Cara sits in the Razorcrest, her feet propped on the dashboard, and her eyes shut. She has her hands folded behind her head, and she is deciding to take a nap, she can't even remember how many days its been since they landed on Dagobah, and she feels like there has been no progress. The baby just sits quietly and has now refused to leave the hut entirely, so Din and Cara take turns returning to the ship for supplies or rest.
A sudden beeping makes her eyes fly open, and she glances down to see the signal that a message is coming in. She quickly presses the flashing red button and immediately sees the sight of Greef Karga. Her eyebrows knit together in confusion, but she quickly realizes this is a prerecorded hologram message, and she isn't used to seeing the usually composed man looking aggravated and stressed.
"Mando, Cara… You guys need to leave whatever planet you're on. You're both wanted with a sizeable bounty on both of your heads. There's an unimaginable one on the little guys. They're already coming for you. They're tracking the Razorcrest. Ditch the ship and get to safety. Good luck." Greef murmurs before shaking his head, and the hologram disappears. Cara feels her heart sink, and she immediately jumps up and grabs a rifle, strapping it to her back and opening the bay door so she can run out. Quickly, a fire from a blaster makes her duck and roll behind a tree, and she breathes heavily before going silent to try and hear who is attacking her. Cara quickly glances behind her and sees a small grey ship tucked into the thick shrubbery. Standing in front of the Razorcrest is someone she does not recognize the individual standing there, who has their blasters drawn. The creature has four arms and is making a weird clicking noise, clearly looking for Cara. It seems like an amateur bounty hunter, making her think that more than one bounty hunter is hunting for them. She takes another breath before rolling out to the left of the thick tree trunk and blasting the thing off its feet. She didn't realize the bounty hunter had a thermal detonator strapped to its belt. The explosion happens instantly, and Cara has no time to process it or prepare herself. She is thrown back against the trees, and the world goes black.
Din finds her not long after. He had heard the explosion and grabbed the baby before leaping through the thick swamp to find the source of the noise. His heart stops when he sees Cara, uncharacteristically, still on the swamp floor. Flames lick at the trees, and soot is falling through the air. He hoists the baby on his shoulder before he grabs Cara by the shoulders, dragging her back into the Razocrcrest in the next second. There is no sign of any other person. Instead, all of the swampy marshland is in flames and fire. He feels heartbroken looking at the destruction on this peaceful planet,
A sudden cough form Cara makes him jump, and he kneels beside her, holding her head up so she can get a clearer pathway to breathe. Her face is covered in black soot, and she has a burn on her arms.
"We need to get out of here," she chokes out as she rolls on to her hands and knees, getting worried that she can't find her rifle. "And we need to leave the Razorcrest." she finishes as she pulls herself off the floor, trying to ignore the ringing in her head. Din is next to her in a second, trying to support her from falling. When she tells him about leaving his beloved ship, Din freezes.
"What? Why" he asks her.
"Greef left us a message. We're being hunted, Din! I guarantee it's by remaining Empire Loyalists who wish to squash the force-sensitive beings in the universe once again, and I am sure that is what he is!" She exclaims and points at the baby. "That must be what the kid is, just like Luke Skywalker! I knew there was something different with him. You have the task to protect the baby until we find his family, but you can't do that if we're in danger, so we need to ditch the Razorcrest and get a new ship." she practically screams as she kneels over, trying to force herself to get over the buzzing in her ears. She feels disoriented, and her body is incredibly sore. Din has yet to answer, and he doesn't have time to respond before another explosion rocks the Razorcrest. Din and Cara tumble to one side of the ship to the other, before Cara falls out of the open hatch door, onto the still smoldering swamp floor. She hears the angry hissing and crying of the injured animals.
The next noise makes her grit her teeth, She hears that damn giggle, and she immediately curses under her breath. She kicks herself back, so she is hidden under the hatch door- she hears a crack from the sky, and rain starts to descend in sheets from the air. The rain dances off the Twi'lek, who is now stalking around the Razorcrest, hissing, and snarling. Din is kneeling inside, a blaster in hand. He does not want to kill her, but he sincerely doubts that Xi'an shares the same idea.
"So, where's my Mando? I knew to put that tracker in the Razorcrest was a good idea." Xi'an cackles as she begins stalking the hatch door waiting for Cara to come up. Cara rolls her eyes, and Din curses the fact she had done that without him noticing. Her fingers dance over her daggers, and she is waiting for the warrior to come out.
Her eyes flit back and forth, finally seeing Cara's shoulder. She grabs a dagger, but before she can try and kill Cara, she cries out as a blaster shot hits her in the stomach. Cara rolls out and catches her in the shoulder before she tackles her and they roll to the edge of a massive cliff. Cara grits her teeth at the fiery Twi'lek, who is snapping and snarling at her, but with one mighty kick, Cara kicks her rival off the side of the cliff. Xi'an howls as she goes flying off the cliff and crashes to the swamp floor. Cara is breathing heavily, as Din comes to her side, his blaster still drawn.
"We need to leave," she growls as she holds her painful, burned arm.
"I know."