Under the Beskar

Unfinished Business

Planet Tatooine
Boba's Palace

"Sweetheart, what brings you back here so soon?" Boba toys with Nia as she enters the throne room, with Fennec by his side as always.

"Boba, I'm sorry to come back here like this. But that princess took the kid and left for Concord Dawn, seeking a fight to be the next ruler. So then he flew off to go after her. I need the dark saber," Nia explains.

"What do you expect to accomplish?" He asked.

"She kidnapped the child. I'm planning to kill her if she doesn't surrender," Nia says firmly.

"Don't underestimate Kryze. She's mad with vengeance," he warned.

"I can handle a Mandalorian, but I will need the saber. I know that's all she wants. Please," Nia pleads.

Boba wasted no time, he stands up and leads her to his private chambers and opens the safe, "I will come with you, princess."

"I can't ask you to risk yourself for me, Boba," Nia says as she removes the dark saber from the safe.

"As much as I care about you, I'm not doing this only for you, sweetheart," he says softly. "I'm doing this for him."

Nia turns around and looks at him, although his facial expression hidden underneath his helmet, she knew he was serious, "Then we should leave right away."

Boba nods and reached out for his comlink on his vambrace, "Fennec, you're in charge while I'm away."

"Sure thing, boss," Fennec announced through the communication line.

"After you, Lord Fett," Nia smiled.

***

Planet Concord Dawn

Din stands in an open field on Concord Dawn, a planet that has been devastated as a result of the hundreds of wars it's suffered. Standing in front f him was Bo-Katan Kryze, the so-called "princess" of Mandalore. He sees the child standing behind two other Mandalorians who were part of Kryze's Night Owls.

"You know what I want, Djarin. You've been running from me for far too long," Kryze sneered.

"Give me the child, Kryze. That's all I care about," Din replied back in a calmly manner, trying not to further enrage the woman.

***

Just then, The Slave One lands several yards away from their location, "Here we are. Are you ready for this?"

As Nia gathers her teal saber and the dark saber and says, "Never been more ready in my life. That princess threatened a child. She's no ruler in my eyes," she sneered as she exits the ship.

***

"Last chance, Kryze. Give me the child!" Din threatened, more forcefully this time.

"You know what I want," Kryze snapped back.

"He doesn't have it!" Nia shouted. Standing behind Din, she engaged her teal saber and the dark saber. "I do. Do you want it? Come and get it!"

"Nia, no! This is my fight!" Din yelled, but Nia didn't listen.

Force-jumping twice her height, she lands in front of Bo-Katan as her two sabers clash with her beskar sword. "You think you can threaten a child!" She sneered angrily. "You're no ruler. You're a bully!"

"Nia, stop!" Din's voice is heard about the clanking of her sabers against Kryze's blade. The Force flowing through her veins, she couldn't allow his pleas to distract her. Using the Force, she tosses Din a few feet away before refocusing her attacks on the angry Mandalorian in front of her.

"Give up, princess. I really prefer not to kill anyone today," Nia snarled as she continues clashing her two sabers against Bo-Katan's beskar blade.

"This does not involve you, Jedi!" Kryze sneered.

Clashing the dark saber against her bleaker sword, Nia curled her lip at her, "I'm no Jedi!" As the words leave her mouth, she uses the Force to push her several feet away. "Last chance to give up!"

Using his jet pack, Din flies in again to try to stop the two women, but Nia was too quick and tosses him once again with the Force, "I have the dark saber! I will do what needs to be done!" She grits out as she refocused her attention once again to Kryze.

"The saber belongs to me!" Kryze cried out as she gets to her feet as tried to attack again, but Nia anticipated this.

Using the Force, she grips her in place and says, "I really don't want to do this. Give up now, or you'll leave me with no choice!"

"You are a disgrace to my people!" Kryze choked out.

"You threatened a youngling, it is you who are a disgrace!" Nia blurts out and uses the Force to pull her into the dark saber, stabbing her in the gut with it.

As she falls to the ground, Nia deactivates the two weapons and looks over at Din who's simply standing there, staring at her.

"Does this make me the Manda'lore now?" Nia asked as she looks down at the black hilt of the weapon in her hand.

"Yes," Din replied unemotionally, still trying to wrap his head around what had just occurred.

"Then I'm going to give this to someone who actually desires power," she says as she looks at Din. "Do you mind?"

"And who's that?" Din asked.

Answering his question, she tosses the dark saber to Boba Fett, who simply stood and watched the entire battle.

When Boba catches it, Nia says, "Do what you want with it," she says as she walks over to the tiny green baby on the floor. "Did that mean lady threaten you?" She baby-talked the child as she picked him up. "It's okay, you're alright. I'm sorry you had to see that."

As she cradled the baby in her arms, she looks over at Din and says, "So, if you don't have any objections, then shall we head home to Felucia? I can cook you two dinner before you have to leave to collect your bounties."

"Yea. That sounds great," Din says softly. "Fett, thank you."

"You're welcome. If you two need anything, you know where to find me," Boba says as he takes his exit.

"Boba, wait!" Nia shouted as she hands the baby to Din. "One last thing!"

When Boba stopped in his tracks, Nia runs up to him and kisses him on the cheek, "I'll always have you as a friend, but promise me you'll find happiness."

"Goodbye, Nia," he simply says and turns to walk away.

"Goodbye, Boba," she says back. "Now. Let's go home," she says as she walks over to Din as they return to the Crest II and take off for Felucia.

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NOTES: Sorry this is a weak ending, but I wanted this to be finished. Lately, I've been focusing more on my two other fanfics. Also, I'm sorry for the Bo-Katan fans, but I honestly do not like her. This was how I had wanted this story to end. I guess I was anxious to get this story concluded.