Bounty hunting is a complicated profession

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The speeder crashed against something, coming to a halt and forcing you out of your self-destructive spiral of thought. Someone had shot the droid that drove the speeder. Now, everything was silent, except for the sparks and zapping noises coming from the droid.

With the speeder stationary you were exposed and vulnerable but, before you could start to panic, you heard the distinctive noise of the Mandalorian's rifle charging up.

He shot it twice, sending a powerful message, and forcing the attackers into hiding. Everything turned silent.

"That's one impressive weapon." Said the same man that had spoken before.

"Here's what I'm gonna do: I'm gonna walk to my ship with the girl and you're gonna let it happen." Said the Mandalorian, in a surprisingly calm voice given the situation.

"Nah..." the man answered back "How about this: we take the girl, and if you try to stop us we kill you and we strip your body for parts."

Suddenly, the Mandalorian grunted and something fell with a loud thump. You heard an electric discharge followed by a groan, and the shots started flying around again.

"Don't hit the target!"

The Mandalorian moved next to you and you heard him blast a stream of fire from his flamethrower, but he soon ran out of fuel.

He moved closer, until you felt the heat of his body over you. He had placed himself over you, trying to provide you with some protection from the shots with his body. Mustering all your energies, you managed to open your eyes, finding the Mandalorian's helmet mere inches away from your face.

You looked at the black slit of glass, where you assumed his eyes were, although all you could see were your own eyes' reflection. You realised you looked scared, so you tried to harden your expression, to somehow let him know that you were alright, that he could surrender.

At that moment, a big blast came out of nowhere knocking one attacker from a roof. A second later, flying Mandalorians appeared in the air, shooting around.

One of them landed next to the speeder, holding a huge blaster cannon "Get outta here. We'll hold them off."

"You're going to have to relocate the covert." The Mandalorian told him.

"This is the way" was all the answer he gave him.

"This is the way".

As the Mandalorian said this, he grabbed you again and started walking towards his ship. You got there without any more drawbacks but, just as you entered the ship, someone came out of the shadows.

"Hold it, Mando."

The Mandalorian turned to see the same man from the hologram message pointing a blaster at him.

"I didn't want it to come to this. But then you broke the Code." He said.

Before he had time to fire, the Mandalorian shot the control panel of the carbonite freezing system so it released fumes that filled the whole compartment, making it hard to see anything.

The man started shooting his blaster in a frenzy while the Mandalorian turned around, shielding you with his body yet again, and not moving a muscle. When the man stopped shooting, the Mandalorian turned again and shot him in the chest, making him fall back and out of the ship.

He closed the entrance ramp and took you to the cockpit. As soon as he left you in the seat you started to doze off again. You couldn't understand why you were so exhausted, the sedative should have worn off by now.

He started the ship and you were flying away from the planet in mere minutes. When you left the atmosphere he made the jump into hyperspace and turned to you.