Ducem Mortis | The Mandalorian

VI

"Lucky?"

"Greenie?"

"Oscar?"

The child that sat in my lap gave off no reaction as I continued to call out names. The kid just looked at me while he had his head tilted to the side. I hummed as I tried to think of another name, just as I was about to open my mouth and say another name the Mandalorian had cut in.

"Can you stop?" I turned my head towards him to see that he was still looking ahead, steering the ship. I scrunched my eyebrows together not understanding why he was so uptight. "What's wrong with you? Got a name I haven't called yet?" I asked to which he turned his head and looked at me, not saying anything, and looking back towards the front. Just as I was about to tease the man again the ship rumbled as someone shot at us from behind.

"Dank farrik," the Mandalorian spoke as I started to get up with the child in my arms. "What's going on?" I questioned as I was almost up from my seat but before I could fully stand the Mandalorian spoke, "No, stay seated. Strapped down you and the child." I thought about what he said for  second, before agreeing that it was the best outcome in a situation like this.

"Hand over the child, Mando." The voice that rang through the ship made me look down at the child. This was all because of him. How many people did Moff Gideon have after this kid? The ship took another hit causing smoke to come out from the side. "I might let you live." The man added knowingly that he was causing damage to the ship. The child in my arms started to whine as the ship violently shook from side to side as the man successfully landed another hit. An alarm on the ship ringed out as he took out one of the engines. Whoever was after us needed to bring the child in alive, blowing up the ship would include the child. He was just trying to make it so we couldn't fly anymore.

"Hold on." The Mandalorian called before he steered the ship upside down. I for one, enjoyed the thrill and stomach drops. I couldn't help the small laugh that escaped my lips at the feeling. "I can bring you in warm or I can bring you in cold." The man said through the coms. As if something had snapped in the Mandalorian he immediately stopped the ship in mid space. The man's ship flew in front of us, hitting one of the engines in the process. When the man was in front us the Mandalorian said a couple of words that I couldn't quite catch before he shot at the ship causing it to blow up.

"Well, that was eventfully." I spoke as we were free floating through space as the Mandalorian tried to get the ship working again. "Wait what did you say before you took down his ship." I asked only for the Mandalorian not to answer me. I wasn't having any of his silent treatment causing me to start guessing. "That's my shot? No that wasn't it. That's my sign, no. That's my li-."

"Why don't you go back to figuring out a name for the child."

"Thought you'd never ask." I said with a small smile that disappeared as I saw the Mandalorian franticly push and flick buttons. I unstrapped the child and I before I stood up from my seat, I placed the child back down in the seat as he looked up at me. Once I finished strapping down the child I approached the Mandalorian that was still messing with the controls. "Are we going to be okay?" I asked to which he turned around to look at me, noting that I was now close to him.

"We're losing fuel." He spoke and as if he had spoke it into existence the power in the ship had cut off. The child in the back had giggled at the sudden darkness that surrounded us. "Where's the nearest planet?" I asked only for the Mandalorian to get up from his chair, bumping into me. I moved to the side as he walked towards the other side of the cockpit. He flicked a couple of switches causing some emergency lights to come on, he didn't say anything to me as he walked back to the front before flicking on some more controls causing some power to be restore.