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Tython was a rocky planet with mountainous ranges. It didn't seem very populated as the whole place was seemingly deserted. Though, Mando and Celeste remained wary as they trekked the tough terrain up to the Jedi structure left atop the tallest hill they saw. Once they reached the top, they noticed a small rounded boulder in the center of six large stones that jolted up to the sky. "Does this look... Jedi to you?" Din muttered over to Cel.

She shrugged, amazed at the perfect placement of the rocks. It seemed unnatural compared to the rest of the terrain. It was obviously the place they were looking for. "Set him on that stone," Cel pointed. Mando obliged and placed the child on the rounded stone.

Cel expected an instant response to putting the kid on the stone. Yet, nothing seemed to happen. "Are you seeing them?" Cel asked Grogu. But, Grogu simply sat there, wide-eyed staring at Celeste.

Din scanned the area around them, looking for any sign to trigger the seeing stone. But, to no avail. "Maybe you should try it--" Din began to propose the idea of Celeste taking a seat at the stone instead of the kid so that she could lead by example. Fortunately for Celeste, their conversation was interrupted by the humming of a ship entering the atmosphere. Both Din and Celeste shot their eyes up at the sky and took notice of the hunk of metal gliding through the clouds.

"Time's up kid, we've got to get out of here," Din spun on his heel to face the kid. Of course, the kid couldn't have picked a better time to begin his seeing stone quest. Din stopped himself from going after the kid once he saw the blue essence glowering around the kid. Once he realized what was happening, he reached for the kid, anyway. The blue force field rejected Mando's touch and shoved him away from the kid.

"We have to buy him time, Din, he's not just gonna snap out of it now."

"Dank farrik," Mando grumbled, pulling out his pistol, "stay with the kid." He ordered.

Celeste conflicted, decided to oblige. She stayed near the child and watched as Mando approached the ship. She spotted a dark figure exit the ship and approach Din. She watched them have a conversation for a moment, then the dark figure revealed his face. It was scarred up and he was completely bald. Celeste kept watching Din's body language to determine if he was a friend or foe. Mando didn't lower his weapon until a few moments later, following the dark figure who lowered his own weapons. Soon after that, a woman joined them--Fennec, the woman Mando encountered on Tatooine.

"Come on, kid, hurry up," Celeste muttered over to the child as she watched the intense encounter.

It didn't take long for more visitors to arrive on Tython. Celeste hated to admit that she wasn't so surprised that so many people were arriving. They were basically sending out a beacon by using that damn Jedi structure, not to mention the fact that she, Din, and the kid were being tracked down by countless enemies. The newest arrival seemed to be flying in on an imperial ship--just wonderful. Cel neared the kid and she began trying to grab at him. She forced her hand through the barrier, somehow it was being less resistant to her than it was to Mando, however it was certainly taking her a lot of strength to push her way in. Nevertheless, just as her fingers grazed the skin of the child, the barrier shoved her away just as it did Mando.

Celeste turned to watch the landing imperial ship and saw stormtroopers begin filing out of it. "Fuck," she cursed, unsure what to do. She pulled out her own blaster and scoped it in, shooting at the troopers from where she stood. By no means was her blaster a sniper, but she did what she could to hold them off. It seemed that the first two people that arrived quickly turned into an ally as they, too, began fighting off the troopers alongside Din.

What seemed to be a manageable fight turned into an unmanageable one as another imperial ship arrived, outnumbering them with troopers greatly. Celeste felt helpless from that far, all she could do was stand there and protect the child. "Grogu!" She shouted one last time at the dormant child, but, this time it seemed to work. The blue aura around him disappeared and the kid woke up. He was groggy and exhausted. It was likely he'd seen three lifetimes during those twenty minutes.

Celeste rushed to his side and held the kid close to her chest, protectively. Her eyes scanned the mountainous range to find Mando so they could escape before the number of troopers increased any more. Fortune was certainly not in their favor as a beam shot out of the sky and destroyed the Razorcrest. Celeste looked up and spotted a much larger, much more ominous Imperial ship hovering in the sky. This time, it wasn't landing. Instead, it was deploying dark stormtroopers--a sight Celeste hadn't seen before.

Frantically, Celeste searched her waist belt for her lightsaber. Shit, she thought to herself and she recalled she had left it in the Razorcrest--which was now vaporized. She reacted with was she could and pointed her blaster to the dark troopers flying directly toward her and the child. As they neared, she realized they were in fact droids, appearing to be troopers but with black armor. She shot at them as they neared, but her lasers just seemed to bounce off their armor as they approached. They landed quickly effortlessly before her and marched toward her as she shot her blaster over and over. The droid troopers did not budge and continued to march forward. Once they were an arm's length away, she swung her blaster and managed to knock out one of their arms off. That didn't stop them, though. They were strong. And she was outnumbered. So, they managed to grab her and the child, flying them back to the imperial ship.

Celeste kicked, screamed, and even tried to bite her way out of their grip. But, there was something oddly different about these droids. They were unnaturally powerful.

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Celeste t tell how many days she was left in her confinement before she had any kind of social interaction with anyone besides the droid that brought her meals every day. She had been separated from the child, she assumed he was placed in a different cell, far from her. Her arms, legs, and mouth were bound so that she had no way of fighting her way out--not that she was going to since she trusted that Din would come to save her. She could have bullied the droid that came to feed her in those few days she was aboard the ship, but, what would be the point? It was only a replaceable bot who had nothing to do with her capture. Her mouth was only freed when the droid came to force-feed her twice a day. Certainly, it wasn't enough nutrition for a pregnant woman--but, it was a good sign that her captors didn't know she was pregnant.

On that particular day, something felt odd. She knew it had to be the day Moff Gideon would come to get her since the same silver droid hadn't come in at its usual time to feed her. Also, she could hear lots of shuffling right outside of her cell. The shuffling of trooper boots to be exact. They were most certainly preparing for Gideon's arrival.

And just as Celeste predicted, Gideon himself appeared at her cell door. "Hello, Celeste. Welcome back home."