At Coruscant’s Republic Medical Facility, Ti gave the chips – Tup’s degraded one and Fives’ healthy one – to Palpatine. Seemingly intrigued by the strange tale, Palpatine asked Ti and Nala Se to leave the room so the ARC trooper could speak with him freely.

Ti agreed, but responded to sounds of fighting. She found the Supreme Chancellor’s guards fallen and Fives standing over the Republic’s leader with a blaster. Ti used the Force to shove Fives away as a shocked Palpatine said the clone had tried to kill him.

Ti pursued Fives, but the ARC trooper escaped from the facility and fled into the vast metropolis of Coruscant. Anakin Skywalker teamed up with Rex to find Fives, hoping the fugitive trooper would trust them.

Fives died, but not before he told Rex that the clones were part of a vast conspiracy and their brains could be controlled by others. Meeting with the Jedi, Palpatine expressed remorse at Fives’ death and told the Jedi that his scientists had discovered a parasitic infection was to blame for the clones’ odd behavior. Ti accepted this explanation, unaware that Fives’ bizarre tale was the truth.