Knights of the Falling Repiblic II
Chapter 4
"Well wasn't that a fun ride" commented Revan as the elevator finally reached its destination. It had taken them longer than they would have liked to get here but at least they were here. They could both sense the Chancellors presence in the room on the other side of the elevator doors so at least he was still alive.
After a few seconds the doors slid open revealing a very large room with windows on every side of the spire. At the opposite end of the room sat the Chancellor of the Republic, all alone with no guards. This could only mean that this was all indeed a trap.
Revan and Anakin walked side by side towards the Chancellor, the latter dressed in his dark robes while Revan adorned less traditional armour and robes that resembled her original ones she had worn as the Dark Lord of the Sith only these were brighter in colour and most obviously she no longer wore a mask. Both Jedi bowed to the Republic leader.
"My lord, are you all right?" Revan questioned.
The Chancellor didn't answer her instead his gaze seemed elsewhere. "Count Dooku" he stated simply. Both Jedi turned around to find two forms moving towards them. One was, of course, the Count while the other was his apprentice Asajj Ventress.
Together they jumped down, landing gracefully from the platform and unsheathed their lightsabers. Revan turned to Anakin and snarled.
"Dooku's mine". Anakin nodded and turned his attention to Asajj. His wife and the Sith Lord had become fierce enemy's during the war, as had he and Asajj, but there was something about the two which disturbed him. Whenever Revan fought against him she changed into how he imagined she had been when she had been the Dark Lord of the Sith.
As the two current Sith approached Dooku spoke. "Hello dear Revan, how nice to see you again". Revan's snarl grew but Anakin didn't notice as he was concentrating on Asajj.
"Oh, Anakin. Such a long time since we last fought" the Rakattan said with an evil smirk.
"Surrender now and we might be merciful" the former Dark Lord sneered. Anakin was getting more and more worried about her but he didn't really have the time to worry about her and the fact that he himself was beginning to feed of her anger didn't help controlling his own hate for the Sith standing before them.
"I'm sorry but I'm going to have to decline" Dooku answered.
"So be it". Revan ignited her lightsaber and Anakin and the Sith soon followed. The Jedi woman threw herself at Dooku, bent on killing him for what he had done to Ahsoka and so many others. Anakin was a little more patient which was unlike him. After what had happened when he'd rushed in with Dooku back on Geonosis he had become more cautious, even though only slightly.
He watched from the corner of his eye as Revan continued to swing with aggressive force at her enemy, shocking the Count. He was barely keeping up with her almost wild swings which seemed to go against how she usually acted and fought.
Anakin was brought away from his wife though when Asajj attacked him with her twin lightsabers. He blocked the attack, realising that she had become more powerful since the last time they'd fought. He too had become more powerful, with the help of the war and Revan meaning that he was probably still more than a match for her.
Revan continued her assault on Dooku, making him walk backwards up the stairs. She was giving off a large amount of dark emotions but she didn't care. She wanted to make this man pay dearly and she knew she would. A voice in her head kept telling her to stop but the voice wasn't loud enough for the rest of her being to hear: the dark side had taken her over.
Unknown to both Jedi Revan's dark emotions were travelling through the Force bond to Anakin making him get angrier and angrier. Asajj seemed to notice the sudden change in the Jedi and her eyes widened in fear.
Dooku and Revan ended up in a test of strength, in a lightsaber lock.
"You have great strength, Revan. You have the power of hate and anger, as you are showing me now" Dooku groaned.
"You've seen nothing yet!" Revan roared. With that she pushed away his saber and grabbed him with the Force. She then unleashed the largest amount of Force lightning that even Palpatine had ever seen.
Anakin flicked his wrist and chopped one of Asajj's lightsabers in half. He then attacked her with even more Force. In the end Anakin was just whacking away at Asajj, with the latter almost lying down on the floor. In the end Anakin cut the Rakattan's hand clean off. He held his lightsaber close to his enemy's throat as she moaned in pain on the floor.
Revan stopped her onslaught of lightning and allowed the burnt Sith Lord to fall to the floor. She walked slowly, menacingly, over to where Dooku was. He was trying to pull himself up but only succeeded in getting into a kneeling position. Steam could still be seen coming off of his skin from the power of lightning Revan had unleashed.
"Good Anakin and Revan" Palpatine praised with a laugh and smile. He suddenly turned serious though. "Kill them, kill them now".
Anakin seemed to be trying to decide what to do. "I shouldn't" he said more to himself than anyone. Revan could only conjure up dark thoughts and when the Chancellor spoke again, telling them to 'do it' she swung her lightsaber, decapitating the unarmed Sith. Anakin reacted soon after, slicing Asajj across the stomach.
Both Jedi stood completely still. Revan's saber was still lit in her hands while Anakin's wasn't. He was the first to react. He moved away from the corpse of the assassin and noticed Revan standing there.
"Revan". She didn't react but he soon noticed that her hands were beginning to tremble. He ran to her side as he heard her breathing start to quicken. He called her name a number of times before she begun to calm down, if only slightly.
"Come on, Revan. We have to get out of here" he pleaded. She nodded before Anakin helped her to her feet.
"You both did well" the Chancellor spoke as he was released from his constraints. "They were both too dangerous to be left alive".
So was I Revan thought as she remembered what her sister had told her.
"Yes but they were unarmed prisoners" Anakin answered for both of them. "We both shouldn't have done that it isn't the Jedi way".
"It is only natural, after what they did to your friend and apprentice" Palpatine tried to reassure. The leader of the Republic turned to face them both. "Now we must leave, before more security droids arrive".
"Ray shields" stated Anakin as the three of them found themselves trapped in a transparent pirson of electrical energy.
Revan just looked at the shields for a while, trying to figure out if they were strong enough to withstand the power of her power of the Force. She closed her eyes and concentrated on pushing mountains of energy on every atom of the shield that surrounded them. She pushed and pushed and finally the shield flickered off.
Anakin must have been in mid-sentence when the shields turned off because his mouth was agape.
Just as they were about to leave R2-D2 and Revan's droid Bleep came charging through, one after the other and crashed into a wall.
"Well R2 did show up, like I said he would" commented Anakin. Just as they were about to find a way off this ship, which may be a little more difficult now their ships were probably destroyed after the Invisible Hand had nearly upturned, they were surrounded on all sides by battle droids. Revan thought about killing all of them but she probably wouldn't be able to do that and keep the Chancellor alive.
So with a growl she gave up her weapon and she, Anakin and the Chancellor were led to the bridge. Once they arrived they were greeted by a powerful enemy.
"Ah, the Revanchist, we've been waiting for you" the hideous General spoke. "That wasn't much of a rescue" he added as he grabbed the lightsabers that had been taken from the two Jedi. "And Anakin Skywalker. With the reputations you two have a was expecting you both to be a little, older".
"General Grievous, your shorter than I expected" hit back Anakin, causing Revan to smile slightly.
The droid/man turned away from them for a moment. "Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection". With this he placed both sabers in two slots in his robe.
"I'm sure they would have" Revan said before both R2 and Bleep caused a distraction giving both Jedi enough time to get back their Jedi weapons. Grievous ordered his two bodyguard droids to attack.
The droids were named Magna Guards and were very good at fighting with melee weapons, in particular with Electrostaff's. They were, however, no match for Revan and Anakin who excelled in the art of the blade.
Within moments both Guards were destroyed and the Chancellor was once again free. Both Jedi leapt after Grievous, with the Separatist armed with one of the Electrostaff's the droids had once used.
Seeing that he was surrounded Grievous decided to take his only chance. "You lose" he exclaimed before smashing a window. He was pulled from it while Anakin, Revan, Palpatine and the two droids held on for dear life.
Finally a small gate closed, stopping the suction. Revan and Anakin destroyed all of the remaining droids before the two realised that all the escape pods had been launched.
"Let's see if I can fly what's left of this thing" commented Anakin as he sat down in the pilot's seat. Revan sat beside him, doing as he ordered. The trouble with this was that half of the ship broke away from them, meaning that they had even less of a chance to slow down before hitting the planet.
Revan decided to take a chance.
"Anakin, make sure the controls are steady and then switch them over to R2". Anakin turned to her with a confused look on his face. "Do it". Not wanting to argue at a time like this he did as ordered. "Now, help me slow this thing down".
"How are we going to stop this ship?" Anakin retorted.
"Remember, size matters not". With that she reached into the depths of the Force and looked to grab a hold of the ship. A few moments after she felt Anakin begin to help her. The ship visibly slowed but not enough to stop them from having a huge crash.
In response the former Sith Lord went even deeper into her 'reserve banks' of the Force, drawing from its immense power. The ship reacted as if it had hit a wall. About one hundred metres from the ground the Invisible Hand floated in mid-air with the fire squad who had been sent to help looking on in confusion.
Slowly two Jedi lessened their hold on the ship, slowly lowering it to the ground. With a clunk the ship landed. Both Jedi came out of the trance they had gone into and breathed heavily.
"Well that was tiring" said Anakin as he gasped for breath.
"No kidding" answered his wife as she did the same. As the two unbuckled themselves Palpatine smiled. They were both truly powerful and he couldn't wait to hold that power in his grasp.
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