Chapter 8

Padme got to the air transport and found her space ship that will take her home to Delaya.

“ Morning, Padme. It is so great to be going home for the whole week.” Jon came up to his cousin and gave her a welcoming hug.

“ Hey, Jon. Yes, it will be great to be going home for a little while. Now let us go find our ship.” Padme returned her cousin’s hug, before backing away and gave him a smile.

“ Ok, um . . . we need to go to the South side of the control tower and we should be able to find our platform, just past there.” Jon walked them over to the information board, so that way, he could check to make sure that he was correct about the information that he was given earlier in the week. They walked into the building and saw how crowded it was, with everyone coming and going into the control building.

“ Ship x4329 leaving for Naboo, will be on platform 28a. It will be leaving in ten minutes. Flight x4329 for Naboo, will be leaving on platform 28a in ten minutes.” the announcer called out the next flight that was leaving Coruscant.

“ Ok, let us go and get our tickets and then make it to our platform.” Jon turned away from the information board and began to lead them to the South platform, as their ship is waiting to be loaded up with passengers and cargo that will be heading for the planet of Delaya.

“ Um . . . Jon, do you get a feeling that we are being followed and even watched?” Padme asked, when that feeling she started to get whenever she was being watched. Most of the time, she would see that person watching her, would have been Anakin.

“ No, you are just being paranoid again. Come on, you really need to get away from here and just relax.” Jon looked over to his cousin, with a little bit of worry on his face.

“ No, I'm not. You do know, that most of the time, when I get this feeling, it is usually right. It is right when something bad is going to happen too.” Padme looked over to her cousin.

“ Yes, I know. Hold on!” Jon called out to a shuttle driver.

The shuttle driver got out of the shuttle and helped Padme and Jon into the shuttle. He put their bags into the trunk area, before going back to his seat.

“ Good morning. Where are you going to?” the driver turned to Padme and Jon.

“ Good morning. To the South Platform, please.” Jon answered the driver.

The driver just nodded and started up the shuttle. They sped off to the South Platform and to the waiting ship that will take Padme and her cousin to their homes on Delaya.

“ Welcome to the South Terminal. Do you know the gate that your platform is at?” the driver asked, as he pulled into the South Terminal of the flight center.

“ We are on platform 42b.” Jon told the driver.

“ Ok, 42b it is.” the driver started up again and he headed for the platform.

Once again, the driver came to a stop. This time they were at the platform, getting out of the shuttle. The driver helped the Senator and her cousin out of the shuttle, before grabbing their bags out of the trunk.

“ Thank you and I hope that you have a safe trip to wherever you are heading to.” the driver said, before leaving the couple.

“ Flight 428 for Delaya will began loading up in twenty minutes. Flight 428 for Delaya will began loading up in twenty minutes.” the flight attendant announced.

“ Well, we better go and find a seat and wait until it is time for us to get on board.” Padme headed for the gate that they need.

They walked over to the gate and headed over to the counter to where the flight attendant was standing there checking people in.

“ Good morning, Senator If you and your friend will please follow me, we can board you now and your chamber is ready for you both.” the flight attendant smiled at Padme and Jon, as she saw who was standing in front of her.

“ Ok, thank you.” was all Padme said, before she and Jon followed the lady on board the ship and to their private chamber.

Thirty minutes later, the ship took off and headed for the planet of Delaya.

“ Are you ok, Padme? You just seem a little sad” Jon noticed that Padme was not being her normal bubbly self.

“ Am ok. I was just wondering about Robert is all. I have not heard from him in two days and it is not like him to call me and just to see how am doing, or wish me a good morning or night.” Padme took the cup that Jon held out to her.

“ I see. Didn’t you tell me that he was working on a very high profile case?” Jon sat down on the seat next to Padme.

“ Yes, well that was what he told me, when he called me at lunch time on Thursday, as to let me know that he could not have dinner with me that night, because of the case that he just got.” Padme took a sip of her tea.

“ Ok. I just got a call yesterday letting me know that one of the cases was delayed, because the lawyer that was on the case had gone missing.” Jon also took a sip of his drink.

“ Really? Did they tell you which lawyer went missing?” Padme looked nervously at her cousin.

“ No, they did not tell me. I don’t know about you, but am going to lay down for a little bit, because we do have a long flight ahead of us.” Jon said getting up and heading for his sleeping chamber.

Padme finished up her tea and went off to her sleeping chamber and laid down also. As she laid there, she began to get that feeling she used to get, whenever Anakin was around her.

A cloaked figure found a quiet place, in the dark shadow and just waited, until the ship landed on Delaya, so that way, he can keep an eye on the one person who still haunts his mind and heart.