Cressida huddles in the corner of the dark, dank stone underground chambers, shivering.

It's freezing down here, and she rubs her bare arms, trying to rub away the goosebumps that keep pricking her arms.

She sniffles some, angrily wiping away the few stray tears that escape from her eyes.

She's furious with herself for allowing her weaknesses to overcome her! If she's going to make it out of this shit alive, she has to stay strong!

Cressida hears the faint echoes of footsteps approaching: stormtroopers. The very idea makes her skin crawl.

Within a few minutes, several stormtroopers reach Cressida and one of them strides over, reaching down and grabbing her arm, forcefully yanking Cressida into a standing position.

She wants to fight against him, but her strength is limited and she doesn't want to waste what little strength she has left.

"Come along!" The modulated voice orders, pulling Cressida along beside him.

They head inside an elevator, several of the stormtroopers crowding around Cressida, penning her in, making sure that she can't escape.

Her mind goes blank, her body limp, forcing herself to go somewhere more...pleasant in her head.

They reach an upstairs chamber, various instruments of machinery lining up on the far side of the room.

The stormtrooper leads Cressida to a black, metal seat, set up in the middle of the room.

She numbly sits down, waiting for them to restraint her arms and legs, as they've been doing each time they've summoned her.

An older man, dressed entirely in black, comes closer and smiles down at Cressida.

"This will be the last time until you get me the information I want from the rebels."

Cressida simply nods. She's heard this speech a hundred times and she knows it's nothing but a damn lie.

......

Something jars Din awake from a deep sleep.

He doesn't know what. He quickly gets up and slips his helmet on before grabbing a blaster and quickly hurrying to where Cressida is sleeping.

He raps sharply on the door, calling out for Cressida. He waits a few seconds before slowly opening the door and discovering that Cressida isn't...here.

.....

"I swear, you're harder to kill than a damn alien insect!" Pallas snaps as he slaps Cressida across the face.

Her cheek stings from the slap, but she pretends it doesn't bother her.

After all, why should it? Nothing should bother her anymore.

Din won't come to save her. She'd left a note, explaining everything. (As well as she possibly could.)

"I'm finished with your damn games, girl!" Pallas roared. He walked over to the controls and begin fiddling around.

A bright, red lazer shot out of the steel pole, right beside Cressida's head. She did what she always did, make herself go to a more pleasant place inside her head.

She thinks of Din and that beautiful moment when she completely gave herself over to him.

But the lazer was stronger this time. Much stronger.

And before long, Cressida couldn't think about anything except the awful pain, as she began to scream.

......

Din is sitting on what had been Cressida's bed, as his shaking hands read her note that he found, lying on the bed.

She's gone. She's really gone. She doesn't want me to come after her!

Din stands, crumbling the paper in his fist and throwing it on the floor, stalking straight up to the cockpit and starts up the Crest.

Like hell he'll let her go! He's going to find Cressida and take her far away from this insanity she's gotten herself mixed up with and then...they're going to have a good life together.

Or Din will die trying.

.......

Cressida's limp body lies on the broken down cot in the underground chamber.

She's too weak and still in much pain from the lazer beam sweeping over her entire body.

She closes her eyes, thinking of Din's beautiful face and deep, soothing voice.

She thinks of his naked palms, of him stroking her palms. The gentle, yet seductive touches.

Cressida wants to cry, but she's too weak and weary.

Why don't they just kill me? I have nothing to live for.

Cressida keeps her eyes closed, as she remembers everything about Din. Everything she loves about him.

She manages a faint smile as she slowly drifts away, into complete oblivion.

......

Din lands his ship on the landing pad, and wastes no time in collecting some weapons and quickly exits the ship.

It's snowing out and although Din's armor is set up to keep his body heat in, he can still feel the stinging cold and bitter windchill pressing in around him.

He hardly notices it, though. He's on a mission. He will find Cressida and he'll do whatever the hell he has to, to get her back.

He's not afraid to lose his own life.

He's only afraid to lose..Cressida.

......

Cressida awakes with a start. She hears a commotion coming from upstairs.

Although, still weak from the lazer beam treatment, she manages to push herself up, slowly hobbling along, clutching at the wall to keep her balance.

She listens hard, although she can't make out much. Her head is still throbbing with pain and it makes it difficult for her to focus on any one thing.

Suddenly, the doors to the chamber, where Cressida is being held, burst open.

Cressida squinting, trying to get a good look at whomever is coming. She expects to be struck and punished and reprimanded.

Instead, gentle arms encircle her weak body, as gentle lips are pressed to the crown of her head.

"Din?"

"Yes, cyar'ika. I'm here. Everything is going to be okay."

"Actually, everything is not going to be okay."

Cressida freezes. She knows the voice. She clutches at Din the best she can.

"Why is it that you're always getting in my way and forming unhealthy attachments to those I want?"

Din turns his head. This can't be real.

Yet it is.

Moff Gideon.

......

"Kill the Mandalorian and bring the girl to me!" Moff Gideon tells the cluster of stormtroopers surrounding him.

Din holds Cressida behind him with one hand and reaches for the blaster with other hand.

"You're not taking this girl, Moff Gideon," Din growls. "The only way you're doing that, is if you pry her from my dead arms."

"That's exactly what I had in mind, Din Djarin."

The stormtroopers start firing, but most of their aims, bounce right off of Din's beskar armor.

"Stay behind me!" Din grunts to Cressida. She nods, although she's silently cursing herself for not being able to assist Din.

Din fires his own blaster, striking several of the stormtroopers.

Moff Gideon reaches into his black robe, pulling out his own weapon.

Din recognizes it immediately. The Dark Saber.

Din isn't sure how Moff Gideon got it back. Last Din knew, Bo Katan had it.

Moff Gideon smirks, stepping closer to Din and Cressida. He raises the Dark Saber and....suddenly drops it, screaming out in pain, as the Saber clatters to the floor.

Din blinks in surprise. What just happened?

He suddenly realizes that Cressida has a blaster and she'd managed to fire it, right at Moff Gideon.

He glares at her, as Din leans down to snatch up The Dark Saber and holds it to Moff Gideon's throat.

"Call off your damn guard dogs, or I'll kill you now!" Din orders.

Moff Gideon looks pissed. Din knows that he knows he's defeated.

This time.

"Hold your fire!" Moff Gideon shouts, his face twisted with rage.

The stormtroopers immediately stop firing.

Din hooks The Dark Saber over his belt, scoops up Cressida in his arms and quickly exits the underground chamber.

Neither look back.

......

"You shouldn't have left me." Din presses his lips to Cressida's bare shoulders and she closes her eyes at the sensation.

"I was afraid, Din. Afraid if I stuck around, you'd..end up...dead."

"You could have talked with me about it, cyra'ika."

Cressida opens her eyes, staring directly into Din's beautiful brown ones, as she reaches up, gently stroking the tousled hair.

"If I had, I knew I wouldn't be able to leave you. Oh, Din. I want to yours. For as long as we have left."

Din stares at Cressida and nods. He'll say the words, make it official. They'll be a clan of two.

"Mhi solus, mhi solus, dar'tome, mhi me'dinui an, mhi ba'juri verde."

Din holds Cressida's hands in his, as he moves to gently kiss her. She smiles, slipping one of her hands free and touching the patchy beard.

"Translate that for me."

"We are one whether we are together or apart. We share everything and we will raise our children as warriors."

Cressida chuckles. Children, huh? Who says they'll be any children?

However, she knows there will be. She aches to make Din a father. She wants to have a good and beautiful home with him.

"That sounds wonderful, Din."

Din chuckles as he draws Cressida into his arms and just holds her close.

Yes, it will be wonderful.

......

Epilogue: Three years later:

Cressida smiles softly down at the sleeping baby nestled in her arms. She's perfect. She looks exactly like her handsome father.

Cressida turns her body slightly, watching as Din plays with their two year old, son, Deven.

Her heart feels ready to burst, she's so happy. She never imagined she she could ever be this happy.

The small baby stirs, releasing a loud, high pitched wail. Cressida chuckles aa she quickly lifts her daughter to her left shoulder, making soft cooing sounds, as she gently strokes the baby's back.

"My little Cidra," Cressida coos, gently brushing her lips against the tiny baby's cheek.

Cidra nestles into her mother's arms, enjoying the comfort of it.

Din and Deven enter the small house that Din built for them, not long after arriving in Naboo.

"How's this little cyar'ika?" Din asks, taking Cidra from her mother and gently resting her against him.

"Making certain we know she's here," Cressida teases, as she reaches for her son, who immediately hurtles himself into his mother's arms and she gives him an affectionate squeeze.

"Are you happy, cyra'ika?" Cressida looks at Din, her eyes filled with happy tears.

She leans over, gently nudging his helmet up just enough so she can kiss his lips.

"More than I can imagine, Din Djarin. I love you."

"As I love you, Cressida Djarin."

......

A/N: And that's it!! Thank you so much for reading and voting! I honestly can't believe how well this story did!!

I also want to give a shout out to keeki6 who was a HUGE help in providing me with some honest feedback on this story!! It was greatly appreciated XD