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Gekko's Envy

He looked up from his drink as the Mandalorian entered the cantina. The man really knew how to make an entrance. This was not the Mando that Gekko was used to see. Instead of the ragtag armor, the bounty hunter now wore armor made of beskar, a rare type of steel that the Mandalorians used for their armor before the Purge. These days it was hard to come by, and now Mando wore a whole armor made of the expensive material. Gekko snorted when Greef Karga greeted the man loudly and mentioned that the other bounty hunters would hate him. Oh, he was so right.
Gekko followed the Mandalorian with his eyes as he walked over to Karga and sat down across from the guild master. They were not talking loud enough for him to overhear, but he saw Karga show the Mandalorian two beskar bars. The share he had received for his efforts in hiring the bounty hunter.

But the Mando was not the only one tasked with finding the quarry. Gekko touched the tracking fob in his pocket, which he still had. He was also sent, but wasn't as lucky as his rival. He looked up from his drink again when he heard the Mando ask what would happen to the quarry that had been delivered. This was clearly against the guild's code and did not go well with Karga. Shortly after, Gekko saw the Mandalorian leave the cantina, and the hapless bounty hunter was pretty sure the man was leaving the planet to hunt down the Mon Cal shown by the puck the guild master had given him.
Gekko downed his drink and ordered another as he thought about his bad luck and whether he should ask the guild master for a new job.
But it did not come to that, because after a while his tracking fob went off. To his surprise, he saw how many of his fellow bounty hunters were really busy hunting for the quarry the Mando had delivered, because their tracking fobs went off too. Karga received a call and shortly thereafter they set off to intercept the rogue bounty hunter.

They positioned themselves near the Mando’s ship and waited patiently for him to appear. Gekko stood near Karga, waiting to spring into action.
When the Mandalorian finally arrived with the quarry, Greef Karga demanded that he put down the bundle. The Mando refused and the battle began. First, the man took out many of the attacking bounty hunters and managed to jump onto a hover sled. Forcing the droid assigned to the sled to start the engine and drive to the ship's landing pad, he almost broke through the blockade. Almost, but then Gekko saw Karga take aim and destroy the droid. The Mando was trapped. All the remaining bounty hunters rushed towards him, pretty sure it was over for the man who had broken the code.
But then the tide turned. Out of nowhere, Mandalorians with blazing blaster rifles came flying to the rescue. They were everywhere and extremely maneuverable thanks to their jetpacks. The bounty hunters could not withstand the onslaught, and the Mando fled to his ship.
It was over, and it would take a while for them to recover from the incident.

Gekko was lucky that he was one of the few survivors of the shootout. He looked up at the sky, where the Razor Crest was heading for orbit. He smiled behind his breathing mask.
The Mandalorian was no longer the hunter, but the prey. And the day would come when Gekko would claim the bounty on the ex-bounty hunter.




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