Sup guys? Lighting Wolf here, back with another story, this one about Star Wars. enjoy the 800-words. I don't own Star Wars, Disney and Lucas Arts do.

Within the besieged city of Sundari, two out of dozens of soldiers fought.

One was a female Nite Owl turned Mandalorian Super Commando named Vi Fullust. She blocked a punch and fired the blaster within her armored gauntlet only for the shot to be blocked.

Her enemy? A Mandalorian Protector clad in full Durasteel armor known as Brert Gilanch, clad in blueish black armor along with a jetpack.

While the Protectors were native to Concord Dawn, a few had answered Bo Katan's call to war.

Brert blocked Vi's overhead strike before tossing her backwards. He crouched as the fighting continued.

Vi brushed off her arms and drew her Westar-35 blaster pistols as Brert drew his.

Vi fired and killed a pair of reinforcing Nite Owls while his blasts knocked her guns out of her hands. He charged her with his jetpack.

Vi flipped over him before he managed to wrap his whipcord around her and drag her along the ground.

"Don't make me kill you, traitor." Brert hissed as he landed and slid to a halt. He aimed his blasters at the Mandalorian terrorist.

"Traitor? You wear that armor yet you fight for the very people who oppressed Mandalore!" Brert saw Vi roll, seize her weapons and fire them at him.

He was able to dodge the barrage which would have carved through his armor like a blade through butter.

He fired his flamethrower at her which was ducked while the Super Commando activated her jetpack and charged him.

He crouched down and fired his own jetpack. The armored warriors slammed into each other, their inertia canceling out.

The warriors rolled along the ground as she aimed a kick. Brert parried it but was forced to endure two kick punches to his ribs.

He grunted before grasping her wrists and pulling her into range for a Keldable Kiss. She fell to the ground, her armor showed no real signs of damage

"I might hate Mandalore under a pacifist queen, but trying to overthrow the government, use our people? Murder an unarmed civilian? We are warriors, not cowardly terrorists!" He retorted while the battle continued.

The battle ground around the duo was littered with death, Mandalorian Super Commandos who had marched to their deaths for Maul… and the Nite Owls and Clone troopers who had been slain in combat.

"Least I'll die a Mandalorian." Vi swept out Brert's legs and went for a knee to his chin which was countered.

Brert followed this up with an elbow to her head and then tossed her to the ground.

She went to stand up. she was halted as Brert pinned her with his foot and aimed his blaster at her head.

"All Shadow Collective forces are retreating, dispatch groups to bring down Maul." Vi looked at Brert who kept her pinned.

"You're done. Death Watch failed with Mandalore." He stated while Vi looked up to see Kom'rk class Fighters roar overhead along with LAAT Gunships.

The teenage warrior, barely 19, had failed as Brert watched the convoy going to arrest Maul.

"Why fight for a diseased kingdom? You're a Mandalorian, where is your honor?" Vi questioned before Brert turned his attention back to the rogue warrior.

"I fight to keep Mandalore alive. You tricked our people into believing a false king could lead them. you launched attacks without honor against our home in order to free it. You look at your armor. Your following an outsider rather than a Mandalorian. You don't get to judge me. I'm a lot of things, but a traitor? I wouldn't attack my own people with terrorist strikes in order to sway the people onto my side." Brert stated before firing his weapon in stun.

Vi fell unconscious. He knew the effects were lessened due to her armor, but he had no choice.

Being a teenage protector was difficult then people assumed. He holstered his weapons and began to carry the soldier towards her surrendered comrades.

He had no idea things would turn out horrible within a few days. There was no way to know… because the empire would be born atop the ashes of the galaxy.

And Mandalore was just another ember upon which the burning kindling of the galaxy would be planted.

Brert had no idea though… because soon his brothers in arms would be slaves to the empire alongside his people.

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that this story is going to take place during rebels and focus mostly on the war for Mandalore. Brert and Vi are the main characters. Next chapter will be in 2 weeks and will show the timeskip to rebels. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!