Destiny is a Funny Thing
Revan and I were on the command ship as the assault on Coruscant continued. Revan had commanded his ships to attack Coruscant with bombs ruthlessly. There were also many Republic capital ships out in space, but I don't know much about what happened during the early battle, but I knew we were winning when the Chancellor Contacted us.
"Lord Revan, the Supreme Chancellor is contacting us" Saul Karath said.
"Put it through" Revan said calmly. Revan gently tugged at my arm and we looked up at the giant hologram projector. Soon after, we saw the Supreme Chancellor, Admiral Forn Dodonna, and Captain Carth Onasi.
"Supreme Chancellor, I hope you realize that all hope for the Republic is lost. With Bastila here with me, I know that it is inevitable that Coruscant will fall. I now want to know your choice" Revan said.
"Will you declare loyalty to Lord Revan and the Sith or would you rather see Coruscant destroyed just like Telos?" I asked. I noticed the Supreme Chancellor slouch in his chair slightly.
"Very well, come to my office" the Supreme Chancellor said finally.
I looked up at Revan, but his mask stopped me from reading his thoughts. Suddenly he turned and walked toward the exit.
"Admiral Karath, I am going to Coruscant to kill the Supreme Chancellor. Tell the ships to fire once I give the signal. Make sure you are alert" Revan said as he pulled me toward the hangar.
"Yes, sir" Karath said, though it was barely audible due to the distance we had already traveled.
We got to our little ship and we took off toward the planet. HK-47 was with us and he was going to stay on the ship and make sure it was ready to take off when we got back.
"Revan, are you sure this is a good idea? What if it's a trap?" I asked.
"What if it's a trap? What if it's a trap? I'm counting on it! We need to draw our enemies out of hiding and strike before they can gain allies. Let's do this" Revan said confidently.
Slightly reassured, I watched as Revan landed the ship on the planet and walked right to the Chancellor's Office.
Nobody dared to attack us as we landed and went to the Chancellor's Office. When we got into the office, the Supreme Chancellor and his two military advisors were behind the desk. Revan and I marched into the office and when we reached the desk, I faintly heard the door close behind us.
I turned to see two Jedi Masters standing in the office with us. It was a trap.
"Do you really think that two Jedi can stop us?" Revan asked, glaring a hole right through the Supreme Chancellor. I saw the look of shock on Onasi and Dodonna's faces. Revan hadn't even turned around.
The Jedi were not surprised. They hadn't even removed their hoods yet.
"I hope these Jedi can fight better than the Code emphasizes" Revan said.
"I may not be a member of the Council, but I can still teach a young man a thing or two" the first Jedi said.
"I slew my Master in anger, but I was redeemed by the Jedi. Now, I will do my part to help the Jedi stop the Sith" the second Jedi said. As if in tandem, they removed their hoods. Revan let out a gasp of surprise when he saw the two Jedi.
The first Jedi was a dark-skinned, bald old man while the second Jedi was a female Cathar.
"Master Bindo" Revan whispered.
"Hello, again, Revan" the old man replied.
"You two know each other?" I asked.
"Yes, Jolee over here was my Jedi Master before I left for the Mandalorian War" Revan explained, gesturing toward the old man.
"Revan was my best student up to his fall. But despite his potential, he still fell. That is something that I have told all the younglings without failure. Even some of our best Jedi Knights have fallen to the dark side because of Revan's influence, and I would rather die than see that happen again" Jolee said.
"He does say it a lot" Juhani admitted.
"But that is beside the point. Revan, I may have loved you like a son, but if you don't realize what you are doing is wrong, then I will have no choice but to fight you" Jolee said.
"What I am doing is not wrong, Master, but we do share one thought. I don't want to fight you, and you don't want to fight me" Revan said.
"That may be true, Revan. But I won't let you continue your quest for domination, at least not without your old Master" Jolee said. I looked at the old man in shock, and so did the Cathar. I thought he was utterly devoted to the Light, but now I see that all the words he said earlier was just a bluff.
"Jolee, you can't be serious!" the Cathar shouted.
"I am serious, Juhani. I know Revan very well, and from what I know about training him is that he would not stay with a group for so long if he did not think they were doing the right thing. Trust me, Juhani; Revan and Bastila need support, and I am going to give it to them. You either join us, or you must perish. It is how it has to be" Jolee said.
"I will never serve the Sith. Nothing anybody could ever say would ever make me serve the Sith" the Cathar said confidently. Revan sighed and ignited his weapon calmly. I looked away for the moment when the Cathar's head had been removed from her shoulders.
I looked back to see the Cathar lying on the ground with Revan and Jolee standing over her.
"I'll go and take care of the rest of the Temple. If they don't join the Sith, they will die" Jolee said. Revan nodded and Jolee walked out.
When the Jedi had fallen, Revan and I turned back toward Onasi and Dodonna.
Carth drew twin blasters and raised them toward me and Revan. Revan sighed and used the Force to take Carth's blasters. At that, I knew what the Supreme Chancellor was thinking just by the look on his face.
The Republic has fallen. The Sith have won.
"I am ashamed, Carth. Admiral Karath has always spoken very highly of you" Revan said.
"He has?" Carth asked, obviously skeptical.
"He seemed to be very happy to be your mentor. When he joined me, he asked you to come, did he not?" Revan told him. I had no idea what Revan was getting at. Saul Karath had never mentioned somebody named Carth, at least when I was around.
"Really; I find that very hard to believe" Dodonna said.
"Yes, Admiral, Saul Karath told me why he really wanted you to come with him to join the Sith" Revan said.
"And what would that be?" Carth asked.
"Saul Karath has always thought of you as his friend" Revan said.
I could see how much emotion was building up in Carth and I could see anger in his eyes as well as hope and sadness.
"That doesn't matter. You destroyed Telos" Carth whispered.
"It was not Revan's order to attack Telos, Carth. That was Malak" I told him.
"But Saul Karath gave the codes to get past the Republic defenses" Carth said.
"No, Carth. Malak had taken the codes before Saul Karath turned. At first, I thought Revan had taken them, but I see now that I was partially wrong" the Supreme Chancellor said.
"Well, thank you all for telling me this. But now are you going to kill me?" Carth asked.
"No, I am offering both you and Admiral Dodonna positions in the Sith Fleet" Revan said, gesturing toward the two Military officers. I was in shock at the offer, but so were Onasi and Dodonna. They did not reply to Revan at all.
"I can't accept. I can't trust the Sith after what you did to Telos" Carth said finally. Dodonna also passed up the position.
"Are you sure there is no way for me to change your mind?" Revan asked.
"Yes" they answered at the same time. Revan sighed and killed both of them with his lightsaber as a result.
Revan then gestured back toward me and the Supreme Chancellor.
"I grow tired of this game, Chancellor. Do you want to live or do you want to die?" Revan spat. I knew that he was getting angry, even with the mask covering his handsome face.
"I refuse to live to see the Republic fall into the command of the Sith" the Supreme Chancellor said. Revan sighed and walked forward. He swung his lightsaber forward but his weapon never met its target. Instead, an explosion ensued on the Chancellor's desk that sent both me and Revan back. We both landed hard on the ground, far away from each other.
Shockingly, the Supreme Chancellor survived. He stepped around me and walked to look down at Revan. I couldn't tell if Revan was still breathing from where I was on the ground.
The Chancellor looked down at him and sent a clear message.
"The Republic will only fall if you survive, Revan. Even if I die, if you come with me, the Sith will not win" the Supreme Chancellor whispered. At that, I stood up and silently walked over to the Chancellor.
When he stood up, I ignited my lightsaber into his back. He screamed in surprise before he fell down, dead.
I retracted my blade before running right to Revan.
I felt his pulse and it was very faint. Just to add to the problem, when Revan fell, he landed on the transmitter to tell his fleet to attack Coruscant and bomb it off the face of the galaxy.
I had to make a choice; Revan or survival. There was no choice necessary.
I knelt down just like on Revan's flagship after the Jedi attack and reached into his life force once again. It was far fainter, but this time Revan wasn't bleeding. I knew I could, and I knew I had to save his life again.
But I couldn't do it until we got back to the command ship, so I desperately pulled him toward our little transport. I had trouble with that. Revan is a lot heavier than I am and I am not very strong physically. Despite all that, I still was able to get Revan back to the ship. I instructed HK to get us back to the flagship while I took Revan into the back room.
The flight back to the command ship was short. When we got back, a couple of soldiers helped take Revan to the medical center and I followed them. I had to stay with them so I could help Revan. When the soldiers had placed Revan on the bed, I thanked them and turned back to him.
I took a deep breath and reached into Revan's mind reluctantly. When I finally reached into his mind, I found a jumbled mess of random images strewn everywhere. Revan's mind was at least partially destroyed. Not knowing what to do, I just held on to him and let the Force flow through us both.
I sighed and I sat down before I took his hand and let myself drift into deep meditation. I called upon what healing abilities I had to funnel as much of the Force as I could through me and into him. The spark I had felt earlier was still there, but it was still weak.
I came out of my meditation when I realized what was going on. Surely, the Force couldn't let Revan die after all we had been through.
"I need help" I whispered.
"Well, look what we have here" I heard a woman say behind me. I turned to see Jaina, Malak, Bandon, and my old friend Belaya.
"What are you all doing here?" I asked.
"Revan called me and Lord Malak to come back before he attacked Coruscant. I think he sensed that something bad was going to happen to him" Bandon said.
"We got the same call" Belaya said, gesturing to herself and Jaina.
"I found Belaya after I met you and Revan again. She left the Jedi Order and she became my Sith Apprentice" Jaina said.
"It's good to see you again" I said to Belaya before pulling her into a hug.
"Now that we are all here, shouldn't we try to save Revan?" Malak asked.
"Yeah, his mind is damaged, but I think we can save him" I told them. Jaina put her hand on his head and looked into his mind. When she opened her eyes, I could see the shock.
"Yes, I can see his memories are intact, but they are jumbled" Jaina agreed.
"Will we be able to save him?" Belaya asked.
"I think so; we just need to sort out all of his memories. but that will take a long time and only one of us can work at a time" Malak said.
"Is there another way?" I asked.
"There is something. It is a slim chance, but it could work. And it will take all of us working at once" Bandon said.
"What is it?" I asked.
"I can sense a connection between you and Revan" Jaina said.
"I sense it too. It is closer than any of us. I served as Revan's Sith Apprentice and Jaina was his top General in the Mandalorian War, yet your connection to him is still closer" Malak explained.
"You have made the imprints into his damaged mind that are necessary for us to heal him. As long as you are with us, we can attempt to heal his mind, and if we succeed, Lord Revan will return" Bandon said.
"And if we fail?" I asked, though I already knew the answer.
"Then you will have control of the Star Forge" Belaya said. I gulped and nodded slowly.
"We have to save him" I said.
"Okay, let's do it" Jaina said.
The overall operation was long and strenuous. I was told to enter the same meditative position as when I saved his life the first time. The only thing that was different was that they were going to be meditating with me. This time, I was just an observer, but I could feel their combined power flowing through me. The dark power and knowledge was intoxicating. I could also feel the spark in Revan's life reach out to that dark power.
I was shocked at what happened next. When the power met the small spark, it flared to light. It began to light the darkness, though the darkness wasn't going away. It was growing with the light. When the light reached me, I saw some of Revan's memories.
I saw him talking with Jolee while he was still training Revan. I saw Revan leading troops into a battle against the Mandalorians. I saw Revan arguing with Malak and Jaina about battle strategies. Everything rushed by me; Revan's life, Revan' thoughts, Revan's power. It was overwhelming to think about.
The touch of Belaya's mind helped me calm myself down. I could almost feel what they were all thinking. It would be possible to save Revan. I was happy, but I didn't forget my part. I silently remained connected with Revan as the 4 Sith around me repaired Revan's damaged mind. It was working.
The process took nearly ten hours before we silently decided to take a break.
"This is going to take many days" Malak said.
"Yeah, but we made great progress today. We need food though" Jaina agreed.
"That is certain, but I think we should work through the night. We shouldn't be away from our domains for too long" Malak agreed.
"Well, let's get back to work then" Bandon suggested. While they were all talking, I remained silent. I stayed close to Revan, my hand resting on his.
When we finally did get back to work, it had been an hour. Everyone else had eaten, but I wasn't hungry. All I wanted to do was get back to work. When we finally did, I couldn't smile.
We were back into the pure concentration for another ten hours before we took another break. When we took a break this time I was on the verge of tears. I had no idea how long this would take, but Revan's hand was still ice cold to my touch.
I sighed and looked back at the rest of the Sith who were helping me save Revan's life. When I saw all of them, I wiped the tears out of my eyes. It would not do to have Sith Lords and Sith Apprentices to see me with tears in my eyes.
"Bastila, let's keep working" Belaya said, breaking me out of my trance. They were already in position around Revan, ready to work. I nodded slowly and we all returned to work. This time we only worked for 5 hours, because we were all ready to fall over when we were done.
"Well, we have done all we can for Revan already. All you can do now is wait" Malak said. Well, I guess there really was more to Malak than I ever thought. I still hated him for what he tried to do to me on Revan's flagship, but I had no choice but to respect him for helping me save Revan.
"I hope he gets better" was the only thing Bandon said. I think he was still upset that he had failed to kill me in our duel aboard the Leviathan. Oh well, it was his problem, not mine.
"Revan is tough. If anybody could recover from this, it's Revan. But as badly as we want him to live, we want to live ourselves as well. So we must leave you now. Good luck" Jaina said. Revan had always been able to produce loyalty in his followers, and his highest ranking officers were obviously no exception. They were obviously still loyal to him, despite them being Sith and supposed to hate him.
"I hope he gets better. I can see how much you love him" Belaya said. Out of everybody, she could still read me the best out of anybody.
"Well, this is cute" a demonic voice bellowed. When we realized who had said the comment, we all backed away in fear as the black smoke appeared all over the medical facility.
"I want a reason as to why I shouldn't kill all of you right now" Emperor Khan snapped. He walked over to us and we all backed up until we got to the wall.
"We had to save Revan" Bandon said slowly.
"What happened was that a bomb exploded and sent Revan way backward, nearly killing him. the explosion allowed the Chancellor to think he could escape with his life, so he turned his back on us. When he was looking the other way, I killed him" I explained.
"Revan foresaw himself getting injured and contacted all of us to come to his flagship. We got here just in time. We did the best we could to save him, but so far there are no results. Only time will tell from here" Malak said.
"I should kill you all right now, but that would be a waste. You all do show loyalty; that has been proven. But if you will live depends" Emperor Khan said.
"Depends on what, Emperor Khan?" Jaina asked.
"I am going to ask you all a question and I want you all to think of your answer. If your answer is acceptable, I will let you live. But if not, you will die" Emperor Khan said.
"Okay" we all echoed softly.
"What would you do if I was the one who was injured like Revan?" Emperor Khan asked.
"I would be too afraid to do anything. If anything or anybody could take Emperor Khan out, I don't want to see it or them. Then again, I highly doubt anything is that powerful" I thought.
"Hmm, you all have the right answers. I am impressed" Emperor Khan said.
"What? We didn't even say anything!" Belaya said.
"But you all thought your answers. All of you have used the Force to probe other beings' minds, and that is what I did. What I did was probe your minds to learn all of your respective answers. This way, nobody could cheat" Emperor Khan said.
"But I didn't feel anybody probe my mind. I felt exactly the same as when I always do" I said.
"Just because you don't feel somebody enter your mind doesn't mean it doesn't happen. That has to be something the pitiful Jedi taught all of you. There are things that can be done with the Force that nobody can explain" Emperor Khan said.
"So that's it? We all get to live just because we answered your question correctly?" Bandon asked.
"Yes, but say goodbye to each other until the next Sith Council meeting. You all need to go back to your Star Forges because if you don't, you will all be in for a rebellion. Our Empire is flourishing. We have expanded immensely and it would not do to have rebellions in our biggest 3 key sections" Emperor Khan said.
"Yes, Sir" we all said. We said a fast goodbye before the black smoke surrounded the other Sith. When the smoke began to surround me, I grabbed onto Revan. When the smoke was gone, Revan and I were in the med center on Revan's Star Forge.
I looked at Revan and sighed in fear. The only thing I could do now was wait patiently. Wait for Revan to get better. Would he live or would he die? I had to wait to find out.
Author's Note: Well, that's it then. Coruscant has fallen, the Sith Empire is flourishing and Revan is in the hospital. I will just tie up some loose ends in an epilogue and then that will be it for this story. Thank you all for reading Prisoner of the Dark Lord.