Star Wars: Civil War/ Chapter 4: Living Secret

Ponds paced back and forth in his quarters, thinking about his fallen comrade Commander Stone. Rahr sensed this and knocked on the automatic door that led to the clone soldier. Ponds pressed a button right next to that door which let Patrick in. Sighing, Ponds asked, “What’s up, Rahr?”

“You seem stressed. Why, buddy?” Patrick caringly asked, forgetting that he was talking to a higher ranking officer.

Ponds didn’t seem to mind, or even think of it. “It’s just that - we’ve searched the rubble of the First Order capitol for hours per day. Wouldn’t you think we would’ve found a body of Stone’s?”

Patrick started to drool due to boredom but quickly snapped himself out of it. “Well, uh. Wouldn’t have we found Scrape’s body too?” He replied.

“You have a point, Rahr. But now you’ve put me on edge more than I just was! Thanks,” Ponds then showed Rahr the door and that was his Rahr’s que to leave. Ponds contemplated some new thoughts that intruded his neurons. He thought to himself the possibility that both Stone and Scrape were still alive. Ponds then went on his computer and activated the databanks. He pulled up some articles that he had previously overlooked due to distractions within his own allegiance, but then those articles had Ponds’ full attention.

He squinted his optics and looked puzzled. Local Farmer Resembles Republic Trooper. He clicked on the link, having forgotten about it when he first saw it days ago. There was an image of that local farmer. Ponds enlarged it and cleared up the pixelation. What he saw made him almost fall out of his chair. He remembered specifically that Commander Stone consisted of a tattoo on the left side of his forehead that symbolized the first part of his identification code - 58; and that was what consisted of the image on the farmer.

Ponds read more of the text, stating that the planet he was on was Naboo. He knocked on Captain Carg’s door. “Yes, Ponds?”

“Look, it’s hard to explain, I’m going out. Can you hold down the fort here while I’m gone?”

“Where are you heading off to?” Carg questioned.

“Naboo. Keep this to yourself, but Stone’s there,” Ponds replied, whispering.

“What? How can you be certain?” “I have this distinct feeling. Please, Captain. Do me this favor?”

There was a slight hesitation but Carg eventually agreed. Ponds put his hand on Carg’s shoulder and complimented him. Ponds took a ship and blasted off to Naboo.

Once he finally got there, the place looked like what it did during the Clone War - elegantly beautiful. He noticed a bunch of domesticated creatures and a cottage not that far from the animals. He landed and exited the ship, where he saw that farmer tending to his crops…