Every step felt like my last as I was limping towards one of the mercs speeders. "Your anger, your anger is your fault Charles, not because of who you are"
Memories flooded into my mind as I grimace as I took that last step and the next. I should of been more cooperative with Master Marwbor.
Once I got onto the speeder I got it to turn on, thanks to my common sense. I started it and of course I've never ridden on these it kept jerking, but it's IIum I won't run into anything but mountains. So with my bearings I went towards the ship.
One blaster bolt was all I needed to wake up from my rest. I looked around in my chambers but nothing but darkness. After finding our crystals in the cave it's like half of me has gone missing. Me and my brother have a close bond and now he's gone. "We got intruders!, Pod get status on the ship! Greg go shoot those bastards!" was what I heard from the ship, I stood up looking around my room, it was dark. Only a bed and a desk with a holo was within my room. I heard knocking as soon as I opened it the Captain of the ship's face appeared, he looked like a mess with his buzz cut. He was shiny with sweat, eyes dark and sunken in. He was in his 30s but looked a lot older at this point.
"Ki-kid you gotta hide sweety, right now! We don't have much time but we have to look after you. There are intruders inside right no-" before he could finish his stuttering mess of a sentence a blaster shot went into his left side silencing him forever.
As soon as he fell to the ground everything seemed to be quiet for it seemed like centuries. Why did he have to die? He was doing his job. He probably had a family who are waiting for him to come home from an easy flight to IIum waiting to be able to eat with the paycheck that man had. Now more than one life with so much to live is affected with that death.
The quietness disappeared and came with it footsteps, heavy footsteps. Each one slower than the last, until I heard a deep dark, calm voice "Dain, take the bodies, I'll handle the Jedi." As soon as he spoke I heard two more blaster shots and two more loud crashing sounds.
A tear fell out of my eye and for the first time here, not for my brother.
Sometimes the job can be easy, I mean how can the Republic really bring troops to protect Jedi kids to get their lightsabers, 4 this time, huh mostly 2 at times. Time to get it over with and hell I'm in a great mood, maybe I'll hit that twi'lek, haven't had a good time in a bit.
As I rounded the door to get the Jedi I could see the dark long hair of a girl. Slowly I got closer until I could see only sadness and fear in her eyes, but she wasn't looking at me, looking at the man I killed only moments ago.
Man that kinda makes me feel bad, but the money is worth it, hell it's definitely worth it.
"So kid, I got a nice two handed cuff with your name on it, firstly just turn around and secondly tell me where your other Jedi friend is." Me thinking that she would try something or at least some resistance no, she just turned around. "He already left, before you came." she said with nothing short of happiness in her voice, it was just pure defeat and sadness.
Left? How? We didn't see him while we rode here! Fuck! "Dain, go back to the Jedi temple, there must of been one more! Hurry now! I'll deal with her." As I click on the cuffs, footsteps left the ship quickly. I smirked, Duros all business they are.
Faster! Faster! I thought to myself as I wanted to beat the mercs to the ship. Doubt consumed me as I thought of how those mercs are viciously beating the troops and Josephine. Those assholes, those pieces of absolute filth are going to pay for what they've done.
As I was going fast as possible I saw a faint brownish dot in the far distance as the snow wind stopped, but it went away with the snow wind coming at my sight. I thought nothing of it knowing the ship is farther.
Until I heard double of my speeder until another one collided with me. I remember flying towards the snow hoping, please that it was very high, but before I went head first I put out my arms.
I don't know how long I laid there as the snow piled onto my cold pale body.
But I know I got up first before whoever crash into me. As I regained consciousness for some reason all I wanted to know who was the one who crashed into me and if they were alive or not depending on the person. I turned around as I used my right arm to push myself up from my left knee.
All I saw behind me was fire and smoke, as I kept walking towards it I could see a bluish inprint in the snow, as I kept walking and walking until I could clearly see what and who it was. It was a Duros, and by the looks of it the same one I saw before I was knocked out by the grenade.
Out of everything I've learned from the Jedi academy never should you feel happy or glad to defeat an opponent in battle and certainly not a defenseless one. But none of those thoughts concerned me, those other two I don't remember what I felt, it all happened in a second. "M-my body, it hurts, i- it hurts terribly. He-help me, I'll pay you" he groaned out in a weak voice.
No sympathy for him for what he did to my master and by the looks of it what he did to the ship. I gritted my teeth, he came from the ships direction. They must be there now. Hopefully she's alive. She has to be.
"No money, but if you can bring back my Master from the dead, I'll certainly help you" I said.
All he did was open his eyes wider than any Duros I've ever seen. But before he could cry his apologies I took out my Master's beautiful violet lightsaber and stabbed him in the heart with it.
There was no remorse for what I did, only justice for my Master who died protecting me.
Damn this ship was amazing, I'm definitely taking this baby back home with me, I'll just have to make a little stop and drop her off
"So, kid. What's your name?" I said as I lifted my legs up to the command center deck. She was looking at the communication screen, not even facing me, not even acknowledging me.
"C'mon kid don't make this awkward, I'm trying to make conversation, the mature thing is to talk."
"You killed that man, and now you joke?" she said, it was hard for her to say that without cracking and crying, I could tell. "When you live in this galaxy for as long as I have it becomes the same as killing a bug." I said
She shuffled in her cuffs and sit. "You're a monster if you think that, no better than the bug you kill as you say, to do all this just for some credits, you're what I swore to cease to exist." she said.
I stood up, these words this little girl says are getting under my skin. They shouldn't, but they are. I got closer to her until I got on one knee and forced her to look at me. "You're right I am I monster, and people are afraid of monsters, especially little girls like you. Be afraid little one" I said.
That must have shut her up as I went back to waiting for those idiots of teammates to bring back the other two kids.
Funny enough one of those kids showed up by himself.
As I arrived to the ship, I hurried towards it until I saw it was opened from someone hacking into the system, the door was wide open. The Duros must of been going to tell his friends that they took over the ship, the snow really destroys the communication system. As I got closer I felt sadness, she, Josephine must be alive. Must be my force sensing her. C'mon Charles make her feel your presence. As I walked up the ship I was finally out of the cold. I had to stop just to get some movement in my limbs. As I walked I went straight to Josephine rooms picking up the pace, until I saw blaster marks and two officer bodies. Fuck! I was too late, why couldn't they have just knocked or captured them, these fucking heathens.
She wasn't in her room, maybe she went hiding, before I could think where I heard the intercom that usually wakes us up or bells.
"If you've come to heroically save these people sadly, most are dead but I don't think those are the ones you care about, c'mon kid your a kid. You think because you can control the force you can beat a Mandorlian? Don't make me laugh. Come with no lightsabers and we can do this with no pain." A deep, confident voice coming through the intercom, almost sounded like it was a game to the man.
This man, this man. Whoever was this asshole is, I don't care he will learn never to cross me.
Every step towards the command center was clouding my mind with anxiety, nervousness. I maybe way over my head but I have to! I have to, I need to show Josephine that I am strong, stronger than my brother, stronger than everyone!
Once I realized that Charles was on board I was scared for him, he can't beat this merc! Charles couldn't beat a droid. But how did he get here he must have fought the other ones. "Your boyfriend is pretty arrogant, but whatever I just needa kick his ass and I'll leave with you two and get all the money for myself. I'll make sure to thank the kid for coming here." he said so cheerfully.
It was quiet until we heard small steps that got louder and closer each time, closer and closer, louder and louder until it stopped.
"C'mon hurry up kid lets get this over with, I'd like to leave without my crew."
Charles face emerged in front of the doorway. Before the Mandalorian could realize Charles spoke. "Actually took care of those pesky crew members, I came to finish all four of you, ending of course with you."
For the first time in many years Gavon had a chill go up his spine.