Chapter 2
Below the surface of Entralla
The meeting with his informant had finally come to an end and even when there was no more bounty on his head, Entralla surely still was one of the very dangerous places in the galaxy because here there wasn't any law preventing anybody to just rob you in broad daylight if they wanted to. To his luck a very few people knew about the entrance of the cave system and Master Ralkitta surely was intending to keep it that for now, because he definitely didn't want the greatly advanced technology down there to fall in the right hands. Knowing this large cave system this well from the many years that he had spent here, he could probably find the way to his little chamber with his eyes covered the whole time and just let the force show him the way.
As he was on the way back to the Stasis Pod, of course he kept thinking about the one question: Was now the right time to wake her up? Because of the fact that he had done some research about her political career, he knew deep down that she would definitely be a great help during the forming of the new government after he a very hard fought war with the Empire had been won. During all these years he had been happy to see that the stasis pod that he had developed all these years was actually working very good and had kept her life signs stable all the time but one thing was unclear for him right now: How would she react to the changes that had happened during her long sleep? She surely would be pretty shocked for sure, who wouldn't be after they wake up from a very long sleep and find out that the world they knew didn't exist anymore? As he continued walking through one of the endless seeming corridors, he kept thinking how he would tell her about all the changes that had happened during her very long absence without upsetting her too much.
Jedi Training Center on Yavin IV
Luke Skywalker was busy with training some of the new Jedi, knowing very well that there was still a lot of work to be done before the Order would be restored back to its former growth. Having been chosen as the one to restore the Jedi Order, was still something of a very huge burden for him and Luke clearly wasn't so sure that he could handle all this stress on his own. He wished he would still have such a great mentor that Obi Wan had been to him, someone that could take away at least some of the burden that came along with training the new Generation of Peacekeepers but despite some appearances of the old Jedi Master in his visions Luke couldn't turn to anyone for advice in person.
Since Leia had been so busy with all her political work on Coruscant, the two siblings didn't have many opportunities to talk with each other and he had to admit that he missed it a lot to spend some quality time with his sister. "Let the force guide your light saber, let go of any thoughts that could distract you because the moment you let yourself get distracted in battle will be your downfall." Luke said as he watched the Padawans swinging their light sabers from one side to another, their heads being covered helmets to avoid any distraction in their field of view. Losing all those great Jedi in the big massacre at the beginning of the Galactic War had been a great loss for a Galaxy that had been at peace for such a long time up to this point.
What surely had made it the most shocking for the Jedi at this time: They had been betrayed by one of their own, the massacre on the Jedi also resulting in the downfall of the Old Republic. So many lives had been lost during the war against the Empire, a lot of people had lost their homes and now where busy with rebuilding it while Luke wanted to make the Jedi again what they had been for a couple of decades during the times of the Old Republic: Peace Keepers.
Of course the New Jedi Order was inspired by most of the values of the old one, but unless like the great masters of the past Luke didn't see love as a part to dark side. In his opinion love could be a good comrade of Jedi not his downfall, it surely wasn't an easy decision but he had made it anyway: After all these decades the Code of the Jedi needed to be revised, so that meant he would allow the new generation of Jedi to hold onto love instead of stigmatizing it as a way to be lured to the dark side.
Corcusant
Leia Organa Solo was in the middle of an important meeting with the some of the Senators of New Republic Senate about the current state of the systems that had already joined it. Senator Siaan Tevv from Sullust was the first speaking right now: "The newly appointed Governor on Sullust has told me that the rebuilding process is going according to the plan right now, even if they had some run-ins with left over imperial troops the security situation is pretty stable right now." Of course Leia was very happy to hear that, as Sullust had been a matter of concern for the Alliance of Free Planets for a while because of some imperials acting on their own without any solid leadership since the death of Emperor Palpatine and had tried their very best to cause some chaos and disrupt the planetary rebuilding process as best as possible.
"Thank you for that short report Senator Tevv and keep me posted on any developments on your home world." Leia said and she was glad, that the Security Council Meetings weren't always that stressful because it felt kind of good to know that they could concentrate their full energy on recovering from the war with the Empire.
In the cave system below the surface of Entralla
Master Ralkitta had a last look at the life signs of the former Republic Senator, before he would finally start the wake up sequence of the stasis pod and deep down he hoped that this wouldn't be a thing that he would regret later. Okay everything is looking good so far; now let's wake you up out of your artificial coma Miss Amidala. He thought before he finally pressed the button to start the wake up sequence and didn't take very long for the life signs to get stronger, as he could clearly see on the display that her organs were slowly but surely getting back to produce the more oxygen that was needed than in a comatose state.
It took about five minutes for her life signs to reach the normal level, then Master Ralkitta opened the stasis pod by punching another button on the touchpad next to the pod and anxiously waited for her to open her eyes. Of course he wouldn't tell her too much information at once, because that would probably overburden her and he certainly didn't want her to have some kind of mental breakdown. Padme Amidala then took two breaths, slowly opened her eyes and of course was very confused by her surroundings: Where Am I? And how did I get here? Where only two of the many questions that were popping up in her mind at once as she carefully studied her surroundings and finally looked directly into the eyes of the only person in the room with her: A strange old man, with some very old looking clothes. It took quite a while for her to digest all this but then she finally asked: "Who are you and why am I here?"
Master Ralkitta of course could sense her confusion very well as he reached out to her through the force and with a very relaxed tone he replied: "First of all Miss Amidala welcome back to the world of the Living and I'm Jedi Master Ralkitta. You are here on Entralla, which is a planet in the Outer Rim Territory because a good of the both of us brought you here Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi and we both decided to put you inside that stasis pod to save you from dying and from the Emperor."
"Where are Obi Wan and my husband Anakin?"
Ralkitta now a sad look on his face as he replied: "I'm sorry Miss Amidala but Obi Wan and Anakin Skywalker or the name I know him under Darth Vader have died a long time ago." Padme was now even more confused than before and she really didn't want to believe what she just had heard:
"They both are dead? How did this happen? This can't be true!"
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