Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars. This is part 3 of 5.


Chapter 3: Companionship.


Padme found out that she had a small window of opportunity to capture him. A halo tape revealed him going on a small curser ship to train with his newest implants.

That had not happened as plain since her ship skillfully intercepted him. He was surprised to be captured by a Nubain type ship of the z3908a series(1). There were only 50 made on the production line. Most of those ships where for large family travel. The only modification to her ship was the meeting room and some servants' rooms. Everything else was very standard for that type of ship.

He felt the horror of being held captive by the former queen of Naboo in her vacation ship. The woman was not someone he wanted to be around without a working ship. She had the spirit of a shrill harpy. The former queen's voice made his body rust at the very thought of having to hear her ever again.

The Jedi were sure to show up any moment to finish him off. They favored the woman as if she was a rare piece of Jedi crystal that could hone their light sabers.

How could he somehow be stranded in space? Being stranded at all should not have happened. Fate had to have stepped in to stop his ship.

Grievous for some reason, had not seen her for his interrogation. However, a woman had passed his room twice. He almost laughed to himself when she picked her head inside his room.

"Oh, hello." A woman that looked a little like the former Queen of Naboo said to him. She joins him in the room without a word.

At first, Grieves thought the woman was lost. It was still safe to be guarded when it came to the former Queen. "I will tell you nothing."

The woman sat down at the table only to pore herself some tea. "Oh?" She had not wanted to get information from him. She was only there to seduce him.

"You will get nothing from me." Instead, of looking away from her out window he kept his eyes on her.

The first think that went through her head was that he was shinny. She liked shinning things. "Is your armor always so immaculately clean?"

"What?" He looked at his arms and legs for something to be wrong with him. What was she up to anyway?

Shinny. She thought about his armor more. It was so amazing to her. "How do you make it look so clean, shinny?"

"The droids clean it. I have some polish that helps as well." Grievous never thought anyone would appreciate his body.

Dazzled by his body, the woman commented, "You do fine work. I don't see a spot or streaks."

"Thank you, woman. Not many appreciate the care I take in taking care of myself." He was beginning to like her. She had great taste. It was too bad that they Jedi might come in at any moment to kill him. He might want to chat with her a little more.

"I think you are doing a fine job." She drank the rest of her tea. Then, she left him there to think.


Grievous thought about the woman. What was she trying to do? What did she want to accomplish?

The guard brought him something to eat but they did not say anything to him. That surprised him. How had they known how he ate? What did they want?

She returned that night. "I was supposed to find out what you ate but I guess my bodyguard already knew what you would like to eat. He is very insightful."

He would have told her so that he could be treated more fairly. She looked at little sad to not be able to get to know him.

"You look nice." He told her that in attempts to try to make smile.

"Thank you. We were going on vacation when we found you. Maybe, you could." She stopped not sure of how to she was ever going to seduce the shinny male before her. "I forgot. You're kind of stuck here, huh?"

He would have helped her. She was quite the beauty. "You mean to say I am stuck on a vacation ship?"

"Yes, but I can get you souvenirs. I don't know what you collect." Everyone collected something unless they where a hermit that liked to feed off the land. She doubted that he would live alone.

Grievous loved to collect light sabers of dead Jedi. He doubted she collected the same thing. "I don't think you have what I collect."

Wanting to understand him more, "I could go on your ship with you when you return to wherever you are going. My bodyguard will have to go with me but I am sure it will be alright."

Go with him? He was not prepared to have a female friend join him. He had to train to kill the Jedi. "I am not sure you can go with me."

She had to go with him. There was no question in her mind that she would be able to distract him. "Why not? Are you the strong longer type?"

"No. I don't know if your friends are going to release me." He had not even known if they would stick him in the trash compacter then shot him out the ship with the trash.

"I will join you. It not good for any male to drift around the galaxy unattended." Not good at all. He needed someone to care for him. She volunteered herself for the job.

"I am fully capable of taking care for myself." He was not some sort of loser that needed her to hold his hand.

"There is no doubt in my mind that you are strong. I only wish to offer you some friendship. If you wish we can make any repairs to your ship at my home."

Padme heard all of it. She smirked. No man could deny her friend's charms. He would be very well distracted very soon. If Grievous was not there to fight the Jedi, whoever he worked for would be out of luck. Her friends could distract the best intending of leaders.

She had her people make sure his ship did not work so that he would have to go to the girl's home on a smaller ship that she rented. It was scheduled to arrive very soon.


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z3908a series: I made up this ship. I was trying to make the ship sound smaller then he was use to going on. Therefore, the ship would be like a space gypsies would have but that ship has a meeting area and servants' rooms.