Bounty hunting is a complicated profession

Helpless

You opened your eyes slowly. Your vision was blurry and you couldn't make out what the dark shape you were looking at was. Your hands were cuffed behind your back and your right eyelid felt sticky as you blinked rapidly a few times, trying to clear your sight, until you could perfectly see the gun barrel of the blaster that was being held in front of your eyes.

"Oh, you're finally awake!" the young man holding the blaster said.

He pressed the gun against your temple, making pain surge from that point. You seemed to recall hitting your head when falling, which explained both the pain and the stickiness you felt in your face. He put his face closer to yours. 

"I was starting to worry" he added with a smile that didn't reach his eyes.

Looking at his fake smile all you wanted to do was hit him, hurt him as much as you could, but with the gun resting on your head any sudden move could easily mean him pulling the trigger and your head getting blasted away. You were going to have to wait for him to get distracted if you wanted to get out of there in one piece.

"Don't look at me like that. This is all Mando's fault for leaving you alone, injured, and unprotected. In fact, you should be happy I'm the one who found you." He gave you a stern look. "I don't intend to hurt you, and not only because the bounty on your head is higher alive. Can't say the same for Mando, though."

You knew the look on your face had given you away the moment he turned his serious expression into a mocking smile.

"Oh! Don't tell me you two are like that!" He said as he laughed without joy. "Then you're an even better bait than I had anticipated. Don't worry, I'll make sure you don't feel lonely after I've finished him up." He added as he stroked your face. You moved away from his touch, disgust marking your expression.

"Come on up" he said suddenly, tugging at you forcibly to your feet, blaster still fixed on your head. As you stood up, your head started to spin and you lost your balance. He grabbed you firmly around your ribs — which throbbed with pain under the pressure of his hard grip — without the gun leaving your head for a second. You felt weak and nauseous, your whole body aching, as he half-carried you, half-dragged you to the ship's entrance ramp.

"Do your bit, will ya? He's almost here" he said, looking at a blinking red dot on his wrist link. "I put a tracker on him," he added proudly "you should never trust someone you just met, I'm proof of it."

The two of you stood there, at the entrance of the ship, still, for a few minutes but nothing happened. You were asserting the risk of pushing him back with your powers when you felt Mando's presence inside the repair facility.

"Come out Mando! I know you're here!" the young man shouted suddenly.

For a moment, nothing happened and you started to wonder if maybe Mando had some trick up his sleeve but then he came out from behind a cargo box, pointing his blaster at the young man who was using you as a human shield.

You gave him an apologetic look. Knowing you had been tricked by this prick was excruciating enough to add the chance that Mando might get hurt because of it.

"Took you long enough." The young man added with a humourless laugh. "Looks like I'm calling the shots now, huh, partner? Drop your blaster and raise 'em."

Mando did as he was told, dropping the blaster to the floor, and raising his hands.

"You're a Guild traitor, Mando, and I'm willing to bet that this here" he said, grabbing you hard enough to make you groan in pain "is the target you helped escape."

Mando's anger was overwhelming and you were surprised the guy couldn't tell he was playing with fire.

"Fennec was right. Bringing you in won't just make me a member of the Guild, it'll make me legendary!" he laughed. "Now, you're going to make this easy for me and you're going to take that annoying helmet off."