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Chapter Fifty: Little Keldabe

((Oh man! 50 chapters!!! Thank you for sticking with my bullshit for this long))

Ka'ra this was such a odd group.

He had Korkie Kryze, to represent the New Mandalorians in his aunt's place.

Bo-Katan, to vouch for the newly reformed Death Watch, now called Haar Ja'hailire, or The Watchers in Basic.

And finally, himself and Slick, to spearhead the mission. He had once again tossed his armor at a willing ARC — Dogma this time — and taken off. He sighed as they landed in the spaceport. Sparkler pulled on his bucket and made a motion for everyone to follow him out.

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"Boba, Jones," Din whispered, "Are you sure they're gone?"

Jones stood up with a grin, flipping up his hood. "Of course we're sure, Din'ika. Don't you trust your ori'vode?"

Din nodded, grabbing Boba's hand and pulling himself out of the hidden compartment.

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Slick glanced at Korkie, who was chatting with Sparkler about something in Mando'a. Thankfully, Satine was smart enough to give him armor for this trip. He leaned closer to Bo-Katan. "So, he looks like General Kenobi. I'm not crazy right?"

Bo-Katan nodded, "He's not my kid if that's what you're asking."

"...You don't have any other siblings, do you?"

Bo-Katan shook her head, disguising a laugh as a cough. "Nayc."

Slick held in a chuckle. He wouldn't laugh. He wouldn't. But that wouldn't stop him from making a joke.

"And here I thought the only person getting in the General's pants was Cody."

Bo-Katan was struggling to hold in her laughter, covering her mouth with a gloved hand as she started to snicker.

A mandalorian clad in beskar came out of nowhere, engaging Sparkler into a fight.

"Korkie, get out of the way!" Slick shouted at the New Mandalorian, who was standing completely still in shock. He fired his cable from the wrist launcher, it wrapped around Korkie and Slick yanked him out of the way. It took a moment to unravel it, but it retracted back into his gauntlet.

"Next time, when I say move, don't stand there like a di'kut." Slick hissed, and Korkie gave him an apologetic wince.

Sparkler flipped the mando on her shebs, only for her to roll and try to fire her cable at him. He rolled out of the way, grabbing hold of the cable and yanking her towards him.

He managed to get his arm around her throat and hold her other arm locked behind her back. She could have used her free arm to her advantage.

Instead, she headbutted him.

Slick and Bo-Katan lost their fucking minds, laughing, to the confusion of Korkie.

When the mandalorian got away from Sparkler, she fired a blaster bolt at him. He deflected it with the darksaber.

This seemed to end the fight. She removed her helmet, revealing herself to be a pantoran with short lavender hair. Her face, even in the dim light, was visibly dark purple in embarrassment.