Hello, readers! Back with another chapter! I would like to discuss with you my plans for this fic. I plan on 3 books (maybe more) that are about 50,000 words each. This series will span from post clone wars to the yuuzhan vong war. Sev will be the main character up until around 10 years after Battle of Endor, then i will introduce my own OC, which will based upon myself. I think he will be interesting to say the least. Most people tell me im off my rocker, and I like it that way! Thank you Lord Lupr for following my story! It means a lot to me. If you other readers like this story, be sure to follow. If you don't have a fanfiction account, what are waiting for?! Go make one! Now, Also, if you guys want to suggest a new name for the story, go ahead! The name i have now is more of a place holder. I was thinking Star wars: From the Ashes because of the Empire rising from the ashes of the Republic. Now, onto the story, ya cheeky little bastards!

Chapter 4: Inner Demons

"Good soldiers follow orders. Good soldiers follow orders…"

These words were not my own. It was if I was being possessed by one of those spells those Nightsister bitches like to use.

"Good soldiers follow orders."

My finger started to pull the trigger

"Good..soldiers...don't follow orders."

I could see the stormtrooper sergeant stare at me behind his visor. " What the force are you waiting for?! Take the shot!"

I threw my weapon down beside me

"THEY THINK FOR THEMSELVES!"

"Insubordination! You will be court martialed! Arrest him!"

I picked up my rifle and fired. A hole appeared right between the eyes of the sergeant.

" This isn't what we've spent our life fighting for! Did our brothers die in vain?! Think for yourselves, brothers!"

They looked at me, and I thought for a moment, they were listening. I was wrong

Pow pow pow!

I took cover behind the edge of the tower. It wouldn't hold very long. I had to do something. Was what happened to me already happened to them? I have no choice…

KABOOM!

The charges i set on the bridge weeks earlier exploded, sending many clones falling to their deaths in the forest below. The wookies didn't know, but just in case we had to scuttle the village, I set explosives all over village in inconspicuous places. They were heavily armored, and would only explode if if detonated them remotely.

In the chaos that ensued, i took the opportunity to draw a bead on a flame trooper who was getting ready to burn the beleaguered wookie warriors. They were still advancing among their fellow clones, and I shot the flame tank on their backs. The flame troopers are the ones from the episode 3 video game.

The resulting explosion swallowed the troopers around him, including the other flame troopers. This resulted in chain reaction which took out an entire company of troopers and effectively stopped their ability to funnel infantry at the wookies. I climbed down from the tower and rushed to Tarful, who was hunkered down behind the Woshyr tree, which was mostly ash now.

"WHAT THE FORCE WERE YOU DOING POINTING YOUR WEAPON AT ME?!" Tarful looked at me like I was insane. Perhaps he was right.

"I don't know… It was like something snapped inside me and nearly forced me to kill you when that officer gave me the order."

"What officer? You were talking to them?!" Tarful gave me a suspicious glare.

"I was in denial! I thought they were making a mistake and tried to contact them. I thought they would stop!" I glared at him right back. I knew I was in the wrong here, but I wasn't going to let him intimidate me.

Tarful sighed and looked at me, "Do you know why they attacked us?"

"The-the officer told me that the Galactic Republic has been reformed into the Galactic Empire my Palpatine. He is now the emperor. The officer explained that the Wookies were offered the "opportunity" to serve the Empire. I have no doubt that from what they have done to this village, your service would have been more like slavery."

Tarful had rage rolling off from him in palpable waves. He roared so loudly that some birds that were hiding inside the forest below flew away, shrieking in terror.

"I KNEW THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TRUSTED THOSE HONORLESS REPUBLIC POLITICIANS! I WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT MY PEOPLE! I've BEEN CUT OFF FROM MY SUBJECTS FOR WEEKS AND THIS HAPPENS?! I should have been out there fighting in defense of Kashyyyk with Master Yoda. I have failed them…"

I stared at him with confusion evident in my face, "Wait, you were going to fight with the Grandmaster? I thought you couldn't take me back me back to my squad…"

Tarful looked at me with horror in his eyes, "I wasn't exactly telling the tru-"

HE COULD HAVE TAKEN ME BACK TO MY FAMILY?! TO SCORCH?!

"YOU FRACKING LIED TO ME?! I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER SEE MY BROTHERS AGAIN! YOU BASTARD! ILL KILL YOU!"

All I could see was red. My rage overtook me. All I remember was me trying to stab Tarful with my gauntlet blades, Tarful's shocked expression, and blood on my hands.

Wait blood?! No no no no no no… What have I done?!

I woke up in the medbay. Wait where is he?! I can't have killed him..

"I'm cough right here, you bastard." Tarful looked at me with anger and disappointment in his eyes.

"You should have told me earlier!" I glared right back

"You're not even going to apologize?" He looked even angrier

"Fine… I'm sorry alright?! Look, let's just start from the beginning." I looked down at my feet.

"We never really trusted from the Republic, so when we rescued you, we seized the opportunity to have a source of information about the GAR. However, the Separatists proved to be significantly more of a problem than we anticipated. Our people never got the opportunity to question you. I attempted to get info out of you subtly during our hunts, but you proved to be very resilient to this tactic. Over time, I grew to see you as a friend, and couldn't with a clean conscience get information out of you like that. We were going to go back to our original plans with the lull is Separatist activity as of late, but this happened. I truly am sorry for keeping you from your brothers."

It was a lot to take in, but he did say that he regretted it in the end, so I forgave him.

"How long was I out?"

"A couple of hours. We are going to link up with the Wookie resistance and take over a Republic transport ship. We were wondering if you could make a rough schematic of the layout."

He pulled up a hologram of the ship. It was a Republic Assault Ship.

"Yeah, I think I can do that."

So, I realized in the middle of writing this that there was a plothole in previous chapters. Tarful participated in the main battle of Kashyyyk and helped Yoda escape Order 66, so I decided to improvise rather than redo all my chapters, while at the same time creating tension between our characters. Hopefully, my improvisation was cringey as all hell. This is Lord Revan, Jumping into hyperspace!