Onderon
Petro landed the fighter in the forest near the capital.
'Great! We need flue otherwise we're stuck here. But we take care of this later.
Okay R2, where do we start searching?'
The astromech beeped something and somehow Petro knew what he said.
'Good point buddy, we'll start with the palace.'
It didn't took them long to find the palace because of its size.
'Okay now we have to get in there. We could take the ventilation shafts. Worked last time. Or we climb up the wall. Or we..'
R2 interrupted him by beeping something.
'Or we could just take the front door. You're right, it's worth a try but you've to admit that climbing up the wall would be more fun.'
After this comment R2 just rolled away.
'Hey, wait for me!'
They reached the entrance which was guarded by two guards who crossed their spears in front of the door.
'Now watch and learn.' Petro walked up to the guards.
'Hello, I'm Petro. One of the now rare jedis in the galaxy and I really need to talk to Senator Lux Bonteri so please let me pass.'
The guards looked at each other, but they didn't move at all.
'Come on guys it's very important that I speak to Bonteri.'
They weren't really convinced by this statement and still didn't move.
Okay... so we have to do this the hard way.
He stretched out his hand in front of the men and ordered 'You will let me pass.'
They repeated his order in unison. 'We will let you pass.'
They moved their spears so Petro could entere.
He already grinned, satisfied with himself as R2 suddenly beeped in protest.
The guards had crossed their spears again.
'No entry for droids!'
Petro sighed and stretched out his hand again.
'You will let the astromech pass, too.'
'We will let the astromech pass, too.'
The R2 unite quickly followed him. 'You're welcome, buddy.'
They stood in a massive hall decorated with gold.
The young padawan examined the area.
And he obviously found what he was searching for because he walked up to a woman.
'Hello miss. I search Senator Lux Bonteri.'
She had a skeptical look at him.
'I'm his nephew, Petro Bonteri.' He added quickly.
Convinced by his lie she answered 'Follow me. I'll bring you to him.'
Petro looked triumphantly back at R2 and he knew the droid would roll his eyes now if he was human.
They walked through a few hallways until the woman stopped in front of a door. She knocked on it and waited.
'Yes?' Came a reply from someone inside.
'Here's a boy who claimes to be your nephew, senator.'
After a few seconds the door opened.
A young man with brown hair stood in the door case now.
'My nephew?' He asked surprised.
He looked at the padawan and puzzled his head about the situation. But as he saw the droid his eyes widened.
'Ah yes. My dear nephew, please come in.'
Petro and R2 stepped into the room and Lux closed the door behind them.
'R2! It's good to see you again old friend.'
The astromech beeped joyfully.
Lux turned to Petro and smiled amused.
'Sorry nephew. I'm afraid I've forgotten your name.'
'My name's Petro, Senator Bonteri.' He bowed to him.
'You're a jedi padawan, aren't you?'
'Yes. And that's the reason for my visit.'
Lux was really shuttered by hearing of Senator Chuchi's fate.
'Riyo's death is a great loss. She was one of the few senators who truly wanted to bring peace to the galaxy.'
In honour of her they kept silent for a few minutes.
Lux was the first to speak again.
'And you need my help to find Ahsoka, I assume.'
'That's right, senator.'
'Call me Lux. There's no need for formalities. Master Yoda and Master Kenobi are right. Ahsoka spoke to me before she left Coruscant.'
He hesitated for a second considering how much he should tell the padawan.
'And she told me were she would go. If she's still there, and I can't guarantee for anything, she is on Shili, her home planet.'
'On Shili? That makes sense. Thank you, I'll set off as soon as possible, but there's a problem. I don't have any fuel left.'
'Don't worry. I'll take care of this. And I guess you need an accommodation for the night. Be my guest, Petro. I'll get a room prepared for you.'
'Thank you Lux.'
But they both stood awake and told each other the adventures they experienced with Ahsoka. Neither of them wanted to talk about the Republic's fall and the jedi purge. They basked in afterglow together till the sun raised.
Lux escorted Petro to his fighter.
'Let me hear from you soon, will you?'
'Sure.'
'And...and say Ahsoka that she can visit me whenever she wants to.'
Petro drew his own conclusions by this offer.
'Yes, I'll tell her....Lux, will Onderon stay a part of the Empire?'
It was the first time that this theme came up between them.
'I'll try to make Onderon an independent system again, but honestly I think we can't resign.'
'Riyo mentioned something similar.'
'We can only wait and see what the future brings us. Goodbye for now.
And woe betide you if you don't respect your new master.'
Petro fake gulped 'Yes sir.'
They both started to laugh.
'Bye Lux and thank you for everything.'
'You're welcome. Bye Petro, bye R2.'
Simultaneously, while Petro left the planet Onderon a star destroyer came in to land. It looked exactly like the one he had seen above Coruscant.
He frantically tried to contact Lux.
Answer! Please answer!
'Petro?'
'Lux! What's going on? I just saw a star destroyer landing on Onderon.'
'The Empire. The clones, they're coming.'
'Lux, I'll get you out of there. We meet up in the forest.'
'No, Petro don't! It's too dangerous. Don't come back! Do you hear me? Don't come back!'
Through the communicator Petro heard the clones shooting.
'Go find Ahsoka and tell her that...'
The communication interrupted.
'Lux? LUX? What shall I tell her? LUX!'
Petro hammered on the steering wheel.
'R2, what should we do now?' He asked despairingly.
The droid set the coordinates to Shili.
'You're right. It's probably easier to free him with Ahsoka's help. Don't worry Lux, we'll come back.'
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