Prologue to a story I'm currently working on to give a short 'intro' to what is to come and a brief explanation as to why there's an extra team member. Not my best, by far, but just a little something to make sure there is no question about how later events in the story came to be. Lenlla is my LSF Revan. She's a bit unorthodox, however, in many ways - so expect to see that in the chapters to come.
"What do you know? I guess he wasn't a 'true Sith' after all." Mekel breathed a sigh of relief, though it was barely audible over the ambient sounds of the tomb. "I can't believe that I'm alive. You saved me… you could have easily just answered those questions and let me die." He stared at Lenlla in disbelief, the moment still feeling very surreal for him. Lenlla smiled, "Nobody deserves to die like that. Nobody." He chuckled slightly, "Yeah, well…" Then the thought sunk in and the smile and laugh faded into the heavy air. "I see what you mean. I've never… I mean, I've never been on that side of the fence before." He nervously rubbed the back of his neck, "It makes you think. I'd be dead if you weren't… I mean, if you were a proper Sith. But you're not, are you?" As he brought his hand down, Lenlla slowly shook her head. Mekel allowed his smile to come back, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
Lenlla was feeling confident. They had just come from the tomb of Ajunta Pall and she had managed to turn an Ancient Sith Lord back to the light, so tried her powers of persuasion on Mekel. "This could be your chance to change your ways, Mekel." He looked at her, silent in thought for a moment. Finally he found words, "You mean… the light side? I've never thought about that, can you… can you even go back?" A look that could be considered remorse crossed his features, "I've done some… I mean, I've hurt a lot of people." Before Lenlla could respond to this, Juhani spoke up. "You can always turn back to the light." Rather than adding anymore, the young Jedi nodded her head in agreement. Mekel looked between them, "I… I don't know… I don't think the light side is for me. But… maybe neither are the Sith. Maybe it's time for me to leave. Thanks, I suppose… and good luck." He gave one final smile in thanks to his life saver before starting on his way out of the tomb.
It was as the former Sith started to walk away that Lenlla realized an alley was leaving. "Carth, Juhani – get what you can, I need to go check on something I thought I saw on the way in." Her companions exchanged glances before doing as she asked, the young Jedi running off after their potential alley. Well, neither Carth nor Juhani saw him as such. They both silently agreed that what Lenlla had done was a good thing, and that Mekel had deserved to have a second chance, but it was even riskier than Juhani joining them. She hadn't fallen so far for so long, nor done as much damage. It wasn't their place to question her, though. Each had learned that once Lenlla had her mind on something, there really was no turning it. Then again they weren't even sure she was going to talk to him – it was obvious though that she wasn't going to look at anything else… there had been nothing else on their trip in.
None of these thoughts or ideas would have been able to stop Lenlla though, as she was determined to at least set up another meeting with the ex-Sith. When she was out of ear-shot of her friends, Lenlla called out to the retreating form of Mekel. "Wait… please." He stopped and looked over his shoulder at her, recognizing her voice. "What's wrong?" He asked, arching a brow as she ran up to him. "Mekel – I'd like to see you again, but I have a few more things to finish up here at the academy before we can leave. Could we meet in the cantina?" His response surprised her, as it was quick and in agreement. "I'd love to – I, too, need to take care of a few things here first. But once I am done, I will wait for you at the cantina." Lenlla nodded and Mekel ran off without another word or glance.
Carth's heavy footsteps met Lenlla's ears first, before his voice, and she turned to see him, Juhani not far behind. "Get what you needed?" He asked a slightly suspicious look on his features. "Uh, yeah – let's go, I still want to hit that cave." He nodded and they waited for Juhani to join them before exiting the tomb.