Disclaimer: I don't own Marvel or Star Wars

Finished this chapter sooner than I was going for, but the last one, I tried to put a lot of thought into what I wanted to do. This one, I have been mentally working on for a LONG time.

Dr. Mathattan: I actually didn't consider that when I wrote that part, but looking at it, yeah that is a good way to put it.

So, here we go.

Chapter 9 - Revelations


"Mr. Rocket, may I suggest that you move the Ghhhk five spaces left?" 3PO asked Rocket with as much sophistication as he could around him.

"Are your brain circuits damaged?" Rocket replied with exasperation. "I go there, his Kintan Strider smashes him with his club. I move him straight, I got a clear path at his Monnok."

"I am merely saving your life. Wookies can be very violent if upset enough."

Rocket looked at his opponent, Chewbacca, with skepticism. "So I'm suppose to just throw the game because you're a sore loser?"

Chewbacca smiled as he nodded with a single grunt.

"Fine. But no one's gonna want to play with you, you know."

Before Chewbacca could move, he heard a beep indicating they were coming out of hyperspace. He got out of his seat and made his way to the cockpit, 3PO close behind. Once the coast was clear, Rocket took out Chewbacca's Monnok. Then he scurried over and moved Chewbacca's Strider a space, only to be picked up and slammed by a Savrip once Rocket scurried back to his side.

"Ha. I win, and still in one piece," Rocket said with satisfaction as he jumped off his chair and headed to the cockpit.

"I am Groot," Groot protested.

"Yeah well threatening to crush my head is cheating too."

They stopped in their tracks as they heard a threatening roar coming from Chewbacca.

"How the hell did he know?" Rocket shouted.

"This has nothing to do with you!" 3PO shouted with panic in his voice. "There are Trandoshan Hunter ships surrounding his planet! We're doomed!"

Chewbacca just growled as he took the controls and the ship jolted forward while swaying from side to side as he dodged fire coming from the huge ships, ignoring the shouts coming from the passengers as they were being thrown around like ping-pong balls in a lottery machine.

After what seemed like several minutes of thousands of gun shots, only a few more sounds of laser fire, and it was silent.

"Oh thank the maker we're out of firing range," 3PO said as he laid on the floor.

"What was that all about?" Rocket cried out while trying to stand up but was too busy, and needed Groot to help him steady.

"Trandoshans are the archenemies of the Wookies," 3PO explained. "They have been at war for thousands of years. Both sides have their stories about who started the fight, and it is impossible at this point to determine the truth, but as we're in the presence of Chewbacca and his planet is being invaded, I'm going to take his side."

Chewbacca flew the Falcon into Kashyyyk's atmosphere, and Groot looked in awe at the trees that could indeed touch the sky. Chewbacca, however was eager to get to his home and find out what was going on. He really wanted to know why the New Republic didn't inform him. It was possible communications were jammed.

He landed the ship on a huge landing platform made of wood and needed several trees to support it. The group eagerly made their way down the cockpit and were greeted by dozens more Wookies.

"For a planet being invaded, sure looks whole," Rocket surmised.

"Most likely the Trandoshans are hiding in the trees capturing Wookies already in the forest," 3PO explained.

Chewbacca was greeted by a tall and slender Wookie with silky hair that hugged him affectionately while growling in the Wookie language with much despair.

"That is Mallatobuck, Chewbacca's mate," 3PO explained. "She is saying that the Trandoshans came several weeks ago and landed their ships in the forests. At that point, several groups of Wookie hunters were already deep within. They sent more hunters out to warn them. It has been many days, and none had returned. She had tried to contact him, but the slave ships blockading the planet have jammed their communications."

Chewbacca growled something that sounded like it was of most importance, and his mate only lowered her head.

"Oh no," 3PO exclaimed in utmost horror.

"What's up?" Rocket asked the golden protocol droid.

"Chewbacca was asking about his son, Lumpawaroo."

Rocket didn't need further translation from Mallatobuck's expression, or Chewbacca's angry and sound roar loud enough for the entire village to hear.

It took a while for Groot to figure out, but once it came to him, he looked at Chewbacca and gasped.

The male Wookie pulled away from his mate and stormed off with his bowcaster ready, ignoring the protests of Mallatobuck.

"What's gonna happen to the kid?" Rocket asked.

"Chewbacca has experienced Trandoshan slavers before. They'll take the Wookies they capture to their planet and let them loose, just to hunt them. And slay them."

Upon hearing that, suddenly the tree creature's face was angry and determined and twigs popped from his back like spikes on a porcupine.

"I AM GROOT!" he declared

Chewbacca was surprised by Groot obviously wanting to go with him, but upon seeing the eager look on the Guardian's face, the Wookie gave a nod of appreciation.

Rocket gave a similar look and took out his own gun.

"I'm going with them."

C-3PO looked at him with surprise. "But the metal you need...?"

"It'll be there when I get back. But if Groot's going out there, he won't survive without me. He's not exactly the brightest star in the galaxy." His tone then became a spiteful snarl. "Besides, if there's one thing I hate more than anything, it's animals that hunt other animals just for the fun of it."


At the edge of the Eastern Dune Sea, his fellow Tusken Raiders brought over the unconscious human they captured, URoRRuR'R'R walked over and examined him, trying to figure out why this human looked so familiar, which was very rare as all the unholy pillagers who invaded their home and claimed it as theirs looked the same to most Tusken Raiders.

But he brayed in alarm as he saw something attached to the human's belt. He had seen that weapon before, when a human with a blade made of blue fire slaughtered every man, woman, and child in his first tribe. If he hadn't been hiding behind the rocks at the time when he was a child, he'd be among the dead there as well. It was since then, he had to learn to survive at a young age and when he encountered another tribe, his skills paid off as he became its leader.

But this human with his weapon was a danger to his tribe and had to be destroyed immediately. URoRRuR'R'R grabbed his gaderffi and lifted it over his head, ready to pierce this human's heart with the blade end, when a strange sound echoed around them.

GET DOWN LADIES YOU GOT NOTHING TO LOSE! Hello, Daddy! Hello, Mom!

Using his rocket boots, Quill flew over the sandpeople and fired his gun at the dirt below the Raiders' feet, as his music blared from his cassette player.

I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch CHERRY BOMB! Hello, world I'm your wild girl!

"DANCE MONKEYS!"

The Tuskens were bellowing in fear and anger as they darted away from the weapon that threatened to do them harm as the strange human hovered around them, outside of the reach of their gaffis. It didn't help that the strange sound coming from him was driving them mad.

I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch CHERRY BOMB!

"THAT'S RIGHT!" Quill taunted them while firing. "WHO'S BAD! YEAH! I'M BAD! I'M BAD! WHO'S BAD! THAT'S RIGHT I'M BAD!"

URoRRuR'R'R dove behind a bolder and picked up his slugthrower rifle. He realized that this human wasn't trying to hit any of the Raiders. If he knew one thing, being unwilling to kill your opponent was a weakness.

But for the moment, he was going to rob this strange human of his advantage. He fired his rifle, which hit one of Quill's rocket boots, causing it to malfunction and he started spinning out of control before landing in the sand.

"Okay," Quill groaned to himself. "Maybe I was a bit overconfident." As he looked to his horror all the Tusken Raiders gathering around him to blunt him to death with the mace side of their gaderffis, he added, "Okay. A LOT overconfident."

But before any of them could strike there was a loud roar that ended with a high pitched howl. The Tuskens halted their attack as they looked around in alarm, like meerkats alert to a predator. They all made a terrified bray as they ran off.

Quill just looked at the fleeing sandpeople in confusion as he heard Luke groan while struggling to stand up.

"You okay?" Quill asked as he too got up with much difficulty. After receiving an affirming nod from Luke, the former Ravager asked, "What happened?"

"Too focused on what I was trying to find, and that strange feeling I keep having, to notice them sneak behind me," Luke answered.

Quill was back on his feet and was smiling when he thought about Luke's story about another encounter with the sandpeople. "I guess you used the same Force trick Obi-Wan did to scare them off."

Luke gave a concerned look as he looked at Quill. "That...actually wasn't me."

Suddenly the two felt the ground shake. They turned their heads towards the sound of a low growl, which they realized was coming from a huge cave. Emerging from the shadows was something of a nightmare. It was like a colossal lizard with massive horns and a mouth large enough to gobble a whole army and decorated with sharp teeth as big as a man. It glared at them with yellow eyes that showed anger and hunger before letting out a fierce roar.

"KRAYT DRAGON!" Luke shouted, identifying the creature to Quill as they made a mad dash before the beast charged after them.

Quill didn't dare look back as they ran as fast as they could, wishing they were in a narrow canyon that it wouldn't fit in. Suddenly he tripped over the sand and spun around to see it looming over him and was directing its mouth at him, only to rear back and roar in pain as Quill wasted no time in firing his gun at the huge tongue. Deciding to take advantage of the situation, Quill quickly got back on his feet and ran after Luke.

After shaking off the pain, it growled in anger before charging at them again.

"Well this is odd," Luke commented as they both ran. "They're usually not this relentless."

"Either he's really hungry or we did something to really piss him off, then," Quill suggested.

"Maybe he just didn't like your music."

"Jokes later, run now!"

They stopped upon hearing the dragon stop chasing them, in attention to the sound of a strong wind. They turned and saw the dragon in the path of a sudden sandstorm. It looked to where the wind was coming from and saw a lone figure in a brown robe. Seeing as this one was closer and making no move to run, the dragon decided to have this one as a snack instead.

"HEY, BUDDY!" Quill shouted as he was about to rush over, only to be stopped by Luke, who was looking at this newcomer rather intently.

As the krayt dragon was ready to eat the stranger, he quickly took out a lightsaber, emitted a cyan blade and threw it straight into the creatures mouth. It stated to gag but as the saber's handle flew from its mouth and into its masters' hand, it just swayed and roared weakly before it collapsed.

"Okay, that was pretty cool," Quill simply stated as he looked at the dead dragon as Luke approached the newcomer, who just ignored them as he walked over to the cave where the dragon came from.

"Who are you?" Luke asked him.

The only reply the stranger gave was a groan as he gripped his head. Instead of an answer, the stranger, a man, simply said. "You must be Luke Skywalker. I heard you were from Tatooine, but I wasn't expecting to find you. I merely came to examine something."

With that, the robed man continued towards the cave.

"Why's he going in there?" Quill asked as he walked alongside Luke. "Did he leave his money in there and the dragon was his guard?"

Luke just held a hand and shushed him as they stayed behind the man. As they entered the cave, and ignored all the bones that decorated it, they both looked in shock at something at the very end of the cave: a metal device with three triangular arms pressed against one another, all three decorated with runes of some kind. As if they sensed their presence, the arms lowered and a sphere hovered above them. It projected an image of the galaxy and several dotted lines surrounded it.

"Some kind of Star Map," Quill guessed, seeing ones like it before but never with such a design. "What does it lead to?"

"The Star Forge," the man answered as he lowered his hood, revealing a human male with nearly pale skin on his thin face and a brown beard which was graying. "It was the crown jewel of the Rakatan Infinite Empire."
"Never heard of that," Luke replied. "But I'm sensing the Dark Side of the Force from this thing. I'm guessing it's what drew the krayt dragon here in the first place."

"Yes," the man replied. "Just like a krayt dragon that was drawn here thousands of years ago. But it's no surprise that the Infinite Empire is unknown. It's history by this point has been wiped away from existence and the Rakata are by this point extinct. The Star Forge was a shipyard that created an infinite number of ships, but only when powered by both a nearby sun and the Dark Side of the Force, which the Rakata were strong with, until something happened. It's unknown how, but the Rakata suddenly were cut off from the Force and could no longer use the Star Forge."

"Sounds like this thing should be destroyed before the current Empire gets a hold of it," Luke stated.

"It's already been done," the man replied. "The Republic and the Jedi found maps like this one and with them found and destroyed the Star Forge."

Quill narrowed his eyes and looked at him curiously. "You talk as if you were there, but you just said it was thousands of years ago."

"It was. And I was there."

This time, it was Quill who asked. "Who are you?"

This time, the man nearly screamed as he clutched his heads.

"So many words. So many memories. But...some appear to be...fake. I don't know which ones are real. I don't know what many of those words mean, yet they seem familiar."

"And is one of those words your name?" Luke asked.

The man shouted again as he fell to his knees.

"Whoa, easy, dude," Quill said as he kneeled next to him and placed a supportive hand on his shoulder. "Just breathe."

The man did just that and took deep breathes before he replied. "There is...one word...that comes into my head very often. I think..."

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"Revan."