Much to everyone's disappointment, the clan of the three couldn't stay on Sorgan long. The knowledge that Moff Gideon was still out there made Paz anxious to get back to the covert, and Din could feel himself getting antsy as well. If Moff Gideon was still a threat, people would still be after the child. They couldn't afford to stay in one place for too long.
"I'll miss you, Ruu'Eva," Winta gave the little green baby a tight parting hug when she saw Imogen come to collect him the day after they arrived.
"Don't worry," Imogen soothed, gently taking him from the young girl. "If we all get our way, he'll be back to play with you and the others soon," Winta gave Imogen a teary smile, arms flopping awkwardly, and Imogen returned the smile. "Come here," she prompted, opening her arms, and the young girl was quick to wrap her arms around Imogen's waist. Imogen placed a soft kiss on the crown of Winta's head before pulling away and turning to her mother and soon to be step mother. Cara gave her a wide smile, reaching out her arm, but Imogen surprised her by giving her a tight hug.
"Woah!" she gasped as the smaller woman bowled into her, but quickly relaxed and wrapped her arms around her.
"Thank you," Imogen muttered, and Cara nodded. Neither of them needed the clarification of what exactly she was thanking Cara for. Omera joined the hug, arms wrapping around both her fiancée and Imogen, and the three stood there for a moment, basking in each other's company, unknowing when or if they would see each other again.
"Cyar'ika," Din called from a couple feet behind them, having just finished loading up and preparing the Crest with Paz. Imogen pulled away from Cara and Omera, sending them both a large smile before turning to her riduur. "Are you ready?" he asked, and Imogen nodded, holding Ruu'Eva tightly to her chest as she tucked herself into his outstretched arm, allowing him to keep her pressed against his side as they walked to the Crest. Paz was waiting for them at the ramp, arms crossed over his chest and shoulders tense. He didn't say a word when they stepped onto the ramp, simply turning and climbing up to the cockpit, slumping into the copilot's seat and waiting for Din to come up.
Din stopped at the ladder just under the cockpit, pulling Imogen close to him and tapping his forehead to hers quickly.
"Ready?" he repeated, and Imogen nodded.
"Let's go," he turned with a flourish of his cape and ascended to the cockpit, and before long Imogen felt the thrusters start and the Razor Crest leaving the ground. Ruu'Eva cooed happily, and she smiled down at him.
"Did you miss the Crest?" she asked him, bouncing him as she walked around, letting him make sure everything was in a suitable place. He babbled angrily when he saw a toy that Paz had tripped over on the flight back to Sorgan. It was his bantha stuffie, a little smushed, and definitely not where he left it in his little play area Din and Imogen had tried to section off. Of course, with Ruu'Eva's odd abilities, trying to limit his play area did not work, and within an hour of placing him in the play pen he was usually out and about with free reign of the ship once more. Imogen set Ruu'Eva down, allowing him to pick up the bantha and hug it to his chest, babbling at it as if it were a sentient being. "Or maybe you just missed your bantha," Imogen teased, crouching down next to him. He giggled up at her, a clawed hand leaving his bantha to tap her leg. "Stars you're cute," Imogen muttered, lifting him and cuddling him to his chest once more. He cooed, relaxing into her with his bantha still held tightly in one hand.
A couple of hours later, the Razor Crest landed in the lava fields just outside Nevarro. Imogen set Ruu'Eva in the pram as Paz and Din came down from the cockpit, setting it to follow her.
"Shall we?" she asked the two mandalorian warriors, who both gave her jerky nods. Din pressed a button on his vambrace to lower the ramp, and they quickly descended, the ramp rolling up behind them. She began walking to the city, but Din wrapped his large hand around her upper arm, stopping her. "What?" she asked.
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