Ducem Mortis | The Mandalorian

XIX

I laughed at the quarrens as they surrounded us. Some of them were giving me looks that I might be crazy. "Are you mad lady, I just told you I was going to kill you." The quarren that first called out to us spoke. I shrug my shoulders before I grab onto my katana, pulling it from my side. I gave a slightly dramatic sigh before I spoke, "I might be, but I've had a very bad day." I pointed my katana at the quarren, daring for him to come closer.

"Astraea," Din warned, trying to calm me down. "We're surrounded." I nodded my head, fully aware of the whole situation. "This time I won't have you distracting me, I'll be fine." The quarren in front of me laughed, "Saying your last words to each other."

I shook my head with a small smile of my lips, "On the contrary, we were just making prayers that your death would be quick." The laughter from the quarren died down before he charged at me. My grip on my katana tighten as I tried to zone out my thoughts, and only focus on the danger ahead. However before I completely zone out I heard the child whine causing me to look back and give him a small smile, for I wasn't going to let anything happen to him.

Suddenly I heard the sound of jetpacks as the three Mandalorians from earlier landed in front of us. They surrounded us making them the barrier between us and the quarrens. I turned to look at Din only for him to shake his head, he was not aware that this was going to happen. They must've been following us. "She did kill your brother. But you're going to have to go through me to get to her." Bo-Katan said before her and her other two Mandalorians pulled out their blasters shooting down the quarrens. I put my katana back in it's holster on my waist as Bo-Katan and the others had cleared out the quarrens.

"Can we at least buy you a drink?" Bo-Katan said towards Din and I. After a short walk we made it back into the inn that we were at earlier in the day. This time there was none of those quarrens, I could feel a lighter atmosphere in the building. Probably due to the beings working there no longer having to do the dirty work of getting people to go with the quarrens. We sat in a small table in the back of the room. Din, the child, and I sat on one side while Bo-Katan, and her other two Mandalorians who I found out names were Koska Reeves and Axe Woves sat on the other side. The only one who was eating was Kosha while everyone except for the child and Din had drinks.

"Trask is a black market port. They're staging weapons that have been bought and sold with the plunders of our planet. We're seizing those weapons and using them to retake our home world. Once we've done that, we'll seat a new Mandalore on the throne." Bo-Katan said while looking at Din. I watched silently as I didn't know too much about the planet Mandalore. Other than that planet was a mess. "That planet is cursed. Anyone who goes there dies. Once the Empire knew they couldn't control it, they made sure no one else could either." Din said next to me clearly not too fond of the planet.

"Don't believe everything you hear. Our enemies wanna separate us. But Mandalorians are stronger together." Bo-Katan said rising my interest. Was she trying to take Din away from the child? "That's not part of my plan. I've been quested with returning this Child to the Jedi." Din said causing me to lightly smile as I ran my finger over the rim of my cup. "What do you know of the Jedi? Bo-Katan asked, but her eyes told me that she knew something about the Jedis that Din and I didn't know.

"Nothing. I was hoping you would help me by Creed." Din said causing it to get real silent. "What do you know?" I asked Bo-Katan noticing that both Koska and Axe was looking at her. "I can lead you to one of their kind. But first, we need your help on our mission. Both of you actually." She finished with as she looked at me. "What mission?" I asked before looking at the child. If it was something that could be deadly I wasn't all in for the child being there. And unless we could find a babysitter in short notice I wouldn't be going.

Bo-Katan brought us to a high lookout as we sat on top of the Razor Crest. It was very early in the morning, leaving little light in the sky. We were looking at a large freighter floating in the water, everything seemed normal but Bo-Katan explained otherwise. "You see that Imperial Gozanti freighter? It's being loaded with weapons as we speak. According to the port's manifest, it's scheduled to depart at first light." I looked down at the child in my arms as he started to fall asleep.