Hey guys, this is my first fan fiction so please don't judge me too hard. It involves the game KOTOR and later on KOTOR 2 will be brought in… somehow. I don't really have anything to say, besides… thanks for your time and enjoy my first piece of writing… ^_^
DISCLAIMER: This story is a fan fiction. Lucas Arts, Bio Ware, and Obsidian entertainment are the original creators of Star War: Knights of the Old Republic. This story is has NOTHING to do with the next game or the online game THE OLD REPLUBLIC.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Chaos Rises
Chapter I: The Return
The Jedi code:
There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no death, there is the Force.
Many Jedi have found this code difficult to follow. Some have been exiled and some have fallen into the dark side because of this code. Many people from the galaxy believed it was the Jedi Order that led the galaxy to conflicts that the Republic had against with the Sith. The Republic had believed this greatly, especially the politics -- the Senate -- they would blame the Jedi Order for new rises of the Sith, just as they did for the rise of the Revan and Malak. Even though the Jedi Order was blamed, they kept quiet and protected the galaxy along with the Republic.
Although, the Senate sees the Jedi as code breakers; there are still many Jedi that follow the Jedi code significantly. Some of these Jedi has been regarded as the new heroes of the galaxy by the Republic. They celebrate for the victory, but they wait -- they wait for another fall -- they believe these heroic Jedi will turn on the galaxy and join the Sith -- maybe not now, but eventually they will.
That is what the public believes… and so does the Senate.
Silence was heard after the explosion. The republic ships withdraw from what was left of the Star Forge back to Coruscant. The Ebon Hawk and its crew found themselves floating in space with no course. After Malak was defeated, Revan was left injured and exhausted; Bastila was worn out by her battle meditation from assisting the Republic fleet. This left Jolee and Juhani to mend the injuries of the crew, using their force and also medpacs that Jolee had put together. The crew didn't seem to have any life-threatening wounds, which gave Revan a huge relief; he would've killed himself if he saw his friends die in front of him.
Carth was blasted in the arm which gave him a burnt gash, Juhani was burnt by the blade of a lightsaber from a dark Jedi on her left forearm. Jolee had his left leg cut by a vibroblade a sith assassin had. Canderous was shot in the leg and slashed across the chest, giving him a burnt mark and a deep scar. HK was hardly blasted at, since he was defending the ship, but Revan insisted to take a look at him later. T3 stayed in the Ebon Hawk repairing the ship, so no harm was done on the little droid. What surprised Revan the most was Mission and Zaalbar, they were not scratched by the tiniest bit. He believed that the two had been working as a team on Taris for so long that they had backed themselves up in battle, saving each other from blasts and swings. Bastila was being treated by Juhani in the port dormitory. She didn't have any wounds besides the remembered pain from Malak's torture. Revan had several slashes on his body and had blood tricking down his head, he found it difficult to just stand. He laid in the medbay as Jolee treated his wounds.
"You're a mess!" the old ex-Jedi yelled.
Revan could only give him a smile, telling him he was okay. Jolee started treating his bloody head that had been smashed against the metal walls and from metals several times by Malak's force push. Not to mention he had his legs and arms burnt by the red lightsaber too, he was just glad his head didn't roll down to Malak's foot.
"How's he doing?" said a voice at the medbay door.
"Bah~ He'll live. Didn't think Malak would wound him this bad. You should've seen what he looked like an hour ago!"
"Neither did I. Whenever I was standing next to him in battle, he's always there to finish it."
Oh, it's Carth. Revan had thought, knowing his best friend had come to check on him.
"Tell when he wakes up, okay? I wanna see where we're heading next," the pilot finished, with the sound of footsteps heading out of the doorway.
Jolee left the medbay to check up on the other crew members, leaving an all bandaged up Revan on the bed, with a towel covering his eyes. Jolee spotted Canderous down the hallway, sitting down with a leg stretched out on the floor and a knee up close to his chest. His wounds seemed to be treated well, but Canderous showed an expression that described his pain more than anything else. No one on the ship had ever seen the great Mandalorian suffer an injury like this before. He was in the worst condition, besides Revan. Jolee was told that it had taken ten minutes for Canderous to clot his blood on his chest. From the looks it he wasn't able to walk either. He had never really spoken to Canderous before; all he knew was that Canderous was a mandalorian and a person with honor.
"How's it going… uh… Canderous?" asked Jolee.
"Ha! I've been in more battles than you can imagine old man. You don't need to concern about me," the Mandalorian answered in his usual cool tone, not showing the least bit of pain.
Jolee nodded and headed out the garage to see Mission. After what seemed like 3 hours, Jolee had finished checking on everyone and returned to the medbay, finding Revan awake in the bed. Revan was looking at all the bandages wrapped around him. He had most of his chest in white straps; his right thigh was covered in white too. He held his head to shake off the sudden dizziness; he felt more straps wrapped around his forehead.
"I thought you'd never wake up, kid."
"How's everyone else?" the former Dark Lord asked weakly in his Coruscanti accent, as though he didn't hear Jolee's comment.
"You want a report, huh? Well…" Jolee went off telling him the injuries of his crew and that they were fine for now and needed more specialized treatment.
After Jolee had finished, Revan grabbed his robes and dressed himself covering the bandages on his body. He felt weak in the legs and held onto anything he could find as he walked to the cockpit. He found Carth sitting in the pilot's chair sleeping. Revan quietly sat down on the empty co-pilot's seat, not wanting to wake Carth up. He knew that everyone was exhausted from the battle about 7 hours ago and needed rest. There wasn't any noise in the ship -- except for the hyperdrive -- for another 3 hours.
"Ebon Hawk. Can you read us Ebon Hawk?" called the transmitter.
Waking both the pilot and the former Dark Lord at the cockpit, they answered the transmitter.
"Carth Onasi here."
"I'm glad I found you, Carth. This is Admiral Dodonna. Are you able to meet with us on the planet, Lehon where the Temple of the Ancients is?" Dodonna asked.
"We'll be there in 3 hours," Revan cut in, "Over and out."
Carth gave Revan a questioned glance, expecting him to explain what he was doing. Nothing was said for about a minute, until Carth couldn't take it any longer.
"Would you tell me what's going on?"
"I'm not sure, by the sounds of it; the admiral seems to be giving us a celebration of some sort." Revan answered.
"You know more than that, Phili-Rev…"
"You can call me Revan. And I only know as much as you do. We'll have to see what they're planning for us on Lehon. Besides they're the Republic fleet, what can happen?"
The answer appeared to satisfy Carth -- at least for now. He hoped he won't be left out of the loop when they arrive on Lehon, the planet of the Rakata.
Revan went around the ship informing everyone that they were returning to Lehon and that the whole crew was to gather together at the Temple of the Ancients including the droids. When he entered the port dormitory, he spotted Bastila asleep. He had been trying to avoid her for the past 10 hours; he didn't know what to say to her after their fight on the Star Forge. Even though he had helped her come back to the light by using their love for each other, he wasn't entirely sure if she felt the same way he did. He watched her sleep peacefully for about 10 minutes, until Bastila woke.
"Philius!" she gasped, "How long have you been standing there?"
"Uh… not long. Just letting you know, we're about to land on Lehon. Everyone needs to gather together." He left quickly after informing her; afraid that she would tell him things he did not want to hear.
The whole crew exited the Ebon Hawk via loading ramp onto the shores of Lehon. Carth could see Canderous stumbling a bit, so he hung Canderous' arm over his shoulder to ease the walk. Carth was expecting him to blast him, but instead he said thanks. Revan guessed it was because of the battles the two had been in together, that their friendship had grown a little. Jolee watched Revan closely afraid of him falling over, since his wounds haven't recovered. Bastila was fine, but Revan insisted Mission to watch over her. The crew found their way up to the temple, where they discovered a crowd of republic soldiers and the native species of Lehon -- the Rakata.
"I'm glad you made it, Philius." Dodonna said walking over to them from the stairs of the temple.
"What is this?" Carth asked surprised like the rest of the crew.
"We're a bit behind schedule, follow me and you'll see." The admiral replied.
The crew followed the Admiral to the temple stairs, where they could look down on the crowd of republic soldiers and the Rakata. Master Vander also joined them on the stairs of the temple.
"From Coruscant to the Outer Rim, you will be known heroes to the Republic. I present each of you the Cross of Glory." Dodonna rewarded.
The crowd clapped and cheered nonstop.
"I love you," Revan suddenly said to Bastila, over the loud cheering.
"I-I love you too," Bastila replied, "with all my heart."
Revan was stunned by the reply, he had thought he'll never hear this from the girl he loved, "Y-you're not afraid to love?"
"After all this? No. Nothing would feel safer than to be loved by you," the Jedi answered looking at Revan's golden brown eyes.
After 5 minutes of constant clap and cheer, the crowd finally calms. The Rakata left for their homes and the Republic soldiers boarded their ship. Admiral Dodonna gave her regards with one last salute and boarded. Master Vander also congratulated the crew for the victory and said that the Jedi Masters would be expecting them back on Dantooine.
Once the ceremony ended with everyone departed, Revan and his friends prepared a bon fire on the shore where they first crashed; celebrating the victory they had against the Sith Lord, Malak. Drinking the last of the Tarisian ale they had stored on the ship along with other drinks. They talked and laughed trying to forget the pain they had from the injuries. When nightfall came, the crew stumbled their way back onto the ship, leaving a pile of ash on the sandy shore.
***
Once they boarded the ship, most of the crew collapsed in their rooms -- Mission was the only one that was awake besides the droids, because she didn't drink any of the ale. She helped her friends onto the bed with great difficulty. Making sure the wounds on Canderous and Revan didn't reopen and changing bandages on the others.
Mission walked back to the port dormitory where it was the girl's dormitory and collapsed in her bed after a tiring night of helping and checkups.
Help! Someone help! No! Don't kill me, please! I'll give you all my credits, the ancient artifacts I found! Just don't kill me! AHHHHHHH!
Waking up, drenched in sweat, Revan felt a great disturbance in the force. Someone died and not just one person, there were many. He sat on the edge of the bed, his head held in his hands. He was thinking. Concentrating. Not noticing someone by the door, watching him.
"You felt it too," the voice said in the dark, by the door.
Revan knew who it was, but he was too pained to answer her. The wounds he had, added with the death of hundreds of people on another planet doubled the soreness he had felt.
"W-who killed them?" he asked softly.
"I don't know, but whoever it was, he would be a threat to the galaxy. We must inform the Jedi Masters," she answered.
"Yes, but not tomorrow." Revan answered.
Both of them knew that only they could feel the disturbance because of their bond. Something only Revan could feel and that, flowed through to Bastila. The Jedi Masters would have felt nothing, at least not yet. The two Jedis sat in the main hold unable to sleep after the disturbance. It was quiet for 10 minutes -- both of them thinking about different things.
"I-I haven't really said anything to you after you found out you were the former Dark Lord of the Sith," Bastila began.
There was a long pause before neither of them spoke,
"I want to apologize for keeping this secret from you. The Council had come to the point of exiling the Jedi that reveals your secret. Being a Jedi…"
"Is everything to you," Revan cut in, "To be honest, I was annoyed at first. The fact that the person I had loved didn't tell me; even after she had said she loved me. But I could never hold a grudge against you."
"I-I thought you would've had a different response," Bastila said, "I didn't expect you to be so… so calm."
Revan only chuckled at the response Bastila gave, "You wouldn't be saying that if you saw me after me and Carth escaped from the Leviathan."
"I am sorry, I agonized you for not telling you your identity," Bastila said, looking down on the floor, not daring to look into Revan's eyes.
"My past is nothing. I can't remember a thing. All that matters now is you. If it makes it easier, you can call me Revan." he said, holding Bastila's head up.
"I think Revan sounds better than Philius too," she smiled.
They lessened the distance between them, their heads came in close. Their lips were only millimeters away, both their hearts beating quickly.
"Who the hell turned the lights on?" asked a voice, walking towards the main hold.
Bastila pushed Revan away hurriedly, pretending nothing happened.
"Carth. Good morning," Bastila greeted hesitantly.
"Did I interrupt? Uh… please do continue, just pretend I was never here."
"No! We were just discussing what we were going to do today," Revan replied.
The three of them, got themselves a cup of caffa and discussed about flying to Dantooine. Once everyone woke, Revan gathered them in the main hold. He explained that they were returning to Dantooine and that they would get proper treatment for everyone's injuries, mentioning how well Jolee and Juhani had temporarily treated them.
"Ready when you are captain," Revan said punching in the coordinates.
They left the Rakata planet and went into hyperspace in the direction of the Jedi enclave on Dantooine.