Chapter 60

Where one part of the huge apartment complex was, there now was a huge hole and a huge cloud of smoke made it very hard to breath for anybody who had been lucky to survive this huge explosion near the Senate building. Meanwhile in Mon Mothma's office nobody didn't really know how to react to what just happened: „Do we have any idea how many people survived the explosion and were killed during it?" Chief of State Mon Mothma said as she spoke with one of the Military Commanders that were present at the explosion site, Admiral Benjamin Walters who definitely had all his hands full with bringing all of the survivors to safety and also recover dead bodies from under the big pile of debris, which of course was easier said than done in the end but nobody did ever say that this job was easy.

„So far we have counted eleven people dead and six people injuired. According to a statement from a Senate Guard, the explosive must have been initiated with a remote ignition as he saw two masked people fleeing the scene ,we have found no trace of them so far as they were good in hiding so far but will keep on searching." One way or another Mon Mothma was determined to strike back against Grand Admiral Thrawn, as their was no doubt that he had orcestretated this attack. Of course the pressure on her as the Head of this newly formed goverment, but the job as Chief of State was never easy, they were just days were the life of the Chief of the State were maybe a little bit less stressful than usual.

Naboo

Luke had been able to heal at least some of the bad injuries that his mother and sister had suffered during the explosion, but the whole process had also cost him a lot of energy at the same time. Of course that wasn't something that he did experience for the first time, but everytime he had to spent that much energy during the healing process it got more and more difficult to regenerate himself after this stressful procedure was done. Feeling that weak afterwards was a sacrifice that he was willing to take, especially when it came to the lifes of the only family that he had left: His mother and his sister but that didn't mean that also Leia's husband Han had become a big part of his family. Of course he was also kind of anxious to see what the future was holding for her and Han, he and Leia had not really ever talked about the topic if she had thought about having kids with Han some time in the future but maybe this was something, which wasn't one of her high priorities at the moment as the whole conflict with Grand Admiral Thrawn was keeping her busy most of the time when she was working in the office on Coruscant.

He was so concetrated on his thoughts about his family that he didn't notice the signal of his holographic communicator that notified him of the fact that a urgent message was waiting for him, but after two signals in a row he finally got his holo communicator: „Master Skywalker, The Council is sensing a huge disturbance in the force and the stability of the New Republic is in great danger because of a newly formed dark alliance." Kyle Katarn's holographic image said with a grim expression on his face and he was kind of sorry to disturb Luke's time with his sister and mother but the matter was really urgent.

„I've sensed it too Master and even if I don't want to leave my family alone here, I think it's for the best if I come back to Coruscant and discuss this urgent matter with the rest of the Council. „ Luke replied and now he was even more concerned for his family's safety but also had a great concern for the stability of the New Republic at the same time.

A couple of lightyears away from Coruscant

Meanwhile Han and Chewie had left the Correlia system and there had been no complications so far. Of course he hoped that it would stay that way, but he admit to himself that it was highly unlikely that Grand Admiral Thrawn's forces would let them pass their territory without engaging them into a battle. Nobody had signed up for this mission, because there was this big risk that this whole thing could turn into a succide mission very fast but Han always had been the guy who agreed to do the difficult missions instantly. He was interrupted in his thoughts by his Wookie Co-Pilot, who notified that everything was ready for the Hyperspace Jump and so he just said in response: „Okay then let's do it Chewie."

Coruscant, Senat Chamber

Right after Mon Mothma had discussed the recent attack she had immediately notified all members of the Security Council that an emergency meeting would take place in one hour. Of course everybody had understood the seriousness of the current crisis, so everbody had gathered in the Senate Chamber to discuss how they should act after those two attacks and of course everybody agreed instantly that this aggression from Grand Admiral Thrawn couldn't be left unanswered. „The whole Military is at your disposal Ma'am, just give the order to strike and we will carry the war directly into the heart of the terrority of Grand Admiral Thrawn."

„I've read the latest intelligence reports enough to know exactly where to strike best, because according to those there is a small outpost on the third Planet of the Odik System where we can gather the fleet for a surprise attack." Mon Mothma replied without any hesitation at all in her voice and she was determined than ever to fight for what was right, to ensure that the New Republic wouldn't suffer the same fate as the Democracy before it: Being turned into a dictatorship by a corrupt Politican.

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