Chapter 4: Another Bad Night
A Day After Previous Chapter
Mara Jade dressed in all black brought her dark violet tinged speeder down on the very bottom landing platform of Padmé's apartment building. As soon as her door opened she jumped out and into a shadow. The sun was just now setting despite the fact it was eight o'clock.
Quickly Mara sped to the door to the place. When it opened she literally leaped in and rolled behind a pillar. Two guards were walking by wearing Nubian uniforms. They stopped right by her pillar and stood there.
" Great." Thought Mara. They had just been assigned new posts. Now she had three choices. Number one kill the men and hide their bodies. Number two knock the men out and hide their bodies. Or number three, try sneaking down the hallway. Each was risky. Mara really didn't have enough time to disable the guards or kill them either.
Carefully she stepped out from behind the pillar, opening a belt pouch she pulled out a thermal detonator, not to kill them but distract them. With out activating it she threw it over their heads and it banged on the door.
" What the hell was that?" Asked the guard nearest her. They raised their guns and went towards the door. Mara ran down the hallway to the turbo lift. Without looking back she entered it and pressed the button for the next to last floor. About ten seconds later the doors of the lift opened into a blue carpeted hallway. The sun had now completely set as far as she could see through the window in it. The cover of darkness right now was one of her two best friends. The other was her lightsaber.
She quietly approached the door at the end of the hallway. It didn't open. She went closer and still nothing. It was locked. Quietly she swore. There was no way she was going to open the door with the force. Skywalker would sense it. Then she noticed a key-pad to her left. It required thumb print access and it was the lock. This was two easy.
Carefully she slipped out a piece of clear sticky plastic from her belt. These were made exactly for her need. If Xen hadn't told her to bring everything then she would be stuck. Thank the force for mentors. Carefully she wrapped the tape around her thumb sticky side pointed out.
Equally as cautious she extended her hand with the taped thumb and stuck it on the finger pad. The last finger print that was on it would stick. She pulled it away and looked at it. There was a clear print on it. Perfect. Now she had two choices and the easy more safer one was the one she chose. Taking out a little electronic device from her belt she scanned the print into it and held it up to the pad. A green light blinked above the controls and the door slithered open.
She found herself in a living room, all the lights were out. Ahead of her a sofa facing a holonet screen and sitting on it Padmé Amidala herself. Silently she crept up to the back of the couch and pulled out her saber hilt.
She rose slowly over Padmé's head. Carefully she pointed the end that the bar of energy extended from down at Padmé.
Taking a deep silent breath she slowly brought it down until the end was nearly touching the bottom of Padmé's neck. She pictured how the blade would extend .Right down the senators back neck to her spine. Quickly she hit to activation button and a blood red blade sank down into Padmé's back. Her scream filled the apartment waking Anakin and the children up. Something was wrong.
Ha, ha, ha. Cliff hanger. I apologize though since it was so short.