Don't Blame Me: Din Djarin

Chapter Sixteen: Crashing Down On Us

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You don't have to say you love me. I just wanna tell you somethin'. Lately you've been on my mind.

- 𝘈𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘉𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴 ___________________________________

If there was one word to describe the trip from Mos Pelgo to Mos Eisley, the word would be tense. It surrounded the three mostly around Din and Alaina. He peered over to the rearview mirror seeing over the course of an hour or so, she still looked upset with her hands still on his shoulder.

" Hey, you okay?" He questioned loudly over the roar of the bike.

She frowned, bothered that he asked," Yeah, why?"

" You've been quiet since we've been riding."

" I'm fine." She grumbled never looking in the mirror to face him.

" Are you sure?" Din pressed causing her to nod annoyed.

" Just focus on riding."

So he did. He gripped the handles to the speeder making it go a bit faster, but the silence only lasted around five seconds before he picked his next question.

" Did I do something?"

She huffed loudly," No."

" Then what is it?"

" It's nothing, Din."

" It's clearly something."

" I said it's-"

Her words were cut off when a rope sprung out of the ground catching the speeder and launching them forward into the air. The two gasped loudly at the surprise, Din using his jetpack to land on the ground as safety as he could while Alaina landed side first rolling against the harsh sand. As soon as she could make out her surroundings, she noticed four armed hunters come from their hiding spots all shooting at Din.

" Mando!"

" Get the Child!" One of the armed men ordered.

Alaina sprung into action crawling to the closest blaster she could before firing it at the attacking men getting one of them in the armor. The man turned in Alaina's direction shooting back before swatting away her blaster and landing a hard blow onto her cheek. She hissed falling back onto the ground, but as quickly as it happened, she swung her leg around knocking the man onto the floor before using the hilt of her blaster and jamming it into the man's skull knocking him out cold. She turned to find the child the same time Din did only to see the final man with a knife to his little chin.

" Hey!" Alaina shouted in anger aiming her gun at the attacker." He's just a Child!"

Din was quick to put his hand on the blaster forcing her to lower it knowing it wouldn't be much help and could put both the child and her life in danger. He turned back to the creature holding his hands up with a deep glare under her visor.

" If you put one mark on him, there's no place you will be able to hide from me." He coldly remarked." We can strike a bargain. There's a lot of value in this wreckage. Take your pick. But leave the Child."

The attacker looked at the wreckage around them before taking the knife away from the child's neck and pointing it to what he wanted around Din's shoulders.

" Okay." Din complied taking the jetpack off of his shoulders and placing it onto the ground" Here. It's yours. Take it."

Din backed away from the jetpack and slowly the attacker moved forward before placing the child on the floor and taking the jetpack as fast as he could. The child waddled as quickly as he could over to Alaina, who was quick to scoop him up into her arms checking his neck for any sign of injury.