to create one when the local defense forces arrived, guns ready.
"Get lost!" barked Torque. "You let me get away or I'll blow his brains out!"
The standoff stood.
"I said get lost! Get the hell away or-"
"Let him go!"
Torque shut up in shock at hearing his own voice tell him that.
A quick glance behind him worsened the shock when he saw the source:
His clone, who was now pointing his blaster at him.
"What the hell are you doing?!" yelped the criminal.
"Saving a hostage," snarled the clone.
Everyone, Booster, Torque and the defense officers, stood immobile in shock at this turn of events.
"Let. Him. Go!"
Torque stood for a few more seconds...
Before, in a quick gesture, turning around and shooting down the rogue clone.
As the clone dissolved like the others, Booster jumped on the opportunity and backed his head the fastest he could, violently headbutting Torque, breaking the hold at the price of the shivs slashing his back.
Clenching his teeth and ignoring the pain, the Jo-Adian began unloading his own weapon on the criminal, quickly accompanied by the defense officers, forcing the enemy to run away.
He managed to get to his space bike and flee, but without any loot.
Booster had to stay a bit longer to receive first aid (the slashes were light, barely enough to draw a bit of blood), give his testimony, accompanied by the LGMs, before he finally could get back to his normal size, join back the ship with the LGMs, and travel back to Star Command.
And during the whole journey, he could only think of that clone who turned against Torque.
How is it possible?

Art by  gepredators
Original here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/33627196/
Booster, Torque and Torque clone in general © Disney-Pixar
Rogue clone © me