In the Absence of Man/ Chapter 8: One for All

“Holy crap!” Crane leaped into the air. The body seemed to had belonged to a woman. He spotted writing carved on the woman’s right forearm. He looked disgusted to say the least. The writing that was imprinted seemed like it said “Blanche” on it. Crane went through some more of Clyde’s files. It took him a decent amount of time, but he finally found out that Blanche was the name of his deceased wife. Crane’s jaw dropped down to the floor as he continued reading. Crane decided to somehow burn everything in Clyde’s control room until he saw something that immediately caught his eye.

He opened up a document from a manilla folder. What was inside was pictures of all Republic bases from within this area. This is sick, thought Crane. He’s marked every single weak spot in every base! He then decided to keep that and call for reinforcements.

“Any outer bases this is Republic Captain Crane, please respond! My designation code is 000-729. Can anyone hear me?”

“This is Jedi General Mace Windu. Repeat, Crane. What is your current location?” A voice on the other end of the communications link responded.

“Hot dog! Great to hear your voice, Master Jedi! My coordinates are 27-100b. 27-100b. We need immediate reinforcements.”

“Captain, those coordinates are specifically for landscape. We need to know what planet you are on,” Mace replied, quickly.

Before Crane could give any sort of answer, he looked around and his heart sank. “I, uh. I don’t know! Can you trace me via this message, sir?”

“I’ll try. Just hang on a little bit longer, Captain.”

Suddenly, there was a loud and obnoxious slam from behind. “Well, well, well. It’s my buddy. Hey, where’s Starla?” Clyde laughed.

“I’m gonna have to put you on hold for a second, Master Jedi,” Crane picked up his lead pipe while Burrell got out his darksaber. Now, it’s all or nothing.