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There's Something About Clarity

January 17, 2004
In preparation for the Iowa Caucuses, we�ve brought back this gem to entertain you AND inform you about Helderheid.

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INTERIOR: GANTRY -- OUTSIDE CONTROL ROOM -- REACTOR SHAFT

Helderheid moves along the railing and up to the control room.

Howard Dean lunges at her and Helderheid immediately raises her lit sword to meet Dean's. Sparks fly as they duel, Dean gradually forcing Helderheid backward toward the gantry.

DEAN: You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be destroyed as Mosely-Braun did.

Helderheid answers by rolling sideways and thrusting her sword at Dean so viciously that she nicks Dean on the shoulder. The black armor sparks and smokes and Dean seems to be hurt, but immediately recovers.

Helderheid backs off along the narrow end of the gantry as Dean comes at her, slashing at the young Jedi with his sword. Helderheid makes a quick move around the instrument complex attached to the end of the gantry. Dean's sword comes slashing down, cutting the complex loose; it begins to fall, then is caught by the rising wind and blown upward. Helderheid glances at the instrument complex floating away. At that instant, Dean's sword comes down across Helderheid 's right forearm, cutting off her hand and sending her sword flying. In great pain, Helderheid squeezes her forearm under her left armpit and moves back along the gantry to its extreme end. Dean follows. The wind subsides. Helderheid holds on. There is nowhere else to go.

Dean: There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. You do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover you power. Join me and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy.

HELDERHEID : I'll never join you!

DEAN: If you only knew the power of the dark side. Kucinich never told you what happened to your father.

HELDERHEID : He told me enough! He told me you defeated his lame campaign in the primary.

DEAN: No. I am your father.

Shocked, Helderheid looks at Dean in utter disbelief.

HELDERHEID : No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!

DEAN: Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

HELDERHEID : No! No! No!

DEAN: Helderheid . You can destroy the President. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and we can rule the republic as father and daughter. Come with me. It's the only way.

Dean puts away his sword and holds his hand out to Helderheid . A calm comes over Helderheid , and she makes a decision. In the next instant she steps off the gantry platform into space. The Dark Lord looks over the platform and sees Helderheid falling far below. The wind begins to blow at Dean's cape and the torrent finally forces him back, away from the edge. The wind soon fades and the wounded Jedi begins to drop fast, unable to grab onto anything to break her fall.

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