Chapter 57

When Padme opened her eyes again, she found herself in a unknown evoirement but taking a few minutes to take in her surroundings, she figured that this had to be some kind of sickbay on Naboo and someone must have brought her here after the attack on the Spaceport. Of course the first thought in her head was if her children where alright, as she was more worried about their health as she was about her own right now but as she tried to stand up from the bed, she felt a human hand touching shoulder and then the man said: „Due to your heavy injuries that you've suffered, I strongly advise you to stay put for now, because this is for your own safety Ma'am."

For a moment she wanted to fight against the doctor's order but she finally thought better off it, so she slowly lay back down on her bed and finally asked: „Are my children Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo here too?" She never had been a religious kind of person but right at this moment, she couldn't help but pray that he not only would say yes but they were alright. The whole time he had kept looking at the woman in front of him, he of course had been reminded of Naboo's famous Senator Padme Amidala and yes she exactly looked like her but didn't she die under suspicious circumstances a couple of years ago? Maybe the woman in front of him was some kind of twin sister, which nobody knew of for the last couple of years but as he finally realized how ridiculous this whole speculation sounded he decided to concentrate on the task at hand.

„You look like the former Senator Padme Naberrie, but I know for a fact that she died a couple of years ago, because a good friend of mine who worked for her at the Palace on Naboo during her service for Naboo as the Queen was at her funeral. So either you're a very good imposter, what would mean that I would have to get you arrested for posing as a former Senator or I'm witnessing some kind of miracle here and I really doubt that this is the case.

Of course she kind of had expected this reaction and she couldn't blame him, because she would probably be as cautious about herself, if the roles were reversed in this case but somehow she really needed to earn this man's trust. „I know that it is hard to believe at this point but I'm really the person who I claim to be and not some Imposter. My body was frozen inside a stasis chamber for a couple of years by a Jedi Master that goes by the Name Ralkitta and I know that this whole thing might sound unbelieveable to you, but I swear by the life of my wonderful two children that this is truth." It was obvious from her look that Padme was pleading with the man to believe her, no matter how unrealistic this whole story might sound to him but she hoped that he could somehow find it in his heart, that she was wasn't holding anything back and that she was concerned for the well-being of her children.

As expected the doctor took quite a while to let all this information sink in, trying his best to determine if the woman in front of him was indeed the person that she claimed to be or if this whole thing was some kind of clever scheme from a possible spy. Was that really possible? One Jedi being able to save a human from dying by putting him into a stasis chamber? While continuing to think about everything that he had just heard, he watched two medical robots tending to some of the other people who were injured during the explosion at the Spaceport as he tried his very best to make sense of all of this.

Could she really be the person who she claimed to be? That was the big question that he tried so desparetely to answer to himself. But that would mean that either no dead body was buried a couple of years ago or a woman that looked exactly like the former Queen and Senator of Naboo. He quickly motioned to a medical robot to join him and said: „D2 run a DNA Test on this blood sample and get back to me with the result as quickly as possible." Of course kind of understand the doubts that the Doctor had about her identity, because if she was honest with herself she also wouldn't believe herself if the roles were reversed in this very tricky situation but she hope that he would trust her after he had the proof he needed.

„Okay in a couple of minutes we will know if you're really the person that you claim to be or if you're just another imposter, which tries to disgrace one of the most important figures in the history of Naboo." Not leaving her out of his sight for one second, he kept on thinking how this could be possible: Padme Amidala surving death after nearly the entire planet had cried because of the death of their most popular citizen. Of course the whole thought if experiencing something magicial like this first hand still sounded laughable in his opinion but he also couldn't totally dismiss it at all at the same time.

A few minutes later the medical robot was back in the main room of the sickbay and carried a little chip with him on a little arm at his right side, which the Doctor immediately took from it once the robot had reached the bed again: „Thank you D2." As he looked at the DNA results, he couldn't hide his disbelief in face and it took a lot out of him not to collapse right here on the spot.

„I don't what else to say then I'm sorry that I didn't believe your story." Padme smiled at him, wanting to make sure that he was instantly aware of the fact that there were no hard feelings between them.

„You really don't have to apologize for anything, because if I had been in your position, I would have probably wouldn't have trusted the person in front of me too. Since we've got this whole problem out of the way, I need to know what my daughter's medical condition is right now, her name is Leia Organa Solo." Even if she had tried her best to hide her concern for her daughter in front of this total stranger, it was obvious to Doctor Marak how concerned she was at the moment.

„She is stable right now, but we're still monotoring her vitals very closely as she has lost a lot of blood and we had lost her at one point since she has been admitted to the hospital. „

Of course Padme was shocked to hear that, but then she quickly shifted her thoughts towards her son Luke: „ When can I go and see her and how's my son Luke doing right now?"

AN: How is Luke doing? When will Leia wake up from her coma and will the mercenaries find out that Leia is still alive? Thanks to- Meliennumfalcon for adding this story to her/his story alert subscription, Thanks to- .5851 for reviewing this story, Thanks to- teganlola 9 for adding this story to her story alert subscription and adding it to her favorite stories list, Thanks to- jedi chill will for adding this story to her/his story alert subscription. Please read and review