Bounty hunting is a complicated profession

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"Din!"

You kept screaming his name but couldn't hear anything coming from the other side of the door and when you tried to move closer, the troopers that remained on your side started shooting at you. That's when you remembered the comlink Cara had given you and tuned it into his channel but you still didn't get an answer from him. You could sense he was still there, feeling quite distressed but alive anyways.

The troopers on your side of the corridor were slowly closing in and there was no way you could shoot them down by yourself – plus, your worry for Din wasn't helping with your concentration. You tried peeking out from your hiding spot to get a better view of what you were fighting against, when they almost blew your head out. Kriff! You clearly couldn't win in a firefight, what were you supposed to do?

"Lay down your weapon and come out with your hands up in the air!" One of the troopers shouted at you.

'What the…?' You muttered under your breath. Your heart was racing and you didn't know what to do but you knew for a fact that you weren't about to surrender! There had to be another option, right? Your aim was shit, you knew that and, in fact, you were only good at close combat. If only they got a little bit closer...

"Ok!" You shouted back as you left the blaster on the floor and kicked it towards them. "I surrender, I'm unarmed!" You added, showing them your hands before finally coming out from your hiding place.

As soon as they were sure you were unarmed, they lowered their weapons a bit and approached you, one of them completely putting away his blaster as he pulled out a pair of handcuffs. Now you could see there were only four of them, so fighting them should be easy.

When the one with the handcuffs grabbed your wrist, you pulled Din's dagger out of your sleeve and plunged it under his helmet while, with your other hand, you summoned your blaster and shot a second trooper at point-blank range – it would have been hard to miss at that distance, even for you. Before the other two had time to react, you shot down the closest one and threw the dagger at the one standing farther from you. It was quite hard to believe that your aim at throwing things was so accurate yet so bad when it came to shooting.

"Din!" You tried the comlink again while you recovered the dagger and went back to the door, trying to find a way to get it open. "Din, do you copy? Are you there?"

"I'm here." He said after a whole minute and you noticed he sounded out of breath. Still, you sighed relieved. "I can't go back. Join the others at the hangar, I'll meet you there."

"What? No! I'll go help you–"

"It's ok. I can manage, I'm trying to find another way out. I'll meet you in the hangar." He said hurriedly and you weren't too sure that he was telling you the whole truth because you could feel his uneasiness. Yet, you chose to trust in him.

"Ok. Meet you there." You said as you started to retrace your steps to the hangar.

Finding your way back wasn't hard, all you had to do was follow the trail of fallen troopers. You were almost there when you heard shots being fired and, the moment you turned the corner, you bumped into Cara who almost shot you.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, alarmed.

"Where's Mando?" Greef added.

"We got separated, he told me to head back and he'll join us h–"

You were cut off mid-sentence as a voice came through the comlink but this time it wasn't Din's.

"...will it take your little friend to come back for you?" Your blood ran cold when you heard Moff Gideon's voice.