Chapter 4

Just for her security, Ralkitta had given Padme one of his own capes that he had stored in a little compartment on the other side of the big chamber that he had built into this cave other the years after he had been forced to go into exile here on this very dangerous planet. The law surely wasn't any courts or the police Entralla was ruled by some merciless cartels that were involved in all kind of black market business and you didn't mess with any of those dangerous creatures, if you wanted to continue to live because everybody that would get in the way of those criminals had paid dearly for it.

The two now walked through the very narrow alleyways of the planet, Padme paying close attention to all those unknown faces around her and even if she was ready to defend herself just with her fists and some well- aimed she wasn't entirely sure if her self- defense tactics would prevent her of getting into any trouble or if some criminals would be able to easily corner her. But then she quickly banned these thoughts from her mind, reminding herself of the fact that she had a Jedi protector by her side even if she still wasn't totally sure if she could trust him entirely but on the other hand: Was there any other alternative left for her to choose? For a quite a while she kept searching her mind for an answer to that question, but she finally had to realize: Her company on this strange unknown planet was the only person that she could trust completely right now.

As they turned left into another crowded alley Padme finally asked the Jedi Master: "What happened with the other Jedi after the Republic was destroyed by Palpatine?" She really hoped that she would stir up any uncomfortable memories for Master Ralkitta as she had posed that question to him but that was really one of those many questions that she wanted to be answered.

Ralkitta surely didn't like to talk about that very dark era for the Jedi, because he had put it behind him a long time ago and he had decided that it was better to put all his fate in his big dream that some other great Jedi would come some day and create a new Jedi Order. Maybe he would be actually there to witness a new generation of Jedi once again becoming the Peacekeepers of the Galaxy and also pass on his knowledge of the Force onto them. But before he could do that, he had to fulfill the mission that his old friend Obi Wan Kenobi had given him a couple of years ago, at a dark time when the most of Jedi had been murdered by the Clone Troops around the Galaxy: Take care of Padme Amidala and protect her from any enemies that might come after her.

Of course Master Ralkitta was very well aware of all the curious glances, that he got from all the traders and smugglers standing nearby and he was busy to find out their intentions during secretly establishing a connection between them with the help of the force. He always on his watch around the narrow alleyways of the Market on Entralla because you could never be sure from which direction a threat may come and you certainly needed to be careful with who you trust. He took one deep breath before he finally answered: "The most of the Jedi weren't able to escape the great Purge known under the name "Order 66" in time and the few that were able to avoid it were forced to go into exile."

Even if her Jedi Protector tried his very best to cover it up, she could see some sadness shortly showing in his eyes and that made her regret it a little bit that she had asked the question in first place.

Corcusant

With another two reports the Security Council meeting was finally wrapped up, but her work for today wasn't done she still had a meeting with Mon Mothma coming up later that day were they would talk about the agenda of the next Senate Meeting tomorrow. Leia had to admit that she had pretty much lost in the big halls of the Senate Chamber, when she had first entered it after the Rebel Alliance had conquered the former home world of the Old Republic.

Before the Senate of the Republic had been assembled here, the Senate Building had been the Headquarters for the Imperial Senate but those senators didn't have much of an influence on the politics of the Empire because the most of the important decisions were made by the Emperor himself and some of his loyal henchmen.

She finally left the big office of the Chief of State, the position that she had together with Mon Mothma now heading back to her apartment in Republica 500 were also her mother had lived during her time as a senator of the old republic and it had torn her heart practically apart as she heard about the terrible things that happened on her mother's home world Naboo during that the Empire had occupied the planet.

Over the years she had spent a lot of time doing some research about Padme Amidala, her mother since Bai had told her who her real mother was when she was old enough to understand it. Of course Leia did really have a hard time digesting all this at first, especially that one fact that her mother had been so heartbroken that she simply had lost her will to life.

Entralla Space Port

Padme and Master Ralkitta finally reached the little Space Port of Entralla, where all kind of different ships were standing most of them weren't looking that new and one particular freighter looked like it would fall apart at any moment. Ralkitta let his look wander around the pretty crowded Space Port, where a lot of alien species were busy with talking or just sipping some drinks in the nearby Cantina frantically looking for that one person, that he could call something like a friend right in the middle of this huge danger zone: Te'lem a filthy looker freighter pilot, who didn't have the newest ship in the galaxy but they would definitely reach their target with it very fast.

It took quite a while but then Ralkitta had finally spotted him, he shortly smiled at the man from Sullust and as Padme followed the Jedi Master through the crowd, she couldn't help but look very skeptical at all the ships in the hangar and really hoped that this guy wasn't trying to rip them off.

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