Chapter 2

They were being bolstered by the girls power every step of the way and why not, they would need it when they got to him. Revan knew that they would be able to penetrate the guards that he had placed throughout the ship very easily and he knew that they could do that without the backing of Battle Mediation. Battle Mediation, it was a brilliant power and it was going to prove valuable in his battle to strengthen the Republic. Not that he was in real need of it, he had tens of thousands of ships and millions of soldiers while the Republic's ship yards had been leveled and they were facing a man power shortage. The power that Bastila introduced to the equation would just secure his victory and it would do well to do away with their notions of ever beating him in this war. "Lord Revan, they've penetrated deck two."

"I know," Revan said. "Inform the Dark Jedi on that level." Revan's eyes darted to the massive Interdictor ship that was gliding parallel to his own, his phased out the bright flashes of light that were now surrounding it from the battle and he sought out Malak's presence in the force. Malak was angry, he could feel it from there with stunning clarity and it only amused him, he wondered what had gotten his apprentice so stunningly angry and he fought down the urge to contact the Leviathan just to contact him.

If he was right then he would be seeing Malak very soon. When he had learned of this plot against him, it had stunned him, sure he knew that the time would come one day and he was prepared to face Malak in combat, but the only difference was that Malak wasn't and he was going to try to do it from afar and behind his back. That showed cowardice on his 'friends' part, and he had begun to involve his Admiral's in the plot which showed even more of that cowardice. He was going to kill Malak, one way or the other but he would not have his title usurped from him by surprise.

"Ensign, set up a com link with all the fighters and frigates in our attack fleet and re-route station to my command station." Revan ordered stepping forward to the large command control station that was attached to the head of the bridge. This was his personal station that he could use to direct the fleet and do whatever business that he needed to do himself.

His fingers darted over the keyboard, and when the communication channel was active he fingered the key that would allow him to speak with the thousands of Star Fighter pilots. "All pilots this is Darth Revan, focus your attack on the Republic Command Ship, you have to penetrate their shields, all attack frigates and Interdictors provide cover for the fighters until they break the shields and then focus your attack on that capital ship."

When he received an affirmation signal, he turned to that Ensign, he was a young man, human, most likely mid twenties and he was the youngest officer to ever make his bridge crew. Normally Revan would have objected to him being on the bridge crew with that much lacking of experience, but Yarr had vouched for him and he certainly was doing his job with flying colors. Since the boy had been promoted, he had changed his views of seniority to an extent, if younger officers demonstrated that they could work under enormous amounts of pressure than they would be promoted, and promotion wouldn't just fall to the people who had the longest amount of service time.

"Ensign …Thrullon is it?" Revan asked fishing for the boy's last name.

Thrullon gulped, this was the first time that Revan had addressed him by his name and had paid attention to him at all without giving any sort of directive or order. His face paled as he realized that he wasn't speaking. "L-Lord Revan, is there something that I can do for you? Do you want me to re-route your-"

"Relax Ensign," Revan chuckled putting a hand up. "I was going to merely suggest that you accompany the rest of the bridge crew to the auxiliary bridge, it's going to be a war zone in here very soon, take a few breaths."

Thrullon visually softened, chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his neck to relieve the tension. "I'm sorry sir, it's just so nerve wracking to be talking to you, and I mean with all due respect, you're …you!"

"That's flattering Ensign, but I really need you to vacate the bridge," Revan reasoned, it wasn't that he was angry or irritated by the boy, it was caused by the fact that he could feel the Jedi and the Republic soldiers approaching rapidly and he needed to have all of the bridge crew evacuated. "I'm gonna be fighting a lot of opponents and you could get hurt in the midst of it all."

He watched as the young man went through the procedure of shutting down his station rather quickly, and then he straightened his uniform cap and saluted him. "I'll be heading to the auxiliary bridge, victory to you sir!"

Revan smiled and returned his salute. "I think that's a guaranteed victory."

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Command Deck, Approximately Twenty Standard Minutes Later

Her presence, it was like a bright beacon in the darkness that surrounded him and Revan found it most refreshing. Something about her just radiated pure untapped power, she needed to be groomed to use it and Revan could do that better than any Jedi Master could, he couldn't wait to break her. Standing there in the silence of the bridge he began to think about ways to do it, he could torture her, but with a young girl like that it was either bound to kill her or turn her further away from him and that was something that couldn't happen, he needed her alive. Other methods were drastic and would involve his attention and only his and it would involve his more personal side and he would have to leave the side of himself that was the Dark Lord of the Sith out of the equation. He had more time to think about it later, but he had to focus on the Jedi that were now on his doorstep. "Computer: Open Blast Door."

Hearing the slamming of the bulky reinforced door behind him, he smirked to himself and reached down to his belt and pulled the cylindrical weapon off of his utility belt. Revan needed to be ready, if they had slain his Dark Jedi beforehand then they would undoubtedly attack him first and ask questions later. With the trained reflexes of a battled hardened warrior, his ears perked back and he could hear the light footsteps of his company approaching.

And then Revan could hear the sounds of clashing between lightsabers and he knew that his Dark Jedi had bought him a few more minutes before he would have to enter battle. Thumbing the weapon on, he grasped it in his hand and held it had a neutral stance at his side. There was no need to go into an attack stance until he was threatened, and he would only be really threatened when the Jedi themselves attacked him, he could handle the best Republic Commando blindfolded. His ears perked back further as the noise began to become louder and louder, and then it wasn't long before they were on his bridge. Clearing his throat, he finally turned around to watch his battle.

If Padawan Shan was as good as the intelligence on her reported, then she would have to prove it against the best Dark Jedi that he had in service.

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With every movement what she made, Bastila Shan wore down her opponent to defeat and she began to grow arrogant despite her usually repetitiveness of the Jedi Code in her head. Behind the Dark Jedi she could see her next opponent, he was powerful, more powerful than she had expected and that arrogance that she had been building up was now, steadily, being eaten away by Revan's power over the Dark Side. Beside her, the Republic Commander that had led her team raced behind the Dark Jedi and stood in front of Revan.

The man was dead by all accounts, it would only depend on the manner.

It was clear what manner of death Revan would inflict upon him a moment later when the Dark Lord brought his Lightsaber up, deflected a few shots from the Republic Commander's Blaster Rifle and in one clean arc, decapitated the man where he stood. And when his head hit the deck with a thud, Bastila gasped and continued to press her battle against the Dark Jedi.

Now Revan was insulting the man who he had just killed, she felt him manipulating the force to pick the body up and she could see out of the corner of her eye the man's corpse being flung across the bridge only to hit the viewport window with an equally sickening thud. Revan was quite simply a monster and her opinion would never change, she would have to think about that if she ever felt some shred of mercy for the man, that, and what had happened to Telos IV. He had destroyed millions of lives, and if she ever got herself into a position to take his she would have to remember he didn't deserve life. And with that last thought, she stuck the Dark Jedi down to the deck, killing him, and at last she could regroup and make her move.

"You cannot win Revan!" Bastila spoke with the pride of the Order behind her.

The Dark Lord brought his Lightsaber back, and made a beckoning motion for the Padawan, he wanted to test her mental mettle now. "Are you ready to die Young Jedi? Because I can assure you that your months of training have been for nothing, wouldn't be a shame for the Jedi Council to lose their prize?"

She was shocked, he knew? Then why did he not stop them from even boarding his ship. "You knew? That's not possible, you couldn't have known?"

"Really," Revan smirked from behind his mask. "I've known for months, your little stunt at Fondor tipped me off, and I've been very curious about you."

"Enough! Let us end this." Bastila lowered her weapon into another stance.

He grasped his lightsaber in both hands and brought it to rest just above his shoulder. "Very well," He taunted. "As you wish my soon to be apprentice."

Bastila growled, and at that instant, she and her three companions charged.

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