Chapter 1227 Returning to Tatooine

In the dark cosmic starry sky, countless stars are mounted on the black screen, forming a huge silver galaxy with orange-red nebulae, which looks like a waterfall of stars, shining down the sky, beautiful Straight people intoxicated.

in particular……

When the person looking at the scenery is surrounded by someone you like in your heart?

"Wow!"

"What a nice view……"

On Anakin's Jedi-specific shuttle, Padmé Amidala, sitting in the co-pilot position without any entourage, sighed softly while looking at the universe scenery outside the cockpit.

"Anakin, look quickly, the scenery outside is really beautiful~!"

In her opinion, there is nothing better and more romantic than being able to take a space shuttle with someone she likes for a journey that is neither too long nor too short.

Although, she herself knew that it was impossible for her and Anakin to have any practical development, because she used to be a queen and is now a senator, and the other party is a Jedi knight. What a great result... However, that does not prevent her from staying with the person she likes, especially during the extra few days of staying on Naboo and the few days after departure, she is very sure , she felt very relaxed and sweet when she was alone with the other party.

She knew that it was a feeling of happiness, even if it might be short-lived, even if she would wake up one day, but she just wanted to enjoy it right now.

"..."

However, Anakin didn't answer Padmé's words, he was just checking the instrumentation of the spaceship and looking at the situation in the outer space vigilantly, always paying attention to the danger that may arise at any time, and he was in no mood to look at Padmé. Said galaxy view?

"This journey should be smooth, Anakin, you should not worry too much..."

"I have already obeyed your arrangement, let those attendants follow the maid dressed in my appearance, and drive the shiny Naboo royal starship directly to Coruscant. No one will know that we are actually going around far away now. on the way to the capital."

"Even if someone really wants to kill me, it should be to attack the Naboo royal starship that arrived a day earlier than us. Now we should worry about their safety, shouldn't we?"

Looking at the Anakin who controlled the spaceship to stop at this place and rely on inertia to slowly sneak forward, and was on alert while preparing to anchor to the next coordinate for super-light travel, Padmé couldn't help but cry. He comforted the other party with a loud voice and asked back.

"No!"

"Padmé, don't underestimate those bounty hunters, you have never been in touch with them, and you don't know their methods... I have studied with Obi-Wan for ten years, and I have fought with him in the past two years Some tough bounty hunters, you can never imagine how scary they are!"

"In short, I will send you to Coruscant safely at all costs. You just need to sit in peace. In other words, you must listen to me for everything along the way!"

After Anakin glanced at Padmé next to him and his teasing smiling face, he didn't say much, because now is not the time to relax, he must be responsible for Padmé's safety!

Therefore, he first continued to carefully perceive the surrounding space with the force, and found that there was no danger here, and waited patiently for all the values ​​​​of the superluminal engine to return to normal before doing it again. He started the engine, let his Jedi shuttle sail towards the next coordinate, and disappeared into this beautiful space in an instant.

"certainly,

My Jedi, I will listen to you, you are my commander now, so it's okay, right? "

"but……"

"Anakin, this heading, where are we going now?"

After entering the state of flying faster than the speed of light, seeing that there was nothing outside, and all the sights were dazzling light bands, Padmé continued to ask Anakin a little puzzled.

"Not going anywhere!"

"It's just that we need to make a circle first, reach another busy route away from Naboo, and then turn to Coruscant! This is what Obi-Wan specially explained before, and I also think this may be a good idea to confuse the enemy. , although it may not work, but at least it is much safer than going directly to Coruscant from Naboo."

After finally confirming that there was no problem with the instrument and coordinates, Anakin took a while to relax, and was able to have a brief exchange with Padmé next to him.

"..."

"Is the matter really as serious as you think?"

Seeing that Anakin was no longer on Naboo after he set off, but changed to a business-like and task-first attitude, Padmé suddenly sighed a little embarrassingly and aggrievedly One sound.

"Of course there is!"

"Otherwise, Obi-Wan wouldn't have sent me here on purpose!"

Padmé had been in danger since leaving Naboo, and Anakin, who was a Jedi Knight and started using the Force, was very sure of this.

"That's it..."

"Doesn't that mean, Anakin, you are now a very, very powerful Jedi Knight?"

"Is that so?"

Hearing that Obi-Wan specially sent Anakin here, Padmé suddenly asked excitedly, because she was very concerned about Anakin's situation. If the other party had really become a powerful Jedi Knight, would she You will definitely be happy for each other!

This is just like what the other party said to himself who was pretending to be the Queen's maid when he was a kid, that he will definitely become a powerful Jedi knight one day? And look now, the guy who looked very thin because of malnutrition, has become a Jedi Knight, and he seems to be very powerful?

"No!"

"That's just because I'm the closest to Naboo. According to the time you originally decided to set off, other Jedi knights or Jedi masters couldn't come to Naboo in time, so Obi-Wan had to let me come. I'm not a star yet. Jedi Knight, I'm just an apprentice for now, and Obi-Wan said I still have a lot to learn."

'That's right...'

"Then what do you think?"

'laugh! I thought you were so powerful that Obi-Wan had to choose you for this mission! '

"..."

"Padmé, it won't take long, I will become stronger soon, I promise you, you will see that day soon!"

'I'm looking forward to it, Anakin...'

"Thanks!"

"I hope you won't be too surprised then?"

'ha! '

‘Anakin, I won’t be surprised no matter what you become, I promise you that too! '

"Yeah……"

'of course! '

"hope so……"

'! ! '

'Anakin, do you believe me? '

"No! No!"

'You have it, your eyes and expression have betrayed you! '

"..."

In this way, Padmé and Anakin happily chatted with each other in this small Jedi shuttle, and soon arrived at the coordinates of their second destination. outskirts of the Akanis region.

"Well?!"

"Wait, it seems like..."

It's just that, this time, it wasn't long before Anakin came out of the superluminal voyage, and before Anakin checked the surrounding situation, locked the next coordinate, and sensed the origin of the slight sense of crisis, he saw a sudden attack from afar. The blast energy beam, and then inevitably, the Jedi shuttle that had just escaped from the superluminal flight shook violently, and shot out a lot of sparks in the cockpit.

'! ! '

'Ah~! ! '

Padmé, who was dozing off, was shaken awake in a daze, and after seeing the sparks exploding on the dashboard, she screamed in fright on the spot, and was shaken away from the passenger seat. position, and hit hard on the top of the cockpit.

"Damn it!"

"Sure enough, it's all Obi-Wan's fault, he shouldn't have set such a fixed route for me!!"

Anakin first subconsciously cursed a certain self-righteous senior brother Obi-Wan, before some of the enemies who launched the attack fired a second blaster beam at his damaged shuttle, Then he suddenly accelerated, pressed a certain landing point that had been preset because he had landed before, and rushed towards a planet that he didn't plan to go back to so soon at a dangerous short-distance superluminal flight...

Whoosh~!

?~?

warn!

warn! !

The FTL engine is damaged, the balancer is damaged, the auxiliary power is offline, the spaceship is now crashing, please prepare for the impact...

After breaking out of superluminal flight again, Feichuang plunged into the atmosphere of a khaki-yellow planet, and began to cause the outside of the spacecraft to become red and ignite due to violent friction, and at the same time let the spacecraft drive The view from the cabin looking out became quite frightening!

'! ! '

'not good! '

'Anakin! It's about to crash, so think of a way! '

After being hit and recovered, Padmé, who just got up from the floor because of entering the gravity environment, fell to the side of Anakin's pilot's seat again because of the stall of the spaceship, and hurriedly urged the other party road.

"no!"

"The spaceship is completely out of control, I can't help it!!"

'What? '

'Then what should I do now? '

"hold me!"

'ah? '

"hold me!!"

'But what's the use of that? '

"We don't necessarily die, I have the force, if you hold me tight, it may save you a little damage when you land later!!"

'are you sure? '

"I have no idea!!"

'...'

"Hold me tight!!!"

'ah! OK, OK! '

Under Anakin's urging, Padmé, who had no good idea at all, didn't continue to hold on or hold back, but groped forward generously, and hugged him tightly from the driver's seat. Anakin stood up.

However, even though Anakin just said that, he himself knew that the Force is not omnipotent, at least not his Force! Therefore, even if he tried his best to stimulate his power, it could not slow down the speed of a crashing spaceship that was emitting black smoke and crashing towards the planet's ground.

'Anakin! '

"What's wrong?"

'I... I like you! '

"!!"

"what did you just say?!"

'I said! I like you! ! '

"I can't believe it, it's like dreaming, but when did you start?"

'I don't know either! '

"But, Padmé, why did you wait until now?"

'Because if I don't say it again, I'm afraid I won't have a chance! ! '

"Padmé, I like you too..."

'What did you say? '

??~? Whoosh~! !

boom! ! ! !

Finally, the black-smoky spaceship slammed into the soft yellow sand of the planet, and after hitting the sky full of sand and plowing a deep ravine trail hundreds of meters long, The burning spaceship finally barely stopped.

But at this time, at the moment of impact, a certain two men and women hugging tightly were thrown out at the same time, and landed on a soft sand dune and began to roll down towards the bottom of the sand dune...

"Ahem!"

"Anakin, we're not dead? That's great! But where is this?"

After a long time, after the two men and women rolled crazily on the sand dune for an unknown number of times and stopped at the bottom of the sand dune, a woman who looked so embarrassed finally stood up, looking at the surroundings. The scenery, asked Anakin, who was also getting up with a groan.

"I have no idea……"

"However, in an emergency, I clicked on the nearest suitable planet randomly selected, and it was also a landing point I preset... Looking at the situation now, this place should undoubtedly be Tatooine."

Anyway, Anakin would not tell Padmé that he chose this place on purpose just now, because here, he and her have a chance to survive! Otherwise, if they really choose individual planets at random, they may not be able to find help or wait for the arrival of reinforcements in this border area of ​​the Galactic Republic.

"That…..."

"Are we safe now?"

After looking around, and then wiped himself, and found that neither he nor Anakin seemed to be missing any parts or injured miraculously, Padmé hurriedly patted the yellow sand on his body and hair, and said to Ah Nagin asked.

"No!"

"It's definitely not safe now! Because, they will definitely come after me!"

Looking at the sky, Anakin felt that there were more than one spaceship coming towards the place where they fell... It can be seen that those guys will not give up until they are sure that the two of them are dead!

Of course, it's also possible that they need to get Padmé's body or head in order to ask for commission from the remaining employers of the Trade Federation?

Anyway, it won't be long, maybe an hour, maybe only half an hour, and they will definitely find it here!

"ah!"

"Then what to do, Anakin, now your spaceship is broken, should we find someone to fix it, or buy a new one?"

Looking at the burning spaceship, Padmé didn't have any good solutions, so he could only suggest this.

"No!"

"I'm afraid they won't give us so much time..."

'? ? '

'Why? Are they coming? ! '

"Hmm! You guessed it!"

"However, regardless of them, let's go, get out of here first!"

'...'

'But where are we going? Mos Eisley? '

"No!"

"What's so good about Mos Eisley? Padmé, why are we going there, why do you think so?"

'Then there's no need to ask! '

'Because I know that it is the largest space port on Tatooine, and only there can I buy a spaceship that can leave here! '

"No!"

"Padmé, believe me, if you don't destroy them, neither of us will leave this planet alive. I know who the bounty hunters are! They are like a pack of hyenas, they will bite us to death!"

'But……'

'Anakin, are you sure you must do that? '

"Yes!"

'...'

'But do you know how many of them there are? '

"have no idea!"

"Maybe a few, maybe a hundred people, maybe hundreds... Padmé, maybe you don't know yet? Your head is very valuable now! The Trade Alliance wants to kill you, but You have paid enough money, and that is enough for those bounty hunters to take any risk to kill you, even in Coruscant!"

'ah! ! '

'Then aren't we in danger now? '

"Maybe in other places, but not necessarily here!"

'or……'

'Shall we call for backup? '

"It's too late! The fastest spaceship will take several days to get here. If we rely on others, we will be finished by the time they arrive!"

"Let's go! This way!"

'? ? '

‘Anakin, the spaceship must be broken, but the communication equipment may not be broken according to the importance. Why don’t you send a distress message first? '

"unnecessary!"

'! ! '

‘You must be sure to win them? '

"Um!"

"Nowhere else, but here!"

Anakin spoke firmly, and signaled to Padmé to follow him if he was not injured.

"But why?"

However, Padmé, who was stunned by Anakin's words, did not intend to give up, and rushed to Anakin step by step and asked.

"No reason!"

"Hello!"

"Wait for me! Anakin, are you hiding something from me?"

"Of course there is!"

"I'm a Jedi Knight. Of course, a Jedi Knight will hide many things from ordinary people like you. That's a secret!"

"you!!"

"Let's go! Padmé, hurry up, or we will miss important transportation later."

"Transportation? Anakin, where is there any transportation in this place?!"

"Why not, you see?"

Soon, when the two climbed to the top of the dune with difficulty, Anakin and Padmé, who was slightly astonished, quickly discovered:

In the distance, there was a stream of yellow sand rising up. Obviously, someone saw the crash site here, so they rushed towards this side to find out what happened, or... wanted to take advantage of the fire?

"It's the Sand People, those Tuskens!"

"It seems that we can save a credit point for purchasing transportation..."

As the opponent got closer, after seeing clearly that those riding on the hoverbikes were a group of sandmen-like people, Anakin sighed, took out the handle of the lightsaber on his waist, and Clenched tightly in the palm of the hand.

"What's wrong?"

"Anakin, didn't they come to help rescue?"

Seeing Anakin's reaction, Padmé hid behind him in fear, and asked timidly.

"Rescue?"

"snort!"

"Padmé, you have to remember that the sand people here are not very friendly, especially those who wander around the sand dunes. If you don't want to be captured by them, tortured to death or sold as slaves, then it's best Stay away from them or be ready to fight back at any time!"

As the sandmen on hoverbikes in the distance approached and surrounded them with weapons in their hands, Anakin didn't say anything more, and only rescued them when the other party approached and clamored to grab them. , suddenly revealed the iconic lightsaber hilt of the Jedi Knight, and then threatened him step by step.

"..."

Originally, Padmé had some doubts about what Anakin said, but when she found out that those sand people had clearly seen Anakin reveal his identity, they still used the weird The moment the blaster weapon fired at Anakin, she believed him instantly.

'He's a Jedi! '

'what to do? '

'Get rid of him! Then take that woman, no one here will see that we did it! '

'shot! '

'kill him! ! '

'...'

soon!

After a group of menacing sand people came on hoverbikes, but chose the wrong target, Anakin, a Jedi apprentice with certain criminal records, easily killed them in a few strokes and chopped them into several pieces. He picked and drove one of the suspension motorcycles with the best energy and condition, carried his former queen Padmé on his back, and left the incomplete corpses of the sand people in that place and walked away...

"..."

"Anakin, the Sand People here, I mean the Tuskens, are they all like that?"

Although Anakin's behavior just now was a bit cruel, Padmé didn't think there was anything wrong with the opponent's defensive counterattack, but she still had some curiosity and doubts about the sand people on this chaotic planet.

"Yes!"

"At least that's what I know, they're all a bunch of robbers, thugs, terrorists and killers!"

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