The Child's Keeper: A Mandalorian FanFiction

Episode 5, Part 2: The Betrayal

As night fell, Lys remained on alert. It was the longest she had been away from Din, and something didn't seem quite right about it. She hoped that both he and Toro would be okay. Soon the night turned into the early morning and morning into late afternoon, and Lys found herself in the ship, playing with the child. She smiled at him, laughing as he tumbled down the ramp in the middle of chasing the silver ball. She stood, going down the ramp to pick him up before freezing as she saw Toro Calican walk into the hangar.

Lys stepped around the child and raced over to him.

"You're back!" She said, throwing her arms around his neck. "Oh, thank the Maker. I was worried about you two."

But she froze, pulling back from him as he did not reciprocate. Lys looked around for Din before her heart sank. Toro was alone, and Din wasn't with him.

Lys clenched her teeth, taking a deep breath before opening her mouth to ask the question.

"Where is he?" She asked. "What did you do?"

"Fennec got him," Toro replied, unwilling to look her in the face. "You have to get out of here."

"What? No. Toro, no," Lys shook her head, backing up and going over to pick up the child, needing him close to her.

"Where is he?"

"He's gone, Lysa. He's dead," Toro said. "Go into town, get a place to stay. I'll take care of a few things here and join you," he said.

"Wait, what? No. Tell me what happened. Sit down and tell me now," Lys pointed to a couple of chairs out of the way of the ship. She could feel herself trembling, her eyes beginning to fill with tears.

Toro seemed to hesitate before going over and sitting. Lys could tell he was on edge, and a part of her knew that something else was wrong. He was quiet. Too quiet.

Soon Lys managed to get him to speak, and Toro began to explain their journey before finally getting to the worst part.

"He was fine, but a blaster shot at that distance..." Toro shook his head. "I couldn't take care of Fennec until early this morning and then I came straight back to you."

Lys found herself in shock at his story, unsure of what to believe, "Take me to him," Lys insisted.

"I- I can't," Toro shook his head, seeming nervous at her question, and he tried to change the subject, "I can't. Here, please, Lysa, take this and go find a place in town to stay. Let me take care of things for you here," he handed her a heavy bag full of credits.

"No," Lys said firmly, shoving the credits back at him. "No, Toro. You will take me to his body. I need proof," she felt herself begin to cry.

"I need to see him again. Where is he?"

Suddenly, she saw his expression change, and he slammed his hand down, reaching and pulling out his blaster, shocking her into silence,

"Dammit, Lysa, you ask too many damn questions."

Lys was frozen, staring at the barrel of his blaster, "What did you do, Toro?"

"Why do you care what happens to him so much?" Toro asked.

"Because I care about him! He's my friend," Lys found the last word come out of her mouth sounding strange.

"Oh, but from what I saw, you two are a bit more than friends, aren't you? Do you just go around the galaxy looking for men to rescue you?"

"What?" Lys exclaimed, getting up from where she had been seated. He wasn't making any sense.

"Sit. Down," Toro said, a deadly tone in his voice. He watched as Lys slid back into her seat before glancing over to see that Peli was still busy at work and hadn't noticed the situation. His attention then fell on the child, who was looking over in their direction, but he was too far away to interfere.