May The Way Be With You

More Plans

We've landed on Nevarro, Boba and Fennec parked next to us. Din has gone to talk to Cara, and I'm in Fiona's office. "I swear, Kira!!! I would never put an Imperial tracker on your ship! You know me!!!" She insists. I don't want to believe her, but the Force is telling me she's telling the truth. I sigh, and look through the window to the work stations.

"Well someone on the crew did. And because of it, my son has been captured! I would be nothing but ash right now if the Force didn't make me panic fly the Crest! I need to know who did it." I demand. Fiona agrees, and has me follow her to the work stations. She has the whole crew line up, and there are a few unfamiliar faces. New hires she was able to hire after I rejoined Din.

She explains to the crew what happened, and she asks the guilty party to step forward with the promise that they will not be harmed. No one steps forward. "You better take up Fiona on her offer, because of you don't, nothing will stop me from finding out." I call out. I notice one of the newbies, a female Mimbanese with red skin, is the most nervous.

I slowly walk up to her, staring her down. She refuses to look me in the eye. Not caring about free will or even morals, I place my hand on her head quickly, Riley in my mind guiding me to access the Mimbanese's memories. I watch in her mind as she and Grub are repairing my old room. When Grub has his back turned, she quickly puts the tracking beacon behind the panel.

When I come back to myself, I'm seeing red again. I use the Force to lift the Mimbanese in the air by her throat. "You. You caused my son to be taken from me!!!" I can feel the rest of the crew's fear and horror as I choke the bitch in front of me. Fiona grabs me, shaking me to my senses as I drop the traitor. She coughs as she gasps for air behind me, and the others quickly decend on her, tying her up so she can't escape.

I cry as Fiona pulls me into a hug, crying for Grogu. Fiona does her best to console me, as well as Grub and Hepsa. I feel Din enter the yard with Karga and Cara, and hear Fiona tell them we found the one who planted the tracker. Cara and Karga quickly leave with the Mimbanese, and Din takes over for Fiona and the others comforting me.

"Listen to me, Mesh'la. We must be strong. For the kid. I know, it hurts me too he's not with us. But we must keep ourselves together. For Grogu. And each other." He whispers to me. I nod and compose myself, and Din wipes the tears from my face with his thumbs. I sniffle, and take deep breaths.

I channel my time at the orphanage, and lock away my grief and despair. I take a breath, and nod at him. I learn we are leaving the Crest here. Boba, Fennec, Din, myself and Cara will be taking Boba's ship. Din turns to Fiona, and asks her to give it a complete look over, to be sure I got the only tracker.

Fiona instantly agrees, and says she will do so free of charge, as atonement for allowing an Imperial spy into her crew. I look at the other newbies, and promise them if any more of them are spies, leave now with their lives. As they have seen, I can sniff them out. None of them leave, and the Force tells me none of them are spies. I nod to Fiona and follow Din.

Din stops at the Crest, collecting his rifle and the spear. He also grabs my saber for me, telling me I'll most likely need it. I take it and clip it to my pants. Cara meets us at Boba's ship, and we board it. Cara has gotten clearance to make Mayfeld help us find out where Moff Gideon is, so we are leaving to pick him up.

As we fly in the new ship, I find I don't like it. Because of how it flies and lands, the gravity is fucking weird. I end up sitting in Din's lap the whole time, taking comfort in him. He seems to be doing the same, holding me close. "I promise, Kira. I promise I'll tear this Galaxy apart to find our son." He murmurs. I hug him tightly, pushing back my anxiety.

"I know you will. And I'll be helping." I tell him. He holds me tighter, feeling anxious about me getting hurt. But he knows how much I love Grogu. Nothing will stop me. A few hours later, we land on a planet. Cara leaves to get Mayfeld, leaving me to debate if I want to put my goggles on. Deny him seeing my eyes again. I decide fuck it, maybe seeing my eyes again will make him more willing to help.