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Chapter Thirty Seven
Fang Zar
Shortly...
He panted through his sweat as he leaned against the tall fence of the garden.
Intelligence had tipped off the Aldera Palace that Lord Vader was making an unannounced visit. It left the Organas in a panic, particularly Bail.
While former Senator Fang Zar made himself scarce. Disappearing into the lower levels of the Palace. Not telling them this was about him or that he had left Coruscant without permission to begin with.
Fang Zar never knew he could run so fast. Through the maze of servant quarters and other chambers. He made his way into the garner's shed then the garden.
He just got out of prison and he was not going back.
Zar planned to have the Drunk Dancer arrive in Aldera on the day that large anti-Imperial protests were occurring outside the palace. That plan was still on, but it had been slightly moved up.
Up in the sky above, he could see the ship members of the smuggling ship's crew searched the palace for their charge. He knew Darth Vader had arrived and was greeted by Bail Organa. Leaving Organa and Vader distracted and unaware of Zar's plan to escape Alderaan.
Looking around some more, Zar was nearly at the east gate. Originally he planned to meet the Drunk Dancer at the Palace's south gate, where he was originally to be picked up by the Drunk Dancer.
However, as the protests outside the south gate became increasingly violent. He was forced to divert to the east gate.
The change in plan cost the Senator time and likely confused the Drunk Dancer's crew, Skeck Draggle, Archyr Beil, and Roan Shryne.
BRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPP!
Zar couldn't hear himself say, "No, no, no!"
It was the palace's alarm. Probably to help with intruders and the protesters...
Zare looked up and around, no.
No.
He wasn't giving up.
He then made a run for it.
He was now at the gate. Smiling through his long beard he smiled.
He opened the gate to find Lord Vader.
The last thing he saw was Lord Vader's blood red lightsaber.
Coruscant
Senators Bail Organa and Mon Mothma lowered their heads as they listened to the HoloNet footage.
Their longtime friend and colleague racing through the Palace gardens, only to be caught by Vader when he was nearly there.
The three smugglers did their best to catch up with him, but they were too late. The blade cut through Zar's upper chest and came close to decapitating him before swinging around once again to burn Jula Shryne across the back.
The smugglers ran back as fast as they could to the loading ramp of the Drunk Dancer, where they were greeted by the ship's captain, Jula Shryne. But Vader caught up with them. knew he would be unable to reach the vessel before Zar and the crew boarded and threw his lightsaber toward them with the Force. Killing them instantly.
Meanwhile a Jedi Knight, Roan Shryne slipped in and aided the mortally wounded Zar onto the Drunk Dancer, which quickly fled Alderaan. En route to Sern Prime, a 2-1B medical droid began surgery in an attempt to save the former Senator's life.
Through Alliance intelligence, Mothma discovered that the damage to major blood vessels inflicted by Vader's lightsaber was too extensive to repair, and Zar later died on the operating table.
And now according to breaking reports on the screen below, Vader found Knight Shryne.
"Palpatine wanted to make an example of Fang Zar," said Bail. "He won't hesitate to make an example of Sern Prime itself, if the president-elect isn't careful..."
Force, what were they going to do?
What could they do?
There would be time to grieve their friend later. Right now, "We have bigger problems right now, Bail!" Mon almost screamed. "She told!" Mothma said. "She's betrayed us!" Either that or Vader had gotten to her, but Mon sensed it was the first one.
"We don't know that for sure," Bail pointed out. "The Emperor has spies everywhere." These days it was hard to know who friend or foe.
Padmé knew that.
Bail was about to say something else when Mon cut him off, "And Force only knows what that lovesick idiot Clovis told her!"
"...again," Though Bail knew she might be right. "We don't know that for..." The Prince Consort turned and saw Baron Rush Clovis standing
Apparently he and Mon hadn't heard the door swish open during their...conversation.
All Rush could think to say was, "What?"
"Rush..." Bail put a hand on his shoulder. "I know you love Padmé...but I'm...we're..." He grimly looked back at Mon.
Mon sighed as she went over to the door and locked it this time. If Bail didn't have the guts to say it, she would. "We're not sure she feels the same way about you," Mon said as delicately, but firmly as possible.
Rush took a step back, "You're wrong!" Mon and Bail were...they were jealous. Yes.
Yes, that was it!
Bail and Mon's marriages- to different beings- had suffered the past two years since the pair were married more to the Alliance and each other than their actual spouses. They couldn't stand the fact that he and Padmé had something and that they were happy.
Mon sighed, "Let me ask you this Rush, can you honestly look me in the eyes and tell me that nothing about her bothers you? That the two of you talk about things outside the Alliance? Does she ever ask about you? Or-"
"Just stop!" Rush screamed. "You're wrong! Padmé loves me! Me, okay! And for all the right reasons." Rush turned and stormed out of the office.
Though he didn't know if he was more angry at Mon and Bail, or at the possibility that deep down he knew they could be right.
Me thinks Rush protests too much. What do you think?
Trivia: More from the novel, Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader.
Next chapter: Vader comes home and Padmé isn't too pleased.
Later on: Luke and Leia.
I'm not sure when the next update will be, I got a temporary job packing apples at an orchard so I'm very busy and tired.
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