Heart of Mandalore Chapter 7

Turns out, Ibam VIII is closer than she thought. It was near Shantipole, she thought it was in the Southern part of the Galaxy like it was near other forest planets, like Endor maybe, or Cerea, maybe Takodana, near those places.

They arrived about 1 day after they left. It wasn’t so bad, she played Dejarik with Thes Rihl, her doctor, several times. She lost most of them. She mostly either slept or had her wounds treated.

When they arrived, it was different than she imagined. It had chunks of the forests gone. Cleared, some made into landing platforms, others into little villages or market places. She had imagined it to be remote. Her task was going to be a lot harder now. She needed to find someone or something that would help her in one way or another, like an Allie to help fight Death Watch, or Death Watch, so she could put the group to an end. Maybe Saxon, whom she could kill to reclaim the Darksaber. It doesn’t matter, at least not yet. She had to find who, or what she was here to look for, and her problem was, she had no clue what she is looking for.

Her guards were disguised as civilians, wearing cloaks that had hidden retractable electro staffs in their pockets. They were supposed to be like servants to Bo-Katan, witch, she guessed they were, considering that they were her guards, they would do what she said. Thes Rihl was disguised as a civilian too, making it appear that they were sisters, dying her hair orange, and cutting it shorter than it was. She is going extensive lengths to help Bo-Katan, they all are, and she owed them for that. Bo-Katan wore a cloak over her armor, keeping it hidden. She had a backpack over her shoulders, that held her helmet, her pistols, some charges, some ammunition, some grenades, and some binders. She roamed the streets chatting with Thes mostly about things they heard other people talking about, like the fall of the Republic, but neither Bo-Katan nor Thes had any idea what that was about. They talked about how beautiful the forests were and wondered why they cut down big chunks of trees.

They walked through 2 villages and 3 markets. Nothing that might help Bo-Katan, at least, not that she could tell. When they came upon the 3rd village, they wondered why it was abandoned. In the middle of the ¨Town Center¨ where they had gatherings, based on what Bo-Katan saw in the other villages, a boy and a man were fighting. Bo-Katan immediately came up to the window, and watched, as the boy dodged a punch by the man, then drove his shoulder into his chest, and launched the man on the ground. The boy punched the man several times, before, what Bo-Katan thought to be a referee, grabbed the boy’s arm, and hefted him up on his feet, away from the unconscious man. The boy must have won some kind of fight, a brawl even. He was paid credits from the people watching the fight, they probably thought that the boy would be crushed by the man, but the boy won.

Bo-Katan, Thes, and her guards walked up to the boy, and asked him what his name was.

¨Boba Fett, why, want to fight?¨

¨No Boba Fett, I was wondering if you ever heard of a Mandalorian?¨

¨Yes, but this isn’t the place to talk about it, meet me just outside of the village to the north.¨ He whispered.

¨Alright?¨ Bo-Katan said, confused.

Bo-Katan, her guards, and Thes met with Boba Fett outside the village.

¨Why couldn’t we have talked about this inside?¨

¨Mandalorians practically destroyed this place, a group of Mandalorians.¨

¨Did they say what they were called?¨ She asked

¨No, but they left a symbol, I can show you.¨

Bo-Katan followed Boba Fett, into a house that was abandoned, that had the symbol of Death Watch.

¨Boba Fett, that is the symbol of Death Watch, Mandalorian Terrorists. Do you know who they are?¨

¨No, all I know was that my father was a Mandalorian, the Jedi took him away from me, I thought that I could trust all Mandalorians, but I was mistaken. These Mandalorians destroyed everything they could get their hands on. They almost took my most treasured things from me, my father’s armor.¨

¨I need your help then Boba Fett,  I am on a journey to destroy Death Watch, and their leader, Gar Saxon. Can you help me do that? I believe I envisioned you to help me, I think you are the reason I was supposed to come here.¨

¨Your a Jedi?¨ Boba drew his blaster from under his bed.

¨No, I’m a Mandalorian, we all are.¨ Bo-Katan removed her cloak, revealing her blue tattered armor. The guards pulled their armor from their bags, and Thes said that she was a Mandalorian doctor.

Boba lowered his pistol and said he would help, but only if Bo-Katan would help him locate Mace Windu, the Jedi who killed his father. Bo-Katan accepted the terms, and they repacked their things, hidden, so they would not be recognizable as Mandalorians. They walked to the ship, and they settled in and took off to head to Mandalore.