The Sith Angels
Chapter 11
Sorry for wait. Can't seem to bring myself to write as much as I used to of any of my fics. Don't worry though, I'm not going to stop any of them.
It had been true, what I'd said to Bastila six weeks before about not having to worry anymore. That was until I had another vision. Once again, I had come into a brightly lit room, a med centre, where upon a bed laid Bastila with a small child. Now I knew this had to be a vision and not just a dream.
I didn't know what to think or do about these visions. I didn't want to tell Bastila in fear of what she'd think, I didn't know if they meant she would be taken away from me and raped but what confused me was how happy both she and I seemed at this small life form.
Despite the distraction I still continued to fight against the Rebellion. They seemed to be becoming more and more desperate and now was no different. They had lured a few of my ships, one with both me and Bastila on it, to the planet Onderon where, once we had come close to entering the planet's atmosphere, they had attacked.
Apparently the Rebels had made an alliance with Queen Talia who'd always been very loyal to the Republic. I'm going to thank her personally for that once the battle is over.
The trouble with that statement is the fact that, for the first time since I remember, we are outnumbered. Now usually this wouldn't pose a problem, I'd simply call for reinforcements but because we are so low in orbit the planet is affecting our communications, making them weaker and making it easier for the Rebels to jam us.
So here Bastila and I are, stuck with only two capital ships fighting against at least eight republic warships. My love is sitting to the side, using her Battle Meditation to help us fight against the overwhelming odds.
I, however, am watching a single Republic war ship by the name of the Harbinger. It seems to be the lead ship, hanging back slightly from the rest as if to get a better view of the battle. Through the Force though, I can sense familiarity. In that instant I call out to my admiral: the same one who led this very ship in the attack on Coruscant.
"Admiral, I want a ship prepared for myself and two others. We will be boarding the Harbinger". The admiral has a look of shock on his face but he doesn't question my orders.
"Who will be coming with you, milord?" he asks.
"Ask for the best Sith Knight to report to the ship as well as Canderous" I replied coolly. He nodded and motioned for the communications officer to carry out the request. I then left the bridge and made my way slowly to the hanger.
Canderous and the Knight were there already when I arrived with both standing beside a small transport. Canderous grinned when he saw me, probably looking forward to the coming battle, while the Sith Knight bowed his head to me.
The man was about six feet tall with dark skin and a shaven head. He was also wearing some dark armour that made him seem taller than he really was.
"Ready for some more fun?" I ask, looking to my Mandalorian friend.
"Of course I am, Revan" he answers with a smirk.
We speak no more as we get onboard the ship and even as I fly us through the Republic ships: dodging and weaving like one of those annoying flies you can never seem to catch. It isn't long before we have arrived in the hanger bay of the Harbinger and we are instantly surrounded by many Republic soldiers led by a single Jedi Knight.
I open the loading ramp and walk down it, followed closely by Canderous and the Dark Jedi. The Jedi, who is a woman in her twenties with red hair and bright green eyes, stands in front of us with her men standing behind her.
She points her un-ignited lightsaber at me. "Leave now, Revan. We don't want your kind here". There is menace in her voice and I can feel both anger and determination rolling off of her.
"My kind" I answer with a slight smile.
"Sith who want nothing more than to conquer and destroy" she speaks sternly. I raise an eyebrow: even after this long fighting me the Jedi still won't except me for being a Force trained person who happens to be called a Sith.
"Do you really believe that is what we want to do?" I ask her, looking directly into her eyes. I can see her wavering a bit, whether it being from my intense stare or something else. And then I can read her thoughts.
'But Master said she was of the dark side, I can't sense it on her. And Revan is right, the Sith have done nothing wrong since her take over... What? No! I can't think like this: she's trying to trick me! But she can't be'.
The confusion she is feeling almost makes me gasp in shock. As I look around I can see the Republic soldiers mumbling to each other, trying to figure out what's wrong with their leader.
"Jedi". She looks up at me. "Who is your master?"
"My master was Atris". My eyes widen slightly in shock.
"And you believe I killed your master?" I pose.
"Yes, you killed her along with the rest of the Council!" she shouts at me.
"No, lies that people who need your powers have told you". I look her right in the eyes. "I fought the Council, yes, but I didn't kill all of them. In fact some of them joined me". She looks at me in shock but I continue. "Both Lonna Vash and Atris understood that it was not me that was the problem, it was the Masters that were manipulating everyone and so we had to get rid of the ones who wouldn't understand this".
Instantly I can see the change in her: she believes my words. She lowers her saber and turns to her soldiers.
"We have been deceived by a lie. Master Krate has lied to us all and we have all suffered losses because of it. We need to stand against the threat to the galaxy, the Republic". The soldiers stare at her for a moment in shock before at least two-thirds of them walk over to me and join us. The other third raise their blaster rifles at us.
"If you will not accept what is the truth..." the Jedi knight continued, although I suppose I can safely assume she's now a Sith, "... then we can't let you stand in our way".
With that blaster fire begins to rain down all around me but within moments it stops again, with all of the Rebels dead and only a few of us.
I turn to the Knight. "Keep half of them men here and guard this hanger. We need it for our escape. Send the ten others to destroy the ship from the inside while the rest will come with me". She nods and orders the men to do as asked.
Canderous smirks at me. "Your words of persuasion are rather affective, aren't they?"
I smile back at him. "Of course, why do you think I was so good at getting out of the Manaan courts all the time?" He laughs lightly at my response before we all begin to walk out of the hanger, now with a quite a few men with us.
We all continue to make our way through the, in my case, familiar rooms and hall ways of the Republic Warship. My group are making our way to the bridge of the ship to hopefully kill the captain and this Jedi Master Krate who keeps spreading lies and deceit throughout the galaxy. I know we aren't far and I can't help but feel that same sense of familiarity that I felt beforehand while I was still aboard my own ship.
We have encountered few troops, with most either using the turrets of this ship or out flying in fighters. It's almost eerie, how silent it is here, with only the slight groan of the ship as it moves.
It isn't long before the bridge is only one room away. I am quite startled and confused when I only sense a single being. I simply stare at the closed door for a moment before turning to my soldiers.
"Keep this area sealed. I will go on alone". Canderous nods in reply before ordering the troops to follow the orders just given. I turn back and with a flick of my wrist the door opens up.
As I walk in I can't help but watch the fighters and ships shooting past the observation window, with their laser fire bighting up the dark void of space. Also in the bridge with me is a single being, with its back to me and its hands clasped behind its back. From its build I presume this Master Krate is a man: standing at 6 foot 2 inches tall with very broad shoulders. He is also wearing a completely black Jedi robe with its hood up so I cannot see what he looks like. I walk up behind him but he doesn't move, only talks.
"I guess I should have known better than to try and trap you". His voice is low and seems to have a mechanical edge to it which is simply scaring me, and nothing scares me apart from losing Bastila.
"Yes you should have". He laughs, again low. He finally turns to face me.
I can't see much of his face but from what I can see I can tell that he has darker skin. He is as well built as anyone I've ever seen, not as tall as Canderous but perhaps even more muscular.
He smiles and pulls back his hood. "I am Krate". He looks to be in his forties, with a shaven head and strong features but that smug smile on his face is starting to irritate me. Doesn't he know who I am and what I'm going to do to him in a moment?
"Oh I know what you will try to do to me" he speaks smugly. I can't reply. How can he possibly read my thoughts?
I growl at him. "Just because you can read my mind here doesn't mean I won't slice you to pieces with my lightsaber". With that I ignite the purple blade and hold it at the ready. I motion for him to fight me. "Come on them".
His grin never falters. "Who says I fight with a lightsaber?" With that he reaches into his robes and pulls out a very strange looking weapon. It looks like a whip but I've never seen one made out of metal before.
"What is that?" I ask.
"Oh just a little invention of mine, after a mission to Dathomir". He held up the whip, by the handle. "I like to call it an energy whip but a better name would probably be a lightwhip". With that he presses a button on the handle and the metal whip is surrounded by a purple beam of energy.
He starts to twirl the blade. "I've had the bridge specially outfitted so that all the walls are very strong. It makes it easier to swing this baby around and easier to kill you". He cackles insanely at me before twisting the whip at me.
I only just move in time to avoid losing most of my limbs, rolling across the bridge. He just continues to laugh at me and he twirls the whip around madly. I notice that he was right when he had said about the bridge being specially outfitted as I can see that the blade leaves no marks on the floor whatsoever.
He attacks again, nearly decapitating me but I just got my lightsaber up in time. The trouble that I found fighting against someone with a lightwhip was if you tried to block it with your saber, you had to watch for another part of the whip bending around it, which I found out a moment later when I blocked an attack but didn't see another part until it had burnt my shoulder.
"Ahhh" I cried out, cradling my now pretty useless left arm. I feel myself getting angry at letting this cocky little Jedi get through my defences and so I charge at him.
For the first time I take him by surprise and he is forced to duck and jump out of the way of my blade. I try to slice him in half but miss and cut some electrical wires. I don't turn to attack him again however, as something else catches my eye.
The surge of electric current that had been passing through the wire is now causing electric energy to travel on the flooring, creating miniature lightning bolts and that is when I realise that the walls all conduct electricity.
I smile and start to draw on my power of the Force. I close off my saber as electrical energy began to form around my fingers, and then around my hands, up and up until most of the top half of my body was cascading with electricity.
Krate prepared for the attack, I could see him believing he would easily block whatever I threw at him, but what he didn't know was that I was also building a shield that would protect myself from my own attack.
"Do you really think Force lightning will stop me?" Krate growled. I simply looked at him and winked before raising my hands to shoot the power at him. He seemed shocked when I didn't aim at him but instead at the floor.
The energy shot across the bridge and when it reached the Jedi, he dropped his weapon and began to scream as the energy crept up his legs, then his torso until it was around his whole body. I didn't stop the attack however, instead just pushing more and more of my power into the attack.
I could see the steam begin to rise off of his skin, beginning to scorch his clothing and his face. He fell to the floor in agony, writhing on the floor like a fish out of water. I didn't stop for another minute and when I did finally stop, Master Krate was nothing but a smouldering corpse.
I find myself breathing heavily at the effort and sit down on the closest seat. I gather my breath for a few minutes, thinking on whether or not I should try to learn how to fight with and against a lightwhip, before I decide to get back to my ship after all this one might be ready to self-destruct.
Just as I reach the door I hear one of the two doors to the bridge open up, and the sound of footsteps walking into the room with me. I turn and gasp with shock at the sight I see.
"It's been a long time, beautiful".
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