The Gods of Mandalore

Chapter 12

It sounded fine.
Just snoop around and look at Vader's position.

No hitch... until...

"Sabine Wren has volunteered to join you." Kanan reported.

This. This was not fine.

"Absolutely not." Boba Fett grunted as he stood by his newly repaired Slave I.

"Commander's orders, Boba." Hera shook her head, "We were against it to-"

"I follow no commander." Boba Fett placed his flamethrower on his right arm.

"You have to, since you joined the rebellion." Kanan informed.

Damn it.
Say I follow no rebellion and these marks will blast me to hell.

"Let me talk to her." Boba Fett growled, and was led by the two pilots back to the Ghost.

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Sabine looked at her armor and checked her blaster pistols, inspecting them for the task ahead. "For good luck." she mumbled and grabbed a can of spray paint, then quickly made a strange symbol on her wall.

The door opened.

Boba Fett.

"Ah... Boba." Sabine smiled as she looked at the Mandalorian, "Have you heard th- AHHH!" she was smacked by the bounty hunter across the face.

"What is wrong with you?" Boba Fett growled and saw her rise up.

"Boba?!" Sabine responded harshly.

"How dare you follow me into such situations." Boba Fett pointed at her, "You are not ready." he glared at her, "You will not come with me."

"There is no choice." Sabine looked at him defiantly, "The commander has-"

"The commander means nothing to me." Boba Fett responded, "You will not come with m-"

"I vowed to defeat the Empire for what they caused to our people, and you took the same vow." Sabine growled, "Yet here you are breaking it by not allowing me to help you." she crossed her arms, "I will die for what I believe in with you, in order to restore the honor of our people."

"There's no use of honor if we go extinct." Boba Fett responded.

"You seem to forget, which is odd, heh..." Sabine scoffed, "That Glory is the sound life sends to eternity, and Honor is the echo back."

Boba Fett stood silence, someone had told him that before.

His father. The proud Mandalorian whose people he sought to restore.

"I... I... very well." the bounty hunter responded, then saw as the woman placed on her helmet, "Sabine." he looked at her.

"Yes, Boba?" Sabine looked back.

"Good job." Boba Fett responded, "That is the Mandalorian way." he added.

And for the first time, a smile appeared on both their faces.

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"Stay safe, Sabine." Hera spoke in her transmission to the Slave I as it hovered in space, "And you too, Boba."

"Thank you." Sabine responded,

Boba only grunted back.

The transmission cut off and Boba re-assumed control of his ship.
"We have to find this Lord Vader." he spoke as he typed in some coordinates.

"What do you mean, 'This lord Vader'?" Sabine asked as she shuffled in her seat, "You mean you've never met him?"

"No." Boba Fett responded, "But the man is nothing more than a frightening politician." he flipped some switches, "Easy mark." he chuckled.

"Boba, Lord Vader is a very powerful man." Sabine told him, "He singlehandedly destroyed the rebel outpost on C'irak. Kanan has even stated he may be able to use the Force."

"The Force is just a cheap trick, Sabine." Boba Fett sped up some distance, "It's a little trick meant to scare you into submission. At the end of the day, it's nothing more than a muse."

"But Kanan uses it to lift up th-"

"Enough." Boba Fett raised his arm, "I may not know where Vader is, but I think the word has spread around." he spoke and started up his hyperdrive.

"Wherever Vader is, we must defeat him." Sabine commented, "Not only to cripple the Empire but help the Rebellion."

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"These rumors, are they true?" Darth Vader spoke to Admiral Tanesh.

"We have received reports from the Major and the Scythe that the bounty hunter, Mandalorian by the way, has assisted a known rebel group known as the Lothals escape the blockade on Alderaan." Tanesh reported.

"Boba Fett." Darth Vader spoke, "A rebel. And a Mandalorian." he looked outside his ship, "And what did the message he send say?"

"He and his rebel allies were retreating to the planet of Datooine, Lord Vader." Admiral Tanesh spoke, "Now I have requested permission from the Emperor to move our position to the planet." he told him, "There has been suspicion amongst the high command that there may be an influential Rebel base there."

"And the response?"

"None." Admiral Tanesh responded.

"I will speak to The Emperor then." Darth Vader responded, "And if this Boba Fett keeps harassing us. Destroy him." he walked off.

"Will do, Lord Vader." Admiral Tanesh saluted and then grabbed the communicator, "Executor Fleet, Slave I has gained a shoot on sight authorization. Report this to other nearby fleets."

"Worry not, sir." one of the captains ran walked up to him after the briefing, "The bounty hunter has gained a taste of his own medicine." she showed the Admiral a Wanted holodisk, "It had been approved by the Imperial commission- there must be a hunt for his head all throughout the galaxy right now." she laughed and turned off the device.

Sorry for taking so long folks.
ENJOY!