Chapter 9: Nihilus.
The crew of the Hawk was silent, without Revan, they needed a way to find the other holocrons that remained.
"The signals and the holocron were a trap, I'm sure the Sith have found one of Revan's holocrons." Meetra said.
"And they need Revan to find the other holocrons, do you think they know we have one holocron?" Jolee asked.
"Maybe, the thing is how they knew that we were coming to Korriban." Meetra answered.
"Good point, young lady, someone must told them that we were coming." Jolee said.
"I'm curious, if the Sith have Revan, how will they make him talk?" Mission asked worried.
"They have thousands of ways to make you talk, but they prefer to torture you. If you tell them nothing, they increase the torture every time you refuse to talk. If you are lucky, the torture will not kill you." Jolee said.
Bastila, who was thinking about Revan and getting worried for him by the minute, heard what Jolee said, she shocked, he was took from her and Jolee's words could mean that if they didn't rescue Revan, her dream would come true.
"You are not kidding, right?" Bastila asked with fear.
"I'm afraid not, but the kid is strong, he's strong as a Miraluka is strong in the Force, I know he will stand the torture, he has a reason to live." Jolee answered.
Bastila lowered her head and took in her hand part of Revan's necklace, she took a deep breath trying to contain her tears. She will find him, she needed to find him.
"Talking about Miralukas." Mical said exiting from the medical bay, everyone turned their heads to him and stared at him in confusion. "Come to take a look at our guest." He said.
Everyone went to the medical bay to see the woman who attacked them early. "The woman who attacked us is a Miraluka?" Atton asked.
"Yes, is the first time I see a Miraluka in person, I have only see them in the Jedis Archives." Mical answered.
"The whole galaxy knows about the Miralukas, they see through the Force, so they are the most powerful sensitive beings in the whole galaxy. I thought they're legends." Meetra said.
"No more." Jolee answered.
"What happened to them?" Mission asked looking at the Miraluka that was lying on the bed.
"No one knows, one day they were and the other, they disappeared." Mical said.
"Many say that the lucky ones decided to refuge in other worlds, that's why they become a legend, not many survived after their disappearance." Bastila said.
"I think she's waking up." Atton said.
The Miraluka woke up, she felt her hands tied, with the Force she saw she was in a medical bay and saw the persons who saved her life.
"Where am I?" She asked.
"You're on board the Ebon Hawk." Mical answered looking the vital signals of the Miraluka.
"In the med bay, to be more specific." Atton said.
"I think you remember us, you attacked us early." Meetra said.
"Oh yes, sorry for that, but I was ordered to kill Jedis, if I saw any." The Miraluka answered.
"Did you came with the Dark Jedis and the Sith assassins?" Bastila asked.
"Yes, but I believe they left me for dead." The Miraluka said. "And I know that my master is going to look for another apprentice, so I have no place to go." She said sadly.
The crew exchanged looks, the three Jedis that were there, knew that the Miraluka was saying the truth; even her dark presence was gone.
"Well." Mission said with a smile on her face. "We are always happy when one who has fallen to dark side returns to the light, and we always welcome new allies." She said.
"Thank you. I'm Visas Marr, by the way." Visas said.
"Nice to meet you Visas, I'm Mission, they're Meetra, Bastila, Mical, Jolee and Atton, and we have two droids, they're HK-47 and T3-M4." Mission said.
"Let me untie you." Mical said.
Mical untied Visas and she sat on the bed. "Thank you." She said.
"Did you know something about this trap the Sith set for us?" Bastila asked.
"My master and his friend were planning to capture Revan for information he posses. That's all I know." Visas said.
"Did you have an idea where they could take Revan?" Meetra asked.
"No." Visas shook her head. "Sorry, since I became an apprentice of the dark side, my master has kept me on his ship, I only left my quarters for missions." She said.
The crew stayed in silence, how in the galaxy they were going to find Revan? They stayed silence for minutes, until Mical broke the silence.
"Dxun." Mical said.
"What?" Atton asked.
"Dxun, Revan told us that one of the holocrons was in Dxun, maybe we should go there." Mical said.
"Yeah, you may be right. Hey kid, how long is going to take us to arrive to Dxun?" Jolee asked.
Atton walked to the holo projector of the ship and turned it on; a big blue star map appeared and showed Korriban and other planets in the sector.
"We are here, in the Outer Rim." Atton said pointing at the star map. "And Dxun is here in the Inner Rim." He said tracing the route with is finger above the star map. "It will take us four days."
"Okay, Atton set course to Dxun." Bastila said. "I will inform the other ships."
Atton nodded and headed to the cockpit. "Hey babe, can you help me?" He said looking at Meetra over his shoulder.
"Sure." Meetra answered. She went to the cockpit along with Atton. Atton sat on the captain's ship and Meetra sat on the navigator's chair. The Hawk took off from Dreshdae; Meetra introduced the coordinates of Dxun and informed Atton that the coordinates were ready. The Hawk entered in hyperspace, in four days, they would arrive at Dxun.
Revan woke up from his long period of unconsciousness; he saw a grey room with an orange force-field in front of him. He got up and felt dizzy, like someone had drugged him.
"Good, you're awake Jedi." A voice of a man said.
"Who the hell are you?!" Revan said angrily, he could see the man through the force-field, the man was the same height Revan was, he had black hair and yellow eyes, Revan realized that his kidnapper was a Sith.
"My name is Kryat. Me and my group of Sith assassins and dark jedis ambushed you and your Jedi friends back on Korriban." Kryat said.
"What did you do to them?!" Revan asked fearing the worst.
"Nothing, we just only left them unconscious for a while." Kryat answered. "As you have realized, you were the target." He said.
"Why me?" Revan asked looking at the Sith.
"Because you have valuable information we need Revan." Sion said entering in the room where the cell was.
Revan looked at the Dark Lord, he was exactly as Meetra had described it, he looked like a living corpse with his grey skin and decaying, he also had a white eye.
"Master." Kryat said bowing in front of Sion.
"You may raise apprentice." Sion said, Kryat raised and look at his master. "You have done well."
"Thank you master." Kryat answered.
"Lower the force-field." Sion ordered.
One of the officers nodded and lowered the force-field, Revan step outside the cell and used his Force wave against the Sith, Kryat and the officers were threw away, so Revan took the chance to escape, but when he was running down the halls of the Academy, he felt weak and fall down. He started to breathe heavily and his vision was blurred again.
"Bring him." Kryat said to two officers that were with him. The officers approached Revan and lifted him from the floor.
"Let's take him to my friend." Sion said looking at Revan.
After a few minutes, Revan was in one of the main training rooms of the Academy were he was being held. Sion walked over to a figure that was looking through the window. He whispered something to the figure and the figure turned around and walked to Revan.
When Revan saw the figure, his blood went cold, it was a Dark Lord, he was using a white mask with two black holes in the place where the eyes were and above the black holes, there were two red stripes that appeared scars.
"It's an honor to meet you again Revan." The voice of the Dark Lord said, his voice was creepy.
"Who are you?" Revan asked.
"My name is Darth Nihilus, and I was the one who ordered to capture you." Nihilus said.
"Why did you capture me?" Revan asked.
"Why? It's really simple Revan, those holocrons you recorded at the time of the Mandalorian Wars have essential information, and you are the only who knows where are hidden." Nihilus said.
"So, what? You are going to turn me to the Dark Side again?" Revan asked.
"No, I'm not going to do that Revan, besides, the story will repeat again. You'd be capture by the Jedis again and they would reprogram your mind all over again." Nihilus said. "No Revan, I captured you, because you know where the holocrons are."
"You're wrong Nihilus, I have no memories about the location of the holocrons." Revan answered.
"That's not true Revan, I have heard that you have found a holocron on Dantooine and you went to Korriban to look for another." Nihilus said.
Revan's eyes wide andhis heart froze. How the hell Nihilus knew about this?
Nihilus chuckled. "You know Revan, we found one of your holocrons in Korriban a year ago, after seen it, my friends and I started to formulate a plan to destroy the Jedi Order." He said.
"You think I'm going to help you?!" Revan asked. "You gotta be out of your damn Sith mind if you think I'm going to do that" He said very upset.
"Don't worry Revan, I know number of methods to make you talk." Nihilus said, Revan could hear a promise in Nihilus's voice.
"My Lord." One of the officers said.
"What is it Lieutenant?" Nihilus asked.
"Darth Traya is waiting for you in the communication room." The Lieutenant said.
"Thank you Lieutenant." Nihilus said. "Well Revan, I must leave you alone for a while."
"Sion." Nihilus said. His friend stepped in front. "You are in charge of Revan's custody." He said and walked to the communication room.
Sion drew a smile of satisfaction in his face. "Kryat." He said.
"Yes Master." Kryat said stepping in front of Sion.
"Take Revan to one of the torture chambers; give him a preview of what is going to happen to him if he does not cooperate with us." Sion said darkly.
"As you wish Master." Kryat answered bowing in front of Sion. Sion walked away and Kryat took Revan to one of the torture chambers.
The Hawk was three days distance from Dxun. Mission, Atton and T3 were playing pazaak. Mical was trying to locate the next holocron, Visas and Jolee were talking about the days of Jolee's adventures, HK was in sleep-mode, Bastila was thinking about Revan and Meetra was walking around the ship, until she reached at the door of Revan's bedroom, she noticed a worried Bastila in the room.
"Hey Bas." Meetra said softly.
"Hi Meetra." Bastila answered.
"Are you fine?" Meetra asked.
"No." Bastila said shaking her head.
"You want to talk about it?" Meetra asked.
Bastila nodded and Meetra sat on a chair.
"The first time I met Revan, he was arrogant and childish." Bastila said.
Meetra chuckled. "I know he can be like that sometimes." She said.
"But I think I knew the real Revan back on Tatooine, I saw how kind and gentle he is, I may confess I felt drawn to him from the very beginning of his training." Bastila said with a small smile on her face.
"What made you to fall in love with him?" Meetra asked curious.
"What?" Bastila asked confused.
"What made you fall in love with him?" Meetra asked again.
"I don't know. Maybe was his personality or his views of life." Bastila answered smiling remembering the first time she met Revan.
"Or maybe his eyes?" Meetra asked rising an eyebrow.
Bastila chuckled. "Yes, maybe it was that. He has the most beautiful and unique eyes I've ever seen." She said.
"I know." Meetra said. "You know, we are the only ones who really know him." She said.
"What do you mean?" Bastila asked rising an eyebrow.
"You and I are the only ones who really know Revan's personality. During the Mandalorian Wars, everyone thought that they knew him, but they didn't." Meetra answered.
They chuckled, but Bastila change her smile for a worried face and released a long sigh.
"I…just…I almost lost him once and I don't want to lose him now." Bastila said sadly.
"What do you mean by almost losing him?" Meetra asked confused.
"Wait, he never told you?" Bastila asked surprised.
"Told me what?" Meetra asked.
Bastila sighed and started to tell Meetra about the time Revan was injured by the Terentatek and how its venom left Revan at the edge of life and death, and how she was very worried for him. Meetra couldn't believe it.
"A Terentatek?!" Meetra asked. Bastila nodded her head. "Force! I thought they were extinct." She said.
"I know, everyone thought that." Bastila answered.
"Don't worry, we will find him." Meetra said. Bastila drew a faint smile, they were three days from Dxun and the hours were running to save Revan.