Chapter 21
Padme walked into the living room and saw that Rex was standing by the windows and looking down to the planet that was below the space station.
" Milady, dinner will be serve in about twenty minutes?" Rex turned around when he realized that he was not alone in the living room.
" Ok that sounds great, then I think we should be heading down to the meeting hall, oh and by the way you look very nice Commander." Padme noticed that Rex was dressed in an Imperial uniform which was that of a rank of a Commander.
" Um . . . thank you Milady . . . and you look very beautiful tonight." Rex looked at Padme and his hands began to sweat because he realized how beautiful she truly is, and now he sees why Anakin fell very hard in love with her, but he also knows what will happen if he let his feelings or emotions show, Anakin or Darth Vader would kill him for looking at Padme with lust in his eyes or head.
" Thank you Rex well I believe it is time, Threepio make sure everything is locked up, and the privacy shades are drown to please." Padme walked towards the door that leads out of the quarters and into the hallway.
" Yes Ms. Padme I will make sure of all that is done and I will even have your bed turn down for you too." Threepio followed the two humans to the door so that way he could lock the door behind them.
Padme and Rex walked out of the quarters and they began heading down the hallway to the Turbo-lift that will take them down to the dining hall where there is a small dinner party that was being held for all the delegations and Senators that are here for the conference.
They got onto the lift and Rex pushed the down button and the lift began to move downwards to the lower part of the station.
The lift stopped and the doors opened up and Rex stepped off the first, then he looked around to make sure it was clear for Padme to come off the lift.
" It is clear Milady." Rex stepped out of the way so Padme could step off the lift and came up right next to him.
" Thank you Rex here we go for dinner, I wonder how many people will be here at this small dinner party." Padme took Rex's arm that he held out for her to take as they walked down the small hallway to the ball room that is being used for the dinner party.
As they came up to the double doors she saw two guards standing there with data pads in their hands.
" Name and how many in your party please?" the blonde haired guard asked Padme as she and Rex stepped up to him.
" Senator Amidala from the Imperial Senate, a reperasentive from Naboo, and my bodyguard Commander Rex." Padme told the blonde guard as he looked down at his data pad.
" Yes Milady, you are marked here as a guest of honor hope you both have a great night and enjoy your dinner." the guard looked up from the data pad and bowed his headed to Padme and stood at attention before moving to the side and opened the door for them to enter the room.
" Um . . . thank you private and you too have a good night also." Padme return his bow and then both her and Rex walked right into the room.
Once inside the room Padme began looking around and found Senators Bail Organa and Mon Mothma and she came up to them.
" Padme it is so great to see you." Bail Organa turned and gave a Padme a huge smile as he sees his friend coming up to him.
" Bail it is so great to see you too, Mon Mothma it is great to see you too, and you both remember Commander Rex." Padme gave both Senators a welcoming hug, and then turning Rex and introducing him to her two friends.
" Yes I remember you, You were in the infantry that served under Jedi Knight Skywalker during the Clone Wars.
" Yes Sir I too remember you, and yes I was in the infantry with Commander Skywalker during the Clone Wars." Rex shook the other man's hand just as the diner bell began to ring and a droid came up into the room.
" Ladies and Gentlemen diner is now served, please follow me to the dining area." the droid announce loud enough over the voice of all the humans in the small room.
Everybody followed the droid into the dining room and they all found their seats by the name cards that were on the table where each person was going to sit down at and Padme noticed that her place was at the head of the table.
Once everybody was seated Padme looked to her right and noticed Senator Rumsford sitting there and to her left side was Rex.
" Senator Rumsford um . . . did your Aide ever show up?" Padme asked as a serving droid put the bowl of soup down in front of her.
" Oh Senator Amidala, um . . . no he did not, and I am starting to get very worried that something has happen to him, um . . . Commander did you tell me earlier that you saw him last night?" the older man looked away from Padme and looked straight at Rex.
" Yes sir I did see him last night, he knocked at the door and answered it and he told me that he must have the wrong room and I did tell him that he need to go back to his floor or room, and then I saw him get onto the Turbo-lift and saw the doors close behind him and where he went from there I do not know." Rex retold the Senator about what happen last night.
" I see, I just hope that he did not get himself into some kind of trouble, oh great he is here." the Senator said with a little sadness and then looked up at the double doors that opened up and saw the huge dark figure standing in the doorway.
" Great, now I have a feeling in what could have happen to him." was all Padme said as she too saw the dark figure and then she realized what happen to the Aide, and the sad thing is the Senator will never see his friend again, because he will soon learn that he pissed off the wrong person and paid for with his life.
Two hours later everybody said goodnight each other and head back to their quarters and to their beds.
For Padme tomorrow was going to be a big day for her, because she will be giving her speech to everybody at the conference.
But no one would have thought that something dreadful will happen in the middle of all the delegations that was listening to the speech.