The Bounty Hunter

The dry, hot wind blew the sand of Tatooine where the Slave 1 slowly landed, not very far from the Jabba's palace. After a few seconds delay, the ship's doors open, and a man in green Mandalorian armor appears followed by a woman who was holding a rifle to her chest. They walked towards the palace, and as usual, the man's feet pressed against the sand like he was walking into a battle.

He was ready to fight anyone in his way, and disintegrate anyone who dared to stand in his path. The only person who managed to stay with his barbarian ways was his companion and master assassin, Fennec Shand. She was loyal to him and she shared one thing in common with him and it was bloodshed, a lot of it.

The Hutt twins were indulged in their usual pleasures of music, dance, and women as one of the gamorian guards walked up to their assistant and whispered to them about someone who was on their way to see them. "Let them pass!" the assistant ordered as the guard went back to his place and nodded his head to someone who was standing above the spiral staircase that led them into the throne room.

Boba Fett's shadow was on the ground which grew bigger as he came down the staircase. The Hutt Twins ordered the entertainment to be stopped, the silence engulfs the surroundings. "Boba... the pleasure to see you again!" one of the Jabba's spoke up in a strong Hutt accent.

Fennec closely followed him and took a scan of the room before looking at Boba for a moment. "You had a job for me?" His thunderous voice echoed a little in the room.

Jabba paused for a moment as he replied, "Yes, we have a job for you."

"What is it?" Boba asked again, a little irritation in his voice as he knew if he had to ask for the details again, he will probably use his blaster to make them talk properly.

"A Jedi!" The Hutt Twins reply together, making the room stand still for a moment before spring of whispers arises from the crowd present in the room. Boba's hand clutches to his blaster tightly as Fennec looks down at them and then at him in a way to calm him down.

"We know how much you hate the Jedi. That is why we need you. Every other bounty hunter failed but you won't!" The Jabba explains with a laugh.

"What's the price?" Boba asks through his gritted teeth.

"150,000 credits and a share of our trade in the city," the other Jabba replies, making the whispers grow louder. Boba threw a quick look at Fennec before she nods his head.

"Dead or alive?" Boba hoped that they wanted the Jedi dead because it would be nearly impossible to stand a Jedi without killing them on the spot for him.

"We want her alive, Boba!" The reply was disappointing for Boba but he thought for a moment, her?

Boba nods and walks out of there, as everyone reengages themselves into the activities forgetting any of the things that happened there.

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Din's grunts could be heard from a mile away as he kept swinging his Dark Saber towards Aria. Aria kept defecting it with quick body movement or she stopped it with her glowing golden lightsaber.

At first, when she revealed her saber, Din was in awe as he looked at her face that flowed in its light. And he still never got used to it as he tried to attack her. "Focus on the blade, Din" Aria ordered as she tried to steady his movements as he moved with the sword.

"Your mind is wandering, you are not going to win over her if you can't control and start using the sword like it is meant to be used," Grogu watched Din's struggles and then watched Aria carefully as he felt that she is trying to attack him. His eyes are narrow for a moment as he sees Aria was about to strike him with her saber. He extends his little arm forward, forming a clutch with his fingers.

Aria stops mid-attack, Din looks at her confused as he watches her struggling to breathe. Her knees touch the ground as Din holds her in his arms trying to think what was going on, making him realize what was happening. "Grogu! Stop! Now!" Din shouts looking over at him.

Grogu coos, his eyes widened as he releases his hand finally letting Aria take a deep breath. Din picks her up in his arms and takes her inside her cabin, laying her on her bed. "Are you okay?" He asked softly as he held her hand. "I should have realized it faster, Grogu gets protective when he sees me in trouble. He might have thought I am being attacked or something."

Aria puts her hand over his helmet where his mouth is and smiles a little, "This is what everyone warned me about." Her chuckle made Din smile inside his helmet but he felt a little guilty for not seeing that coming.

"You both have a lot to learn!" She looks at Grogu who was walking up to her bed slowly, standing behind Din. Din nods as he looks at Grogu. His guilty eyes were too much for anyone to stay angry at.

It was silence for a few moments until a huge explosion alerts both Din and Aria. Din instantly picks up Grogu and puts him in his sling bag, wearing it around him. Aria lifts herself from the bed, grunting a little as she still felt a little dizzy from the lack of oxygen for a few moments.

Din holds her as they run towards the door to check what was the explosion. They find his hut destroyed to the bits and pick up the Black Saber as he looked above for any enemy ships. "I think Bo-Katan changed her mind, she is coming this early!" He muttered looking at Aria.

Aria extended her hand looking at her saber that was on the ground, the saber lifts itself and flies into her hands almost immediately. Din took a moment to watch that and he stood still until she joined him in the stance looking above, waiting for another attack.

"I don't think it's her!" Aria whispers as Din watches the Slave 1 appear in the sky again. "Fett!" Din lets out the name in shock.

"You know them?" Aria asked turning her head slightly at him.

Din stayed silent as he knew if Boba Fett is here and without any warning, he has started an attack, he is here for something valuable and the thought was almost leading him into a panic attack as he held the sword in one hand, and used his other to cover Grogu and partly her as well.