1 A young woman sat in the dark recesses of the star forge meditating. At first look one could mistake her for one of the crew, in fact once a young lieutenant had , however that mistake was sorely regretted when she calmly started choking the life out of him. The only reason the young officer had lived to tell the tale was because Darth Malak had happened upon the incident. He was able to persuade his young apprentice albeit with some difficulty to leave the young lieutenant alone.
Bastila Shan raised her head smiling with wry amusement at the memory. Her sickly yellow eyes once a vibrant blue opened slowly . She carefully eased herself off the floor, although it had been a week since her tortures had ended she was still rather sore. However she would never admit this to anyone else as the sith must never show weakness.
She walked confidently down the hall to the observation deck where her master was waiting. Although she seemed quite sure of herself, inside she was churning with turmoil and doubt. Throughout her torture she had expected Revan to rescue her, naive fool that she was . She smiled bitterly ,no matter how much she wished he was there he never showed up After much taunting by Malak , she had begun to doubt that Revan had loved her in the first place.
That combined with the gruesome methods he had used to torture her had turned her.
She was startled out of her reverie when she heard a familiar voice with a metallic sound talking to a group of dark jedi.
"Revan is in the star forge system, our sith ships have proved a valuable distraction, Revan has landed on the temple world just as I have predicted . I am sending you to make sure he does not get off the planet alive." Malak informed the dark jedi.
Bastila chose this moment to enter the room . She bowed her head ,sinking toward the ground in submission.
"Master" She intoned worshipfully.
"I was wondering if considering the relationship Revan and I used to share , I could go along with the others." She suggested nodding her head at the dark jedi.
"Very well Bastila, you may go."Malak decided after a few moments of consideration.
In spite of herself and her convictions she felt her heart leap at the thought of seeing Revan again.
"However , you personally must make sure he doesn't live."
She felt her heart sink in her chest. No, she couldnt do it ,not kill Revan. Not the man she loved.
But then she remembered how he hadnt come, not when she had needed him the most.
This firmed her resolve.
"Yes master, I shall leave right away." With another submissive bow toward Malak she left the room in the direction of the nearest ship.
Malak laughed diabolically as the lone ship launched itself toward the unknown world.
Knowing full well that if Bastila killed Revan, she would be completely and utterly submersed in the darkness...