Yes but not for long…

As Padme tried to sleep, her mind was plagued with conflicting thoughts. "I want to get out of here! At least... I THINK I want to get out of here. Or maybe I don't, I mean the more I'm here the less shit this gets... No, don't think like that! Of course you wanna get out of here! What kind of question is that??" Padme sighed in frustration. "Why is this such a dilemma? Even if I want to leave, which I do... Maybe, sorta.... I CAN'T leave. There's no way I ca-" BOOM!!! Padme whipped around to see a gaping hole in the wall of the room. Jabba snapped out of his stupor and roared in outrage. "What is the meaning of th-" A stun blast hit him and he phased out of consciousness. "Your majesty! Are you alright!?" It was Captain Panaka, her chief of security! "Panaka! How the hell did you get here!?" "No time to explain! We need to GO!!" Panaka ran in and spliced the chain connecting Padme to Jabba. A small pang of disappointment went through her, but she shook it off. The Captain pulled out his blaster and aimed it at Jabba. He was just about to pull the trigger when... "WAIT!" Padme shouted. "Just leave him be. We don't need anymore trouble! Let's just go." The Captain gave her a quizzical look, but relented and jumped back into the ship. Padme, almost reluctantly, got on board. It was a rather, well... Shitty vessel, but it'd do the job. As they sped off, Fortuna burst into the room with a contingent of guards. "Master! are you alright?" "Ughhh" Jabba groaned, "I'm fine Fortuna. They took my ****, however." "Shall we send men in pursuit?" "Yes, imme-" Jabba stopped mid-phrase, "No, don't pursue." The pale Twi'lek was confused, he thought Jabba would be furious. But he was rather calm, almost serene. "She'll be back, I'm sure of it. And when she comes, she'll truly be mine, in body AND soul. Whether she wants to be or not, she is mine."

As they sped off, Panaka informed Padme of all that had been going on. "After we lost the ship, the men and I went looking for work. A few of us got jobs at a local spaceport where we may have, ummm... 'borrowed' a vessel. When we found out where you were, and learned what happened to the Jedi... We decided to bust you out!" Panaka gave Padme a smile, thinking she would be overjoyed to be free. But she looked sad, almost forlorn. "Is something the matter, your majesty?" Padme sighed. To be quite frank, she was terrible! "Naboo has fallen, I don't have two credits to rub together, and the Republic is to busy to lend aid to free my people. I feel terrible! At least when I was with Jabba life was simp-... No! No, don't try to make it out to be better than it was! He was brainwashing me! That's the only logical explanation. I can't have actually liked it... Could I?" Of course, she didn't share any of that with Panaka. A leader had to be strong and show no ****, which, when she thought about it, really sucked. "No, I'm fine Panaka, I'm just tired." Suddenly the captain realized something; Padme was naked! "My Queen, I'm so sorry! I'll get a blanket. We have clothes back at our base. If I'd known that that fat slug would keep you like this, I would've brought something!" The Captain fetched her a sand papery rag that she threw around her shoulders. "It's about an hour journey, so you should get some rest, my lady." Padme nodded, and tried to drift to sleep.

After some fruitless tossing and turning, they finally at arrived at the "base". In reality, it was a small, dilapidated shanty on the edge of Mos Eisley. "Also, my queen, returning to Naboo may be a bit of a problem." Panaka despondently admitted. "There's a sizeable bounty on your head, and it will be, well difficult to get you back home. It'll take time, but I know we can do it!" Panaka's confidence did little to sooth her mind. Padme was shown to her own tiny little room, and left to rest. She looked around and surveyed the room. It was a damp, stone room, with bare walls, a small writing desk, and a lumpy bed in the corner. There was a rather large window that surveyed the front of the house. She tried to lay down and sleep, but her mind was racing faster than ever. "What am I doing here? We don't have any money, or food, or ANYTHING of value. We have no chance to save Naboo and no plan to make any sort of living." As she laid there on the bed, something just felt... Off. When she leaned back, she was met with a hard, cold wall. At least with Jabba, there was something there. Sure it was slimy and smelly, but it was SOMETHING. She sighed as she thought of her ex-master. "I really can't keep kidding myself. As much as I loathe Jabba, I loathe being destitute with no purpose even more. With that bounty on my head, I don't have a chance of getting back to Naboo. Someone is bound to come looking for me to collect the price on my head. Jabba would be able to protect me from bounty hunters and scum like that. If making him cum and shaking my ass is all I need to do, it doesn't sound to bad... Damn it, but I'm not a ****! I'm the Queen of... Fucking nothing. Who am I kidding? My planet is captured and there's a price on my head. As much as I hate that slug, he may be my only hope." Things started to become clear to Padme. Sure, she wasn't exactly madly in love with Jabba, but she didn't loathe him as much as she used to! "When I first got there, I hated him. I mean, I still hate him, but not as much! I think I could grow to tolerate him in time." Padme had made up her mind. As the night went on, she began to write a letter to her remaining companions, explaining what she was about to do.

My friends,

I'm sorry, but I have to leave you. The resistance on Naboo has crumbled and the Confederation no doubt wants my head on a platter. You're safer without me, and I refuse to be a burden. I'm returning to the Palace where I'll stay for, well, the rest of my life. I'm sorry to run away like a thief in the night, but my mind is made up. Before I give up my position as Queen for one as ****, I give you my last order; Don't follow me. Respect my wishes and wish me all the best for my new life, as I do for you.

Best of luck to you all,

Padme Amidala

She looked over the letter and tears ran down her cheeks. As hard of a decision as this was, she saw no other alternatives. Hopefully Jabba would welcome her back. If not, well she wouldn't have much time to regret it. "I can't believe I'm throwing away everything for Jabba! This is just... Wow. Well, my mind is made up. Not like I really have much of a choice." Padme put on the robes that Panaka had left out for her, and crawled out the window. It wasn't to far of a jump down, but Padme rolled when she landed just to make sure she didn't break anything. Parked next to the spaceship was a beaten-up speeder that they had no doubt also "borrowed". Padme walked purposely over to it, and got on board. She hit the ignition, spun it around, and took off, never to look back.