Chapter 55

Shorty after the mercenary had reached his final destination, he had received a short message from one of the man that had kept an eye on Leia Organa-Solo and her company for the entire time and the only thing left to do for him was making his way to the secure location, where everything that he needed for the attack had been hidden for him by a business partner of his organisation. Meanwhile Padme couldn't help but feel kind of torn, when it came to returning to her homeworld after all those years of absence, of course she was happy to finally spent some more time there but at the same time it would also be a little weird to her because she still had to get used to a lot of changes that had happened.

She looked outside the window of the transport for a few minutes, wondering if the family residence at the Lake Country was still intact or if it maybe had been destroyed during the Galactic Civil War. Her thoughts were interrupted as her daughter asked her: „What is your favorite place on your homeworld that you like to show us?" The former Queen and Senator was really looking forward to show her the planet, where there mother grew up as a child and being aware of the fact how much she had missed out considering the live of her children, she would definitely cherish every day she was going to spent with them from now on.

„The Lake Country has always been a place on Naboo that I loved to go and I hope that my family residence is still intact after all those years." Padme replied with a small smile now showing on her face and thinking about Naboo, helped her a lot when it came to keeping all those negative thoughts banned from her mind. Meanwhile Luke was busy with his own thoughts, as it was a very difficult time from the newly formed Jedi Order and he still couldn't help but think that there was some kind of dark shadow hanging over all of them, which would test the stability of the New Republic in a major way. Maybe some kind of bigger power had been able to cloud the vision of the Jedi, because he hadn't been able to exactly determine from where the threat came: Was someone from inside the Order turning on them soon or was there some yet unknown power that was preparing to strike soon?

Of course it didn't go by his sister unnoticed that he had been very quiet for a while now and so she asked with a concerned expression on her face: „I can sense that something is bothering you and you know that you can talk to me about everything, right?" Because of the fact that both had the ability to use the force, the two did have a very deep connection on a personal level since Luke had been aware of the fact, that his sister was a force user too and he kind of wondered if she was maybe feeling this slight turbulence in the force too.

„I can't really put it into the right words now, but a slight turbulence in the force keeps telling me that some new & unknown power is going to reveal itself and I'm not sure if the New Republic will make it through this conflict in one piece at the end." Leia was kind of unsure what to think of her brother's unclear but also kind of apocalyptic vision for the future of the New Republic, of course she had doubted his judgement and she wouldn't be starting with that today, but at the same time she also wasn't willing to give up hope just yet. Maybe there will be some more loss of lives in the next couple of years, but who says that this whole version of the future will become reality at the end and that we can't prevent this from happening?

Somewhere in the Outer Rim

In a dark factory hall Durga was busy with talking with another person over his holo- communication device: „Our man on Naboo is in place, awaiting the arriival of his target and ready to set our plan into motion." Durga had a evil smile on his face as he heard the short report from his Agent on Corcusant and thought:

Soon I will restore the Black Sun to it's former glory again!"

For too long the Black Sun had watched from the sidelines, how the New Republic kept destroying their business piece by piece, as they had been put under constant pressure by the military forces of the New Republic. It had taken a couple of months of careful planning but now he was confident that they would be able to crush their enemy once and for all.

„The Government of the New Republic will regret the day, that they decided to mess with the Black Sun, as we will show them that we are surely a force that will be an important factor in this galaxy." He ended the talk over the holo-com and he was glad that everything was going according to plan so far. The Sith Lord Jebreca Perex finally emerged from the shadows, this alliance between the New Sith Order and the Black Sun being his idea as they had a common enemy: The New Republic.

„Together we will crush the weak New Republic and we will divide the galaxy between us at the very end."

Durga shook Lord Perex hand in agreement, instead of saying anything in return because he knew that one simple gesture was worth a lot more than just some simple words.

AN: Will this alliance succeed at the end and who could be the target of the upcoming attack on Naboo? Thanks to- kumpfk for adding this story to her/his story alert subscription, Thanks to- r matri 540 for adding this story to her/his favorite stories list & adding this story to her/his story alert subscription, Thanks to- sky freedon for adding this story to her/his favorite stories list, Thanks to- .5851 for reviewing this story. Please read & review