Heart of Mandalore Chapter 13

She had no clue who it was but hoped it was Axe Woves and the other group. They still were stuck, watching, and listening as the air grew colder, and it became harder to breathe.

“Come on Ursa, we have to get to the other side of that blast door!” Said Bo-Katan

“We have to make it Ursa, we have to...make...it…” She trailed off, not being able to get the words out, as it took all her effort to breathe. Bo-Katan turned to look at her friend, who was now unconscious. Bo-Katan then looked at the hole in the roof and saw a glimpse of what appeared to be another YT-1300FP. She hoped that she wasn’t hallucinating. She *needed* that to be the other group. She *needed* that to be Axe Woves.

She couldn’t even think now. It was too difficult. She looked at the stars, which she could now see, she looked at the sun of Raxon, she looked at a Mandalorian.

Now she *prayed* she wasn’t hallucinating. She wasn’t. Axe Woves jumped from his YT-1300FP down into the hole, along with 2 other Mandalorians. The 2 helped free Ursa, then took her back to their ship, as Axe worked on Bo-Katan. She was stuck. He couldn’t pry off the metal bars that fell on her leg, the magnetic charges that were, at the moment, unactivated, off of her armor. He couldn’t get the crates off of her chest. He called for the other two to get down and help. Bo-Katan watched, as they struggled to free her. Then she saw Gar Saxon appear from the blast door, standing perfectly upright. He must have the ship set to auto-pilot and was wearing magnetic-boots. He blasted one of the two other Mandalorians. Axe turned around and saw that he had shot the other. Axe drew his blaster, but it was immediately shot out of his hand.

With all of Bo-Katan’s remaining strength, she drew her pistol, and blasted Gar, right in the right side of his chest. She dropped the pistol, and slumped down, and went into a state similar to a coma.

Axe finally retrieved Bo-Katan from the massive pile of supplies, and carried her, as he jettisoned from the ship, and flew back onto his, as they kept going towards the atmosphere, being followed by Death Watch Fighters.

“Get us out of here!” yelled Axe, as he did his best to help Bo-Katan.

The fighters gained on them, firing their laser cannons on the ship. They hit it a few times, missed it some, then hit it again. The YT-1300FP barely made it to hyperspace, but the shootout made a hole in their fuel reserve tank, so they would need to stop somewhere before they made it back to Mandalore, but Bo-Katan and Ursa needed serious medical attention, and without Thes Rihl, they did not have that flexibility. They had to get back to Mandalore as soon as possible.

“How much fuel do we have left?” Axe asked the pilot.

“Enough to make it to Mandalore, if you are willing to leave this behind after we enter the atmosphere, and get to the capital windows down.” the pilot replied

“As long as we get there soon, that will be ok.”

They traveled through hyperspace back to Mandalore, seeking help from the doctors.

“All right, leaving hyperspace in 3...2...1...and...NOW!”

*Vhwoosh!*

The ship tore out of hyperspace, heading for the surface.

“Hey, Axe? Do you know what I said about the fuel? I must have miscalculated, we are going to run out of fuel...about...now!”

“Blast it! Are we in the atmosphere?”

“Just about, but when we make it, we’ll be coming in *hot*!”

“Just get us to the atmosphere, we can leave this junker behind after we get there. We can take the 2 and fly to the capital with our jetpacks.”

“I don’t know Axe, that would be our *last* resort.”

“Why?”

“We do not have that kind of fuel. The capital is in the Eastern Hemisphere, we’re coming down in the Southern Hemisphere.”

“Do we have a speeder?”

“No, but I know a place, it’s far, but not as far as the capital. I don’t know if the speeders still work, but I say it’s our best shot. Either way, we’re running out of fuel, it’s either we run out of it in the middle of the desert, or we run out of it at a speeder yard. What’s your choice?”

“Let’s head towards the speeder yard.”

“Ok then.”

Axe went back into the main area, with the game table, and where the supplies were.

“Axe, we’re entering the atmosphere in 1 minute!”

“All right, I’m getting them.”

Axe lifted Bo-Katan out of her bed and waited near the ramp. Another Mandalorian lifted Ursa out of the other bunk and waited behind Axe.

“Entering the atmosphere in 30 seconds!”

Axe prepared to jump.

“Entering the atmosphere in 5...4...3...2!...1!... GO GO GO!!!” Yelled the pilot.

He extended the ramp, and Axe walked down it, jumped, and shot out of the freighter like a rocket, keeping a tight grip on Bo-Katan. The other Mandalorian followed Axe, holding on to Ursa.

As the ship was crashing, the pilot grabbed his jetpack and flew out of the ship. They landed, and watched, as the freighter went down in smoke and flames, and crashed about 1 mile out of their position. It erupted into a ball of flames, much as it would if it had fuel, but it didn’t have fuel, so the explosives made that explosion. The team started to walk in the direction that the pilot told them to, as they hoped to find a speeder soon.