Assassin (A Star Wars Fan-Fiction) Book 2

Chapter One

Ten years later.....

Chapter One

A Naboo ship flew through the emptiness of space, entering Coruscant's atmosphere. It's destination: the Senate building. Inside the small ship, was Jedi Master Denali Bleway, her latest assignment being to protect Senator Padme Amidala. She hadn't known why she'd been assigned, she figured that the Senator would be fine with her body guards. But, all things considered, she hadn't refused the job. Denali loved spending time with her old friend, so she didn't object to accepting the mission to accompany the newly elected Senator of Naboo.

Denali couldn't wait til she was able to visit the Jedi Temple when they reached the planet's surface. While she was on the ship, the woman had gotten word about finally receiving a Padawan upon her arrival home. Hoping against hope, she sincerely wished that it was Chewbacca, her old friend from Naboo, since he was the one she'd signed up for in the first place. And by "signed up", she may have meant..."rushed to the Council and practically begged to have the honor of training such a promising student".

It'd been so long since the last time she'd seen the tiny bundle of fur. The last time they ever made contact, the little wookiee was only a baby. And although the nostalgia of memory lane was a pleasant feeling, she figured that he'd forgotten all about her, he probably wouldn't even recognize her. After all, it had been ten years and he'd been only an infant at the time. But that was alright, as long as she was able to train him now.

"Senator, we are making our final approach into Coruscant." The Naboo pilot stated stiffly as he entered Padme's resting quarters. Denali looked up from her spinny-chair, watching Padme as she and her protection decoy got to their feet. Denali didn't hesitate to follow her actions, now fully adapted to the feeling of her new Jedi Master robes. She'd missed the freedom of her old clothing, how light and fluent her movements were without the issue of heavy fabric. But, never the less, she welcomed the change with an open heart.

"Very good, Captain." The decoy replied monotonously in her queen garb. Denali watched the real Padme as they began to walk out of the room in preparation for landing. Padme was wearing a pilot's uniform, a great disguise in Denali's opinion. Padme had wanted to fly in one of the escort ships, but Captain Typho was able to talk her out of it, since Denali would be there with them if anything strange happened. Plus it seemed that Padme had been just as excite about speaking to Denali as the Jedi Master was to speak to her.

It was only a few minutes before the ship finally landed on one of the landing platforms that hovered within the large city. Denali looked around as the group walked down the boarding ramp. It was strangely cloudy today on Corosaunt, but she didn't let the weather bother her. She felt so over-joyed by all the great things that had come her way just during thoughts few hours. But gradually, a strange feeling began to set in her stomach.

Something wasn't right.

And she knew what it was just in time.

"Padme! Get down!" Denali shouted, using the Force to shove the Senator off the landing ramp, her small body sliding across the platform and away from the ship. Less than a second later, the ship exploded. The Jedi knew that something dangerous was about to happen, and her job was to make sure Padme was alright. She had known what was expected of her. She refused to let Padme get killed on her watch. Denali could feel herself be thrown forward by the blast, her body slamming against the hard metal ground. She could feel her bones cracking, the skin braking open on her arms as she rolled, finally coming to a stop a few yards away from the flaming wreckage.

"Denali! Denali, where are you?!" She heard Padme shout frantically to her, searching for her through the smoke of the burning ship. Denali could hear Padme's panicked breathing from her spot on the ground. She tried to move, but was too weak. She couldn't speak. Smoke entered he lungs, causing her to cough. Padme heard her, and ran through the smoke towards the source of the sound.