Padme'
finally caught up with the group of handmaidens, out of breath she
struggled for words.
"Senator Amidala, are you alright? You seem
out of sorts!" Dorme's eyebrow arched at the young senator, the
Jedi had had quite the same effect on her but Padme' was a lot more
reserved than her head servant.
"If
you…had just run...two fields…so…would you."
"Well do
not fear M'Lady. Jedi Kenobi can carry you back!" Dorme' smiled
as her mistress' head shot up and then looked past her to the
approaching figure of her Jedi Protector.
"Senator Amidala!" He called out merrily as he got closer.
Padme's eyes squinted in the sunlight and she raised a hand to shade her eyes and replied back: "Jedi Kenobi, what brings you out to the meadows on such a fine day?"
He reached the party, bowing low to her before continuing. "You do M'Lady. Would you care to accompany me back to the inner gardens, I understand they're filled with historical relics and I would love to view them with you?"
Padme'
smiled graciously, still flushed from the heat and run, hair
everywhere it was hard to build sentences. But as usual she
straightened herself up and adopted her regal tone, "That would be
lovely"
Kenobi offered his arm, which she accepted, but almost
as soon as they had set off Padme's idea of a lazy stroll through
the inner gardens was shattered. Carefully, without attracting
attention, he was dragging her to the palace. Meanwhile he turned,
fake smile across his lips and instructed her handmaidens: "Dear
ladies, may I suggest returning to the house immediately. I believe
one of the Senator's friends has arrived and is looking for
assistance."
Padme' didn't struggle and made the dragging look natural by keeping pace but muttered into his ear: "What…the…God's…is going on!"
Kenobi kept the smile but whispered low, "You are being followed M'Lady. I am taking you back to the Palace." Her smile did not keep, for a second it dropped. Not because she was afraid, but because she had just heard a shot tear through the peace of the meadows.
