Chapter 68

Padme had tried so hard to outmaneuver the three space pirate ships but since those one were much smaller than the Royal Naboo Cruiser, it was a worthless effort at the end and so they had been under heavy fire for a couple of minutes now not knowing if they would be able to get out of this mess in one piece. Of course this whole situation seemed to be a no way out scenario but since it wasn't the first time that she had been in this kind of situation, where most of the people would loose hope very quickly she wasn't willing to give up and no matter how bad their chances were right now she wanted to keep fighting, not only for herself and the Queen of Naboo but also because of the fact that her two wonderful children needed their mother.

As much as the former Senator had tried her best to avoid it, the deflectors of the ships collapsed a few minutes later and now time did become their biggest enemy. Meanwhile somewhere else Leia had finally been able, to locate the Royal Naboo Cruiser but the three other signals on the display in front of her was the one thing that got her so much worried at this moment. Oh no, this doesn't look good at all! She couldn't say that she was experienced enough with it came to piloting a small fighter, so that she would be able to outlast three other hostile ships but she had to try it for force sake. Consoles kept exploding around them and it was a lot of luck that one metal plate didn't hit Padme directly, when the ship was heaviy rocked by another explosion and she didn't know how much longer they were going to survive this.

I have to find a way out of this mess one way or another, not only for my sake but for my children who I can't leave alone again after they had to life without their real mother for so long! Of course the big disadvantage of this ship was that it had no weapons, which made it an easy target for any hostile ship that would ever stand in it's way but this was not the first the situation that she was in where it seemed like there was no way out.

Coruscant, Office of Mon Mothma

Mon Mothma stood at the big window of the office, being quite lost in thought as she looked at the busy traffic of the city like Planet and of course the recent loss of the New Republic Military at a battle against the forces of Admiral Thrawn was a cause of big concern at this moment. The War against Admiral Thrawn wasn't going in their favor at the moment, as it seemed that he was always one step ahead of them and because of that fact, the voices that second guessed her leading ability had grown a lot louder with every battle they lost.

Of course they had also won a lot of important space battles, but the fact that they had lost some important systems to Admiral Thrawn made a lot of people inside the Senate very unhappy. Yes, she had been aware of the fact that job this would be difficult sometimes and no matter how she did it, she had to find some way to maneuver herself out of this situation that could become a political disaster for her at some point. Maybe the unexpected return of her good friend Padme would help her with her problems a little bit, because she didn't have much faith in her political advisors these days to be honest as she thought that at least some of their advice had brought her right into this mess. But the big question was if Padme even wanted to back right into the lion's den, after all the bad things that she had experienced here during the reign of Chancellor Palpatine and under no circumstances she wanted to pressure her long time friend to do it.

A couple of lightyears away from the New Republic Space Station

Leia kind of had the feeling that it did take her forever to reach the position, but now she had located the Royal Naboo Cruiser and of course it got her worried that the sensors told her that ship was heavily damaged and she couldn't but wish that this fighter could go a little faster, as time now became her biggest enemy.

But no matter how bad the situation, Leia tried her best to stay positive, reminding herself of the fact that this wasn't the first situation for her mother were it seemed like there was no way out and if she had survived all that other situations she would come out on top this time again somehow.

Later a big cruiser, who was apparently the mothership of the three space pirates fighters dropped out of Hyperspace and all Leia could think right at this point, no matter how positive she tried to be at this point: I have a bad feeling about this. Of course the sudden appearence of the big cruiser complicated things for her a lot, but even if the situation looked so bad right now, she had to fight some way to help her mother out of this mess as she didn't want to lose her for real this time around.

She kept on closing in on the damaged Naboo Cruiser, but also kept an close eye on the sensor display in the cockpit as she wanted to make sure that no unpleasant surprises happened considering the big space pirates cruiser. Meanwhile the big space pirates cruiser prepared everything to board the Naboo Cruiser and of course that meant time was running out for Padme and the Queen of Naboo.

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