Title: Half Truths
Summary: Bastila and crew get taken in by the Leviathan, and one of her worst fears come true.
Disclaimer: As much as I hate to admit it.. Star Wars and this game don't belong to me. They belong to LucasArts and BioWare.
Author's note: I got challenged by a friend about this. He read some of the choices in the game, and thought that some meant that you already knew.. uhh.. you know.
Ahem.. anyone that hasn't finished the game, please don't read this.
Really, don't. Unless you don't plan to ever play the game and don't care about major spoilers. (Next sentence will contain spoilers, so please turn away if you don't wish to read them.
Anyway, the challenge was to have Revan figure out his identity before the confrontation with Malak.. you know, those choices you could pick like "This meeting was inevitable, Malak!"? Sooo, you can make of this story what you want. Did Revan find out because of what Saul said? Did he find out because of the torture? Or maybe he knew all along and just now revealed it.
PS: I put some scenes from before the Leviathan in there because I love Revan teasing Bastila. :P She's so funny when M Revan teases her.
PPS: I usually write female characters, so this was a little harder for me. :P Anyway, I hope you enjoy! Please read and review!
PPPPPS: (Last one) The name of the character at the top is to show people who's point of view it is. Oh, and the name of my Revan was a random name: Seth Avery. I figured it sounded okay.
Bastila
Mornings aboard the Ebon Hawk were always an adventure in itself; Mission tried to get Zaalbar to take a shower nearly every day, Carth and Jolee were always in a fight over the last half decent sandwich, and HK-47 in turn was always there to warn them that if they dared take the food before his master got to eat, the meatbags would pay.
This morning was no different.
Mission was yet again trying to sneak up on Zaalbar with a brush and some hairgel, of course, since she used the same strategy every time, Zaalbar was onto her, "Aww, come on Big Z.. don't you wanna look good for the Wookiee girls?"
It seemed like Jolee had won the fight today, and as a result, Carth was now sulking as he chewed on something that might've looked like food at one point, "Statement: You look upset, meatbag. Query: Shall I blast you now, and put you out of your misery?"
I sighed deeply as I stared into my cup, what had the Jedi Masters been thinking when they agreed to let these people accompany myself and Seth? One would almost start to wonder if they were perhaps high on spice when they made the call.. no.. I shouldn't think that way.. surely these people must have some qualities that might help us during this quest. I'm just being arrogant, I mustn't be arrogant.. there is no emotion; there is peace.
"...and I thought I was gonna crash into that mountain after my battle droid's engines broke down due to the extremely cold atmosphere! Of course, it would've been a glorious death, because my crash would've surely caused a seismic event, thus crushing all of our enemies, who had foolishly set their camp up at the foot of the mountain. But I had an idea, as I threw myself off my battle droid-" Canderous rambled on.
I buried my face in my palms, Canderous using T3 to record all of his experiences in case he ever went senile.. now I had truly seen everything.
"So, Bastila," Juhani started cautiously, "I.. I've been wanting to ask you something for a while now.."
I took another sip from my caffa, "Yes?"
"Do you.. ever wonder why the Council did not send a Master with us on this journey?"
The question caught me completely off guard, I nearly choked on my sandwich, Juhani gave me a worried look, but as always, I quickly collected myself.
"No, I do not." I said quickly.
"But, surely you can see that there is a certain.. chaos aboard the ship.. and Seth, he-"
"You must believe in the wisdom of the Council, Juhani. They believed I, I mean we could deal with this ourselves." I snapped at her, I don't know why, but I took it personal. I had been put in charge of this mission, of this crew.. to say that there needed to be a Jedi Master, the nerve! There is no ignorance; There is knowledge. Juhani only asked a question.. calm yourself, these outbursts lead to the dark side. I took a deep breath, There is no passion; there is serenity.
"I.. I'm sorry.. I don't doubt your capabilities, forgive me, I shouldn't have said anything."
I quickly shook my head, "No, no.. I apologize. I believe you wanted to say something about Seth?" changing the subject was probably best for now.
Juhani seemed rather reluctant to speak again, but after staring at me for a few seconds, she started again, "Seth seems to lack discipline.. does it not worry you?"
At this, I pursed my lips. Seth did lack discipline.. no matter how hard I'd shout every morning, he either completely ignored me and just hid himself underneath his blankets, or he'd mumble something incoherently and then hide underneath his blankets.
This was something that had amazed me during the first few weeks of our journey. He was so active during the day, and even at night.. you wouldn't believe how hard it was sometimes to get him to just shut up and go to sleep, he'd kept me up all night once with witty comments how we didn't need Carth, and how he was a much better pilot than him.
But.. his morning routine had amazed me, not only was it near impossible to wake him up in the morning, when he did finally get up, he'd just drag himself to the 'Fresher, come back out a few minutes later to eat whatever there was left, and go play Pazzaak with Mission to 'Wake his brain up' as he called it. It was strange to believe this man was the very same man that could run across all of Dantooine, fight 6 Kath Hounds at the same time, and still have enough energy left to have a sparring contest with Canderous and annoy me with his unprofessional behavior.
"You are correct Juhani, but I doubt anyone could change his ways.." after all, Master Vrook had lost any hair he might've still had in frustration over Seth's behavior. Still, Master Vandar believed that this was a minor problem I'd be able to solve in my time with him.
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A few hours passed by, and none of the crew really did much.. it would still be around nine hours until we arrived on Korriban, and there really wasn't much to do aside from waiting.
Of course, as everyday, Seth woke up four hours after everyone else, I looked up when I heard his bare feet drag themselves towards the 'Fresher.
It was a good thing I had perfect control over my emotions.. most of the time.. otherwise, I might've laughed at this point.
Perhaps I should've told him that-
"Aaah!!"
It was a struggle even for me though, when I heard a girlish scream come from the 'Fresher, not a second later, Seth came storming over to me.
"Is something wrong? You look like something's bothering you."
Seth
I crossed my arms and gave Bastila a hard look, "Care to explain why there's a Wookiee in my 'Fresher?"
She simply waved her hand dismissively, "Perhaps if you had rolled yourself out of that sweaty sack you call a bed earlier, you wouldn't have had this problem."
"Oh!" I started, making sure my voice was literally dripping with sarcasm, "Was that your joke of the week? How long did you think of that? Perhaps you should start a fracking circus!"
"It is not a joke," she said calmly, "Your morning routine has to change. You are completely useless to me if you're slowly rotting away in your bed."
I smirked, You sure like open doors, don't you Bastila, "Well, maybe if you made it worth my time, I'd consider making myself useful to you.." I said with a wink.
"Wh-What?! I-I can't believe how childish you are!" her cheeks started to flush slightly, "We are on a serious mission here, and I find the fact that you seem to think this is a joke highly disturbing!"
"Oh believe me Bastila, there's nothing childish about it." she was so cute when she was angry.
"You are easily the most arrogant, vain-"
"-Charming" I added.
"-and shallow man I ever had the displeasure of meeting!" she screeched as she stood up and glared at me.
I have to admit, for a second, I felt a chill.. anyone that said cute girls couldn't look scary had obviously never met Bastila, of course, I quickly gathered my wits and smirked again, "Just give in Bastila, it would save you a lot of trouble.. no one can ignore my undeniable charms.."
She continued to glare at me, "And you cannot ignore my lightsaber when I jam it down your-"
"Careful, watch your emotions." I said quickly, though I did shift my feet into a different position in case she'd snap and I'd have to make a run for it.
She took a deep breath, apparently listening to me for once. "There is no emotion; there is peace.."
I took the oppertunity to mess with her head once more, "I think you're the most beautiful woman I ever met."
Her eyes snapped open again, and her cheeks turned into an even deeper shade of red, "What?!"
I blinked, looking as innocent as possible, "Hmm? What is it?"
"Have you no control over yourself? How typically male, just tell a woman she's beautiful, and we'll get what we wanted, I can't believe you!"
Hello there, open door, "I didn't say anything!" I laughed, "Beautiful, hmm? Who's the vain one now?"
She opened her mouth to say something, but she apparently was at a loss of words.
Just then, Zaalbar walked out of the 'Fresher, "I'd intended to take a shower, but it looks like you need a cold one more than I do right now."
She threw her hands up in desperation as she stormed off towards the cockpit, for a second though.. I thought I saw a smile on her face.
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Bastila
"Bastila? Come on love, wake up."
"She'll be fine."
"Yeah, well I'm not taking your word for it! She never had military training like we did, it might've effected her more than us!"
"You know you're just wasting your time, right? Your force powers don't go through these shields.. you can't help her."
"I'm pretty darn amazing though, Carth.."
"Hah... modest as ever.."
"Hey Bastila.. I just cried like a little girl!"
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Trust me, if she can hear us, she'll wake up just to scold me for showing my emotions."
I slowly opened my eyes before quickly closing them again at the bright lights, I didn't remember much.. the last thing I remembered was Carth, who told me the ship that was drawing us in was the Leviathan, Saul Karath's ship..
"You okay?" I reluctantly opened my eyes again at the soft voice before me, Seth sat before me.. but he seemed fuzzy, it took me a moment to realize that he wasn't exactly sitting right before me, we were in force cages, and he was in a seperate one.
"You might've been better off unconsious." I sat up and looked behind me, it seemed like Carth had been put in a force cage aswel, he stood there with his arms crossed, his jaw set, and his eyes narrow. He was angry, very angry. I wondered if perhaps Saul had already been in here whilst I was unconsious.
"I told you, didn't I?" Seth laughed at Carth, "I swear.. if I got 1 credit every time I was right, I'd be a rich man indeed."
I opened my mouth to respond to that, when I heard a soft swooshing sound, I looked up and saw a man walking up to us.. no doubt this was Saul Karath.
"Carth.. it's been a while. You look horrible man, what have you been doing? I barely recognized you."
"But I recognize you Saul.. I'll never forget your face.. it's the first thing I see before I wake up, and the last thing before I go to sleep. And I won't rest until you've paid for what you've done, you can never hide from me.. I'll find you, wherever you run off to, I'll keep searching, even if it's the last thing I do." Carth said, trying to stay as calm as possible.
"I find it flattering that I still play such an important role in your life," Saul laughed harshly, "But it doesn't matter.. you don't matter. Lord Malak is much more interested in your Jedi companions."
"You might wanna tone it down a little, before Carth breaks out of his cage.." Seth said, "And trust me, you don't want that."
Saul turned his attention from Carth to Seth, "I was told you were like this.. joking around even in the most serious situations.. it seems not much has changed."
I bit my lip, this was getting out of hand, "Whatever it is you want, Admiral, you're not getting it from us!" I called quickly, drawing his attention to me instead.
"Of course, I hadn't expected cooperation from you, or Carth for that matter.. but you and I both know there's one person in this room that has proven to not take loyalty too seriously."
I glanced over at Seth, who had a very monotone expression on his face, "You lost me there, old man. Care to explain why you think you know so much about me?"
Saul looked back at me, a mixed expression on his face, "Oh this is.. you mean you don't know?" he laughed, "I knew you were a charming lady, but to make someone forget about their past.. I didn't know you could do that!"
"What can I say? I'm a talented indiviual, it rubs off on others too."
"I tire of these games.. now I want answers," Saul turned towards Seth and smiled at him, "Don't worry, you'll get your answers soon enough."
"You're wasting your time Saul, we're not gonna answer anything!" Carth spat at him from the other side of the room.
"Enough!" Saul growled, "I don't have time to waste on you. Now, you," he looked back at Seth, "You will be a good boy and answer my questions, won't you?"
Seth snorted, "You're pretty full of yourself if you think you can threaten me."
"Oh but I am not stupid. I know your will is too strong to be broken by mere torture.. I know, however, that even the strongest hero has trouble watching the people they love suffer.." he glanced back at me for a second before turning back to Seth, "Every time you refuse to answer a question, or give me a false answer, Bastila will suffer the consequences."
I quickly spoke up when I read the expression on Seth's face, "My pain is meaningless! Tell him nothing!"
"Now tell me..," Saul hissed, "Where is the Jedi Academy at which you were trained?"
Seth glanced over at me, for the first time, I actually saw fear in his eyes, I slowly shook my head, he continued to look at me a little longer before he turned back to Saul.
"It's.. it's on Correlia."
I sighed in relief, Saul's smile however, faltered. "Very foolish of you."
In a split second, the torture field in my cage was activated, I tried as hard as I could to stay calm.. but the pain was just too much.. the harder I tried to keep silent, the harder I screamed.
There is no emotion; there is peace There is no ignorance; there is knowledge There is no passion...
"Enough." Saul said again, raising his hand at the torturer, "Of course that was a trick question.. Lord Malak knew the Enclave was on Dantooine," he smirked at me, "And it has since been destroyed."
I gasped, That can't be true.. can it? No.. it can't be..
Seth gritted his teeth and slammed his hands into the cage around him, even Saul jumped slightly in shock, "You'll pay for that Saul... I swear you'll pay.." he hissed.
I tried to reach out to him, try to calm him, but it was as if he blocked me out.. this was worrying.. I had to find some way to reach him..
"Of course I will," Saul said mockingly, "Perhaps you will speak, now that you know what the price for your little attitude is; What mission did the Council send you on?"
Seth turned towards me again, all the fear was from his eyes now as he stared straight into mine. It took me a moment to realize what this meant.
"They want us to find the Star Forge." he said simply.
I suddenly felt strange, weak.. perhaps this was how he was feeling.. perhaps I was taking his batrayal too hard.. "Why? Why are you telling him this?!" I screamed at him, he continued to look at me, indifference written all over his face. Until he finally turned away from me.
Saul laughed, "I knew you would see reason.. you should be grateful Bastila, he's sparing you from any further suffering."
I looked down, trying to keep my emotions in tone, "The betrayal of the Jedi Order hurts me more than any torture ever could.."
"Oh I highly doubt that, now, how did you find out about the Star Forge?"
Seth sighed and hung his head, "I had a vision.."
I closed my eyes and turned away from him, how could he do this? How could he betray the Jedi and the Republic like this? Why..? But then I realized something.
"I had a vision"
Why did he leave me out? I had the same vision.. was he.. trying to protect me..?
Saul cocked an eyebrow, "You?" Apparently he had trouble believing it.
"Yes.. I.. I came to Dantooine with Bastila and Carth and.. and then I had a vision.. of the Star Map there.. the Jedi Masters sensed that I was hiding something.. I didn't even know I was.. I thought it was just a dream.."
I looked at him sadly as he tried his best to make the lie sound believable..
"...But when I told them of it.. they said it had been a vision.. that's why I was sent with Bastila.. in hopes that I'd have more visions like it.."
"Really?" Saul asked, it sounded like he was hesitating, "And why did Bastila come along then?"
"Because I asked them to.. I told them that if Bastila couldn't go with me.. I wouldn't help them.."
Saul laughed harshly at me, "That's priceless! So you were just a tag-along? I somehow find that hard to believe, Still, it doesn't surprise me that you'd be so selfish as to force them to give you what you want.. Malak will find it amusing when I tell him of this."
Suddenly Seth started laughing too, I turned towards him and paled a little when I saw the look on his face.
"You won't look so smug with my lightsaber through your eyesocket!" he laughed, "Because I can assure you.. I'll break my way out of here soon enough, and when that happens.. you better brace yourself."
Saul stared blankly at him for a second, taken aback by the sudden change of events.
"You made a very big mistake Saul, one that will cost you dearly.. no one underestimates me.. the last one that did," my eyes widened in shock and I felt as if I was gonna faint, "Well.. lets just say he was the last one to ever bare his title."
Mandalore
I felt dizzy, I quickly lowered myself down to my knees, This can't be..
"Malak can never compete with me."
Saul took a step back, "Activate the torture fields!"
Through our screams, I could hear a faint whisper before I passed out.
No one competes with Darth Revan.