Chapter 75
To say that Thrawn wasn't pleased with the outcome of the battle was an understatement and Larkin knew very well that he would be held accountable for this failure, if he would be lucky enough to get out alive out of this mess but right now it didn't look like that would happen any time soon, unless a miracle would happen that would save him from having to surrender to the Military Forces of the New Republic. On the other side of the little screen Larkin could see Admiral Thrawn, who was pacing his office with a furious look on his face:
„I thought that I could count on you to handle the problem Larkin, but instead you've failed to accomplish your mission! Neither can I tolerate any weak links in my organisation and my plans to be derailed any longer so that means that you know what to do."
Larkin kept is emotionless face intact as best as he could, as he thought: Now I need to make sure that the enemy stays in the dark when it comes to our big plan concerning the demise of the weak New Republic.
„Understood Admiral, I'm sorry that I've failed our cause and it was an honor to work under your command." Meanwhile while Queen Mairayn thought that they had finally pulled through the most trouble, Padme had a bad feeling that she really couldn't describe that well at the moment.
I would be glad if my gut would wrong this one time, but something tells me that it is way too quite here all over sudden. Still tightly gripping the blaster in her hand, she and the Queen of Naboo passed another long corridor and she couldn't help but think at this moment:
I still remember like it was yesterday when I fought along Captain Panaka and his men, to take back the Palace on Naboo from those pesky Trade Federation Droids.
Back on the bridge Larkin was ready to activate the self destruct of the ship, but thinking about the fact that also the Queen of Naboo and Padme Amidala, who had returned from the dead were going to die here as well was giving a little bit of consolation.
„Computer, set the countdown for the self destruct to twenty minutes." Larkin gave his final order as the Captain of this ship and with an audio signal that confirmed his order he left the command center of the ship one last time. As he was on his way to the shuttle, which would take him off the ship a thought crept upon his mind:
I know that Padme Amidala and the Queen of Naboo are still here somewhere and I'm going to make sure that they will go down with this ship! He contacted his personal security force, as he was determined to go on the hunt for those two:
„Meet me on the C Deck, as we still have some unfinished business that needs to be taken care of before we can leave."
Meanwhile Padme and Queen Mairayn, where still busy with finding a way off this ship. Of course the former Queen and Senator was still ready to shoot at anyone on sight and Queen Mairayn decided to break the silence:
„I really admire your blaster skills Padme and I think that it would be nice if you would show me how to use one of these once we got out of here."
Padme smiled at the Queen and replied: „That sounds like a good plan to me and I'm already looking forward to teach you how to fire a blaster your majesty."
Back on the bridge the crewman at the communications station reported to Admiral Ackbar:
„So far they didn't answer any of our hails Sir, so should I continue to try to get through to them?"
From his battlefield experience, he knew that Admiral Thrawn's soldiers still had some unpleasent surprises in store of their enemies no matter how bad the current situation was for them. Knowing, that he didn't have much time to act he said:
„Stop any communication with their flagship right now and if we still want to have a realistic chance to get Queen Mairayn and company off this ship, we have to act now and that means we need to get a boarding over there right now!"
By pushing one button on his seat in the center of the ship's command center, Ackbar opened a communication channel to Captain Marks, the leader of the small team of armed foot soldiers:
„Marks, get your team over to the enemy's flagship now. I can't really say why, but I have a bad feeling at this moment considering the whole thing and from past experience my gut tells me that they still have something dangerous up their sleeves."
„Understood Admiral and I guarentee that we will bring back Queen Mairayn and company back to the ship in one piece." Captain Marks said as a short reply before closing the communication channel again. As hard as she tried to hide it, Leia knew Mon Mothma all too well to not notice the slight hint of concern on her good friend's face and rightfully so: Leia also had a bad feeling about this whole situation, her gut kept telling her that their enemy wouldn't go down without taking someone with them into the abyss. As the shuttle left the New Republic Military Flagship, Leia kept looking at the screen the entire time and deep down hoped that they didn't walk right into a trap.
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