I previously announced that my Kotor 2 Btvs x-over was on indefinite hiatus. This i am pleased to say is no longer true. I tried to rewrite it with the concept of using only character, but the lack of inspiration and the nagging guilt of leaving the first story unfinished frankly left a bad taste in my mouth. And then idea's for a sequel popped into my head.
So i have begun again. and already the writers block has been thoroughly beaten down. The idea's are flowing once again. And i vow to not stop writing until this story is finished.
And now for the disclaimer.
Knights of the Old Republic II: Sith Lords - Volume 3: The Enclaves.
Knights of the old Republic and Starwars are owned by George Lucas (I think he owns them both). Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all characters belong to Joss Whedon. I own nothing here. As said by many wise men..and women…please don't sue me.
The timeline for Buffy takes place about three years after the end of Buffy. No exact date has been decided. KOTOR 2 timeline starts right from the beginning of the game. I apologize now for my lack of grammar etc, etc. I've never posted anything I've written until now. This bug has been floating in my skull since I first read Slayers of the old republic by Michael Weyer. It definitely fed my imagination. Thanks Michael. Anyways on with the show. Please comment. It won't get better in quality or quantity without constructive criticism.
Dantooine - Khoonda
Giles stepped through the entrance of Khoonda's only building, and center of government, and silently noted how the interior was in far better repair than the exterior, and also seemed slightly more welcoming.
He instantly spotted a lone human male behind a large desk directly infront of him and his trailing companions, flanked by two doors, and to his left he spotted two young women locked in a very interesting and surprisingly loud conversation.
Both Shayla and Shannon stopped as they entered, hearing the conversation as easily as he could.
"Do you actually believe a Jedi would return here? After all they've done to us?...They wouldn't dare!" shreiked a tall woman in her late twenties.
Her companion nodded rapidly "They certainly would! You remember how they were, always so superior, so arrogant, and never lending a hand when we really needed them".
"I still don't believe it" the taller woman admonished.
"Well you should. My cousin's friend, he used to tend the gardens around the Enclave. He swears he spotted a Jedi in Khoonda. He could be hiding anywhere!" the shorter woman said.
"Well, i hope it's true then, we could certainly use the money".
The second woman smirked "Unless someone beats you to it".
Shayla stepped slightly closer to Giles "Perhaps we should conclude our business with the administrator quickly" she whispered.
Giles nodded "Yes, i believe your right".
Shannon stepped closer as well, her long dark brown hair pulled into an intricate braid "I'll meet you guys back here, i'm going to do some snooping".
Giles pushed his glasses up "Be carefull Shannon, and discrete".
The eighteen year old Slayer smiled demurly "I am always Discrete bossman" and sauntered back out the main doors.
Shayla wasted no time however and was already approching the main desk, the receptionist stood as she approached "Welcome to Khoonda" he said with an oddly familiar accent, nearly american to Giles ears "You're Salvagers right? You'll need to see Administrator Adare to get access to the ruins. If you need directions to anyting else just ask me" he smiled.
Shayla smiled as she took the lead "Can i ask where the administrator is?".
"Her office is directly behind this room, you can't really miss it. She can see you know if you'd like?" he responded, motioning to both doors "Both entrances lead into the building interior, this use to be a private estate before the Sith attacked".
Shayla bowed slightly "Thank you, that would be excellent", and with only a glance to Giles she turned to the door on the right and passed through, Giles quickly fell in step.
"I do hope we can get access to the ruins, from the sounds of it the local administration has some sort of security system in place to control the number of Salvagers" he said quietly.
"You and i both Rupert, however, even if she does not grant us access, i'm sure we can find a way in" Shayla smirked.
Giles smiled as they made eye contact, but said nothing as they entered the next room, a rather large room, two armed Militia men stood on either side of the door, their helmets obscuring most of they're faces, and directly in front of them sat a dark haired woman in her late thirties or early fourties, with an air of strength that was undeniable, Giles could instantly see why the locals had rallied behind this woman.
Shayla wasted no time however "Administrator Adare i presume?".
"Yes, I am Administrator Adare, Welcome to Khoonda" she said as she stood and moved from bheind her large desk "You wouldn't happen to be the owner of the...uhm..ship, that recently landed?".
Giles caught the odd look in the woman's eyes, but decided to let Shayla take the lead.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Shayla Kracek, and this is Rupert Giles" she smiled and extended her hand.
Adare nodded to the both of them and accepted both extended hands in turn "Depending upon your business here, the pleasure may be mutual, but you didn't answer my question".
'Oh she's good' Giles thought.
"Yes, we do own the ship" Shayla answered.
"The Ebon hawk if i'm not mistaken, it has been on Dantooine before, during the war" Adare continue as she turned back towards her desk "A Jedi vessel".
Giles nearly choked but managed to keep his face passive "We..we..would prefer it if that remained between us" he stammered slightly "Concidering the local views in regards to Jedi".
Adare nodded "An unfortunate truth yes. And a wise request. Which of course i will honor. Most settlers here hold bitter memories of the Sith occupation. Right or wrong our settlers blame the Jedi and their Enclave for their suffering. I however remember the old Jedi Masters and the conciderable help they lent to Dantooine".
Shayla relaxed slightly, as did Giles "I'm glad to hear that".
Adare leaned forward and seemed to size up Shayla, and then himself, her eyes twinkling in deep thought "I still maintain discreet...connections with the Jedi. I suppose your arrival here is no coincidence".
"The force seems to have guided us here for a reason" Shayla responded cripticly.
Adare however smiled, her shoulders relaxed slightly "Indeed, true coincidence occurs very rarely in the affairs of Jedi. But i should tell you, my...friend...Let's call him, Vrook. Well, we've known each other for many years. And our continued friendship could cause many problems in the current political climate. He came to dantooine not too long ago, seeking something very important. Unfortunately he has recently gone missing, did he send for you in case something went wrong?".
Shayla hestitated only a second "No, he did not send for us. But we would still like to meet with him".
Adare nodded, her face momentarily flashing sincere worry "I see. Vrook and i had a mutually beneficial arrangement for the last few weeks. He recently went to the Enclave's sub level in search of something, but he hasn't returned, that was nearly ten days ago. The sub level is extremely dangerous and i am begining to worry for his well being".
"Then i believe we can be of assistance, if you could grant us access to the sub level" Shayla stepped forward slightly.
Adare regarded shayla for a few seconds "Yes, of course. We are fortunate that you have come" she responded, her bearing changing instantly to the strong Administrator "Don't expect it to be easy however.".
Giles smiled "We never expect anything to be..easy".
Adare nodded "I will have my aide transmit access codes for you to the security access door. Expect trouble down their, you will most certainly find it".
Salvagers Camp
Riley Finn tried to ignore the incredible stench of unwashed bodies as he milled through the small encampment that served as both housing and main base for the salvagers all around him, young, old, human and alien.
It was easy to see that many had brought their families with them to this once lush planet, just to pick over the ruins that lay only a few kilometers away, he wasn't sure if the nausea he felt was the stench, or how quickly people were willing to feed on others demise.
Hey, Finn, there's a guy at the north edge selling a Jedi Holocron for only a thousand credits, should i pick it up?
He smirked as he tapped his ear piece "Carefull Miller, i wouldn't be surprised if it's fake".
I'll see if i can talk him down a bit, that way it won't be a complete loss if it is.
"Remember what shay said, trade first before credits, we've got plenty of stuff these people might need" he responded as he stopped to examine a table covered in some kind of sausages.
An old woman with nearly no teeth moved from the shadows of the tent "Hur their boy..you want some Kath hound rolls?".
Riley blinked at the thought "Uh..no, thanks, i'm just browsing".
The old woman's face scrunched up in annoyance "Be gone then" she said with a wave of her hand.
He stumbled back a foot, more from her rotten breath than anything else, then tapped his ear piece again "Hey Cari, gimme a sit-rep".
A few seconds passed before he heard a responce, I'm peachy Finn. she whispered Looking over the Merc camp now, gotta say, these guys live up to their image, i've got eyes on fifty, maybe sixty merc's, half are human, or human looking from up here, all armed to the fucking teeth.
Rley nodded, more to himself "Can you see any kind of central point, a main tent or something that a commander would use?".
Yup, got a big ass tent near the back of the valley, lot's of guys coming in and out. Finn, if it looks like these guys are preparing for something, something big.
"Alright, get back here, we know where they are and that somethings brewing, let's not tip our hand, fifty merc's pissed cause we spied on them for no reason is not something i want to deal with" he whispered back.
Copy that, meet ya back at the monolith in...fifteen minutes.
Riley didn't respond, instead he turned towards the north end of the camp and began weaving his way through the camp, hoping Miller hadn't given away the Ebon hawk for what ever it was that had caught his eyes.
Mercenary Camp
Caridad easily slipped through the rocky terrain as if it was flat ground, using the jagged rocks that jutted from the hillside to cover her decent, the last thing she wanted was to alert any sentries, in and out, that was what Riley ordered.
She had almost reached the nearly over grown path when an odd sound echoed to her right, she instantly stopped, hoping that she hadn't been spotted.
"May as well come out girly" said a rather rough voice.
She internaly cursed herself for not paying closer attention to her surroundings, and slowly moved from her cover, kicking her self even harder as she spotted six heavily armed Mercenaries, all geared up, with big ass rifles, all pointed at her.
"Hi" she said, the only thing she could think of.
A rather tall man, with jet black hair and a thin soul patch stepped forward "What's your business here girl?" he growled.
"Just taking a nice leisurly stroll, and you?" she asked, trying to seem as little of a threat as possible.
Another man, maybe in his mid twenties stepped forward "Wrong place to take a stroll" he leared "Bad things out here, and this far out, no one could hear you scream".
Tall dark, and Cari had to admit kind of handsome twitched slightly "Enough Nallek, there's better sport than this one".
Nallek sneered "Can it Dopak, you being Azkul's pet don't mean poodoo out here eh boys?" he crowed to the remaining four merc's.
Caridad subtley adjusted her stance, and almost smirked upon seeing the slight twitch in Dopak's face, he spotted what she was doing.
"No need for an argument Nallek, just pointing out that we can't afford to go pissing off everyone we come across" Dopak retorted.
The younger, and obviously not so bright Nallek chuckled "First, i think i'll have me some fun with this here little girl...then you and i, are going to have a little chat".
Cari smiled "Wow, you aren't that smart are you?" she nearly cackled "This guy could take you, even i can see that".
Nallek's head snapped back to her "Shut it girly, no one asked you".
Cari knew she had him "Oh no, big bad and rather ugly just told me to shut up..what am i ever going to do?" she mocked.
Dopak stepped back slightly, if she wasn't a trained Slayer she would never have noticed his subtle shift, Nallek however was now totally focused on her.
"Hmm, you've got quite the mouth on ya" Nallek smiled, which Cari found actually made him seem uglier "Boys, handle our esteemed leader".
Dopak didn't fight back as the four remaining mercenaries swivelled their rifles towards him, he moved his hands from his own rifle strapped to his shouler "Let's be calm here, might want to think this through" he said to his four comrades.
Nallek ignored him and slowly advanced on Caridad "Now, where were we" he said, trying to sound tough.
Cari held up one hand, "One more step Nallek and you'll be the laughing stock of every merc on this planet" she smiled, and channeled every ounce of her mentor Faith that she could.
To her credit, Nallek actually hesitated, "Right, like a tiny thing like you could do anything to me" he smirked, and stepped forward.
Cari didn't hesitate, in one smooth motion she pulled her only weapon and effectively ended the fight, stepping passed Nallek she leveled the double bladed crimson saber slightly to the side and smiled as Nallek fell over onto his face.
Dopak was smiling as well, the other four merc's however were completely stunned.
Nallek rolled over and scrambled to pull his pants up, but fell over again as he tried "Schutta!. I'm going to gut you!".
Cari ignored his outburst "Gentlemen, i believe that is your cue to run, and take this trash with you" she said as coldly as she could.
A second later all four mercenaries, along with a half carried Nallek were moving rather quickly back along the trail, the mix of shock and a little fear evident in their faces.
Turning off the lightsaber as she turned towards Dopak, she couldn't help but notice an interesting look etched upon his face "What?".
Dopak smiled slightly "You weren't kidding about making him the laughing stock of the camp, course not many will believe them about a slip of a girl cutting off his belt with a Sith saber".
Cari held back a snicker, "Spread the story then, you seem like a believable guy".
Dopak slowly moved to follow his friends "You should have killed him" he said seriously "Nallek won't let that go".
Cari said nothing as she watched him leave, and didn't move until the tall dark and dangerous mercenary finally dissappeared from sight.
"I know" she sighed, and slowly made her way towards the monolith to meet up with Riley and Miller.
Kind of short concidering the previous chapters done oh so long ago. I thought easing back into the story was the best. Again i offer my appologies to any and all who gave their time to read my work, and were forced to wait for so long for me to continue. Which i hope to do on regular updates. I will also be going over any and all reviews i have received and do my best to respond, most likely within story updates.
Again, my apologies for the long wait, and my thanks to all for their time.