"No. We can't do this! It's only a child, Mando!"
"We took that job, we did it and now we're getting payment. That's all."
"Fine. Go and forsake this child to become their pet or test subject. But I will take no part in this. You're in this alone, M...
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CANYON surrounded them as they were walking, back to the Crest. The sun just started setting down, making the heat more bearable which made V sigh in relief as she took off her hood. Hearing a soft coo behind them she turned and watched the child looking at her in pure delight, it also raised its small arms up as if asking to be carried. She bit her lip as she felt something weird surrounding the child, it was like an aura of something-- well weird.
She glanced at Mando, ignoring the kid and the feeling.
Her partner was quiet but she had a suspicion that he was deeply troubled, just like her. It isn't everyday that you have a bounty that is a kid. She wants to ask him what's their plan now, she of course doesn't want the kid to be a slave of the empire or some pet . Her blood was boiling as she thought of the child with a collar on its tiny neck and a chain attached to it. It wasn't something that she would wish for someone so innocent.
"Wait" suddenly Mando whispered, while holding his hand up.
She stopped and glanced around, looking for any dangers. That's when from above them, few men jumped down, attacking them. Or rather the child.
V grabbed her spear and unfold it, spinning it and jumping around so fast the enemies couldn't keep track of her. She heard her partner fighting his own battle, as his rifle was being fired and his grunts filled the air. Quickly she cut through the men as if they were nothing but air that stood in her way, with having only a shallow cut on her thigh.
By the time she was done, her clothes were covered in blood and so was her golden hair. But she didn't mind it as she turned to see Mando shooting the last opponent, that was right in front of the child.
The soft beeping could be heard and both hunters looked down to one of the bodies and the familiar tracker that was next to it.
"They were after the kid" V whispered, while walking over to the tracking fob and crushing it with her heel.
Mando was silent for a moment, before saying "Let's go, it's getting dark"
The moon was out as they were sitting by the fire, V was bandaging her thigh where one of the men managed to cut her, as Mando was sitting next to her and tasing his wound while hissing and grunting in pain. When she finally tied her bandage, she glanced at her partner and moved closer to him.
Their tights were touching as she pulled the taser away from his grasp, saying "Stop it you uncivilised brute. You're just making unnecessary scars"
Mando didn't say a word, as V took out her medical supplies and started tending to his wound. Her gloves were removed and he could feel every brush of her skin against his exposed wound and skin, it made him uncomfortable as he didn't remember the last time someone outside a fight touched his skin. Yet here she was, touching him as if it was the most normal thing in the galaxy.
V stopped applying her handmade ointment on his bicep, when she felt something crawling on her lap. Looking down she saw the child, reaching towards Mando's wound.
