Part 2 - Following of Padme
…Continued
Padme and Qui Gon were heaving their luggage onto the steerage flutter craft just as an officer stopped them.
"Have you seen this man?" he asked and held up an electronic device. A picture perfect photo popped up on it.
"No… do not bother me," Qui Gon said simply and walked away.
"I will not bother you," the officer said and went the other way.
A man in a brown cloak was walking swiftly through the crowds of spectators, looking for Qui Gon and Padme. A gun was in his pocket.
"Eran? Where are they?" a voice blasted into his ear.
"They are in close aim."
Eran was a bounty hunter… he took out his gun and aimed it at Padme.
"This Obi Wan… is he smart?" Padme asked as she strolled up a platform.
"You'd be surprised. I met him in a convention two months ago. Ever since, I have been obsessed with his powers."
Unexpectedly, something exploded at the ceiling. Padme looked up in fear and saw the roof barricading in.
"Oh my god!" she screamed and ran to safety.
"PADME!" Qui Gon screamed and dived after her as a piece of the wall collapsed in at her side. Bricks from the roof fell onto everything, crushing people and objects. Padme ran into a shop as Qui Gon used the force to make the wall drop somewhere else. His powers weren't ready… and the wall fell onto the dismembered roof and made a pile of rubble. Smoke and ash rose from the site.
Padme exited the tiny place she was hiding in. Next to her feet, lay a bullet.
Handing it to Qui Gon, she backed away, scared for her life. "It's the most powerful bullet," he stated conclusively. "It has been known to blow up a building after it does SOME damage." Padme rose her head.
"What?" she inquired.
"I said it is known to blow up a building after it has done some damage. It's very common and--" Qui Gon stopped in his tracks. "GET OUT OF THE AIRPORT!" he bellowed.
Everyone looked at him like he was crazy, but an explosion on an east wall made everyone think twice.
From outside, Eran the Bounty Hunter watched the airport blow up and burst into flames. Glass shattered all over the pavement.
He then talked into his microphone attached to his chest. "Padme Amidala and Qui Gon Jinn: Terminated."
Mace Windu walked into Chancellor Palaptine's office. His face was grim and in anguish. He sat down on the sofa.
"What is it Mace?" he asked uncertainly.
"The airport of which Padme Amidala was in blew up… there are no known survivors. A bounty hunter was the cause of it."
Palaptine's eyes bulged up and he slammed a fist on his desk. "I'M GOING TO KILL THOSE BOUNTY HUNTERS!"
Mace Windu winced from the spit flying from the Chancellor's mouth. "bring him to me. We will question him… then kill him."
"We will not kill people. We never do unless it is necessary," Mace Windu said.
"I am the ruler of this Republic… you do what I say."
Mace Windu shook his head and stood up to leave.
In Yoda's office…
"She's dead, I'm afraid," Yoda squeaked. "Bounty Hunter Eran causes much distress in the Republic. Death, Chancellor Palaptine demands. It should not be of question. It should not even happen."
Windu talked as he made a silver cube float in mid-air. "The Republic will not stand the things that are happening. Even in Naboo, peaceful arbitration have led to the slaughtering of it's citizens."
"Due May 10th, the Jedi applications are… no more Obi Wan Kenobi. It is May 9th, and Qui Gon is gone.
"What will we do about Queen Amidala sir?"
"Nothing," Yoda advised.
In a quick Senate meeting…
"A civil war is bound to be amuck… what shall we do?" Mace Windu asked.
"Without Queen Amidala, we are doomed."
In a second, Yoda came hopping out. "I suppose I need to explain the whole Padme Amidala thing. See, I have hidden something from the whole Republic. We specifically moved Queen Amidala from here so nobody would target us, right?"
Everyone nodded. Some took sips of coffee and talked amongst themselves.
"Well… when the airport blew up, it wasn't really true."
"What is this behavior, Yoda?" Palaptine queried.
"To tell it as true as I can… Clones, we made of Padme and Qui Gon. The ones who died, the clones were."
Everyone gasped and made rude comments.
"Scaring us in our fate!" someone yelled and shook a fist.
"Yes.. but Yoda knows that you blabbermouths would go and reveal it to the world… as I just so did," Yoda laughed.
"So where are they?" Palaptine demanded to know.
"There," Yoda pointed to the far wall where two servants took off their cloaks and revealed themselves. Qui Gon grinned at Yoda and spoke, "You see, we gained official knowledge that there would be an attack on the Coruscant Airport. We took it into our own hands. Though it is true that hundreds of people died there today, we did not."
"Qui Gon and Padme, you must go!" Yoda gruffly. He bowed and smiled a somewhat thin grin.
"Much hope goes towards you," Mace Windu agreed.
It was sprinkling out, probably the crying of the people who perished that day. Rain droplets plopped on the air landing base. Qui Gon walked into the small spacecraft with Padme close behind him.
"Get settled, Miss… it will be a long day," Qui Gon lamented. He began to flip some scarlet switches.
"So… where are we going?" Padme asked.
"Herosji… where the King is AND Naboo…" Qui Gon answered without thinking.
"Good. I expect you are a good flier?" Padme questioned.
"Good? I'm great," Qui Gon chortled.
And then, the ship flew up slowly and zoomed away to the colorful vista.
Naboo…
Obi Wan had taken off his shirt to stop the bleeding on his beloved one.
"I don't want this blood on you…" Obi Wan cried.
He leaned down and sensually kissed her lips and pulled her into his arms. But then, a shadow appeared and Obi Wan looked up. A tall figure in a tan robe and a slightly shorter woman in a fancy gown.
"Obi Wan?" Qui Gon asked.
"Qui Gon!?" Obi Wan said excitedly.
"What has happened here?" Padme asked.
"A robot from Geonosis shot my girlfriend."
"Obi Wan, we can start training you to become a Jedi. You must come with us now," Qui Gon insisted. He held a hand out.
"Yes!"
Minutes later, Obi Wan came out, fully dressed, carrying a bag holding his girlfriend in it.
"Put her in the water," Qui Gon directed. Obi Wan nodded and placed in the glistening reservoir.
"Goodbye my sweet."
Then, they loaded the spacecraft anxiously.
The flight to Heroshji…
Qui Gon set the ship controls to cruiser control and got up to check on Padme. He had a grimace on his face. Padme was sitting on the bed in the ship. Her dark blue, lace dress flowed down her side.
"I just got a message from Mace Windu… the Republic is under hostage. Just two hours after we left."
Qui Gon's why smile had faded to darkened frown. "Who took them over?"
"I have no idea, there was yelling in the background, a few gunshots, and the communicator signaled out."
"This is not good… they are looking for you, Padme," Qui Gon said.
"But why?" she catechized.
"I suppose is the time to tell you. You, Padme Amidala, are the Queen of the Republic. Two months ago, negotiations to extend your planet boundaries into the galaxy from the Trade Federation were denied—"
"How come I never got the message?"
"Because… well—let me finish. The Trade Federation had then gotten pretty angry. With already a total of fourteen negotiations turned down, they were fed up with our way of thinking. Darth Sidious, the head of the Federation clearly stated that if we did not agree, once more, that he would kill us all. And now, I know what we disagreed to. Handing you over to them."
"All this was kept form me!? God damn it… I swear…"
Qui Gon sat down next to her to comfort her. He put a hand over hers.
"No… You lied to me—I can't trust you," she said in frustration. "And I cannot be seen having relations with a Jedi."
She stood up in an instant. Qui Gon followed. "Why?! To good for a Jedi?"
"Leave me alone Master Jinn… I don't want to see you again. I'm sending for a private craft to get me off this ship. I am going back to Coruscant and you cannot stop me. I expect you to pull over at the next Galaxy Headquarters."
Padme exhaled and left the room. Qui Gon, stunned, shook his head in angst.
Coruscant-
Mace Windu was being kicked by an officer. He was laying on the ground, moaning in despair.
"TELL ME WHERE SHE IS!" he yelled.
"Never," Mace Windu whimpered and his stomach was met by a huge blow by the calf of the other mans leg.
Darth Sidious walked the halls, pushing Republic officials out of the way.
"Get the Senators of Naboo on the communicators. I have a few words with them. If they deny my pleads for information on the whereabouts of Queen Amidala, then the clone army of Geonosis will pay a little visit… and kill thousands on the way." His sentinel nodded and ran into the room opposite them.
"I want this building searched for documents containing all previous negotiations turn downs. I also want every card of Recommendation for anyone who works here. When you are done. Burn the place down… with the people in it."
A few executives looked at each other wildly but parted in separate ways.
"Queen Amidala will not escape me this time… last time, she caused by confuse din my Federation… not to mention, the slaughtering of my son…"
In Yoda's office…
"Here, we are safe… Why did the Senators pose as Mrs. Amidala? And none ever told me of the obscurity… Queen Amidala only knows that we have been taken hostage. Yet now, they try and kill her for things she didn't do!" Yoda said sternly.
"Sorry Master Yoda," a senator cried.
"You are forgiven… but now, we must find a way out of the situation…"
At a Headquarters in the South Quadrant in the Galaxy-
"Goodbye Qui Gon… I hope to see you again…" Padme said.
"As to you," Qui Gon retorted.
She began to walk away to her guards when Qui Gon grabber her arm. "I love you," he managed to say. Her eyes watered up and she ran away in tears. Qui Gon hung his head down. Obi Wan stood.
"Is this what being a Jedi is about? Love?"
"It's a different story young Paddawan…" Qui Gon began to say.
"I'm sure it is," Obi Wan said sarcastically and started to saunter through the edifice to the entrance. It's circular dome gleamed with gold onto the marble floor.
On Heroshji…
"King Tertian, I bring before you the permission to train a Jedi Knight. My master, Jake Dooku, has vanished. I have no idea where he has gone to."
"Bring this Paddawan before me," the King demanded.
Obi Wan quietly and nervously walked out into the clearing. Over fifteen people surrounded him, including over twenty servants.
"Tell me, young one, have you the courage to fight for your leadership in the Republic?"
"Yes…"
"Do you show compassion for others?"
Obi Wan paused and nodded.
"Then you are granted indulgence to train the boy," the King directed to Qui Gon. "But, Qui Gon, I have some bad news. We found Padme Amidala's husband. Dead and rotting in a cave on Tatooine. Next to him lay a note from the kidnapper. The abductor… was from the Trade Federation."
To be continued…
Part 3- Queen Amidala gets the news of her husband's death and goes back to the Republic. As soon as she gets off the aircraft though, army troops are ready to take her into custody. Qui Gon and Obi Wan do not dare go back to the Republic. In hopes of training Obi Wan, Qui Gon hires an extra tutor named Katie Utopia… a beautiful lady from Naboo, and of whom Obi Wan falls in love with. DO NOT miss the third installment of the exciting War of Naboo.
…Continued
Padme and Qui Gon were heaving their luggage onto the steerage flutter craft just as an officer stopped them.
"Have you seen this man?" he asked and held up an electronic device. A picture perfect photo popped up on it.
"No… do not bother me," Qui Gon said simply and walked away.
"I will not bother you," the officer said and went the other way.
A man in a brown cloak was walking swiftly through the crowds of spectators, looking for Qui Gon and Padme. A gun was in his pocket.
"Eran? Where are they?" a voice blasted into his ear.
"They are in close aim."
Eran was a bounty hunter… he took out his gun and aimed it at Padme.
"This Obi Wan… is he smart?" Padme asked as she strolled up a platform.
"You'd be surprised. I met him in a convention two months ago. Ever since, I have been obsessed with his powers."
Unexpectedly, something exploded at the ceiling. Padme looked up in fear and saw the roof barricading in.
"Oh my god!" she screamed and ran to safety.
"PADME!" Qui Gon screamed and dived after her as a piece of the wall collapsed in at her side. Bricks from the roof fell onto everything, crushing people and objects. Padme ran into a shop as Qui Gon used the force to make the wall drop somewhere else. His powers weren't ready… and the wall fell onto the dismembered roof and made a pile of rubble. Smoke and ash rose from the site.
Padme exited the tiny place she was hiding in. Next to her feet, lay a bullet.
Handing it to Qui Gon, she backed away, scared for her life. "It's the most powerful bullet," he stated conclusively. "It has been known to blow up a building after it does SOME damage." Padme rose her head.
"What?" she inquired.
"I said it is known to blow up a building after it has done some damage. It's very common and--" Qui Gon stopped in his tracks. "GET OUT OF THE AIRPORT!" he bellowed.
Everyone looked at him like he was crazy, but an explosion on an east wall made everyone think twice.
From outside, Eran the Bounty Hunter watched the airport blow up and burst into flames. Glass shattered all over the pavement.
He then talked into his microphone attached to his chest. "Padme Amidala and Qui Gon Jinn: Terminated."
Mace Windu walked into Chancellor Palaptine's office. His face was grim and in anguish. He sat down on the sofa.
"What is it Mace?" he asked uncertainly.
"The airport of which Padme Amidala was in blew up… there are no known survivors. A bounty hunter was the cause of it."
Palaptine's eyes bulged up and he slammed a fist on his desk. "I'M GOING TO KILL THOSE BOUNTY HUNTERS!"
Mace Windu winced from the spit flying from the Chancellor's mouth. "bring him to me. We will question him… then kill him."
"We will not kill people. We never do unless it is necessary," Mace Windu said.
"I am the ruler of this Republic… you do what I say."
Mace Windu shook his head and stood up to leave.
In Yoda's office…
"She's dead, I'm afraid," Yoda squeaked. "Bounty Hunter Eran causes much distress in the Republic. Death, Chancellor Palaptine demands. It should not be of question. It should not even happen."
Windu talked as he made a silver cube float in mid-air. "The Republic will not stand the things that are happening. Even in Naboo, peaceful arbitration have led to the slaughtering of it's citizens."
"Due May 10th, the Jedi applications are… no more Obi Wan Kenobi. It is May 9th, and Qui Gon is gone.
"What will we do about Queen Amidala sir?"
"Nothing," Yoda advised.
In a quick Senate meeting…
"A civil war is bound to be amuck… what shall we do?" Mace Windu asked.
"Without Queen Amidala, we are doomed."
In a second, Yoda came hopping out. "I suppose I need to explain the whole Padme Amidala thing. See, I have hidden something from the whole Republic. We specifically moved Queen Amidala from here so nobody would target us, right?"
Everyone nodded. Some took sips of coffee and talked amongst themselves.
"Well… when the airport blew up, it wasn't really true."
"What is this behavior, Yoda?" Palaptine queried.
"To tell it as true as I can… Clones, we made of Padme and Qui Gon. The ones who died, the clones were."
Everyone gasped and made rude comments.
"Scaring us in our fate!" someone yelled and shook a fist.
"Yes.. but Yoda knows that you blabbermouths would go and reveal it to the world… as I just so did," Yoda laughed.
"So where are they?" Palaptine demanded to know.
"There," Yoda pointed to the far wall where two servants took off their cloaks and revealed themselves. Qui Gon grinned at Yoda and spoke, "You see, we gained official knowledge that there would be an attack on the Coruscant Airport. We took it into our own hands. Though it is true that hundreds of people died there today, we did not."
"Qui Gon and Padme, you must go!" Yoda gruffly. He bowed and smiled a somewhat thin grin.
"Much hope goes towards you," Mace Windu agreed.
It was sprinkling out, probably the crying of the people who perished that day. Rain droplets plopped on the air landing base. Qui Gon walked into the small spacecraft with Padme close behind him.
"Get settled, Miss… it will be a long day," Qui Gon lamented. He began to flip some scarlet switches.
"So… where are we going?" Padme asked.
"Herosji… where the King is AND Naboo…" Qui Gon answered without thinking.
"Good. I expect you are a good flier?" Padme questioned.
"Good? I'm great," Qui Gon chortled.
And then, the ship flew up slowly and zoomed away to the colorful vista.
Naboo…
Obi Wan had taken off his shirt to stop the bleeding on his beloved one.
"I don't want this blood on you…" Obi Wan cried.
He leaned down and sensually kissed her lips and pulled her into his arms. But then, a shadow appeared and Obi Wan looked up. A tall figure in a tan robe and a slightly shorter woman in a fancy gown.
"Obi Wan?" Qui Gon asked.
"Qui Gon!?" Obi Wan said excitedly.
"What has happened here?" Padme asked.
"A robot from Geonosis shot my girlfriend."
"Obi Wan, we can start training you to become a Jedi. You must come with us now," Qui Gon insisted. He held a hand out.
"Yes!"
Minutes later, Obi Wan came out, fully dressed, carrying a bag holding his girlfriend in it.
"Put her in the water," Qui Gon directed. Obi Wan nodded and placed in the glistening reservoir.
"Goodbye my sweet."
Then, they loaded the spacecraft anxiously.
The flight to Heroshji…
Qui Gon set the ship controls to cruiser control and got up to check on Padme. He had a grimace on his face. Padme was sitting on the bed in the ship. Her dark blue, lace dress flowed down her side.
"I just got a message from Mace Windu… the Republic is under hostage. Just two hours after we left."
Qui Gon's why smile had faded to darkened frown. "Who took them over?"
"I have no idea, there was yelling in the background, a few gunshots, and the communicator signaled out."
"This is not good… they are looking for you, Padme," Qui Gon said.
"But why?" she catechized.
"I suppose is the time to tell you. You, Padme Amidala, are the Queen of the Republic. Two months ago, negotiations to extend your planet boundaries into the galaxy from the Trade Federation were denied—"
"How come I never got the message?"
"Because… well—let me finish. The Trade Federation had then gotten pretty angry. With already a total of fourteen negotiations turned down, they were fed up with our way of thinking. Darth Sidious, the head of the Federation clearly stated that if we did not agree, once more, that he would kill us all. And now, I know what we disagreed to. Handing you over to them."
"All this was kept form me!? God damn it… I swear…"
Qui Gon sat down next to her to comfort her. He put a hand over hers.
"No… You lied to me—I can't trust you," she said in frustration. "And I cannot be seen having relations with a Jedi."
She stood up in an instant. Qui Gon followed. "Why?! To good for a Jedi?"
"Leave me alone Master Jinn… I don't want to see you again. I'm sending for a private craft to get me off this ship. I am going back to Coruscant and you cannot stop me. I expect you to pull over at the next Galaxy Headquarters."
Padme exhaled and left the room. Qui Gon, stunned, shook his head in angst.
Coruscant-
Mace Windu was being kicked by an officer. He was laying on the ground, moaning in despair.
"TELL ME WHERE SHE IS!" he yelled.
"Never," Mace Windu whimpered and his stomach was met by a huge blow by the calf of the other mans leg.
Darth Sidious walked the halls, pushing Republic officials out of the way.
"Get the Senators of Naboo on the communicators. I have a few words with them. If they deny my pleads for information on the whereabouts of Queen Amidala, then the clone army of Geonosis will pay a little visit… and kill thousands on the way." His sentinel nodded and ran into the room opposite them.
"I want this building searched for documents containing all previous negotiations turn downs. I also want every card of Recommendation for anyone who works here. When you are done. Burn the place down… with the people in it."
A few executives looked at each other wildly but parted in separate ways.
"Queen Amidala will not escape me this time… last time, she caused by confuse din my Federation… not to mention, the slaughtering of my son…"
In Yoda's office…
"Here, we are safe… Why did the Senators pose as Mrs. Amidala? And none ever told me of the obscurity… Queen Amidala only knows that we have been taken hostage. Yet now, they try and kill her for things she didn't do!" Yoda said sternly.
"Sorry Master Yoda," a senator cried.
"You are forgiven… but now, we must find a way out of the situation…"
At a Headquarters in the South Quadrant in the Galaxy-
"Goodbye Qui Gon… I hope to see you again…" Padme said.
"As to you," Qui Gon retorted.
She began to walk away to her guards when Qui Gon grabber her arm. "I love you," he managed to say. Her eyes watered up and she ran away in tears. Qui Gon hung his head down. Obi Wan stood.
"Is this what being a Jedi is about? Love?"
"It's a different story young Paddawan…" Qui Gon began to say.
"I'm sure it is," Obi Wan said sarcastically and started to saunter through the edifice to the entrance. It's circular dome gleamed with gold onto the marble floor.
On Heroshji…
"King Tertian, I bring before you the permission to train a Jedi Knight. My master, Jake Dooku, has vanished. I have no idea where he has gone to."
"Bring this Paddawan before me," the King demanded.
Obi Wan quietly and nervously walked out into the clearing. Over fifteen people surrounded him, including over twenty servants.
"Tell me, young one, have you the courage to fight for your leadership in the Republic?"
"Yes…"
"Do you show compassion for others?"
Obi Wan paused and nodded.
"Then you are granted indulgence to train the boy," the King directed to Qui Gon. "But, Qui Gon, I have some bad news. We found Padme Amidala's husband. Dead and rotting in a cave on Tatooine. Next to him lay a note from the kidnapper. The abductor… was from the Trade Federation."
To be continued…
Part 3- Queen Amidala gets the news of her husband's death and goes back to the Republic. As soon as she gets off the aircraft though, army troops are ready to take her into custody. Qui Gon and Obi Wan do not dare go back to the Republic. In hopes of training Obi Wan, Qui Gon hires an extra tutor named Katie Utopia… a beautiful lady from Naboo, and of whom Obi Wan falls in love with. DO NOT miss the third installment of the exciting War of Naboo.