Jaina had looked everywhere for Jacen; no note. Why hadn't he left a note? She went to Kiki at once as she always did now when there was a problem. She was extremely worried about her brother; he told her everywhere he was going before he went; where was he?

"I'm sorry to say, Your Royal Highness, that Jacen has been reported captured by none other than the irrefutably dangerous and evil Boss Dapnad Flupps. He is being held captive and tortured by the Boss. I would suggest a thing for the Her Royal Highness to do, but I am unsure of her reaction for good or bad; I do not wish to offend your sense of peace and good works, Your Highness."

"Tell me at once," Jaina said quickly and firmly. Her brother was the most important person she had in her life; he was family.

"To go to war with Boss Dapnad Flupps would be a fatal attempt, but an infiltration of one man to assassinate him may work well," Kiki reluctantly expressed.

"We can't kill a man for kidnapping, that's against the law," Jaina said, "my brother is still alive and well according to our last reports."

"If your Royal Highness permits me to say so, I have not been wrong before," Kiki reminded her, "the killing of one you detest to save the ones you value like family and friends? I believe that is a fair trade."

Jaina sighed, "Do you think the possibility exists that Jacen is in imminent danger?"

"Absolutely," Kiki replied, "He could be dead by tomorrow for all we know."

"But who will do the job we need done?" Jaina asked. "No one here is brave enough to infiltrate the Boss Dapnad Flupps' space station…"

"I am," came a man's voice from the doorway, it was Kyp, fully clad in chains and metal bindings. "I was just released to the custody of Coruscant though I have refused. "Jaina listens to me. I will go; you can trust me. Jacen is my friend. I don't want anything bad to happen to him. Please let me go on this mission."

"Kiki?" Jaina asked her counselor, "what now?"

"Let him go," Kiki said, "he has chosen to stay by will. He is trustworthy. He will do the job well."

Jaina nodded. "OK, Kyp," she said, "I hereby assign you to the assassination of Boss Dapnad Flupps."

"Thank you, Your Highness," Kyp said with a smile.

There was something in that smile, Jaina thought, something she actually liked about him. She smiled too.

"Your Royal Highness, if I may say so," Kiki began again, "You will be safer somewhere other than Naboo in case we are targeted by Boss Dapnad Flupps for attempting his murder. Please, if I may suggest you go to hide in a sector of space where you can't be found."

Jaina's mind flashed to Bo and Bo alone. "Of course…but couldn't I simply hide on Earth?" she asked.

"There is a weapon that if Boss Dapnad Flupps activates it before he is destroyed, it will destroy the nature preserve of Earth along with the space station itself; it is a dual self-destruct mechanism."

Jaina thought of Bo again; she had to warn him. Then she thought better of it; no, she realized, she'd have to save him. He had no spaceship he had no way to get off of the planet and away.

She'd been talking to him every night for a while. Though they rarely said the words "I love you" it seemed to be the truth. She had to save him.

She went to the comlink. She plugged into the transmitter and began to speak into it. Bo?…Sorry I'm calling from a different number….I need you to be on the edge of the grass by the schoolhouse for me to pick you up…what?…I know there's no road…In my starship…alright, see you then," the comm clicked as he'd hung up.

She prepared to leave.

Kyp set out on his mission before her because it would take several hours to reach the space station and he needed to make good time. He'd been trained as an assassin before, so he didn't require any further coaching. Jaina knew she had to reach Bo soon too or he'd be lost if the chain reaction did in fact occur.

Jaina bid farewell to Kiki under the guise that she would be traveling out to the point in space they'd agreed on. In reality, she was prepared to go to Earth against Kiki's wishes. Kiki didn't want her in direct harm of attack. Jaina didn't think she had the right to control where she went or why she went there, even though Kiki was usually right in the end. After all, she did have Jaina's best interest at heart; she wanted the young queen to do well for herself and for the planet. That's why she was Jaina's counselor.

But in this case, Jaina knew what was right. Her brother and her love's lives were at stake and she couldn't let them die. She also wanted to be close enough to Kyp to be able to help him if he needed it, but Kiki had assured her that he wouldn't need help and that if he did, that she would send in Naboo troops to assist him. There was no need to put the queen into danger, she said.

Jaina gave a goodbye speech to the people of Naboo. She told them that as their monarch she would do everything in her power to keep them and herself safe and to be able to free the galaxy from such feared enemies as Boss Dapnad Flupps.

The people received this message well and Jaina was soon on her way to Earth. As her shuttle took off, the crowed of people roared with excitement, but not like those who were grateful for being saved; it sounded almost like a pack of bloodthirsty wolves.