A big thanks to my friend Reivax for the editing and the inspiration for this fanfic came from my girlfriend Faith. Please enjoy and leave a review. (Constructive criticism only….)
I do not own Dance in the Vampire Bund, nor do I own Star Wars. All I own is Kad Krya'mud and Reivax (an upcoming character).
It all started when Kad Kyra' mud accepted a job to steal a device from a scientist who lived on some backwater planet. Its name Kad could not recall, nor did he care. He was a mercenary after all and his kind tended not to care about such things as long as they got paid. After picking up the bounty for this job, Kad headed to his ship which was docked in the spaceport. He then left the spaceport bound for the prize that was sure to be his. He put the coordinates for the backwater planet into his Nav computer and was soon greeted by the blueness of hyperspace as his ship blasted off towards its target.
It would be several hours until he arrived at his destination, so he decided to meditate. Using the force, he felt a sense of impending doom. The force would not reveal what lay in store for him, but Kad had faith that he, a Mandalorian warrior, would not fail his mission. He would complete this job and collect his payment afterwards. His thoughts soon wandered to an event in his childhood. He had been only a small boy when the Mandalorian civil war erupted. A piece of shrapnel from a thermal detonator had almost cost him his left eye. He was left an orphan of that war; his parents had sided with Jaster Mereel, the leader of the True Mandalorians. The Death Watch had killed them in their quest for power, and he soon developed a deep-seated hatred for those who belonged to the Death Watch.
A very slight jolt awoke him from his meditation. He then went to one of lockers that lined his quarters and he opened it to reveal a battle worn Mandalorian helmet that shone black like the rest of his armor when light reflected off it. The helmet had a gash that almost cut into the visor of where his left eye should be. A Death Watch member had created it with a vibro-blade that was meant to kill Kad, but Kad had survived and he had killed his foe sending him to a fate worse than death. Since members of the Death Watch did not adhere to the Resol'nare, the strict Mandalorian code that every Mandalorian had to live by in order to be seen as Mando; they would be doomed to wander the afterlife and would not be allowed to join the Manda (Mandalorian afterlife). Many Mandalorians feared this and adhered to the code. He had killed many Death Watch members, earning him the nickname: "The Hand of Death".
Kad then started to put his Mandalorian armor on and check his weapons for any malfunctions that might cost him his life. His eyes scanned the HUD in his helmet and soon he was headed for the bridge when he saw another vessel fly past his ship towards his target. "I better act soon or else I'm not getting paid", he said to himself. The hissing of the landing gear of his ship could be heard as he stepped down into the desert wasteland that stood before him. His employer had said that the planet was occupied by a single scientist working on a device that would revolutionize weapons technology. He had also said that the scientist would be living alone, but as Kad looked north through his Rangefinder, he saw pieces of wreckage and movement. "It seems the old man was wrong about the scientist being alone, and whatever's out there killed whoever came before me in that X-Wing." Kad then started his speeder and zoomed northward toward his target.