In the dark starry sky of the universe, countless stars hung on the black curtain, forming a huge silver galaxy with orange nebulae, which looked like a waterfall of stars, spilling into the sky one by one, and it was so beautiful that it was intoxicating.

Especially......

When the person watching the scenery is surrounded by such a person who likes in his heart to accompany him?

"Wow!"

"What a beautiful ......"

On Anakin's Jedi-specific shuttle, Padmé Amidala, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat without any attendants, sighed softly as she looked at the cosmic scenery outside the cockpit.

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

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

Although, she herself knows that it is impossible for her and Anakin to have any practical development, because she was once the queen, now she is a senator, and the other party is a Jedi, and the identities of both parties doom them to nothing too good...... However, that didn't stop her from staying with the person she loved, especially during the extra few days when Nabu Star was stranded for some reason and the days after departure, she was sure that she felt relaxed and sweet when she was alone with the other person.

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

“……”

However, Anakin didn't answer Padme's words, he was just checking the ship's instruments and vigilantly watching the situation in the universe outside, always keeping an eye out for the dangers that might arise at any time, where was he in the mood to see the Milky Way scenery that Padme was talking about?

"This trip should go well, Anakin, and you better not worry too much......"

"I've listened to your arrangement, and let those attendants follow the maid dressed as me, and sail that shiny Naboo royal starship directly to Coruscant, and no one will know that we are actually making a long detour to the capital now."

"Even if someone did want to kill me, they should have attacked the Naboo Royal Starship that arrived a day before us, and now we should be more worried about their safety, shouldn't we?"

Looking at Anakin, who was beside him, who was controlling the spaceship and stopping in this place and slowly sneaking forward by inertia, and preparing to anchor the next coordinate for faster-than-light travel while on guard, Padmé couldn't help but sigh with some tears and smiles and asked rhetorically.

"No!"

"Padmé, don't underestimate those bounty hunters, you haven't been in contact with them, you don't know their methods...... I've been studying with Obi-Wan for ten years, and I've fought with him against some tough bounty hunters in the last two years, and you can never imagine how terrible they are! ”

"In short, I will send you safely to Coruscant at all costs, you just have to sit back and relax, or that sentence, you must listen to me for everything along the way!"

Anakin glanced at Padmé next to him and the other party's mocking smile, but he didn't say anything, because now was not the time to relax, and he had to be responsible for Padmé's safety!

Therefore, he first continued to carefully perceive the surrounding universe with the Force, and found that he did not see or perceive the existence of danger here, and patiently waited for all the values of the faster-than-light engine to return to normal before starting the engine again, letting his Jedi shuttle sail towards the next coordinates, and directly disappeared into this beautiful universe in an instant.

"Of course, my Jedi, I'll listen to you, you're my commander now, so it's all right, right?"

"But ......"

"Anakin, where are we heading now?"

After entering the state of faster-than-light flight, seeing that there was no longer anything outside, and that there were dazzling bands of light everywhere in sight, Padmé continued to ask Anakin with some puzzlement.

"I'm not going anywhere!"

"It's just a matter of going around to get to another busy route away from Naboo before diverting to Coruscant! This is something that Obi-Wan has made a point of explaining before, and I think it might be a good idea to use it to confuse the enemy, and although it may not work, it is at least much safer than going straight from Naboo to Coruscant. ”

After finally checking that the instruments and coordinates had no problems, Anakin relaxed for a while, and was able to have a brief conversation with Padmé next to him.

“……”

"Is it really as serious as you think?"

After seeing that Anakin never looked like he was on Nabu again after he started to set off, but had become a businessman and task-first attitude, Padmé suddenly sighed a little aggrieved.

"Absolutely!"

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

Padmé had been in danger since she left Naboo, and Anakin, who was a Jedi and had begun to use the Force, was very sure of this.

"That's ......"

"Doesn't that mean that Anakin is a very, very powerful Jedi now?"

"Is that so?"

Hearing that Obi-Wan had specially sent Anakin, Padmé suddenly asked with some excitement, because she was very concerned about Anakin's situation, and if the other party had really become a powerful Jedi, she would definitely be happy for the other party!

This is just like what the other party said to himself who pretended to be the queen's maid when he was a little kid, he will definitely become a powerful Jedi one day? And now look at it, the guy who looked thin because of malnutrition back then really became a Jedi, and it seems to be very strong?

"No!"

"That's just because I'm the closest to Naboo, and according to the time you originally decided to leave, other Jedi or Jedi Masters didn't have time to come to Naboo, so Obi-Wan had to let me come, I'm not a Jedi yet, I'm just an apprentice for the time being, Obi-Wan said I still have a lot to learn."

'That's right......

"And what do you think?"

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

“……”

"Padme, it won't be long before I'll be strong soon, and I promise you, you'll see that day soon!"

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

"Thank you!"

"Hopefully you'll not be too surprised?"

'Hah! ’

'Anakin, I won't be surprised at what you have become, and I promise you! ’

"Really......"

'Of course! ’

"I hope so......"

‘！！ ’

'Anakin, do you believe me?' ’

"Nope! No! ”

There you are, your eyes and expressions have betrayed you! ’

“……”

In this way, Padmé and Anakin chatted happily in the modest Jedi shuttle, and soon reached the coordinates of their second destination, on the outskirts of the Arcanis sector.

"Huh?!"

"Wait, it seems to be ...... here"

It's just that this time, not long after he came out of the faster-than-light voyage, and before Anakin could check the surrounding situation and lock on the next coordinate and feel the origin of that hint of crisis, he saw a blast beam suddenly hit in the distance, and then inevitably, the Jedi shuttle that had just come out of the faster-than-light voyage shook violently, and a lot of sparks were shot out of the cockpit.

‘！！ ’

'Yah~!! ’

Padma, who was napping, was woken up in a daze, and then when she saw the sparks exploding on the dashboard, she screamed in fright on the spot, and the whole person was shaken out of the passenger seat, and she hit the top of the cockpit hard.

"Damn!!"

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

Anakin subconsciously cursed a certain self-righteous brother Obi-Wan, and before some of the attacking enemies could fire a second blast beam at his injured shuttle again, he suddenly accelerated, pressed a preset landing site that he had previously landed, and rushed towards a planet he had not intended to return to again so soon, flying dangerously short distances faster than light......

Sou~!

?~?

Warn!

Warn!!

The faster-than-light engine is damaged, the balancer is damaged, the auxiliary power is offline, and the ship is crashing right now, so be prepared for impact......

After flying faster than light again, he saw that Feitron plunged headlong into the atmosphere of an earthy yellow planet, and began to turn the outside of the spacecraft red and ignited a fire due to violent friction, and at the same time made the scene in the cockpit of the spaceship look out very terrifying!

‘！！ ’

'Not good! ’

'Anakin! It's about to crash, you have to figure it out! ’

After being knocked and recovering, Padmay, who had just gotten up from the floor due to the gravity environment, once again collapsed next to Anakin's driver's seat due to the ship's stall, and urged the other man urgently.

"No way!"

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

'What? ’

'So what do I do now?' ’

"Hold me tight!"

'Huh? ’

"Hold me tight!!"

But what's the use? ’

"We're not going to die, I have the Force, hold me tight, it might hurt you a little less when you hit the ground!!"

'Are you sure?' ’

"I don't know!!"

‘……’

"Hold Me Tight!!"

'Ahh Good, good! ’

At Anakin's urging, Padmé, who had nothing too good to do, did not continue to insist or be reserved, but groped forward generously and hugged Anakin who stood up from the driver's seat tightly.

But, even though Anakin had just said that, he knew for himself that the Force was not omnipotent, at least not his Force! So, even if he tried his best to stimulate his power, it couldn't make a ship emitting black smoke and crashing crash any slower 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! ’

"But, Padmé, why are you not going to say it 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 do you say?' ’

?? ~?Sou~!!

Rumble!!!!

Finally, the black smoke of the ship smashed into the soft yellow sand of the planet, and then after crashing into the sky of sand and dust and plowing a deep ravine with a trail of hundreds of meters long, the burning spaceship finally came to a stop.

At this moment, at the moment of impact, two men and women who were clinging to each other were thrown out at the same time, and landed on a soft sand dune and began to roll down towards the bottom of the dune......

"Ahem!"

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

After a long time, after the man and woman had rolled wildly on the sand dunes for an unknown number of laps and stopped at the bottom of the dune, a woman who looked so embarrassed finally staggered to her feet, and asked Anakin, who was also moaning and getting up, while looking at the scenery around her.

"I don't know ......"

"But in an emergency, I clicked on the nearest suitable planet that I randomly selected, and it was also a landing spot that I had preset...... Now looking at the situation, there should be no doubt about Tatooine here. ”

Anyway, Anakin wouldn't tell Padmé that he had chosen this place on purpose, because it was here that he and the two of them had a chance to live! Otherwise, if they really choose a random planet, in the border area of this galactic republic, I am afraid they will not be able to find a helper or wait for reinforcements to arrive.

"That ......"

"Are we safe now?"

After looking left and right, and then wiping his body, and realizing that both he and Anakin didn't seem to be missing any parts or injuries, Padmé quickly patted the yellow sand on his body and hair while asking Anakin.

"No!"

"It's certainly not safe now! Because, they will definitely chase after them! ”

Looking at the sky, Anakin sensed more than one ship coming towards the spot where they fell...... It can be seen that those guys will definitely 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 a commission from the Coalition's remnant employers?

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

"Ahh

"What then, Anakin, now that your ship is broken, are we going to find someone to fix it, or are we going to buy a new one?"

Looking at the flaming spaceship, Padme didn't have much to do but suggest this.

"No!"

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

‘？？ ’

'Why?' They're chasing after them?! ’

"Hmmm! You guessed it! ”

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

‘……’

'But where are we going?' Moss Eisley? ’

"No!"

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

'Then you don't need to ask!' ’

Because I know it's the largest spaceport in Tatooine, and that's the only place where you can buy a spaceship that can get out of here!' ’

"No!"

"Padmé, trust me, neither of us will want to leave this planet alive until they are exterminated, I know what bounty hunters! They're like a pack of hyenas that will bite us to the death! ”

'But ......'

'Are you sure, Anakin, that you have to do that?' ’

"Yes!"

‘……’

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

"I don't know!"

"Maybe a few, maybe a hundred, maybe hundreds...... Padmé, you probably don't know yet, do you? This head of yours is worth a lot of money right now! The Trade Alliance has invested enough money to kill you, and that's enough for those bounty hunters to risk anything to kill you, even in Coruscant! ”

'Ahh ’

Aren't we in danger now?' ’

"It may be somewhere else, but not here!"

'Or ......'

'Shall we call for support?' ’

"It's too late! It will be a few days before the fastest ship arrives here, and if we all count on others, we will probably be doomed by the time they do! ”

"Let's go! This way! ”

‘？？ ’

'Anakin, the spaceship must be broken, but the communication equipment is probably not broken, so why don't you send a distress message first?' ’

"No, you don't!"

‘！！ ’

'Are you sure you're going to win them?' ’

"Hmm!"

"Not anywhere else, but here!"

Anakin said firmly, and motioned for Padme to follow him if he wasn't hurt.

"But why?"

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

"No why!"

"Hey!"

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

"Absolutely!"

"I'm a Jedi, of course the Jedi will hide a lot of things from ordinary people like you, that's a secret!"

"You!!"

"Let's go! Padmé, get up there, or we'll miss out on important transportation later. ”

"Transportation? Anakin, where is there transportation in such a place ?! ”

"Why not, you see?"

Soon, as the two of them struggled to the top of the dune, Anakin and Padmé, who were slightly stunned, soon discovered:

In the distance, there was a cloud of yellow sand rising, and it was obvious that someone had seen the crash site here, so they rushed to this side to see what was going on, or ...... Want to take advantage of the fire?

"It's the Sandmen, it's the Tusken!"

"Looks like we can save a credit for the purchase of transportation......

As the other man got closer and saw that the hoverbikes were riding a group of sandman-like people, Anakin sighed, took out the lightsaber grip he was holding at his waist and clutched it tightly in his palm.

"What's wrong?"

"Anakin, aren't they here to help?"

Seeing Anakin's reaction, Padmé ducked behind him with some trepidation and asked timidly.

"Rescue?"

"Humph!"

"Padme, you have to remember that the sandfolk here are not very friendly, especially the ones that roam the sand dunes, if you don't want to be captured and tortured to death or sold as slaves, then it is best to stay away from them or be ready to fight back!"

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 when the other party approached and shouted to catch them, did he suddenly reveal the Jedi's iconic lightsaber hilt, and then threatened step by step.

“......”

Originally, Padmé was a little suspicious of what Anakin said, but when she realized that the sand people had seen Anakin identify themselves, but they still shot at Anakin with the strange blast weapon in their hands, she instantly believed him.

'He's a Jedi! (Tusken)

'What to do?' ’

'Kill him!' And then take the woman, no one here will see that we did it! ’

'Shoot!' ’

'Kill him!!' ’

‘......’

Soon!

After the group of sand people who arrived on hoverbikes but chose the wrong target were easily killed and cut into several pieces by Anakin, a Jedi apprentice with some previous convictions, he picked and drove one of the best hoverbikes in the best energy and condition, carrying his former queen Padmé, and leaving the mutilated corpses of the sand people in that place and away......

“......”

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

Although Anakin's behavior just now was a little 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 sandfolk of this chaotic planet.

"Yes!"

"At least that's what I know, they're all bandits, thugs, terrorists, and killers!"

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