Chapter 69

The Space Pirates had taken over the Naboo Cruiser shortly after their mothership had brought in the silver naboo cruiser into it's hangar and it looked like the man, who seemed to be the Boss of the Pirates was quite pleased with his newest „prey" as he stepped foot into the ship. „This ship is now under our control and since I have a hostage of such high value in my possesion, I think that it is only logical that I can expect to get a lot of credits for her from the government of the New Republic and they are going to give me everything that I want to get back their precious little Queen." Queen Mairayn showed no sign at all of being intimidated by this man and also Padme didn't look impressed so far, but that also didn't mean that both weren't aware of the fact that their stay at the Space Pirate's Flag Ship wouldn't be a pleasant one at all.

Not far away from the Space Pirate's Flag Ship was a small asteroid field, where Leia had hidden her small Naboo Fighter from the Sensors of the Cruiser, being aware of the fact that their sensors wouldn't be able to pick up the Naboo Fighter because of an interference that prevented the sensors from working correctly. But their was of course the possibility that the Space Pirates, would find some way to work around the interference and no matter if that would be the case, her biggest problem right now was: How would she get on board of the ship? It didn't take her long to figure out that their was only one option, which was the most realistic in her opinion but also the most dangerous one at the same time: Letting herself get captured intentionally, so she could figure out some kind of escape plan with her mother and the Queen of Naboo once she was inside the Space Pirate's flagship. Yes, this could also backfire in a major way but I don't see any other way to get them out of there because of the fact that it might be too late to act if I decide to call for some kind of help and I stand no chance against the firepower of the cruiser.

Corcuscant, Senate Building

Right in the moment where the battle on the ground between the forces of the New Republic and Admiral Thrawn was still in progress, Mon Mothma had rallied together the Security Council for an Emergency Meeting, because of the surprise attack that had happened on Naboo.

„The surprise attack from Admiral Thrawn's forces on Naboo has not only led to quite some damage on the planet itself, Queen Mairayn is also missing and as the people of Naboo have always been never the once who go to war against anybody, we don't have the resources to get any information at all on the whereabouts of the Queen's ship." Senator Arani Korden said and even if she tried her best to hide it, the current situation still concerned her a lot.

With the Queen not present right now Donta Gesset tried his best to manage the complicated situation on the Planet and of course she and the rest of the people of Naboo hoped that Queen Mairayn would soon return.

Because Mon Mothma had asked him to be present at the meeting, Admiral Ackbar was also part of this emergency meeting of the senate security council as a representative of the New Republic Military. „I've already notified all of our bases that are close to Naboo to look for the Queen's ship and as much as I hate to say it, but it's possible that the Queen could have been captured by the Space Pirates that have been attacking ships in the sectors close to Naboo." Of course Ackbar hoped that this wasn't the case, not because he was afraid that his men couldn't handle some space pirates but with the constant attacks from Thrawn, the New Republic Fleet was spread pretty thin right now and so the last thing he needed was a skirmish with those right in the middle of the lion's den. He was aware of the fact that this didn't have to be the case, but Ab'el Bogen, the Senator of Ralltir didn't quite like what he just had heard and so he said:

„Yes, this could be the case but let's all hope that we don't have to deal as much with those Space Pirates, because I think that I speak for all present Senators that Admiral Thrawn is causing us enough problems at this moment. „

Coruscant, Jedi Temple

Luke was right in the middle of deep meditation as the force send him a vision and caused him to open his eyes again and it didn't take him a lot of time to get the information he needed out of this dark vision: The two people who he cared about the most, where in danger and he was too far away from them to help them just in time. As letting fear getting the best of you in a situation like this was still a path that leaded to the dark side, Luke continued his meditation after a while, establishing some kind of mental barricade in his mind to prevent the negative thoughts from clouding his mind and making himself aware of the fact that his mother and sister would find some way to get out of this situation in one piece.

Meanwhile back on the flagship of the Space Pirates, Padme and Queen Mairayn had been brought into a holding cell by two armed guards and of course the former Queen and Senator was already working on some kind of escape plan. If have escaped out of situations that looked as hopeless as this one before, so I'm not willing to just sit around and wait for help that might not come in time to save us.

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