Ultimately, and probably much to Captain Panaka’s relief, Padmé’s impromptu plan to trick the Viceroy with the confusion on who the true queen was between her and Sabé turned out to not be needed as the destroyer droids suddenly shut down.
The men all cheered. “They did it! Our pilots did it!” Panaka said, a rare grin on his face.
Even Padmé couldn’t help but smile. The faith they had put in their pilots hadn’t been let down. The droid control ship had been destroyed and between them here in the palace and the Gungan Grand Army now advancing on Theed with no opposition, Naboo would surely be saved!
Yet… as they linked up with Sabé and her team to rush past scores of disabled battle droids and make their way up to where Gunray was hiding together, Padmé couldn’t help but feel that something was wrong...
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Hey everyone! I know I said I would finish Divide and Conquer first, but D&C is just about done with just two appendices and one chapter left to be made, the Iron Throne Artwork I commissioned a while back which is still not done, an Imperial City Appendix by Leadeater I need to help write the final chapter, and ofc the final chapter itself, Chapter 37.In the meantime, I have outlined a lot of the new SW fic and decided I might as well make use of my time while waiting for Leadeater's appendix to write the first chapter of the The Force Shall Free Me (SW Sith Anakin AU)! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! Read the rest of it over on Tertius711 or GoogleDocs! (GoogleDocs chapter has been wiped to protect from scrapers, please read on website from now on, so sorry for the inconvenience!)Let me know your thoughts, suggestions, and questions in the comments here, the website, or on Discord! Bear in mind if you comment on the website, please click the notification bell right beside the 'Post Comment' button so that you will get email notifications!