𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 → 𝐃𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐉𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍

▹ 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯

"I have a bad feeling about this."

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"WHERE is the kid?" Din asked, the moment they entered the ship.

"I told you he'd be gone," Artemis said, sounding not nervous at all since she felt the kid's presence with the woman. "You should listen to me more."

"Hey!" Din said, ignoring Artemis, while dashing out of the ship.

"I'm awake! I'm awake!" the woman said.

"Where is he?" Din demanded.

"Quiet!" the woman hissed. "It's okay," she then said to the child that laid in her arms. "You woke it up. Do you have any idea how long it took me to get it to sleep?"

"Give him to me," Din ordered.

"Not so fast," the woman said. "You can't just leave a child all alone like that."

"That's what I told him," Artemis said, walking down the hatch to stand next to Din.

"You have an awful lot to learn about raising a young one," the woman added, glaring at Din.

"I said that, too," Artemis said. "The name's Rogue, by the way," she said, holding out her hand. "I figured it was time for introductions."

"Peli Motto," the woman said, shifting the kid before shaking her hand. "I started the repair on the fuel leak," she continued. "There you go. I had a couple setbacks I want to talk to you about. You know, I didn't use any droids, as requested, so it took me a lot longer than I expected. But I figured you were good for the money since you have an extra mouth to feed."

"Thank you," Din said, before he made his way out of the hanger, closely followed by Artemis.

"Oh, I guess I was right," Peli exclaimed. "You got a job, didn't you? You know it's costing me a lot of money to keep these droids even powered up," she went on as the three of them walked out of the hangar.

"Hey, Mando and mysterious lady," Toro greeted us happily, leaning against one of two speeders. "What do you think? Not too shabby, huh?"

"I asked for three speeders," Din grunted.

"Couldn't find three," Toro said. "But don't worry. The lady can ride with me."

Artemis raised a skeptical eyebrow.

"No," Din said. "She's riding with me."

"And the name's Rogue," Artemis added. "Not mysterious lady."

"Pleasure to meet you, Lady Rogue," Toro said, holding his hand out for her to shake it. She did and rolled her eyes at the name he gave her.

Din climbed onto the speeder before extending his hand to Artemis. She took it and he hoisted her up behind him. She leaned forwards and wrapped her arms around his torsos, placing her head against his beskar armor.

Artemis closed her eyes as the two speeders raced over the desert. Her grip on Din tightened, not wanting to fall off the speeder.

"You okay?" he called, glancing over his shoulder to her.

"Never better," Artemis called back, as she tried to hold her hood up. It didn't work but when she noticed no change in Toro's mind upon seeing her, she knew he didn't recognize her.