The Ebon Hawk Part 1
"Alright, I want to know what you were talking about back after the swoop race. I want to know the whole story" Bastila snapped, glaring at Revan.
"Well, here goes nothing" Revan muttered, looking up at the merciless stare of the brunette in front of him.
"Alright, so, I am sure you are familiar with when Darth Revan's flagship was attacked by the Republic. That play was intended so you could take Revan prisoner, am I mistaken?" Revan asked.
"You are correct, but how did you know that?" Bastila asked, the images starting to form a picture in her mind.
"Because, when you got Revan back to Dantooine, the Jedi Masters performed a mind altering technique on him. And that technique was one that they had taken from a Sith holocron, or did they not mention that?" Revan continued.
"The Jedi Masters are among the most pure souls in the galaxy! They would never use knowledge from a Sith holocron on another soul!" Bastila exclaimed.
"Oh, really? Then how can you explain why the masters used that technique on me after you rescued me from the burning heap that Malak turned my flagship into?" Revan asked, glaring at Bastila.
It was then that Bastila finally realized what was happening. She finally realized that Revan remembered, despite what the Jedi Council tried to do to keep him from remembering. Instinctively, she took out her lightsaber, but Revan used the Force to take it away from her before she could do something so stupid that not even Malak would do it, and that is pull a lightsaber on Revan.
"You can have this back once we are done with this conversation. I don't want you to hurt yourself" Revan told her, causing her to scowl at him.
"How do you remember?" Bastila asked, trying to keep her breathing regulated.
"My mind has certain defenses that cause techniques like that to be ineffective and thus, I know almost everything. The only thing I can't remember is the location of my ultimate weapon" Revan told her.
"Your ultimate weapon? What is that?" Bastila demanded, glaring at Revan.
"You will find out when the time comes, but now, I think I owe you an answer to your original question" Revan told her.
"Yes, you do" Bastila agreed.
"Well, Bastila, I am Revan. I know that you and the Jedi Council tried to do this to me, but it failed, and I remember everything, even what we went through together" Revan told her.
"I have never met Revan before the flagship? All I know about Revan is that you betrayed the council and went to war. Then, when you left into the unknown regions, you sought out Sith teachings and turned to the dark side. When you returned to the republic, you led a massive armada of ships to attack the republic. If you would have just listened to the Jedi Council, then you would not have turned to the dark side, and we would not be in this position" Bastila told him, standing tall to defend her Jedi beliefs.
"Bastila, don't you remember what I told you right before I left for the Mandalorian Wars?" Revan asked.
"Revan, I don't know what you are talking about. All I know about you is what I read in the Jedi Archives before going on the mission to infiltrate your flagship. I know for a fact that I have never spoken with you in person before today in my life. I also know that this is just your attempt at turning me to the dark side, just like you have done to countless Jedi before. Because of that, I know that you cannot be trusted, and I will be turning you in to the Jedi Council when we arrive on Dantooine. Then, the Jedi Council will decide your fate" Bastila said, turning away to walk back to the cockpit.
Revan, however, had other plans. He used the Force to put up a door that kept Bastila in the room with him.
"Bastila, were you present when the Jedi Council was performing the operation that wiped my mind?" Revan asked.
"Yes, the Jedi Council had me use my battle meditation to help make sure the operation had every chance to be the most successful that it could be" Bastila told him, standing tall with who proud she was of helping to create Revan's new identity, despite how badly it worked out in the end.
"Is your battle meditation taxing on you?" Revan asked.
"Battle meditation takes all of my concentration. I would not have known if anything was going on around me" Bastila told him stonily.
"Of course, I can't believe I didn't see this sooner" Revan muttered.
"You didn't see what?" Bastila demanded, trying to get through Revan's wall that was keeping her trapped.
"Please, forgive me, Bastila" Revan whispered, sitting down to meditate. He entered a trance and entered Bastila's mind, looking at her memories, searching for the memories of the two of them.
Revan knew what the Council would do with the memories. They would box them away and keep them secluded from the rest. Even with the Force, it is impossible to erase memories permanently without altering the personality of the person, and the council would not want to risk that with Bastila, as she was the only hope for the Republic to stave off the Sith threat, except for what they had planned to do for Revan.
When Revan got to Bastila's memories, he searched high and wide before he found a little locked box to the side of her memories. Instinctively, he knew them to be the memories he was looking for.
Revan took a deep breath and reached out to the Force, bending it around the box before he sent a jet of the Force into the lock that held all of Bastila's memories that contained Revan somehow.
When the lock on the box was broken, Revan was thrown out of Bastila's mind with the sheer force of her memories returning to her.
When Revan opened his eyes, he looked to see Bastila on the ground, holding her head in her hands, writhing in pain on the ground. It seemed like she was hardly able to deal with the intense pain that was caused by the power of her memories returning to her.
Unable to watch any more, Revan walked over to Bastila and knelt down next to her. He put his had on her head and wiped some stray hands of hair out of her face.
"Bastila, listen to me, its Revan. Everything is going to be alright, trust me" Revan told her. A couple of seconds later, Bastila stopped writhing in pain and opened her eyes, leaving her hands on her head.
"Revan? Is that you?" Bastila asked, her eyes groggy and it was like she just woke up in the morning.
"It's me, Bastila, I'm right here" Revan told her, helping her into a sitting position.
Bastila blinked shock out of her eyes before taking her hand and slapping Revan across the face. When Revan turned back to her, Bastila reached up and kissed Revan full on the lips, causing the former Sith Lord to experience shock, anger, betrayal, happiness, surprise, and euphoria all within five seconds.
"What was that all about?" Revan asked, staring at Bastila in shock, toying with the idea of staying out of her strike range, for safety purposes, but she had such a strong vice grip on his arms, he couldn't get away if he tried.
"The slap was for leaving. The kiss was for coming back" Bastila told him, giving Revan a hug, causing Revan to take a deep breath in the calm realization that he had finally gotten Bastila back, and that he had undone what the Jedi Council had done to try and keep Bastila from remembering what he had meant to her.
For the first time in over 7 years, Revan and Bastila were together, without the Jedi Council in the way.
Author's Note: Alright, that is another little change that I made, and I think the change will really show itself in future chapters. There is at least one more chapter of the Ebon Hawk before we get to Dantooine. The Ebon Hawk is where I am going to focus on the Revan and Bastila romance part of this story, but that doesn't mean I am going to forget about any of the other characters. I am still going to keep up with the storylines that made KOTOR as good as it was as best as I can. I want everybody to name the character whose storyline they would want to see put into this story the most and it will be eventually. Thanks everybody!
The order of planets will be Tatooine, Kashyyyk, Korriban, and then finally Manaan will be last. I am not sure what I will do with the Leviathan yet, because I am not sure if I want to make it canon or have Bastila stay with the group. I will decide by then for sure, but it would also help if I could get some help deciding what I should do. So to put in your opinion, all you need to do is type your review in below and send it in. That would be awesome!
Sadly, I will only be updating every two weeks for the next few months. I will not abandon this story if I can help it, but updates will not be as frequent.