Heart of Mandalore Chapter 2

She knew that she could not escape. Like her, these were seasoned warriors, trained from a young age to hold a blaster, shoot it accurately, to outsmart opponents, how and when to attack. Bo-Katan had left her guard down. That was her mistake. This would have never happened if she wasn’t so disappointed about not having the Darksaber. That was why she was here. And just her luck, the Darksaber was the bait. It was not really that the saber was the bait, as much as it was a lucky spot for it to be placed. It made no difference, either way, she was a prisoner. She had to get free. She struggled to open the net she was trapped in. Not even with her recent attachment of a knife extender to her vambraces. She was *really* trapped.

A bright light was shown right into her helmet. She heard a man speaking. She thought that it could only be one person, Gar Saxon. He was one of Maul’s top lieutenants. Also the second in command of Death Watch. Dang, it! She thought. She should have sent out hunting parties to find and eliminate the remains of Saxon and the Death Watch

¨Well, Well, Well. If it isn’t the traitor, Bo-Katan Kryze. Maul trusted you, why did you betray him?¨

¨I betrayed him because I was apart of Pre Vizslas´ beliefs, not Mauls!¨

¨What's the difference between them? Hmm? Maul believed in Galactic Domination, Vizsla believed in Mandalorians as fighters. Maul envisioned us to rise to power with the fall of the Republic, Vizsla offered us power, all members of the high government in Mandalore. What is the better option? Hmm?¨

¨In case you haven’t seen, but Maul is captured, and the Republic, as for what you are saying, how could the Republic fall? How could you tell lies, if it isn’t bad enough for you to destroy *my* planet!¨

¨Oh? Huh this place, *your* planet? Ha! This planet is nothing but a rusty old Tatooine out here now, since the *Jedi* whom you are siding with attacked us, and left OUR planet like this! And yet you still want it to be *your* planet? Have you ever actually been outside of the Capital? Have You? THEY LEFT US FOR DEAD! THEY LEFT *OUR* PLANET TO BE AN UGLY DESERT PLANET. It was once a beautiful snowy planet, but because of the *Jedi*.¨

¨I might be crazy, but I was born here, RAISED HERE!! I live here. And if it has to be, I will die here.¨

¨A noble gesture towards Mandalore, but, too bad they won’t see you again, or hear what you just said again.¨

¨And why is that?¨

¨Why raise the blasters executioners! Our so-called ¨ruler¨ of Mandalore is about to die, and she has only been in office for no more than 4 hours! Even Pre Vizsla was in office longer than that!¨

Saxon made a good point, and, she couldn’t get out, so fighting wouldn’t help, nor work. She needed a plan but had none. Gar Saxon raised his pistol at her head. Her helmet was not made of pure beskar, so the blast would not protect her, merely slow it down to make it hurt more.

*Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!*

What was that? She saw it, Ursa Wren, and some Mandalorians must have noticed her disappearance, seen her speeder, and found her just in time. Gar Saxon ran, he ran through the tunnel, trying to shoot everybody behind him. He found an opening and flew out of the sewer tunnel and into the capital. But Bo-Katan was alright. Not just that, but she had found what she was looking for, she had found the Darksaber.