Bail Bonded | DinxOC

Chapter 4

The shot came from the brewery, the building whose thick panels house his precious companions. He had tried not to think of them as his pack, but he failed, Din couldn't deny that if only to himself. If all was well, those shots were from Athri's blaster and had eliminated the combatant force. If all was not well... Din didn't want to entertain the thought.

Cara had made it across the swamp bed, clinching the victory even though she hadn't brought down the walker just yet. She gave him a nod, spurring him on and signaling "Go." He ran for the brewery as though his life were on the line. He couldn't put a name to what he felt for the Zeltron, but she was decidedly more than a babysitter to him.

Slowly, he crept up the steps onto the brewery's raised yard, its mouth opened wide as double doors that stayed flung open in perpetuity. The placement of everyone in the village, including the young and the only disabled person on the farm, had been planned meticulously by him and Cara Dune. Nearing the room they were hiding in, his HUD showed him footsteps in the grass, freshly broken blades indicating the intruder had gone there. Din readied his blaster. He could smell Athri, and she wasn't alright.

The wooden door was left ajar. Her muffled cries spilled out from the crack. He was enraged by the sounds, tensing his hands on the pistol grip. Her scent was abnormal, the burnt stench of distress souring her fruity spice. He knew the kids would be on the opposite wall from the door as they planned, so he'd have to be stealthy and get in close to ensure there was no risk to them or Ahtri who would likely be in front of them.

"Jee settah ba leah. Karking schutta," grumbled the rough voice of a Klatooinian male, a species of only alphas.

"No!" One of them had to be in there with her, causing her to scream in such horror. "Mando! Help me!"

Din made his way through the final door, swift but silent. She couldn't possibly smell him or know he was there, but she wailed for him. His blood ran so hot that it boiled. He finally nudged open the door and spotted the raider pinning Athri to the ground. "Nobata wompa koonang ta hopa chuba," said the Klatooinian. Then he said something Din could understand, and it made him angry. "I bite. You mine."

Her legs kicked out, her face pressed into the dirt while the Klatooinian dragged a knife down the front of her dress, deepening the collar and giving himself access to her breasts. While the combatant's hand rustled in her clothes, Din's footsteps made no sound. He stops mere inches from the intruder, yanking him off her by his arm around his throat and firing multiple shots at point-blank range below his ribs. He takes no small amount of pleasure in the raider's death.

"Mando!" She turned over, pulling her skirts down and trying, helplessly, to cover her gratuitous bosom with the shredded cloth. He crouched down to wrap his cloak around her shoulders, giving her some semblance of privacy. Her eye was beginning to swell, she was shaking like a leaf, and her clothes were in a state of disrepair but nothing life-threatening. He's relieved to find her in one piece, as much as he was enraged that someone did this to her. "Thank you. Thank you," she sobbed. His heart clenched when she fell into his arms, weeping onto his beskar. The child was next to her before he knew it, reaching out for her with gentler hands than any toddler he had ever seen, laying his small hands on her and rubbing her back. He's trying his best to make her feel better.

She welcomed his touch. "My baby." The child was lifted to her chest, her hands checking his body for injuries. "Are you alright, my darling?" Scenting him at once, she tried to make her smell peaceful and safe. The omega did her best to coat them all in a calming scent, to calm both the sniveling children behind her and the alpha in front of her. He emitted his scent, trying to scare off other alphas and show her he would protect her. His closeness comforted her. He held her and the child tight but not painfully so. It was the first time Din had heard her speak of the child this way, but he shared her sentiment completely. The little green man might as well be their own flesh and blood for all they were concerned, they simply knew that he belonged with them. He thanked the stars that she was back by his side now, that he could keep her safe. Still, he couldn't help but think of what danger he would be putting her in the future just by having her with him.