Kairi could see the top of the ship through the foliage as she carried the child over to it. When the rest of it is within sight, Kairi sees a man in full body armour shooting at multiple shadow heartless. Kairi then, slowly, puts the child down.
"I'm going to go help him. Those are dangerous creatures, so please stay here while I go." Kairi tells it before summoning Destiny's Embrace and running into the battle.
Mando was able to hold back the shadows with pinpoint persuasion and the use of his flamethrowers. However, more seemed to keep spawning. At one point, Mando swore there were triple the amount that there originally was.
At some point, Mando notices a girl enter the battle dressed in pink and armed with a weird vibro weapon. She seemed to have an easier time with the beasts then he did, but due to also simultaneously fighting the creature while observing her, he couldn't tell for sure. As the fight drew on, he found that most of the creatures seemed to be focusing on the girl. In fact around seven-eighths of the creatures were attacking her.
After finishing his small amount, Mando burns half the pack focused on the girl since they were so densely packed. After this, the girl somehow summons lightning from the sky to strike the remaining shadows into non-existence. After this she calls out behind her.
"Its safe now. You can come out." And out of a bush nearby, the child walks out. Seeing the child fills Mando with relief but also fills him with another thought. The girl was able to summon lightning somehow. Maybe she knew about the child's weird powers.
"Hey." Mando starts. "Thank you."
"Your welcome. I'm Kairi." The girl holds her hand out.
"Just call me Mando." Mando shakes her hand. "Thanks for lookin out for the kid."
"Of coarse. Say, can I ask for a favour?" Kairi asks.
"What is it." Mando says as he picks up the child.
"Could you take me to a different world?" She asks. Mando thinks about it. The hunters would probably be here soon, so maybe it would be best to get a move on, and taking the girl with him for one trip couldn't hurt.
"Where too?" He asks.
"I don't know exactly what the planets name is, all I know it has a sight on it called the keyblade graveyard." She responds. Keyblade graveyard? The hell is a keyblade? And more importantly, who wouldn't know the name of the planet they were going to. Sensing they would both have questions, Mando decided to invite her inside.
"Come in. We'll talk about it." Mando says before walking into the ship with the child and Kairi following behind.
Inside, the two sit down and Mando types 'keyblade graveyard' unto his nav-computer. After this the two begin with their questions.
"Before we begin. I want to ask you some questions." Mando says.
"Uh, sure." Kairi responds.
"Earlier you were able to summon lightning. Are their others that can do this?" Mando asks. After a moment of throught, Kairi responds.
"Yes. There are others."
"How did you get these powers?" He asks.
"Though there are other ways to get them, I got mine through the keyblade." Kairi answers. There was that word again.
"Keyblade?" Mando asks.
"This." Kairi materializes said keyblade into her hand, and only just then Mando noticed it was gone during their conversation.
"May I see it?" He asks.
"Sure. Thing is, you will only be able to look for awhile. The keyblade tends to not like being held by a non keyblade wielder." Kairi warns before handing him the weapon. The key was not made of vibro like Mando initially thought. It was made of some smooth metal that he could quite place on what exact metal it was. The flowers on the end were the same as the rest of the blade, made of metal. It seemed rather light, so that likely meant what you see is what you get. No inner workings to look at. The keyblade then disappears from Mando's hand in a flash of light and reforms back into Kairi's. "See what I mean." Kairi laughs.
"The reason I ask is because this little one is able to perform... magic." Mando indicates the child, who is starring at the two intensely. "I don't know what to make of it."
"What can it do?" Kairi asks.
"It can move objects with its mind. Yesterday it was able to hold back those shadow creatures, and long before that it was able lift a mudhorn off the ground." Mando explains. "It always seems really tired after it does this."
Kairi thinks for a moment. No magic was able to lift living beings off the ground, she assumed the mudhorn was an animal of some sort, but then again she didn't know that much about magic.
"I don't think I know about it. From what I know, we can't move objects with our minds." She explains.
"You don't think?" Mando asks.
"My training was only recently completed. I only know the most basic of spells." Kairi explains. Mando seems to think for a bit before responding.
"Maybe when we find these others you're searching, maybe then can I find answers." Mando responds.
"Of coarse." Kairi reply's. Mando looks back to the computer leaving Kairi with her thoughts. She couldn't even answer some simple questions. She thinks to herself, still thinking of her uselessness. The Mandalorian then turns back to her.
"There is no record of any keyblade graveyard in any data banks." Mando responds. "Why exactly are you looking for this graveyard?"
"Well..." Kairi starts off. "I was last there with my friends. The others I was talking about. I was with them and all of a sudden I wake up here with no idea of how I got here."
"So, you were kidnapped." Mando says.
"I think so. I remember someone grabbing me, and then nothing." Kairi says.
"You were likely taken by Trandosians." Mando says.
"Trandosians?" Kairi asks.
"Lizard looking people who go across the galaxy kidnapping people to hunt them for sport. What I don't get is why the dropped you off here and not have taken you to Trandosia to be hunted like everyone else." Mando explains. "Maybe one of your friends are there." He then gets up from his seat, closes the door, and then heads up a ladder. The child tries to follow, so Kairi picks it up and heads up the ladder herself.
When she gets up there, she finds that this room is the cockpit, judging by the large window, and the many different computers and consoles. She puts the child on a chair to her right and then sits on the chair to the left.
"What are you doing?" Kairi asks.
"Taking off." Mando answers. "We're going to Trandosia."
"Oh. Why help me? I was told I would have to pay you." Kairi asks.
"No offense, but you look like you don't have a lot of credits on you. Someone helping me understand the child's powers will be payment enough. And besides, I can't stay in one place for too long." Mando responds as the ship lifts off the ground and heads for the sky.
"If you don't mind me asking, why is that?" Kairi nervously asks. She then sees that they have reached space. Mando flicks a few switches and then pulls a lever causing the stars the look warped. Then the ship seems to enter a wormhole of some kind.
Mando then turns his chair to face Kairi. "Hunters are after the kid. Some imperial wants it. I don't know for what but it probably isn't good."
"Oh. So your like its dad?" Kairi asks.
"No. I just look after it. It was alone when I found it. Don't know why, only knew some droid was trying to kill it." Mando says. "I don't even know what I'm going to do with the thing. We just kind of... stick together." Mando then turns back to the controls, and Kairi who now doesn't know how to respond stays silent as she watches them exit the wormhole. There lies another planet, this time with multiple moons surrounding it.
"If dangerous lizard people live here, shouldn't we, you know, not bring the kid here?" Kairi asks.
"Under normal circumstances, yes. But if we're being hunted, then it would throw them off going to a dirt hole like Trandosia." Mando explains. "Wouldn't be the first time he was surrounded by dangerous people." The ship then begins to approach one of the moons. "We'll need to be quick. I don't want to get spotted by any of the hunters or get my ship stolen."
"I understand." Kairi says.
"Good." Mando says as they touch down. "From now on, you do as I say exactly how I say it. I don't need you to end up dead."
"Relax. I've been in dangerous environments before." Kairi shrugs off. The original organizations castle comes to mind.
"I doubt its anything like this place." Mando responds as he gets up and exits the cockpit. "Come. Bring the kid." Mando responds. Kairi does so, still getting happy from seeing its cute face. She brings it down to the hull where Mando has some kinda space locker open. From the blankets spread around the base of it, Kairi could only guess that it was what served as the child's room. She places the child inside.
Mando then looks at the child. "Okay, don't move. Kairi and I are going to look around for any of her friends. You. Stay. Here."
The child continues to stare at Mando.
"Good." Mando says. Kairi couldn't help but find the interaction really adorable. "Come on. Lets look around for your friends."
AN: I don't really know anything about Trandosia. I only know what was shown in the clone wars show (if that even was trandosia.) So if I get anything wrong about it in this chapter or what comes after, I would like it if you guys could tell me. Also, any kind of constructive criticism is welcome.
