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Everyone of the FF were staring. Staring in shock, in horror. Before them was a nightmare to end all nightmares. One of their own, the youngest of their group, had come back home. But instead of a bright eyed ten year old boy, they got a fox in his late twenties with hellish yellow eyes and a large ax to grind. Sally continued to stare up at the figure that was Tails/Revan.
Revan/Tails looked down at the princess, a scowl on his face. He had expected so much from her, but was disappointed. She had let things go to hell in a handbasket; the old Mobo, Knothole (That one REALLY hurt since it was his home growing up), New Mobo and the war with Eggman. Not to mention her rocky relationship with Sonic. Tails/Revan turned around, arms behind his back as he walked to the glass.
His yellow eyes stared back at his, the sobbing continuing behind him. He knew his reveal would hurt them. They'd deny that he was who he said he was. But this was who he was. What the Jedi made him become. The Force willed him to become more then just a technological aide to them.
"Tails...you...how could you?!" Sally whispered, Tails/Revan not turning around. "This war...you have to stop it! Can't you see that they have a perfectly good government?!"
Tails/Revan spun around, his hand out. Sally felt her entire throat constrict, but not enough to begin choking her. She was lifted up and brought to him, floating through the air. As she got closer to his opened hand, she settled into it, the hand wrapping around her throat.
"A perfectly good government...yes...it is perfectly good." Tails/Revan said, a dead cold tone. "Perfectly good...at enslavement. Perfectly good...at corruption. Perfectly good...for those who have money."
Each statement had a flood of images enter Sally's mind, her eyes widening and shedding more tears. Families broke apart. Women broken in. Children forced to work. Collars placed on the people's necks, the rich laughing smugly.
"Yes...it is a perfectly good government." Tails/Revan said, dropping the princess. "The fact you endorse it though. That thought makes me SICK."
Sally's tears flowed even more, staring at Tails/Revan's enraged face. He turn to look at the rest, his Force Aura leaking out. The presence made all tense up. They were not dealing with an idealistic child anymore. No, they were dealing with someone who saw REAL war. Someone who wallowed in the blood of foe and friend alike. He had seen horrors that would have broken the FF several times over in the Mandalorian and Jedi-Sith war.
"I see that old quote is true after all. 'Take care when you fight monsters, lest you become a monster yourself. When you stare in the Abyss...the Abyss stares back at you.'" Tails/Revan said, walking around the table.
He told them why the quote applied to them. They had fought Robotnik for ten long years. Robotnik didn't care at all for the people...just for power. The FF didn't care for power. But what they did care for was their image. Barby shot up at that.
"No, we don't Tails! We care very much!"
"Do you, Barby?" Tails/Revan said, turning to the koala. "If you cared as much as you say...then you'd have ended Eggman long ago."
"We don't kill, Tails! You know this! It's bad Karma!" Guru said.
Tails/Revan simply shook his head. This was better? Constantly on the defense, under attack from the constant machines that Eggman cranked out. When they had the opportunity to actually END it all back when Traya/Fiona was part of the FF, what did they do?
"The Knothole and Angel Island FF choked. They had Eggman outnumbered...they could have easily captured if not kill him!" Tails/Revan snarled, slamming a fist on the table.
"That's not how we do things..." Bunnie said.
"THIS IS WAR!" Tails/Revan roared, his Force Aura erupting and smothering everyone in the room.
Even Traya fell to the ground at the sheer amount of pressure that had coated the air. Seeing this, Tails/Revan retracted his Aura, but still kept the air thick. Everyone of the FF and his parents looked at him with fear. Good. They should be afraid of him.
"Wars are bloody. The Great War of Mobius. The Mandalorain War. The Jedi-Sith War. All were bloody. All had death. The Robotnik and Eggman wars are no different." Tails/Revan said, walking back to the window.
"But we prove ourselves to be the better group!" Sally cried out.
"Now you're sounding like Amy Rose." Traya stated, making Sally reel back like she had been struck.
"Traya is right." Tails/Revan said, looking over his shoulder at the Princess. "A better group? Maybe. But when all around you the dirt is stained red with the blood of your people, when the last of your friends die before your eyes...congrats. You can say you stuck to your guns about not killing."
Sally bit her lip, wanting to deny what he was saying. But...there was a part of her who did listen. A part that had always told her she needed to take more action, more force. She had managed to smother it, but seeing Tails/Revan was making it come back. Louder and louder, it grew, stating that half of the issues she and the FF were facing now wouldn't even BE if she had actually taken a few lives.
But Sally was not one to easily give up her convictions.
"We honored you! We...we won the war when you disappeared!" Sally pleaded, stumbling to Tails/Revan.
"And you lost it just as easily!" Tails/Revan snapped, backhanding her once again. "If you wanted to honor me, TRULY honor me, you'd have ensured the stability you had lasted more then JUST A SINGLE FUCKING YEAR. Wars are not GAMES, Princess! HOW MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST BECAUSE YOU, ALL OF YOU, HAVEN'T TAKEN THE WAR SERIOUSLY?!"
Sally touched her cheek, a look of shocked fear on her face. She couldn't believe that her surrogate nephew had just slapped her a third time. She looked up, watery eyes. Tails/Revan just glared down at her. No answer met his question which was an answer in and of itself. He closed his eyes, letting out a shuddering sigh.
"Take the rest of the FF back to their cells...save for Antoine and Bunnie. Have them in the same cell. As for the Princess...send her to Sonic's cell."
Traya nodded, calling in several Sith Troopers. They began to drag the FF out, Sally coming to life as she was grabbed.
"No! LET ME GO! TAILS! TAIIIIIIILS~!" Sally screamed, the door hissing shut.
Tails/Revan stood still for several moments. After recomposing himself, he walked to his chair, collapsing into it. Rosemary quickly joined her son, hugging him. Startled, Revan was about to attack, but sensed through the Force that Rosemary's action was not malicious. He awkwardly hugged back, Traya frowning.
"Revan...what is to be done with the FF and Team Dark?" Traya asked, making the fox look at her.
"We'll negotiate with the governments Mobius for the Chaos Emeralds. I know New Mobo has two with Station Square having another two. That will give us five of the seven." Revan said, finally ending the hug with his mother.
"Understood." Traya said, turning to Amadeus. "General...why did you not teach the FF the importance of fighting a legit war after your return?"
Amadeus hung his head. He had no excuse. He didn't fight the King on the right of succession, fighting that Sally was more suited to rule. He was so blinded by grief for the loss of his son, he had just done something stupid. Changing the Monarchy to the Democracy and making the war far far more difficult.
Traya nodded, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"At least you admit that you had no excuse." Traya said, turning to the still awkwardly hugging mother and son. "What's next, my lord?"
"Now...we end the GC for good." Revan said, Rosemary quickly letting go.
Traya smirked. The war was finally coming to an end.
STHSW
Sally was still screaming and kicking, trying to escape the strong grips of the troopers. She was not successful at all. She was tossed into a cell, the energy field springing to life. She slammed against it several times, sobbing. Finally, she fell on the ground, curling into a ball.
"S-sal?"
The voice made her snap her head up, seeing someone on the berth of the bed. Sonic! She got up and headed over, looking the hedgehog over. He was blackened in a few places, clearly an attack. Around his neck was a golden collar. Said hero smiled up at her.
"H-hey."
"Sonic...oh gods, its him...Revan-"
"-is Tails, I know." Sonic said, sighing. "Let me explain. Me and Shadow were blasted off the balcony above the battle with Black Doom."
Sonic and Shadow had landed on the alien's head, making Sally snicker a little. After they were tossed into Revan, his mask was knocked off same with his hood. Both didn't know at that point in time, wanting to just deal with Black Doom. Well, the Sith jumped in and Black Doom was beaten. They had dealt with the Sith, much to Sally's irritation and Sonic's sheepish grin. A bomb of some kind then flew at Black doom, killing him. With Black Doom's death, the rest of the Black Arms followed.
"Me and Shad turned around...and saw him in his terrible glory Sal. Those eyes...I thought old iron face's eyes were scary, but Tails? Whole other level. He zapped me and Shadow before we could get our wits back. Woke up here with this collar around my neck." Sonic finished, rubbing the collar. "Can't access my speed at all, Sal."
"No-Zone...Fiona must have kept the collar." Sally said, thinking for a moment.
"Merlin's intel was spot on. Its a factory and training ground all in one." Sonic exclaimed, trying to get up.
He was stopped by his ex, shaking her head. He needed to rest. That attack left him weak. Sonic huffed, but nodded. Sally began to pace around their cell.
"There's gotta be more...more to this station, more to Tails' turning...everything! We need to know more! Maybe...maybe we can turn him back." Sally said, desperate.
Sonic only nodded. But the question was...how to get that info.
STHSW
Time passed for the captured Mobians and the Sith. The Sith were all working around the clock to get their fleets ready for the final assault. Revan, now wearing his mask and hood once more, was talking with the rest of the Sith Empire. Given their position, it would take the main bulk of the Sith Fleet two weeks to get to the Inner Core. Two weeks was too long in Revan's mind. It gave the enemy too much time to dig in. This war had been going on for two years and that was two years too long in his mind. He asked his allies and the further out Sith Fleet to strike at them before fading back.
Their allies all nodded. They could do that. Their ships combined with the Sith Scouts could preform hit and fade attacks, diverting resources from the GC until the main fleet arrived. Revan thanked them, the transmissions ending. HK-47 walked in then.
He had a new body, built exactly like his original one. With one key difference. Thanks to the Hammerspace technology from Omega, HK-47 had a literal arsenal in his chassis, arms, and legs. He even had a built in jet-pack! HK-47 loved all the new toys he had, but in a shocking twist, he requested his master to have the Hammerspace tech be used for EVERYTHING. That had thrown even Revan for a loop and asked why.
"Statement: Master, this Hammerspace tech is too valuable to waste on just me. It can help the rest of the Sith Empire. Imagine it for a moment. The Sith Infiltrators could have HYPERDRIVES, meaning they could swarm an early warning or scouting fleet. We could pack more weaponry into our Leviathan Class warships for pete's sake! Even Tee-three-Mmm-Four can benefit from it! You may have made me to be more unique then other droids, but you also programmed me for pragmatism. This technology can further your Empire's goals."
So that was exactly what Revan had done. With the new tech, T3-M4 was now a rolling tank, the Sith Fighters had been vastly improved and the Capital ships? The new generation of them were ten times more powerful then the first generation, able to even launch torpedoes now! Said Droid woke his master from the trip down memory lane.
"Query: What do you wish of me, Master?"
"Ah, HK. I think its time you start your slaughtering of meatbags now. I know, you've been out of the war for too long. So, I have a mission for you. You are to go on ahead to a designated set of coordinates. From there, you are to go to the very heart of the GC. Elminate all of their senior military leaders and whoever they have to replace."
"Agitated Statement: Master, this is not like you. You give me challenging missions...this is too simple for my greatness."
"Ah, that is where you are wrong, HK. I wasn't fully done yet. You are to make it look like either natural causes if they are old enough for such a thing. If not, then it is to look like just a tragic accident all WITHOUT it being traced back to you or the Sith."
HK-47's optics glowed brightly. Revan knew this was a sign he was happy.
"Gleeful Statement: Oh, Master, you certainly know how to give me such a challenging parameters." HK said, pure joy in his vocabulator. "Statement: I will prepare right away!"
HK-47 turned around and left the room. As the droid did so,Traya walked pass, giving a nod. Upon entering the room, she walked up to Revan, bowing.
"My lord. What shall we do with the captured?" Traya said.
Revan hummed in thought. He could get the negotiations out of the way...but that would set them back by another week. No. That was unacceptable. The GC HAD to be destroyed now.
"We'll take them all with us, confined to the brigs, least for Team Dark. But as for the FF..." Revan mused, rubbing his chin in thought. "I will show them EXACTLY what happened to me. But not all at once. No...I want them to suffer a bit. Bring one of the FF to me every other day starting with the Downunda Freedom Fighters." Revan said, Traya nodding.
"Understood my lord."
Traya hurried off to carry out the order and didn't dare hide the smile she now sported. The FF wouldn't know what hit them.
STHSW
Sonic and Sally were dragged out of their cell by several Sith Legion members. They were escorted to a waiting Sith shuttle, the rest of the group there. Rouge was practically a mummy, a single blue eye staring out. She was looking at Traya with fear, something that amused the vixen to no great end. Shadow tried to fight his way to freedom, but with the collar around his neck and his weapons taken, he was helpless as a cub. Sonic glared at Revan, the mask hiding the face of his little brother.
"So...where we going, Miles?" Sonic spat out, Revan not reacting to his true name.
"To show you the end of a corrupt government."
Revan walked away from the group, stepping up onto a podium. Many of the troopers all stopped talking, turning to look at him. Many snapped to attention, the Dark Jedi bowing. Revan gave a signal for everyone to be at ease. Once they did, Revan began his speech.
"My brothers and sisters in arms...we have come a long way since our arrival here two years ago. We have shaken the very foundation of this galaxy to its core. We have taken our revenge on the Jedi Order, though they do not know this."
That made the FF and Team Dark look at Revan in shock. The revenge on the Jedi Order? What did the Dark Lord mean? The answer soon came. Revan had told their allies of what the Jedi had done. They had taken children, some just as babies, from their mothers and fathers. Even before said mothers and fathers could even hold them!
That tidbit of information shocked Sally to the core. The Jedi did that?! But that wasn't the worst of it. Not by a long shot.
"For those parents who refused to give up their Force adept child, the Jedi used Mental Manipulation on the parents minds! Making them believe the child died before stealing them away!"
Roars of outrage and fury met this proclamation. The FF soon understood Revan's revenge plan. The Jedi were being made out as Monsters.
"I swore that we would change that about the order...a promise I was unable to keep. But! I make this vow. The Dark Jedi Corps will be voluntary. If we find any Force Adepts of this galaxy, we will offer them training...but not conscript them into our family. Yes...that is what we are. A family. Bound by the blood, sweat, tears, and horrors of war."
The Sith all nodded. That was what they were. A family of brother and sisterhood. A family bound by wars and scars. Mandalorian, Sith, Mobian, Otherworlder. It did not matter where they came from. They fought alongside Revan in the trenches, waded through the blood of foe and ally alike. Marched through storms, hot suns, biting cold. Revan was damn proud to have served alongside them not just as a trooper...but as their leader.
"Now...we stand on the threshold of a new era! The Black Arms, the DOGS of the Galactic Consortium, have been put down here in our own home! They now lay bare before us, shaking in utter terror at our names! The Ancient and Elder money shall know no mercy from our blades! They will feel every ounce of pain that they have inflicted ten fold! Only those untainted by their family will be spared...but the rest? They shall be cast into the fires of war and become the ashes of memory!"
Many Sith cheered, raising the blasters high. There was a growing pit of fear in Sally Acorn's stomach. She was now seeing EXACTLY why Skarr said Revan was so powerful. It wasn't his abilities with the Force that made him such a fearsome foe. It wasn't his ruthlessness in battle cutting down his foes.
"I ask you now...will you join me in one final, glorious battle?! Will you march with me into the bowels of deepest pit of Hell, facing down the foulest deamons the Galaxy has ever created? Monsters who wear faces of false kindness, false honesty, and have a twisted warped sense of justice?!" Revan bellowed.
The cry was singular. It was shouted at the top of their lungs. The entire station itself surged with the power that came from these ordinary men and women.
"WE WILL!"
"He's...rallied them." Sonic stared, shocked horror on his face.
They had been warned by Skarr, but it still took their breath away. The power that Revan was excluding wasn't something with the Force. No, this was just him. His passion, his desire, his charisma, all of it rolling into a powerful voice that shook even THEM to the core.
Even Shadow was at a loss of words. He had been about to shout that Revan was Mobian. That he was not a true Sith. But seeing the people looking at the Dark Lord, Shadow realized that the Sith knew. They just didn't care. To them, Revan had earned their trust. He waded through blood, fought the same monsters they fought. He was on the battle field with his troops, not behind them.
That...was a leader no one could beat.
STHSW
The FF and Team Dark were once again separated and placed in brigs inside the main Sith warship, ironically named Freedom's Fight. Once the fleet was assembled and several of their New Money Allies arrived, they were underway. One by one, the ships slipped into Hyperspace. Revan looked out at the tunnel of blue, arms crossed. The Force was coiling around him like a snake, comforting him.
Sharing his past wasn't easy. In fact, he downright hated doing it. But he needed to. To show the FF how misguided their beliefs in the Jedi truly were. That was when the Force whispered to him. To ease into it...with Traya and his parents. Pondering for a moment, the Dark Lord nodded.
He reached out in the Force, brushing Traya's mind.
Join me...it's time I reveal how I became what I am to you.
Not waiting for her reply, he turned to a trooper.
"Summon my parents...I have something they must see."
"Understood, Lord Revan."
STHSW
Sally noticed it after two days in her cell. One of the FF was being escorted past her and Sonic's cell. Heading to the field, she was it was Barby. The Koala was staring dead ahead, her face devoid of any kind of emotion. Calling out to the Koala did nothing. Sally saw how puffy and red her eyes were, like she had been crying hard.
Barby just went back with the escorts, Sally concerned. What had she seen to make her react like that?
STHSW
A day or two later, she heard footfalls again. But this time, she heard open sobbing. She went to the door, Sonic looking up. Once more, several Sith were escorting a mobian, this time Guru. He looked at the Princess, his eyes shining with tears.
"Those Jedi...those fucking monsters...they don't help...they don't..." Guru blabbed, sobbing once more.
Sally grew alarmed. What did Guru meant by that?! Out of all the Mobians...she expected Guru to be a staunch supporter of the Jedi. For him to turn on them...what had he been told?!
STHSW
Another couple of days had passed since Barby and Guru were seen. Sally was pacing back and forth, her mind on their reactions. Guru was sobbing while Barby was unresponsive. What had Tails done to them? Her ears perked up as once more, she heard footfalls. Like clockwork, she was at the door of her cell. This time, she saw it was Bunnie, the rabbit actually being pushed in a hover chair of some kind. Like Barby, she was just staring ahead.
"Bunnie!"
Sally's voice made her wake up some and she turned to look at the Princess with the same vacant expression on her face.
"Sally girl...we were so wrong...so, so, so wrong about those Jedi folks..." Bunnie whispered, bursting out into tears.
Bunnie was pushed on. The fear Sally was feeling was now spiking. Even Sonic looked frightened. Bunnie was the most firm in her beliefs of right and wrong...for her to say that they were wrong about the Jedi. What was Tails doing!?
STHSW
Another three days passed, meaning the first week of the two week trip was nearly done. But for Sally that wasn't the worrying part. The FF had been marched by her and Sonic's cell, all in various states of sorrow and depression. Walt and Antoine were the latest, simply looking at the pair before looking away. Sally was now truly scared. What was it that they saw or heard from Tails?! It was...breaking them!
The sound of footfalls alerted her, making her turn to the door. Several Sith Troopers were on the other side, one of them punching in a code. The field dropped and they came in.
"Which one do we need to take to Lord Revan?" One of the troopers asked.
"The hedgehog. Her royal majesty is to be the last one."
"Hey! Where are you taking him!?" Sally demanded, putting herself between Sonic and the Troopers.
"To Lord Revan for a chat and then to medical for his injuries." The trooper said.
"We are authorized to stun you if you do not comply, your majesty." The second trooper said.
Sally scowled, but stepped to the side. Sonic was taken out, smiling at her.
"I'll see ya soon, Sal."
The field sprang back up, leaving the princess all by herself.
STHSW
Sally was at her wits end. Sonic hadn't been returned to the cell. For over three days, she worried and fretted, wondering what Sonic was going through. Was he being tortured? Mocked at? She didn't know and it was making her go slowly insane. So lost in her thoughts she didn't hear the footfalls nor the field dropping. She did however feel a heavy arm on her shoulder.
Spinning around, she saw not a Sith Trooper...but Tails/Revan himself. His mask and hood were off, showing only his head. He stared at her with a dead expression on his face. Sally stared right back, still trying to come to grips that this was Tails. But then she remembered the past week and half.
"What have you done to them?" She asked suddenly angered.
"I showed them the truth. Just as I am about to show you." Revan said, punching in the code and entering.
"The truth?! What truth?!" Sally snapped, getting in his face.
"The truth...of how I came to be Sith." Tails/Revan said, placing his hands on her head.
The Princess felt something entering her mind and then...blackness.
STHSW
Sally snapped awake, finding herself on a balcony. To the front of her, massive skyscrapers towered over a rising sun. She looked down and saw nothing but more steel, glass and concrete. Where was she?!
"Coruscant. You are on Coruscant." Tails/Revan said, appearing next to her, looking out.
This was a later memory of his, but he was showing it to her first to give her an idea where he had ended up. The whole planet was just one big city of glass, steel, and concrete. Nothing organic actually grew here except in certain sections. Sally cringed. This world was what Robotnik and Eggman wanted. A world devoid of trees, plants, flowers and nature in general. She saw several beings below, seeing that they were alien to her.
The scene shifted them. Sally found herself staring at a group of humans from the ground, all wearing beige robes. Revan pointed out each one to her.
"This is the Coruscant Jedi Temple...the heart of the Jedi Order. We are in the Council chambers. These are Jedi Grand Masters Atris."
Here he pointed at a human female with white hair and robes.
"Master Kavar."
A brown haired human with brown eyes and wearing Brown robes was pointed at. He turned to a balding human with a gray mustache, wearing the garb that Kavar was wearing.
"Master Zez-Kai Ell."
Finally, he turned to the last man, a balding man with graying hair.
"And Master Vrook."
Sally noticed that there two others, but Tails/Revan ignored the pair. She then heard them all speaking, but no words. In fact, one of them pointed at her. No...not at her, her. At...
"Tails...is this your memory?!"
Tails/Revan simply nodded. This was his memory of arriving before them. The portal had spat him out right in front of them. He was disoriented, but not knocked out. Sadly, he didn't understand Basic at the time. They were arguing about something when one of them pointed at him. This led to another argument, before two of the six joined the other two. It made the final two look at the four in shock. At this time, Tails was up.
"Where am I?" Sally heard from her lips but it was Tails voice.
"#############" She heard, making her turn to look at the circle.
Then she felt it. Something entering her mind. She tried to get it out, placing her hands on her head, screaming. But it was naught. Her memories of Knothole began to fade into a bright white light. Her eyes shot open. No...no, they didn't. Not to an eight year old fox! Then came his friends...his family. The first to fade was-
"Rotor?! Where are you going!? Stop!" Tails voice came out of Sally's mouth.
Rotor finally faded into the white light, a large smile and waving. Sally thrashed about, trying to escape the nightmare.
"Antoine?! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!"
The uniformed coyote joined Rotor in the white void, standing and saluting. Sally's eyes brimmed with fresh tears, mimicking exactly what the scared child was feeling right now.
"Aunt Bunnie! NO PLEASE I'M GOOD! I'LL BE GOOD!"
Bunnie fell into the white void, reaching out to her/him. Sally gasped, snot coming out of her nose. The Jedi were doing this to him...to her surrogate nephew! Sonic was the next to go, this one earning a screaming fit from Tails/Sally.
"SONIC! NO! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME! PLEASE!"
Sally's heart was breaking into a trillion pieces. The Jedi were taking away his memories of his family. But why!? Why were they doing this!? She saw herself finally entering the white void, a pained scream erupting from Tails/Sally's throat, filled with nothing but pleading despair and desperation.
"AUNT SALLY!"
The long cry did it. Sally let out a scream of her own, grabbing her head and thrashing around.
"STOP! STOP! I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE!"
"We're not done yet, Sally. You have only seen the start of my rise...now...witness all that I went through." Tails/Revan said coldly, darkness taking her once more.
STHSW
Sally watched it all like some movie.
Robbed of his memories of his home, his family, his friends, Tails, now named Revan, joined the Jedi Order. He was first trained by a woman by the name of Kreia who seemed interested in him. After his training under her was completed, he went to other Jedi masters learning from them. Once he had learned all that he had, he had returned to Kreia who began to tell him of forbidden things. Sally watched it all through his eyes, sometimes watching as Tails/Revan grew up like a third party, acing all of his training and tests.
Despite the Jedi taking her nephew's memories, they didn't take away his sense of doing the right thing. When the Mandalorians began their attacks, he pleaded with the Jedi council to attack. But the council refused, making Sally mad. They felt the suffering, but refused to aide them? They believed there was another behind the Mandalorian attacks.
Tails/Revan refused to let the outer rim be completely overrun. He rallied the rest of the younger Jedi, much to the irritation of the Council. They went and fought, securing a major victory over the Mandalorians. This finally snapped the Republic into acting. Revan had discovered the Mandalorian mask and what its original owner tried to do. Sally felt her heart go out to the young warrior, pleading with her commander to spare the people. It was then that Revan who found the mask and village began to fight with a passion never before seen.
The Mandalorian war was exactly as Tails/Revan had said it was. Bloody. Death and destruction met her eyes. She had friends and allies pass in her own arms, felt the dying of planets as they were nuked. It was so surreal but so very real that she was starting to lose herself. But before Sally fully did, it happened.
The Jedi and Republic won the war.
She was grateful for that, watching as they destroyed the Mandalorians weapons and armor. Tails/Revan and his best friend, a human by the name of Malak, went off into Wild Space, seeking something.
That something was a hidden Sith Empire. The Sith had used the Mandalorians to weaken the Republic and the Jedi for an invasion. Both of the friends fought the Sith Emperor.
Both of them lost.
Sally/Tails felt the Sith Emperor brainwash themselves, turning them against the Republic. But what the Sith Emperor didn't know at the time is that the mental programming created fissures in the memory block on Tails/Revan.
Revan returned...and rallied everyone against the Republic. Now they were facing their heroes and saviors as Sith. The war went on for four years before Malak betrayed Revan. It was thanks to Bastila Shan that Revan was saved. Once more, the Jedi modified his memories, hoping to use Revan to end the Sith threat. But once more, the fissures became larger.
Now named Erik Fu'gune, Revan was placed on the Ender Spire. Near Taris, they were attacked by a Sith ambush. The ship was lost, all hands either lost or evacuated. Tails managed to escape with a man by the name of Carth Onasi. The pair of them explored all of Taris, a world similar to Courasant. Sally smiled, watching as Tails helped out those that were non-human.
His misadventures led him to meeting the Beks, Mission, Zaalbar, Bastila, and T3. She frowned at Bastila's arrogance, wondering why she was acting so bitchy. The events continued on, Revan meeting a Mandalorian by the name of Candorous of Clan Ordo. He helped arrange them into getting into a secured location to a ship.
During the escape from the complex, Sally's heart stopped when she saw the Sith bombing Taris, destroying everything. The group managed to get away and arrived at a planet called Dantoonie. It was much nicer in Sally's mind. Grasslands, farming, even a Jedi Enclave. Tails/Revan was retrained in the Force, becoming a guardian. Unawares to the Council on Dantoonie, Tails/Revan was getting various flashes of his past. Thinking that they were just more visions, he continued his quest on the peaceful world. He rescued another Jedi by the name of Jhauni.
Then came the visions of the Star Maps. Maps he had discovered before. They were the key to beating the Sith. After uncovering the first one on Dantoonie, Revan was tasked with finding the others. His first stop?
The planet Manaan. It was a water world, devoid of any natural landmass. A floating city was what he and the rest of his group traveled on. There, he uncovered a conspiracy by the Sith to kidnap the native's children to induct them into the Sith. He then aided the Republic in safeguarding a hidden mining operation for Kolto. He had saved the mother of all life on Manaan, earning the praise of the natives.
From Manaan, he traveled to Kashyyyk. Tails/Sally marveled at the world. Like Dantoonie, it was mostly trees and vegetation. Tails/Revan helped Zaalbar not only throw out the corporation there that was enslaving the Wookies, but also helped the wookie regain his favor with his family. While in the Shadowlands of the world, his group wound up meeting the Exiled Jedi Jolee Bindo. During their journey on Kashyyyk, they met someone connected to Mission's older brother. Leena told Mission what happened, but the girl refused to believe it. After that little mishap, Revan accessed the map that was there and was soon on his way again with Master Bindo joining him.
The next Planet was Tantooine. A large sandball of a world, Tails/Revan wound up meeting HK-47. After some haggling, he got the droid and a good thing too. He had to meet with the Tusken Raiders, the natives of the sandy world. After brokering a peace between the raiders and the same Corperation that enslaved Zaalbar's people, Tails/Revan/Sally went on to obtaining a pearl from something called a Kryat Dragon. With that pearl, the three heard the tale of the Tusken people. That they were once slaves to the Infinite Empire and Tantooine was once as lush with life as any other world. The slaves had rebelled, overthrowing their masters. Getting the location of the third Star Map, he rescued Mission's brother, Griff.
It was...very bitter. Mission declared him her brother no more and stormed off.
While on their way to the final star map, they were intercepted by the Sith. Captured, they were tortured, but Tails/Revan refused to answer any questions. They were rescued by T3. Fighting to the bridge, they shut down the tractor beam...and made a discovery.
Carth, Bastila, and Tails/Revan were on their way back when Malak met them. Malak was shocked and surprised to see Tails.
"Was...was that when...?" Sally asked.
"When I discovered I was Revan? Yes...and more."
At the announcement who he truly was, Tails/Revan clutched his head. The revelation that he was the Hero of the Mandalorain War, the reason why the Sith-Jedi war was happening was too much. The block, under strain from the original memoires leaking out, the programming from both Jedi and Sith, shattered, filling his mind with his old memories. His eyes, once blue, became the Sith Yellow, shocking Malak. Tails gave out a roar of rage, the Dark Side SWELLING in power. Carth and Bastila went flying back, Malak landing hard on his own ass. The Dark Lord looked at his former master slash friend, scared shitless. The Force was coming off of him in waves. The Force was...rejoicing. Tails/Revan looked at Malak, snarling.
"You are going to pay dearly for that betrayal, Malak."
"NO!" Bastila screamed, pushing both Revan and Carth into another hall.
The reborned Dark Lord snarled, watching her engage Malak. They got the Hawk and took off.
"Was that...was that all?"
"No...not by a long shot." Tails/Revan said.
They were now in the Hawk's main room. Carth and Revan had just gotten done telling everyone everything. Carth stormed off, Revan scowling. He looked at Jolee Bindo, his scowl becoming more nasty. Jolee saw it and hung his head.
"So...you remember."Jolee said tired.
"DAMN FUCKING RIGHT I DO!" Revan/Tails/Sally snapped. "WHAT GAVE YOU THE FORCE DAMNED RIGHT TO SEAL MY MEMORIES OF MY OLD LIFE AWAY?!"
"W-what?! Jolee, what's he talkin' about?!" Mission asked.
Jolee Bindo sighed, sitting down. He was once part of the Jedi Grand Council. He along with five others were discussing a vision they had shared as one. During the talk, a two tailed fox appeared before them. Everyone's, save for the droid's, eyes went wide. Revan?! Jolee nodded. The fox was squeaking and chirping, clearly in its own language, distressed. Instantly, talk turned to what to do with the being. He and Kreia, another member of the council at the time, were for trying to aide the child in getting back to its home. Another two argued against it. The final two were just staring at the poor being. Just as they were about to reach a verdict, Vrook rapidly stood.
"Master Vrook accused the child of being a bringer of doom, the very same we saw in our vision. It convinced our two neutrals to break away from me and Kreia. It was decided we'd seal away his memories of his home...believing that the Dark Side would tempt him with means to get home."
"Oh like that worked out REAL well didn't it?!" Mission stated sarcastically. "Newsflash, we got a war now because of your actions!"
Jolee nodded, hanging his head. By this time, Revan had left the room, too enraged to think.
One by one, the rest of the crew came to him. Jhuani was the first. When she looked at him, the Dark Side was strong in him. But she did not try to convince him to turn away from it. She was disgusted with what the Grand Council had done, even Jolee's actions in them. She couldn't really hate the man for he did argue against it, Kreia as well. But instead of staying, like Kreia, he went to the farthest place from any Jedi or Sith. He hid.
"...I can't go back to the Jedi Order, knowing what I know now, Jhuani." Tails/Revan/Sally said bitterly.
"And I will not even think of trying to convince you, Revan. You are your own person. What the Jedi...what WE did to you...may the Force forgive us all for our terrible sin."
The cat woman left. Revan was then joined by another shock. Carth. The man sat near the two tailed fox, his face unreadable. When the Republic Soldier spoke, there was pain in his voice.
"The others told me what the Jedi did to you. I-i-i-I just can't tell who to hate more. The Sith...or the Jedi. All this time...I wanted to blame you for everything that has happened...but...I can't. You...damn, you were a victim of it all. Not only that, you were...ARE...the best fucking thing that happened to the Republic, Revan. You SAVED us. What happened to my home...that was Malak, not you. But...I need to know...how old were you when-?" Carth asked, trailing off.
Tails/Revan/Sally was quiet for several moments. When the answer came...it was a dead monotone voice that answered.
"Eight years old."
That answer made Carth collapse onto a nearby chair, staring in shocked horror. Eight years old echoed in his mind. Revan was only eight when the Jedi had sealed up his memories. Carth had the memories of his wife, his child, his home...but Revan? He had his all sealed up...all because the Jedi feared him. The Soldier stumbled away, tears actually flowing for the first time in a long time.
Canderous was next. The pair didn't say a thing. What could be said? The Mandalorian simply stood next to Revan. Despite the silence, the conversation was as loud as before. Despite what had happened, Canderous admired Revan because he rose to the challenges the Mandalorians gave him. The Jedi fought hard for his victory. The Mandalorian would follow him no matter what path the man took. After the conversation was done, Canderous left without another word.
Mission was the last one to meet with him. Unlike the others, she hugged him tightly, making the Dark Lord freeze. But he soon embraced her, angry tears in his eyes.
"Whatever path you follow...Jedi or Sith. Me and Z...we're gonna follow you. The Jedi made you forget your family, your friends, your HOME. To me...they're no different then the Scum who run the Republic. At least with the Sith...we know what they want."
After the twi'lek left, Revan sat and meditated. During such meditation, The Force reached out to him. It showed him a gem, floating in space, close to the Star Forge. Opening his now yellow eyes, he stepped out into the commons. Jolee looked up, seeing the Sith Lord and hung his head.
"You have chosen your path, I see."
"Yes."
"Figured as much. I warned the damned fools this would happen...oh well. On their heads be it."
Revan simply nodded.
After the reconnection with the crew, they made their way to the final planet. The planet in question was Korriban. This was the home of the First order of Sith. It was here, Revan's Dark Side Energies increased. But he did not allow himself to be corrupted by the power. He knew now what arrogance did. It had cost him dearly before. But he was disgusted at the Academy. Survival of the Fittest? No, Malak's way of teaching like that weakened the Dark Jedi Order in the long run.
No, there could only be two True Sith. Revan displayed why he was such a thing. He undermined the efforts of the others, gaining their credit while taking their lives and none were the wiser. When it came time for his final challenge, he easily overcame the challenges. Upon his return to the two heads of the academy, he slayed them both.
"B-b...but why?" The Twi'lek female asked, impaled by the glowing blue blade of Revan.
"Because Malak's way is the wrong way. We have lost this war because of him...but I WILL make the Sith far greater then anything in this universe or the next. I will make them become HEROES...while making the Jedi MONSTERS. For I am...Darth Revan."
The pair's eyes went wide before the light left them. Leaving their bodies in the tomb, he saw the entire academy was in chaos. Adding his own to it, he and his crew escaped with the location of the Star Forge.
Carth hadn't sent a distress call to the Republic, but there was no need for it. The Jedi knew right away thanks to a hidden beacon on the Hawk. After a brief skirmish with several Sith Fighters, they crashed on one of the many habitable moons of the system. They managed to get some parts to get the Hawk mobile again.
During that time, Revan met with the Rakata's, the race behind the Star Forge's creation. With their aide, he managed to enter the temple to deactivate the Disruptor field. At top of it, they found Bastila. She had been tortured by Malak and the power he had finally made her cave into the Dark Side. But while she was just beginning to wade into the Darkness, Revan had fully immersed himself in it.
"Shan...you betray Malak?"
"It's obvious who has the power, my lord." Bastila said, bowing low.
"Kid...I know you chose your path...but be wary of that woman." Jolee warned.
"I'm aware, Jolee. You and Jhuani go...get Carth. I'll send a shuttle back to you to take all three of you back to the Republic. And when you see the Grand Council...tell them that I know EVERYTHING."
Both Jedi nodded, using the Force to speed away. Revan stopped Bastila from attacking the pair. They then made their way to the Hawk. When they arrived, Carth, Jolee, and Jhuani were gone. Revan simply boarded the ship.
"From there...we fought Malak. Bastila turned on the Republic and destroyed their fleet. But...it was not the Force's will that we conquer the Republic. No. I went off to retrieved the Chaos Emerald. I found a former Jedi and together...we delayed the Sith's invasion of the Republic. But it was costly."
STHSW
Sally woke up, staring at Tails/Revan's face. Unshed tears were in her eyes. The Jedi had taken her nephews memories...had turned him into this.
"The rest...well, you know. I spent the last two years waging war against a corrupt government. A government that will end...TODAY."
Tails/Revan spun around, walking out. The field came back on, leaving the Princess simply standing there.
Whoa, talk about some heavy shit. Now, you are all wondering about that vision Jolee mentioned. What it is will be revealed when Sally returns to Mobodoon, but it was the plot of a Knights of the Old Republic comic from Dark Horse. But yes, The Jedi Order sealed away Tails memories and basically made him their puppet.