Hey guys. The conversation at the end is from an argument one of my friends and I had, so, yeah. I not own these characters or the game Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic that this is based on. Read, Review, and Enjoy!
The condensed smell of mold overpowered us. The old stones that built the walls of this temple were covered in the mold. I looked behind me at Juhani and Jolee. Juhani was staring at the architecture of the walls and mouthing something. Jolee was taking off his winter cap and coat.
"So, this is the infamous temple." I smiled at Juhani and she looked at me.
"This place must be very old. How long do you think it has been here?" Juhani's hand starting to finger the gaps between the stones of the wall as she spoke.
"The controls of the Star Forge's shields are in here, so I would guess as long as the Star Forge." I instinctively pulled out my light saber before taking a step forward. Juhani looked at me and took hers out as well.
"You sense the dark presence, right?" She came next to me and watched my face.
"Yeah, there is plenty of Dark Jedi here, more than I thought there would be." I took another step forward and started examining the door across from the entrance. "Juhani, what do you make of this?"
"Huh, strange. I wonder why this would be locked. And I'm afraid I don't have any skill with lock picking. We should have let Carth give us those lessons." She fought with the lock for a moment before turning to look at Jolee. "Jo, do you think you could open it?"
He looked up, after being spoken to for the first time since we entered the temple. "Sorry youngsters. I'm only good at computers. Locks aren't my area of expertise."
"There has to be some way to open this." I turned from the door and looked down the narrow hallways on both the left and the right of the door. "Where do you suppose these halls lead?"
"I would guess the rest of the temple, but-" Juhani stopped mid-sentence and looked at me, smiling. "You think there's something else to be found in this temple, don't you?"
I returned her smiled and nodded. "Jolee, I respect my elders, so left or right?"
"Right." He started walking down the right-hand hallway.
We explored the rest of the temple and found, as expected, plenty of Dark Jedi. On the opposite side of the temple from where we came in was a door leading down to the 'basement'. After a quickly healing ourselves, we walked down the little hall towards the door at the end.
It opened on its own when we stood in front of it. The interior of the room had 10 orange tiles on its floor.
"Oh my gosh!" Jolee jumped in front of Juhani and me and threw himself to the floor in front of the tiles. "When I was a young boy, I heard about these. Nobody thought they were real!"
"What is 'young' for you?" I walked towards him and leaned down.
"Well, 30ish." He stood and walked around the tiles to the other side of the room where there was a door. "There's a computer behind this door."
"Super, but we have to get in before we can use it. How do you suppose these work?" I touched the tile I was in front of and it turned blue on contact. "Whoa." I pulled my hand back and stood.
"Touch another." Juhani coaxed me forward and I did so, this one lighting up 3 other tiles, but turning the first tile I had touched back to orange.
"Jolee, do you know what we do with these?"
"No."
"Great." I turned away and went back to the hallway that had led us down. In the far left corner, I found a data pad. "Guys, come here." I picked it up and it flickered to life. I spent a few seconds reading it then walked back into the tile room.
"Oak, wait. What does the data pad say?" Juhani followed close behind me and I handed her the data pad. I walked in the shape of a "H" as the data pad suggested. After I stepped off the last tile, the door Jolee stood in front of creaked open.
"Perfect!" Juhani ran forward and stood in the door way. Jolee walked into the room and began assessing the computer terminal in the room. I followed the two of them and watched over Jolee's shoulder.
"Oak, guess what this does." Jolee turned away from the terminal.
"Serves a nice warm breakfast of potcakes?"
"No. It opens that door the two of you young ladies were looking at."
"Really?" I came forward and stood next to him. "Open it then."
He pressed a few more buttons and turned away, obviously pleased with himself. "Let's go."
We ran back through the temple and towards the door Jolee had just opened. This hallway was sloped upward and we quickly walked up. The door at the top opened and we stepped through. Snow was swirled around the area and it was freezing.
"Force its cold." Jolee pulled his cap and coat back on. "Where are we?"
"I think we're on the roof." I looked across the 'roof' and on the other side I saw a ship and the silhouette of a woman. I started running forward and Juhani and Jolee ran after me.
The woman smiled and brushed her brown hair out of her eyes. "Revan, I see you have found me."
"Bastila! You're alive!" I smiled back at her. "We all were so worried when Malak took you!"
"Yes, I was worried at first, too." Bastila Shan pulled her light saber out of her belt. "But now I am Malak's apprentice."
"W-w-what?" I was taken aback by the shock. "How? Why?"
"Oh, don't get me wrong. That Jedi Council had their claws wrapped around my mind for quiet some time. It took a lot for Malak to show me what was the truth in the galaxy."
"Bastila, come back to the Hawk with us. You don't know what you're talking about. Remember, evil Sith?"
"No. The Sith life cycle needs me now. It is my duty to kill my master when the time comes and then I shall be ruler of the galaxy. Join me, Revan. Together we can kill Malak and rule the galaxy ourselves."
"No way Bastila. You don't know what you're talking about. Come back with us."
"Come with me Revan." I could feel Bastila trying to borrow into my head and force me to do what she wants.
"Bastila, don't worry, I'll come with you. We could rule the galaxy."
"What???" Juhani glared at Bastila. "Arrogant puppet of the Sith!"
"I am not an arrogant puppet, you hairless wookie! You jedi think you are so high and mighty, well, there is something better than you in the galaxy, whether you choose to accept it or not, and that higher power, is the Sith!" Jolee mocked Juhani and I stepped back, shrinking against the wall.
"Please, come back with us. You can be forgiven. Both of you." Juhani started pleading.
Bastila threw back her head and laughed. "You worthless, ever-forgiving Jedi. Come Jolee, let's get up to the Star Forge."
The two of them walked away, leaving Juhani and I behind speechless.
Hope you guys liked this chapter. I've been playing Jolee's switch to the dark side for quiet some time.
