Chapter 54

Leia contacted Luke in the Jedi Temple, asking him if he would also come along to Naboo and he said: „I have to finish some business here and then I will meet you at the Space Dock." Leia then ended the conversation via Holocom and then turned to face her mother:

„Okay, I guess that I am going to pack a few things for our trip to Naboo." With her daughter disappearing into the bedroom that she shared with her husband Han, Padme was standing alone now in the big living room and as got nothing else to do at this point she walked up to the window at the other end of the room and watched the skyline of the big city-like planet for a while. Looking out of that big window, she still couldn't help but think about the fact how surreal it felt to be here again after all those years: I guess that it is nornal to think of this whole thing as a dream in a good way, after I return from the dead unexpected.

Meanwhile somewhere else on Coruscant Senator Pooja Naberrie was on the way back to her homeworld, after she had just finished a very stressful Senate Session regarding the recent crisis in the Saarn System which was caused by a surprise attack on that New Republic Listening Post by the Forces of Grand Admiral Thrawn. She was now on the way back to the Spaceport of Coruscant, where she would take the first ship back to Naboo and she surely would be glad for the distraction after all this stress. Sometimes I wonder how Aunt Padme survived this stress all those years, where she represented Naboo and this is truly one of those days, where I second guess myself regarding the fact if I'm still fit to do this job. On the other side, I knew from the start how huge those shoes were to fill regarding the politics inside the newly formed Galactic Senate and no matter how hard this might be sometimes, it's still an honor to follow the big footsteps of my aunt.

Han wasn't quite sure what to do in this situation: Would he take the backseat at this one or tag along with his wife, her brother and their mother Padme Naberrie? A big part of him thought that they deserved to have this family time for themselves and yes he was married to Leia but it make him part of their family just yet. If he was being honest with himself he would just the famous third wheel in this kind of situation, even if it also would a good oppurtunity to get to know Padme a little bit better but that didn't mean that there wouldn't be any other oppurtunities to do so. Leia stopped packing her stuff for her trip to Naboo for a moment, so she could face her husband Han:

„This whole thing has been very spontaeous so I didn't get the chance yet to ask you, if you want to accompany us to Naboo. If you're having any doubts, I'm sure that both Luke and my mother would be okay with that. So what do you say?"

Once again he was amazed how she was able to always read him like an open book, wondering if that maybe had anything to do with that whole mysterious Jedi Power thing or if they just knew each other that well, as they had spent so much time together over the last couple of years. He had to think about his final decision for a short period of time before he finally answered:

„I would love to accompany you all to Naboo and I guess that I need to start packing some stuff for the trip now too." Of course Leia was glad to hear that answer from her husband, she now had that one famous smile on her face that had made him fall in love with her and he couldn't help but give her a long passionate kiss right in the middle of their bedroom.

At first Leia was a little bit surprised by this sudden movement from him, but her surprise was swept away really quickly as she just let herself fall in this moment and forget everything that happened around her for a few minutes.

Two hours till I finally reach my destination and start the mission to bring down the weak government of the New Republic. The mercenary thought as he looked out the window and watched how the big transport ship continued to move forward through the hyperspace tunnel. Of course this whole operation was just one small piece in a bigger master plan, which Grand Admiral Thrawn had been so busy with planning over the years but only if this first strike against the New Republic would hit it's intended target the sucess of the bigger plan would be guarenteed.

Meanwhile on the other end of the galaxy, Pooja Naberrie was on her way back home and no matter how hard she tried, she wasn't able to hide how much energy had been drained out of her because of the nearly constant emergency meetings the Senate had , since the security of the New Republic had been threatened for the first time by the Forces of Grand Admiral Thrawn. Sure, she was exhausted now but she knew from the beginning how stressful this job would be and so there was definitely one thing that she would never do: Complain about the stress she had to handle almost on a daily basis. It's so sad that Aunt wasn't able to watch me start my political career, following in her footsteps and it's obvious that all this had been my destiny because of the fact how much she has done for Naboo both as the Queen and later as a Senator, representing the interests of the Planet inside the Galactic Senate back in the days of the Old Republic. Pooja hoped that her homeworld could look forward to a better future with the help of the New Republic, after the people of Naboo had suffered so much during the Galactic Civil War.

AN: Who or what is the target of that mysterious mercenary that works for Grand Admiral Thrawn?

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