Ducem Mortis | The Mandalorian

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"What do you think they are gonna say when they see him?" I asked as I nodded my head towards Moff Gideon as we waited in the elevator. Din looked at the man for a couple of seconds before turning his head to look at me, "Surprised that you didn't kill him." I smiled a little before shaking my head. "You are oddly quiet," I said towards the man that stood in front of us so we could keep an eye on him. He didn't answer me causing me to glare at the man, "You'll see."

Before I could ask what Moff Gideon was talking about the door opened. He walked out first with his hands in front of him cuffed together. We made Moff Gideon open the door to show everyone else in the room, unharmed. As I held the child I could feel the eyes on everyone in the room as we got closer. However, one eyes I could feel in particular was Bo-Katan. Din pushed Moff Gideon to move quicker causing me to look at the man, only to see a smirk on his face.

"What happened?" She asked as she had a look that I couldn't quite read across her face. "They brought him in alive, that's what happened. And now the New Republic's gonna have to double the payment." Cara said as she came up to Grogu as his eyes latched onto her. "That's not what she's talking about. Why don't you kill them now and take it?" My eyes looked between Moff Gideon and Bo-Katan as I could see there was something going on that only they knew. "Who the hell is them?" I asked as Cara pushed the man to the ground.

"It yours now." He said towards Din before pausing and looking at me, "Both of yours actually. You both took me down making you both to have equal ownership. Like a king and queen how fitting."

"What is?" Din said as we all looked down at the man. "The Darksaber. It belongs to you too." Din caused the blade to go back into the holster before he walked towards Bo-Katan. He held the darksaber out within a clear reach for Bo-Katan, "Now...it belongs to her." Moff Gideon had a smile on his face as he watched the interaction. "She can't take it. It must be won in battle. In order for her to wield the Darksaber again, she would need to defeat both of you in combat."

I couldn't help but catch onto the word 'again'. Bo-Katan knew about this weapon and couldn't even give us a heads up. Maybe if she told us about this before hand we wouldn't have did what we had done. Din turned to me causing me to nod, "We yield. It's yours." Bo-Katan continued to stay still not moving a muscle, "Oh, no. It doesn't work that way." Moff Gideon said as he chuckled, "The Darksaber doesn't have power. The story does. Without that blade, she's a pretender to the throne." I could see by the look in her eyes that she was falling apart in the inside. She's probably gotten use to hiding her pain, but knowing how close she was to getting what she's been looking for only for it to be taken away when it is right in front of you had to hurt.

"He's right." Bo-Katan finally spoke not even meeting Din nor my gaze. "This is stupid we don't even want it." I said stepping up next to Din. I was all for giving up the darksaber and I was pretty sure that Din was too. Bo-Katan showed no wavier as her pride got the best of her. The only people that would know about the exchange would be the people in the room, but I guess even that wasn't good enough.

An alarm started to ring throughout the coms gaining all of our attention. "Well, perhaps she'll get another crack at it." Moff Gideon said causing me to nod towards Cara to move him over to the side. "The ray shields have been breached. We're being boarded." Fennec said as she paced over to the maps. "How many life forms?" Bo-Katan asked as I thought that Moff Gideon called backup somehow.

"None." I froze at the word 'none' as I knew who or should I say what she was talking about. I turned my head slightly to already see Din looking in my direction. It was the dark troopers. They were back. Grogu cooed as he looked up at me, probably sensing the fear that was radiating off of me. "You're about to face off with the dark troopers. You had your hands full with three. Let's see how you do against a platoon." Moff Gideon said as he looked at Din and I.