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Chapter 30 - That Darn...
Fayra shut herself in her room as she felt the Razor Crest take off and head back into the blackness of the galaxy. She breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't really want to see him, but she was awfully thirsty. She thought perhaps she could get in and out of the galley before he finished his duty on the flight deck.
She opened the cabinet to retrieve a cup and began making herself some tea. She turned to sit down while it steeped and gasped. Blue stood at her feet. She swallowed hard as her heart leaped to her throat, then sunk to her stomach.
"You can't be here." She gasped. He beeped at her. "Manny won't give you a second chance, he's definitely going to kill you."
He beeped several times. She couldn't believe her eyes. Blue was not supposed to be here. She was happy to see him, but she couldn't celebrate it. The little droid was going to be thrown in the air lock and sucked out into space.
He beeped again when she didn't respond.
"How did you even get here?" She asked. "You're supposed to be that old man's new droid."
He beeped furiously at her.
"Shush! He'll hear you." She sighed. "If you think I'm going to help you this time, you-" her sentence was cut short. As she got up and turned to retrieve her tea, Mando was standing there, watching them. So close, in fact, she nearly bumped into him. Her eyes widened in surprise as she backed away from him. Fayra's eyes threaten tears for the second time that day.
"Darn droid!" She said nervously, her fingers fidgeting in front of her, "he did it again."
Mando peered around her, tilting his head to get a look at the droid. "We gonna have a problem." His gaze back on Fayra.
It wasn't a question. He used that dangerous tone of his, it was a warning. Fayra didn't want another incident like before. She wasn't even strong enough. She still felt the after effects of the last one. She swallowed hard and peered over her shoulder at the small droid.
She looked up at Mando and shook her head. She turned and went back to her room, closing the door. She hoped to block out any sound the droid made during its last minutes alive. Tears finally came rolling down her cheeks as she curled up in her bed, under her covers. Seconds passed by like they were hours.
Finally her door slid open. Fayra's body tensed. She didn't want to see him. She didn't want to hear anything he would say. Then, as she heard the familiar metal rolling into her room, she perked up. She uncovered herself and saw Blue at the foot of her bed. She sat on the floor in front of him.
"I don't understand?" She questioned, wiping tears away. "What happened?"
The little droid rolled to her, bumping her legs and making a few noises at her. She laughed, wiping away more tears. Mando appeared in the corner of her eye, leaning against her door frame.
He took a deep breath. "I'm going to regret this." He said. "He can stay."
Fayra stood and leaped. She wrapped her arms around his neck. He caught her as she squeezed him tightly.
"Thank you." She said. Her words muffled as she dug her face in his neck. "Thank you."
Mando pulled her down, holding her at a distance. "He messes up one time -" he began.
"I know!" Fayra quickly interrupted, nodded her head. "He gets in your way, touches your ship, says the wrong beep. You'll send him out the airlock and me along with him!" She said smiling. "He won't."
Mando growled as he watched Fayra's skin light up with happiness. He released her and she fell back to the floor hugging the machine. Mando left the pair shaking his head.