Hello everyone. Sorry for the long wait again. Here is chapter 12. I hope that you will enjoy it. :)
After following Bo-Katan Kryze for a number of minutes, Nightfly and his friends found themselves in a special room. It is here where they faced Bo-Katan again, knowing that she would want to have a talk with them about why an Mandalorian appeared on their home-world. They also hoped that, she would gladly accept training them in combat.
The four looked quietly at the leader of the Mandalorians, wondering what is going through her mind at that moment. It's clear to all of them, that she is taking her time to ponder the information that she had received from earlier as she finally got their immediate attention. The four looked at her, hoping that they have finally got an answer.
They could only watch as Bo-Katan got off her chair, before she began to slowly walk towards them in a silent manner. While she was walking, the nearby guards still kept their eyes on the prisoners in front of them as they hoped that they will not put up a strong tough struggle. Luckily for those Mandalorians, they have no reason to worry.
"The Mandalorian, who came to your home-world is called Krung" said Bo-Katan as she replied in sadness. "He was a good friend of mine, he was also a loyal soldier to me".
"He had found out, about the empire's plans for us, hence he left" said another Mandalorian soldier in sorrow. "We thought he got away, but, clearly the empire found him".
"I'm so sorry to hear that, luckily though, he managed to find me" said Nightfly as he showed them sympathy. "But he said "save Mandalore", did something bad happen?".
"Yes, young one, we are currently being ruled over by the empire" said Bo-Katan as she was filled with curious. "I want to know one thing, why should we train you at all?".
Nightfly couldn't help feel taken aback by that question, especially when he knows that Bo-Katan is asking the question. He took the time to ponder about, before the thoughts of Lisa's parents being gunned down by Stormtroopers with such brutality quickly entered his mind. The mere thought, caused his right wing to clench up in anger.
"Because I seek the means to fight against injustice, Bo-Katan" said Nightfly as he made eye-contact with Bo-Katan. "To turn fear against those, who prey on the fearful".
"I see, that's definitely interesting, coming from you, young one" said Bo-Katan as she became a lot more curious. "I hear anger in your voice, although, I do hear guilt too".
"I do feel guilty about what happened to my friend, her name is Lisa" said Nightfly as he thought about his friend. "She lost her parents, when the empire murdered them".
The fact she's actually hearing the story from Nightfly, caused her to feel sorry for the young teenager in front of her. Despite hearing the story though, she had a feeling that Nightfly wasn't revealing the entire truth as she patiently waited for him to reveal the final truth. It finally came, when Nightfly had a pile of tears streaming down his cheeks.
"There weren't the only ones to have died, Jewel was the first victim" said Nightfly as Bia gently held his wing. "The mother of my girlfriend and her sister, committed suicide".
There was gasps of shock coming from Bia and Carla, who couldn't believe that their mother has actually killed herself. The tears formed in their eyes, that resulted in them being consoled by both Nightfly as well as Xander respectively with the truth of it slowly sinking in. Bo-Katan was shocked by it, by the fact that Nightfly's past was so tragic.
"I'm so sorry to hear that, it must have been very hard for you all" said Bo-Katan as she made her decision. "Very well, the Mandalorians and I will start training you at once".
"Really?, like as in right now?, because that would be amazing" said Xander as he realised something too. "Also, we haven't got a place to stay though, we need help please".
"Don't worry, I can take care of that, I do have a farm too" said a very mysterious voice from behind them. "Besides, I'd figured that I could train some students, you know".
They turned around to face a adult male Spix Macaw, who is wearing Mandalorian armour as he had a stoic expression. He gestured to the four to follow him, which they obliged as it is understood that he has decided to take up the personal responsibility of training them for future combat. Bo-Katan watched them go as she became curious.
The four followed the Mandalorian warrior, who led them to a training room in order to have a place where they can train. After reaching the training room, they took the time to look around before they turned their attention back to their trainer as he paced up and down while inspecting all of them. It is only when he was done, that he did speak.
"I am Goran Beviin, I am eighteen years-old, believe it or not" said Goran as he spoke like a commander to an army. "I am going to be your teacher, I exercise...prudence".
Nightfly and his friends looked at each other in wonder, trying to figure out what Goran is doing to them at this very moment. They both knew that, he is treating them like soldiers as it is understood that the Mandalorians are a warrior race after all with their tough training preparing them for combat. The four continued to listen as Goran spoke.
"I am going to teach you, the ways of the Mandalorian combat" said Goran as he looked at the four with stern eyes. "I expect hard work from you all, do you understand?".
The four teenagers responded with nodding their heads, before they got into a fighting position with Goran quickly doing the same. They waited for a moment, before the four started their attack against Goran as the latter dodged the many punches and kicks that they tried to strike at him while holding back. It wasn't long, before he attacks them.
He still dodged his trainee's attacks as he ran at them, until he leg-swept Carla to the ground as he quickly punched Xander in the face. He struck him with force, that caused the young Jedi Padawan to instantly fall to the ground with Nightfly and Bia still standing as they managed to hold their own against Goran. It wasn't long, until they too fell.
"I got to admit there, you fought well for your first time, trainees" said Goran as he was mildly impressed with them. "However you must improve, let's begin again, at once".
They begun their training once again as they slowly improved, though it still wasn't enough to beat Goran as he still managed to defeat them. He kept training them, for many weeks until they can finally beat him although he also got them doing different exercises such as push-ups as well as sit-ups to occupy them. They also trained with weights.
The weeks and months passed with their training getting more harder, they learned how to use jetpacks along with learning the basic language. They also took part, in usual celebrations as Xander and Carla became closer with the two also blushing after they had accidentally held each other's wings in one training session. They still trained hard.
Nightfly himself was becoming more closer with Bia as they expressed their love, while occasionally sneaking into each other's rooms late at night. Their love grew, so did their training as they were slowly getting better and better with the passing weeks and months of training as they got ever closer to beating Goran. The latter was impressed.