A/N: So here is part two. I'm sorry I had to split it up but let's face it. You would have been in front of the computer all day if I didn't split it up. Also I couldn't quite put this part in there because of the mood the last one set. You know, Bastila killing a lot of Sith and Revan coming to the rescue. But anyway don't expect the same kind of tempo from the last chapter hence the separation. Bonus points for whoever can guess the song the title is named after. For I think it goes great with this chapter.
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
The Fallen Knight
Chapter 13 Part 2 or Chapter 14
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
Bastila opened her eyes to be met with darkness. She felt her heart accelerate with the idea that she might be blind. But then she looked over in the sky and saw a moon. She breathed a sigh of relief and yawned. She then sat up and began stretching. She stopped and her eyes widened as she wasn't in pain from the battle. She looked all over her body and felt that all her wounds were healed. She held a shaky hand up to her cheek where she got slashed.
"It won't leave a scar if that's what you are wondering." Bastila looked up and saw Revan walking over to her. His hood was down and he was wearing his signature black armor but no mask.
"So, you did come yesterday." Bastila said sitting across from him. Revan sat on his own makeshift bed a few feet from her in the darkness.
"I only stepped in when you needed me to. The rest you did by yourself. But it did pain me to see you take so much damage." Revan said looking down.
"How did you get here? You're supposed to be sick."
Revan looked up at her and grinned. "I wasn't quite as sick as I made out to be." Bastila smiled back at him. "Besides I wanted to see you fight with my own eyes and I must say you have truly impressed me."
"Well I had some help."
Revan shook his head. "No, I merely showed you the way, you did the rest on your own."
Bastila remembered her battle and all that transpired. The beatings she took all led up to Bandon dropping his defense so that she could win. It was quite the painful memory but one that she would remember always. Too bad it wasn't seen by anyone besides Revan. Bastila taking down five Sith while fighting around a Krayt Dragon. It would be quite the story.
She froze remembering after she defeated Bandon. She was looking up at the Krayt Dragon and thought she was going to die then she told Revan through the bond-
'Damn it!' She cursed herself. She looked over at Revan who was observing her lightsaber and not paying attention to her. She hoped that he wouldn't bring it up. If Revan had one shred of respect for her he would not talk about it.
"I do have respect for you, which is why we will be talking about it." Revan said glancing up briefly at her. "But first I think you should fix your saber." He held his palm open and it floated across the distance towards her. She grabbed it out of the air and examined it.
Her blade was slashed at one end above the lens and crystal making it impossible to activate at one end. She sighed and looked over at Revan. "How am I supposed to fix it?"
Revan smirked and held his hand out once more and another saber appeared from behind him. It floated over to her then it was quickly dismantled in midair and all the parts were laid before her. "You can figure it out. I believe I have taught you about lightsabers inside and out."
She rolled her eyes and began to dismantle her own saber.
After an hour she was almost finished when she heard Revan panting. She looked up to see him drenched in sweat and that his eyes were half closed. He was turning a bit pale as well. He noticed her gaze and waved her off. "I'm fine, just worn out." He said but she was not convinced.
"Revan you are still very much in pain from the poison." Revan glared at her.
"I told you not to tap into me through the bond."
"I didn't have to." Revan's gaze softened. He slowly nodded and stood up.
"So I am a little sick still. It does not matter I don't expect anything that you can't handle to come our way."
"But it will take you longer to heal."
Revan shrugged and looked out at the moonlight desert. "So what? Not like we have anything pressing."
Bastila stopped working on her saber and glared up at him. "If you didn't notice we have a war to end that YOU started."
Revan chuckled lightly and Bastila started to get angry. "Yes but to fool the galaxy we need to "find" the star maps first so that everyone thinks I am dead."
Bastila bit her lip remembering something Darth Bandon had said. "Revan… I think Malak knows you're alive."
Revan turned around and raised an eyebrow at her. "You're joking." She looked away from him. "You're not joking. Well that's just great." He crossed his arms and sat down. "Now we have to go straight to him."
Bastila blinked at him. "What?"
"Well no use in hiding anymore. We lost the element of surprise so now there is no point in continuing."
Bastila looked back down at her lightsaber. She put the final piece on and grasped it. She took a deep breath and held it out in front of her. She pressed the buttons and both sides activated. Revan smiled seeing her accomplishment. "Very good. I see your skills have not faded."
Bastila smiled and turned it off. "I had a good teacher." Revan nodded and held up his hand as her saber floated to his hands. He inspected it closely and did not miss the R on the middle of the hilt.
"But you were a good student." Revan set it aside and looked back at her. Bastila looked into his eyes and she knew what was coming next. "So, you have something to say to me?"
Bastila sighed and closed her eyes. She wished that she wouldn't finish her saber so that she could avoid this altogether. But it was inevitable.
Revan knew she only said it because she thought she was going to die but that didn't mean it wasn't true. He knew from experience that coming close to death makes you do dumb things. But he made sure to sense her feelings when she told him and sure enough she had dropped all the barriers that she had placed on herself. Bastila was saying what was true to her heart.
"Revan… I thought I was going to die…" Bastila began, not looking at him.
Revan waited a few seconds for her to continue. "Go on."
Bastila looked up at him. "What do you want from me?"
"Just the truth." Revan said softly.
Bastila shook her head and looked away once more. "The truth is too hard to accept. I don't want to know the truth."
Revan smiled a little. "No you don't want others to know the truth. You want the truth but you don't want the repercussions from it."
She looked up at him pleadingly. "Stop being so damned smart. Why do you always have to know everything?"
"It's a gift. But you have been hiding from yourself long enough."
"What was I supposed to do when I first saw you? Go running back to the arms of a Sith Lord and tell him how much I missed him?"
"No, but a hug would have been nice."
"Revan!"
"Sorry, no I did not expect that. I expected you to kill me on the bridge that day. I didn't expect to have to face you and regret every day for leaving you. And now I have to deal with the fact that I may have lost the only person I cared about and she may never love me again. Do you know what it is like to love someone and they don't love you back?"
It took Bastila a moment to realize he was asking her. But when she opened her mouth he cut her off. "No you don't. You have only ever loved me and I loved you back with so much care and compassion that I rather die than see you in pain especially over me."
"Revan…"
"I did this all for you. If I didn't care I would have crushed the Republic right now and turned you into a Sith. When I saved you on the bridge I promised myself to never let you go again for I loved you. In my darkest moments the only thing that kept me sane was the hope of seeing you again." Revan started to see tears in her eyes. He was pouring his heart out hoping that she would see the truth between them both.
"You… really mean that don't you?"
"Of course I do. You are the only thing that matters to me." It was a good thing Revan was a multitasker and Bastila was oblivious to her surroundings. Revan managed to lift her bedroll slightly up in the air and moved her ever so slowly towards him.
"Revan there has been so much that has gone on and how you changed. But I know you are right and I know I have been pushing you and myself out of my heart. But," she started to move nervously noticing that she was closer to him. "But my feelings haven't gone anywhere. I was just blind to them as I was blind to you. And I no longer fear the truth." Revan's hand gently came up and rested on her cheek. "The truth is I love you."
Not needing to hear another syllable Revan pressed his lips to hers. The Force exploded on Tatooine from the contact and passion of their lips. Wind picked up around them and created a sand wall around them cutting them off from the outside world. To say they have waited their entire lives, from the moment they met, for this moment would be an understatement. It was everything they have ever imagined and more. The desire and need for one another fueled their love and passions making their minds swirl in drunkenness. The heat built up inside them and flooded through their bodies.
Two friends, two loves finally having their moment. The moment Bastila always wanted and desired. The moment Revan had waited for in seven long years was finally here. Nothing was sweeter for the two. Revan's greatest battle could never compare to this young woman or this moment. Hell could take him now for he was experiencing Heaven at this very moment. He had her now, completely and he was not going to lose her.
As their lips slowly parted Revan whispered. "Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum. I love you."
Bastila slowly opened her eyes and looked into his that were inches away. "I love you too. I always have."
Revan smiled and kissed her gently again. He knew how timid Bastila was about this and kept the kisses gentle, soft, and short. He hesitantly pulled back again and his hand dropped to the sand. His eyes went in the back of his head and he fell on his back unconscious.
Bastila's eyes widened. "Revan!"
Revan opened his eyes slowly. His head hurt so bad. One moment he thought he was completely cured of the poison the next he couldn't feel anything and passed out. When he couldn't see anything but black he thought he was dead. He rubbed his head and tried to remember where he was before.
He smiled and sat up remembering what happened. Bastila finally admitted the truth and her heart's desire then they kissed then… black. That was it, so where was he? Was he dead? He laughed to himself and stood up.
"Funny, a bad man experiences a piece of Heaven and then he gets sent to Hell." He looked around and saw nothing. "But I can't say that I am surprised." He looked down at himself and saw that he was still in his black armor. He looked down at his hands and felt his power returned. Not just his power but his strength as well. He felt perfectly fine, like he was before that damned beast poisoned him.
Revan glanced up at a glowing light heading towards him. He reached down and put his hands inside his armor and let them rest on his sabers. He stood waiting for the light to get closer. His eyes widened as the light came into view and he immediately fell to one knee.
"Master," Revan said to the Jedi spirit.
"Rise Revan for we have much to deal with and not very long." Revan rose quickly and looked at his Master.
"What is this place?"
"I will explain everything on your mind. This is your mind where the true battle is going on. I brought you here for one of your final lessons. You fight it outside your body and with your mind but now you will fight it head on."
"How did I get here and why now?"
"It was meant for this time. The Force waited until the moment you began to depend on the lightside again. Do you know when that moment was?"
Revan nodded once. "When Bastila said she loved me once again."
"Yes, now the darkness in you is losing and wants to break out since you will not bow to it."
Revan felt a feeling of hope. "Is it time for my unlimited power?"
"No, not yet."
"Then when?!" Revan was getting impatient with all this not yet and cryptic talk.
"You will know when the time comes. The Sith lords that gave you their power did not expect their power to overwhelm you before you were ready. But I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that Sith didn't know the corruption of the darkside. While you are fighting and holding back the darkness it is getting stronger."
"How is that possible?"
"It is feeding off the darkness around you Revan. You were a sign known to the galaxy as war and death and that is what follows you and that is what the darkside feeds off of. Yet amidst all of this you still find peace and serenity in the most unlikely places. The only reason the darkside has not reacted so violently was because you did not threaten it. But now it feels threatened with the light you are getting from Bastila. Now it is attacking you. It wants you Revan it wants your spirit to manifest in."
"You know this would be easier if I just got the damned power from the light."
"Focus Revan. You have to fight it back here and now." Out from behind the Jedi came close to a hundred red lights in the distance. Revan's eyes went back to the Jedi.
"What if I fail?"
"Then you will fall in darkness forever. Life for you and the galaxy will end."
Revan shook his head. "I love how the galaxy is always in my fucking hands. Alright what happens if I win?"
"Then the darkness will go back into hiding and remember that it serves you and not the other way around."
"…Great. Well at least I don't have to worry about that damned poison draining my energy."
The old Jedi chuckled. "You always see the lighter side of things."
"When you have seen as much as I have then you know there is always a side up in every situation. Now then who do I have to face? A dark spirit like yourself?"
"No, you are going to face the old Sith Masters that gave you this power."
Revan looked at him confused. "But I thought they didn't want this to happen?"
"The power has taken over their will."
"Figures," Revan mumbled. Behind the Jedi Master almost a hundred Sith lord spirits appeared. They were all very powerful and Revan saw that this was going to take a while. "So, that's it?"
The Jedi smiled at his apprentice and turned to walk away. "I have faith in you Revan."
At his feet his mask suddenly appeared. Revan rolled his eyes and reached down. He grabbed it and put it on pulling his hood up as well. "That makes one of us." Revan mumbled. Revan outstretched his hands and his two lightsabers went to them and flashed to life. The Sith lords followed and soon Revan was staring at one big red light.
Revan crossed the blades in front of his mask and stared down at the spirits. 'Too bad no one will see this.' He thought. In a flash almost all of the spirits charged him slashing their lightsabers at him. Revan stood motionless until they attacked then he blocked each attack. His two sabers flowed perfectly from side to side blocking every attack leaving the Sith stunned. They all back off and circled him. Revan held his blades at his side looking out at the Sith army.
"That all you got?" Revan taunted them. Twenty Sith charged him swinging and slashing trying to defeat him. Revan again blocked each attack like it was nothing. He stayed on the defense for now to see how they fought. After seeing how pitiful they were compared to his ancient Sith combos he dropped his guard. The Sith all lunged at him from all sides only to be stopped by an unseen barrier around Revan. Revan laughed and the barrier pushed them all on their backs.
"Come on, let's have a challenge." Revan said holding his right hand behind his back. He held his blue blade in front of his mask and turned it on making it the single blue in the red and black mixed world. Forty charged him this time and he had to actually try… with one lightsaber. But this time he went on the offensive as well. Revan moved and used his footwork to get the edge on all their random attacks. He moved through the circle of Sith that were attacking him and slashed two across the middle. They screeched and their spirits fell into darkness. Revan whipped around to block a volley of lightsabers that descended upon him.
He moved his blade faster than the eye could see as all the Sith attacked him at once. He activated his other lightsaber and put them back on the ropes once more. Dodging blocking and slashing Revan made his way through another ten but it seemed like there was no end. Eight Sith broke off and held their hands out at Revan. Revan pushed all the attackers off and held out his hand towards the attacking Sith. A huge storm of lightning came right at him. It circled him and was about to attack him the lightning funneled into his palm and disappeared. In his hand was a small blue ball. Revan smirked under his mask liking the reaction he got from the Sith. Revan slowly brought his hand back to his body with it still open and the ball still floating in it. He thrust his hand forward and all the lightning came back at the Sith but it was two times bigger. It engulfed fifteen Sith and destroyed them in a brilliant display of Force lightning.
Revan was grinning under his mask seeing how strong he had become. Having to lay low he had to avoid using even a fraction of his power but in this fictional battle he had no limits. Revan frowned sensing trouble. He spun around and blocked three red sabers that tried to strike him down. He planted his back foot and pushed back the interlocked sabers making the Sith recoil. Revan spun around slicing the Sith in the middle. He looked out to see an army of these Sith still remained. "And you were supposed to give me unlimited power? Truly pathetic." Revan said narrowing his eyes.
Then one by one they ran towards him attempting to kill him. Revan just blocked away all the attempts and every other one he cut down. After going through the entire army he stopped realizing they were all behind him now. He slowly turned to see that they all had their hands out aimed at him. Half called upon Force lightning while the other half called upon the darkside to drain Revan of his Force. Revan made a quick decision and threw his saber to the side. He held out both his hands and yelled in anger. A red aura emanated from his body as he called upon the Force.
Two flashes of light went right at the Knight as he focused himself. On his right he saw an orange beam while on his left he saw a giant storm of lightning. He pressed his palms together and out of it came a giant purple glow going straight at the Sith lords. "If I go then you go!" He yelled. Both the giant beams of Force hit him and he screamed in agony. The Sith lords could only watch as each one was hit from the purple beam. They all screamed and hissed as their life Force was drained completely. Revan fell to his knees as his suit was damaged badly as was his body. He looked up to see all the red glow from the Sith gone and a purple beam coming towards him. He held his right hand in the air and it went into his hand.
The purple beam disappeared and his entire body erupted in a blinding white light. He stood back up and laughed in victory. His laugh was dark and sadistic as he felt all his power return and more. He looked down at his armor and saw that it had repaired itself already. "I know this is all fake but how did my armor repair so quickly?"
"Your robes were made with Star Forge armor correct?" His old Jedi Master spoke behind him.
Revan turned around. "And where were you? Watching? Yes I made them from the Star Forge."
"Then it draws the Force from you."
Under his mask Revan raised an eyebrow. "It makes me weaker?"
"No far from it. In order to survive your armor needs you so it will give you extra power in expense of itself. When you get your power back your armor does the same. Also as long as you will it your armor will not let a weapon pierce it."
"So I am invincible?"
"I hope you are kidding."
"I am."
"No, you are not invincible. But you are the closest thing. While you were your armor you will not be the slightest harmed, as long as you have your power. Your armor has grown to protect its user, kind of like your droid. But when you lose power in the Force your armor will begin to grow weaker in order to keep its Master alive. It is one with you Revan as you are almost one with the Force"
Revan nodded in understanding. "It is always almost. But I suppose I should be thankful that my armor likes me enough to keep me alive. Is it over now?"
The old spirit nodded. "While those Sith and their power are powerful they lack the strategy and utilization of their power that you have already mastered."
"So that's why they were so easy. But it fails me, if this is the power I am supposed to get why was it so weak?"
The Jedi smiled. "Well that was only the darkside of it. Once you have both light and dark you will not be able to fathom your strength. Tell me, when is the Force at its strongest?"
Revan thought this to be an odd question. "When it is balanced."
"And what are you striving for?"
Revan realized what he was saying. He took off his mask and smiled at his Master. "Balance in the Force."
"And that is why you were chosen for this great power."
Revan was woken up by a giant lurch. He could only guess that he was back on the Ebon Hawk. He wanted to go back to his dream world once he felt that he was still ill from the poison. His muscles were weak and his breathing ragged while he could not use all of his abilities. He opened his eyes to see that he was indeed on the ship. He slowly sat up to see that he was in the infirmary.
He ran a hand through his hair thinking back to the fight inside his head. It all seemed so real but he knew it was an imaginative battle. He looked down at himself to see that his black armor was not on. Instead he was in simple cloth garments. He stood up and immediately sat down as his head throbbed painfully.
He looked up as the door swung open. "Oh good your awake. Now do you feel better? No more needs to run off the ship and save damsels in distress?" Jolee said smirking at him. Revan rolled his eyes.
"Hey I am sure she has probably told you the whole story by now so lay off." Jolee's face got serious.
"Well you sure have some good timing because we are in some trouble."
Revan stood up again and his legs felt like he was wearing an extra three hundred pounds of weight. "What is it now?"
Jolee turned to the door and they saw Carth and he looked worried. "We are being pulled in by tractor beam."
Revan groaned. "See I pass out for… how long have I been out?"
"Four days."
"See four days and you guys already- wait what?"
Jolee shrugged. "Yeah four days. Bastila was really worried and so we were on our way to Dantooine and then-"
"Dantooine! What the…" Revan let out a string of curses in Mando'a. He composed himself and let out a deep breath. "What ship is it?"
Carth's features grew angry. "The Leviathan, Saul Karath's ship."
Revan's eyes widened. "And Malak's." Revan closed his eyes and searched through the Force. He opened his eyes and looked at the two quizzically. "Malak isn't there. Where is Bastila?"
Carth pointed over his shoulder. "She is in the cockpit."
Revan pushed them out of the way and went to the cockpit in a hurry. He found Bastila looking over the control panel. "Bastila!" He said out of breath from running to her.
She turned around completely shocked. "Revan! You're awake! How are you feeling?" Bastila said hugging him tightly. Revan sighed. He missed her embrace and he was only gone for, what felt to him, half an hour. He could only imagine how long four days must have felt for her. Revan decided to hug her back for a quick second before getting back to business. He grabbed her shoulders and gently pulled her back.
"How long until we are pulled into the hanger?"
"I… I don't know a few minutes why? Are you still not well?" Revan looked into her eyes for a moment then looked away. "Well we can still take them right?"
Revan shook his head and looked down at the control panel. "Not a chance. There is probably thousands of Sith troopers, Dark Jedi, droids, and Force knows what else. All of you wouldn't stand a chance."
"Well since we don't have our best player what do we do?"
Revan thought a moment then sat in the chair. He rubbed his eyes with one hand trying to think of something. "Karath has seen my face and no doubt he is going to contact Malak as soon as he pulls us in. I cannot take on the entire ship or Malak in my condition. And even though all of you are strong you cannot either."
Bastila was starting to get worried. Was Revan giving up? "Revan please we need you. If not for your power then your brains no one can best you in battle even if you aren't on the front lines."
Revan nodded and dropped his hand. "Very well. We will need someone, no, two people who can break free and get us out of there."
"Okay, who?"
Revan thought for a moment then stood up. He fell down to one knee and Bastila rushed to his side. He quickly called her off. "Don't! I am not weak!" He said getting angry at the fact that he was useless. Handling the Krayt Dragon and staying overnight in the desert really sapped the energy from him. Not to mention the fight he had in his mind.
Revan walked angrily to the center of the ship where everyone was now located. Bastila followed suit and stood next to him. "Alright we are about to be captured by the Sith. And as you all know I am not… well so I will be useless in battle. But we are going to need to escape the ship before Malak arrives. So…" Revan looked across the room at his companions. "I believe it will be quickest if HK-47 and Juhani will be the ones to do the job. Juhani you can turn invisible right?"
"Yes I can remain unseen long enough to evade detection and find you out." Juhani said confidently.
Revan nodded and looked over at HK. "And I know you will be perfect for this."
"Statement: I am ready to kill Master just say the word and those traitorous Sith will meet their Maker." Revan smirked looking at his droid. His gaze shifted upward as the sounds of metal clinging caught his attention. He sighed and closed his eyes.
"We better get out of here before Malak arrives."
The Star Forge
Darth Malak grew tired of searching for Bastila and the possible Revan impersonator from his ship so he went back to oversee his plans on the Star Forge. He had finished blowing Dantooine to hell and taking the bodies of the not-so-dead Jedi back to the Star Forge. If Revan was alive he would not be able to best him here with all this power. He was a fool for limiting the use of the Star Forge's systems. He had no idea what kind of super weapon it could be. The idiot.
He looked at his control panel and saw that he had an incoming transmission. He pressed a button and saw Admiral Karath on screen. "Admiral I hope you are not wasting my time." Malak warned him.
"My lord we have captured Bastila." Admiral spoke quickly.
Malak folded his arms in satisfaction. "Excellent Admiral, bring her to me immediately."
"My lord I should inform you that we have confirmed that Revan is alive."
"How did you come to that conclusion?" Malak's mechanical voice echoed.
"He is here."
Malak's eyes grew wide. "Is he currently escaping?"
"No my lord. It appears that he is ill. Upon further observation and a blood test we have discovered that he suffered from the poison of a Terentetak, and survived. He is very weak and almost powerless sir. We have them in a force cage right now."
Darth Malak was quite surprised that Revan could survive an attack by a Terentetak. But now he had Revan captured and right in his hands. He laughed mechanically. "Very good Admiral I will arrive shortly. Make sure nothing happens before I arrive."
"Of course my lord."
Darth Malak shut off the screen and howled in laughter. Revan was alive and he was weak and in his possession. If there was such thing as luck Malak figured Revan had none of it.
"First I will break your heart Revan. And I know just how to do that."
Fin.
A/N: Evil Star Wars music plays. So you thought I was going to have Revan single handedly defeat everyone on board the Leviathan didn't you? Well no, because Revan is still sick so that will make drastic changes to what happens as to the fact that two are helping them escape instead of one. So what will happen? Will they get out before Malak gets there? Will Bastila be captured? Will Revan ever get better? Will he get his ultimate powers? Will I stop asking you questions you don't know the answer to? No I won't.
And if any of you thought the whole battle for his mind was pointless then you are wrong. Revan had the battle for his mind because the darkside was threatened by the light that he focused on after Bastila confessed her love. So the darkside wanted to take him over while he was weak and so his Master had him confront it head on. And the part with his armor I think is a nice touch that makes Revan that much more powerful without using his other powers.
Yes! All is well for R/B and they finally kissed! It has been what? 14 chapters. And if you want to criticize me then forget it, they take things slow because that is what I think a couple of inexperienced twenty year old Jedi would do. Even though it is Revan. Please review and let me know what you think or if you have a question on something.
