The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 16: The Rescue

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The Slave I begins shooting at a ship, a ship that held Dr Pershing. The two pilots that were with him tried their best to maneuver and lose the Slave I but Fett stayed on their tail.

“What’s going on? Who are they?” Pershing asked the pilots, panicked. “I suggest you shut your mouth, this isn’t your laboratory.” The pilot said, firmly, as he tried to get away. But Fett aims his ion cannon and fires at them, shutting their ship down.

“They hit us with an ion cannon. Avionics are down. Comms are down!” The co-pilot said as he tries to flip every switch and push every button he could but nothing. 

“Lower your shields, disengage all transponders, prepare for boarding.” Fett ordered through his comms. “They’re pirates. Shouldn’t we fight?” Pershing asked the pilots. “I don’t have a death wish, do you?” The first pilot asked him and the Slave I approaches them then begins to board.

Pershing and the pilots hear a loud thud then a second later the doors open and in walks in Din and (y/n), both of then aiming their blasters at the three men as they hold their hands up.

“Before you make a mistake, this is Dr. Pershing.” The first pilot tells them. “We’ve met.” Din said and (y/n) turns to Pershing. “Is the kid alive?” She asked him. “Yes. He’s on the cruiser.” Pershing said then the first pilot grabs him and aims a gun at the doctor’s head.

At that moment, Cara comes in. “Stay back, Dropper.” The first pilot sneered at her. She aims her blaster at him then the second pilot speaks up. “Easy, pal. Okay? I’m not with him. We can work something out.” He said when the first pilot aims his blaster at him and shoots him, making Pershing gasp.

“Drop your weapon.” Cara orders him as he aims his gun back at Pershing. “No. No, you listen to me. This is a top-tier target of the New Republic. This is a clone engineer. And if they find out that he’s dead because of you, you’re gonna wish you never left Alderaan.” The pilot said and Cara glares at him while Pershing shakes with fear.

“I saw the tear.” The pilot laughs as he gestures to Cara’s face. “You wanna know what else I saw? I saw your planet destroyed.” He said and Cara clenched her teeth. “I was on the Death Star.” The pilot said. “Which one?” Cara asked, sarcastically, and the pilot laughs, mockingly.

“You think you’re funny? Do you know how many millions were killed on those bases?” He asked her and Cara starts to shake with anger. “Drop your blaster.” She orders. “As the galaxy cheered?” The pilot said, egging her on. “Last chance.” Cara warns.

“Destroying your planet was a small price to pay to rid the galaxy of terrorism.” The pilot spat and Cara shoots him square in the face. The pilot’s dead body drops to the floor and Pershing began to scream and hold the side of his head while Cara walks away.

The Slave I enters another planet and lands at a nearby cantina. Fett, Din and (y/n) exit the ship and enter the cantina. The patrons looked a bit scared and taken aback to see two Mandalorians inside.

The trio looked around and see Bo-Katan and Koska in the back of Cantina. They walk up to them as Koska and Bo-Katan turns to them. “We need your help.” Din said and Bo-Katan smirks at this. “Not all Mandalorians are bounty hunters. Some of us serve a higher purpose.” She said, smugly.

“They took the Child.” (Y/n) tells her and the smirk on Bo-Katan’s face fades. “Who?” She asked. “Moff Gideon.” Din replied. “You’ll never find him.” She said and she and Koska turn back to their food and drinks on the table.

“We don’t need these two. Let’s get outta here.” Fett said and the trio start to walk away until Bo-Katan and Kosha turn in their seat. “You are not a Mandalorian.” Bo-Katan said, looking at Fett. “Never said I was.” Fett said. “I didn’t know sidekicks were allowed to talk.” Koska said, snidely, and Fett chuckles as he walks up to them.

“Well, if that isn’t the Quadra calling the Stifling slimy.” He said as Kosha stands up and the two stand in front of each other. “Easy there, little one.” Fett tells her. “You’ll be talking through the window of a bacta tank.” Koska said as she gets into Fett’s face.

“All right, easy. Save it for the Imps.” Bo-Katan said to her. Kosha glares at Fett before she sits back down. “We have his coordinates.” Din tells Bo-Katan, who looks surprised. “You can bring me to Moff Gideon?” She asked. “The Moff has a light cruiser. It could be helpful in your effort to regain Mandalore.” (Y/n) tells her.

“You gotta be kidding me. Mandalore? The Empire turned that planet to glass.” Fett said to (y/n) and Din. 

“You are a disgrace to your armor.” Bo-Katan said to Fett, disgusted. “This armor belonged to my father.” Fett growls at her. “Don’t you mean your donor?” She spat at him and Fett walks up to her. “Careful, princess.” He warns and her and Koska stand up. “You are a clone. I’ve heard your voice thousands of times.” She snides as she smiles. “Mine might be the last one you hear.” Fett threatened.

At that moment, Koska attacks and Fett grabs her and tosses her aside, making her hit a table. She gets up and Fett uses a grapple and it wraps around her wrist. They play a bit of tug o’ war before Kosha pulls him towards her and kicks him.

He doubles over and she grabs his head, then flies up, runs up a pilar and swings Fett around towards another table and slams him down on it. They get up and turn on their flamethrower gauntlets on and blow fire.

“Enough! Both of you! If we had shown half that spine to the Empire we would’ve never lost our planet.” Bo-Katan yells at them and they turn off their flamethrower, Fett gets up on his feet. Bo-Katan turns to Din and (y/n). “We will help you. In exchange, we will keep that ship to retake Mandalore. If you should manage to finish your quest, I would have both of you consider joining our efforts. Mandalorians have been in exile from our home would for far too long.” She said.

“Fair enough.” Din said as (y/n) nods in agreement.

“One more thing. Gideon has a weapon that once belonged to me. It is an ancient weapon that can cut through anything.” Bo-Katan said. “Almost anything.” Kosha grumbles. “It cannot cut through pure beskar. I will kill the Moff and retake what is rightfully mine. With the Darksaber restored to me, Mandalore will finally be within reach.” Bo-Katan said.

“Help us rescue the Child and you can have whatever you want. He is our only priority.” Din tells her as he, subtly, places a hand on (y/n)’s back. Bo-Katan looks between the two and smiles.

Back in the Slave I, Bo-Katan brings up a hologram of Gideon’s cruiser while everyone gathers around. “This is Moff Gideon’s Imperial light cruiser. In the old days, it would carry a crew of several hundred. Now it operates with a tiny fraction of that.” Bo-Katan said.

“Your assessment is misleading.” Pershing, who was handcuffed and sitting in a seat near her, informs. “Oh, great. An objective opinion.” Cara grumbles. “This isn’t subterfuge. I assure you.” He tells her. “Let him speak.” Bo-Katan said, raising a finger to Cara.

“There’s a garrison of dark troopers on board. They’re the ones who abducted the Child.” Pershing informs. “How many troopers do they javelin armed in those suits?” Din asked him. “These are third-generation design. They are no longer suits. The human inside was the final weakness to be solved. They’re droids.” Pershing replied and Din and (y/n) look at each other.

“Where are they bivouacked?” Fennec asked and Pershing stands up and goes over to the console. “They’re held in cold storage in this cargo bay.” He said as he zooms in on the cargo bay on the hologram map of the cruiser. “They draw too much power to be kept at ready.” He said.

“How long to power up.” (Y/n) asked. “A few minutes, perhaps.” Pershing replied. “Where is the Child being held?” Din asked and Pershing changes the location on the hologram to a small room in the cruiser. “This is the brig. He’s being held here under armed guard.” He said.

“Very well. We split into two parties.” Bo-Katan said. “(Y/n) and I will go alone.” said Din and Bo-Katan glances at him. “Fine.” She grumbles before she continues. “Phase one, Lambda shuttle issues a distress call. Two, we emergency land at the mouth of the fighter launch tube, cutting off any potential interceptors. Koska, Fennec, Dune and myself disembark with maximum initiative. Once we’ve neutralized the launch bay, we make our way through these tandem decks in a penetration maneuver.” Bo-Katan explains as she flips through different parts of the map.

“And me and (y/n)?” Din asked her. “We’ll be misdirection.” She replied as she turns to the two. “Once we draw a crowd, you two slip through the shadows, get the kid." 

"Those dark troopers are gonna be a real skank in the scud pie.” Cara commented and Bo-Katan turns back to the hologram map. “Their bay is on the way to the brig. Can they make it there before they deploy?” Bo-Katan asked Pershing. “It’s possible.” Pershing said and Fennec takes the code cylinder out of Pershing’s pocket and hands it to (y/n).

“Here. Take his code cylinder and seal off their holding bay. Anyone else, we can handle.” She said. “We’ll meet at the bridge.” (Y/n) said and everyone nods.

“Moff Gideon is mine. Got it?” Bo-Katan states as her, Cara, Fennec, Din, and (y/n) were in the Lambda shuttle while Fett was in the Slave I behind them, going in hyperspace. “He’s ex-ISB. He’s got a lot of information. I need him alive.” Cara said, firmly. “I don’t care what happens to him as long as he surrenders to me.” Bo-Katan sneers, a bit of a smirk plays on her lips.

“Prepare to exit jump space.” Fett’s voice said through the comms. “Copy that. Get the hell out of there as soon as they clear us to dock. And your shots have to look convincing.” She tells him. “Power up those shields, princess. I’ll put on a good show.” Fett said. “Watch out for those deck cannons.” Bo-Katan warns. “Don’t worry about me. Just be careful in there.” Fett said.

“Exiting hyperspace in three, two, one…” Koska said and they exit out of hyperspace. Immediately, the Slave I starts firing at the shuttle as they make their way to the cruiser.

“This is Lambda shuttle, Two-Seven-Four-Three. Requesting emergency docking.” Bo-Katan said through the comms to the cruiser, doing her best to sound panicked and scared. Fett did his best not to hit the shuttle but it did look very convincing that the shuttle was getting attack. “Repeat, requesting emergency docking. We are under attack.” Bo-Katan said again.

“Copy, Lambda shuttle. Request received. Stay cleat of launch tube. Deploying fighter squadron. ” A woman’s voice said and everyone gives nervous glances at one another.

Seconds later, TIE fighters deploy and starting coming straight at Fett but Bo-Katan let the shuttle stay its course, almost hitting one TIE Fighter, who pulled out of the way. “Request denied! Please clear launch tube until fighters deploy!” The woman’s voice said. “Negative! Negative! We’ll are under attack!” Bo-Katan shouts, panicked, again.

Then the TIE fighters get behind Fett and start firing at him. “Clear launch tube immediately!” The woman said but the shuttle stayed its course. Once it got close to the hangar, Fett steered off to the right and flew away as the TIE fighters chase after him.

“Hang on!” Fennec shouts and Cara grabs some panels above her while Din grabs onto the back of Fennec’s chair with one hand and pulls (y/n) to his side with the other as Bo-Katan has the shuttle land in the hangar, roughly. Fett was about to dodge some shots from the cruiser then he blasts the TIE fighters that chased him then took off into hyperspace.

Once it stops, the shuttle doors open and smoke started to pool out as the troopers started running toward it. “Clear the launch tube! What are you doing? Get that thing out of here!” One trooper shouts as he and another trooper run towards the shuttle.

But then they and a few more troopers were shot and killed by Fennec, Cara, Bo-Katan and Koska and they clear them out then head off.

Meanwhile, Din and (y/n) were inside the shuttle waiting for them to make a clearing. (Y/n) breathes in through her nose then let’s it out through her mouth as she calms her nerves. Din turns to her and could see she looked a bit worried, so he reaches out and takes her hand in his.

She raises her head to him as he squeezes her hand then he leans in and gives a Keldabe kiss. She smiles at him then they let go of each other’s hand, pull out their blasters and start to, slowly and cautiously, walk out. They look around and see the troopers dead before they start to make their way deeper into the cruiser.

They walked down a hallway then come up to a doorway to another hall. They lean back as Din looks around. He gestures to (y/n) to follow him and they start to walk in the hall when they heard a Stormtrooper voice say. “We’re heading to the bridge now.”

Din grabs her hand and pulls her to the side, they duck down and hide as a couple of Stormtroopers run past them, not seeing them. They walk out of their hiding spot and make their way to where Grogu was being held.

Moments later, they heard a droid talk in an alien language and they hid back as it passed. They start to walk into the hallway but ducked back when they saw some Stormtroopers running down the hall and continued on.

They turned a corner as they heard alarms blaring and (y/n) pulls out the code cylinder from her pocket. But as they got closer to the holding bay for the DarkTroopers, it started to open. “No. No!” Din growls as they run to the console and (y/n) sticks the cylinder in and turns it, making the doors close.

But just as it started to close, one Darktrooper grabbed the doors and forced it open then punched Din, knocking him back a few feet. The Darktrooper made it through the door, which closed behind it, and grabbed (y/n) tossed her aside like a rag doll. Din fires at the trooper and it turned its attention on him.

It didn’t seemed fazed by Din’s blaster and it grabs his wrist and twist his blaster out of his hand then grabs him by the neck and holds him up, pulling back its other fist. It begins to punch Din in the face but it hardly made a dent in his beskar helmet.

Then some blaster shots hit the back of the Darktrooper, which made it turn around. It sees (y/n) behind it, firing her blaster at it, and it let’s got of Din and goes after her. She fires at it a few more times but like before it wasn’t bothered by the shots.

She goes and holds out her left hand before it got close to her and it stopped then struggled to get to her, like an invisible shield was in front of her. She concentrated so hard on keeping the trooper back at bay but then she started to feel drained.

At that moment, Din turns on his flamethrower and shoots fire at the trooper. The trooper slowly turns to him then grabs Din and tosses him aside as (y/n) falls to her knees. The other Darktroopers started punching at the glass on the door and (y/n) turns to it, then gets the energy to get up and go towards the console.

The trooper, realizing what she’s doing, goes towards her and made a grab for her but before it could do that Din activates his whistling bird and the little missiles hit it. 

The droid turns back to Din and stomps towards him. (Y/n) gets to the console, grabs the lever and pulls it down just as Din dodges an oncoming attack by the Darktrooper then grabs his beskar spear and stabs it underneath it’s neck area, through the roof of its head.

As (y/n) pulls the lever, the back door of the launching bay opens and the Darktroopers are sucked out and released into space. She falls to her knees and Din comes up to her. “Hey, you okay?” He asked her, worried. “Yeah…yeah…just…I just need a moment.” She said, breathless, and he places his hands on her shoulders.

She sits there for a few seconds before she starts to get up on her feet, Din helps her up and has her face him. She looks up at him then nods. “I’m okay. Keep going.” She said and they start to head off again.

They take a few turns until they see two Stormtroopers guarding the brig. (Y/n) grabs her beskar spear and throws it at the one trooper father from them as Din grabbed the other one. He holds the trooper in front of him and held the spear up the trooper’s neck, choking him, until he twists a bit and breaks the trooper’s neck. (Y/n) grabbed her spear out of the second trooper’s chest.

She places the cylinder into the console and presses a button, making the doors open, as they pull out their blasters. Inside was Grogu, handcuffed, and Moff Gideon standing next to him, holding the Darksaber.

The two hunters were taken aback by this as Grogu coos at them. They hold up their blasters at Gideon. “Drop your blasters. Slowly.” Gideon ordered the duo as he holds the saber over the Child.

The two do as they’re told and laid down their guns on the floor. “Now kick them over to me.” Gideon said and they do just that. “Very nice.” said Gideon. “Give us the kid.” (Y/n) said, firmly. “The kid is just fine where he is.” He said and he waves the saber over Grogu’s head.

“Mesmerizing, isn’t it? Used to belong to Bo-Katan.” Gideon said as he holds up the saber and the two just give him a look. “Yes. I know you two have been traveling with Bo-Katan. A friendly piece of advice, assume that I know everything. Like the fact that your wrist launcher has fired its one and only salvo.” Gideon said as he nods towards Din.

“Where is this going?” Din asked him, annoyed. “This is where it’s going. I’m guessing Bo-Katan and her boarding party have arrived at the bridge, seeking me or, more accurately, this.” Gideon said as he holds up the saber.

“But I’m not there. And I imagine that they’ve killed everyone on the bridge, being the murderous savaged that they are. And now, they’re beginning to panic. You see, she wants this. Do you know why? Because it brings power. Whoever wields this sword…has the right to lay claim to the Mandalorian throne.” Gideon explains. “You keep it. We just want the kid.” (Y/n) said and Gideon looks the two over for a moment.

“Very well.” He said and the blade of the saber disappears. “I’ve already got what I want from him. His blood. All I wanted was to study his blood. This Child is extremely gifted…and has been blessed with rare properties that have the potential to bring order back to the galaxy.” Gideon said.

Grogu looks up at his two protectors as they look back at him, Gideon takes notice. “I see your bond with him. Take him, but you two will leave my ship immediately and we will go out separate ways.” Gideon said to them.

I don’t like this. Something's not right. (y/n) thought as she and Din, cautiously and slowly, walk to Grogu while Gideon walks around the two. He stands still the turns slightly as Din and (y/n) go up to Grogu. The Child holds his arms out to them when (y/n) sensed something.

She turned around just as Gideon turns on the Darksaber and goes to attack them. She pushes Din aside to protect him, turns her beskar shield on and blocked the attacks. Gideon repeatedly hacks at her but she uses the shields to protect the blows as they make their way outside of the brig.

Din comes up behind him and goes to attack but he turns and swings the saber Din’s way, who raises up his gauntlets to block the blows. The three of them have a bit of a stand still as Gideon looks between the two, holding the saber up. (Y/n) retracts the shields as her and Din pull out their beskar staff and began a three way fight between them.

Gideon would quickly block any blows the two would throw at him. He would block or swing the saber at either of them as quickly as he could. At one point, he went to attack (y/n) and she holds up her staff to block the blade of the saber then moved her hand towards Gideon, which made him stumble back by an unknown source.

He looks at her a bit shocked but with intrigue. “Interesting.” He mutters, with a smile, and he was about to attack her until Din uses his grappling cord and wraps it around Gideon. Gideon turns to Din then used the saber to cut the grappling cord and starts slashing at him.

Din blocks it with the staff and at one point back kicks the staff to block another blow just as (y/n) comes up and swings her staff at Gideon, hitting him on his side. Gideon turns to her then raises the saber on her but she activates her shields to block it.

He kept hitting her shield with the saber, which made her lower her arms inch by inch, then he uses the butt end of the saber and hits her across the face, making her fall back. She felt dazed at this as he goes to kill her but Din, quickly, stands in front of her and blocks Gideon’s attack.

Din pushes Gideon back and hits him a few times with the staff and knocked the Darksaber out of his hands then knocked him down to the ground. Then he aims the spear at Gideon but doesn’t kill him as (y/n) shakes her head and gets up.

“You’re sparing my life?” Gideon asked, smiling, at Din. “Well, this should be interesting.”

Up at the bridge, Bo-Katan stands in front of the window and tries to think what to do next when the door opens. She and the others turn to see Gideon, cuffed, and (y/n) holding her blaster towards Gideon while Din held Grogu in one arm and the Darksaber in his other hand. They lead Gideon in the room while Bo-Katan seemed stunned at what she was seeing.

“What happened?” She asked as she comes up to the duo just as the door closes behind them. “They brought him alive, that’s what happened. And now the New Republic’s gonna have to double the payment.” Cara said, smiling at her friends.

“That’s not what she’s talking about.” Gideon said and he turns and smiles a gloating smile at Bo-Katan. “Why don’t you kill him now and take it?” He asked her and Cara shoves him down to the floor as (y/n) holsters her blaster. Gideon chuckles and looks up at Din.

“It’s yours now.” He said. 

“What is?” Din asked.

“The Darksaber. It belongs to you.” Gideon said as Din turns the saber off and walks up to Bo-Katan and holds it out to her. “Now…it belongs to her.” Din said but Bo-Katan doesn’t accept it, just looks at it with disappointment. “She can’t take it. It must be won in battle. In order for her to wield the Darksaber again, she would need to defeat you in combat.” Gideon explained and (y/n) furrows her brow at this as Din looks up at Bo-Katan.

“I yield. It’s yours.” He said to her. 

“Oh, no.” Gideon chuckles. “It doesn’t work that way. The Darksaber doesn’t have power. The story does. Without that blade, she’s a pretender to the throne.” He explains as he stands back up. “He’s right.” Bo-Katan whispers. “Come on, just take it.” Din pleads, exasperated, as (y/n) glares at Gideon.

“You planned this, didn’t you?” She growls at him. Gideon turns to her, smiles and chuckles. “And what makes you think that?” He asked. She starts to charge at him but then alarms go off.

“Well, perhaps, she’ll get another crack at it.” Gideon said as Fennec goes to one of the scanners. “The ray shields have been breached. We’re being boarded.” said Fennec. “How many life forms?” Bo-Katan asked and Fennec turns to her. “None.” She said.

“You’re about to face off with the dark troopers.” Gideon said then he turns to Din and (y/n). “You two had your hands full with one. Let’s see how you do against a platoon.” He said, smirking.

Bo-Katan and Koska look at the cameras and see the dark troopers marching their way towards the bridge. “They’re headed this way.” Bo-Katan said and Cara grabs Gideon and shoves him down as she walks up to Bo-Katan.

Din goes over to the other side of the room and sets Grogu down, (y/n) standing next to him. “Don’t worry, kid. We’re gonna get you out of here.” He said and pats the top of Grogu’s head then gets up as (y/n) kneels down to Grogu 

She gives him a small smile then ran her thumb gently over his head before she gets up. “Seal the blast doors!” Fennec orders and Koska slams her fist down on a button and a second pair of doors cover the main doors.

“They’re here.” Koska said as she grabs her helmet and her and Bo-Katan put their helmets on and everyone pulls out their weapons. Seconds later, the Dark Troopers began punching at the doors and everyone readies their guns while Gideon smirks.

“You have an impressive fire team protecting you. But I think we all know, after a valiant stand, everyone in this room will be dead…but me…and the Child.” Gideon said as he glares over at Din and (y/n).

The Dark troopers continued to punch at the door, making a dent in the door. Everyone steadies themselves and aims their gun, getting ready for the fight. Din and (y/n) look at each other for a moment and then Din whispers. “Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum." 

(Y/n) let’s out a small sob then mouths back I love you, too​​​before they look back at the door and aim their blasters at the door but go to hold each other’s hand with their free hand.

But then the alarm goes off and everyone looks out the window and sees an X-Wing come flying in. "An X-Wing.” Bo-Katan said as she goes to the comms. “One X-Wing? Great. We’re saved.” Cara said, sarcastically. “Incoming craft, identity yourself.” Bo-Katan said through the comms but no response.

At that moment, (y/n) sensed something huge. Something powerful. She let’s go of Din’s hand and places her hand on her chest as it did feel a bit overwhelming, Grogu raises his head as he sensed the power as well.

“(Y/n)?” Din asked her, worried, and he places a hand on her shoulder as she looks down at the floor.

The Dark Troopers seemed to sense this newcomer as well as they stop punching the door. “Why did they stop?” Fennec asked while Bo-Katan looks at the security cameras and see the Dark troopers turning the other way.

“Din…I-I think…I think it’s him.” She whispers to him. “Him?” Din asked, quietly, then she raises her head. “The Jedi.” She whispers just as Bo-Katan sees a cloaked figure walking down a hallway. She switches to another camera and sees the troopers attacking the figure but the figure had pulled out a lightsaber and began slicing at the droids like they were nothing.

“A Jedi?” Bo-Katan mutters and Gideon looks at this, terrified. The Jedi sliced, stabbed and used the Force to take out the troopers as he made his way closer to the bridge.

Gideon then grabbed a blaster, he was hiding, and shoots at Bo-Katan several times, making her fall back, then he goes to shoot Grogu but Din slides in front of him as Gideon fires, hitting Din’s beskar armor. (Y/n), feeling anger, moved her arm, quickly, and Gideon falls backwards, by the Force, and hits his head against the table.

Everyone stopped and stared at (y/n), who looks between them. “It’s a long story.” She replied to their shocked faces. Cara kneels down to Gideon and checks his pulse. “He’s still alive.” She tells them and Grogu goes over to the screen as the Jedi takes out more troopers then heads into the elevator.

Grogu places his claw at the screen and Din gets up as (y/n) kneels down and watches the Jedi get off the elevator and just destroying the troopers with ease. (Y/n) couldn’t help but be in awe at what she was seeing. Were you once like this, Father? she thought to herself.

After all the troopers were dead, the Jedi turns to the doors. Grogu looks up at his protector then points towards the door. Din picks him up as (y/n) turns to the others. “Open the doors.” She said as they walk towards another table but nobody moved. “She said, open the doors.” Din said, firmly. 

“Are you two crazy?” Fennec asked and Din sets the Child down on a chair then presses a button. The door opens and they couldn’t see anything but a long green light. Then the cloaked figure walks up, turns off his lightsaber and holsters it.

He takes off his hood to reveal a young man with sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. “Are you a Jedi?” (Y/n) asked him as Grogu peers from behind the chair. “I am.” He said then he looks over at Grogu and holds a hand out to him. “Come, little one.” The Jedi said, calmly. Grogu looks at him then up at Din and (y/n).

“He doesn’t want to go with you.” Din said to the Jedi, who turns to him. “He wants both of your permissions. He is strong with the Force, but talent without training is nothing. I will give my life to protect the Child…but he will not be safe until he masters his abilities.” The Jedi said and Din turns and picks Grogu up.

“Hey, go on. That’s who you belong with. He’s one of your kind.” Din tells Grogu and (y/n) begins to tear up. She goes to stand next to Din and looks at Grogu, who looks between the two. “We’ll see you again. We promise.” (Y/n) said, softly, and Grogu looks over to Din then places a claw on his helmet.

Understanding what he wanted, Din goes and removes his helmet as he looks at the little guy. (Y/n) smiles as a tear runs down her face while Grogu stares at Din then places a little claw on his face. Din closes his eyes for a moment then looks back at Grogu with a smirk.

Then Grogu turns and reaches out for (y/n). Din hands him over to her and she takes Grogu in her arms. “Hey, buddy.” She whispers as he looks at her. She then sensed his appreciation for her and the care he held for her and Din, which made her smile at him.

“I sense your connection with the Force as well.” The Jedi said and (y/n) raises her head towards him. “It might not be strong now but with more training…it can be. I can offer that to you as well. That is…if you want.” said the Jedi and (y/n) stares at him from a moment then at Grogu.

On the one hand, she could learn more about her abilities and find out what else she could do. Learn more about her father. And spend some time with Grogu since he was the one who had awakened these senses.

But then she looked over at Din, who stared at her before he darts his eyes away. She couldn’t bare to leave Din behind, not after everything they went through when they were young and just recently. She couldn’t abandoned the man she loves. Her heart ached just thinking about it.

She sighs as she looks back at Grogu then up to the Jedi. “As much as I would love to know more about my abilities, I’d rather you’d focus more on the Child. He’s young and has much more of a chance than I do. But…like my father before me, I have a place with someone.” She replied and she lowers one of her hands and takes Din’s hand in hers.

He looks over at her, shocked. He had stood there for the last few seconds, worrying that now two people that were important to him were gonna leave. He was already preparing for the heartbreak whenever she says she’ll go. He loves her and wants her around but if she decided that she wanted to go, he wasn’t going to stop her.

But when she said she wanted to stay with him, his heart leapt with joy, and it took every fiber of his being not to pull her in for a kiss.

The Jedi nods slightly at (y/n) and said. “I understand.”

(Y/n) looks down at Grogu and gives a small smile. “I’m sorry, buddy. I can’t come. I mean, somebody’s got to watch him.” (Y/n) said as she nods towards Din, which made Grogu coo at this. Then (y/n) goes and takes off her necklace and holds it out to Grogu.

“This was given to me by my father and it always brought me luck. But now…I pass it in to you.” She said and she places the necklace around Grogu. “Take care of it, okay?” She said and Grogu looks at her then he touches her face, and suddenly (y/n) lets out a soft, yet surprising, gasp. She looks at the Child as he gave her a bright smile. (Y/n) tearfully smiles back at him and kisses his forehead. 

“All right, pal. It’s time to go.” Din tells him and Grogu looks over at him and whines. “Don’t be afraid.” (Y/n) said, softly, then she goes and sets him down on the floor. She stands back up and let’s out a shaky breath as Din places an arm around her.

Then both of them felt something on their feet, they look down and see Grogu had one hand on Din’s leg and the other on her leg.. he looks up at them like he wanted to stay until an R2 unit droid comes up and beeps.

Grogu turns and walks to the droid and it seemed like they were communicating with each other as the droid beeped and Grogu coos at it. The Jedi watches this interaction for a moment then looks up at the two hunters and nods. They nod back as Grogu raises his arms out to the Jedi, who bends down and picks him up.

“May the Force be with you.” The Jedi said and he turns around and walks away while Grogu stares at his protectors over the Jedi’s shoulder. Tears started to fall, silently, down (y/n)’s face as she wraps her right arm around Din’s waist and he places his left arm around her shoulders.

“Did he say anything to you? I..I noticed the way you two stared at each other, it was like with him and Ashoka.” Din asked (y/n), quietly, and (y/n) sniffs at this. “When he touched my cheek, I could hear his thoughts. He said…he’ll never forget us.” She whispered to him and Din smirks a bit. “He also said something else.”

“What else did he say?” Din asked her, a curious look shadowed his face. She looks up at him just as the Jedi and the droid get inside the elevator. “I love you, mom and dad." she said and they stare, lovingly, at each other before they look back at Grogu.

He looks at the two as (y/n) leans her head against Din’s chest and he leans his head against her, both of them giving a sad smile towards him. And at that moment, as Grogu takes one last look at his parents, the elevator door shuts.

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 15: The Believer

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At the Karthon Chop Fields, the prisoners were working on all of the large scrap metals that surrounded them when a guard droid comes up to one of them. “Inmate three-four-six-six-seven.” The droid said as he goes up to Mayfeld, who doesn’t respond.

“Inmate three-four-six-six-seven.” The droid said and Mayfeld groans. “What? What?” Mayfeld asked, annoyed, as he turns to the droid, raising the goggles to his forehead. “Inmate three-four-six-six-seven, descend and receive new instructions.” The droid said and Mayfeld puts down his drill, climbs down and walks towards the droid.

“Can’t you see I’m busy?” He asked as he gestures at the scrap pile behind him. “Inmate three-four-six-six-seven, please salute Marshal Dune.” The droid said and Mayfeld looks over and sees Cara walking up to him.

“I remand prisoner number three-four-six-six-seven to my custody.” Cara said to the droid. “Affirmative.” The droid said to her before turning to Mayfeld. “Inmate three-four-six-six-seven, please follow Marshal Dune to transport.” He said and Cara turns and walks off.

“Somebody gonna tell me what’s going on?” Mayfeld asked the droid. “Let’s go! I’ve got a job for you.” Cara said as she continues to walk. Then the ankle restraint on Mayfeld’s leg comes off and he looks down at it, shocked. “Inmate three-four-six-six-seven, please follow Marshal Dune.” The droid ordered but Mayfeld doesn’t move.

“Wait, where is she takin’ me?” He asked. “Inmate three-four-six-six-seven, you have three seconds to comply with your new directive.” The droid threatens as he holds up his baton, which starts to electrify. “Okay! All right, all right.” Mayfeld said, jumping back, then he goes to follow Cara.

“Hey! You gonna tell me where you’re takin' me?” Mayfeld asked Cara as he catches up with her but she doesn’t answer. “Hello? I mean, it’s a common courtesy, a common courtesy to tell somebody where it is that you’re takin’ ‘em. I don’t think that’s so hard to ask, do you?” Mayfeld said as they come up to the Slave I and Fennec and Fett, now with his armor buffed out and cleaned, walk out of the ship.

Mayfeld stopped for a second once he saw the two then let out a sigh of relief. “Oh. You know, for a second, I thought you two were this other couple.” He said with a smile of relief just as Din and (y/n) walk out of the ship.

He looks up and his smile fades once he sees them. “Mayfeld.” Din greets once he and (y/n) walk up to him. “Hey, Mando. Long time.” Mayfeld said as he smiles, nervously. “What, you and your friend came here to kill me?” Mayfeld asked him.

“All you need to know is I bent a lot of rules to bring you along.” Cara said. “Why am I so lucky?” Mayfeld asked her. “Because you’re Imperial.” She replied. “Hey, that was a long time ago, all right?” Mayfeld said. “But you still know your Imperial clearances and protocols, don’t you?” (Y/n) asked him. Mayfeld looks at them, shocked, just as the group turns and heads into the ship, he soon follows suit.

“We need coordinates for Moff Gideon’s cruiser.” Din informs Mayfeld once they get seated inside the ship. “Moff Gideon?” Mayfeld asked before he scoffs. “Yeah, forget it. Just take me back to the scrapyard. I’m not doin’ that.” Mayfeld said and Cara rolls her eyes. “They have their kid.” Cara said as she nods towards Din and (y/n).

“The little green guy?” Mayfeld asked, taken aback. “Yeah. The little green guy.” Cara confirms. “So…I help you guys get him back, you guys let me go?” Mayfeld asked as he looks between Din, (y/n) and Cara. “That’s not how this works.” Cara said.

“Well, then what’s in it for me?” Mayfeld asked. “You get a better view.” Cara said and Mayfeld sighs as he thinks for a moment. “All right, but here’s the thing. I can’t get those coordinates unless I have access to an internal Imperial terminal. I believe there’s one on Morak.” He said.

“Morak? There’s nothing on Morak.” Din said. “It’s a secret Imperial mining hub, okay? If you can get me there, I can get you the coordinates.” Mayfeld said and everyone shares a look before Din reaches over to the console and presses a button. “Fett, punch in the coordinates to Morak.” He said. “Copy that.” Fett said as he does just that and the ship takes off.

“I did an initial scan of the planet. This is what you’re talking about, right?” Fett asked as he shows a hologram map of Morak to everyone. Then he zooms in on what looked like a large dam. “Yeah, that’s the refinery right there.” Mayfeld said as he nods. “Wonder what they’re refining in there.” Fennec mutters. “Looks like rhydonium. Highly volatile and explosive.” Fett said.

“Yeah, kinds like this one, huh.” Mayfeld chuckles and Fett turns to him with a stern look, making the smile disappear off of Mayfeld’s face. “They have anti-aircraft cannons protecting it.” Fett said once he turns back to the map. “And a platoon of security forces.” Fennec adds.

“So we go in quiet. Let’s go get a closer look.” Din said and Fett nods and he steers the ship into Morak.

“I’m not gonna need long inside, so once I get the coordinates, you guys gotta get me the hell out of there.” Mayfeld said. They had landed on a nearby spot and watched a large tank-like vehicle had drove by in the dirt road below them.

“You get to the roof. I’ll drop in and pull you out.” Fett said. All right. Mayfeld and I will swap out for the drivers in the tunnel.“ Cara said. "As much as I’d like to take a road trip with Rebel-dropper here, that’s not gonna work.” Mayfeld said. “Oh yeah? Why’s that?” Cara asked him.

“Well, because these Remnant bases are set up and run by ex-ISB. If you get scanned and your genetic signature shows up on any New Republic register, you’re gonna be detected, and it’s guns out.” Mayfeld informs. “You sure do know a lot about Imperial Remnants.” Cara said, suspiciously.

“Hey, if you wanna accuse me of something, then just say it.” Mayfeld snapped at her. “We don’t have time. Fennec will go.” Din said. “No, I’m wanted by the ISB. I’ll trip the alarm, too.” Fennec said and Mayfeld raises his hands up in exasperation. “Fett?” (Y/n) asked as she turns to Fett. “Let’s just say they might recognize my face.” Fett said.

“Great, so it’s me goin’ in alone.” Mayfeld grumbles. “No way. The minute he gets inside, he’ll tip 'em off. He’ll be a hero.” Cara said. “Hey. This wasn’t my idea. I’m doin’ you guys a favor.” Mayfeld argues. “Deal’s off. I’m takin’ him back.” Cara said.

“Then I’ll go.” (Y/n) said.

“I’ll come too.” Din said and (y/n) turns her head to him.

“Hey, buddy, I’m might be good at fast-talking, but I don’t think I can explain away a guy in a Mando suit to Imperial guards. So, unless you’re gonna take off that helmet, or let your friend go alone with me, it’s gonna be me goin’ in alone. Or say goodbye to your little green friend.” Mayfeld said. “You’re not going alone. I’m coming with you. But I won’t be showing my face.” Din said.

Another large tank vehicle starts to make its way through a tunnel when Cara, Din, Mayfeld and (y/n) jumped on top of the vehicle. They get to the entrance hole and Cara drops in it and takes out the three guards that were inside and slows the vehicle down to a stop.

“Oh my God, this guy reeked. His gloves are still wet.” Mayfeld groans as he puts on one of the guards armor while Cara kept as lookout. Then (y/n) comes up from around the vehicle, now in the new armor, and started to put the helmet on her head, holding a duffle bag, just as Din comes around the corner wearing the Stormtrooper armor as well, also carrying a duffle bag.

“Look at this. Oh, the shame.” Mayfeld laughs as he looks at Din. “Now, that right there is worth the price of admission.” Mayfeld said. “Wish I could say it looked good on you, but I’d be lying.” Cara jokes. “Just make sure you take out the rooftop gunners, or we’re never getting out of here.” Din said. “I got you.” Cara said then Din and (y/n) set the bags down. 

“Take care of these. Keep 'em safe.” (Y/n) said. “I will.” Cara said. “Hey, guys. Still on the clock.” Mayfeld said and Din and (y/n) make their way towards the entrance of the vehicle. “What would they say on Mandalore?” Mayfeld teased Din before he looks over at (y/n). “First time I’ve seen you wear a helmet. Gotta say, you’re prettier without the helmet.” Mayfeld said but (y/n) ignores him while Din clenched his fist for a moment.

“It’s a shame you’re not comin’ along with us. You got such a sunny disposition. Can’t imagine how much fun you are in one of these.” Mayfeld said to Cara as he gets inside the tank and puts on his own helmet.

Din gets inside of the tank then helps (y/n) in as Mayfeld looks around the console. “What’s goin’ on here? Power coil, motivator…Oh, there we…” Mayfeld mutters and he pushes some buttons and the engine starts to come on. “Ah, there we go. There we go!” Mayfeld exclaims as Din gets into the seat next to him and (y/n) takes the seat that was against the wall.

“And we are off.” Mayfeld said as he pushes a lever up and the tank starts to take off. Then Mayfeld looks over at Din. “So how’s it feel? Huh?” Mayfeld asked him but Din doesn’t respond. “I mean, c'mon, man, you still get to wear a helmet, right?” He asked but Din still doesn’t respond while (y/n) looks between them.

“All right, you know what? I’m takin’ this thing off. I can’t see anything.” Mayfeld said as he takes off his helmet then he looks over at (y/n). “Why don’t you go ahead and take yours off, sweetheart.” He said. “If I’m as pretty as you say I am, then I better not. Don’t want you distracted to the point where we crash and burn and die.” (Y/n) snaps and Din holds back a chuckle from this as Mayfeld laughs. 

“Oh, haha, very funny, princess.” Mayfeld said. “I don’t know how you people wear those things. And by you people, I do mean Mandalorians.” Mayfeld said but Din shakes his head slightly and they sit in silence for a few moments.

“Feel better when it’s off.” Mayfeld said as he gestures to the helmet but Din turns his head, slowly, towards him as if to say shut up before he looks ahead of him.

“Juggernaut Four, you’re running hot. Be sure to watch your cargo heat limits and speed.” A man’s voice said through the comms. “Copy that, Three. We hit a couple of bumps. Thanks for the heads-up.” Another male voice said just as they started to pass some other tanks that looked like they blew up.

Mayfeld then looks at the console where the heat limits were and could see that it was at the low green. “Don’t worry about the rhydonium. As long as you drive steady, you’ll get us to the refinery.” Din assures Mayfeld just as they come up on a small village with some kids playing on the road.

Mayfeld reaches up and blares the horn and the people started to clear off the road. “Yeah. Empire, New Republic.” Mayfeld said as they pass by the people, who were all glaring at them. “It’s all the same to these people. Invaders on their land is all we are. I’m just sayin’, somewhere someone in this galaxy is ruling and others are being ruled.” said Mayfeld as they pass the village.

“I mean, look at your race. Do you think all those people that died in wars fought by Mandalorians actually had a choice? So how ate they any different than the Empire?” Mayfeld asked but the two hunters don’t respond, which made him scoff.

“If you were born on Mandalore, you believe one thing, if you’re born on Alderaan, you believe somethin’ else. But guess what? Neither one of 'em exist anymore.” Mayfeld said as he looks between the two then shrugs. “Hey, I’m just a realist. I’m a survivor, just like you two.” He said.

“Let’s get one thing straight. We are nothing alike.” Din said, firmly. “I don’t know. Seems to me like your rules start to change when you get desperate. I mean, look at ya. You said you couldn’t take your helmet off, and now you got a Stormtrooper one on, so what’s the rule? Is it that you can’t take off your Mando helmet, or you can’t show your face? 'Cause there is a difference.” Mayfeld points out and (y/n) looks between the two and started to think over what he said.

“Look, I’m just sayin’, we’re all the same. Everybody’s got their lines they don’t cross until things get messy. As far as I’m concerned, if you can make it through your day and still sleep at night, you’re doin’ better than most.” Mayfeld said.

“Control, this is Juggernaut Three. We’re comin’ up on some route interference.” A voice said in the comms when they heard a beeping sound. “Control, control! We need a new….” the voice started to say, panicked, but then he screams and the comms link ends.

“What was that?” Mayfeld asked, worried. “Please stand by for reroute.” A woman’s voice said then seconds later an explosion happens some miles ahead of them. “Juggernaut Four has been destroyed.” The woman’s voice said as (y/n) stands up and walks up to the middle of the men. “Destroyed?” Mayfeld said, panicked. “The rhydonium is still stable.” (Y/n) said.

“Juggernaut Five, maintain speed and course. Proceed with caution. Re-routing course, stand by.” The woman said. “Proceed with caution? Is she serious?” Mayfeld asked, panicking again.

“Control, this is Juggernaut Three. Requesting….” another man’s voice started to say but then it sounded like someone was chanting something, loudly, behind the guy. “Abort! Abort!” The man’s voice before he screams and a second explosion happens ahead of them.

Mayfeld speeds up a bit and steers away to avoid the burning remains of one of the Juggernauts when a small ship comes up next to them with some Alien pirates. One of the pirates jumps on the side, which made Din, Mayfeld and (y/n) look over.

“What the hell was that?” Mayfeld asked and Din looks at the console to see a camera had come on and he could see the Pirates. “Pirates. Keep driving. (Y/n) and I will take care of it.” Din said and he stands up and opens the window and fires at the one that was on the side.

Then a second pirate goes to jump on but Din fires and hits him straight into his chest. “Are you seriously shooting a blaster near rhydonium?” Mayfeld exclaims as (y/n) starts to climb the latter to the hatch on top.

“They’ve got thermal detonators.” Din said. “Terrific.” Mayfeld said, sarcastically. “Just keep it steady.” (Y/n) said as she opens the hatch and sees the pirate on the roof. “Get these guys off of us! Get 'em off!” Mayfeld shouts as the pirate opens a hatch to the rhydonium and pulls out a detonator.

But before he could place it on, (y/n) shoots him and he falls off and the detonator goes off under one of the other pirate’s ship, killing them. Mayfeld goes as fast as he can but had to slow down as the limits were starting to get high.

“They’re trying to blow the rhydonium.” (Y/n) informs. “You think? You should’ve left me in prison!” Mayfeld shouts and (y/n) started to leave and close the hatch but then she noticed more pirates were coming.

She sighs and gets up on the roof. “Need some help, Mando.” She said and he climbs up just as some of the pirates jumped on the tank. The two hunters fire their blasters and kills a few until their blasters ran out of ammo.

The remaining pirates charged at them and the two throw their guns at a couple of them, hitting them in the face. Din fights with one while (y/n) fights another until they kick both of them off, one of them rolls off to the front and gets run over.

Another pirate comes up and grabs (y/n) while another whacks his large spear at Din’s arm, meanwhile another pirate was trying to open the hatch to the rhydonium. (Y/n) kicked then used the back of her head at the pirate’s face and tosses him to the side as Din punches his attacking pirate and tossed him aside as well.

The last pirate was trying to open the hatch but Din grabs the spear and chucks it at the pirate, impaling him and knocking him off. Another ship full of pirates began yelling at the two just as Din turns to the front. “Mayfeld! Pick it up. Drive faster!” He yells and Mayfeld picks up the speed which almost there made the two hunters stumble but they each grab the others hand for balance

Then the alarm about the rhydonium started blaring after speeding for a couple of minutes. “I don’t think faster’s a good idea!” Mayfeld shouts and he slows down, which made them stumble again. “What are you doing?” (Y/n) shouts as the pirates catch up and a few get on the roof.

(Y/n) punches one in the stomach and Din kicks another and grabs the pirate’s staff and used the end of it to hit the pirate in the face. (Y/n) punches and kicks the pirate that attacked her and throws him off just as Din does the same with the other pirate.

Then three more jump on and one starts charging at them with their spear but Din holds out his right arm to (y/n) and she locks her left arm around his and Din brings her around as she raises her feet up and kicks the pirate right in the face, making fall back and drop his spear.

She lands on her feet and they unlocked their arms from each other as more pirates jump on. (Y/n) grabs the spear that one of the pirates dropped and used it on one of the oncoming pirates while another goes after Din.

Din knocks off the pirate but he hangs onto the side while another charges at him and knocks him down. (Y/n) swings the spear around at another pirate then gets down on her knees and swipes the pirates feet which made him fall on his side and (y/n) kicks him off.

She turns around and saw that Din was pinned down by two pirates, one hanging off the side holding down Din’s arm and the other on top of Din and choking him. She runs at the pirate on top of Din and swings the spear like a bat and hits the pirate across the face as Din gets up and kicks the one hanging off the side off of it completely.

(Y/n) punches the pirate a few times then holds her hand out to do something when the pirate was blown back and rolled off on the front and was run over. Surprised, (y/n) looks down at her hand, wondering if she used this Force power that Ashoka told her about until she heard a beeping sound.

Her and Din turn to see a pirate had opened the hatch and placed a detonator on the rhydonium then jumped back on his ship. “Dank farrik!” (Y/n) growls as Din runs towards the hatch, grabs the detonator and throws it and it explodes, killing the remaining pirate ships.

The blast from the explosion blew Din and (y/n) back a couple of feet until (y/n) fell on her back then grunts in pain a second later when Din landed on his back on top of her. “Sorry.” He said. “It’s okay.” She groans as they get close the refinery. 

“Uh, Mando, I gotta stop. I can’t cross at this speed.” Mayfeld shouts as (y/n) and Din sit up. But through the smoke about four more pirate ships emerge out and all of them had detonators. “Seriously?” (Y/n) mutters, exasperated, as Din sighs. The ships get closer as Din gets up, holds his hand out to (y/n) and helps her on her feet.

The two get into a stance when some tie-fighters come in and shoot all of the ship and the Juggernaut makes it over the bridge. Then some Stormtroopers come up and shoot the stragglers as Din and (y/n) make it back inside the tank.

“Never thought you’d be happy to see Stormtroopers.” Mayfeld said. “You can say that again.” (Y/n) mutters as she takes off her helmet, takes a breath and wipes the sweat off of her brow.

The troopers and other workers cheer as they make it inside and stop the vehicle. Mayfeld stops the engine and he and the two hunters get out as they are greeted with cheer from the troopers. “Okay. All we gotta do is find a terminal.” Mayfeld said and the trio walk among the cheering crowd and towards this large doorway.

“It’s probably in the officers’ mess.” He whispers and they make it over to the mess hall and Mayfeld glances inside and sees in the far left corner there was a terminal. “There it is.” He whispers to the others. “Good luck.” Din said and Mayfeld goes towards the entrance of the mess hall, stops once he sees someone then turns back around.

“I can’t go in there.” He said. “Why not?” (Y/n) asked, confused. “That’s Valin Hess.” Mayfeld said as he gestures to the man that was sitting in one of the tables to the right. “Who?” Din and (y/n) asked. “It’s Valin Hess. I used to serve under him.” Mayfeld replied. 

“Will he recognize you?” Din asked him. “I don’t know. I was just a field operative, but I’m not takin’ the chance. It’s over.” Mayfeld said as he starts to walk off but Din stops him. “Let’s just do this quick and we can get out of here.” He said. “I can’t do it, okay? We have to abort. I’m sorry.” Mayfeld said and he starts to walk off again but Din stops him again.

“No. We can’t. If we don’t get those coordinates, we’ll lose the kid forever.” Din said and Mayfeld shakes his head. “Give me the data stick.” Din said. “It’s not gonna work. In order to access the network, the terminal has to scan your face.” Mayfeld said and (y/n) sighs and was about to speak up until Din said. “Give it to me.” And he takes the data stick and walks off. “What? Di…Mando, No!” (Y/n) whisper shouts at him but he ignores her as he walks on.

Din walks in the mess hall then heads over to the terminal as Mayfeld and (y/n) stay to the side of the doorway. He places the data stick in and it comes on and begins to scan Din but then it blinks red. “Error, error. Facial scan incomplete.” The robotic female voice said and Din, quickly, looks over at Hess then back at the terminal.

“Ten seconds to system shutdown. Ten, nine, eight, seven…” the voice said and Din takes off his helmet, which made (y/n) gasp and her eyes widen. From the angle she was at, all she could see was the back of his head with his slightly curly dark hair. “He did it…” she whispered as Din takes the stick out then presses some buttons and the scanner comes back on and scans his face.

“Facial scan complete.” The robotic voice said and Din puts the data stick back in and presses some more buttons. “Trooper!” Hess calls out but Din ignores him as he continues to get the information of Moff’s cruiser.

Hess then gets up and starts to walk towards Din. “Mayfeld.” (Y/n) whispers to Mayfeld, with worry. Mayfeld looks over to see Hess going to Din then he sighs at this.

“Hey, trooper!” Hess shouts and Din closes his eyes, exasperated, for a moment as the terminal dings. Then he grabs the stick and turns to Hess, which let (y/n) see his face, completely. Her heart leapt at the sight of seeing his face, she knew she shouldn’t look at him but she couldn’t help to look at how handsome he had become.

“You really haven’t seen his face before, have you?” Mayfeld asked. “Not since we were kids.” She replied.

“Pay attention when a superior addresses you.” Hess said to Din. “What’s your designation?” He asked Din. “Transport crew.” Din replied in a soft gruff voice. “What?” Hess asked as if he didn’t understand what he said. “My designation is transport copilot.” Din replied, a bit louder.

“No, son. What’s your TK number?” Hess asked and (y/n) and Mayfeld share a worried look. “My TK number is…” Din said, not sure what to say as Hess watches him then Mayfeld walks in the mess hall, (y/n) following close behind him.

“This is my Commanding Officer TK-593, sir. I’m Imperial Combat Assault Transport Lieutenant TK-111, sir. And this is his is Executive Officer TK-221, sir.” Mayfeld said as he and (y/n) comes up next to Din, (y/n) standing right next to Din and Mayfeld stands next to her.

“I’m afraid you’ll have to either speak up to him a little bit or talk to her to have her translate since his vessel lost pressure in Taanab.” Mayfeld said as Din looks over at them. (Y/n), nervously, glances at him but darted her eyes away from him.

Hess looks back over at Din then asked, loudly. “What’s your name, Officer?” Din looks at him and raises an eyebrow at him then Hess looks at (y/n) as if she held the answers. “We just call him Brown Eyes, sir.” (Y/n) said then she turns to Din, looking into his eyes. “Isn’t that right, Officer?” She asked, loudly, as she tried her best to not sound, nervous, and Din looks at her then nods.

“Let’s go fill out this TPS reports, so we can go recharge the power coils.” Mayfeld said, loudly, and (y/n) grabs Din’s arm and they start to walk away but then Hess speaks up. “You’re not dismissed.”

The trio stop and (y/n) tightens her grip on Din’s arm before they turn around to Hess. “You the tank troopers that delivered the shipment of rhydonium?” Hess asked. “Yes, sir.” Mayfeld and (y/n) said. “Yes, sir.” Din said at a bit of a delay and Hess walks back in front of the trio and looks them over.

“Well, you three managed to be the only transport today to deliver their shipment.” Hes said and the trio started to feel a bit nervous then Hess places one hand on Mayfeld’s shoulder and his other hand on Din’s shoulder. “Come with me, hmmm? Let’s get a drink…” Hess said then he turns to Din. “Brown Eyes.” He chuckles and he walks over to the table.

Mayfeld looks at Din then follows Hess. Din looks over at (y/n), who sensed him staring at her and looks up at him. They share a look and the corner of (y/n)’s lips twitched up a bit before her and Din go over to the table.

“So what shall we toast to, boys and girl?” Hess asked as he pulls out some cups and a bottle of a drink. “I can blather on about To health or To success, but I’d like to do somethin’ a little less rote.” Hess said as he pours the trio a drink then he turns to Din. 

“Where you from, Brown Eyes?” Hess asked him but before Din could reply, Mayfeld speaks up. “How 'bout a toast to Operation Cinder?” He asked and Hess smiles. “Now there’s a man who knows his history.” Hess said. 

“No, I don’t just know it. I lived it. I was in Burnin Konn.” Mayfeld said as Din and (y/n) look over at him. “Burnin Konn? That was a hard day. I had to make many unpleasant decisions.” Hess said. “Yes, you did. Entire city gone in moments, along with everybody in it. We lost our whole division that day. Man, that was like 5-10,000 people.” Mayfeld said.

“Yep.” Hess mutters. “All heroes of the Empire.”

“Yeah. And all dead.” Mayfeld sneered.

“Well, it’s a small sacrifice for the greater good, son.” Hess said as (y/n) and Din both shake their heads at Mayfeld to not do anything stupid. 

“Depends on who you ask, don’t you think?” Mayfeld asked. “What you gettin’ at, trooper?” Hess asked, smiling. “All those people, the ones who died, was it good for them? Hmm? Their families? The guys I served with? Civilians, those poor mud scuffers, died defendin’ their homes, fighting for freedom. Was it good for 'em?” Mayfeld asked Hess and Din and (y/n) turn their heads to Hess.

“But we’ve outlasted them, son. They’re eatin’ themselves alive. The New Republic is in complete disarray, and we grow stronger. You see, with the rhydonium you’ve delivered, we can create havoc that’s gonna make Burnin Konn just pale by comparison. And then they’re gonna turn to us once again.” Hess said and Mayfeld looks down, bites his lips then nods with understanding.

Hess then leans forward and clasps his hands together as he looks at Mayfeld. “You see, everybody thinks they want freedom, but what they really want is order. And when they realize that, they’re gonna welcome us back with open arms.” Hess said, smiling, then he grabs his cup and raises it.

“To the Empire.” Hess said. Mayfeld chuckles softly, then pulls out his blaster and shoots Hess straight in the chest. Din and (y/n) were taken aback by this then looked over at Mayfeld, shocked.

They look around as other troopers saw this as well. Before anyone could do anything, Mayfeld shoots the ones in the hall while Din goes over to Hess, takes his blaster and shoots at one Mayfeld missed while (y/n) ducks.

Then the hunters look over Mayfeld, who reached over and grabs Din’s helmet. “You did what you had to do.” He said and hands the helmet to Din. “I never saw your face.” He said and he turns his head away as Din looks down at the helmet then over at (y/n).

She stares into his brown eyes for one more moment then runs her eyes over his face before she smirks and winks at him. At that moment, she walks off to one of the dead troopers and grabs a blaster from them while Din takes the helmet and puts it on.

“Security to main commons.” A voice over the speaker said as more troopers come in. The trio began to fire at them then Mayfeld turns to the windows. “This way!” He shouts and they jump on the edge. “Ready? Go!” Din tells them and the trio kick one of the blinds back and kept firing at the oncoming threat.

They duck under some blinds then make it over on the side. Some troopers started to come out but Fennec and Cara shot at the ones the trio couldn’t get to as the trio get to the top. “C'mom, let’s move, boys.” (Y/n) said as they climbed up on a ladder. "What the hell you think I’m doin’?“ Mayfeld gripes as they get to the roof and see the Slave I coming.

They run across the roof and shoot at the oncoming troopers as the ship flies over them then stops on the other side of the roof and opens the hangar to them. They jump on the ship and it starts to take off.

"Hand me that cycler rifle.” Mayfeld said and (y/n) hands it to him. Mayfeld steady his aims on one of the Juggernauts then fires at it, causing an explosion. Then he turns to the two. “We all need to sleep at night.” He said to then and he walks off while Din and (y/n) share a look before they go in deeper of the ship and the hangar door shuts.

Fett’s radar beeps and he looks down to see that some tie-fighters were following him. “We got company. Hang on.” Fett tells the trio as they get into their seats. He steers a hard left then he flips a switch and drops a bomb on them and he takes off.

Later, Fennec and Cara come up to the Slave I after it landed and see Mayfeld walking out with Din and (y/n), who were back to wearing their normal armor. “Well, looks like it’s back to the scrap heap.” Mayfeld grumbles as Fennec goes into the ship.

“Thank you for helping.” Din said, appreciatively. “Yeah.” Mayfeld mutters. “Uh, good luck gettin’ your kid back.” He said to the hunters then he turns to Cara. “All right, Officer, take me back.” he said as he holds his arms out. “That was some nice shootin’ back there.” She compliments. “Oh, you saw that? Yeah, that, uh, that wasn’t part of the plan. I was just gettin’ some stuff off my chest.” He said and Cara shakes her head then turns to Din and (y/n).

“You know, it’s too bad Mayfeld didn’t make it not alive back there.” She said. “Yeah, too bad.” Din said as (y/n) nods. “What are you talkin’ about?” Mayfeld asked, confused. “Looked to me like prisoner number three-four-six-six-seven died in the refinery explosion on Morak.” Cara said and Mayfeld looks between them.

“Does that mean I can go? Huh? Cause I will.” Mayfeld said and (y/n) gestures for him to go. “All right.” He said as he starts to walk away. “You get the coordinates on Moff Gideon?” Cara asked Din and (y/n). “We did.” Din replied. “What’s our next move?” She asked and Din and (y/n) share a look.

“Sir, you should see this.” An Imperial officer said to Moff once she arrived on the deck. She turns to the table and switches on a full body hologram of Din and (y/n). “Moff Gideon. You have something we want. You may think you have some idea what you are in possession of, but you do not. Soon, he will be back with us. He means more to us than you will ever know.” Din threatens as (y/n) stood next to him, her arms folded across her chest.

Moff Gideon glares at the two until the hologram message ends and looks down as he decides on his next plan.

Back at the Slave I, (y/n) was sitting in a seat by herself, looking down at her hands, when Din walks in then turns to Fennec and Cara, who were standing nearby. “Can you give us a moment?” He asked them. They nod and leave the two hunters alone as Din walks up to her.

She raises her head at him and frowns slightly. “I know what you’re gonna say.” She said and Din tilts his head at her. “You’re gonna go on about how you broke the Creed and Mayfeld and I shouldn’t have seen your face. Get all grumpy about it but…you did what you had to do.” (Y/n) said and Din looks at her.

“Plus you didn’t give me enough time to speak up and say I’d go.” She said. “I’m not mad about that.” Din replied and (y/n) furrows her brow, confused. “I’m just…upset that I didn’t get to show you my face on my own term.” He replied and her eyes widen at this. “Your own term? Y-You mean…?” She started to ask and Din nods.

“I was wanting to show you after we were done with all of this.” He said. “Why?” (Y/n) asked, confused. “Because I care about you.” Din said and he takes her hands and then placed them on his helmet and guides her fingers underneath the helmet.

“You sure you’re okay with this?” (Y/n) asked him. There was a pause before Din says. “I trust you." 

(Y/n) let’s out a breath that was a mixture of a chuckle and a sob before she curls her fingers around the edges of the helmet. It let’s out a hiss and she lifts it up as he sets his arms down his sides.

She slowly lifts it up, first seeing his chin then his lips, where a mustache was adorn above his top lip. Then his nose and his eyes which were staring right at (y/n). Once the helmet was off completely, the bangs of his curly dark hair flopped on his forehead, (y/n) sets the helmet aside then looks back at him.

They stare at each other for a few moments before (y/n) speaks up. "Hi.” She said, softly. “Hey.” He greets back and she smiles then she raises her right hand and places it on his cheek. He closes his eyes at this then raised a hand, placed it over hers then turns his head and kissed the palm of her hand.

He turns his head and opens his brown eyes to her, which made her giggle. “What?” He asked. “Nothing, Commander Brown Eyes.” She teased, making him sigh and roll his eyes at this. (Y/n) removes her hand off of his cheek then placed it on his chest as he cups her face in his hands. He stares at her for a moment before he leans in and kisses her, she kissed him back.

Her hands moved up to his neck then her fingers snaked up into his dark hair as he removes his hands off of her face. He then wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her closer to him, their lips continued to move in sync with each other. They break the kiss for a second as they tilt their heads in the opposite direction and continue on with the kiss, acting like they were making up for lost times.

After a few moments, they stop to catch their breathes and lean their foreheads against each other. “Din…” she whispered, softly, and he smiles at this. He pulls his head back a bit and looks her over again. “Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum.” He said and she smiles at this. “Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum.” She said and he gives a smile to her.

She turns and grabs his helmet then turns to him. “I really mean it, Din. With or without the helmet.” She said as she holds up his helmet to him. He looks at the helmet then at her before he leans in and gives her a slow, passionate kiss.

After they share the kiss one more time, (y/n) lifts up the helmet and starts to put it back on his head. Once the helmet was back on, (y/n) smiles again at him before she speaks up.

“Now, let’s go get our kid back.”

(A/n: Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum means I love you.)

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 14: The Tragedy

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Grogu babbles on as he looks at the little knob. Din and (y/n) both watch him as the Razor Crest gets closer to Tython. “Grogu.” Din said and Grogu looks up at him, which made Din and (y/n) chuckle.

Grogu goes back to looking at the knob when (y/n) said. “Grogu?” And he looks up at her, making the two hunters chuckle again. “Give me the ball.” Din said as he reaches out for it but Grogu pulls away. “Grogu, give him the ball.” (Y/n) said, in a calm but firm voice much like the one she remembered her dad would use on her when she was young and started to misbehave.

Grogu looks between the two then gives the knob to Din, who takes it. The youngling squeals a bit as Din holds the knob up. “Okay, here we go. You can have it, just like before.” Din said and Grogu raises his little claw. “Grogu, come on. You can have it.” Din said and Grogu raises his arms up higher then starts to close his eyes.

Suddenly, the knob flies out of Din’s hand and into Grogu’s. “Dank farrik!” Din exclaimed, proudly, as he slaps his hand on his knee while (y/n) clapped at this. Then Grogu drops the knob down, thinking they were mad at him.

“Hey, no. We’re not mad at you. You did good. We just…” Din said as Grogu looks up at him, curiously. “When the nice lady said you had training, we just…” Din stops as Grogu frowns at this. Din sighs as (y/n) reaches out to Grogu, picks up the knob and gives it to Grogu. “You’re very special, kid. We’re gonna find that place you belong and they’re gonna take real good care of you.” (Y/n) said as Gorgu takes the knob.

She looks down then turns in her seat and looks at her necklace, a mixture of emotions and thoughts were running through her head. Din turns in his seat as well and flips some switches before he looks over at her.

“Are you alright?” Din asks and (y/n) chuckles, dryly. “I don’t know. How would you feel if you just found out you’re Force sensitive?” she asked. Din shrugs but he understands how lost and confused she is feeling. “It must be overwhelming. I mean, that’s how I would feel if I found out about something like that about me.” he said and she sighs.

“When I was a young girl, my father would tell me this story. The story was about a knight working for the kingdom, and he was one of the best warriors. The clan, he fights for, had strict rules for knights like him to live by. One day, while on a mission, he was badly injured…and a woman saved him, and…he committed a crime that no knight should have ever done.” (y/n) recounts.

“What was the crime?” Din asks, not knowing where this is going. (y/n) smiles at him sadly. “He fell in love with that woman.” she replied before she continued on. “He would visit the woman whenever he could without anyone’s suspicion. Later on, his clan found out about it somehow, so they put him on trial, and he was soon punished for his crime of forming an attachment. He was given a choice: cut off the bonds with the woman…or be banished for his crime. The knight made no protest nor had he cared for his title as he leaves the clan without another word. He came to his lover’s home where he declared his love for her. They married shortly after and then came a child of their own. And they live a peaceful and happy life as village farmers.”

She stopped then looked at the necklace again. “I didn’t realize the story was about his life as a Jedi before he cut ties with them just to be with my mother…until now.” She said as a small smile forms on her face.

“You don’t look upset about it.” Din pointed out. “No…but I’m starting to become afraid.“ She said. "Afraid of what?” Din asked. “Now that I found out I’m Force sensitive, I’m scared that that would change everything between us.” She reveals as she turns to look at him before tears form in her eyes and a sob lodged in her throat.

Din reaches out and wipes away the tears from her face with his thumb then takes one of her hands in his free hand and holds it. “Nothing can change how I feel about you. Jedi or not, you’re still you.” Din said and (y/n) gives him a sad smile before there was a noise that broke the moment.

Din turns towards the console, reluctantly, and looks at the map. "This is Tython.” Din said and he looks over his shoulder at Grogu. “That’s where we’re gonna try and find you a Jedi.” He said as Grogu grunts, still looking at the knob. “But you have to agree to go with them if they want you to. Understand?” Din said and Grogu huffs then shrugs a bit.

“Plus, we can’t train you. You’re too powerful and I don’t know the first thing about the Force. Don’t you wanna learn more of that Jedi stuff?” (Y/n) asked and he looks up at her then looks back down at the knob.

“We agreed to take you back to your own kind, so that’s what we need to do. You understand, right?” Din asked him and he looks up with a frown.

They enter the atmosphere of Tython and began to look around for this temple Ashoka mentioned. All they could see was valley’s and hills until they spot something on top of a hill. “Looks like that’s the magic rock we’re supposed to take you to down there.” (Y/n) said and Din steers the ship but couldn’t find a place to land. 

“Sorry, buddy. I can’t land on the top. Too small. Looks like we’re gonna have to travel the last stretch with the windows down.” Din tells him.

After finding a place to land, the hunters put on their jetpacks and began to fly towards the temple, Grogu in Din’s arms as he whoops with glee as the wind blows in his face. They land and walk towards this structure that had six large long rocks surrounding this large round rock in the middle of it.

“Well, I guess this is it.” (Y/n) said and they walk closer to the round rock and look around. “Does this look Jedi to you?” Din asked and (y/n) shrugs. They walk up to the boulder and Din begins to place Grogu on top of it. “I guess you sit right here.” He said as he places Grogu on the rock. “Okay. Here we go.” (Y/n) said and they continue to look around but nothing.

They look over at Grogu but he seemed as confused as they were. “This is the seeing stone, are you seeing anything? Or are they supposed to see you?” (Y/n) asked but Grogu coos at this. Din switches the inferred scanner on his helmet and looks around the seeing stone.

“Maybe there’s some kind of control or something.” He said but as he walks around, he didn’t see anything. Then a blue butterfly flaps towards and around Grogu, who tries to reach out for it.

“Oh, come on, kid. Ashoka told us all we had to do was get you here and you’d do the rest.” Din said but then they heard a ship approaching. They look up and see a ship flying horizontally in the sky and this raised up red flags as the two hunters follow where the ship was going.

It started to land when Din and (y/n) turned back to Grogu. “Time’s up, kid. We gotta get out of here.” Din said but as they turned around a blue-white light surrounded Grogu, who looked like he was meditating.

“We don’t have time for this. We got to get…” Din said as he starts to reach out towards Gorgu but was flung back, hitting (y/n) and made both of them fall back. “Sorry.” Din whispered to her as they get up. “It’s okay.” She whispered back before they turn to Grogu.

“Hey! Snap out of it, kid! We got to get out of here!” (Y/n) shouts but Grogu doesn’t move as he continues to meditate. The two hunters turn back towards the new coming ship and Din could see someone was walking out of the ship.

He pulls out his blaster and (y/n) does the same. “We’ll see if we can buy you some time. Can you please hurry up?” Din asked Gorgu then the duo run down the hill and try to find the new comer.

They were a few miles away when, suddenly, they were shot at. Din pulls (y/n) down and ducks behind a large boulder. “I’ve been tracking you and your friend, Mandalorian.” A male voice said. Din and (y/n) raise up to look over the boulder to see a large cloaked figure some feet in front of them.

The two stand up and come out of cover but they keep their blasters aimed at the figure. “Are you Jedi? Or are you after the Child?” (Y/n) asked but the figure said nothing.

Then he pushes his hood off of his head to reveal a bald man with some scars across his face. “I’m here for the armor.” The man said as he walks up to the hunters. “If you want my armor, you’ll have to peel it off my dead body.” Din threatens but the man stops.

“I don’t want your armor. I want my armor that you got from Cobb Vanth back on Tatooine. It belongs to me.” The man said. “Are you Mandalorian?” (Y/n) asked him. “I’m a simple man making his way through the galaxy. Like my father before me.” The man replied.

“Did you take the Creed?” Din asked him. “I give my allegiance to no one.” The man growls. “The beskar belongs to the Mandalorians. It was looted from us during the Purge.” Din said. “The armor was my father’s. Now it’s mine.” The man said.

“What’s to stop us from dropping you right where you stand?” (Y/n) asked him. “Because I have a sharpshooter up on that ridge with a locked scope that will unload by the time my body hits the ground.” The man said. “I’m the one wearing beskar.” Din said. “And I have beskar shields.” (Y/n) said as she gestures to her gauntlets.

“As soon as we see that muzzle flash, you’re both dead.” Din threatens. “I didn’t mean she was going to shoot you two. My friend’s locked into that little companion of yours up in the henge.” The man said, making the hunters turn towards the stone hedges.

“And if you remember, I don’t miss.” A familiar female voice said and they look up to see Fennec laying on her stomach, her gun trained towards the henge. “Fennec?” Din and (y/n) said, shocked. “You two have keen ears.” She said and the man smirks, slightly. "You point that gun away from the kid or we’ll drop you both where you stand.“ (Y/n) threatens as Din flicks his wrist, activating the whistling bird. 

"Let’s all put down our weapons, have a chat. There’s no need for bloodshed.” The man said. “Tell her to drop the gun.” Din said. “After you and your friend put down the jetpacks.” The man said. “Same time.” Din said and the man looks up at Fennec.

“Stand down.” He said and Fennec stands up and starts to walk down and Din deactivates the whistling bird. Everyone begins to put away their weapons and Din and (y/n) remove their jetpacks.

“You two look like you’ve just seen a ghost.” Fennec said as she comes up and stands next to the man. “You were dead.” Din said. “She was left for dead in the sands of Tatooine, as was I. But fate sometimes steps in to rescue the wretched.” The man said. “In my case, Boba Fett was that fate.” Fennec said as she gestures towards the man and pulls back the strap around her middle, revealing robotic replacements.

“And I am now in his service.” She said as she puts the strap back on around her waist. “I want my armor back.” Fett orders. “It goes against the Mandalorian Creed.” Din said, shaking his head.

“The armor was given to my father, Jango, by your forebears. In exchange, I guarantee the safety of the Child, as well as your own and your friend.” Fett said. “The bounty in your litte friend has risen significantly. You can buy ten suits of armor for the price on its head.” Fennec informs. “I’d say we’re offering a fair deal under the circumstances.” Fett said.

But before anything else could be said, another ship approaches and flies over them. The four of them began to run and off as Din and (y/n) head towards Grogu and Fett and Fennec follow the newly arrived ship.

“Time to go, kid!” Din shouts as they approach Grogu, who was still meditating and had the shield around him. Din tries to get to him but he was flung back, then he rolls and lands on his front. “Din!” (Y/n) screams, fearfully, as he doesn’t move. She starts to breathe, quickly, before she looks back at Grogu.

She starts to slow her breathing down then walk towards Grogu but it felt like something was pushing her back. She kept pushing through, grunting and pushing her body as hard as she could. She reaches her arms out and could just feel the cloth of Grogu’s clothes on her fingertips when she was, suddenly, flung back and hit the ground, knocking her out.

Minutes later, Din wakes up and could hear gunfire in the distance when he looks over to see Grogu still meditating with the shield around him. He looks to his left and sees (y/n) on her back, unconscious. He goes over to her and kneels down as he starts to slightly shake her.

“(Y/n)…(y/n)…cyar'ika…" He said and (y/n) groans as she starts to wake up. "You okay?” He asked her. “Yeah…I…almost had him, Din…I was so close.” she said as he helps her sit up. Then he gets up and goes to the edge to see two ships had landed with Stormtroopers running out of them, fighting Fennec and Fett.

Din goes over to help (y/n) up and they look at Grogu again. “That’s it, kid. We got to get out of here!” Din said and the duo walk towards him but it felt like something kept pushing them back until something shocked them to stumble back.

“Okay, we’re gonna protect you. Just stay there. We’ll be back soon.” Din said and he and (y/n) make their way down to the fight. But seconds after they left, the force field shuts down and Grogu topples over to the side and falls asleep

Fennec was shooting at any Stormtroopers coming her way but then she got surrounded. But it didn’t last long as Din activates his whistling birds and fires it while (y/n) fires her blaster at some Stormtroopers. “Okay, let’s move in.” Din said as him, Fennec and (y/n) group together as the Stormtroopers began to open fire at them.

“This isn’t looking good.” Fennec said. “We’ve seen worse.” (Y/n) said as she fires and kills some of the troopers. “You can get out of here. We owe you from last time.” Din tells Fennec. “We had a deal.” Fennec said to him.

The Stormtroopers began to surround the three as Din was able to handle the blasters with his armor and (y/n) had to activate her shields and move her arms around to block any of the blasts coming her way. 

Everything seemed overwhelming when some bombs land in front of the Stormtroopers and blew up. Then Fett, now in his father’s armor, lands behind a trooper and began to take them out with every weapon he had, guns, missiles, you name it.

The troopers began to retreat and head into their ship and fly off. Fett then brought up his scope then fired the missile that was on his back and hit one ship, which crashed into the second ship. “Nice shot.” (Y/n) compliments. “I was aiming for the other one.” Fett said and (y/n) scoffs out a chuckle.

Then a blast from the sky flies down and hits the Razor Crest, destroying it completely.  Din and (y/n) run a few steps and stop in shock at what just happened, Din’s ship…his…their home was completely gone.

“We better get to your ship.” Fennec said to Fett as (y/n) covers her gaping mouth. Fett then flies up and Din looks up and sees a large arrow shaped ship up in the sky. “The kid!” He exclaims and he, (y/n) and Fennec run towards the hedges when they look up and see four large figures flying down towards Grogu’s location.

They land down on the hedges but by the time the trio get there, they are two late as these large black droid grabbed Grogu and take off. (Y/n) sensed Grogu’s fear as she looks up and she began to feel it as well.

“They’ve got the baby. Don’t let them get away.” Fennec said in her communicator. “Affirmative.” Fett said as his ship flies after the droids. “I have a lock.” Fett said as he targets them. “Stop him!” (Y/n) said, panicked. “We don’t want the Child hurt.” Din adds. “Abort pursuit. Disengage. Do not harm the Child.” Fennec said.

“Copy. I’ll do a loose follow, see where they’re headed.” Fett said and he follows them and was able to see where they were heading. 

“They’re back.” Fett said, shocked. “Who?” Fennec asked. “The Empire. They’re back.” Fett replied. “That can’t be. The Outer Rim is under the jurisdiction of the New Republic.” Fennec said. “This isn’t a spice dream. I can see the Imperial cruiser with my own eyes. Heading down.” Fett said and he steers the ship away while (y/n) looks over at Din with fear and worry, a look he hasn’t seen on her since they were kids.

Later on, Din and (y/n) look around the destroyed remains of the Razor Crest, to see if anything survived. Fennec and Fett watch over them as the two hunters look around. Then (y/n) found the little knob. She holds it in the palm of her hand and felt tears pricking the side of her eyes as she stares at it. 

Din comes up to her and she looks up at him just in time to see a tear run down her face. He clasps her hand, which was holding the knob, between both of his hands then they raise their heads to face each other before leaning their foreheads against each others. (Y/n) closes her eyes for a moment before Din takes the knob out of her hand and pockets it.

“We’ll get him back, cyar'ika.” Din whispers to her. (Y/n) felt her heart leap at the pet name before she nods and wipes away the tears. She and Din continue to search when she and Din found that the beskar staffs had survived. They pick them up and started to walk towards Fennec and Fett.

“These are all that survived.” Din said as he gestures to the staffs. “Beskar.” Fett said and (y/n) nods. “I want to show you two something.” Fett said and he raises up his gauntlet and a hologram of codes appeared.

“My chain code has been encoded in this armor for 25 years. You see, this is me. Boba Fett. This is my father, Jango Fett.” Fett explained as he points at the codes. “Your father was a foundling.” Din said. “Yes. He even fought in the Mandalorian Civil Wars.” Fett said as he turns off the hologram.

“Then that armor belongs to you.” (Y/n) said and Fett nods. “I appreciate its return.” He says. “Then our deal is complete.” Din said. “Not quite.” Fett said. “How so?” Din asked.

“We agreed in exchange for the return of my armor, we will ensure the safety of the Child.” Fett said. “The Child’s gone.” Din said, his voice cracking a bit, while (y/n) bites her lips then looks down. “Until he is returned to both of you safely, we are in your debt.” Fett said and the two hunters look between them as Fennec nods in agreement.

Later, Fett brings them to Nevarro and Din and (y/n) make their way into the village and meet up with Cara Dune. “Cara Dune, Marshal of the New Republic.” Din said as he tosses her badge to her after she showed it to them. “We heard rumors you might have gone legit.” (Y/n) said. “I wouldn’t go that far.” Cara said, smiling.

“We need your help.” Din said to her. “Name it.” She said. “I need you to locate someone in the prison registry.” Din said. “Let’s see what I can do.” Cara said and she sits up and starts to look through some files on her computer.

“Ex-Imperial sharpshooter, last name Mayfeld. Apprehended near the Dilestri system on a derelict prison ship.” Din said as Cara flips through the files until she found Mayfeld’s file. “Migs Mayfeld. Serving 50 years in the Karthon Chop Fields for springing a prisoner himself. Accessory to the death of a New Republic officer.” Cara reads off the file.

“Huh. Sounds like a real piece of work. What do you two want with him?” She asked them. “We need to spring him to help us locate Moff Gideon’s light cruiser.” (Y/n) said as Cara sits back in her chair. “You know how I feel about the Empire. But these stripes….” Cara said as she points at her new badge. “…mean there are rules I need to follow.” She finishes.

“They have the kid.” Din tells her and then her face goes to a serious and angry look.

(A/n: cyar'ika means darling)

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 13: The Jedi

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After dropping out of hyperspace, the Razor Crest approaches the planet Corvus. “Corvus, this is the place.” Din said. “I’ve detected a beacon.” (Y/n) informs him. “Ok. I’m gonna start the landing cycle.” Din said then he turns to the Child, who was sitting on (y/n)’s lap. “You better get back in your seat.” He tells him and the Child looks around then stares at the lever knob.

“Hey, what did I tell you? Back in your seat.” Din said and the Child looks up at him then coos as (y/n) turns around in her seat and places him in the other seat. She turns back around and the Child looks between the two hunters before looking back at the knob.

He stares at it, coos then he raises his hand and started to use the Force to get the knob. (Y/n) felt some sort’ve power and she looks over, sees the knob turning before it comes off and floats to the Child. She smiles at this and lets it slide as Din steers the Razor Crest towards the planet.

The Razor Crest enters the atmosphere of Corvus then lands in this forest that looked like it got destroyed. The hangar comes open and Din and (y/n) walk out while the Child walks on the hangar then sits down as he looks at the knob. The hunters turn around and Din notices what the Child was holding.

“What did I say about that?” Din said as he leans down and takes the knob out of the Child’s hand. “This needs to stay in the ship.” He tells the Child as the youngling whines. “Din, he’s just a kid.” (Y/n) defends. “He needs to understand that this is not a toy.” Din said as he holds up the knob then pockets it.

(Y/n) sighs then turns to the Child and mouths a I’m sorry to him. “Not much to see out here.” Din said as he looks around the forest. “Never had dealing with a Jedi before.” He said as the Child stands up and goes over to (y/n) and holds his arms out to her.

She kneels down, picks him and starts to carry him. “Neither have I. Let’s head into town. See if we can pick up a lead.” (Y/n) said and the two hunters began walking while the Child starts to clutch the crystal around her neck.

Later, they come up to a large structural wall and see some guards on top of the wall. One of them, that wasn’t wearing a mask, speaks up. “State your business.” He orders. “Been tracking for a few days. Looking for a layover.” Din tells him. “Nice armor. You two are hunters, then?” The man, Lang, said while the Child, who was hiding in Din’s bag, peaking out and looking worried. “That’s right.” Din said.

“Guild?” Lang asked the hunters. “Last we checked.” (Y/n) said and one of the masked guards turns to Lang and begins to speak to him in their own language. “Open the gate.” Lang said and the gate begins to open. The two hunters walk inside and the gate closes behind them.

As they enter and walk in more of the garden community, (y/n) noticed that there didn’t seem that much people walking out on the street. Then they come up to an old female vendor. “Pardon me, vendor, have you heard of anyone…” Din started to ask but the woman turns and walks away. Din sighs at this while (y/n) mutters. “Rude.”

The two look around and noticed, down an alley, there was a man kneeling down to two kids, helping them. “You there. We need some information.” Din said and the kids and the man look up at them. “We’re looking for someone.” Din said.

The man turns to the kids and whispers something to then before he turns back to the hunters while the kids run off. “Please, do not speak to them, or to any of us.” The villager said. “Look, we just need to know…” (y/n) said but then a modulated voice speaks behind the hunters while the villager looks at them in fear.

“The Magistrate wants to see you two.” The voice said and the hunters turn around to see that it was the guards. Din and (y/n) share a look before they go with the guards.

They lead the duo to a large building with a gate in front of it, with about three poles on each side with some people inside of it, which shocked the prisoners inside of them. “Help us.” One prisoner pleads to the hunters before he gets shocked. “She’ll kill us all.” Another prisoner said and (y/n) looks at them and couldn’t help but feel bad for these people. 

They’re living in fear. ​​She thought as the gate opens and the hunters walking inside, the Child ducking down in the bag, fearfully.

The duo walk in and immediately it was like stepping into a different world. While outside of these gates, it looked like the very poor parts of town, dirty and rundown. But this place place looked like a paradise; water, trees and the large building looked well kept.

“Come forward.” The Magistrate ordered as she was feeding something in the water. The duo walk up to her as the Magistrate asked. “You are a Mandalorian?”

“Yes.” Din replied then Magistrate turns to (y/n). “And you?” She asked. “A skillful bounty hunter.” (Y/n) replied, figuring that it was easier to say that than going in depth of who she is. 

“I have a proposition that may interest you two.” The Magistrate said. “Our price is high.” Din informs her and the Magistrate turns to face them. “This target is priceless. A Jedi plagues me. I want both of you to kill her.” The Magistrate said. “That’s a difficult task.” (Y/n) said. “One that you two are well-suited for. The Jedi are the ancient enemy of Mandalore.” said the Magistrate.

“As I said, our price is high.” Din said then a guard walks up, holding two spears. The Magistrate turns and holds her hands out and takes the spears once the guard comes up to her. She holds the spears as she turns to the hunters.

“What do you two make of these?” She asked. The two hunters walk up to her, take the spears and look them over. Then Din hits the spear against his gauntlet and it let’s out a loud ding. 

“Beskar.” Din and (y/n) said and the Magistrate smiles. “Pure beskar…like your armor.” She said, nodding towards Din. “Kill the Jedi and they’re yours." 

The two hunters share a look and (y/n) nods at him before they hand the spears back to her. "Where do we find this Jedi?” Din asked her and the Magistrate smiles, proudly.

Later, the two hunters were escorted out of the community by Lang. The Child coos and Lang looks down at the bag and notices him. “What is that thing?” He asked. “We keep it around for luck.” Din tells him. “You’re gonna need it where you two are headed.” Lang said. Din and (y/n) look over at him and they make their way into the burnt down forest.

“Well, these are the coordinates.” Din said, after making it deeper into the forest, as he and (y/n) pull out their rifles. “Keep your eyes open. We’ve got to be close.” (Y/n) said and the two look around, Din using the scanner in his helmet while (y/n) just looks around.

Then a rustling sound breaks the silence. “You hear that?” Din asked then he takes the Child out of the bag and place him on a large mound of dirt. “Don’t worry. Sit right here. We’re gonna see what’s out there.” Din said and he pulls out his binoculars and looks around only to see large creatures nearby.

“False alarm.” He said just as (y/n) sensed something behind her. She gasped then turned around, activates her shield and blocks an attack from the Jedi.

The Jedi begins to slice her double white lightsabers but each hit was blocked by (y/n)’s shield until Din uses his flame thrower at the Jedi. The Jedi jumps and flips over while Din activates his grapple and it wraps around the Jedi.

She looks up at a tree branch, smiles then jumps over the branch which made Din go up. “Dank farrik.” (Y/n) mutters and Din cuts the grappling cord and falls down. The Jedi turns around and was bout to attack Din when (y/n) shouts. “Ahsoka Tano!" 

Ahsoka stops as (y/n) continues. "Bo-Katan sent us. We need to talk.” She said and Ahsoka looks over her shoulder then back at the hunters. “I hope it’s about him.” She said as she lowers her lightsabers and the duo turn to the Child.

Ahsoka walks up to the Child and smiles, softly, at him while the hunters come up next to her.

That night, Ahsoka and the Child were sitting across from each other while the two hunters paced around. The way Ahsoka’s and the Child’s body language were, you would’ve thought they were talking to each other without words; it was kind’ve odd to the hunters.

“Earlier, how’d you know she was behind us?” Din asked (y/n). She look up at him and gave a slight shrug. “I don’t know…it was like…I could sense her. It’s hard to explain.” She said then Ahsoka gets up, picks up the Child and the lantern between them and walks over to another part of the forest, the hunters go over to her.

She sets the lantern down and the Child next to her. He looks up and coos at her and she nods at him. “Is he speaking? Do you understand him?” Din asked. “In a way.” Ahsoka said. “Grogu and I can feel each other’s thoughts.” She said and the Child looks up at her.

“Grogu?” Din and (y/n) said, confused, and the Child, quickly, turns to them. “Yes. That’s his name.” Ahsoka said and the hunters share a look at each other before (y/n) looks down at him. “Grogu.” She said and the Child looks up at her and coos.

“He was raised at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Many Masters trained him over the years. At the end of the Clone Wars when the Empire rose to power, he was hidden. Someone took him from the Temple. Then his memory becomes…dark. He seemed lost. Alone.” Ahsoka explained as the two hunters sit down on a branch across from her.

“I’ve only known one other being like this. A wise Jedi Master named Yoda.” She said and smiles at Grogu. “Can he still wield the Force?” She asked. “You mean his powers?” Din asked and she nods. “The Force is what gives him his powers. It is an energy field created by all living things. To wield it takes a great deal of training and discipline.” She said.

“We’ve seen him do things we can’t explain.” (Y/n) said as she looks over at Grogu, who looks like he was about to pass out. “Our task was to bring him to a Jedi.” Din said and Ahsoka looks down. 

“The Jedi Order fell a long time ago.” She said. “So did the Empire, yet it still hunts him. He needs your help.” Din said and Ahsoka looks down then over at Grogu. “Let him sleep. I’ll test him in the morning.” She said then she looks over at (y/n) and noticed something.

“Where did you get that crystal?” She asked her. (Y/n) looks down at her necklace then fiddles with it between her fingers. “My father gave it to me when I was a child.” (Y/n) replied and Ahsoka eyes it a bit. “What?” (Y/n) asked and Ahsoka walks up to her.

“May I see it?” She asked the former Mandalorian, holding her hand out. (Y/n) takes a good longing look at her necklace, wondering why Ashoka wanted to look at it. She was hesitant of course; since she was a child she had never taken it off, not even for when a vendor was trying to buy her necklace off her.

Only, she can see the way the former Jedi looked at it, but unlike the others who wanted it for their self interest, Ashoka was curious. She sees that there’s a good reason why her necklace is so special not only to her but the others as well.

She takes off her necklace and hands it to Ahsoka. The Jedi looks it over for a few minutes until Din asked. “Is there something wrong?”

“Just that this is no ordinary crystal. It’s a Kyber crystal.” Ahsoka replied and (y/n) gives her a confused look. “Kyber crystal?” She said. “It is the heart of our weapons known as Lightsabers.” Ahsoka said and she pulls out one of her lightsabers to show them. “Thing is…only Jedi’s knew about the Kyber crystals. So only a Jedi could be the only ones to have access to them.” She said.

Din and (y/n) look at each other, confused, before (y/n) turns back to Ahsoka. “What are you saying.” (Y/n) asks, somewhat lost and nervous of what might come. Ashoka stares at her intently, seeing that she has no idea of the connection.

“There’s a possibility that your father was a Jedi. And from him, the force is passed down to you.” She responded. Din sits there stunned while (y/n) shakes her head. "No, my father was just a farmer. T-There’s no way.” She said, shaking her head in denial. "Have you ever had anything happen or have felt something you couldn’t explain?“ Ahsoka asked and (y/n) looks down then over at Grogu.

Ahsoka follows her gaze and starts to understand. "Ever since we came across him….I’ve felt…something around him. And it’s like I can feel what he’s feeling when he’s near me. I-I just thought it was my instinct…” (Y/n) said and Ahsoka nods. “When a person is sensitive to the Force, you can feel all sorts of energy around them. And you can build a connection with someone else that is strong with the Force.” Ahsoka said as Din watches (y/n), who looked overwhelmed.

“I-I-I think…I think I need a rest too.” (Y/n) said and Ahsoka nods at her. “Of course.” She said and she hands the necklace back to her. (Y/n) takes it, gets up and walks away from them. 

Din looks over his shoulder at her as she walks a few feet away and sits on another branch, her back facing them. He looks back at the fire as Ahsoka gets ready for sleep before he gets up and walks over to (y/n).

He gets up to her and sees that she was looking down at the crystal. He sits next to her and she doesn’t make a move but Din noticed that she relaxed a bit at how close he was. She let’s out a sigh then lowers her hand and raises her head up to look up at the sky.

He slowly places his arm around her waist and she leans her head on his shoulder. And the two hunters sit there in silence, letting the information they received sink in.

The next morning, Ahsoka leads the hunters and Grogu, who Din was holding, towards a different part of the woods then she turns and smiles at Grogu. “Let’s see what knowledge is lurking inside that little mind.” She said as she taps Grogu’s nose, making him coo.

Ahsoka gestures towards a large flat boulder and Din sets Grogu down. Grogu babbles as Ahsoka kneels down and picks up a pebble then stands up and turns to Grogu. Din and (y/n) step back as Ahsoka holds her arm out then raised her hand to show the pebble, she picked up, then she uses the Force and guides the pebble towards Grogu.

The pebble floats, slowly, towards Grogu and he holds his little hands out and grabs it and holds it. Ahsoka smiles then holds her hand out. “Now, return the stone to me, Grogu.” She said and Grogu looks up at her, sad and scared.

“He doesn’t understand.” Din said. “He does.” Ahsoka said. Grogu then whines then looks over at (y/n), and she could tell he was scared. “It’s okay. The stone, Grogu.” Ahsoka said. Grogu looks down then drops the stone and Din sighs, annoyed, while Ahsoka lowers her arm, sighs then walks towards Grogu.

She kneels down to him as he looks down in shame. She gives him a sympathetic look then takes his little claw between her pointer finger and thumb. “I sense much fear in you.” Ahsoka said. “I can feel it too.” (Y/n) said and Grogu looks up between them then babbles again.

Ahsoka stands up then turns to the hunters. “He’s hidden his abilities to survive over the years.” She said then she takes a few steps away from them then turns back around. “Let’s try something else.” She said as she looks at the hunters.

“Come over here.” said Ashoka and Din looks at Grogu then gestures for him to to go but Grogu doesn’t move. “He’s stubborn.” Din grumbles. “Not him. You two.” Ahsoka said and Din and (y/n) look over at her. “I want to see if he’ll listen to both of you.” She said and the hunters go and stand next to her.

“That would be a first.” (Y/n) said. “I like first. Good or bad, they’re always memorable.” Ahsoka said and she hands Din the pebble. “Now, hold the stone out in the palm of your hand. Tell him to lift it up.” She instructs and Din does as she asks while (y/n) stands next to him.

“All right, kid. Lift the stone.” He said and Grogu tilts his head a bit at him. “Grogu.” Ahsoka whispers to Din and she walks around them and goes to the side to watch them.

“Grogu…” Din said and Grogu lifts his head and looks right at him then coos. “Come on, take the stone.” Din said but Grogu doesn’t move. “You can do.” (Y/n) encourages but Grogu looks down then grunts.

“You see? I told you, he’s stubborn.” Din said to Ahsoka as he tosses the pebble aside. “Try to connect with him.” She tells him and the two hunters share a look before they look over at Grogu. (Y/n), suddenly, gasps in realization. “The knob.” She whispered and she looks over at Din.

He digs into one his belt pouches and pulls out the knob. “Grogu…” Din said and Grogu look at him and his ears perk up then he raises his claw. The two hunters kneel down as Din holds out the knob.

“Do you want this?” Din asked and Grogu smiles. “Well, go ahead.” Din said as Grogu looks at the knob and holds his little claw out and (y/n) could feel his energy building. “That’s right, take it.” (Y/n) said and Grogu looks between them. “Come on. You can have it. Come on.” Din said and the ball flies out of his hand and into Grogu’s.

“Good job!” (Y/n) said, happily. “Good job, kid!” Din said, proudly, as the two go over to him. “You see that?” (Y/n) asked and the two kneel down to Grogu and Din takes the knob back. “See? We knew you could do it. Very good.” Din said as (y/n) runs a finger over Grogu’s ear.

“He’s formed a strong attachment to both of you.” Ahsoka said. “I cannot train him.” She said and the two hunters stand up and turn to her. “What?” They said, in unison. “Why not?” (Y/n) asked her, confused. “You’ve seen what he can do.” Din said as he gestures to Grogu.

“His attachment to both of you makes him vulnerable to his fears. His anger.” She said. “All the more reason to train him.” Din said. “No. I’ve seen what such feelings can do to a fully trained Jedi Knight. To the best of us. I will not start this Child down that path.” Ashoka said, firmly, as she walks up to them the she turns to Grogu.

“Better to let his abilities fade. I’ve delayed too long. I must get back to the village.” Ashoka said as she walks off. “The Magistrate sent us to kill you.” (Y/n) said and Ashoka stops then turns back to them. “We didn’t agree to anything. And we’ll help you with your problem, if you see to it that Grogu is properly trained.” Din said and she looks between the two hunters.

“She has a s.all army of guards armed with A350 blaster rifles, two HK-87 assassin droids, and a hired gunfighter. He reads ex-military to me. Combined, not even your laser swords would be able to protect you from all that firepower.” Din said as him, Ashoka and (y/n) walk along the forest.

“True.” Ashoka said, smirking. “But don’t underestimate the Magistrate either.” She warns. “Who is she?” (Y/n) asked. “She offered us two staff of pure beskar to kill you.” Din said and Ashoka folds her arms across her chest.

“Morgan Elsbeth. During the Clone Wars, her people were massacred. She survived and let her anger fuel an industry which helped build the Imperial Starfleet. She plundered worlds, destroying them in the process.” Ashoka explains. “Yeah, it looks like she’s still in business.” Din snarks and Ashoka nods before she looks over at the duo.

“When you two were in the city, did you see any prisoners?” She asked. “We saw three villagers strung up just outside the inner gate.” (Y/n) said and Ashoka begins to pace. “We must find a way to free them.” Ashoka said. “A Mandalorian, a Dar'manda and a Jedi? They’ll never see it coming.” Din said and Ashoka smiles.

Later that night, Ashoka begins her attack on the front guards of the village. She makes it inside and the Magistrate and all of her guards come out as Ashoka starts walking towards them.

The villager stay inside their homes, scared, as Ashoka walks up to the Magistrate and tossed a couple of shoulder armor plates at her feet. “Your bounty hunters failed. Tell me what I want to know. Where is your master?” Ashoka asked the Magistrate. “Kill her.” The Magistrate ordered and the guards began to fire at Ashoka but she dodges then jumps up on the roof of one building and runs. 

The Magistrate then orders for the death of the prisoners and walks back into her palace as Lang leads the guards after Ashoka.

But before the two guards could kill the prisoners, Din and (y/n) fly in and kill the guards just as one of the villagers runs out. He stops in his tracks but Din and (y/n) put away their guns, showing that they mean him no harm. The villager nods, appreciatively, and him and the two hunters began to free the prisoners while Ashoka dealt with the other guards.

“Get inside.” Din orders the free prisoners and the villager and they run just as Lang makes his way around the corner and sees the two hunters, shocked. Then he looks over and sees Ashoka standing on the inner gate for a moment before she jumps behind the gate and Lang put the pieces together.

“So, you threw in with the Jedi.” Lang said. “Looks that way.” (Y/n) said. They stand there, eyeing each other, when they could hear a fight going on behind the inner gate. Obviously, Ashoka and the Magistrate were fighting.

“Who do you think’s gonna win? Could be your side….could be my side.” Lang said as they could hear clangs and grunting. Lang smiles and he takes little steps towards the two hunters as he listens.

“I’ve got no quarrel with you or your friend, Mandalorian.” Lang said then Din holds his hand out. “That’s far enough.” He warns and Lang notices both Din’s and (y/n)’s twitching towards their blaster guns, which was holster on their belt.

“You and I, we’re a lot alike. Willing to lay our lives down for the right cause. Which this is not.” Lang said then a moment it sounded like a loud clang of metal hitting concrete hit each other and Lang shrugs.

“Sounds like you win.” Lang said then he holds up his gun and slowly places it down as he looks at the hunters. Once he placed it down, he saw the hunters hands relax then he reaches behind him for his second gun.

He goes to raise his gun and aim it at (y/n) but Din was faster and shoots Lang straight in the chest, killing him. The villagers began to walk out when another guard climbs up on the roof behind the two hunters. 

Sensing something bad, (y/n) turns around and shoots the guard in the head and it falls down before it could even do anything.

The sun was rising and villagers began cheering as they celebrate from being free while Din, (y/n) and Ashoka walk out of the village and past the outer gate.

“I believe these were your payments.” Ashoka said as she holds out the beskar staffs to them. “No. We can’t accept them.” Din said as (y/n) shakes her head. “We didn’t finish the job.” (Y/n) said. “No. But these belong with a Mandalorian.” Ashoka said as she hands the staffs to them and the duo accepts them.

“Where’s your little friend?” Ashoka asked. “Back at the ship. Wait here, we’ll go get him.” Din said and he and (y/n) head back to the ship.

As they make it back, they put away the staffs and their jetpacks in the weapons room of the ship then walk over to the little hammock they made for Grogu, who was fast asleep. “Wake up, buddy. It’s time to say goodbye.” Din said, almost with a hint of reluctant, while (y/n) frowns and stares at Grogu, sadly. He opens his eyes or a moment but closes them as he goes back to sleep.

Minutes later, Din was half sitting, half leaning on the little bed under the hammock as he holds Grogu and (y/n) stands in front of him, running her thumb over Grogu’s head. The realization that Grogu was gonna be gone was hitting the two hunters and both of them started to feel dread and sadness about this.

(Y/n) runs her eyes over Grogu before she turns her head to look at Din. She goes to place her hand on his chest plate, which makes him look up at her. The corner of her lip twitched a bit as Din moves his free arm and goes to wrap it around her. The two look at each other before she leans her forehead against his and closes her eyes while under the mask, Din closes his own eyes.

They sit in silence for a few moments, trying to enjoy the last moments together, before Din gets up and walks over to a small table and gets Grogu ready. (Y/n) stands next to him as Grogu starts to babble. (Y/n) couldn’t help but feel her heart break but she did her best to smirk at Grogu and hid the pain she was feeling. 

Although with their connection with the Force, she was certain he could feel it.

After getting Grogu ready, Din and (y/n) walk out on the hangar when a voice speaks up. “You two are like a mother and father to him.” The hunters stop and see Ashoka standing outside of the ship. “I cannot train him.” She said as they walk out with Grogu in Din’s arms. 

“You made us a promise, and we held up our end.” Din said as they stop in their tracks. Ashoka sighs and walks towards them then holds out a finger to Grogu, who grabs it. “There is one possibility. Go to the planet Tython. You will find the ancient ruins of a temple that has a strong connection to the Force. Place Grogu on the seeing stone at the top of the mountain.” She instructs.

“Then what?” (Y/n) asked her. “Then Grogu may choose his path.” Ashoka said as Grogu let’s go of her finger. “If he reaches out through the Force, there’s a chance a Jedi may sense his presence and come searching for him. Then again, there aren’t many Jedi left.” Ashoka said and Grogu babbles, sadly, as his ears lower.

“Thank you.” Din and (y/n) said. “May the Force be with you.” Ashoka said and the hunters start to head back into the ship. But Ashoka reaches for (y/n)’s arm, which made the Dar'manda turn to her. “Be careful.” She whispers and (y/n) stares at her. The two stare into each other’s eyes as if having a silent conversation before (y/n) nods at her and turns around and follows Din into the ship.

Grogu looks over Din’s shoulder at Ashoka, she smiles and nods at him as if to say goodbye. The hangar door starts to close and then the ship takes off, heading to the planet Tython.

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 11: The Heiress

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The damaged Razor Crest slowly limps its way towards the blue moon, Trask, which was past a large, green planet, Kol Iben. The engines flickered and the back ramp hangs open, bouncing up and down as it drifts through space. Inside the cockpit, the Child is dozing in a chair, the Frog Lady is gripping tightly to her canister of eggs as she snores, and Din and (y/n) had fallen asleep as well, both slumped in their own chair.

An alarm begins beeping, signifying the arrival to Trask, and the two hunters quickly wake up, and look at the alert on the navigational screen on the control console. The Child rubs his eyes and coos, as the Frog Lady wakes up as well. “Looks like we made it. Get ready for landing.” Din informed them.

As they approach the estuary moon, Din flicks a few switches and presses a few buttons. Something seems not to be working, and he hits the control console in frustration. “Dank farrik!” Din growls. “What’s wrong?” (Y/n) asked him. “The landing array isn’t responding. Without the guidance system, it’ll be a manual re-entry. It might get a little choppy.” Din said and (y/n) gives a worried look towards him.

The Child whimpers as Din continues pressing and switching things. “Once we’re through the atmosphere, there should be just enough fuel to slow us down.” Din said. "If we don’t burn to a crisp.“ (Y/n) grumbles then Din angles the ship upwards as it begins entering Trask’s atmosphere, falling at an increasingly fast pace.

The bottom of the ship begins to heat rapidly, and soon bursts into flames. Alarms blare in the cockpit, and Din hurriedly adjusts some things around it then he turns to (y/n). "I need your hands!” he tells her and (y/n) nods. “Okay, what do you need me to do?” She asked. “This lever needs to stay back and keep it steady.” He tells her.

(Y/n) nods and grabs the lever, pulls it back and holds it. “Here we go.” he said and the ship gains more momentum, burning and zooming into the atmosphere even further. The Frog Lady latches on her egg canister and holds it, tightly.

On the surface of the docks of Trask, specifically the one where the Razer Crest is intending on landing, a Mon Calamari dock worker looks up to the burning hunk of metal in the sky in great annoyance. The Razor Crest is nearly upon the docks now, and finally Trask Flight Control wires in. 

“Razor Crest, this is Trask flight control. Please reduce your speed to port protocol.” The Trask Flight Control said over the comm. “I’m trying my best here. Engage reverse thrusters. Brace!” Din said and he pulls another lever, and the landing sequence begins. He is able to gain a bit more control of his ship, with begins to slow down as it approaches the landing dock. 

“Hold on.” Din tells everyone. Metal pieces fly off of the Razor Crest as it grows ever closer, still travelling far too fast. “Razor Crest, do you copy? You have to reduce speed.” the Flight Control tells him but Din ignores them. “Almost there, almost there.” he said. “Razor Crest, do you copy? Razor Crest, you’re coming in too fast, you have to re-” Flight control said but Din shuts the comm off as red lights flash on the landing pad below him, and he positions his ship through the navigational computer to line up with the dock.

He quickly brakes, and is able to slow his ship down enough to unsteadily land on the dock. He slowly lowers himself down to touch the ground, as the Mon Calamari dock worker continues to look on in sheer annoyance. “Here we go. Nice and easy.” Din said.

The landing computer is lining up, but before the Razor Crest is able to touch the ground, the right engine sputters and part of it blows up, causing the ship to fall over and topple into the water, making a great splash. The Mon Calamari dock worker shakes his head in disapproval. 

Later, a large crane lifts up the Razor Crest out of the bay, slowly. In the cockpit, the passengers shift around as the crane lifts them up. Covered in seaweed, and water draining out from practically everywhere, the ship is very slowly lowered onto the dock, where it finally settles with a metallic clang, as water pours out of the engines. 

Din, (y/n) and the Frog Lady exit the ship, water dripping down onto them as they leave, and walk into the bustling crowd of the docks of Trask, which is primarily comprised of Mon Calamari and Quarren. Din approaches the Mon Calamari dock worker. 

“So, how can I help you?” The Dock Worker asked. “Can you fix it?” Din asked as he nods towards the Razer Crest. The dock worker looks over the ship a bit. “Fix it? Nah. But I can make it fly.” the worker said. “Do what you can.” Din said and he taps a payment button on the dock worker’s datapad, and he and (y/n) walk away with the Frog Lady, who is glancing all around, looking for her husband. “I’ll fuel it up. If it still holds fuel.” the worker calls out to them.

The Frog Lady continues to walk around the docks, and shouts out in her Frog language. After glancing around a bit, she hears the lower croaking call of her husband, and widens her eyes and mouth when she sees him looking for her on the other side of the dock. She runs to him happily, squealing, and they embrace.

As Din and (y/n) approaches with the Child in his pod by their side, the Frog Man lifts the egg canister off of his wife’s back, and looks at the eggs inside, as he converses intimately with his wife. The Child looks up to the hunters, all of whom were watching the two, and coos at them longingly. “We know you’re hungry. We’ll get you something to eat.” (y/n) assures him and The Child looks back down at the eggs, whimpering.

The Frog Man stands up and grabs Din’s and (y/n)’s arms, sincerely thanking them for their help in transporting his wife. “You’re welcome. We were told you could lead us to others of my kind.” Din said and The Frog Man nods and points over to a building, grunting in his odd language. 

“The inn? Over there?” Din asked while The Frog Man kneels back down to his wife and their eggs, as Din and (y/n) looks over to see a mysterious woman in a cloak watching them from afar, amongst the crates on the dock. As several Trask inhabitants pass by her, she vanishes.

The hunters look on suspiciously before turning to each other, as if to confirm that they both saw the same thing then they continue to follow the Frog Lady and the Frog Man across the docks and to the inn.

Inside of the inn, a viscous soup is being sloshed into a bowl from a tube by a Mon Calamari server. The Quarren at the table pulls the bowl towards him once it has filled, and begins eating it. Other Mon Calamari, Quarren, and a few humans dot the cantina. The Frog Man enters first, waving to a Mon Calamari server, who waves back. The two Frog people point to the inside of the inn. “Thank you.” Din and (y/n) tells them as a Server walks up to them.

“Have a seat over there." The server said as he gestures to a table, where Din and (y/n) sit down. The Child is already at the table in his pod. The Mon Calamari server approaches the table slowly. "What can I get you?” the server asked. (Y/n) shakes her head as Din said. “Nothing for me. A bowl of chowder for our friend.”

“These seats are scarce, buddy. Everyone seated needs to eat.” The server said. “We can buy something else.” Din said and he places three Calamari Flan on the table, sliding them forward. “Information.” he said and the server takes the money. 

“Have you seen others that look like him?” (Y/n) asked as she gestures to Din. The server looks over his shoulder and glances at another part of the room, before pulling down a tube and filling the Child’s bowl with the viscous soup. “Others with beskar have been through here." The server said as he lifts the tube up and slides the bowl up to the Child. 

”Who can take us to them?“ Din asked. "I know someone who might help.” The Mon Calamari server said before he turns and walks over to another table to speak to a Quarren ferryman, as the Child pokes at his soup. 

As the Child is poking at his food with his large wooden spoon, a small, tan squid-like creature jumps out of it, sticking to his face. He cries out, scared. As the Quarren ferryman walks over to the table, Din and (y/n) looks over to the Child. 

“Don’t play with your food.” Din said before he pokes the creature lightly with his knife, causing it to fall back into the bowl, and the Child to calm down. The Child looks back into the bowl and then back up at Din and (y/n), then back down to the bowl again, as the Quarren ferryman sits down at their table. 

“Hmm. You seek others of your kind?” The ferryman questions. “Have you seen them?” (y/n) asked. “Aye. I can bring you to them.” the ferryman chuckles. “Where?” Din asked. “Only a few hours’ sail. It’ll cost you, though.” the Ferryman said.

Sometime later, the large trawler traveling along the ocean, with a Quarren crew on board, handing over ropes to one another and unloading barrels, etc. Din, (y/n) and the Child are at the side railing, looking out into the oceans of Trask. 

The ferryman walks up to the hunters and rest his hand on the railing of the ship, holding a large metal rod. “You ever see a Mamacore eat? Quite a sight. Child might take an interest.” the ferryman said and the Child looks up to the hunters, cooing. They look at him in return. 

“You should take a look. Come on over here. Get a good view. Let the kid see." The Quarren ferryman said then he leads the hunters and the Child over to a large pit in the middle of the trawler, covered by a gate of metal bars.

As the ferryman pulls a rope to drop a next of fish into the pit, the Child’s pod goes up to the edge of the pit, and (y/n) blocks him from going any further. "All right, close enough.” She said. The Quarren ferryman grunts as he adjusts the rope, and the gate slides open. 

“There we go.” He said as another Quarren pulls a lever, and the next splits open, spilling the fish out into the watery pit. Everyone watches as bubbles emerge from the depths of the water. “She must be hungry. Oftentimes we’ll feed her in the early morning, but we missed that ‘cause we were goin’ out of port!” the ferryman said and, at this last word, the Quarren ferryman hits the Child’s pod into the watery pit with the large metal rod that he is holding. 

“No!” Din and (y/n) shout as the Child and his pod float right into the middle of the pit, and the very large, toothed mouth of the Mamacore soon emerges, eating the pod whole, just before the top part closes.

Din and (y/n) dive in hurriedly, and a Quarren crewmate quickly closes the gate. “Lock it up! Go, go! Now! Go! The beskar is ours!” the ferryman said and he and the others laughing maniacally.

Din and (y/n) quickly emerges from the underwater tank, grabbing the bars at the top and coughing. “Drown ‘em!” the ferryman shouts and one of the Quarren crewmates sticks their metal pole through the bars, trying to push the hunters back down into the watery depths. Multiple others do it as well. 

The hunters cough as one of the metal poles hits (y/n), disorienting her and submerging her back into the waters. “(Y/n)!” Din exclaims and he dives back into the water. The Quarrens look down into the pit, still laughing. 

“We’re rich, brothers!” The ferryman exclaims but Din emerges yet again from the waters of the dark pit, his left arm wrapped around (y/n)'s waist as she was knocked out. Some Quarrens gasp. “They didn’t sink! Finish them! Keep them down!” the ferryman shouts.

The crewmates oblige, continuing to intensely jam their metal poles into the cage. Din continues coughing as all of the Quarren continue jabbing their metal poles into him while he holds (y/n) close to him.

Suddenly, he sees another Mandalorian rocket down from the sky and kick one of the Quarren down from through the bars. She shoots this Quarren in the head, and then proceeds to fight off two others. Another female Mandalorian appears, kicking one of the Quarren. Din continues to cough in the pit, as the first Mandalorian who appeared fist-fights with a Quarren, stabbing him and then banging him up against a hard metal pole.

The other female Mandalorian throws a Quarren overboard, and a male Mandalorian comes down with the help of his jetpack and fights three Quarren at the same time, knocking one out. The other two are grappled at the ankles by the other two Mandalorian, and thrown down. The male Mandalorian shoots both of them once they’ve been pulled down.

As Din coughs, the first female Mandalorian looks into the pit towards him. The barred gate is pulled back, presumably operated by one of the other Mandalorians. The female Mandalorian reaches her hand out to Din. “Take my hand.” she said and the second female Mandalorian comes up next to her.

Din takes the female Mandalorian’s hand, and is slowly pulled out of the water while the second female Mandalorian grabs (y/n) and pulls her up as (y/n) starts to cough and wake up. “There’s a creature. It has the Child.” Din tells them. “On it!” the second female Mandalorian dives into the watery pit, as the other one helps Din and (y/n) sit down on a tangled up pile of thick ropes. 

“The Child. Help the Child.” (Y/n) said, weakly, as she opens her eyes and Din looks over at her. “Don’t worry. We’ve got this.” The first female Mandalorian assures and she walks up next to the male Mandalorian, and the two mysterious figures in blue, white, and black armor watch the water. Din and (y/n) stay back on the pile of ropes, still breathing very heavily, then Din turns to (y/n).

“You okay?” He asked her and she nods. “Yeah…yeah…” she said, breathless.

The Mamacore is screeching from underwater, and there is blaster fire heard. Yellowish-white flashes can be seen from the surface of the water. The screeching soon stops, and the water is still for a moment, before the female Mandalorian comes bursting out, going up in the air and then landing back on the trawler’s surface.

She brings the bent pod of the Child to Din and (y/n), and tears off one side of the dented metal casing, grabbing the unharmed Child from inside and handing him to the hunters. “Here you go, little one.” she said and Din and (y/n), both still panting heavily and dripping wet, make sure the Child is uninjured.

The other three mysterious Mandalorians watch them as they do so. The two look up to them. “Thank you. We’ve been searching for more of our kind.” Din said to them. “Well, lucky we found you first.” the first female Mandalorian said. “We’ve been quested to deliver this Child. We were hoping that…” (y/n) started to explain but stops speaking to the others, as the three remove their helmets.

The hunters stand up, as the Child looks to the three, and then back up at Din and (y/n). 

“Where did you get that armor?” Din asked them, angrily. “This armor has been in my family for three generations.” the red-headed woman said. “You do not cover your face. You are not Mandalorian.” (y/n) said and the man, Axe Woves, looks them over and notices (y/n)’s Mandalorian armor.

“They’re one of them.” He tells to the red-headed woman. “Dank farrik.” The woman mutters. “One of what?” Din asked. “I am Bo-Katan of Clan Kryze. I was born on Mandalore and fought in the Purge. I am the last of my line. And you two are a Child of the Watch.” Bo-Katan said.

“The Watch?” (Y/n) asked, confused. “Children of the Watch are a cult of religious zealots that broke away from Mandalorian society. Their goal was to re-establish the ancient way.” Bo-Katan replied and the Child looks up at Din and (y/n).

“There is only one way. The Way of the Mandalore.” Din said and he and (y/n) walk away from an annoyed-looking Bo-Katan Kryze, and quickly use their jetpacks to fly off of the old, ransacked trawler. The second female Mandalorian, Koska Reeves, and Axe Woves, the male Mandalorian, look at each other, and Bo-Katan sighs.

The three Mandalorians led by Bo-Katan fly off of the ship and it soon explodes. It sinks once they leave, as Din and (y/n) watch from the docks. They turn around and walk away.

That night, the two hunters walk along the docks as large trawler with a huge tower on its back departs from the ports behind him. As they walk amongst the cargo on the dock, they hear some bizarre metal clanging. Suddenly, a Quarren’s voice calls out towards them. “Hey! You…”

The tough-looking Quarren thug walks out from behind some cargo with a metal bar in his hand. He slowly approaches the duo, as do multiple other Quarren from various sides. Din and (y/n) very slowly comes to a stop. “You killed my brother.” the thug said as many more Quarren begin to approach with metal bars and various different weapons for hurting the duo.

“Let us pass.” Din tells them and the thug chuckles. “I don’t think you understand.” he said and another Quarren positions himself with a medium-sized rifle behind a large cargo bin. (Y/n) looks over to him, as she prepares the rifle to fire, seemingly charging it up. 

“You killed my brother…and now, I’m gonna kill your pet.” The thug said and the Child whimpers in nervously, his ears going down. The Quarren continue to approach the duo, before the three other Mandalorian suddenly and very quickly descend from the sky, flanking the duo.

“He didn’t kill your brother. I did.” Bo-Katan said.

The Quarren thug looks to her in confusion for a moment, before she and her two comrades very quickly pull their blasters out, shooting down all of the Quarren thugs on the dock, including the ones behind them. They slip their blasters back away in their holsters, and Bo-Katan turns to the duo. “Can we at least buy you a drink?” she asked them.

The four Mandalorian, the Dar'manda and the Child gather around a table in the back of the inn. Din had not removed his helmet, but all of the others have in order to eat. “Trask is a black market port. They’re staging weapons that have been bought and sold with the plunders of our planet. We’re seizing those weapons and using them to retake our home world. Once we’ve done that, we’ll seat a new Mandalore on the throne.” Bo-Katan informs the two hunters.

“That planet is cursed. Anyone who goes there dies. Once the Empire knew they couldn’t control it, they made sure no one else could either.” Din said. “Don’t believe everything you hear. Our enemies wanna seperate us. But Mandalorians are stronger together.” Bo-Katan said. “That’s not part of pur plan. We’ve been quested with returning this Child to the Jedi.” (Y/n) said as she nods at the Child.

“What do you know of the Jedi?” Bo-Katan asked them. “Nothing. We were hoping you would help us by Creed.” Din said to her. The Child looks on and whimpers from his seat at the table, as Koska Reeves sucks a tentacle up from her soup, which the Child looks very interested in. Bo-Katan and Axe Woves look at each other unsurely. 

“I can lead you to one of their kind. But first, we need your help on our mission.” Bo-Katan said. “Mission?” (y/n) asked and Bo-Katan looks to her, raising her eyebrows.

Early next morning, the four Mandalorian and the Dar'manda were on top of the Razor Crest, looking out at a large freighter floating above the Trask waters at the docks. “You see that Imperial Gozanti freighter? It’s being loaded with weapons as we speak. According to the port’s manifest, it’s scheduled to depart at first light.” Bo-Katan said.

“So we stow away?” Din asked her. “We’ve been hitting ‘em pretty hard. They scan for life forms as a precaution before pushing back.” Koska said. “If you wanna do this with five, you’re gonna need the element of surprise.” (y/n) said. “Exactly. The freighter will maintain trawling speed while inside the shipping lanes and then ascend in orbit. We’ll jet up when they’re cruising at low speed in atmosphere. The tower won’t allow them to climb until they’ve left the port’s airspace.” Bo-Katan said.

“Troopers?” Din asked her. “A squad at most.” Bo-Katan said. “And they couldn’t hit the side of a Bantha.” Axe said as Koska Reeves smirks as Bo-Katan turns around and looks at the hunters, who nods. 

Later, Din was knocking on a metal door. It opens up to reveal the Frog Lady and Frog Man, sitting at their table with their egg canister. “Something’s come up. Can we leave him with you for a bit?” Din asked them. The Frog Lady responds, croaking a bit and agreeing. Din and (y/n) walk through the door, and Din begins speaking to the Child. The door closes behind them.

“You are gonna stay here, so we want you to be respectful. And mind your manners.” Din said as he hands the Child to the Frog Lady, who takes him in her arms. “You know what I’m talking about.” he said, firmly, and the Frog Lady says something else in Frog to them. “Thanks.” the two hunters said.

The Frog Lady holds the Child up to the side of the egg tank so he can look in, as the hunters exit the room. “We’ll be back for him.” (Y/n) tells them as they leave. The Child touches the egg canister and looks inside curiously. A small baby frog hatches from one of the eggs, and the Child opens his mouth and coos in excitement, watching it swim.

Meanwhile, a large Imperial Gozanti freighter lifting up from the docks of Trask, slowly travelling up above the water. It slowly lifts higher and higher up into the air, just as the four Mandalorians and Dar'manda fly above it, ready to land on it. They quickly fly above it and then down on it.

On the outer rails, two Stormtroopers are stationed. Axe Woves lands first, knocking one of them off of the railing. The other Stormtrooper is quickly taken out by Bo-Katan. As the gang lands, another Stormtrooper exits the ship onto the railing, closing the door so they can’t get in. 

“Pirates.” A Stormtrooper shouts but is quickly dispatched by Bo-Katan, as Koska Reeves lands. Grabbing around the Stormtrooper, Koska flies off on her jetpack, still holding him, as he screams. Inside of the ship, the signature Imperial alarm is blaring off, as the Imperial captain who runs it walks past two Stormtroopers and into the cockpit with the pilots, a freighter pilot and a security officer. “Pirates again.” a Security Officer said.

Suddenly, the Stormtrooper’s body that Koska Reeves has been carrying, is thrown up against the windshield of the ship’s cockpit. He sticks for a moment, grunts and groans a bit, before being pulled off again, screaming, by the force of the wind as the freighter moves. The security officer widens his eyes, and turns around to look at the Imperial captain. The captain turns around to his Stormtroopers nearby. 

“Guard that hall.” the captain orders then he turns back to his officers in the cockpit. “Seal the hatch.” he orders. “Yes, sir.” The pilot obliges, pressing a button that closes the door into the cockpit. The captain looks very resolute.

Axe opens the door to get inside of the ship with a device that extends from his wrist cuffs. The door is opened, and the gang draw their weapons, with Bo-Katan extending a knife from her wrist. Two large doors open and three Stormtroopers run out from somewhere inside of the ship. “A breach in security. Check the exterior door.” a Stormtrooper said.

Suddenly, Bo-Katan enters the ship, very quickly dispatching the three Stormtroopers, shooting and stabbing them. The others enter behind her, and they begin to walk along the inside hallway. More doors open, and multiple Stormtroopers exit. The group draws their weapons, as a large barrage of blaster fire comes at them, doing no damage, as they’re all wearing very resilient beskar armor while (y/n) uses her wristlet shields.

On one side of the hallway, Bo-Katan and Axe stand behind a console up against the wall, Koska, (y/n) and Din doing the same on the other side. Quickly, Bo-Katan exits the hiding place, and the others flank her. They are able to quickly shoot down many other Stormtroopers. They duck in hiding again.

After a moment, Koska nods to Axe and Bo-Katan, who emerge from their hiding place and begin shooting, followed by the others. Soon, all of the Stormtroopers have been shot down. The three Trask-based Mandalorians continue to confidently walk along the hallway, shooting control consoles and other things. Din and (y/n) share a looks before they reluctantly follow behind them.

“What’s going on? How many of them are there?” the captain asked through a comlink. “Hard to say. At least ten, maybe more.” the Stormtrooper replies. “Sir, there are only five life forms.” a Security officer said. “Wait, they’re Mandalorian. We’ve-” the Stormtrooper said before he screams.

Blaster fire is heard through the comlink as the Stormtrooper is presumably shot down. The security officer turns his head back around and looks at the Imperial captain. The captain says nothing, just continues to stare forward out of the window. The security officer turns back to the control console in front of him. 

“They’re headed towards the cargo bay.” The Security officer said. “How long until we clear the atmosphere and can make the jump to hyperspace?” the captain asked the pilot. “We can’t climb until we leave the harbor zone, sir.” One of the pilots replied and the Captain puts his hands on both of the pilot’s seats.

“Climb now.” he orders. The two Imperials piloting the ship hesitate before the captain shouts. “Climb now.” The two pilots accelerate the engines of the transport, and it begins raising higher and higher as they pull back gradually on the levers. The engines surge, causing the water of the seas of Trask below them to be pushed back and spray out. The ship rapidly climbs upwards.

The group exits out of two sliding doors and see at the end of the corridor, there is a large contingent of Stormtroopers. “Look! Over there! Stop them!” a Stormtrooper said. The two parties begin shooting at each other, and the group hide behind some metal doors that are mostly opened, on either side of the corridor.

Din quickly rolls a beeping smoke bomb into the hallway towards the feet of the Stormtroopers. As the Stormtroopers continue advancing and shooting, the bomb explodes, leaving a shroud of grey smoke in the hallway, greatly obscuring the Stormtrooper’s views.

Looking through their thermal scanners on their helmets, the group walk out into the smoke and blast the Stormtroopers, who scream. They soon have all of them down, and continue moving through the ship. In another part of the ship, Stormtroopers are handing large guns to each other to prepare for their arrival. 

“Go, go, go!”

The Stormtroopers begin advancing down the halls. Two of them run into the cargo bay, where a deck officer is stationed with multiple other Stormtroopers. The deck officer quickly speaks to the cockpit through his comlink. “What’s happening?” The deck officer asked. “The intruders are heading your way.” security officer said.

Back in the cockpit, the Imperial captain addresses the deck officer through comlink. “Just hold them off long enough until we can make the jump to hyperspace and rendezvous with the fleet.” The captain said. “Copy.” the deck officer said and he, nervously, lowers the comlink, and soon raises his blaster, speaking to all of the Stormtroopers stationed all around him. 

“We need to hold them off until we can make the jump to hyperspace.” He orders. The Imperials nervously watch the elevator doors, seeing three white hexagons lighting up in succession. It is tense, and the Stormtroopers ready their weapons.

Soon after the third hexagon lights up, the group exits the elevator, shooting and demolishing the Stormtroopers in the hallway before them. “Close the doors.” the deck officer said. “Sir?” A Stormtrooper said, confused. “Close the doors!” the the officer shouts.

The officer runs to hide behind a cargo crate in a panic, as the Mandalorians and the Dar'manda continue blasting through the other Stormtroopers. “Which one?” a Stormtrooper asked. “All of them! All of them!” the deck officer shouts and one of the Stormtroopers presses a button on a control panel, closing one of the doors. 

Bo-Katan shoots a few more Stormtroopers before the last doors close the Mandalorians out from the cargo bay. The Imperial deck officer sighs in immense relief, getting up from behind the crates of cargo and speaking back into the comlink. “I think we have them trapped, sir.” the officer said

“Trapped them where?” the Captain asked. “In the cargo control area.” the officer replied and the Captain widens his eyes. “Where?” he asked again. “In the cargo control area-” the officer said before he and Stormtroopers are soon shot out of the back of the large freighter, flying down to the seas, screaming.

As the alarms blare and the people scream through the comlinks, the two pilots in the cockpit look shocked, and the captain looks extremely annoyed. The security officer reluctantly turns on one of the comlinks. “Come in. Do you copy?” the Security officer asked while the group remove the lids off of large cargo bins, where there are sets of guns and other various weapons packed up tightly. 

“Do you copy?” The officer asked then Bo-Katan, who has since take off her helmet, speaks through the comlink to the cockpit. “I copy. Thanks for packing up all this gear so nicely. Imagine what a division of us can do…when we get our hands on what’s inside these shiny little boxes.” she said as Koska Reeves takes a large gun out of a box and looks it over. 

“If you think you’re going to escape with those weapons, you are sadly mistaken. Even if you’ve managed to jettison a few of those crates, we will comb the entire area until you are hunted down and killed.” The captain threatens. “Oh, we’re not jettisoning anything. We’re taking the entire ship.” Bo-Katan said and Din and (y/n) looks over at her, shocked and confused.

“What?” They said and Koska Reeves looks back at them as she’s examining a large rifle-like gun. “Put some tea on. We’ll be up in a minute.” Bo-Katan said and she switches the comlink off, as (y/n) approaches her. “This is more than we signed up for.” She said, angrily. “There is something I need, if I am to rule Mandalore. Something that was once mine. They know where it is, and soon, so will I. Regardless, we are taking the ship for the battles ahead.” she said.

“We got you your weapons. We have to return to my ship with the foundling.” Din said as he walks up next to (y/n). “If you two want my help finding the Jedi, both of you will help me take this ship.” Bo-Katan said. “You’re changing the terms of the deal.” Din said. “This is the Way.” Bo-Katan said then she smugly walks away from Din and (y/n). Axe Woves and Koska Reeves follow her, all three of them placing their helmets on as they walk off.

Din and (y/n) share a look and (y/n) let’s out a heavy sigh before she mutters. “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Then she walks off, Din follows her.

“What is it, Captain?” Gideon said through the hologram call. “Another pirate hijacking.” the captain replied. “Were you able to eliminate them?” Gideon asked. “No. We need backup immediately.” said the Captain. “Are these the same pirates that have attacked our other vessels?” Gideon asked. “They appear to be, sir.” said the Captain. 

“How far have they gotten?” Gideon asked. “They’ve breached the cargo hold and taken everything but the bridge. We require immediate backup.” the captain said. “If they’ve taken that much of the ship, I’m afraid that’s no longer an option. You know what to do. Long live the Empire.” Gideon said before the call ends.

“Long live the Empire.” The captain said before he quickly takes his blaster off of his belt and shoots the two piloting officers. They scream out in pain and fall to the ground, as the captain takes the security officer’s pilot chair, pushing the rest of his slumped body out of the way.

The captain grabs the steering mechanism of the vessel, and flicks a few switches, soon pushing the steering mechanism forward. The ship begins to go downwards towards the sea. The group began stumbling around unsteadily, Bo-Katan grunts in frustration. 

“They’re taking the ship down. Let’s move!” Bo-Katan shouts and the group follows her, their guns drawn, and they come to the final hallway leading up to the bridge. “There’s the bridge. Come on!” she said just as a relatively large contingent of Stormtroopers reveal themselves in front of them.

“Blast them!” the Stormtrooper shouts as they quickly begin shooting, and the group duck for cover on either side of the hallway. The red blaster fire is shooting out rapidly. 

“How many troopers?” Bo-Katan asked. “Six to ten. Two with heavy repeating blasters.” Axe replied. “We’re losing altitude fast.” Koska said. “We need to move now.” Bo-Katan shouted. “They have too much firepower!” Axe exclaim. “Still dropping. Ten thousand.” Kosha informs as the ship continues going down more and more towards the sea, and through the clouds. 

“We’ll never make it to the bridge in time!” Axe said as Din looks over at the troopers at the end of the hallway with his thermal vision. “Eight thousand.” Kosha counts as Din quickly tucks his blaster away and activates two thermal detonators then turns to (y/n) and the others. “Cover me.” He said.

He quickly runs out into the hallway, his beskar armor being hit constantly with the immense firepower. He stumbles around as he runs the others begin to shoot after him at the Stormtroopers as well. Din eventually falls to the ground, but is able to throw the two thermal detonators into the corridor with the Stormtroopers. They blow up quite quickly.

The explosions shoot out through the corridors towards Din and he ducks and covers as the flames shoot past him and soon dissipate. The others quickly run out as Din hurriedly gets up. Axe Woves stays somewhat behind the others to guard them from behind. “Come on!” Din shouts.

As the Imperial captain continues driving the freighter towards the sea, the cockpit doors slide open, and Din stumbles in. The captain is hurriedly pulled out of his seat by Din, who soon occupies by the seat, while (y/n) gets in the other seat.

Bo-Katan grabs the captain and pushes him up against the wall, holding the knife on her wrist to him. Din and (y/n) strain to stabilize the ship. “Where is it?” she asked the captain. “Where’s what?” he asked with a growl. “The Darksaber. Does he have it?” Bo-Katan asked, a bit louder. “If you’re asking, you already know.” the captain said while Din and (y/n) continue to try to stabilize the freighter. 

“Easy. Easy.” Din said, calmly, until they were able to set the freighter stabilized just before it hits the water, nearly crashing into another boat on the water with a large metal part sticking up from it. The transport begins to ascend higher into the air again. 

Din and (y/n) begin panting, as Din flicks a few switches while Bo-Katan continues to confront the Imperial captain. “I’ll let you live. But you will take me to him.” she said. “You might let me live, but he won’t.” the captain said before he quickly bites down on a capsule in his mouth that electrocutes him. “No!” Bo-Katan shouts before he falls to the floor, dead. 

“We have to go. He sent a distress signal.” (Y/n) informs her just as Koska comes in. Bo-Katan turns to her. “Clear the atmosphere and prepare to jump.” she orders and Kosha nods. Din exits from his seat and Kosha takes it, (y/n) exists her seat as her and Din prepare to leave the giant freighter.

“Are you sure you two won’t join us?” Bo-Katan asked them. “There’s something we need to do.” Din said. “The offer stands if you change your mind.” Bo-Katan said. “Where can we find the Jedi?” (y/n) asked her. Bo-Katan removes her helmet and looks up at them.

“Take the foundling to the city of Calodan on the forest planet of Corvus. There you will find Ahsoka Tano. Tell her you two were sent by Bo-Katan. And thank you. Your bravery will not be forgotten. This is the Way.” She replied. “This is the Way.” Din said as (y/n) nods.

The two hunters turn around and walk out of the cockpit, the doors sliding closed behind them. They exit on the side rail, where they quickly jump off, then proceed to activate their jetpack and fly back to the Trask docks.

Meanwhile at the Frog Lady and Frog Man’s residency, one of the couple’s tadpoles is in a small wooden bowl of water, and the Child is curiously playing with it, cooing. Three sharp knocks are heard on the door, and the two hunters come in. “Thank you for watching him.” (y/n) tells them as Din goes over to the Child.

“Okay, kid. Come on. It’s time to go.” he said as he picks up the Child, who begins squealing and crying, still wanting to stay with the tadpole. “Let go. Come on, kid.” he said as he gets the Child and turns to Frog couple. "Congratulations.“ he tells them

The Frog Man says something in Frog in response, as the two exit with the Child. "No, we have enough pets.” Din said. The door closes behind them and the Child as they exit. Once it is closed, the Frog Lady and the Frog Man bump noses lovingly and continue to play with their newborn child.

Back at the docks, the duo approaches the Razor Crest, which has clearly been very poorly fixed up. Odd ropes and panels wrap around it, and are stuck to it. The Mon Calamari dock worker walks up next to Din, his hands on his hips, as the two look at the ship in a bit of disbelief. 

“I gave you a thousand credits, this was the best you could do?” Din asked, annoyed. Without a word, the dock worker holds out the data pad for Din to pay. He reluctantly clicks two things, and the dock worker lowers the pad.

The duo slowly approaches the ship and walk into the cockpit, the doors sliding open. Fishnets are draped around, seemingly holding everything together, rope and seaweed scattered around, tying various things together.

(y/n) pushes a piece of netting aside as she and Din step into the cockpit. The doors close behind them, and Din hands the Child to (y/n), who sits in the passenger’s seat,  and he goes to sit in the pilot’s seat. He continues to look around in annoyance. 

“Mon Calamari.” He grumbles as he flicks a few things to start up the ship, the Child coos. “Unbelievable.” Din mutters and the ship begins shakily leaving the docks, and it bounces around unpleasantly.

Din flips a few more switches as the ship takes off and he bounces a bit around. The Child notices a tan tentacled creature crawling up the ropes towards him. He watches it as it begins to descend down a rope right down to him.

(Y/n), who was looking out the window, looks up and quickly grabs the creature. The Child giggles and laughs a bit, as the landing gear of the ship is tucked away, and it is able to properly leave Trask’s atmosphere. Small metal pieces fly off of it as it flies away. 

“We finally know where we’re taking you. But it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.” (Y/n) tells the Child as he sucks down the tentacle of the odd creature that she had just caught.

The Razor Crest flies out of Trask’s atmosphere and back into space. It flies off into hyperspace, a sheet of metal detaching from it as it does, and spinning around in space for a bit after the ship has left.

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 10: The Passenger

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“I still can’t believe you did that.” Din said to (y/n) as they shoot across the Tatooine desert on the speeder. The Child, hitched onto the side in his little tan pouch, squints as sand particles fly into his face. “Like I said, I didn’t have time to explain. It was a quick decision.” (Y/n) explained and Din sighs. “I know…it just…it scared me when I saw that creature….” he stops and (y/n) frowns then places her hand on his shoulder. “Hey, I’m still here. That’s all that matters.” She said as he looks over his shoulder at her.

“I also didn’t know you had your helmet.” He said and (y/n) looks down. “I-I couldn’t part with it. But…that was the first time I’ve put it on since…” she stops and looks away. Din doesn’t reply and turns his head forward while (y/n) leans her head against his shoulder.

Meanwhile, close by, a Nikto is hammering a metal spike into some rock. He turns and looks over his shoulder, alert. Another of his accomplices - a human - looks up as well. The Nikto hears the roaring of the hunter’s speeder, approaching the rock gully where he and his accomplices are laying out their trap, and looks back down, continuing to hammer in the spike.

The old Mandalorian helmet that was given to Din and (y/n) by Cobb Vanth bounces slightly on the side of their speeder, as they approach the rock gully. Din accelerates even more, going quite fast now.

The Nikto and his accomplices loop a rope around the metal spike, and bury the rest of the rope in the sand. A metal rod is cranked down. The hunters are nearly upon them now, and just before they pass them, the human pulls up the rope, causing it to block the hunters' path. They fly off of the speeder, the Child and the damaged Mandalorian helmet of Vanth’s rolling onto the ground.

Quickly activating their jetpacks, Din and (y/n) stumble and land, as the speeder blows up, utterly destroyed. The bounty hunters reveal themselves and begin shooting Din in his beskar armor while (y/n) dodges the shots. The Child sits helpless in the sand. 

“Get the Child!” The human hunter orders and a small alien with a metallic-looking face, speaks something in his alien language and nods, as the Nikto and human approach Din and (y/n), shooting them. Another burly human comes from the rocks behind the hunters and runs towards them with a metal rod.

The small alien draws his small gun, and just before the burly human is able to hit Din’s pistol out of his hand, (y/n) shoots the small alien, blowing him back, but not hurting him too badly. The burly human swings at Din, hitting the rock as he dodges the vicious attacks.

The small alien gets up and limps behind some short rocks, pulling open the case to a much larger gun - seemingly a rifle of some sort. Din, (y/n) and the burly human continue to brawl, but Din slices him in the neck and chest area, incapacitating him. Very quickly, the other human and the Nikto approach them.

The small alien comes out of the rocks with the large gun, as Din and (y/n) tussles with the other two. The small alien activates the rifle and points it at the four tussling people, and Din grapples out the hook on his wrist, pulling the rifle out of the small alien’s hands and towards him. It slams into the heads of the two larger attackers, knocking them out, and to the sandy ground, as Din and (y/n) ducks.

They stumble forward then they look to see that the small alien has the Child in his arms, holding a knife to him. “Wait! Don’t hurt the Child. If you put one mark on him, there’s no place you will be able to hide from us. We can strike a bargain. There’s a lot of value in this wreckage. Take your pick.” Din said as (y/n) senses that the Child was beyond terrified.

The Child coos, as the small alien looks around and contemplates this. The alien looks over and notices the Mandalorian helmet lying in the sand. “But leave the Child.” Din tells him. The small alien gestures upwards, pointing his knife to Din and saying something in his odd alien dialect. He gestures for Din to put something on the ground. Din grabs his jetpack and pulls it off his back. 

“Okay. Here. It’s yours.” Din said and the alien slowly and cautiously sets the jetpack on the ground, stepping back. “Take it.” Din said and the small alien points his knife towards Din and (y/n), gesturing for them to back up more. “It’s okay.” Din said as (y/n) gives him a confused look. He looks over at her and nods and she backs up with him.

The small alien finally sets the Child down next to the jetpack, and picks the large metal device up, saying something to the hunters in his alien language, and quickly running off into the desert with the jetpack. The Child runs to Din and (y/n), whimpering, and (y/n) goes down and picks him up, nestling him in her arms. 

“You okay?” She asked him as Din comes up next to her to look the Child over. The Child coos in what is seemingly some sort of a response. Din turns back to the small alien running away with his jetpack, and clicks some buttons on his wrist panel.

The jetpack activates and shoots up, with the alien screaming out in surprise. He clicks the buttons a few more times, and the alien eventually falls from a great height into the sand, dead. A cloud of sand puffs up from the impact of his body. The Child slowly turns his head and looks up at the two hunters, snorting. They shrug their shoulders and turn their heads, Din pressing a few more things on his wrist panel.

The jetpack slowly lowers itself out of the sky and lands in the sand, falling over onto its back with a clunk. The hunters avert their eyes from the jetpack and look up towards the wreckages of the speeder. 

Sometime later, Din and (y/n) began travelling in the Tatooine desert, carrying a large pack on their backs, holding up their rifle with both hands as multiple bags and different things hang off of it. They walk along a ridge, and look towards Mos Eisley Spaceport on the horizon.

That night, walking through the streets of Mos Eisley, the Child, nestled in his pouch on the side of (y/n), chirps and coos, as strange aliens and vagabonds walk around them, and ships take off into the night sky from hangars across the city.

The two hunters pass two Jawas arguing over a metal tube and enters the Mos Eisley Cantina. As denizens chatter, they walk to a booth at the back where Peli Motto is playing Sabacc with an insectoid creature. Din and (y/n) approach the booth and stops, Motto still focused on the game.

“I don’t know. Looks like someone’s gonna be goin’ home empty-handed.” She said. The creature and Motto both stop and look over at Din and (y/n), and Motto notices the old Mandalorian helmet hanging from Din's traveling pack. “You finally found a Mandalorian and you killed him?” she asked. “He wasn’t Mandalorian. We bought this armor off of him, though.” (y/n) explains.

“What’d that set you back?” Peli asked. “Killed the Krayt Dragon for him.” Din replied. “Oh. Is that all?” she asked a bit, shocked. “He was our last lead on finding other Mandalorians.” Din said and the insectoid creature begins speaking to Peli in his alien language, to which she nods her head. She turns to the hunters.

“Okay. Well, you might be in luck. Dr. Mandible here says he can connect you with someone who can help you, if you cover his call this round. It’s what he said.” Peli said. “What’s the bet?” (y/n) asked her. “Five hundred.” Peli said. “That’s a high-stakes game.” Din said.

“Hey, he’s on a hot streak.” Peli replied and the Child coos, as Dr. Mandible says something else in his language. Din and (y/n) sigh and grabbed some credits and throwing them on the table. “Is the pot right?” Peli asked. Dr. Mandible says something in his language, and Peli reveals her cards on the table - an Idiot’s Array. 

“Ha! Idiot’s Array! Pay up, thorax!” She exclaims and Dr. Mandible speaks in his alien language, as Peli takes her winnings. “I thought you said he was on a hot streak?” (y/n) asked her. “Oh. Stop your cryin’. You’ll rust.” Peli said then Dr. Mandible says something else to Peli, which she translates for the hunters.

“All right. He says the contact will rendezvous at the hangar.” She tells them then Dr. Mandible says something else. “They’ll tell you where to find some Mandalorians. That’s what you wanted, right? All right, well, stop your mopin’. More importantly, did you bring back any of that dragon meat? Better not have any maggots on it. I don’t like maggots.” She said and (y/n) rolls her eyes at this. As Din, (y/n) and Peli walk away, followed by R5-D4, Dr. Mandible shakes his head at Peli’s comment.

The Child watches the chunk of Krayt Dragon meat being cooked. The chunk of meat was being heated intensely by a podracer engine in Peli’s hangar, dripping of juices, and it is held up by a Treadwell droid. The Child coos in excitement as he watches it cook. Din, (y/n) and Pit Droids watch, as Peli Motto walks through the door, causing the Treadwell droid’s head to turn. 

“Hey, don’t overcook it, Treadwell! I like it medium rare! I’m not some Rodian, for crying out loud.” She sighs, turning and addresses Din and (y/n), as a Gonk droid meanders around behind them. “All right, here’s the deal. A Mandalorian covert is close. It’s in this sector, one system trailing.” she explains.

“Are they the ones that left Nevarro?” Din asked her. “Don’t know. All I know is that the contact will lead you to them.” Peli said. “How much will it cost us?” (y/n) asked. “Well, that’s the great news. It’s free. Aside from a finder’s fee, of course.” Peli said.

“What’s the not-great news?” Din asked her. “Nothing. It’s all great.” Peli said. “Okay.” the two hunters said and they turn to leave, before Peli speaks up again. “However, there is one small skank in the scud pie.” she said and they turn back to her. “Which is?” they asked, in unison. “The contact wants passage to the system.” Peli replied.

“Do you vouch for them?” (Y/n) asked. “On my life.” she said. “Fine.” Din said and they again turn to leave, but Peli begins talking once more. “And…no hyperdrive.” she said and they turn back to her again. “You want us to travel sublight? Deal’s off.” Din said. “It’s one sector over.” Peli exclaims.

“Moving fast is the only thing keeping us safe.” (Y/n) tells her. “These are mitigating circumstances.” Peli said. “What do you mean mitigating?” Din asked her. Peli turns around, as a Frog Lady walks through the door to the hangar, croaking a bit. She is holding a pack on her back, which is a tank of many orange eggs. She croaks as she walks over to the three having a conversation.

Din puts his hands on his hips. “We’re not a taxi service.” he said, firmly. “I know, I know, I hear you. But I can vouch for her.” she said as the Frog Lady comes up and stands next to Peli, speaking in her Frog language. The Child looks curiously at the eggs on her back in the blue tank. 

“What’s the cargo?” (Y/n) asked. Peli asks the Frog Lady in her native language, to which the Frog Lady responds. Peli then translates for the hunters. “It’s her spawn. She needs her eggs fertilized by the equinox or her line will end. If you jump into hyperspace, they’ll die. She said her husband has settled on the estuary moon of Trask in the system of the gas giant Kol Iben.” she said.

“She said all that?” Din asked her. “I paraphrased.” Peli said. “Is she sure there are Mandalorians there?” (y/n) asked then Peli asks the Frog Lady, who responds in her language, and then turns back to the hunters. “She said her husband has seen them.” she said.

As the Frog Lady speaks in her language a bit more, the Child stares intently at the egg pack mounted on her back, cooing curiously. The Frog Lady turns and walks towards the Razor Crest, croaking a bit more. “Do you know the husband?” Din asked Peli. “No. I just met her ten minutes before you walked in.” Peli said as a Pit Droid walks up to Peli with a plate of Krayt Dragon meat. 

“I thought you said you vouched for her on your life.” (Y/n) said, raising an eyebrow at Peli. Peli grabs a piece of the meat off the plate and takes a large bite, chomping into it. “What can I say? I’m an excellent judge of character.” she said then the two hunters exchange a look.

Later, the Razor Crest flies through space, away from Tatooine. Din adjusts a few things in the cockpit of the ship before e addresses the Frog Lady. “Now, I’m gonna ask you to stay strapped in whenever you’re seated. Traveling sublight is a bit dicey these days. Whether it’s pirates or warlords, someone either ends up with a nice chunk of change, or your ship.” he said and the Frog Lady says something in her language. 

“We don’t speak whatever language that is. You speak…Huttese?” (Y/n) said then she says something in Huttese then to havaka, but the Frog Lady continues to stare at them, seemingly clueless.

Din and (y/n) turn away from her and Din flicks a switch, sighing. The Child peeking around a corner of the interior of the ship, looking towards the canister of eggs sitting on the floor. He coos as he walks slowly towards it, going up to it and looking into it, pressing his face and hands up against the glass.

He quickly turns around to see if anyone is nearby, looking at the ladder up to the cockpit, and once he sees that no one is there, he turns back to the eggs, cooing as he puts his right hand on the glass, pulling the eggs around with the force closer to him.

In the cockpit, Din’s data pad shows the course, setting it on auto-pilot. Din then flicks a few more switches. “So, I’m gonna hit the rack. I’ve set the nav for our course. It’s gonna take a while. I recommend you get some rest.” Din said as he gets up and (y/n) gets up as well.

They walk out of the cockpit, the shiny grey door sliding open for them. The Frog Lady looks up to them as they exit, and then turns her head when they leave, croaking. Din swiftly slides down the ladder, and into the bottom part of the ship then he waits for (y/n) as she comes down. He holds up a hand to help her and she lands down. He opens the sleeping rack to see that the Child is not there. 

“Kid?” He asked as the two look around. Slurping is heard as they turn around to find the Child with the egg container, the lid open. The Child is lifting an egg out of the gooey liquid. The hunters quickly run towards him. “No, no, no, no, no!” they said but the Child slurps the egg down before the hunters can do anything about it. Din quickly flips the lid closed while (y/n) picks the Child up and facing her. 

“That is not food. Don’t do that again.” She scowls then the Child burps. Din and (y/n) turns to go over to the sleeping rack. “Nap time.” (Y/n) said as she sets the Child in the small hammock-like pouch at the top of the rack, and the Child coos. Din gestures for (y/n) to get in and she crawls in underneath the Child and Din follows her and lays next to her. The two hunters fall asleep as the door closes behind them.

Suddenly, beeping is heard, and the hunters crawl out of their sleeping quarters. They swiftly climb the ladder up to the cockpit, as some red lights flash around them. The door to the cockpit opens and they walk through, swiftly pushing their chairs around so they can easily sit in it, and sitting down.

The Frog Lady is sleeping in the other passenger seat. Din flicks a comm on, and the voice of an X-Wing pilot comes through it. "Razor Crest, M-One Eleven. Come in, Razor Crest. Do you copy?“ Captain Teva asked as they look out the window and see two X-Wings flying up to the ship, cruising along with it, one on each side.

As the Frog Lady lightly snores in the background, Din hesitantly speaks to the pilot. "This is Razor Crest. Is there a problem?” he asked. “We noticed your transponder is not emitting.” Teva replied. “Yes, I’m pre-Empire surplus. I’m not required to run a beacon.” Din informed. “That was before. This sector is under New Republic jurisdiction. All craft are required to run a beacon.” Teva tells him.

“Thank you for letting me know. I’ll get right on it.” Din said. “Not a problem. Safe travels.” Teva said. “May the Force be with you.” Din said. “And also with you.” Teva  said and (y/n) let’s out a sigh of relief then reaches out for Din’s hand and holds it.

He holds it as well and runs his thumb over the back of her hand until the pilot speaks again. “Just one more thing.” Teva said and the grip on her hand was tightened. “Yes?” Din asked. “I’m gonna need you to send us a ping. We’re out here sweeping for Imperial holdouts.” Teva said.

“I’ll let you know if I see any.” Din tells the pilot. “I’m still gonna need you to send us that ping.” Teva said. “Well, I’m not sure I have that hardware online.” Din said. “We can wait.” Teva said and (y/n) could tell that Din was ccontemplating on what to do. 

“Yeah…I…I…doesn’t seem to be, uh, working.” Din tells him. “That’s too bad. If we can’t confirm you’re not Imperial, you’re gonna have to follow us to the outpost at Adelphi. They’ll run your tabs.” Teva said and (y/n) gives Din a worried look.

“Oh, wait. There it is. Transmitting now.” Din said and he flips the auto-pilot switch off, and the Frog Lady wakes up with a start, croaking loudly. “Be quiet!” (y/n) whispers to her as she turns to her.

“What’s that?” Teva asked. “Uh, nothing. The hypervac is drawing off the exhaust manifold.” Din replied and the Frog Lady continues making some noise, prompting Din and (y/n) to turn their heads to her in annoyance.

The other X-Wing pilot’s voice soon comes through the comm as the Frog Lady ceases her noise-making. “Carson, can you switch over to channel two?” Trapper Wolf said. “Copy.” Teva said and the two hunters look on as the two X-Wings set and lock their S-foils in attack position. 

“Was your craft in the proximity of New Republic Correctional Transport, Bothan-Five?” Teva asked and Din pauses for a moment, before he pulls his hand out of (y/n)’s hand and then hits the accelerator, zooming off away from the X-Wings.

The Frog Lady is abruptly startled, and begins screaming in fear. The two X-Wings quickly zoom after the Razor Crest, which flies swiftly down to the nearby ice and glacier planet of Maldo Kreis. The ship’s just above the billowing clouds of the planet, pursued very quickly by the New Republic ships.

The Razor Crest’s cockpit is shaking about, and the Frog Lady croaks a bit with anxiety. “Razor Crest, stand down. We will fire. I repeat, we will fire.” Teva warns as the Razor Crest continues to zoom around the clouds, evading them.

Suddenly, Din pulls sharply around another corner of clouds then flips the ship around, and turns the power off of the engines, so the ship begins falling. The Frog Lady begins to scream loudly, very frightened at what’s going on, as the ship falls straight down.

As the glacier-like surface of Maldo Kreis reveals itself, Din puts his ship back into gear and begins flying down into an ice canyon. The X-Wings still trail after them as they continue to fly throughout the perilous ice canyon, where jagged spikes of ice stick up everywhere. “Come on, Razor Crest, don’t make us do it.” Teva said but Din doesn’t listen.

He stays relentless, flying the Razor Crest around a bend and straight towards a narrow ice cavern on the side of a glacier. He grunts as he smashes the back end of his ship against the side of the glacier, zipping into the ice cavern. The two X-Wings pass him by, seemingly not noticing. Breathing heavily, Din attempts to navigate through the icy caves while (y/n) turns to the Frog Lady. “Hold on.” She tells her.

The Frog Lady grunts and croaks loudly in response. Then Din smashes the sides of his ship up against some more glaciers, and the Razor Crest begins sliding uncontrollably along a large sheet of ice. It shoots up, and he activates its engines, however it hits the ice again, flying back under a small glacial overhang.

Din and (y/n) pant in relief as the ship stops, and settles down to a halt at last. The X-Wings pass by in the distance, not noticing them. The comm turned on, and Captain Carson Teva is speaking, however he is cutting out greatly. “I’ve lost visual. He’s got to be around here somewhere. You head north. We’ll cover more ground.” Teva said while the Frog Lady begins gasping and groaning, as Din flicks a few switches off and on.

The Frog Lady gets out of her seat straps, but only just before the ice underneath the Razor Crest begins to crack and break. Before the hunters can do anything, the Razor Crest falls through the ice, the boxes and crates inside, including the canister of orange eggs, slide around and fall throughout the bulk of the ship.

The Frog Lady screams as they fall, and the Razor Crest quickly lands in a small ice cavern, on a patch of snow, with a large thud. Din and (y/n) are thrown forwards, up against the control consoles. The ship is clearly damaged - mostly covered in ice and snow, with electrical sparks going off on it. Shrouds of snow continue to fall from the recently-made hole, covering the ship.

Some time later, the two hunters are still knocked out at the control console, and flecks of ice and snow cover his beskar armor and her bruised and bloody head. Din wakes up and slowly sits up, grunting and groaning, then he looks over at (y/n) and panicked a bit when he sees a gash above her eyebrow. He places a hand on her shoulder and begins to shake her, lightly, until she starts to wake up.

“You okay?” He asked, concerned. She sits up then grunts in pain and places a hand on her head. “Never better.” She groans and she pulls back a hand to see it was covered in blood. “Dank farrik.” She growls as Din flicks a few switches in the cockpit, but to no avail.

The Frog Lady is groaning on the floor, shivering from the cold. (Y/n) quickly gets out of her seat and helps her up, as she is croaking at her in distress. “We’ll find your eggs, don’t worry.” (y/n) assures her but the Frog Lady continues to whimper, nervously. “Gotta get you some blankets, keep you warm.” Din said as he gets up too.

They walk through the sliding doors of the cockpit, and jump down the ladder. “You still good?” Din asked her. “Yeah, fine.” (Y/n) said then they look over and see that a large hole has been broken through on the side of the ship, through which a draft of cold, icy air is blowing snow flecks into the main cargo area.

Electrical sparks emit around the bulk of the ship, and all of the crates of the hunter’s cargo have coats of ice and snow on them. The duo look at this in disbelief. “Damn it.” Din grumbles and he turns around and opens the sleeping rack, to find the Child not there. 

“Where are you?” He mutters when they hear the Frog Lady croaking in distress from up in the cockpit. Din turns up to her and yells in response. “Hang on, we’re looking for your eggs!

The hunters walk throughout the ship, carefully stepping over the crates and cargo. They push a few ropes aside when they hear an odd noise coming from beneath a thick piece of cloth. (Y/n) swiftly pulls it back, to reveal the Child, who has opened the egg canister again, and has one in his hand. The Child looks up to the hunters. "No! No…I told you not to do that.” Din said as he swiftly picks up the canister, closing it, as he’s speaking.

He looks at the canister, as the Frog Lady is yelling down from the cockpit. (Y/n) turns her head to her general direction. “Found them!” she calls out then her and Din look back down to the Child again, who slurps up one of the eggs, and then stares back at his guardians. 

“How many did you eat?” (Y/n) asked. The Child gulps, swallowing the rest of the recently-eaten egg, and then burps. (Y/n) sighs and runs her hands over her eyes at this.

Later, Din and (y/n) worked on a few things in the hull of the ship while The Frog Lady is huddled under some blankets with her egg canister. “If you hadn’t guessed, we’re in a tight spot.” Din tells her as she uses her tongue to eat something out of a metal canister. 

“The main power drive is not responding, and the hull has lost its integrity. I suspect the temperature will drop significantly when night falls.” Din said while the Child, a small box of food in his hands, looks back up to the egg canister with longing. “I’ll have a better idea of our prospects at that time.” Din said then he sits down and rests himself up against the wall of the ship, (y/n) sits next to him.

The Frog Lady turns to him, speaking in her own difficult to understand, language. She gestures to her eggs, trying to tell the hunters something, however they clearly cannot understand her. The two shake their heads lightly at her speaking. “We’re sorry, lady. We don’t understand Frog. Whatever it is, it can wait until morning. I recommend you get some sleep.” (y/n) said. 

Din crosses his arms and leans down, slumping up against the wall, as the Frog Lady whimpers and pulls her blanket off, looking at her eggs in worry. The Child crawls up to the hunters and climbs up in the spot between them to sleep as well. (Y/n) picks up a blanket next to her and put it over her, Din and the Child then leans her head against Din’s shoulder.

The Frog Lady covers her egg canister with the blanket, patting it protectively. She looks up to the disassembled droid, Q9-0, who is mounted on Din’s wall. The Frog Lady grunts and croaks a bit at it.

Sometime later, the two hunters were sound asleep when a robotic voice speaks up. “Wake up, Mandalorian." Din and (y/n) swiftly draw their guns towards the droid. "This cannot wait until morning. Do not be alarmed. I bypassed the droid’s security protocols and accessed its vocabulator.” the droid said and they noticed that the Frog Lady is speaking through a small vocabulator device, which translates her language through Q9-0. 

“What the hell are you doing?” Din asked her as they slip their blaster back away in their holsters, pointing up to the Frog Lady. “That droid is a killer.” Din tells her. “These eggs are the last brood of my life cycle. My husband has risked his life to carve out an existence for us on the only planet that is hospitable to our species. We fought too hard and suffered too much to resign ourselves to the extinction of our family line. I must demand that you and your friend hold true to the deal that you agreed to.” she tells them as the Child looks on curiously. 

“Look, lady, the deal is off. We’re lucky if we get off this frozen tomb with our lives.” Din tells her. “I thought honoring one’s word was a part of the Mandalorian code. I guess those are just stories for children.” said the Frog Lady.

The Child looks up to the hunters, cooing. Din and (y/n) slowly glance down at him and then sigh. They look back over to the Frog Lady and get up, (y/n) lifting the Child off of her before she stands. Din swiftly grabs a toolbox, and leaves the ship to begin repairs. “This was not a part of the deal.” he growls and he walks outside into the snowy atmosphere, the wind whistling and howling around him, as snow blows. Sparks emit from loose wires hanging down from his wrecked ship.

Din slowly walks around the damaged Razor Crest, examining the wreckage, (y/n) comes up behind him and looks over the wreckage with him. They slowly walk up to the fuel tank, noticing that it is leaking badly. The two look up and examine the rest of the ice cavern, continuing to walk around the ship.

Din begins welding something on the ship as (y/n) helps hold the part up. They look over to see the Child, standing on the icy, cold ground, speaking in his gibberish language. He is pointing to something. “How ‘bout you come over here, give us a hand? Make yourself useful.” Din snaps and turns back to his broken ship, and continues to the weld on it.

The Child slowly lowers his hand, and sighs with a coo while (y/n) gives him a sympathetic look. He begins walking away to get their attention, and (y/n) gets up and follows the Child while Din ceases his welding and looks over as the Child and (y/n) leaves. “Hey, kid.” (y/n) calls out to him as the Child continues to walk away, ignoring her, prompting Din to set his welding gun down, and quickly follow them around the ship. 

“Where are you going? Come back here!” (Y/n) calls out then the Child stopped at a small mound of snow, and the two hunters kneels down beside either side of him, the three looking towards a trail of the Frog Lady’s footprints through the snow, leading away from the ship. “When did she go?” Din asked the Child.

The Child responds in his odd language, and Din scans the footprints through the thermal scanner on his helmet, making it easier for him to see where they lead, which is in a large ice cave. (Y/n) picks the Child up and they begin following the footprints, walking slowly into and through the icy cave, where many sharp icicles hang down from the slick ceiling.

The trio look around nervously as they walk, and follow the footprints around another bend. Din turns the thermal scanner back on on his helmet, seeing them lead to a place where, behind an ice wall, more heat is coming from.

(Y/n) felt a tug on her neck and she looks down to see the Child grabbing onto her crystal necklace, his little claw wrapped around the crystal. (Y/n) smiles at him as they continue on. They quickly follow the footprints around to an ice cave, where the Frog Lady is wading in some hot springs, her eggs floating around her. 

“There you are.” Din said as (y/n) sighs with relief. They quickly walk towards the edge of the pools, looking around and examining the rest of the small cave. “You can’t leave the ship. It’s not safe out here.” (y/n) tells the Frog Lady.

The Frog Lady croaks, as (y/n) sets the Child down at the edge of the pool. The two hunters look into the blue water at the floating eggs and they kneel down to the edge of the largest pool as well. “Let’s gather these up.” Din said to (y/n) and she nods. The Frog Lady begins croaking in anxiety as Din and (y/n) grabs her eggs and places them back into the blue canister. 

“We know it’s warm. But night’s coming fast, and we can’t protect you out here.” Din tells her as they continues to gather up the eggs, and the Frog Lady speaks in her language yet again, croaking as she pushes an egg forward to help the hunters. They grab them, and the trio continue to work to get all of the eggs back into the canister, as the Child flits his right hand in the water near the eggs.

Din blocks him from grabbing them with his hand, sticking his finger out. “No. No!” Din said and the Child looks at him and whines, as Din resumes gathering the eggs.

The Child turns around and begins sniffing and cooing curiously, looking towards a large amount of blue eggs sticking out of the ground. He slowly walks over to them, as the duo and Frog Lady are still distracted by gathering the eggs.

The Child walks through the snow amongst the field of blue eggs, and approaches one, sniffing it, and soon pulling away at its soft shell. The shell is quickly pulled apart, and the child grabs a bluish-white ice spider out from inside, sticky strands of a yellow-brown substance coating it. He quickly crunches it down.

As the Child finishes off his ice spider, another blue ice spider eggs begins shaking and cracking open, small spiders climbing out of them. The Frog Lady pushes the last of her eggs towards Din and (y/n), which they load into the canister, but they are soon distracted by the cooing of the Child, who is running towards them through the field of hatching eggs.

They stand up to see the eggs hatching, and (y/n) quickly grabs the Child, as the Frog Lady croaks in nervousness. Din closes the egg canister, and hoists it onto his back with the strap attached to it. The Frog Lady continues to swiftly look around, gasping. She grabs her clothes with her tongue, which were sitting folded on the edge of the pool she was swimming in.

The two hunters look around as hundreds of small spiders crawl towards them, and the Frog Lady runs up next to them, now dressed in her clothes. They look up to a large cavern, where larger spiders crawl out from, including ones nearly half the size of Din and (y/n). A growl emits from the cavern, and an absolutely massive ice spider reveals itself.

It growls, and Din frantically gestures to the Frog Lady, who begins running, and quickly gets past them. “Go, go, go! Back to the ship!” Din shouts. He continues to look on, as the giant spider growls even louder, and begins advancing towards them, along with the other, smaller ones.

The spiders seem to crawl out from everywhere, as Din and (y/n) follow quickly behind the running Frog Lady. The giant spider, who is unable to fit through the ice tunnels that they are running through, nearly catches up with them before they reach the tunnels, growling viciously. It snaps at them, missing them, before crawling above the shiny ceilings of the tunnels, directly above them.

Its legs smash through the ceiling, as the smaller spiders follow closely behind the companions throughout the tunnels. Din and (y/n) begin blasting the ice spiders with their pistols, killing several of them, but still very few of the total number. The giant ice spider sticks its head through a hole in the ice caverns, and spids a web from its mouth, blocking off a possible exit for the hunters and Frog Lady.

They quickly run the other away, as Din and (y/n) continue to shoot the spiders. The Frog Lady, who is falling behind, looks back and croaks in fear. She begins leaping clumsily, like her species does in their natural environment, throughout the tunnels, slipping and sliding around, and quickly passing in front of the hunters.

One of the giant ice spider’s legs spears down from the ceiling, and the Frog Lady dodges it, and begins running on her feet again. Din prepares three detonators, and throws the charges on both sides of the icy walls and onto the ceiling. They blow up, causing the ceiling to shatter. The massive ice spider falls through with a large thud onto the ground, and Din looks to see that it is seemingly defeated.

Continuing to shoot spiders throughout the cavern, Din, (y/n) and the Frog Lady, who is still croaking greatly in nervousness, stop and Din ignites his flamethrower on his wrist. The icy walls lite up with orange, shimmering, flickering reflections.

The Frog Lady hops around a bend, followed closely by the two hunters. Although they were able to subdue the spiders, many still follow not too far behind them.

As they exit the cave, Din and (y/n) continues to shoot the spiders, and swiftly retreats to the ship. The Frog Lady hops into the entrance of the ship, and (y/n) hands the Child to her, whom she sets down. The Child runs off into the ship in fright. Din then hands the Frog Lady her canister of eggs, which she swiftly takes as well.

One medium-sized spider swiftly shoots a web at the hunters, sticking their blaster-holding arm to the side of the ship. A small spider jumps at them as Din and (y/n) struggles, and Din squishes it in his hand, green juices squeezing out of it, as he throws it on the ground to his side, hard.

The two hunters quickly untraps their hand, pulling it away from the side of the ship, and continue shooting the vicious ice spiders. The spiders pursue them into the ship, as they continue shooting them. They hurriedly climb up the ladder to the cockpit, shooting as many spiders who try to climb up after them as they can.

Unable to handle them, they back up into the cockpit, the doors sliding partially shut, however being held open by the ice spiders. Din and (y/n) continue shooting them as they pile up to get through.

The Child peeks around Din's leg, as several smaller spiders are able to get inside of the cockpit. One of the small spiders crawls onto the Child’s head, and he whimpers and screams, raising his arms up to get it off.

A blaster bolt quickly shoots it, destroying it, and then shoots another two ice spiders approaching the Child. The very small blaster was used by the Frog Lady, who is sitting with her eggs up against the main control console in the cockpit.

Din finally activates his flamethrower, and is able to burn enough ice spiders and hold the others off to get the doors of the cockpit closed. The Child looks up anxiously as he does this. Din begins panting, and he, (y/n) and the Frog Lady look at each other.

The ice spiders continue to crawl over the glass of the cockpit from the outside. Din sits in his pilot’s chair and begins flipping and pressing several different things and (y/n) gets into the passenger seat. “Strap yourselves in. This better work.” Din tells them.

The Frog Lady croaks and holds her egg canister to her body tightly, as Din continues flipping things and pressing other things. The Child climbs to (y/n)‘s lap. “I’ve got limited visibility. It’s gonna be a bumpy ride.” Din said and the engines roar to life with his pull of a lever, and the Razor Crest slowly begins rising out of the ice and snow.

However, before it can take off adequately, the giant ice spider falls on top of it, revealing itself to still be alive. The ship crashes back down to the cold, slick surface of the cavern. The giant ice spider smashes its leg through the glass and into the cockpit twice. It peers through the glass, and pushes its mouth up against it, sticking it to the window and rubbing along it in an attempt to eat it, seemingly.

The Child looks up in fright.

As the giant ice spider is suddenly about to strike down again, a few red blaster bolts from outside shoot it in the head, and it falls off of the ship. Din, (y/n) and the Child look around in surprise, as more blaster fire emits outside, and Din and (y/n) wheel their chair around, standing up and walking out of the cockpit. (Y/n) sets the Child down, and they arm themselves with their blaster as the doors slide open.

Closing the cockpit doors so the other will be safe, they advance on, as the Frog Lady nervously looks up through the window.

Din pushes and pulls a lot of webbing away as he and (y/n) walk slowly through the hull of the ship. A small ice spider is crawling off to the side, which (y/n) quickly shoots. They slowly approach the side exit to the ship and walks outside.

Many ice spiders are being shot off the side of the ship by the two X-Wing pilots, who have landed and are using their rifles, their cockpits open, and their headlights glaring brightly. They’re able to kill the rest of the spiders, and they quickly cease their shooting, lowering their guns, as Din and (y/n) walk towards them reluctantly. 

“We ran the tabs on the Razor Crest.” Teva said and the two hunters slowly lower their pistols as well. “You two have an arrest warrant, for the abduction of prisoner X-Six-Nine-Eleven. However, onboard security records show that you two apprehended three priority culprits from the Wanted Register. Security records also show that you put your own life in harm’s way to try to protect that of Lieutenant Davan from the New Republic Correctional Corps. Is this true?” Teva asked.

“Are we under arrest?” (Y/n) asked them. “Technically, you should be. But these are trying times.” Teva said. “What say we forego the bounties on these three criminals, and you two help us fuse my hull so we can get off this frozen rock?” Din asked. Trapper Wolf smirks at this, and Captain Teva looks a bit annoyed. 

“What say you fix that transponder, and we don’t vaporize that antique the next time we patrol the Rim?” Teva said and the two pilots look at each other, and begin climbing back into their cockpits, which close.

As Din and (y/n) look on, the two X-Wings slowly lift up and take off, out of the ice caverns, through a hole at the top. The two hunters turn back around to the ship, as the red light from their tail lights fades from reflecting on Din's helmet and other beskar armor. They walk back into his ship and addresses the Frog Lady and the Child, who are now down in the hull themselves. 

“All right. (Y/n) and I are gonna repair the cockpit enough for us to limp to Trask. There’s nothing we can do about the main hull’s integrity, so we’re gonna have to get cozy in the cockpit. It’s the only thing I can pressurize. If you need to use the privy, do it now. It’s gonna be a long ride.” Din said.

After fixing up the ship, Din and (y/n) walk into the cockpit, (y/n) holds the Child in her arms. The two hunters sit down in their chair. “Okay, repair’s all done. Let’s see if we can get this thing going once and for all.” Din said and he begins flipping, pressing, and pushing various things in the cockpit. He pulls a lever to start up the engine, which works perfectly.

The Razor Crest slowly rises out of the ice canyon, the large legs of the giant ice spiders sliding off of the cockpit. The Frog Lady squeals.

Hitting a few ice walls along the way, the Razor Crest successfully rises fully out of the cavernous ice caves, and flies away from Maldo Kreis, out of the atmosphere, limping along throughout space. Din flicks a few more things before he turns to the Frog Lady. “Wake me up if someone shoots at us. Or that door gets sucked off its rails.” he said and the Frog Lady says something in her own language. 

“He's kidding. If that happened, we’d all be dead.” (Y/n) assures her then they turn forward. “Sweet dreams.” Din said and crosses his arms and lays his head back against the seat, as the Frog Lady croaks a little bit more. (y/n) leans back in her seat and closes her eyes, the Child sitting on her lap.

The Child turns to look at the Frog Lady and the canister of her eggs, grunting. The Frog Lady says something else in Frog, and holds the canister closer to her, protectively. The Child turns back towards the window out of the damaged cockpit, and coos, lifting an egg up and slurping it down, revealing that he somehow had already somehow gotten one.

The quite damaged Razor Crest continues to float through space, slowly limping its way along, as the engines sputter indefinitely.

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 8: Redemption

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Two Stormtroopers, one of them carrying a bag with the Child in it, come up on a ridge outside of the town after speeding across the fields on their speeder bikes. "Speeder bikes have arrived at the checkpoint with the asset. Awaiting confirmation.“ the first Stormtrooper said then the Child squeals. The trooper turns and punches the Child. "Knock it off!” He growls as the Child let’s out a noise.

“Waiting for confirmation to continue into town.” the trooper said into the comms. “That’s a go to proceed, but I advise you to double-check. Then Moff just touched down and already took out a squad of local troopers.” the operator said. “Standing by.” the trooper said then he puts away his comms while the second trooper turns to him.

“Did he just say that Gideon killed his own men?” The second trooper asked. “Oh, who knows? These guys like to lay down the law when they first arrive into town, y'know. You know how it is.” the first trooper said and the Child begins to cry. The trooper punches the Child again. “I said, shut up. Yeesh.” He growls as his partner looks at the bag.

“What is that thing, anyway?” The second Trooper asked. “Uh, I don’t know. Maybe Moff wants to eat it. I don’t ask questions.” the first Trooper said. “Can I see it?” asked the second trooper. “Did you not just hear that Moff Gideon killed a dozen of his own troopers to make a point?” the 1st Trooper asked and the 2nd Trooper holds his hands up. “Okay." 

”I get that point. Do you get the point?“ The 1st Trooper asked his partner. "Yes.” he said. “Okay.” said the first Trooper said and they sit and wait, bored. Then the 2nd Trooper starts shooting at some garbage,  missing everything. The 1st Trooper shakes his head and starts shooting, both of them missing.

“Should we offer that thing some water?” The 2nd Trooper asked, nodding towards the bag. “You just wanna look at it.” the 1st Trooper said. “So what? You got to see it!” the 2nd Trooper said. “Barely. I mean, I grabbed it up off the ground and I stuffed it in the sack.” the 1st Trooper said. “It’s more than I got to see it.” said the 2nd Trooper.

“Look, I’m not taking it out of this bag until I deliver it to the Moff.” said the 1st trooper. “Fine.” the 2nd Trooper grumbles. “Okay. Stop asking.” the 1st Trooper said then he gets off his bike. “Let me check on this thing. This is crazy.” he said then he turns to his comlink.

“Any update yet?” he asked “That’s a negative. Still waiting on confirmation. He just killed and officer for interrupting him, so this might take a while.” The operator said and the 1st Trooper sighs  “Thank you. Standing by still.” he said then he puts away the comlink. “Unbelievable.” he grumbles.

“Hey, how long has it been since that thing moved?” the 2nd Trooper asked. “I don’t know, like a minute or two. Don’t worry.” the 1st Trooper said as his partner gets off his bike. “Uh, it’s been way longer than a minute.” he said.

“Oh my God.” The 1st Trooper grumbles. “Shouldn’t we check and see if it’s still alive? You hit it pretty hard.” said the 2nd Trooper. “You just wanna see it.” the 1st Trooper said. “Well, we should check and see if it’s hurt. The last thing that you want is to give Gideon a bag and have him open it up and find whatever is dead…” the 2nd Trooper said. COkay. Okay, look.“ The 1st Trooper said and he opens the bag, revealing the Child.

"Here you go. See? Take a peek. Everything’s fine.” said the 1st Trooper said and his partner looks at the Child then starts poking the little guy. “What is that?” he asked. “I don’t know. It’s a pet or something.” said the 1st Trooper said. “A pet? I thought you–” the 2nd Trooper said and the Child bites his finger.

“OW!” he yelps, shaking his hand then turns back and punches the Child, hard. “Serves you right.” the 1st Trooper said when IG-11 approaches. “Stop that.” the droid said and the Troopers draw their blasters.

“Identify yourself!” The 1st trooper ordered. “I am IG-11. I am this child’s nurse droid and require that you remand him to me immediately.” IG said and the second Trooper chuckles. “A nurse droid? I thought it was a hunter. Aren’t IGs usually hunters?” he asked. “Yeah, well, evidently this one’s a nurse.” the 1st Trooper said as IG approaches them.

“I’m sorry, nurse, but you’re gonna have to get out of here.” The 1st Trooper said and he gives a warning shot to the droid. “Are you refusing my request?” IG asked. “No. I’m telling you to get out of here.” the 1st trooper said as he gets up in front of the droid.

IG-11 grabs the Trooper’s arm and twists it until it snaps, then slams him down. Then he grabs the other Trooper’s head and smashes him down on his bike, repeatedly. Then he gets on the other bike and powers it up. “That was unpleasant. I’m sorry you had to see that.” the droid said to the Child a d they speed off.

Back in the town, Stormtroopers, Death Troopers and Moff Gideon surrounded the common house and were watching it. Cara, Mando, Greef and (y/n) look out the window towards them.

“Is there another way out?” Cara asked. “No, that’s it.” Greef said then (y/n) turns to Mando. “What about the sewers?” she asked him. “Sewers?” Greef asked, confused. “The Mandalorians have a covert down in the sewers. If we can get down there, they can help us escape.” Mando said. “Yeah, sewers are good!” Cara said.

“Checking for access points.” Mando said, and he begins to scan the area in his visor, as Cara looks out the window. “What the hell are they waiting for?” she asked as Stormtroopers began to unpack and bring forward weapons parts. “Hold up.” she said and she sees them setting up a cannon.

“They’re setting up an E-Web.” She said. “It’s over.” Greef said as Mando’s visor reveals a sewer access point behind a bench. “I found the sewer vent.” he informs the others. “Let’s get the hell outta here.” Cara said and they run to the back of the common house and pull the bench off the wall. 

Meanwhile, the troopers set up the cannon. Mando, Cara and (Y/n) try to open the sewer grate when (y/n) noticed the troopers, outside, are powering up the weapon.

“It’s assembled.” she said. “How long until that thing’s cleared?” Greef asked then Cara turns to Mando. “Blow it.” she said. “I’m out of charges.” Mando said and Cara grabs her rifle. “Get out of the way!” she yells and tries to shoot the vent grate off while the enemy outside watches and listens.

She tries to kick the vent in, but it doesn’t budge.

“Your astute panic suggests that you understand your situation. I would prefer to avoid any further violence, and encourage a moment of consideration. Members of my escort have completed assembly of an E-Web heavy repeating blaster. If you are unfamiliar with this weapon, I am sure that Republican Shock Trooper Carasynthia Dune of Alderaan will advise you that she has witnessed many of her ranks vaporize mid-descent facing the predecessor of this particular model.” Moff said and Cara looks out towards the window, shocked.

“Or perhaps the decommissioned Mandalorian hunter, Din Djarin, and the former Mandalorian, (y/n) (l/n), have heard the songs of the Siege of Mandalore, when gunships outfitted with similar ordnance laid waste to fields of Mandalorian recruits in The Night of a Thousand Tears.” Moff said and Mando and (y/n) look at each other then out towards the window, while Cara and Greef look at (y/n). “You were Mandalorian?” Greef asked, shocked, and (y/n) gulps as Moff continues.

“I advise disgraced Magistrate Greef Karga to search the wisdom of his years and urge you to lay down your arms and come outside. The structure you are trapped in will be razed in short order and your storied lives will come to an unceremonious end.” Moff said then Greef looks out the window.

“What do you propose?” he asked Moff. “Reasonable negotiation.” Moff replied. “What assurance do you offer?” Greef asked. “If you’re asking if you can trust me…you cannot. Just as you betrayed our business arrangement, I would gladly break any promise and watch you die at my hand. The assurance I give is this: I will act in my own self-interest, which at this time involves your cooperation and benefit. I will give you until nightfall, and then I will have the E-Web cannon open fire.” Moff said and he turns and walks away.

“I say we hear him out.” Greef said to the others. “The minute we open that door, we’re dead.” Cara said. “We’re dead if we don’t. At least out there we’ve got a shot.” Greef said as Cara begins to collect weapons and ammo. “That’s easy for you to say. I’m a Rebel Shock Trooper. They’ll upload me to a Mind Flayer.” she said.

“Those aren’t real. That was just wartime propaganda.” Greef assures her. “Well, I don’t care to find out. I’m shooting my way outta here.” Cara said then Greef turns to the two hunters.

“What about you two?” He asked them. “We know who he is.” Mando said and Cara and Greef look at them, shocked. “It’s Moff Gideon.” (y/n) said. “No. Moff Gideon was executed for war crimes.” Cara said. “It’s him. He knew our names.” Mando said as he gestures between and (y/n).

“So? What does that prove?” Greef asked. “Because he and I are the only ones that know those names and say our names to each other when no one is around.” (Y/n) explains.

“On Mandalore?” Greef asked. "We were not born on Mandalore.“ Mando said. "But you two are Mandalorians.” Greef said. “Mandalorian isn’t a race.” (y/n) said. “It’s a Creed.” Mando added.

Flashback

Din’s father carries him, his mother by them  as they flee from the droids shooting everyone in sight. They come up to an underground storage when another couple, holding a child, comes up to them. Din noticed that it was a young girl was in the couple’s arm. 

He has seen the girl when out in town or at their school but he never really knew her. The girl’s parents asked Din’s parents for their help on hiding their daughter as well. His father nods and they open the hatch and put both kids in the storage.

The parents stare at their children, who look up at them in terror, before the close the hatch. The girl grabs her little crystal necklace and holds it close to her chest when an explosion goes off.

The two kids turn their heads away when the hatch opens. The two look up and see a droid standing before them. But before it can kill them, it gets shot up and destroyed. And two Mandalorians come up and pull the children out.

The Mandalorians, one holding Din and the other holding the girl, walk back over to their crew. The two kids watch as the squad of Mandalorians fight the droids and the two Mandalorians takes the kids away, leaving the fight behind.

Present Day

“We were foundings. They raised us in the Fighting Corps. We were treated as one of their own. When we came of age, we were sworn to the Creed.” Mando explains. “But he said (y/n) was a former Mandalorian.” Greef said. “I had my helmet removed during a fight. So I was put in exile.” (Y/n) said. “The only record of our family names were in the registers of Mandalore. Moff Gideon was an ISB Officer during the purge. That’s how we know it’s him.” Mando said.

“That’s how he knows who we all are.” Cara said. “He says he needs us, which means the Child got away safely. I was worried when the Ugnaught didn’t respond, but if they’d captured the kid, we’d already be dead.” (y/n) said and Cara turns to Mando. “Hail them again.” she said and Mando turns to the comlink.

“Come in, Kuiil. Kuiil!” Mando calls but no response. “Nothing.” He mutters. “They might have jammed the link.” Cara said when they head the Child squeal over the comms. “Kuiil has been terminated.” IG-11 replied through the comms.

“What did you do?” Mando asked, angrily. “I am fulfilling my base function.” the droid replied. “Which is?” Mando asked. “To nurse and protect.” the droid replies and he speeds through town, approaching the secured gate.

“What was that? Look alive.” the trooper asked and he starts shooting at the droid but IG-11 takes them out and continues into town, taking down Troopers along his way. Troopers around the common house start noticing and turn their attention.

“Look!” (Y/n) said as she points out the window. IG-1! comes speeding up the road, jumps off the bike to let the bike crash into the Troopers, then proceeds to shoot the Trooper around it. “Cover me!” Mando said and Cara and (y/n) shoot at the troopers from inside the common house.

Mando and Greef leave the common house and start taking out the troopers around them. Then Mando grabs the E-Wev cannon off its base and decimates the Trooper ranks. A Death Trooper blasts the main entry, knocking Cara and (y/n) down, but they are able to take the intruders out.

Moff shows up again and fires his blaster towards Mando’s helmet head. Then he takes out the E-Web power unit, resulting in a massive explosion taking Mando down. IG-11 keeps advancing while Greef and (y/n) grab Mando to drag him to relative safety back inside the common house. “Burn them out.” Moff ordered.

“Stay with me, Din. We’re gonna get you outta here.” (Y/n) said, slightly panicked, while Greef turns to IG-11 and points to the sewer grate. “This is our only way out. Can you clear it?” he asked the droid and the droid goes to the grate while (y/n) and Cara lay Mando down.

“Stay with me.” (y/n) pleads. “If you go near this Child, I will have no choice but to kill you.” the droid warns Greef. “I understand. Can you do anything to move the grate?” Greef asked. “Yes, of course.” IG-11 said and he gets to work. “Oh, I love IG units.” Greef said.

“I’m not gonna make it. Go.” Mando tells (y/n). “Shut up. You just got your bell rung. You’ll be fine.” (Y/n) assures him. “Leave me.” Mando said, weakly, as (y/n) pulls her hand from under Mando’s head to see it was full of blood.

“I’m gonna need to take this thing off.” She said but Mando grabs her hands. “No. You leave me.” he gasps. “You make sure the Child is safe. Here.” He said and he pulls off a necklace, giving it to (y/n). “When you get to the Mandalorian covert, you show them that.” Mando said to her. “I’m a Dar'manda. They won’t help me.” (Y/n) said.

“You tell them it’s from Din Djarin. You tell them the foundling was in my protection, and they’ll help you.” Din adds and (y/n)’s eyes start to tear up. “We can make it.” she said, her voice shaking.

Outside, an Incinerator Stormtrooper walks up to the house and (y/n) tries to push and pull Din. “Come on! Let’s go!” she said, frantically, as Cara tries to help but Din shakes his head. “I’m not gonna make it, and you know it.” he said to her, weakly.

A blast of fire bursts through the window and (y/n) covers Din with her body while IG-11 continues to work on the vent grate. “You protect the Child. I can hold them back long enough for you to escape. Let me have a warrior’s death.” Din said to (y/n) as she sits back up and she places her hand on his chest, tears running down her face.

“I won’t leave you.” She cries and Din places his hand over hers and runs his thumbs across her fingers. “This is the Way.” He said and (y/n) closes her eyes then Din raises his other hand and places his pointer finger and thumb under her chin and brings her head up to face him.

She opens her eyes as he removes his finger and thumb off of her chin then placed his hand on her cheek. A few tears run down her face and he uses his thumb to wipe away the tears he could before she starts to lean in towards him and places her forehead against his forehead, a Keldabe kiss as they call it.

The Incinerator Stormtrooper blasts fire through the open door and the Child crepts out of his bag and stands in the middle of the room. The Stormtrooper enters the common house and everyone looks on in horror as the Child is directly in the way of the flamethrower, holding off the flames.

Then he pushes the flames out, throwing the Trooper out in an explosion, saving them all. The Child falls over, spent once again, and IG-11 kicks in the vent grate. “Come on! It’s open, let’s go!” Greef shouts as (y/n) pulls her head back up. “Go. Go.” Din gasps to (y/n) as Greef shouts. “We have to move. Now!”

IG-11 grabs the Child and walks over to (y/n), Cara and Din. “Go.” Din tells (y/n), rasping, and Cara places a hand on (y/n)’s shoulder. “C'mon.” She whispers and (y/n) gets up when IG-11 shoves the Child, in the bag, into (y/n)’s arms.

“Escape and protect this child. I will stay with the Mandalorian.” the droid said and (y/n) looks at him, shocked. “Promise me you’ll bring him.” she pleads. “You have my word.” the droid promised and (y/n) nods at him then her, Cara and Greef leave with the Child.

IG-11 kneels down by Din. “DO it.” Din growls. “Do what?” the droid asked. “Just get it over with. I’d rather you kill me than some Imp.” Din said. “I told you, I am no longer a hunter. I am a nurse droid.” affirms the Droid. “IGs are all hunters.” Din sneers. “Not this one. I was reprogrammed. I need to remove your helmet if I am to save you.” said the Droid and he reaches to grab the helmet but Din raises a blaster to his face.

“Try it and I’ll kill you. It is…forbidden. No living thing has seen me without my helmet since I…swore the Creed.” Din said. “I am not a living thing.” IG-11 tells him and this makes Din think for a moment then he lowers the blaster, letting the droid remove his helmet.

“This is a bacta spray.” The droid tells him as he applies the spray to Din’s wound. “It will heal you in a matter of hours. You have suffered damage to your central processing unit.” He tells him and Din furrows his brow. “You mean my brain?” he asked. “That was a joke. It is meant to put you at ease.” the droid tells him and Din gives a labored chuckle.

In the sewers, Cara, Greef and (y/n) turn as they hear footsteps behind them. It’s IG-11 with Din, helmet back on, (y/n) let’s put a surprised gasp as Cara goes to IG-11 and takes over helping Din. “I got you.” she said and they lead him over to (y/n), who gives a small smile at him.

“Don’t scare me like that again.” She said to him and he let’s out chuckle. “I’ll try not to.” He said and they make their way through the sewers.

“Do you know which way to go?” Greef asked Din. “No. I don’t know these tunnels. I’ve only entered from the bazaar.” Din replied. “Well, if we get the smell of sulfur and we follow it, it’ll lead us up to the plains where the river flows.” Greef said. “And the Imps will catch us before we make it to the ship. We need the Mandalorians to escort us to safety.” Din said as they make their way further into the sewers.

“Ugh, this place is a maze.” Cara grumbles. “Stop. I can stand.” Din said. “The bacta infusion is working.” IG-11 said and Din turns to the others. “I’ll try to find tracks.” he said and he begins to look around a bit then points. “We’re close. Turn here.” He said and they come upon a pile of Mandalorian armor, mostly helmets.

Din and (y/n) drop to their knees in front of it, Din takes one of the helmets while (y/n) covers her mouth with her hand. Cara steps closer and said, gently. “We should go.”

“You go. Take the ship. We can’t leave it this way.” (Y/n) said then Din turns to Greef. “Did you know about this? Is this the work of your bounty hunters?” Din asked him, angrily. “No. When you left the system and took the prize, the fighting ended and the hunters just melted away. You know how it is. They’re mercenaries. They’re not zealots.” Greef said then Din and (y/n) get up and round on Greef.

“Did you do this?” (Y/n) asked him, angrily, then she gets up in his face. “Did you?!” She asked. “No!” Greef said. “It was not his fault.” a voice said and everyone turns to see the Armorer standing nearby. “We revealed ourselves. We knew what could happen if we left the covert.” she said as she takes a piece of armor from the pile and added it to a floating cart.

“The Imperials arrived shortly thereafter. This is what resulted.” she said. “Did any survive?” Din asked her. “I hope so. Some may have escaped off-world.” she replied. “Come with us.” Din said to her. “No. I will not abandon this place until I have salvaged what remains.” said the Armorer and she leaves and everyone follows her into the forge, where she melts down armor pieces.

“Show me the one whose safety deemd such desruction.” she said and (y/n) walks up, holding the Child. “This is the one.” Din said and the Armorer turns to her. “So it is true. The Dar'manda is the one that was traveling with you.” She said. “I may not be part of the Creed anymore, but I will never turn my back on those who need me.” (y/n) said as the Armorer looks her over. 

“She has saved my life multiple times.” Din said and the Armorer turns to him then back to (y/n). “Good.” She said then she looks at the Child in (y/n)’s arms.

“This is the one you hunted, then saved?” The Armorer asked Din. “Yes. The one that saved me and her as well.” Din said as he points at (y/n). “From the mudhorn?” the Armorer asked. “Yes.” he said. “It looks helpless.” She points out.

“It’s injured, but it is not helpless. Its species can move objects with its mind.” (y/n) explains. “I know of such things. The songs of eons past tell of battles between Mandalore the Great and an order of sorcerers called Jedi that fought with such powers.” the Armorer explains.

“It is an enemy?” Din asked. “No. Its kind were enemies, but this individual is not.” the Armorer said. “What is it?” Din asked. “It is a foundling. By Creed, it is in your care.” she said. “You wish me to train this thing?” he asked her. “It is too weak. It would die. You have no choice. You must reunite it with its own kind.” she said.

“Where?” Din asked. “This, you must determine.” she said. “You expect me to search the galaxy for the home of this creature and deliver it to a race of enemy sorcerers?” Din asked and the Armorer turns to him. “This is the Way.” she said.

“Hey. These tunnels will be lousy with Imps in a matter of minutes. We should at least discuss an escape plan.” Cara said. “If you follow the descending tunnel it will lead you to the underground river. It flows downstream toward the lava flats.” The Armorer said. “I think we should go.” Greef said. “I’m staying. I need to help her, and I need to heal.” Din said.

“You must go. A foundling is in your care. By Creed, until it is of age or reunited with its own kind, you are as its father. This is the Way. You have earned your Signet.” The Armorer said and she attaches the signet to his pauldron. “You are a clan of three.” She said and Din and (y/n) look up at her and she gives them a nod. “Thank you. I will wear this with honor.” Din tells her as (y/n) smiles and nods at the Armorer.

“There is something else.” The Armorer said as she turns her back away from them and goes over a table. “I had made these awhile back, hoping to give them to another Mandalorian. But I would feel better if they were in your hands.” She said as she picks something up and walks over to (y/n).

The former Mandalorian raises an eyebrow as Armorer holds out arm gauntlets that looked like it was made out of beskar. (Y/n) gives her a confused look. “Me?” She said. “You have proven yourself worthy.” The Armorer said and (y/n) hands the Child to IG-11 before she takes the gauntlets and puts them on.

She noticed there was a switch in the gauntlets and she pushes it, making both the gauntlets turn to shields. “Thank you.” (Y/n) said as she retracted the shield.

An explosion goes off and startles the group as Stormtroopersbegin entering the tunnels. “We should go.” Greef said and Armorer turns to the droid. “IG, please guard the outer hallway. A scouting party draws near.” she said and the droid heads out.

“I have one more gift for your journey. Have you trained in the Rising Phoenix?” The Armorer asked Din. “When I was a boy, yes.” Din replied. “Then this…” she said as she turns and holds out a jetpack. “…will make you complete.” She said. “Thank you.” he said, appreciatively.

“When you have healed, you will begin your drills. Until you know it, it will not listen to your commands.” said the Armorer. “I understand.” Din said as blasters were heard for a few seconds before it goes quiet.

Then IG-11 returns. “You are protected.” he informs. “More will come. You must go.” the Armorer tells them. “Come with us.” (y/n) said to her.  My place is here. Restock your munitions.“ she tells them then she turns to IG-11. "IG, carry this for Din Djarin until he is well enough to wear it.” She said as she passes the jetpack to the droid.

“Now, go! Down to the river and across the plains. Be safe on your journey,” she tells them. “Thank you.” Din said and they began to escape.

Moments later, they arrive at an underground lava river.  “This is the lava river.” Greef said as Din goes up to the ferry. “The ferry droid is fried.” Din said. “Yeah, but if we push the boat out we can get it to float downstream. Come on.” Greef said as he goes up to the ferry. “Looks old. Will it take the heat?” (Y/n) asked him. “You got a better idea?” Greef asked her. “Guess not.” she said.

They push the boat, but it doesn’t budge. “Push!” Greef said and, frustrated, Din kicks at the boat. “Come on! What’re you doing?” Greef asked as Din grabs a pole. “Let’s try this.” he said and they began to push. “Push!” Greef yells as he and Din push but then Cara unslings her rifle.

“You guys mind getting out of the way?” She asked and they step out of the way. She shoots at the cooled lava locking the boat in and it finally comes loose. “Good job.” Greef said. “Watch your feet. It’s molten lava.” IG-11 said and they get into the boat. “No kidding.” Cara mutters, sarcastically.

The ferry droid comes to life and everyone turns to train their blaster on it. It gets up, beeping. “I don’t suppose anybody here speaks droid?” Din asked. “I believe he is asking where we would like to go.” IG-11 replied. “Down river. To the lava flat.” Greef tells the ferry droid.

The droid beeps and starts moving the boat along. Then Greef points to a light at the end of the tunnel. “That’s it. We’re free!” he exclaims but Din scans ahead with his visor. “No. No, we’re not. Stormtroopers. They’re flanking the mouth of the tunnel. It looks like an entire platoon. They must know we’re coming.” Din said and Cara turns to the ferry droid.

“Stop the boat. Hey, droid, I said stop the boat. Hey, I’m talking to you. I said stop!” She yells and she shoots its head off and everyone looks around. “We’re still moving.” (y/n) said, worried, and the Child curled up to her chest then grabs onto her crystal pendant.

“Looks like we fight.” Cara said. “There are too many.” Din tells her. “Well, then what do you suggest? Cuz I can’t surrender.” Cara said. “They will not be satisfied with anything less than the Child. This is unacceptable. I will eliminate the enemy, and you will escape.” IG-11 said and Din turns to him.

“You don’t have that kind of firepower, pal. You wouldn’t even get to daylight.” He tells the droid. “That is not my objective.” IG-11 tells him. “We’re getting close. Saddle up.” Cara said a she gets her weapon ready. “I still have the security protocols from my manufacturer. If my designs are compromised, I must self-destruct.” IG-11 said.

“What are you talking about?” (Y/n) asked him. “I’m not permitted to be captured. I must be destroyed.” IG-11 replied. “Are we gonna keep talking or we gonna get outta here?” Greef asked as IG-11 puts the jetpack down. “I can no longer carry this for you. Nor can I watch over the child.” he said as he hands the Child back to (y/n).

“Wait. You can’t self-destruct. Your base command is to watch the child. That supersedes your manufacturer’s protocol, right? Right?” Din asked the droid. “This is correct.” said IG-11. “Good. Now grab a blaster and help us shoot our way out.” Din tells him. “Victory through combat is impossible. We will be captured. The child will be lost. Sadly, there is no scenario where the child is saved, in which I survive.” said the droid.

“Listen, you’re not going anywhere. We need you. Let’s just come with a–” Din started to say but IG-11 speaks up. “Please tell me the child will be safe in your care. If you do so, I can default to my secondary command." 

”But you’ll be destroyed.“ (Y/n) said as she steps forward. "And you will live, and I will have served my purpose.” IG-11 said as she gives him a sad look. “No. We need you.” Din said, his voice rough with emotion. “There is nothing to be sad about. I have never been alive.” IG-11 said.

“I’m not sad.” Din replies. “Yes you are. I’m a nurse droid. I’ve analyzed your voice.” IG-11 said then he caresses the Child in farewell. ​​Then the droid begins to step off of the boat and into the lava stream. “IG! What’re you doing?!” Greef calls out as IG marches through the lava stream to the mouth of the tunnel, where the Stormtroopers are lying in ambush.

“Manufacturer’s protocol dictates I cannot be captured.” he said as his breastplate opens to reveal an active grenade. “I must be destroyed.” He said and he explodes, taking out all the Stormtroopers.

As the boat emerges from the tunnel, a TIE fighter appears. “Moff Gideon!” Cara exclaimed and the TIE fighter opens fire on the group and they shoot back. “He missed!” Greef said as they take cover. “He won’t next time.” (y/n) said. “Our blasters are useless against him.” said Cara.

“Hey, let’s make the baby do the magic hand thing. Come on, baby! Do the magic hand thing.” Greef said and he waves his hand at the Child. The Child smiles and waves back at him then Greef turns to the others. "I’m out of ideas.“ He said.  "I’m not.” Din said as Cara looks out and sees the fighter coming back.

“Here he comes!” She shouts. Under grunts of pain, Din attaches the jetpack and fires it up as the fighter approaches again. He shoots up just before the TIE fighter passes above them, then turns and hooks on to the fighter with his grappling hook.

He mounts the fighter, nearly getting bucked and loses a charge. But he was able to manage to stick a couple of charges to the TIE fighter before letting go. The charges explode and the TIE fighter crashes while Din falls. (Y/n)’s heart races then she hands the Child to Greef. “Hold him.” She said and she runs and activates her jetpack and flies towards Din.

She just gets to him and grabs his hand just as he manages to re-engage his jetpack. The two stop in mid-air and, while still holding hands, the two land safely. “That was impressive, Mando. Very impressive. It looks like your Guild rates have just gone up.” Greef said as he walks up to the two and sets the Child down.

“Any more stormtroopers?” Din asked. “I think we cleaned up the town. I’m thinking of staying aorund just to be sure.” Cara said. “You’re staying here?” (y/n) asked her and she nods. “Well, why not? Nevarro is a very fine planet. And now that the scum and villainy have been washed away, it’s very respectable again.” Greef said.

“As a bounty hunter hive?” Din asked him. “Some of my favorite people are bounty hunters. And perhaps, this specimen of soldier might consider joining our ranks.” Greef said as he gestures to Cara. “Yeah…I’ve got some clerical concerns regarding my chain code.” she said and the Child waddles up to Din and (y/n).

Then he grabs onto Din’s leg with one hand then grabs (y/n)’s leg with his other hand, standing between the two. “And if you would agree to become my enforcer, clerical concerns would be the least of your worries.” Greef said to Cara then he turns to Din and (y/n). “But you, my friends, you two will be welcome back into the Guild with open arms. So, go off, enjoy yourself. And when you’re ready to return, you will have the pick of all quarries.” He said and Mando picks up the Child.

“I’m afraid we have more pressing matters at hand.” Din said as (y/n) nods. Cara then steps forward and rubs the Child’s ear. “Take care of this little one.” she said as she steps back and Greef touches the Child’s ear gently. “Or maybe…it’ll take care of both of you.” he said..

The two hunters nod and engages their jetpacks and take off with the Child in Din’s arms. They make their way back to the Razer Crest and see Kuiil’s dead body. They bury him and once they were done making a burial mound, they make their way towards the ship.

They enter the cockpit and Din sets the Child down and he powers up the ship as (y/n) sits down in the second seat. Then they hear a sound and they turn to the Child, who has something in his hands and sucking on it. “What do you got there?” (y/n) asked and she takes the pendant from the Child. 

She holds up the pendant and Din reaches out for the pendant as well. “I didn’t think I’d see this again.” he whispers then he looks up at the Child. “Why don’t you hang on to that?” he asked as they hand the pendant back to the Child to suck on it.

They take off and leave Nevarro behind and Din steers the ship for awhile but lowers his head a bit. “Everything okay?” (Y/n) asked once she noticed his demeanor. Din sits there for a moment, thinking back at that moment in the common house.

For a moment, just a moment, he almost died and almost lost the opportunity to tell (y/n) his true feelings. Ever since the day they were rescued, he always felt some sort’ve feelings for her. Being so young, he wasn’t for sure what he was feeling. He thought he was being protective of her as they lived in the same village and he felt she was the only one who could understand him.

But as he got older, his feelings would grow for her. And what really sealed the deal and made him realize what he was feeling was when he and (y/n) were on one of their early missions. They were fighting a crew of men and he had taken out a few on his own. He turns and sees that she had about three guys surrounding her.

Panicked, he ran towards her but, before he could make it to her, she punched, kicked and shot the men off of her. And this shocked Din but also made him feel proud of her. He remembered her teasing him about coming to her rescue and that’s when he started to realize that he was developing feelings for her.

After her incident, Din was devastated to hear that she has been exiled from the clan despite it not being entirely her fault. And at the time they had to say goodbye, Din was so close to confessing to (y/n) how he felt about her. But he held back maybe because he knew he’ll see her again or maybe he didn’t want to bring it up as it was too late to bring it up as she was turning to leave. 

It’s better this way He thought as he watched her walk away, feeling defeated for the first time in a long time.

He turns to her then looks over at the Child to see that he had fallen asleep. He looks back at (y/n) then sighs. “There’s…There’s something I wanna do but….I need you to close your eyes.” He said and she raises an eyebrow at this. “Just, trust me.” Din said and she lowers her eyebrow and smirks. “Okay…” she said, with a suspicious tone in her voice.

Eventually, she closes her eyes and Din felt a lump in his throat. He was nervous, hell, he could feel himself trembling slightly as he removes his helmet, which hissed once he started to pull it off, revealing his dark hair, matching eyes and tan skin. He stares at (y/n) who still has her eyes closed with a furrow look of suspicious and confusion crossed over in her features as she awaits for what comes next.

Hearing the sound of the helmet being removed causes (y/n) to let out a short gasp of the revelation.

Din removed his helmet.

But why? She thought to herself. Fearful for him breaking the creed, she kept her eyes shut, knowing full well of the consequences of revealing themselves to anyone. They both knew it was dangerous, but as long as she doesn’t see, he’ll be safe from the same fate she had years ago.

Then she felt the warmth of his hands cradling her chin and her head is gently tilted upwards where she felt the breeze hitting her lips, which gives shivers down her spine. The former Mandalorian reached her hands up, feeling that he had a bit of facial hair above his lip, then her fingers linger up to the back of his head, finding slight curls that have been slightly dampened with sweat.

The feeling of her fingers through his hair made Din close his eyes as she gently runs her fingers through his dark hair.

Her hands than wander back to his face, feeling the features on his face. She often wondered what he looked like now after all those years hiding behind that beskar mask. Last time she saw his face was when they were mere children. The boy she had known for a long time had grown handsomely before her, at least from what she could tell from just touching his face with her fingers.

“Is this okay?” He whispers to her, his lips nearly touching her lips. Her heart jumped at hearing his voice clear as day and not modulated from the helmet. “I trust you.” She responds, softly, pulling him closer to her by wrapping her arms around his neck. She presses a long, tender kiss that nearly stole his breath away.

Din immediately responded back, passionately, as he savors this moment. As they break the kiss, just to catch their breath, Din presses his forehead against hers. “I thought I was supposed to make the first move.” he asked her.

“Too bad, you were taking so long that I had to take matters into my own hands.” She chuckles as she smirks back at him, her eyes remained closed but she could tell he rolled his eyes at her response. He then presses a quick kiss to her lips once again before he pulls away from her, her hands go and rest by her side.

He smiles at her as he picks up his helmet and puts it back on. “Okay.” He said and she slowly opens her eyes to see his helmet was back on his head. She smiles at him and she had a feeling he was smiling as well, which he was, then he reaches out and places a hand over hers.

They stare at each other for a moment before (y/n) clears her throat. “Anyway, where to next, oh fearless leader?” She teased and she heard a small chuckle come out of him as he turns in his chair and starts to punch in some coordinates in. “I think I know.” Din said and puts the ship into hyperspace.

Back on Nevarro, some Jawas come up to the crash site of the TIE fighter. They start to pick the wreck apart when a blade of a laser weapon cuts through the hull from the inside. The Jawas ran off in fright as Moff Gideon steps out and on top of the wreck, wielding the Darksaber.

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 7: The Reckoning

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(Y/n) was rocking the Child to sleep in her arms as the Razer Crest continued on its travel through space. Mando looks over at them and smirks as he sees the Child sleeping in her arms.

But the moment is short lived as a hologram message pops up. The two hunters look over and see that it is Greef Karga.  “My friend, if you are receiving this transmission that means you are alive. You might be surprised to hear this but I am alive too. I guess we can call it even. A lot has happened since we last saw each other.” Greef said and the two hunters share a look.

“The man who hired you two is still here, and his ranks of ex-Imperial guards have grown. They have imposed despotic rule over my city, which has impeded the livelihood of the Guild. We consider him an enemy but we cannot get close enough to take him out. If you and your partner would consider one last commission, I will very much make it worth your while. You have been successful so far in staving off their hunters. But they will not stop until they have their prize.” He continued but (y/n) could feel that something was off about this.

“So here is my proposition: Return to Nevarro, bring the Child as bait. I will arrange an exchange and provide loyal Guild members as protection. Once we get near the client, you two kill him, and all of us get what we want. If you succeed, you and your partner keep the Child and I will have both of your names cleared with the Guild, for a man of honor should not be forced to live in exile. I await your arrival with optimism.” Greef finished and the message finished then Mando turns to (y/n).

“I’ve got a bad feeling about this, Din.” (Y/n) said. “Yeah, me too.” He said as (y/n) looks down at the Child. “But…if we don’t do something…they’ll keep coming…” Mando said and (y/n) frowns then let’s out a sigh. “We’re gonna need backup.” She said and he nods. “Agreed.” He said and he turns back to the main dashboard and sets a course. Then the ship jumps into hyperspace.

Minutes later, they arrive in Sorgan and Mando lands the ship in a clearing. Then the two hunters, after setting the Child in the carrier, head out.

In the common house, Cara Dune was in a laser tethered boxing match against a male Zabrak. They trade blows until she was able to knock him out and the crowd cheers. “Pay up, mudscuffers! Come on.” Cara said and the patrons began paying her. "That’s mine, thank you. Thank you.“ She said as Mando and (y/n) walk in.

"Looking for some work?” Mando asked her and she smiles at them then gestures towards a table.

Sometime later, after getting some spotchka, Mando and (y/n) begins to explain their plan. “It seems like a straightforward operation. They’re providing the plan and firepower, (y/n) and I are the snare.” Mando said. “With the kid?” Cara asked. “That’s why we're coming to you.” (y/n) said. “I don’t know. I’ve been advised to lay low. If anybody runs my chain code I’ll rot in a cell for the rest of my life.” Cara explains.

“I thought you were a veteran.” (Y/n) said, questioning, as the Zabrak boxer comes up and drops some coins on the table. “Come back soon.” Cara said to him, sweetly, and the Zabrak walks away. Cara turns back to the hunters and said. “I’ve been a lot things since, most of them carry a life sentence. If I so much as book passage on a ship registered to the New Republic I’m–”

“We have a ship. We can bring you there and back with a handsome reward. You can live free of worry.” (Y/n) said. “I’m already free of worry. And I’m not in the mood to play soldier anymore. Especially fighting some local warlord.” Car said as she picks up her cup.

“He’s not a local warlord. He’s Imperial.” Mando said and Cara stops and looks at him then she starts to smile, slowly. “I’m in.” she said and takes a sip of her drink.

“Does your contact need to vet me?” Cara asked the hunters as they sit in the cockpit of the ship, as it traveled through space. “Doesn’t know you’re coming.” Mando said. “Really? That can be a problem.” Cara said. “It won’t. But if it is, that’s his problem.” (y/n) said and her and Mando leave the cockpit and Cara follows them.

“He all right up there alone?” Cara asked, referring to the Child, as Mando opens the weapons vault. “Yeah.” Mando and (y/n) said, in unison, and Cara ogles the weapons.

“Pick one.” Mando said and Cara begins to inspect the weapons. “You trust the contact?” Cara asked the two hunters. “Not particularly.” Mando said as (y/n) shakes her head. “We’ve had a run-in last time we were there on some Guild business.” Mando said.

“So then why are we going?” Cara asked. “We don’t have a choice. You saw what happened on Sorgan. They’ll keep sending hunters. The kid’ll never be safe until the Imp is dead.” (y/n) said. “And you two are okay with bringing him back there?” Cara asked them, her eyebrow raised. “Not really. That’s why we’re bringing you.” Mando said. 

Suddenly, the ship shakes and banks, making everyone stumble a bit. They climb up into the cockpit to find the Child playing with the ship’s controls. Mando grabs the Child, hands it to (y/n) and stabilizes the ship.

“We’re gonna need someone to watch that thing.” Cara said as she nods at the Child while (y/n) rocks him. “Yeah…” Mando and (y/n) said. “You guys got anyone you can trust?” Cara asked them and Mando and (y/n) share a look, coming to the same conclusion.

“Whoa! Easy, Whoa!” Kuiil said to the creature as the Razer Crest lands near his moisture farm. Moments later, Mando, Cara and (y/n) enter Kuiil’s residence with the Child in a floating crib.

“It hasn’t grown much.” Kuiil said, gesturing at the Child. “I think it might be a strand-cast.” Mando said. “I don’t think it was engineered. I’ve worked in the gene farms. This one looks evolved. Too ugly. This one on the other hand…” Kuiil said then points at Cara. “…looks like she was farmed in the Cytocaves of Nora." 

”This is Cara Dune. She was a shock-trooper.“ (Y/n) explains and Kuiil looks up at her. "You were a dropper?” he asked. “Did you serve?” Cara asked him. “On the other side, I’m afraid. But I’m proud to say that I paid out my clan’s debt and now I serve no one but myself.” Kuiil said then IG-11 enters the building with a tray.

Mando, Cara send (y/n) jump up and draw their blasters on the droid. “Would anyone care for some tea?” the droid asked and Kuiil gets between them. “Please lower your blasters. He will not harm you.” Kuiil assures.

“That thing is programmed to kill the baby.” (Y/n) said in a low tone. “Not anymore.” Kuiil said as IG-11 places the tray on the table. “It was left behind in the wake of your destruction. I found it, laying where it fell, devoid of all life. I recovered the flotsam and staked it as my own in accordance with the Charter of the New Republic. Little remained of its neural harness. Reconstruction was quite difficult, but not impossible. It had to learn everything from scratch. This is something that cannot be taught with the twist of a spanner. It requires patience, repetition. I spent day after day reinforcing its development with patience and affirmation. It developed a personality as its experiences grew.” Kuiil explains.

“Is it still a hunter?” Mando asked him. “No. But it will protect.” Kuiil said as IG-11 lifts up a cup. “Tea?” it asked and everyone gives each other confused looks.

Later, Kuiil was tending to a blurrg when Mando comes up to him. “I’ve run into some problems.” he said. “I figured as much. Why else would you return?” Kuiil said. “I wanna hire your services.” said Mando. “I’m retired from service.” Kuiil reminds him.

“I can pay you handsomely, Ugnaught.” Mando said. “I have a name. It is Kuiil.” Kuiil said and Mando nods, slightly. “I need someone to protect the little one, Kuiil.” he said. “I’m not suited for such work. I can reprogram IG-11 for nursing and protocol.” Kuiil said. “No! I don’t want that droid anywhere near him.” Mando said, firmly, and Kuiil turns to him.

“Why are you so distrustful of droids?” Kuiil asked him. “It tried to kill him.” Mando explained. “It was programmed to do so. Droids are not good or bad. They are neutral reflections of those who imprint them.” Kuiil said. “I’ve seen otherwise.” Mando growls, and Kuiil looks up at him.

“Do you trust me?” Kuiil asked him, curiously. “From what I can tell, yes.” Mando replied. “Then you will trust my work. IG-11 will join me. And we do it not for payment, but to protect the Child from Imperial slavery. None will be free until the old ways are gone. Forever.” said Kuiil. “Okay.” Mando said. Kuiil nods then starts to walk away.

“And the blurrgs will join me as well.” He said. “The blurrgs?” Mando asked. “I have spoken.” Kuiil said as he walks off.

After getting some blurrg’s in the ship, the Razer Crest begins to take off and leave Arvala-7 behind. Minutes later, Mando and Cara start to arm wrestle to pass the time while Kuiil, (y/n) and the Child watch on. “I got you, Mando.” Cara said as the two struggle to take their opponent out. “Care to double the bet?” Mando asked and (y/n) shakes her head at this.

the Child looks on, worried, then looks up at (y/n), confused at why she wasn’t doing anything. So he turns back to Mando and raises his hand. At that moment, (y/n) felt that odd sense of power again just as Cara begins to gasp for air. Mando jumps at this then him and (y/n) look at the Child before both of them go to him and grab him.

“No! No no, stop!” (Y/n) said just as Mando said. "We’re friends, we’re friends! Cara is our friend!“ Then Cara was able to breath as she begins to gasp for air while Kuiil watched this with curiosity.

”That is not okay!“ Cara exclaimed. "Very curious.” Kuiil said and Cara looks over at him in anger. “Curious?! It almost killed me!” she yelled. “The story you told me of the mudhorn now makes more sense.” Kuiil said as he turns to Mando and (y/n).

“What is it?” Mando asked him. “What it is, I don’t know. But what it does, this, this I’ve heard rumours of.” Kuiil replied. “What? When you worked for the Empire?” Cara growls. “When I was sold to the Empire, in indentured servitude.” Kuiil said. “Yet somehow, you walk free.” Cara grumbles.

“I bought my freedom through the skill of my hands and the labour of three of your human lifetimes. Do not cast doubt upon that of what I am nor whom I shall serve.” Kuiil said as IG-11 approaches and it and Cara stare at each other.

“Tell you what. I can really use your craftwork right now. Can you pad this container so the Child can sleep better?” Mando asked as he gestures towards the Child’s carrier. “I shall fabricate a better one. Then perhaps this dropper can see how one can win their freedom with the skill of one’s hands.” Kuiil said and moment later, he got to work on it with the Child by his side.

“So we’re going to Nevarro.” Cara said as her, Mando and (y/n) sit in the cockpit. “Have you ever been?” (y/n) asked her. “No. We lost all of our forces there. The city’s dug in pretty deep. There’s no cover when you drop in. Stayed in Empire control till the end of the war.” Cara replied.

“The warlord we’re taking out was an Imperial officer.” Mando explains. “What station?” Cara asked. “Hard to tell. No insignia anymore. We took out the safehouse when we snatched the kid. More Imps have reinforced since.” (y/n) said. “There is something more going on.” Cara said. “Maybe. We’ll find out more when we land.” Mando said just as IG-11 enters the cockpit.

“I have prepared second meal. Would you care to be served here or below?” The droid asked. “I’m not hungry.” Mando replied, flatly, while Cara and (y/n) shake their head and the droid leaves.

“Under no circumstances does that thing leave the ship.” Mando said, firmly. “You got a real thing for droids, don’t you.” Cara remarks. “I got a real thing for that droid.” Mando said. “The Ugnaught said he rewired it.” Cara said. “That droid was designed to kill things. I don’t care how much wiring he replaced, it goes against its nature.” Mando said and Cara frowns a bit at him. "Well, shouldn’t be a long job anyway. You take out the head Imp, the rest will run like rats.“ Cara said and she leaves the cockpit. 

(Y/n) looks down then turns to Mando. "What if that droid has changed?” She asked and Mando sighs. “Don’t you start.” He said. “It could be possible…” (y/n) brings up. “A droid is a droid. As I just said, it goes against its nature.” He said then he turns to her. “You know as well as I do that droids are killers.” Mando said and (y/n) starts to have a flashback of the day her and Mando’s parents were killed.

She sighs, turns her head away and looks out the window as they head to Nevarro.

Eventually, the Razer Crest approach Nevarro and lands as Greef and three of his associates were waiting. After landing, Mando, Cara, Kuiil and (y/n) exit the ship, mounted on blurrgs. “Sorry for the remote rendezvous, Mando. But things have gotten complicated since you were last here. It appears that introductions are in order. It seems we’ve both provided a security detail. I recommend the shock-trooper guards the ship, these lava fields are lousy with Jawas.” Greef said. 

“She’s coming with us.” (Y/n) said to him, firmly. “But the town is now run by ex-Empire. If a rebel dropper is with us, they’ll all get their hackles up.” Greef tries to argue. “She’s coming.” Mando said, firmly, and Greef sighs. “Fine. Fine. At least cover your tattoo. No need to flaunt it. Now, where is the little one?” Greef asked and Mando has the floating crib move forward and opens up, revealing the Child.

“So…this little bogwing is what all the fuss was about.” Greef said as he takes the Child out of the crib. “What a precious little creature. I can see why you didn’t wanna harm a hair on its wrinkled little head.” He said then he places the Child back in the crib. “Well, I’m glad this matter will be put to rest once and for all.” Greef said and Mando recalls the crib.

“The sun drops fast on Nevarro. We can walk for a spell and camp out on the river bank, then make our way into town at first light.” Greef said and the group began to travel.

That night, they make camp and have a fire with some meat on a spit. One of the bounty hunters scoops up some lava for the fire and Kuiil feeds the Child while everyone eyes each other, suspiciously. “I guess the little bugger’s a carnivore. Never seen anything like it. They were ready to pay a king’s ransom for that thing. Must be for some kind of highfalutin menagerie.” Greef said to Mando and (y/n).

“Let’s go over the plan again.” Mando said. “The three of us enter the common house. We show the client the bait. We join him at the table, and you kill him.” Greef said. “Tell us about his reinforcements.” (Y/n) said, curiously. “They’re all ex-Empire. As soon as they lose their paycheck, psh…they’ll all scatter.” Greef said.

“And what if they don’t?” Mando asked him. “They will.” Greef assures. “That’s not good enough.” Mando said. “If, for argument’s sake, a few of them don’t realise that I’m their best path to alternative employment, and they elect to react impulsively, then these three fine Guild hunters along with that battle hardened shock-trooper will cut down anyone who bucks.” Greef explains.

“How many will there be?” (Y/n) asked. “No more than four.” Greef said as he gets up. “He travels with, at most, a fire team. Trust me, nothing could go wrong.” Greef said.

Suddenly, a winged creature swoops in and grabs the meat from Greef’s hands. Everybody starts shooting at a pack of dragons, Mando closes the crib as one of the dragons grabs a blurrg. “No! Let go of her! Drop her now!” Kuiil shouts and then it goes quiet for a moment.

Then one of the hunters was grabbed and another dragon grabs a second blurrg. “Drop her!” Kuiil shouts as everyone continues to fire at the dragons then both the dragon and blurrg were killed. Another dragon goes to attack (y/n) but Mando goes to protect her by fighting the dragon with fire, making the creature disappear.

Greef falls back on the ground, injured. “He’s hurt badly.” Kuiil said as he goes over to Greef. “I’m fine. I’m fine. I’m fine. I’m fine. Ow!” Greef said as he holds his arms. “Hold still.” Cara said as she looks at his arm. “They got you good.” she said.

“How bad?” (Y/n) asked her. “Bad. The poison is spreading fast.” Cara replied and Mando and (y/n) share a glance, (y/n) giving him a worried look. “So this…this is how it happens.” Greef said before he laughs, weakly. “Don’t be so dramatic.” Cara said to him then she turns to the others.

“I need another medpack. Got any other medpacks? Anyone?” she asks as the Child walks over. Everyone looks around but couldn’t find another medpack. “I’m guessing that’s a no.” Greef mutters as Cara scans his arm. “It’s still spreading. This isn’t working.” she said and the Child comes up beside Greef.

“Get this thing outta here.” Cara said, gesturing at the kid, but Kuiil raises a hand. “Wait.” he said and the Child places his hand on Greef’s wound. “He’s trying to eat me.” Greef said but his face relaxes and everyone watches as the wound closes. The Child sits back, tired, and (y/n) picks him up and everyone continues to be in shock and awe about what just happened.

The next day, the group keeps on walking when Cara turns to Mando and (y/n). “You think they’re having second thoughts?” she asked them. “Could be. I need your eyes.” Mando said. “I’m watching.” Cara said and the group halts a short distance from the town.

“I guess this is it.” Greef said as the bounty hunters close in behind Mando, Cara and (y/n), blasters drawn. Suddenly, Greef spins, drawing two blasters, and shoots both hunters then raises his blasters in capitulation. Mando, Cara and (y/n) keep their blasters trained on him though.

“There’s something you should know. The plan was to kill you and take the kid. But after what happened last night I couldn’t go through with it. Go on, you can gun me down here and now, and it wouldn’t violate the Code. But if you do, this child will never be safe.” Greef admits. “We’ll take our chances.” Cara said.

“The Imperial client is obsessed with obtaining this asset. You tried to run, but where did it get you?” Greef asked Mando and (y/n). “This is ridiculous.” Cara sneers. “Perhaps you should let him speak.” Kuiil said to the two hunters.

“Listen. We need the client to be eliminated. Let me take the Child to him, and then you three–” Greef started to say but Mando and (y/n) say, in unison. “No.”

“Let’s just kill him and get outta here.” Cara said but (y/n) looks over at Mando, who turns to her. They stare at each other for a moment before Mando nods and they lower their blasters. “He’s right.” Mando said and Cara turns to him.

“What are you doing?” She asked them. “As long as the Imp lives he’ll send hunters after the Child.” (y/n) explains. “It’s a trap.” Cara said, slightly shaking her head. “Bring us.” Mando said as he and (y/n) step froward.

“Bring both of you?” Greef asked, confused. “Tell him you captured us. Get us close to him, and we’ll kill him.” Mando explains. “That’s a good idea. Gimme your blasters.” Greef said and they hand him their blasters.

“This is insane!” Cara exclaimed. “It’s the only way.” (y/n) said. “Well, I’m coming with you.” Cara said. “No, no, no. That would make them suspicious.” said Greef. “I don’t care. I’m coming.” Cara said. “Tell'em she caught us.” Mando said. “Fine. Then she can bring the Child.” Greef said.

“No. The kid goes back in the ship.” Mando said. “But without the Child none of this works.” Greef said. “I have a plan. Kuiil, ride back to the Razor Crest with the Child and seal yourself in. When you’re inside, engage ground security protocols, and nothing on this planet will breach those doors.” Mando said and Kuiil walks up to him and holds up a comlink. “Here’s a comlink. I will keep the Child safe.” he said then he turns to Cara.

“Don’t forget to cover your stripes.” He tells her and she nods. “Let’s go.” (y/n) said and Mando gives Greef a couple of handcuffs and Greef places each one on Mando and (y/n). Cara covers her tattoo and Kuiil takes the Child  then they leave in opposite directions.

Later, Mando, Greef, (y/n) and Cara arrive at the gate of the city where Stormtroopers stand guard. “Chain code.” the Stormtrooper said to Greef. “I have a gift for the boss.” Greef tells him. “Chain code!” The Stormtrooper said, firmly, and Greef produces his ID card, which the trooper scans.

“I give you 20 credits for the helmet.” the Stormtrooper said. “Not a chance. That’s going on my wall.” Greef said and (y/n) turns to him. “On your wall…?” she asked him, softly. “Go with it.” Greef whispered and the Stormtrooper turns to them. “Go ahead.” he said and they move into town, where there were alot of Stormtroopers. 

“You said four. There are more than four troopers.” Cara said as she looks around. “Four guarding the client. Many more here in town. Things got really heated once Mando and Manda crashed the safehouse.” Greef said. “Slip them their blaster.” Cara said but Greef shakes his head. “Not yet.” he says and then they enter the common house.

“Here we are.” Greef said as they enter the house. “You see…four.” Greef said as he gestures at the four guards then they approach the client. “Look what I brought you. As promised.” Greef said and the client comes up to them and starts to caress Mando’s beskar armor.

“What exquisit craftmanship. It is amazing how beautiful beskar can be when forged by its ancestral artisans.” He said then he goes and looks (y/n) over before he turns to Greef. “Can I offer you a libation to celebrate the closing of our shared narrative?” He asked. “I would be obliged.” Greef said. “Please sit.” the Client said and Greef shoves Mando and (y/n) into the booth as more Stormtroopers enter.

“It is a shame that your people suffered so. Just as in this situation, it was all avoidable. Why did Mandalore resist our expansion? The Empire improves every system it touches. Judge by any metric. Safety. Prosperity. Trade. Opportunity. Peace. Compare Imperial rule to what is happening now. Look outside. Is the world more peaceful since the revolution? I see nothing but death and chaos.” The Client said then he turns to Greef.

“I would like to see the baby.” he said. “Uh…it is asleep.” Greef said. “We all will be quiet. Open the pram.” The Client said but then a Stormtrooper comes over and whispers something to his ear. “Don’t think me to be rude. I must take this call.” the Client said as he stands up and he walks away while Mando and (y/n) loosen their cuffs under the table.

“Give us the blasters.” Mando whispers to Greef and he passes the blasters to them. “You get one shot.” Greef whispers. “This is bad. You said four.” Cara said, nervously. “Well…there are more. What can I tell you?” Greef said as the Client goes into the portable hologram and bring up a hologram of a man

“Yes, Moff Gideon.” He asked. “Have they brought the Child?” Moff asked. “Yes, they have. Currently it is sleeping.” the client said. “You may wanna check again.” Moff said then he makes a gesture and suddenly the client goes down, fatally hit as blaster shots are fired through the window, killing everything in their path.

Once the shooting stops, Cara, Mando and (y/n) move out of cover to both sides of the window. They see an Imperial firing squad outside with another transport full of Stormtroopers incoming. “Four Stormtroopers?” Cara grumbles towards Greef as more stormtroopers flood in from the adjacent streets, surrounding the common house.

“This is bad.” (y/n) mutters as Mando turns to the comms. “Kuiil, are you back to the ship yet? Are you there? Do you copy?” Mando asked. “Yes!” Kuiil said as he continues to ride on the blurrg, getting closer to the Razer Crest.

“Are you back to the ship yet?” Mando asked him. “Not yet.” Kuiil said. “Get back to the ship and bail! Get the kid out of here. We’re pinned down!” Mando said and Kuiil pushes the blurrg harder but two Stormtrooper, who were listening in their conversation, began to chase after Kuiil.

Then a TIE fighter arrives and lands and a man, Moff Gideon, exits the ship and walks towards the front of the common house then stands. “You have something I want.” Moff said, loudly.

“Who is this guy?” Cara asked but everyone shakes their head. “You may think you have some idea of what you are in possession of. But you do not.” Moff continues as Mando turns to the comms.

“Kuiil, are you back to the ship yet? They’re on to us. Kuiil, come in!” Mando said, a bit panicked, but Kuiil doesn’t respond back as he continues to get closer to the ship but the Stormtroopers close in.

“In a few moments, it will be mine.” Moff said. “Kuiil, do you copy?! Kuiil…” Mando said, quickly. “It means more to me than you will ever know.” Moff said as (y/n) gives a worried and scared look towards Mando as he continues to call Kuiil.

“Kuiil…Are you there?! Come in, Kuiil! Kuiil, come in Kuiil! Are you there?! Do you copy?! Kuiil! Kuill!!” Mando said but it was too late as Kuiil, who almost made it, was shot in the back by the Stormtroopers. The Child was dropped on the ground and the second Stormtrooper comes up and grabs the Child and they make their way back to the town, leaving Kuiil’s body behind.

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 6: The Prisoner

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The Razor Crest enters a space station hangar bay. Once it lands, the ramp opens and Mando and (y/n) walk out and make their way through the hangar. Everyone turns and stares at the two just as a man calls out to them.

’Mando.“ The voice calls out and the two turn to find an older bearded man. "Is that you under that bucket?” he asked and Mando takes the hand the bearded man offers in greeting. “Ran.” Mando greets. “Didn’t really know if I’d ever see you in these part again. Good to see you.” Ran said then he looks at (y/n). “And I guess you are Manda?” He asked. “Yes, I am.” She replied and he offers his hand to her and she shakes it. 

Once that was done, he turns to Mando. “You know, to be honest, I was a little surprised when you reached out to me. You know, cuz I…I hear things. Like, maybe things between you two and the Guild aren’t working out.” Ran said. “We’ll be fine.” Mando said. "Hmm okay. Well, you know the policy. No questions. And you, you’re welcome back here anytime.“ Ran said and the three of them walk across the catwalk in the hangar.

"So what’s the job?” (y/n) asked Ran. “Yeah, one of our associates ran afoul of some competitors and got himself caught. So I’m putting together a crew to spring him. It’s a six person job, I got four. All I need is the ride, and you brought it.” Ran explains. “The ship wasn’t part of the deal.” Mando said. “Well, the Crest is the only reason I let you back in here.” Ran said and Mando slowly turns to him.

“What’s the look? Is that gratitude?” Ran asked then he lets out laugh. "Uh-huh, I think it is.“ Ran said then he walks away, laughing. Mando stands for a moment and (y/n) looks over at him then reaches out to take his hand in hers. He looks at her and she gives him a sympathetic look and he squeezes her hand then they follow Ran into a different area as they, reluctantly, remove their hands out of each other’s grasp.

"Hey, Mayfeld.” Ran calls out and a bald man turns around to him. “Yeah.” he said. “This is Mando. The guy I was telling you about. And this is his partner, Manda.” Ran introduced. “Mando and I used to do jobs way back when.”

“This is the guy?” Mayfeld asked, pointing at Mando. “Yeah, we were all young, trying to make a name for ourselves. Yeah, but running with a Mandalorian, that was…that brought us some reputation.” Ran explained. “Oh ya? What did he get out of it?” Mayfeld asked. “I asked him that one time.” Ran said then he turns to Mando. “You remember what you said, Mando?” he asked but Mando doesn’t respond.

Ran smiles then turns back to Mayfeld. “Target practice.” Ran laughs. “Target practice. Man, we did some crazy stuff, didn’t we?”

“That was a long time ago.” Mando said, flatly. “Well…Well I don’t go out anymore. You understand? So uh…Mayfeld, he’s gonna run point on this job. If he says it, it’s like it’s coming from me. You and your partner good with that?” Ran asked. “You tell us.” (y/n) said, in a low tone, as she folds her arms across her chest which made Ran laugh once again.

“Well, I see why you keep her around, Mando. Bit of a spark in her.” Ran said as Mayfeld turns and walks away. “Anyway, Mayfeld, he’s, he’s one of the best trigger men I’ve ever seen. Former Imperial sharpshooter.” Ran said. “That’s not saying much.” Mando said, snidely. "I wasn’t a Stormtrooper, wiseass!“ Mayfeld spat. "Don’t take long, does it?” Ran asked before he laughs again.

“Razor Crest? I can’t believe that thing can fly. Looks like a Canto Bight slot machine.” Mayfeld complains as they walk back over to the ship, where there was a group of people now standing nearby.

“Alright, the good looking fella there with the horns, that’s Burg.” Mayfeld introduced as he points at this large creature with red skin and large black horns. Burg drops a huge crate that he was carrying as Mayfeld points at him. “This may surprise you, but he’s our muscle.” he said. “Really? We had no idea.” (Y/n) said, sarcastically, and Mayfeld looks over at her. “Oh, so you’re a wiseass too!” He said and (y/n) smirks at him just as Burg comes to inspect the two.

“So this is a Mandalorian. I thought they’d be bigger.” He said and he looks over at (y/n) then starts to laugh at her. “Droid’s name is Zero.” Mayfeld said as a Q9-0 droid walks up to them.

“I thought you said you had four.” Mando said to Ran after he looks over the crew. “He does.” a female voice said and he and (y/n) turn to see a purple-blue skinned female Twi'lek walking up to them, playing with a knife.

“Hello, Mando.” She greets. “Xi'an.” Mando said, plainly. “Tell me why I shouldn’t cut you down where you stand?” Xi'an asked then she jumps into an attack, the knife ending up at his throat, but he doesn’t flinch. “Nice to see you too.” Mando said and Xi'an laughs.

“I missed you.” She said then she clicks her knife against the beskar armor. “This is shiny. You wear it well.” She said as she looks up at him. “Do we need to leave the room or something?” Mayfeld asked, sarcastically, while (y/n) rolls her eyes. “Well, Xi'an’s been a little heartbroken since Mando left our group.” Ran explained.

“Aawww…you gonna be okay, sweetheart?” Mayfeld asked her, mockingly. “I’m all business now.” she replied then points her knife at Mando. "Learned from the best.“ She said then she looks (y/n). "Oh! Who’s this?” Xi'an asked as she walks closer to (y/n). Then she raises her knife and placed the tip under the former Mandalorian’s chin then looks her over.

(Y/n) doesn’t move or flinch as Xi'an looks at her. The Twi'lek cackles then moves the knife away from (y/n)’s chin and looks over at Mando. “Is she the reason you left us? Did she replace me?” Xi'an asked with a pout. Mando doesn’t respond as he clenched his fist when Xi'an placed that knife to (y/n)’s chin.

Meanwhile, (y/n) narrows her eyes at the Twi'lek then looks over at Mando, confused a bit at what Xi'an was implying. “All right, break it up till you get on the ship. Right now, we don’t have much time.” Ran said to them and Xi'an turns back to Mando and winks at him as she and the others walk towards the Razer Crest. Burg steps in front of Mando and (y/n), looking them up and down. “Hnn….Tiny.” he growls before he walks away and laughs. 

“Charming.” (Y/n) remarks to Mando before they make their way to the Razer Crest.

“So, package is being moved on a fortified transport ship.” Mayfeld explains as he brings up a hologram. “Now, we got a limited window to board, find our friend, get'im outta there, before they make their jump.” He said but (y/n) points at the hologram of the ship. “That’s a New Republic prison ship. Your man wasn’t taken by a rival syndicate, he was arrested.” she said.

“So what?” Mayfeld asked. “A job is a job.” Ran said. ‘That’s a max security transport, and we're not looking for that kind of heat.“ Mando said as he gestures between him and (y/n). "Well, neither are we. So just don’t mess up.” Ran said. “The good news for you is the ship is manned by droids.” Xi'an said then she turns to Mando. “Still hate the machines, Mando?” she asked him just as Zero comes down the ramp.

“Despite recent modifications the ship is still quite a mess. The power lines are leaking. The navigation is intermittent. And the hyperdrive is only operating at 67.3% efficiency. We have much better ships. Why are we using this one?” Zero asked. “'Cause the Razor Crest is off the old Imperial and the New Republic grid. It’s a ghost.” Ran replied. “Yeah. And we need a ship that can get close enough to jam New Republic code. So, when we drop out of hyperspace here, if we immediately bank into this kinda attitude, we should be right in their blind spot, which should give us just enough time for your ship to scramble our signal.” said Mayfeld.

“It’s not possible. Even for the Crest.” Mando said. “That’s why he’s flying.” Ran said as he points at Zero and Mayfeld laughs. “Mando, I know you’re a pretty good pilot, but we need you on the trigger, not on the wheel.” Ran said. “Don’t worry, Mandalorian, my response time is quicker than organics, and I’m smarter too.” Zero said and Mando turns to the droid. “Alright, ya, that’s good.” Ran said and Zero goes back into the ship and Ran turns to Mando.

“Forgive the programming. He’s a little rough around the edges. But he is the best.” he said. “How can you trust it?” Mando asked him. “You know me, man, I don’t trust anybody.” Ran said and he watches Mando and (y/n) walking up the ramp. “Just like the good old days, Mando, huh?” Ran asked. Mando doesn’t reply as he closes the ramp and the Razer Crest takes off.

Later inside the Razer Crest, Xi'an was balancing a knife point on her fingertip while Burg was pacing. “Will you sit. Down.” Xi'an tells him, exasperated. Burg hits something and Xi'an hisses at him, which makes Burg laugh.

Up at the cockpit, Zero was at the wheel while Mando lingered in the background. “Calculations complete. Jumping to hyperspace…now. Feel free to join the others. I will handle it from here.” Zero tells him and Mando leaves the cockpit.

Burg opens the weapons vault and laughs in glee at the sight. But (y/n) closes the vault on Burg. Mad, Burg reaches for the release of the safe room, which (y/n) stops with a heavy hand. Burg then starts to grab at (y/n) but Mando comes in and grabs Burg’s hand and shoves it away. Then he goes to stand in front of (y/n), protectively, and Burg glares at Mando.

“Hey, hey, hey. Okay. Okay. Okay, I get it. I’m a little particular about my personal space too. So let’s just do this job. We get in, we get out, and you don’t have to see our faces anymore.” Mayfeld said and Burg scoffs. “Someone tell me why we even a Mandalorian. Or this little womp rat.” Burg growls as he gestures at Mando and (y/n).

“Well, apparently Mandalorians are the greatest warriors in the galaxy. So they say.” Mayfeld said. “Then why are they all dead?” Burg asked and everyone laughs except for Mando and (y/n).

“Well, you flew with him, Xi'an. Is he as good as they say?” Mayfeld asked Xi'an. “Ask him about the job on Alzoc III.” she replied and everyone turns to Mando, even (y/n) who had heard some whispers about Alzoc III. “That was you?” She asked her friend and Mando turns to her.

“I did what I had to.” He replied and Xi'an giggles a bit. “Oh, but you liked it. See, I know who you really are.” Xi'an said, smirking at him then gave a gloating sort’ve smile at (y/n).

“He never takes off the helmet?” Mayfeld asked and Xi'an shakes her head with a chuckle. “This is the way.” Xi'an said, mockingly. “Hmm…I wonder what you look like under there.” Mayfeld said as he looks at Mando. “Maybe he’s a Gungan. Is that why…yousa don’t wanna show your face?” Mayfeld asked, making Burg and Xi'an laugh.

“You ever seen his face?” Mayfeld asked Xi'an. “A lady…never tells.” she said, smiling, then Mayfeld turns to (y/n). “What about you, sweetheart? You ever seen his face?” Mayfeld asked her. (Y/n) folds her arms across her chest and raised an eyebrow at him. “Wouldn’t you like to know.” She said, snarkily, and Mayfeld scoffs then turns to Mando.

“Aw, come on, Mando. We all gotta trust each other here. You gotta show us something. Come on, just lift the helmet up. Come on. Let’s all see your eyes.” Mayfeld said then he nods at Burg, who then moves in. “I’ll do–” Burg started to say until Mando grabs Burg’s hand and twists his arm on his back. Burg fights him and (y/n) jumps in to help as she kicks and punches him.

Burg grapples for something to hold on to but he hits the release button for the safe room and the hatch opens, revealing the Child. “Whoa! What is that?” Mayfeld asked as everyone looks at the Child. "Wait a minute…“ Mayfeld said then he turns to Mando and (y/n) and gestures between them. ”…did you two make that? Huh?“ He asked but the two hunters don’t reply.

"What is it? Like…a pet or something?” Mayfeld asks. “Yeah. Something like that.” Mando replied. “Didn’t take you for the type. Maybe that code of yours has made you soft. Or this girl is the one who made you soft.” Xi'an said to him as she points at (y/n) with her knife.

“Me, I was never really into pets. Yeah, didn’t have the temperament. Patience, you know. I mean, I tried but…never worked out. What I’m thinking…maybe…” Mayfeld said then he picks up the Child, which made (y/n)’s heart beat faster but she tries her best to hid the fear.

“I’ll try again with this little fella. Huh?” Mayfeld said and he noticed (y/n)’s eyes were wide and he smirks a bit. So he pretends to drop the Child, making Mando and (y/n) flinch in response. Xi'an and Mayfeld laugh at them.

“Dropping out of hyperspace…now.” Zero informs and the ship starts to shake, making everyone fight for balance. “Commencing final approach…now. Cloaking signal…now.” Zero said and the ship rolls and everybody is thrown around the cabin. Mayfeld drops the Child and Mando dives after him while (y/n) falls on her back.

“Engaging coupling…now.” Zero said as the Razer Crest docks to the transport. Mando gets up and places the Child back into the safe room then he turns and helps (y/n) up to her feet. “Coupling confirmed. We are down. And relax. Commence extraction…now.” Zero informed.

“That useless droid didn’t even us a proper countdown.” Xi'an growls as Burg tosses some crates around. “Zee…you sure they can’t see us?” Mayfeld asked Zero as the make it to the hatch.  The Razor Crest is scrambling our signature, and I’m inside the prison system. It’s impressive that this gunship has survived the Empire without being impounded.“ Zero replied. "Alright, we got a job to do, Mando, you’re up.” Mayfeld said. Then they watch Mando hacking the opening mechanism of the prison ship’s hatch.

“It’s me?” Mayfeld asked the others. “Always you.” Burg said and Mayfeld drops down into the halls of the prison ship, evading some droids. Next is Xi'an. “Zero. Get us to the control room.” Mayfeld said as Burg drops down.

In the cockpit, Zero searches the prison system. “Sub-level three. Disabling on-board surveillance.” Zero said as (y/n) looks over at the closed safe room. The two hunters share a look before Mando gestures for her to go ahead. She drops down then steps aside for Mando as he drops down too.

“All right, we’re on the clock. Second we engage those droids they’re gonna be all over us.” Mayfeld said to the group. “We know the drill.” (y/n) tells Mayfeld. “Bio trackers activated. I’ve got eyes.” Zero informs them. “All right, let’s go.” Mayfeld said and they move through the corridors, looking into the prison cells.

“I don’t like this.” Mando said. “You always were paranoid.” Xi'an remarks and (y/n) rolls her eyes. “Is that true, Mando? Are you always paranoid?” Mayfeld asked, mockingly. “It’s more precautions than paranoid.” (Y/n) said and just then Mayfeld gets startled by a prisoner, who slammed himself against his cell door. This made Xi'an and Burg laugh.

“Approaching control room. Make a left at the next juncture.” Zero informs the crew and they do as he said when a MSE-6 series repair droid rounds the corner. This put everyone on edge, well except for Burg. “What? It’s just a little mousey.” Burg tells them then he draws his blaster behind his back and approaches the droid.

“Come here, little mousey.” he said. “Burg…” Mayfeld whispered to him. “Mousey, come here. Come here.” Burg said as he kneels down to encourage the little droid over. “Burg!” Mayfeld yells and the droid starts to flee. Burg pulls out his blaster and shoots the droid.

“No! Burg! What’re you doing?” Mayfled exclaimed, angrily. “What?!” Burg asked when security droids round the corner. “Intruder alert. Open fire.” one of them said and they start to fire at the crew as they duck in cover and started to fire back.

“We’re too exposed here!” Xi'an shouts. “They get a signal out it’s not gonna matter!” Mayfeld said as he and the others fire at the droids. “Mando, let’s go! You’re supposed to be some special–” Mayfeld said as he turns behind him to see that Mando and (y/n) were gone. “I knew it! I knew it!” he shouts but then he looks over to the droids and sees Mando and (y/n) behind the droids.

The hunters run at the droids and Mando drops down, slides across the floor and sliced at a Droid’s leg while (y/n) kicks the other droid back. The droid stumbles back then she shoots it in the chest as Mando shoots the droid he attacked first.

The third droid comes up, grabs (y/n) and slams her up against a cell door. It goes to punch her but she ducks as it hits the door and Mando uses his grappling hook on a fourth droid and yanks it forward, making it hit a fifth droid that was standing in front of it. 

The rest of the crew watch in shock as (y/n) rips a piece out of the droid holding her and used it to hit the droid across the face. The droid was stunned for a moment but that was enough for (y/n) to kick the droid back and shoot it in the chest while Mando knocked the head of one of the droids off and shot the other one in the head.

Two more droids come in and started to fire at them and Mando uses his flame thrower wristlet while (y/n) shot at the other droid. The two hunters take a breath as the others stare at them in shock then Mayfeld walks towards them. “Make sure you clean up your mess.” he said, sarcastically, as he and Xi'an walk past them, Burg shoulder past Mando as they carry on.

“It seems your presence has been detected. Redirecting security alert away from your position.” Zero informed Mayfeld as they make it to a door. “Zee, open the door!” Mayfeld shouts. “But I’m detecting an organic signature.” Zero tells him and (y/n)’s furrows her eyebrow. Organic signature? she thought as Mayfeld said. “Ya okay all right. Just open the door!”

The door opens to the control room and one human guard inside. “Stop! Just…stop…right there! You put down the blasters right now.” the guard yells as he brandishes his blaster at them.

“Nice shoes.” Mayfeld said.

“Put down your blasters.” The guard orders.

“Matches his belt.” Mayfeld said, making Burg laugh.

“There were only supposed to be droids on this ship.” Mando said. “Hang on, hang on. See here uh…cell two-two-one. All right, now for our well dressed friend…” Mayfeld tries to explain but the guard pulls out a tracking beacon. “Whoa whoa whoa whoa hey hey easy easy, egghead. Put that down. Put that down. Come on.” Mayfeld said, quickly, to the guard.

“Easy.” (Y/n) said to the guard, calmly. “Put it down. NOW!” Mayfeld said and he draws his weapon on the guard. “Easy! Nobody has to get hurt here, just calm down.” Mando tells him.

“What is that thing?” Burg asked as he nods at the beacon. “It’s a tracking beacon.” (y/n) replied. “He presses that thing and we’re all done. A New Republic attack team will hone in on that signal and blow us all to hell. Put it down!” Mayfeld yells. “Are you serious?” Xi'an asked. “Yes, I’m serious.” said Mayfeld.

“You didn’t think we needed to know that tiny little detail?” Xi'an asked, annoyed. “I didn’t think we’d get to this point!” Mayfeld shouts. “Yet here we are.” Xi'an grumbles. “Are you questioning my managerial style, Xi'an?!” Mayfeld asked her, angrily. "No, sir.“ She replied, saluting in a mocking manner.

Mando then addresses the frightened guard. "Hey, listen to me.” he said and the guard, quickly, turns to him. “Hey hey hey, listen to me, okay. Look.” Mando said and he holsters his blaster as does (y/n). Then Mando turns to Mayfeld. “Hey, put it down.” He tells him 

“Are you crazy?” Mayfeld asked. “Put it down.” Mando ordered then he turns back to the guard. “What’s your name?” He asked the guard. “It…’s…Davan.” the guard replied. “Davan. We’re not here for you. We’re here for a prisoner. If you let us go about our job you can walk away with your life.” Mando said and Mayfeld gives him a look of disbelief. “No he won’t.” he said and he targets Davan again.

(y/n) draws her blaster on Mayfeld and Mayfeld trains his second blaster on her, which made Mando train his blaster on Mayfeld. “You realize what you’re gonna bring down on us.” Mando tells him. “You think I care about that?” Mayfeld asked.

“We’re not killing anybody, you understand?” (Y/n) said, firmly. “You two better get those blasters out of my face.” Mayfeld said. “Can’t do that.” Mando said, firmly. “Get those blasters outta my face, you two!” Mayfeld yells as his third blaster on a droid arm engages to target Mando and (y/n) as Burg draws his weapon on Mando. Mando aims his vambrace weapon at Burg. “Don’t.” Mando growls.

Suddenly, Davan is cut down by Xi'an’s throwing knife. “Would the three of you just shut up.” she said, exasperated. “Crazy Twi’. I had it under control.” Mayfeld said to her as everyone lowers their weapons. “Yeah…Looked like it.” Xi'ansaid, sarcastically, then they noticed the beacon was blinking and beeping. “Was that thing blinking before? Was it?” Mayfeld asked, worried.

“Zero to Mayfeld. Zero to Mayfeld.” Zero calls out. “What?” Mayfeld asked through their communicators. “I detected a New Republic distress signal homing in on your location. You have approximately 20 minutes." Zero informs and Mayfeld sighs, heavily. "We only need five.” Xi'an said, shrugging. “Let’s go, let’s go, move, move, move, move!” Mayfeld shouts and they leave the control room.

In the corridors, Burg grabs and smashes a security droid then throws it at another one, taking both down. At cell 221, Mayfeld plugs into the door mechanism. “Zee, open it up.” Mayfeld orders the droid. “You have 15 minutes remaining.” Zero informs. “Open it up!” Mayfeld yells.

The cell door opens and reveals a male Twi'lek. “Qin…” Mando mutters in realization while (y/n) looks over at him, confused. “Funny. The man who left me behind is now my savior.” Qin said in a low voice as he walks out. “Mando.” He spat.

Suddenly, Burg punches (y/n) in the face then Mando in the gut, catching both of them off guard, and throws the two into the cell, which is locked before the two hunters could get up. Mando fires his blaster but the charge ricochets around the cell, and Mando goes to cover (y/n) so that she wouldn’t get hit.

“Brother!” Xi'an exclaims as she embraces her brother. “Sister!” Qin said as he returns the embrace. “Attack’s on the way. He’s already dead meat! Let’s go!” Mayfeld said, quickly. “Come on, it’s better this way.” Qin said and Xi'an turns to the cell. “You deserve this!” she sneers at Mando. “Let’s go!” Mayfeld shouts and they run.

In the cockpit, Zero begins to inspect the garbled hologram message from Greef Karga. “I received your transmission. Upon your return deliver the quarry directly to the client.” the message said as Zero watches this. “Interesting.” he mutters.

“Zero, we got Qin.” Mayfeld said through the comm. “I found some information on the Mandalorian and his friend from the Bounty Hunters’ Guild.” Zero said. “Yeah yeah, do whatever. Just get us off this ship.” Mayfeld said, quickly. “You have 10 minutes remaining.” Zero said and the crew ran as fast as they could.

“Some friends you got there.” (Y/n) remarks, sarcastically, as Mando looks out the little window. “Wouldn’t really call them my friends.” He said. “And look where that got us.” (Y/n) grumbles as Mando looks through the window and thinks of a plan to get out.

Seconds later, a security droid walks by and he grapples it and reels him in against the cell door. He manages to disable and uses its arm to unlock the cell. 

In the cockpit of the Razer Crest, Zero sees Mando’s and (y/n)’s bio trackers moving into the control room. “Zero to Mayfeld.” Zero said as the crew ran but Mayfeld raises a hand to stop the others. “Wait wait wait wait wait.” he said as Zero said. “Zero to Mayfeld.”

“Yeah.” Mayfeld answered his call. “You have a potential problem. They have escaped.” Zero informs and Xi'an cries out in frustration. “I told you we should have ended them!” Xi'an yells. “I know, I know, I know!” Mayfeld said, exasperated. “This is your fault!” Xi'an growls and before they could continue to argue the lights go out.

Then the red emergency lights come on and the security doors around them lock down, except one. “Go go go go go go go!” Burg yells and they start running. But one of the security doors locks down and seperated the team into Qin and Mayfeld on one side and Xi'an and Burg on the other.

“Zero to Mayfeld. Mayfeld, do you copy? It seems comms are no longer functioning therefore you cannot hear me. You are on your own.” Zero said as he looks at the scrambled screen. Then he heard a noise behind him and he turns to see the Child entering the cockpit. “Curious.” Zero said 

“It’s all right! You and the Devaronian, split up. Find Mando and his little friend and kill them! Then find a way back to the ship!” Qin shouts through the door then Xi'an turns to her comms. “Zero! We need a path.” she orders but was greeted with crackling noise. “ZERO!” She shouts before letting out a frustrated scream.

Back in the cockpit, Zero turns to grab his rifle but when he turns back around, the Child is gone.

“Do you have a name?” Qin asked as he and Mayfeld walk down the hallway. “Mayfeld.” he replied and Qin laughs. “Well, Mr. Mayfeld, you’re gonna get me the hell off this ship.” he said and Mayfeld turns to him.

“Hey, wait. What about your sister?” Mayfeld asked. “What about her?” Qin asked and he grabs one of Mayfeld’s blasters and leaves. “Nice family.” Mayfeld mutters as he follows Qin.

Meanwhile, Burg and Xi'an split up while Mando and (y/n) were in the control room and Mando grabs the tracking beacon. Mayfeldand Qin then come across the droids that Mando and (y/n) had destroyed earlier. “Mando always did hate droids.” Qin remarks while Mayfeld turns to his communicator. “Zee…Zee…” he calls but no answer.

“Hey, hey. Whatever Ran promised, I’ll see to it you get triple share. Just get him.” Qin tells Mayfeld. Mayfeld considers it for a moment before he speaks. “Better be good for it.” he said and the two split up.

“Where are you, little mouse?” Burg growled as he enters the control room, the security door locking behind him. Suddenly, a cable wraps around his neck and he looks up to see Mando standing above him. Burg pulls him down from his hiding place and proceeds to punch him and throw him around the room.

“Let’s see your face, Mandalorian.” Burg said and attempts to pull the helmet off but Mando throws him then he locks down the security door on Burg. Mando sighs a bit but then Burg holds up the door with his strength and he starts to laugh. But Mando pushes a button and a second security door shuts on Burg.

“Zero…where are they?” Xi'an asked, frustrated, but Zero didn’t reply as he was busy looking for the Child, who was hiding. She growls under her breath then she begins to look around but (y/n) appears behind her.

Sensing this, Xi'an turns around and throws a knife at (y/n), who ducks and successfully avoids the knives. Then Xi'an begins to cackle. “Oh, this is gonna be fun!” She cackles and she starts to run towards (y/n). 

She starts to punch (y/n) but (y/n) holds up her arms, blocking her. The two started to throw punches and kicks at each other for a moment to where it was almost a draw. Then (y/n) spins around and kicks Xi'an, who stumbles back then she stands up and laughs again.

“Nice moves, you sure you’re not just some toy he can throw away?” Xi'an asked, smiling, and (y/n) glares at her. “Do you ever shut up?” She asked Xi'an, who runs at her then throws another knife at her. Surprisingly, (y/n) catches the knife by the handle and punches Xi'an across the face then places the knife to her throat.

Xi'an begins to chuckle. “Oh you are good. But…I’ll tell ya. He’ll get tired of you. And he’ll toss you aside, just like he did with me. And then you’ll be all alone.” She said then (y/n) punches her across the face, knocking her out. “Shut the hell up.” (Y/n) grumbles.

Mayfeld took out a few security droids then he walks up to a door, which opens suddenly. A maintenance droid runs past him, startling him. “What the f–” Mayfeld mutters as the lights flash. He looks around him but doesn’t see anybody but then he turns around and sees Mando behind him. “NO!” he shouts as Mando grabs him.

Meanwhile, Qin arrives at the ladder leading up to the ship until Mando shouts. “Qin!” The Twi'lek turns to see Mando and (y/n) standing at the end of the hall. “You killed the others.” Qin said to him. “They got what they deserved.” Mando said and he and (y/n) aim their blasters at Qin, who aims his blaster at them.

“You kill me, you don’t get your money. Whatever Ran promised, I make sure you get it, and more. Come on, Mando. Be reasonable, huh?” Qin said and he throws his weapon down. “You and your little friend were hired to do a job, right? So do it. Isn’t that your code? Aren’t you a man of honor?” He asked and (y/n) glances at Mando. “You’re call.” She said to him.

Back in the ship, Zero kept looking for the Child until he heard a sound of a door opening and shutting. He turns then goes to the door of the safe room and opens it, revealing the Child. The little creature raises his hand as Zero raises his rifle.

Suddenly, a blaster sounds out and Zero sparks out and falls over. The Child jumped in shock at this then looks down at his hand, thinking he caused it, but looked back up to see Mando and (y/n) standing there.

Later, the Razer Crest undocks from the prison ship and enters into hyperspacethen drops out to approachRan'sspace statio. The ship lands in the hangar and the opening ramp reveals Mando, (y/n) and Qin.

Ran smiles then he and Qin embrace. “Where are the others?” Ran asked as he looks around for the others. “No questions asked. That’s the policy, right?” Mando said. “Yeah. That is the policy.” Ran said, smirking. “We did the job.” (y/n) said and Ran looks over at her and Mando then nods.

“Yeah you did.” He said and he tosses a coin purse to her. “Just like the good old days.” Mando said. “Yeah, just like the good old days.” Ran said and the two hunters reenter the ship and the Razer Crest takes off.

Then Ran presses the comms button. “Kill them.” he orders then he and Qin laugh as a gunship rises to the flight deck. But then Qin notices a beeping sound and discovers a tracker on him. “What’s this?” Qin asked as Ran takes the tracker and looks at it, his eyes widen in realizatio. “Those bastards.” Ran growls and they look out to see three Rebel fighters drop out of hyperspace.

“Yeah I got a clear signal on the tracking beacon.” One pilot, Trapper, said to his colleagues. “Copy that.” Jib Dodger said and Ran gives the tracker back to Qin and runs off. “Are those X-wings?” Qin asked.

“Yep, that’s definitely a tracking beacon.” Trapper said. “Looks like they’re launching a gunship.” Jib said. “Copy. Going in.” said Sash and they open fire as Razer Crest flies past them then jumps into hyperspace.

“I told you that was a bad idea.” Mando said to (y/n) as she unscrews the knob from the lever. “Oh you said that? Cause I thought I said that.” She said, sarcasm dripping in her voice, as she gives the knob to the Child so he could play with it.

“You’re not gonna live this down, are you?” Mando asked her. “Nope.” She said and a smile slowly forms on her lips. She couldn’t tell but Mando was smiling too and his heart beat as she smiles. He chuckles a bit then continues to steer the ship as (y/n) plays with the kid.

Meanwhile, back on the prison ship, Xi'an, Mayfeld and Burg were all sealed up in a cell, all of them clearly angry and frustrated.

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 5: The Gunslinger

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“Hand over the Child, Mando.” A hunter, Riot Mar, ordered as he chases after the Razer Crest in his own fighter. He fires at the ship, continually, until one of the blaster hits the Razer Crest’s engine. “I might let you live.” Riot said as Mando tries to steer the ship away but Riot was alittle too fast.

The other engine was hit and it bursts into flames and starts to go out. “Din.” (Y/n) said, worriedly. “Hold on.” he said then he rolls the ship but Riot was still on their tail. "Come on!“ Mando mutters. "I can bring you in warm…or I can bring you in cold.” Riot said.

At that moment, Mando hits the brakes, hard, and the fighter overshoots, ending up in the Razer Crest’s crosshairs. “That’s my line.” Mando growls then he shoots the fighter down.

“Losing fuel.” (Y/n) informs him as she looks over the damage of the ship. Mando tries some switches as the ship loses power then he turns on the emergency power. Mando powers the ship back up and the engines come on again.

“This is Mos Eisley Tower. We are tracking you. Head for bay three-five. Over.” an operator said through the speakers. “Copy that. Locked in for three-five.” Mando said and he takes the ship towards Tatooine then settles in the bay of Mos Eisley Tower.

Meanwhile, (y/n) made her way into the lower section of the ship, rocking the Child to sleep. The little one’s eyes kept opening and closing slowly as he looks up at her. That is until she started to hum a lullaby her mother used to sing to her when she was small.

The Child begins to yawn and he closes his eyes as she continued to hum the lullaby. Finally, he falls asleep and (y/n)’s lips twitched into a smirk as she looks at the now sleeping child in her arms. Then she starts thinking about how her parents felt when they used to hold her with warmth and love in their arms and eyes.

She frowns a bit as the happy memories she had filled her mind. She sighs then shakes her head, pushing them away,  before she goes into a room and places him inside of it. 

She smiles, fondly, at the little one then turns around to see Mando standing a few feet behind her. “What were you humming?” Mando asked her, curiously. “Oh, just an old lullaby my mother used to sing to me when I was a kid.” (Y/n) said. “Thought it would help him sleep.” She said as she nods towards the Child.

Under his helmet, Mando smiles at this before he nods at her. “Well, you ready?” He asked her and she nods. The two start to walk out of the ship when three DUM-series pit droids start to approach. Mando pulls out his blaster and fires at them and they pop down with a screech.

“Hey! HEY!!!” A woman, with frizzy hair, yells as she runs out of her office. “You damage one of my droids, you pay for it.” She said. “Just keep them away from my ship.” Mando said as he and (y/n) walk out of the ship. “Yeah? You think that’s a good idea, do ya?” she asked and Mando just looks at her while (y/n) shrugs.

“Let’s look at your ship.” The woman, Peli, said then she knocks on the hull and hears things rattle and klonk inside. “Oof…Look at that. Oh, you got a lot of carbon scoring building up top. Ya…If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were in a shootout. Special tool for that one. Oh ya, I’m gonna have to rotate that…You got a fuel leak?! Look at that, this is a mess! How did you even land? That’s gonna set you back.” She complained as she looks over the Razer Crest.

“We’ve got 500 Imperial Credits each between us.” (Y/n) said to her. “That’s all you got?” Peli asked, shocked, and the two hunters nod. "Well…“ Peli said then she turns to the pit droids. ”…what do you guys think? That should at least cover the hangar.“ She said. "We’ll get you your money.” Mando tells her. “Hmm…I’ve heard that before.” Peli said, not believing him.

“Just remember–”

“Ya. No droids. I heard ya. You don’t have to say it twice.” Peli said, interrupting Mando. The two hunters walk away and she watches them leave. “Jeez. Womp rats.” She mutters.

The two hunters leave the hangar and walk through the sandy streets of Mos Eisley. (Y/n) looks over and sees some stormtrooper helmets on pikes. Friendly place. She thought as they continue on.

Meanwhile, Peli was playing sabacc with the pit droids. “I’m in.” she said as she sets the credits down. “And I’m gonna raise you three bolts and a motivator.” she said but then they hear sounds coming from the ship. They all turn, alarmed. “Shhh! Quick, grab my blaster rifle.” Peli tells one of the droids. 

She approaches the ship just as the droid comes back with a blaster and she takes it. “I’d stay in that ship if I were you!” she yells at the shop and she aims it at the ramp. There the Child emerges and walks down the ramp, looking very sad. Confused, Peli lowers her blaster then hands it back to the droid and approaches the Child.

“Now now. Well…” she said and she picks up the Child. “Let Peli take a good look at you. All right. Here you go.” She said as she looks over the Child. “Did those bounty hunters leave you all alone in that big nasty ship?” She asked the Child and the droid squawks at her. 

“Oh, how do I know what it is? Gimme a second.” she said to the droid, annoyed, then she looks back at the kid and smiles. “All right. Would you like some food? Are you hungry?” She asked the Child before she turns to the droids. "Fetch us something to eat! Quick!“ She ordered and the droid squawks at her again. "I don’t know…something with bones in it.” She said and the droid runs off as the Child makes some sad noises.

“Shh… Now here’s the plan: I am going to look after you until the Mandalorian and his friend get back. And then I’m gonna charge them extra for watching you. You see how that works? Ya, bright eyes? We’re a team.” she said as she rocks the Child.

Back in the town, Mando and (y/n) enter a cantina and they walk up to a droid bartender. “Hey, droid. We're hunters. We're looking for some work.” Mando said. “Unfortunately, the Bounty Guild no longer operates from Tatooine.” the droid informed. “We're not looking for Guild work.” (y/n) said. “I am afraid that does not improve your situation. At least by my calculation.” said the Droid.

“Think again, tin can.” A male voice calls out and the two hunters turn to see a man lounging in a booth with his feet propped up on the table. “If you’re looking for work, have a seat, my friends. Name’s Toro. Toro Calican.” The man said and the two hunters hesitate. “Come on, relax.” Toro said and he takes his feet off the table.

The two hunters share a look before they walk over and sit down across from Toro. Toro then places a bounty puck on the table and a hologram of a woman pops up. “Picked up this bounty puck before I left the Mid-Rim. Fennec Shand, an assassin. Heard she’s been on the run ever since the New Republic put all her employers in lockdown.” Toro explains.

“I know the name.” Mando said as (y/n) nods as she too had heard the name Fennec Shand before. “Ya well, I followed this tracking fob here. Now the positional data suggests she’d headed out beyond the Dune Sea. Should be an easy job.” Toro said. “Well…good luck with that.” Mando said as he starts to stand up.

“Wait, wait, wait, hey, I thought you needed work.” Toro said as (y/n) follows Mando then she turns to Toro. “How long you been with the Guild?” she asked him. “Long enough.” he snapped. “Clearly not.” she scoffs, disbelief. “Fennec Shand is an elite mercenary. She made her name killing for all the top crime syndicates, including the Hutts. If you go after her, you won’t make it past sunrise.” (Y/n) said and her and the Mandalorian leave.

Quickly, Toro goes after them, losing his confident facade. “This is my first job. You can keep the money, all of it. I just need this job to get into the Guild. I can’t do it alone.” Toro said and Mando stops and considers the offer as (y/n) stops and stands next to him, waiting.

“Meet us at hangar three-five in half an hour. Bring two speeder bikes, and give me the tracking fob.” Mando said but Toro stomps on the tracking fob instead of giving it to Mando. “The hell?” (Y/n) said, confused. “Don’t worry. Got it all memorized.” Toro said as he points at his temple.

“Half an hour.” Mando said, firmly, and he nods at (y/n) and the two start to walk away. “Looks like you two are stuck with me now, partners.” Toro calls out after them.

Mando and (y/n) make it back to the hangar and enter the ship. But both of them stop when they see the safe room hatch open and the Child gone. Both of them felt their heart race in their chests and they run back out of the ship.

“HEY!” Mando shouts, angrily, which startles Peli awake as she was asleep in her office, holding the Child. “I’m awake! I’m awake!” Peli said as Mando and (y/n) walk up to the pit droids. “Where is he?” Mando asked the pit droid, who folds up in fear instead of answering.

“Quiet! Oh…” Peli said as the Child starts to cry. “Shh it’s okay.” She said to the Child as she rocks him then walks up to the hunters. “You woke it up. Do you have any idea how long it took me to get it to sleep?” She asked the hunters, angrily.

“Give him to me.” (Y/n) said as she steps forward and holds her hands out to her. “Not so fast!” she said as she steps back. “You can’t just leave a child all alone like that. You know…you two have got an awful lot to learn about raising a young one.” Peli said as the Child, now quiet, looks up at her.

“Anyway, I started the repair on the fuel leak. There you go. I had a couple setbacks I wanna talk to you about. You know I didn’t use any droids as requested, so it took me a lot longer than I expected. But I figured you two were good for the money since you have an extra mouth to feed.” Peli said. “Thank you.” Mando said and Peli looks taken aback by this as Mando and (y/n) leave the hangar.

“Oh I guess I was right. You two got a job, didn’t you. You know it’s costing me a lot of money to keep these droids even powered up.” Peli complains as they come up to Toro, who has two speeder bikes.

“Hey, Mando. Whaddya think? Not too shabby, huh?” He asked and the hunters inspect the bike. “Whaddya expect? This ain’t Corellia.” Toro scoffs then he looks at Peli. “Ma'am.” he said and Mando gets on the bike and (y/n) sits in the seat behind him. Then the two bikes speed off and race over the sand and dunes of Tatooine.

Sometime later, Mando signs for Toro to stop. “What’s going on?” Toro asked and Mando points ahead. “Look. Up ahead.” Mando said and Toro gets off his bike and uses his binoculars to look out. There he sees two banthas with their riders beside them.

“Tusken Raiders. I heard the locals talking about this filth.” Toro said, disgusted. “Tuskens think they are the locals. Everyone else is just trespassing.” Mando tells him. “Well, whatever they call themselves, they best keep their distance.” Toro said. “Yeah? Why don’t you tell them yourself?” (y/n) asked him and Toro turns around and sees two Tusken Raiders standing behind him.

He reaches for his blaster but Mando and (y/n) intercepts. “Relax.” Mando said and he uses sign language to communicate with the Tuskens. “What is he doing?” Toro asked (y/n). “Negotiating.” (Y/n) replied as Mando continues to sign language with the Tuskens before he turns to Toro and (y/n).

“What’s going on?” Toro asked Mando. “We need passage across their land.” Mando replied then he signs more with the Tuskens and turns back to Toro. "Let me see the binocs.“ He said. "Why?” Toro asked but Mando doesn’t reply as he keeps his hand outstretched to him. 

Toro hands the binocs over to him, who in turn hands it over to the Tuskens. “Hey! What…?” Toro said, confused, as Mando and (y/n) remount their bike. “Those were brand new.” Toro yells. “Yeah. They were.” Mando said and they leave, Toro eventually follows them.

Suddenly, Mando stops again and he and (y/n) get off his bike. “Get down.” he orders as he and (y/n) take cover behind a ridge. “What? Oh…” Toro said then he gets off his bike as well and follows the two. “All right. Tell us what you see.” Mando said and Toro looks over the ridge.

“Dewback. Looks like the rider is still attached. Is that her? Is that the target?” Toro asked. “Don’t know.” (Y/n) said before Mando turns to them. “I’ll go. You two cover me. Stay down.” Mando said as he draws his blaster. (Y/n) nods as Mando rushes forward to the beast and approaches it more carefully.

He turns the body over, which was dragged by the beast, and sees that it was a masked man. “Is it her? Is she dead?” Toro asked. “It’s another bounty hunter.” Mando replied as he looks over the body. “Hey I hope you’re not planning on keeping all that stuff for yourself. Can I at least have that blaster?” Toro asked and (y/n) raises an eyebrow at him while Mando finds a beeping tracking fob on the body.

Suddenly, he jumps up and (y/n) knew something was wrong. “Get down!” he shouts and at that moment a shot rings out and his him on the right pauldron as he turns to run. He goes down and the dewback runs off.

“Mando?!” Toro calls out while (y/n) gasped and holds back from saying his real name in front if Toro. Mando gets up and reaches the ridge just as another shot rings out and hits him, which throws him over the top of the ridge.

“What happened?” Toro asked him. “Sniper bolt. Only an MK-modified rifle could make that shot.” Mando replied and (y/n) gives him a concerned look. “Are you all right?” She asked him. “Yeah. Hit me in the beskar. And at that range, beskar held up.” he replied.

“Wait, I don’t wear any beskar.” Toro said and the two hunters turn to him. “Nope.” they said and Toro sighs and rolls his eyes. “So what do we do?” he asked. “You see where that shot came from?” Mando asked him. “Yeah. Came from that ridge.” Toro said as he points towards the ridge some miles ahead of them.

“Okay. We’re gonna wait until dark.” Mando said. “What if she escapes?” Toro asked him. “She’s got the high ground. She’ll wait for us to make the first move.” (y/n) said to him. “I’m gonna rest. You take the first watch. Stay low.” Mando instructs Toro then Mando takes (y/n) to the side and said. “I want you to watch him.” (Y/n) nods at him and he goes to sit down next to the bike.

That night, Toro looks out the dark skyline. “All right, suns are down…” he said and he looks back at Mando and (y/n), who was working on her blaster. “…time to ride, you two.” He said then approaches Mando, who was settled against one of the bikes and not moving.

“Come on. Wake up.” Toro tells Mando but he doesn’t move or say anything. “Look at you. Alseep on the job, old man.” Toro grumbles and (y/n) glares up at him as he turns to look at her. 

“Why do you hang around him? You don’t seem the type to he’s want to keep around.” Toro said  and she raises an eyebrow at him. “What’s that supposed to mean?” She asked him. “Well, don’t Mandalorians stick with…other Mandalorians?” He asked, shrugging. “Normally. But…I’m the exception.” She replied.

“Why?” Toro asked and she frowns a bit. “I…I used to be a Mandalorian. Years ago.” She replied and Toro’s eyes widen a bit. “Used to be?” He asked and she nods. “Yeah. I was exiled.” She replied.

“For what?” He asked. “Showing my face. My helmet was forcibly taken off during a mission. The creed states that we should never reveal ourselves. Accident or not, you still broke the creed, I was exiled from the clan after that incident.” She explained.

“Well at least you don’t have to hide that beautiful face anymore.” Toro compliments and (y/n) rolls her eyes at him. “Yeah, whatever.” She said, nonchalantly. Now it was Toro’s turn to roll his eyes then he looks over at Mando, who still hadn’t moved but underneath his helmet he was giving an amused smirk towards (y/n).

Toro looks over at Mando then he smirks and starts to point his gun at Mando, who doesn’t move. He chuckles and continues to keep pointing the blaster at Mando, making a fool out of himself, and (y/n) smirks. “You done?” Mando asked Toro, obviously unimpressed. “Yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was just, uh…ya know…just uh…waking you up. Come on!” Toro said as he puts his gun away.

“Get on your bike. Ride as fast as you can. Towards those rocks.” Mando tells him. “That’s your plan? She’ll snipe us right off the bikes.” Toro said and Mando tosses a device towards him.

“It’s a flash charge. We alternate shots. It’ll blind any scope temporarily. Combine that with our speed and we got a chance.” Mando said. “A chance?” Toro said, confused. “Hey, you wanted this. Get ready.” (y/n) said and she sits behind Mando once he gets on his bike. Toro gets on his and they speed across the valley.

The sniper prepares her shot, getting them into her sights until she is blinded by the first flash from Mando. She takes off her helmet and takes a shot but it misses them.

“Now!” Mando shouts and Toro shoots the flash charge just as Fennec shoots but she misses again. Toro’s next flash charge misfires and runs across the sand, giving Fennec a chance at a good shot and she shoots out the bike from under Mando and (y/n).

(Y/n) uses a flash charge to blind her again so that Toro can finish getting across. Fennec aims at Mando and hits him square in the breastplate, knocking him back and (y/n) who was behind him.

She takes aim again, aiming for the exposed underside of Mando’s helmet, but then a noise alerts her. “Not so fast, Fennec.” Toro said, aiming his blaster at her, and she pulls out a hidden knife from her rifle and tosses it at Toro, knocking the blaster out his hand.

They fight, she with her hands and he with a blaster. Down below, Mando slowly gets up then turns to (y/n), who groans in pain. “You okay?” He asked her. “Yeah, I’ll be fine.” She groans as she sits up and places her hand on her forehead.

Mando stands up then holds his hand out to her. She smiles up at him then accepts his hand and he helps her up to her feet. Fennec and Toro continued to fight and it seemed that Fennec was winning until Mando and (y/n) show up.

“Nice distraction.” (Y/n) said and Fennec let’s Toro go and he gets up. “Ow. Yeah. Good work, partner.” Toro groans and Mando hands (y/n) some cuffs. “Cuff her."  he said and she goes over to Fennec and starts to cuff her while Mando turns to Toro. "Why don’t you go and find your blaster.” Mando tells him and Toro nods.

“A Mandalorian. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen one of your kind. Ever been to Nevarro? I hear things didn’t go so well there but…it looks like you got off easy.” Fennec sneered at Mando and (y/n) glares at her. “You don’t have to worry about getting to Nevarro or anywhere else once we turn you in. You know I really should thank you. You’re my ticket into the Guild.” Toro said once he found his blaster and holsters it. “You’re welcome.” Fennec said.

They make their way down to where the single speeder bike is parked. “Uh oh…it looks like two of us has to walk.” Fennec said then Mando pushes her down to sit. “Or we could drag you.” Mando said and he, Toro and (y/n) walk away a short distance.

“All right, so…what is the plan?” Toro asked the hunters. “I need you to go and find that dewback we saw.” Mando said. “And leave you and your girlfriend here? With my bounty and my ride? Yeah…I don’t think so, Mando.” Toro said and (y/n) glares at him as this guy was really annoying her while Mando scans around with his HUD, detecting a heat reading a couple ridges over.

“Okay. I’ll do it. Watch her. And don’t let her get near the bike. She’s no good to us dead.” Mando said and (y/n) turns to him. “You want me to come with you? I can probably get you to the dewback faster.” She said as she gestures to her jetpack. Mando looks over then nods at her.

The two walk a few feet away before (y/n) holds her hand out to him. He takes her hand and she turns her jetpack on and flies away.

Toro and Fennec sit and wait for the two hunters to come back and neither spoke until the sun started to rise. “Uh…It’s been a while. Oh look, the suns are coming up.” Fennec said. “Quiet.” Toro orders. “Look, there’s still time to make my rendezvous in Mos Espa. Take me to it, and I can pay you double the price on my head.” Fennec said. “I don’t care about the money.” Toro said.

“Oh. So the Mandalorian and his partner keep all the money for themselves.” Fennec said, intrigued. “Only because I let them.” Toro said and Fennec laughs. “Doesn’t seem that way. I mean, it seems like Mando’s calling all the shots.” she said.

“Shows what you know. I hired Mando and his partner. This is my job. Bringing you in will make me a full member of the Bounty Hunters’ Guild.” Toro said. “You already something that the Guild values far more than me. You just don’t see it.” Fennec said.

“What?” Toro asked, confused. “The Mandalorian. His armor alone’s worth more than my bounty.” Fennec said. “I already told you I don’t care about the money.” said Toro. “Then think what it would do for your reputation. A Mandalorian and a female bounty hunter shot up the Guild on Nevarro. Took some high value target and went rogue.” Fennec said and Toro’s eyes widen at this. “That Mandalorian? And that woman?” He said, shocked.

“Like I said, you don’t see many. You bring the Guild those traitors and they’ll welcome you with open arms. Your name will be legendary.” Fennec said. “How can we be sure they're the ones?” Toro asked. “Word is they still have the target with them. Some say it’s a child. Look. If you’re afraid to take them on, fear not. I can help you with that. Take some advice, kid. You wanna be a bounty hunter? Make the best deal for yourself and survive.” Fennec said while Toro thinks about the offer and information.

He holsters his blaster and walks over to Fennec, who gets up and holds up her cuffed hands. Suddenly, he draws his blaster and shoots her in the stomach, making her drop to the ground. “That’s good advice.” He said then he crouches down. "But if I took those binders off you, I’d be a dead man. And if the Mandalorian and his little girlfriend are worth more than you are, well…Who wouldn’t wanna be a legend? Thanks for the tip.“ He said, smirking, then he mounts the bike and speeds off.

Sometime later, Mando and (y/n) return on the dewback, only to find that Fennec was left for dead. "Dank farrik!” (Y/n) growls as Mando sighs in frustration before making their way back to Mos Eisley.

They arrive at Mos Eisley at night and dismount the dewback. Mando ties up the beast at the hangar when (y/n) spotted the speeder bike. “Din.” She whispers and he looks over as she points at the bike. He draws his blaster just as she does and they enter the hangar. A pit droid runs past them into the office where all three droids fold up in fear.

“Took you two long enough.” Toro’s voice said and they look over to see him appearing on the Razer Crest’s ramp, with the Child in his arm and Peli at gunpoint. This made (y/n) grip her blaster a little harder. “Looks like I’m calling the shots now, huh, partners? Drop your blasters and raise ‘em.” Toro said and Mando and (y/n) do as they’re told. Then Toro shoves the barrel of his blaster in Peli’s back.

“Cuff 'em.” He said and he raises the blaster to point at Mando and (y/n). “You and your girlfriend are Guild traitors, Mando.” Toro said as Peli gets behind Mando and moves to cuff him. But she notices that he’s got a grenade in his hand.

“And I’m willing to bet that this here is the target you two helped escape.” Toro said as he nods at the Child in his arms. “You’re smarter than you look.” Peli whispers to Mando as she pretends to cuff him. “Fennec was right. Bringing you two in won’t just make me a member of the Guild, it’ll make me legendary.” Toro said.

As he is about to shoot him, Mando sets off the flash grenade, blinding Toro and makes him miss his shot. Mando and (y/n) disappear while Toro keeps shooting at the spot they were residing in a moment ago.

Then (y/n) and Mando shoot Toro from the side, making him go down. Peli comes out of hiding and the three of them approach Toro’s body. “Stay back.” Mando orders Peli. “We gotta get it.” Peli said as (y/n) turns the body over but the Child is gone. “Where is he?” (Y/n) asked, worried, and they look around until Peli spots the Child between some crates.

“There you are. Are you hiding from us?” She asked as she picks the Child up. “Look at you. It’s alright. I know that was really loud for your big old ears, wasn’t it.” She said as Mando takes the coin purse off of Toro’s body. “It’s okay. Shh shh shh.” Peli said as she rocks the Child before she hands him to (y/n).

“Be careful with him.” she said to (y/n) as Mando walks up next to her. “So I…take it you guys didn’t get paid.” Peli said, hands on her hips, until Mando pulls out the purse and pours the credits into her hands.

“That cover us?” He asked as Peli’s eyes widen. “Yeah…yeah this is gonna cover you.” she said, incredulous, and Mando and (y/n) start up the ramp to the ship.

“All right, pit droids! Let’s drag this outta here!” Peli said, nodding at Toro’s body. The droids talk at her and she sighs. “I don’t know. Drag it to Beggar’s Canyon.” She said. The droids go and drag Toro’s body out of the hangar as the Razor Crest’s ramp closes and the ship takes off.

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 4: Sanctuary

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The Razer Crest flies through space, Mando sitting in the driver’s seat and (y/n) in the passenger seat, when the Child starts to push buttons. “Stop touching things.” Mando said to him, firmly. (Y/n) looks down at the little one and shakes her head at him. The Child looks at the two, innocently, and provocatively moves to push another button, which causes the ship to jerk and shake.

(Y/n) grabs the kid and pushes the buttons and the ship goes back to normal. She places the Child on her lap as Mando shakes his head then goes to look back at the dashboard.

“Let’s see…” he said and he pulls up a hologram of a planet on the dashboard. “Sorgan. Looks like there is no star port, no industrial centers, no population density. A real backwater skug hole.” Mando said then he turns to (y/n) and the Child. “Which means it’s perfect for us.” He said then he looks at the Child.

“Ready to lay low and stretch your legs for a couple of months, you little womp rat?” he asked and the Child just looks up at him with his big eyes and tilts his head a bit. “You think we’ll be safe here?” (Y/n) asked, nodding towards the Sorgan hologram. “Nobody’s gonna find us here.” Mando assures and he steers the ship towards the planet.

Finally, Mando lands the Razer Crest in a wooded area then he powers it down. Then he turns to the Child and (y/n). “Now, I’m gonna go out there and I’m gonna look around. It shouldn’t take too long. I want you to stay here with him.” Mando said to her and she nods. “I’ll find us some lodging, then I’ll come back for you.” Mando said then he begins to walk off.

(Y/n) stands up and places the Child on the chair then moves over to the driver’s seat. “You stay right here. You stay. Don’t move. You understand?” She tells the Child, firmly. The Child looks up, blinks and tilts his head at her. “Great.” She said and she turned her head away for one second.

She looks back over to the seat, only to see that the Child was gone. “What the hell?” She said and she gets up and runs out of the cockpit. 

Mando goes over to the back door and opens the ramp. Once it was opened, he looked down to see the Child standing right next to him. “Haar'chak.” (y/n) growls as she comes up to Mando, who sighs. “I’m sorry. I just turned my head away for one second and he was gone.” (Y/n) said and Mando looks down for a moment then sighs again.

“Oh, what the hell…Come on.” He said and the two hunters leave the ship, the Child following them through the woods.

Eventually, they enter a common house where people were looking and pointing at them as the Child looks around. One woman, who looked like a warrior type, seemed particularly interested in their arrival. Then a tooka-cat lets out a little roar, which startled the Child.

(Y/n) looks down at him as he looks up at her with a startled and scared look. “Don’t worry. You’re alright.” She said as they go sit at a table.

“Welcome travellers. Can I interest you in anything?” the proprietor asked after she comes up to their table. “Bone broth, for the little one.” Mando said. “Oh, well, you’re in luck. I just took down a grinjer, so there’s plenty. Can I interest you and the lady in a porringer of broth as well?” The proprietor asked. The two hunters shake their head as Mando said. “Just the one.”

“Very well–” the proprietor said but then (y/n) speaks up. “That one over there, when did she arrive?” she asked as she nods towards the warrior woman. The proprietor looks over before she speaks. “Uh…I’ve seen her here for the last week or so.” she replied.

“What’s her business here?” Mando asked her. “Business? Oh well…there’s not much business in Sorgan so I can’t say…” the proprietor said before Mando tosses some coin on the table. She looks down at it and starts to take the coin. “She doesn’t strike me as a log runner…well…thank you, sir. I will get that broth to you as soon as possible, and I will throw in a flagon of spotchka, just for good measure. I’ll be right back with that.” She said and she leaves just as Mando and (y/n) noticed that the warrior woman was gone.

Mando gets up and moves to leave. “Stay with the kid.” He tells (y/n) and leaves. He exists the common house and starts to look around with his HUD, which showed him recent footprints leading between the huts but suddenly ends.

The warrior woman jumps him and the two fight hard and heavy as they punch, kick and throw each other. Then (y/n) runs up and jumps on the warrior woman’s back, wrapping her arms around the woman’s neck. The woman grabbed her arms and ran back a bit and slammed (y/n) up against the wall.

Mando grabbed the warrior woman and they began to fight then (y/n) joins in the fight. Finally, the fight ends with the three pointing a blaster, Mando and (y/n) pointing their blaster at her and the woman aiming her blaster at them, but then they hear a slurping sound. The three adults turn their heads and see the Child watching them, sipping his broth.

Mando and (y/n) look at the warrior woman, who looks at them. “You want some soup?” Mando asked the warrior.

Later, Mando, the Child, (y/n) and the woman, Cara Dune as she introduced herself, all sit at a table. “Saw most of my action mopping up after Endor, mostly ex-Imperial warlords. They wanted it fast and quiet. They’d send us in on the drop ships. No support, just us. Then when the Imps were gone, the politics started. We were peacekeepers, protecting delegates, suppressing riots. Not what I signed up for.” Cara tells them.

“How’d you end up here?” (Y/n) asked, curiously.  Let’s just call it an early retirement.“ Cara said before she sips her soup. "Look, I knew you were Guild. I figured you two had a fob on me. That’s why I came at you two so hard.” Cara said. “Yeah, that’s what I figured.” Mando said and Cara smirks.

“Well, this has been a real treat.” She said as she gets up. “But unless you wanna go another round, one of us is gonna have to move on, and I was here first.” She said then she finishes her soup, sets the cup down and walks away.

“Well, looks like this planet’s taken.” (Y/n) said as she turns to Mando and the Child. “Seems like it.” Mando sighs.

That night, Mando and (y/n) were doing some repairs on the Razer Crest when two men, riding on a cargo sled, approach them. “Excuse me.” one of them, Stoke, said and the two hunters look over at them. “There something we can help you with?” Mando asked, dismissively, as he and (y/n) keep working.

“Uh…yeah… Raiders.” the second man, Caben, said. “We have money.” Stoke added. “So you think we're some kind of mercenary?” Mando asked them. “You two are a Mandalorian, right?” Stoke said then Caben added, quickly, as he gestures to their armor. “Or at least wearing Mandalorian armor…That is Mandalorian armor, right?" 

”It is.“ Mando replied. "I’m a former Mandalorian.” (Y/n) said then Caben turns his friend with a smile. "See?! I told him. Sir and ma'am, I’ve read a lot about your people…er…tri– tribe… If half of what I read is true–“ Caben said then Stoke shouts. "We have money." 

Mando and (y/n) turns to them. "How much?” (y/n) asked. “It’s everything we have, ma'am. Our whole harvest was stolen.” Caben said. “Krill…We’re…krill farmers.” Stoke informed. “We brew spotchka. Our whole village chipped in.” said Caben as Stoke holds up a coin purse.

“It’s not enough.” Mando said as (y/n) looks between the two men with sympathy. Mando starts to walk away and the men take a few steps closer. “Are you sure? You don’t even know what the job is.” Caben said as (y/n) follows Mando. “I know it’s not enough. Good luck.” he said. “This is everything we have. We’ll give you more after the next harvest.” Stoke said and (y/n) turns to Mando.

“What if I go and check it out?” She asked and Mando turns to her. “No. I’m not letting you risk it on your own. That money is not enough. Trust me.” Mando said to her, firmly. She huffs at this as Mando opens the hatch, making the two men stumble back. Then they start to move away, disappointed, as Mando and (y/n) walk up the ramp.

“Come on. Let’s head back.” Caben said to his friend. “Took us the whole day to get here. Now we have to ride back with no protection to the middle of nowhere.” Stoke said then Mando and (y/n) halt and turn.

“Where do you live?” Mando asked and the men turn back around. “At a farm.” Stoke said, dejectedly. “Weren’t you listening? We’re farmers.” He said and (y/n) takes a step forward. “In the middle of nowhere.” She said, questioning. “Yes.” Stoke replied, confused 

“You have lodging?” Mando asked. “Yeah. Absolutely.” Caben said, hopeful. “Good. Come up and help.” Mando said and the men follow the two hunters into the ship and together, they load cargo onto the sled. “I’m gonna need one more thing. Give me those credits.” Mando said to the two men.

Later, Cara was sitting by a campfire when a coin purse drops beside her. She draws her gun, looking up, only to see Mando and (y/n) standing there. “Ready for round two?” Mando asked and she looks at the coin purse then smiles.

Moments later, Mando, Cara, (y/n), the Child and the two farmers were on the cargo sled, riding through the woods. “So we’re basically running off a band of raiders for lunch money?” Cara asked. “They’re quartering us in the middle of nowhere. Last I checked that’s a pretty square deal for somebody in your position. Worst case scenario, you tune up your blaster. Best case, we’re a deterrent. I can’t imagine there’s anything living in these trees that an ex-shock trooper couldn’t handle.” Mando tells her then he leans back, as does the Child and (y/n), watching the stars through the treetops overhead.

The next morning, Cara, Mando, (y/n) and the Child were all asleep until the sled comes to a stop. They wake up and look over to see a farming village, children ran towards them. “They’re here! Come on!” one of the kids shout and they come up to the sled and see the Child.

“Well, looks like they are happy to see us.” (Y/n) pointed put and she heard Mando let out a soft laugh as Cara smiles and said. “Looks like.”

The village children gathered around the Child as Cara, Mando and (y/n) unload the cargo. Mando and (y/n) arrive at this hut as one woman, Omera, pulls up the blinds. She turns and looks at them, whether with hesitation or apprehension it wasn’t clear.

“Please come in.” She greets and Mando and (y/n) walk in with some cargo in hand. "I hope this is comfortable for you two. Sorry that all we have is the barn.“ She said. "This will do fine.” Mando assured her. “I stacked some blankets over here.” Omera said as she gestures towards the blankets. “Thank you. That’s…very kind.” (y/n) said when a young girl appears at the doorway.

The two hunters round on her and she starts back to hide outside the doorframe. Omera goes to pull her into sight again, holding her tight to her side. “This is my daughter Winta. We don’t get a lot of visitors around here. She’s not used to strangers.” she said then she turns to her daughter.

“This nice man and lady are going to help protect us from the bad ones.” Omera tells her and the young girl looks up at them. “Thank you.” she said in a small voice. Mando just nods, near imperceptibly, as (y/n) gives a reassuring smile. “Come on, Winta. Let’s give our guests some room.” Omera said as she takes Winta’s hand and leaves.

A couple of days later, the Child was in a crib while Mando was checking his rifle and (y/n) was checking her blaster. “Knock, knock.” a voice said and they look over to see Omera, holding a tray of food, and Winta, who was also holding a tray of food.

“Come in.” Mando said and they enter and set the trays of food down. “Can I feed him?” Winta asked as she gestures towards the Child. “Sure.” (Y/n) said as Mando turns around. Winta goes and kneels by the crib, holding up food.

“Are you hungry?” She asked the Child as she hands him the food. He takes it and eats it which made the little girl giggle. “Can I play with him?” She asked. “Sure.” Mando sighs while (y/n) chuckles to herself.

Winta takes the Child out of the crib and sets him on the floor. “Come on!” she said to the Child as they leave the barn. Mando starts to rush after them, worried. “I don’t think–” he started to say but Omera holds him back. “They’ll be fine.” she said. “I don’t–” Mando said but (y/n) speaks up. “Mando, Udesii.” she said and Mando looks over at her then backs off.

“I brought you two some food.” She said then she looks over at Mando. “I noticed you didn’t eat out there. I’ll leave it here for when I go.” She said. “That’s very thoughtful of you.” Mando said then he turns away as (y/n) looks out the window, watching the kids playing with the Child. 

“Do you mind if I ask you something?” Omera asked Mando. “Go ahead.” he said. “How long has it been since you’ve taken that off?” she asked him, gesturing to his helmet. “Yesterday.” he replied. “I mean in front of someone else.” She said. Mando turns around then looks and points out the window, towards the kids.

“I wasn’t much older than they are.” He replied. “You haven’t shown your face to anyone since you were a kid?” Omera asked. “No. I was…happy that they took me in. My parents were killed, and the Mandalorians took care of me.” Mando said then Omera turns to (y/n). 

“What about you? You wear similar armor as him but…you don’t have a helmet.” She said and (y/n) turns to her. “I’m a…former…Mandalorian. My helmet was removed during a fight, which is not allowed.” (Y/n) said and Omera gives her a sympathetic look. “Oh. I’m sorry.” she said. “This is the way.” Mando said and (y/n) looks over at him and nods.

“Let us know if there’s anything you need.” Omera said to them. “Thank you.” Mando said and Omera leaves. (Y/n) watches her leave before she looks over at Mando. “I think she likes you.” She said, teasingly. He turns his head and tilts it as if she had grew a second head.

She shrugs and smiles, innocently, at him then looks back out towards the window, seeing the children playing with the Child. “You know, I miss that.” She said. “What?” Mando asked her. She nods towards the kids and said. “Innocence. Being a kid.”

Mando grabs his plate and cup and sets them on the window sill, standing next to her. “Do you ever think about…you know…before that day? Like our lives beforehand?” (Y/n) asked him as her hands go up to her necklace and she starts to fiddle with the crystal. “Sometimes.” Mando replied, knowing what she was talking about.

“Why?” He asked her. “It’s been on my mind lately. Especially now with seeing these kids play.” She said, nodding out the window. Mando looks out the window at the kids then back at (y/n), who was looking down. “Sometimes, I just miss those days where I didn’t have a care in the world and not worry about getting hunted down by bounty hunters and the remnants of the Empire.” She said with a small chuckle.

“Don’t worry. We’ll be safe here.” Mando assures her before he reaches over and places a hand over hers. She looks up at him, shocked, but she starts to smile, warmly, at him. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to bring it up. I guess this place just reminds me of home.” She said then she stands up, slowly removes her hand from underneath his and goes over to grab her plate of food and drink.

“I’ll just be out here. Don’t worry, I won’t look in, Din.” She said as she walks out of the barn. Mando watches her leave then turns back to his plate and sighs. Then he takes off his helmet, sets it aside and begins to eat the food.

“About 15 or 20 of them came through here on foot.” Mando informed Cara and (y/n) as they patrolled the forest. He looks through his HUD, which revealed footprints and alot of recent damage higher up in the trees. “And something big sheared off those branches.” he said as they move on.

Then they crouch down and see a gigantic footprint. “AT-ST.” Cara said, shocked. “Imperial Walker. What’s it doing here?” (y/n) asked, confused. “I don’t know. But this is more than I signed up for.” Cara said and they share a glance.

Back at the village, Mando, Cara and (y/n) stand on the porch of the barn, addressing the villagers. “Bad news. Y'can’t live here anymore.” Mando said. “What?” Stoke said. “Why?” Caben asked then Cara leans towards Mando. “Nice bedside manner…” she whispers.

“You think you can do better?” Mando asked and (y/n) chuckles. “Can’t do much worse.” (y/n) said and Cara nods. “Agreed.” She said then she turns to the villagers. "I know this is not the news you wanted to hear but there are no other options.“ She tells them.

"You took the job!” Stoke yelled.

“Yeah!” Caben shouted.

“That was before we knew about the AT-ST.” (Y/n) informs them. “What is that?” Stoke asked. “The armored walker with two enormous guns that you knew about and didn’t tell us.” Cara yells then the villagers started to shout over each other.

“Help us!”

“Please!!”

“You’re supposed to help us!”

“But we hired you!”

“Please!”

“We have nowhere to go.” Omera said. “Sure you do. This is a big planet. I mean, I’ve seen a lot smaller.” Cara said. “My grandparents seeded these pods.” Caben exclaims. “It took generations.” Stoke said. “I understand. I do. But there are only three of us.” Cara said.

“No there’s not! There’s at least twenty here!” Stoke shouts as Caben nods in agreement. “I mean fighters. Be realistic.” Cara said. “We can learn!” said Caben. “We can!” Stoke shouts.

“Give us a chance!”

“Please!”

“I’ve seen that thing take out entire companies of soldiers in a matter of minutes.” Cara tells them. “We’re not leaving.” Omera said, firmly. “You cannot fight that thing.” Cara said then Mando looks over at her. “Unless we show them how.” Mando said and Cara and (y/n) look at him like he is insane as the villagers shouts.

“Show us!”

“Yeah, we can do this!”

“You got two problems here. You got the bandits, and you got the mech.” Mando tells the villagers after they gathered around him, Cara and (y/n). “We’ll handle the AT-ST, but you gotta protect us when they come outta the woods. And I don’t have to tell you how dangerous they are. Cara Dune here was a veteran. She was a drop soldier for the Rebellion, and she’s gonna lay out a plan for you. So listen. Carefully.” Mando said and he steps aside as Cara begins to speak.

“Now, there’s nothing on this planet that can damage the legs on this thing. So we’re gonna build a trap. We’re gonna need to dig real deep right here.” She said as she points to the edge of the outermost krill pool. “So that when it steps in, it drops. The three of us will hit their camp, provoke them. That’ll bring the fight out of the woods and down here to us.” She said.

“I’m gonna need you to cut down trees and build barricades along these edges. I need it high enough so that they can’t get over, and strong enough so that it can’t break through.” (Y/n) said to the villagers as they give worried looks.. “Okay. Who knows how to shoot?” She asked and, reluctantly, Omera raises her hand.

Later, Mando and (y/n) unpack their arsenal then them and Cara hand out the weapons. Then they split the villagers into two different groups, Cara worked with one half of the villagers and trained them on melee. Mando and (y/n) trained the other half on shooting practice.

“Fire!” (Y/n) shouts and the villagers shoot haphazardly, missing more than they’re hitting–except for Omera, who shoots true and steady. Mando nods while (y/n) gives her a look of impressed.

Later, the villagers began digging up the bank of the krill pool and some started cutting up wood, making barricades, while Mando, Cara and (y/n) discuss strategies.

“The sun is about to set and we’ll be leaving soon. When we return, we’re coming in hot.” Mando said to Omera as her, him and (y/n) walk out of the hut sometime later. “We’ll be ready.” Omera said and Cara walks up and nods at them. Then Mando and (y/n) walk away.

That night, Mando, Cara and (y/n) run though the forest until they come upon the bandit camp, where three Klatooinians were sitting by a campfire. The three of them take the Klatooinians from behind and snuck up to one of the tents. They draw their blasters and enter the tent to find no enemies, just several large vats of glowing blue liquid.

Mando sets a charge on the main tent post when Cara makes aware of incoming enemies. A few Klatooinians come in and the trio fight them by punching or kicking them. After they were taken down, a few more flooded the tent. They fight them off until more enemies come in shooting.

Mando and (y/n) soften up a wall with shots from their blasters and the three of them escape just before the charge blows the tent up. "I hope the plan worked.“ Cara said when a red light comes on. They turn and see the AT-ST rising up from the forest. "Go!” Mando shouts and they turn to run. “GO!!!” He shouts as they run and avoid being shot at by the AT-ST.

They run out of the forest and towards the defenses of the village, they slide into cover. “This is it! Once that thing steps in the pond it’s going down!” (y/n) said and Cara turns to the villagers. “Weapons ready!” she shouts and they get their weapons aimed just as they watch the AT-ST coming closer, breaking through the tree line. “Just a few more steps.” Mando whispers.

Suddenly, the AT-ST hesitates to step in the water and stops on the bank instead. “It stopped.” Cara said, confuse, just as the AT-ST stands at the outer perimeter of the village, waiting. Everyone watches it with baited breath until the AT-ST turns on a blinding light. “Get down! Get down!” Mando whispered, forcefully, as the light sweeps the defenses then opens fire on the huts.

“Hold your positions!” Cara yells at the villagers. The Klatooinians break out of the forest and flood through the AT-ST’s legs towards the village. “OPEN FIRE!!!” Cara shouts and they open fire.

“We gotta get that thing to step forward.” (Y/n) shouts as her and Mando fire at some Klatooinians. “I’m thinking…” Cara said as they continue to fight. “New plan.” She said after thinking for a few moments. “What do you have in mind?” Mando asked her. “Gimme the pulse rifle.” she said and Mando hands over his rifle.

“We’ll cover you.” (Y/n) tells her and she nods then storms out towards the AT-ST, jumping into cover in the pond before it. “Come on. You got this.” Mando mutters as Cara aims the rifle at the AT-ST.

“Come to mama.” she whispers and she shoots at it and it steps forward but stops short of the pond. Cara tries again but she needed to remain in cover. The AT-ST shoots at where it suspects Cara to hide but doesn’t step forward.

“Take the bait, you hunk of junk.” (y/n) mutters as Cara shoots into one of the cockpit windows, sending the AT-ST reeling to finally step forward into the pond where it goes down hard.

(Y/n) activates a charge and uses her jetpack to fly towards the fallen AT-ST, throwing it into the cockpit window. She flies over to Cara, grabs her hand and flies her back over to the village’s defenses just as the AT-ST blows up. The remaining Klatooinians flee and the villagers sigh with relief and celebrate their victory as (y/n) looks down at Cara as they continue to fly over to the village.

“Was that the plan?” (Y/n) asked Cara. “Something like that.” Cara laughs and (y/n) laughs with her. “Improvisation. I like it.” She said and Cara smiles just as they land on the ground.

Weeks later, the Child was chasing and catching a frog as the village children watch. Once he catches the frog, he proceeds to eat the frog which made the kids turn away in amused disgust. The Child spits out the frog and the kids laugh as the frog hops away.

Cara was sitting out front of the barn as Mando was leaning next to the door. (Y/n) was out somewhere in the village helping some of the villagers with some chores. Omera comes out and hands Cara a drink. “Thank you.” Cara said, appreciatively. Omera nods then turns to Mando.

“Can I get you something in the house?” She asked him. “Uh…thank you. Maybe later.” Mando said then Omera turns to watch the children. “He’s very happy here.” she points out as they watch the Child play with the kids. “He is.” Mando said. “Fits right in.” Omera said and she walks away.

“So, what happens if you take that thing off? They come after you and kill you?” Cara asked Mando, pointing at his helmet. “No. You just can’t ever put it back on again.” Mando replied. “Is that what happened to your friend?” Cara asked, nodding off to the side.

Mando looks over and sees (y/n) talking and laughing with some of the villagers as they continue to gather up some crops. “Yeah. Although, her helmet being removed was accidental. There was a fight with a bounty we were involved in with another Mandalorian. At one point, the bounty got on top of her and removed her helmet.” Mando said and Cara looks over at him, noting his tone of voice.

“You sound a bit upset about it.” She said and he just shrugs, not knowing what to say to that as it was true. “But why can’t you just slip off the helmet, settle down with her and raise your kid sitting here sipping spotchka?” She asked, incredulously. “You know, we raised some hell here a few weeks back. It’s too much action for a backwater town like this. Word travels fast. You might wanna cycle the charts and move on.” Mando replied.

“Wouldn’t wanna be the one who’s gotta tell him.” Cara said as she nods towards the Child. “I’m leaving him here. Travelling with me…that’s no life for a kid. I did my job, he’s safe. Better chance at a life.” Mando said. “It’s gonna break his little heart.” Cara said. “He’ll get over it. We all do.” Mando said then he sits there and thinks for a few moments before getting up and walk away.

As he walks up to (y/n), he heard one of the villagers telling a joke which made everyone laugh including (y/n). Mando felt his heart pound in his chest once he hears her laugh. He had noticed these last few weeks that she seemed happy here, almost like she belongs here. And that’s why he was gonna ask her to stay here with the Child.

He felt good of leaving the Child here but he’d feel better with her staying and watching over the kid. She is the person he could trust with his life.

“Excuse me. Can I have a word?” Mando asked as he approaches (y/n). “Of course.” she said and he leads her away from the others for privacy.

“It’s very nice here.” Mando said as they walk along the bank and look around. “Yes, it is.” (Y/n) said. “I think it’s clear he’s…he’s happy here.” Mando said and she turns to him. “And you seem happy here.” He added. 

“What about you?” She asked him, curiously. “Me?” he asked, confused. “Are you happy here? Y'know…We could stay here. The community is grateful for what we did. We can pack all this away in case there’s ever trouble. You, me and the kid could have a good life. He could be a child for a while.” She said and Mando looks into her eyes from under his helmet.

“Wouldn’t that be nice?” she asked him. “It would.” Mando replied, his voice breaking. She gives a sympathetic smile to him then placed her hand on his chest. Part of her wanted to see if she could reach out to his helmet to take it off but she knew how important the Creed was to him, so she didn’t push it.

He places his left hand over her hand, that was on his chest, and ran his thumb over her fingers. “I don’t belong here. But he does. And I would feel better if you were here watching over him.” He said to her, softly, and she nods. “I understand.” She said and she looks down. 

Mando felt his heart ache as she looks down in sadness. He felt like he should do something but he wasn’t for sure what. Suddenly, he raises his right hand and placed it on her cheek, making her look up at him. His heart started to thump harder in his chest as she looked at him with her (e/c) eyes.

He strokes his thumb across her cheek and he wanted to say something, something that he’s been wanting to say for awhile, but a little voice in his head was telling him no, you can’t do this…not to her. Not now.

Little did he know that (y/n) held similar feelings towards him, her heart felt like it was going all over the place when he placed his hand on her cheek. She had always held these feelings for him back before she became a Dar'manda. But once she was banished, she shoved those feelings for him away as she felt ashamed for what happened and figured he didn’t want her anyway.

Now that they were working together again, those feelings had started to resurface and reminded her why she had such a soft spot for him. And she had been trying to figure out a way to tell him but it always seemed to be bad timing by the time she wants to bring it up. Either he got busy or she was too scared to bring it up.

They stand there, staring in silence when Mando started to speak up. “(Y/n), I…” he started to say when a loud blaster noise rings out. The two jump into action at this and Mando turns to her. “Go get the kids.” he tells her. “On it.” She said and she runs off as he goes into the woods.

Once he gets there, he sees Cara standing over a body, the end of her blaster was still smoking which told him that it was her that fired the shot. With his foot, Mando turns the smoldering body over to reveal a beeping tracking fob. He kneels down and picks it up.

“Who is he tracking?” Cara asked. “The kid.” Mando replied, roughly. “They know he’s here.” Cara said. “Yes.” he said. “Then they’ll keep coming.” she said. “Yes.” he said and he destroys the fob by dropping it on the ground and stepping on it.

After telling (y/n) what happened, the two began packing up all of their stuff and extra supplies on the sled. (Y/n) sets the Child on the sled as the villagers surround it and Cara walks up to her and Mando.

“Are you sure you don’t want an escort?” She asked them. “We appreciate the offer. But we’re gonna bypass the town and head right to the Razor Crest.” Mando tells her. “Well then.” Cara said then she offers her hand. “Until our paths cross.” She said and Mando takes her hand. “Until our paths cross.” he said as they shake hands then (y/n) and Cara shake hands.

Winta runs forward and hugs the Child. “I’ll miss you so much.” she cries as Omera turns to Mando and (y/n). “Thank you.” She said, appreciatively, and the two hunters nod before they get into the sled and head out, back towards the Razer Crest.

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The Mandalorian (Din Djarin x Female!Reader)

Chapter 2: The Child

Pervious Chapter/Next Chapter

“Haar'chak." (y/n) mutters as she tried to start the speeder bike but it wouldn’t start up. She sighs as Mando and the child, who was in his egg shaped floating pram, stare at her. (Y/n) shakes her head then grabs her bag and slings it across her shoulder. "Looks like we’re walking.” She said and Mando nods.

So the trio made their way across the desert landscape. At one point, they were walking through a canyon when Mando stops then holds his hand out to (y/n), signaling her to stop. She stops and the two look around themselves just as they heard what sounded like footsteps.

Mando and (y/n) both reach for their own blaster gun when a noise sounded out. They look over and see a creature jump off of a ledge and attacked them with a battle axe. The two bounty hunters dodge the guy only to see he had a tracking fob on his hip.

(Y/n) pushed the Child’s crib away, out of harm’s reach, just as the other bounty started to attack Mando with his axe. (Y/n) went to go help but the guy’s partner jumps in and attacks her. 

The Child watches the four bounty hunters fight amongst each other as they trade blows to one another. One of the enemy hunters was able to slash at Mando while his partner was able to punch (y/n) in the stomach. 

Mando and (y/n) get out their rifle and started to fight with those, like using a bo staff. The two end up being back to back as they fight until Mando and (y/n) lock arms, his left arm and her right arm, and (y/n) leans back, against Mando’s back, kicks the guy that was attacking her across the face.

He falls back as Mando stuns the guy in front of him with his rifle. The two unlock their arms, standing back up, when the second hunter comes back at her. Mando steps forward and started to beat the hunter up with his rifle just as the first hunter started to run.

(Y/n) raises her rifle and fires at him, disintegrating the guy. Mando knocks the other guy out cold and the two catch their breath when they see the tracking device the guy dropped when he disintegrated. “What did I tell ya.” She whispered to Mando then the two look over at the child, which (y/n) could tell that he was scared.

That evening, as the sun was setting, the two had set up a campfire and (y/n) was tending to Mando’s wound while the child was sitting his crib, staring at them. Mando started to let out small noises and gasps of pain as (y/n) worked on him. “Udesii.” She said, softly, to him as she looked over the cut on his arm.

Then both of them hear little footsteps and they turn to see that the Child had gotten out of his crib and was walking towards them. He was coming towards Mando and had his little hand reaching out for him but (y/n) picked up the Child, before he could get any closer, stood up and set him back in his little crib.

She walks back over to Mando and sits back down in front of him. Then she looks over the work she did. “Best that I can do.” She said and she starts to put away the medical kit away. “Well, as long as I don’t bleed to death. Should be good.” Mando said and (y/n) smirks a bit. “Doubting my skills?” She asked with a bit of sarcasm and he chuckles, lightly, when they heard footsteps again.

The two look over and see the Child walking towards Mando again, his hand raised, but Mando picks him up, stands up and sets the Child back in his crib then he sits back down across (y/n). 

The next morning, the two hunters and the child make their way to the Razor Crest, only to find it being dismantled by Jawas. Of course. (y/n) thought as she and Mando kneel down and Mando pulls out his telescope. He watches them take pieces of his ship into their sandcrawler before he pulls out his rifle, just as (y/n) pulls her rifle out as well.

The two aim their guns towards the Jawas and Mando fires at one, disintegrating it. The other Jawas see this and began to run as (y/n) shoots at another one and Mando reloads his gun. The two hunters disintegrate a few Jawas, while the Child watches them, until all of Jawas flee inside their sandcrawler.

The two stand up and began to run after the sandcrawler until Mando kneels down, aims his rifle at the large transport and fires at it. He puts his rifle back on his back then turns to (y/n) and said. “Stay here.” Then he runs after it. “What? Wait! Din? DIN!” She shouts but he’s already a few feet ahead of her. “di'kut.” she growls as he jumps on the sandcrawler and starts to climb up.

As he climbs up, the Jawas began throwing junk at him, stopping him from getting up any higher. (Y/n) and the Child were still chasing after the Sandcrawler but they were alittle but behind. The Jawas do their best to try and knock Mando off but he grabs onto this wire that was attached to the sandcrawler and climbs up.

The Jawas would pop out from the little windows on the side and throw junk at him but Mando was able to knock them off by either punching them or yanking them out.

He finally makes it to the top but there were about twenty Jawas at the top and all of them aim their gun at him. Before he could get a shot in, the Jawas fire at once and electrocute him, making him fall off and land with a thud on the dirt.

He lays there for a few short moments before footsteps approach him. “You look kind’ve peaceful.” (Y/n)‘s voice joked as he looks over and sees her standing over him. He lets out a heavy and tired sigh before she holds out her hand to him. He takes it and she helps him up to his feet as the Child floats towards them.

Minutes later, they return to the Razor Crest and found out that, not only were parts of his ship were stripped, but his weapons were gone too. Mando goes to attempt to start the ship but it was to no avail. “You wouldn’t happen to have a ship nearby?” He asked (y/n). She shakes her head and said. “Broke down on me. Funny thing is, I just had that piece of junk repaired.” She remarks.

“Alright. Plan B.” He said and he starts to walk out of the dismantled ship. “Which is?” (Y/n) asked as she follows him.

Later the two hunters and the Child arrive at Kuiil’s place. "I thought you were dead.“ Kuiil said to Mando then he noticed (y/n). "See you made a friend.” He said. “Actually, we’re old friends that just happened to have taken the same job.” (Y/n) said as she takes the child out of his carrier and sets him down.

Kuiil watches him as he wanders around. “This is what was causing all the fuss?” Kuiil asked the two hunters. “We think it’s a child.” Mando replied as he fixes up his gauntlets, which were still acting up from being electrocuted. “It is better to deliver it alive then.” Kuiil said.

“My ship has been destroyed. We’re trapped here.” Mando said. “Stripped. Not destroyed. The Jawas steal. They don’t destroy.” Kuiil said. “Stolen or destroyed – makes no difference to me.” Mando said as they watch the child chase a frog.

“They’re protected by their crawling fortress. There is no way to recover the parts.” (Y/n) said. “You can trade.” Kuiil said. “With Jawas? Are you out of your mind?” Mando asked. “I will take you to them. I have spoken.” Kuiil said then Mando and (y/n) see the Child devouring the frog.

“Hey! Spit that out.” Mando said, firmly, but the Child continued to eat the frog and swallowed it whole. Mando, (y/n) and Kuiil stare at the child as he laughs then burps.

Mando, Kuiil, (y/n) and the Child treck through a rainy night, Kuiil on the blurrg which was pulling a sled that Mando and (y/n) were on, until they come upon the sandcrawler in daylight. Kuiil waves at the Jawas and greets them but they see Mando and (y/n), obviously upset.

“They really don’t like you two for some reason.” Kuiil said to the hunters. “Well, we did disintegrate a few of them.” (y/n) said. “Both of you need to drop your rifle.” Kuiil tells them. “I’m a Mandalorian. Weapons are part of my religion.” Mando said. “And I don’t like going anywhere unarmed.” (Y/n) informs.

“Then you’re not getting your parts back.” Kuiil tells them and they sigh at this. “Fine.” Mando sighs and the two put their rifle down. Kuiil dismounts the blurrg while Mando and (y/n) get off the sled. “And the blaster.” Kuiil tells them and the two hunters put their blasters away.

Kuiil talks to the Jawas as Mando and (y/n) sit down. “They will trade all the parts for the beskar.” Kuiil said and Mando turns to him. “I’m not gonna trade anything. These are my parts. They stole them from me.” Mando said and the Jawas speak to them in their language.

(y/n) then tries to speak to them in their language, she knew it was extremely rusty but she tried her best. “They, they…belong…to him!” She said, gesturing at Mando, and the Jawas started to laugh and then one of them started to speak. “You speak terrible Jawa. You sound like a Wookiee.” they said and they continued to laugh, which angered Mando.

“You understand this?!” Mando asked, angrily, and he blasts a stream of fire from his vambrace flamethrower at them. “No! Whoa, easy, easy.” Kuiil said after the Jawas jump back in fright at the flame. (Y/n) lowers Mando’s arm down as Kuiil talks to the Jawas. “Calm down.” She whispers to him.

“He is Mandalorian. He cannot give you his beskar armor. What else may he trade?” Kuiil asked them in their native tongue. One of them say something and points to the sled. They turn and see two Jawas inspecting the Child. “Get away from it!” Mando shouts as (y/n) gasped in surprise and the Jawas scatter.

“There must be something else.” Kuiil said to the Jawas. They turn to discuss amongst each other then they turn back around. “We will require The Egg. Bring us The Egg." One of them said and Kuiil groans and facepalms. "The Egg? What Egg?” (y/n) asked, confused, while the Jawas chanted. “The Egg! The Egg! The Egg! The Egg!”

The sandcrawler then takes Mando, (y/n), Kuiil and the Child to where the egg could be found. Mando and (y/n) get out and start to walk to where one of the Jawas was pointing towards. Meanwhile, the little egg shaped carrier floated alongside of the bounty hunters as they made their way through the valley.

Eventually, they come up to a cave and (y/n) and Mando make their way inside of the cave while the Child stayed behind. The two hunters walk into the dark cave and pull out their blaster while Mando turns on the light on his helmet.

They look around until the light shined on an eye. They started firing at the creature but it flung them out of the cave. After they were flung back a few feet away from the cave, the mudhorn emerged and started to attack.

Mando and (y/n) tried to fight the monster but it was faster and stronger than both of them. After getting flung around a few times, (y/n) slid across the muddy surface on her back and just laid there as she felt like her head was spinning.

She turned to her side just to see Mando getting on his knee and holding out a blade while the mudhorn started to charge at him. (Y/n) felt fear in her heart at this then the Child raised his little claws out. 

Suddenly, the mudhorn stopped in its tracks and then started to float in the air a few feet. (Y/n) and Mando stare at this in shock and awe while (y/n) felt like she was the one floating, like this energy was surrounding her. The two hunters then turn to see the Child with his hand out and his eyes closed.

He was twitching and shaking, almost like he was the one that was holding the mudhorn in the air. Mando and (y/n) share a look and even though she couldn’t see his face, (y/n) knew that Mando was shocked. They look back at the mudhorn just as the Child dropped his arm and fell backwards in his crib.

(Y/n) felt the energy leave then felt tired as the mudhorn landed back on the ground. Immediately, Mando stabbed the creature, killing it. (Y/n) was doubled over as she placed her hands on her knees, catching her breath. “You okay?” Mando asked her as she takes a few deep breathes. She looks up at him and nods as she stands up straighter.

Both of them then started to make their way back into the cave and found the egg.

“Just a little while longer.” Kuiil said the Jawas, who were getting impatient. They started to make their way back into the sandcrawler after waiting a few more minutes. “Fine. Go without me.” Kuiil said before he sighs. He turns back to see Mando, (y/n) and the Child appearing over the edge. 

“Mando! Manda!” Kuiil calls out. “We have it. We’ve got The Egg.” Mando said and they make their way to the Jawas and gave the egg to them. One of the Jawas pulls out a knife and cuts it open then sticks its hand in the egg and eats its contents. He turns to the others and makes an approving noise and the other Jawas dig in.

Mando and (y/n) shake their heads and meet up with Kuiil. “I’m surprised you waited.” Mando said to him. “I’m surprised you two took so long.” Kuiil retorted and (y/n) chuckles a bit.

Later, Kuiil was on his blurrg, which was pulling a sled that held the Razer Crest’s parts and Mando and (y/n) were riding in it as well while the Child’s crib floated next to it.

“Is it still sleeping?” Kuiil asked the hunters. Both of them turned to look and see the Child was indeed still fast asleep. “Yes.” Mando replied. “Was it injured?” Kuiil asked. “Don’t think so. Not physically” (y/n) replied. “Explain it to me again. I still don’t understand what happened.” Kuiil said as the two hunters continue to stare at the sleeping Child.

“Neither do we.” Mando said as (y/n) places her hand on the rim of the crib, still trying to process what just happened back at that cave.

The night, they pulled up to the Razor Crest. “There is no way we’re gonna get this to work without a full maintenance facility. This is gonna take days to fix.” Mando said as he gets off the sled and looks over his ship. “If you care to help it might go faster. There is much work to do.” Kuiil said and the three worked together to fix the ship while the Child slept.

The next morning, after testing out the engines on the ship, Kuiil walks out of the ship as Mando and (y/n) stand on the hatched door. “I can’t thank you enough. Please allow me to give you a portion of the reward.” Mando said to Kuiil. “I cannot accept. You two are my guest, and I am therefore in your service.” Kuiil said.

“I could use a crew member of your ability. And I can pay handsomely.” Mando offered but Kuiil shakes his head. “I am honoured. But I have worked a lifetime to finally be free of servitude.” he replied. “I understand. Then…all I can offer is my thanks.” Mando said to him as (y/n) smiles and nods. “And I offer mine. Thank you for bringing peace to my valley.” Kuiil said then he leaves then ship and mounts his blurrg.

“And good luck with the Child. May it survive and bring you a handsome reward. I have spoken.” Kuiil said and he starts to off while Mando and (y/n) walk into the ship, the hatch door closing behind them. 

The two walk up to the cockpit and Mando takes the pilot seat and (y/n) takes the passenger seat. “Do you still wanna go through with this? Split the reward?” Mando asked (y/n). She thinks for a moment then nods, slightly. "I’ve gone this far with you. Might as well see this through.“ She said, shrugging. 

She couldn’t see but Mando’s lips twitched into a smirk, under the helmet, before he nods then turns to the main board, started the ship up and the Razor Crest takes off, heading for Nevarro.

(Haar'chak means Damn it. Udesii means Calm down or take it easy. di'kut means fool or idiot.)

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