The Hunter and Hunted

Sidney

Getting onto Mandalore was easy enough. The dock pad let them land without any further questions after Sidney had told them she was pregnant and since her husband was Mandalorian they had decided they wanted to have their child on Mandalore. 

Heck after docking the workers wished her a healthy pregnancy. It still amazed her that there were decent people in the galaxy. After all, she spent the majority of her life around the 'bad' people. She could deal with the bad people though. It was the good people who made her nervous. Soon you'd find yourself trusting them without ever meaning too. It was truly a dangerous skill; one her friend they were visiting had mastered. 

Jango took her hand, giving her a reassuring nod as he led her further into the city that she knew better than him. They had changed into civilian cloths to blend in. Jango had his blasters hidden within his vest and Sidney had hers hidden in her boots. She felt bare without them by her waist and figured that Jango felt the same way, seeing how he shifted nervously, but Mandalore was a peaceful planet and carrying blasters in plain sight made you memorable. Something they did not need to be. 

"Alright Sid, where does this friend of yours live?" Jango questioned, pulling her closer as the crowd grew thicker. 

Sidney hesitated for a second then replied, "We need to make our way to the royal palace."   

Jango stopped in his tracks, causing multiple people around them to bump into him and mutter angrily as they made their way around him. "Royal palace?" he shook his head, "I will never understand how you know the people that you do. Let alone how you're friends with some and others want to kill you." 

"I don't understand it either, so if you figure it out let me know." Sidney replied honestly, dragging Jango towards the palace. "Also they know me as Morgan around here....so don't be confused when I'm called that." 

They were silent for a while as they made their way through the crowded streets to the wealthier and less populated section of the city. Jango finally broke the silence.

"Sid if they know you as Morgan around here it begs the question... why don't you use your real name?"

Sidney sighed as she stopped, turning around until she faced Jango, there was sorrow in her eyes as she said, "It depends on what you consider real. At work I am Sidney, cold and calculating. Here I am Morgan, a normal person with a normal life. My 'real' name, the one that I was given at birth, is better lost on the winds of time, forgotten forever." She pressed her forehead to his chest, "With you is where I think I am the most real, the most me. So whatever you choose to call me will be my real name." 

Jango pressed a kiss to her forehead. "You could have just said 'It's to complicated and I don't want to tell you right now'. I do understand that life is complicated. Now lets go visit your mysterious royal friend."

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Satine walked into her quarters, exhausted after a long days work. She walked into the small kitchen area to grab a snack her hand maiden always left for her. A small giggle from the private visiting area reminded her that her day of work was not yet done. She smiled as she made her way into the room, looking at the 1 year old babe playing on the floor in front of another woman. "Hey Korkie! Aunty Satine is back. Are you ready to play some games?"

       "Aunty Satine, huh? I really hope that works on everyone else, cause I'm not buying it."

 Satine took a step back as the woman in front of Korkie turned to face Satine, giving a sly grin.

      "But then again, everyone else didn't have to see the sexual tension between you and Ben." 

Satine smiled again, rushing into the room wrapping the woman in a hug. She then promptly pulled away and smacked the woman, leaving a red mark on her face. "You don't call or write for about a year Morgan, and then you decide to break into my room. Why are you here?"