Heart of Mandalore Chapter 5

The plan failed. At least they shot the ship down. That was the plus side. They made it halfway to the atmosphere border, Ursa accidentally launched her rocket while trying to climb the cord to get to the ship’s hull. The Ship started to go down. Bo-Katan and Ursa released their cords and glided down near the surface, then when they were only 5,000 feet from the ground, used the last of their fuel to make sure they didn’t die when they hit the ground. They seemed ok though.

They ran to the ship wreckage, to find it empty of Mandalorians. Saxon and the pilot must have escaped. She needed to find him. He found her first. Sax jumped out of the left-wing, which was ripped off of the ship when it first made contact and shot Ursa in the chest. She lay there, nearly lifeless. Bo-Katan shot the pilot, killing him or her instantly. Saxon told Bo-Katan to drop her pistols, and give him the Darksaber, and he would let her live. Bo-Katan thought not. Saxon was smart though. When Bo-Katan laid down her pistols, she shot her wrist laser that knocked Saxon’s pistol out of his hand. Saxon drew his other pistol and blasted her wrist. Bo-Katan grabbed her wrist and groaned. Saxon laughed, as Bo-Katan surrendered the Darksaber, but Saxon was no idiot. He knew the trick she was about to perform. But she wasn't. He used his whipcord thrower to grab it. He then shot her in the right shoulder.

Bo-Katan and Ursa laid there, about to die, thinking nothing but their failures. And then Bo-Katan closed her eyes and passed out due to the pain in her wrist, and her shoulder.

When she woke up, she was in a hospital bed next to Ursa Wren. She felt a searing pain in her wrist and shoulder. Ursa wasn’t moving. She asked the nurse what happened.

¨How long have I been here, where is Gar Saxon, is Ursa dead? Where am I?¨ She asked her

¨Slow down Bo-Katan. To answer your questions, you have been here for 3 days. Gar Saxon, he evaded capture shortly after we brought you here. Our guards were no match for him. Ursa Wren is not dead but is close to it. We are working on her now. She took a bolt to the chest, right next to her heart. She is a very lucky woman to be alive now. And Duchess Bo-Katan, you are at the Capital Hospital.¨

¨Uhhh,¨ She was in pain, not just because of her wounds, but because Saxon got away, and he got away with the Darksaber. She was in pain, because Ursa Wren, who felt like a sister to her, was so close to dying. She was mad at herself, for allowing Gar Saxon to escape several times, once in the sewer, once in the shipyard, in the palace, and now at the wreckage.

She felt like a disappointment, a disgrace to the Mandalorians. She knew it wasn’t true, but she felt that way. Gar Saxon was the traitor, the disgrace, she was the preserver, like Mandalore the Preserver. Her Grandfather told stories about him to her. It was said that he was once employed to help a Sith Lord, Revan they called him. She loved those stories, about how he saved Mandalore, saved Mandalorians. But she knew that she was trying to do that, but had failed. She wanted to do the right thing by finding and killing Saxon. She wanted to eliminate him, eliminate Death Watch, to save Mandalore, to save Clan Kryze. She is the last one, Her mother died when she was younger, her father as well. Her sister was assassinated by the Sith Lord Darth Maul. She was the last one of her kind. She wanted her clan to stay alive, she wanted to keep it a name that all Mandalorians would soon remember for great things like they remember Mandalore the Great, or Mandalore the Ultimate. She just wanted to be remembered as the title Bo-Katan Kryze, part of the famous Clan Kryze.

But to do that, she would need to find Gar Saxon, reclaim the Darksaber, and retake Mandalore, the right way. She had to eliminate Death Watch. They were a threat to Mandalore, a threat to her people, a threat to her. She wanted Mandalore to live in peace, but she also wanted to rule in armor, a mix of old Mandalorian leaders, and her sister, Satine Kryze. You put them together, hopefully, you get Bo-Katan Kryze.

She was tired, she still felt pain, excruciating pain. She again, passed out due to pain. The last thing she remembered was, seeing a planet, a forest planet named Ibam VIII. She guessed she needed to go there, whether or not Gar Saxon is there, Death Watch is there, or maybe, allies can be found there. She couldn’t think anymore, as she passed out.