Solstice • The Mandalorian

Chapter 22~Mando's Final Promise

So I know I'm late to the game but Post Malone's music touched parts of my soul I didn't even know existed.

What's your favorite song right now?

~~~The Mandalorian~~~

   Using lightspeed the entire way, The Mandalorian arrived on Geonosis, Mena's home planet and hurried out the ship to find her. The planet was nothing like he'd imagined. It was set up like a military base, surrounded by factories upon factories that specialized in machinery and weaponry. As he walked, his armor left footprints in ash that seemed to be falling endlessly from the grey sky.

   How could someone so beautiful and so full of light belong to a place like this? No wonder she had run away, but thanks to him she was here again. Thanks to him she had been brought back here, but it didn't matter. He would find her and get her back. He needed to get her back.

~~~Mena~~~

   I stared into the barrel of the blaster, waiting for the blast to come any second. The guards had run into the room and aimed their weapons at Janos, but didn't dare to move an inch after that. They knew if he blasted me it would all be over for Starkiller.

   "Janos, I'm ordering you to lower your blaster," Father said, sounding strong but even he had uncertainty behind his eyes.

   "You promised me Starkiller Enterprises, Mythus. I'll lower my blaster after you deliver your promise," Janos said. His eyes were wide like a madman and his movements were incredibly fast. He was on edge. If anyone made the wrong move he would blast me instantly.

   "I was clearly wrong to do so. You obviously can't handle it," Father said.

   "Not the best thing to say right now, Father," I said.

   Janos quickly advanced towards me and grabbed me to use me as a shield against any possible surprise attacks.

   "Tell the guards to leave," Janos said as he painfully pushed the tip of the blaster against my skull.

   "Come on, Janos. We both know you're not going to blast her. You need her to get what you want," Father said.

   "Tell the guards to leave!" Janos shouted. Father looked warily at the guards before nodding to them and giving them the order to leave.

   "You can lower your blaster now," Father said.

   "Not just get. You were right, Mythus. I can't kill her. I need her to get what I want, but I can kill you," Janos aimed the blaster at Father before shooting.

   The blast hit him right in the head, knocking his body back a few feet before he roughly hit the floor. I stared at his lifeless body. My father, the man who had tormented me, who had hated me all his life was dead by the means of his own creation, a Starkiller blaster. Despite the years he had taken from me, despite his hate, still, I felt sadness.

   "I've always wanted to do that," Janos said, pushing me away from him to reach into his coat pocket and pull out a ring. My ring.  He was seriously messed up if he thought a ring was enough to marry someone, but he was desperate and there was nothing more dangerous than a desperate man willing to risk anything to get what he wanted.  "Put it on," Janos told me, his blaster still aimed at me.

   "You do know this doesn't mean anything, right?" I said. Janos didn't care. Right now, he would do anything for his plan to succeed. "You need me to get Starkiller Enterprises. Right now it's mine. I'm not putting it on."

   "I'll blast you too."

   "I was willing to die not to marry you. What makes you think anything has changed?"