credence | din djarin

twenty

Logan's hand went to her side for her saber and she quietly cursed herself when she couldn't feel it.

It spoke some alien language and shoved the knife closer, but she jumped to her feet and stepped back, wincing as the Hunter picked the kid up and held the knife to his neck.

'Hey! Hey, don't hurt the kid!' She said and held her hands up as Mando ducked under the swing of two other hunters, resulting in them colliding and knocking themselves out.

'Wait! Don't hurt The Child. If you put one mark on him, there's no place you will be able to hide from me. We can strike a bargain. There's a lot of value in this wreckage.' Mando gestured around at all of their stuff lying around. 'Take your pick.'

The small Hunter looked around, almost as if he was contemplating the bargain.

'But leave The Child,' Mando added as Logan slowly moved towards his side.

He looked at Mando and shoved the knife towards him, saying something that wasn't able to be understood by either adult until it clicked with Mando.

'Okay. Here, it's yours,' Mando said as he reached back and pulled his jetpack off his back. He slowly moved forward and placed it on the ground between them, before taking a few steps back to where Logan was, her stare intense on The Child. 'Take it. It's okay.'

The small Hunter placed The Child down in exchange for the jetpack before grabbing the jetpack and running away with it excitedly. Logan knew Mando wouldn't let it get away with it, so she wondered what he had in store for the little creature.

The Child whimpered and ran towards The Mandalorian, who picked him up and fixed his jumper softly. Logan peeked over his arm and smiled in relief upon seeing The Child was unharmed.

'You okay?' Mando asked the kid, who cooed in response to the question.

Mando turned back to the small Hunter who was still running away, before clicking something in his wrist. Logan and The Child watched in shock as the jetpack took off into the sky, causing the Hunter to fly into the air with it.

Logan's jaw dropped as the little Hunter plummeted to the ground with a heavy thud. She and The Child both look at Mando who gives a simple shrug in reply. The jetpack landed back safely on the ground, several feet away.

'We've got some cleaning up to do.' Mando sighed as they all looked at the wreckage around them.

Logan groaned, nothing ever went right, ever.

'Let's just get it all sorted before I lose my mind,' she muttered as she spotted her lightsaber in the sand several feet away. Under the helmet, Mando grinned in amusement at her annoyance. But when Logan suddenly stopped, they both seemed to realise the same thing at the same time. She spun to look at him with wide eyes, stuttering over her words. 'And the Jedi?' She asked as Mando shook his head and muttered a curse.

'There's gonna' be more Hunters on their way, let's get moving and we'll figure it out when we get back to the ship.'

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It took them the entire day and long into the night to finally make it back to Mos Eisley. Logan had pitied Mando because he was carrying literally everything, including The Child at one point, but all compassion disappeared after they got into an argument.