Hello, everybody! Jack of Knaves here coming at you with another chapter of The Prodigal Knight Returns! Now, before we get started, I think I had better address the potential plot holes in my incarnation of Revan's backstory that could crop up after I did some further research. First off, Revan got all her memories back when Malak spilled the beans about who she really was, except for those involving Tenebrae/Vitiate, so she and Canderous, as well as T3-M4 and HK-47, still needed to head to the mountains to get Mandalore the Ultimate's helm back. It was when she found the Helm and the Holocron that she remembered about Vitiate. After persuading Canderous to become Mandalore the Preserver, Revan, HK, and T3 swung by the Foundry (which Revan kept a secret from everyone in case the galaxy needed its capabilities one day) where Revan got her sweet new armor/robes before heading out to face Vitiate, only for the Force to redirect Revan to the planet with the crystal with visions in her sleep, went to that planet, found the crystal, and the rest is history.

Hopefully that closes a few plot holes in this version of Revan's backstory. Oh, and before I forget, since the Darth Revan character tag has been added to the Movie Star Wars sub-category on fanfiction dot net, I have since made this a story exclusive to the Movie Star Wars sub-category. Why there are multiple Star Wars sub-categories is beyond me, but I don't run the site, so yeah.

Anyhoo, with that out of the way, let's get started!

Chapter Two: Home Invasion

Chancellor Palpatine's Office-A Short Time Later

The door leading into Chancellor Palpatine's office opened with a hiss, and through it walked two men that were often regarded as the best Jedi of their age, at least in the eyes of the general public: Obi-Wan Kenobi and his former apprentice, Anakin Skywalker.

As the two Jedi looked around what used to be an office, but what now looked like a crime scene mixed with the aftermath of a thermal detonator going off, with the members of public security and several clone troopers milling about the place trying to gather data on what had happened in the office earlier that day.

"Looks like someone had an eventful start to their day," Obi-Wan commented wryly.

Hearing the two Jedi approach, Mace and Ki-Adi-Mundi walked up to Anakin and Obi-Wan, serious looks on their faces. "Master Kenobi, Skywalker, glad you could join us," the dark-skinned Jedi Master said.

"What's the situation, Masters?" Anakin asked, seriousness in his voice.

"I can answer that for you, sirs," a nearby clone trooper captain said as he approached the four Jedi. "I've just received a report from one of our search teams."

"Go ahead, trooper," said Mace.

"My men just finished their sweep and lockdown of the Senate Building. There were no suspicious persons or missing civilians who had not already checked in for the day. In short, it seems like the intruder was working alone," the captain explained.

"What about the Senators and the Chancellor? Are they okay?" asked Anakin, the concern in his voice earning a glance and the smallest of smiles from Obi-Wan.

"The Chancellor is fine, just a little shaken," replied the captain. "As for the others, nothing outside of any minor injuries. The medical teams wanted to take a few of them to a medical center, but Senator Amidala insisted that they take her back to her apartment."

Obi-Wan couldn't help but chuckle. "That does sound like Padmè," he said.

"What is being done to search for the intruder?" asked Mace.

"We've got several teams searching the Legislative District. We've also started setting up checkpoints around that perimeter, and have ordered all local traffic pass through a checkpoint and searched. Additionally, all ships leaving the planet must be searched before they are granted to leave," explained the captain. "We've also started posting footage of the attack on the local Holonet, and we've posted a bounty for anyone who comes forward with confirmed sightings or information. It may take some time, but we will catch her."

"Thank you, trooper," said Anakin as the clone trooper saluted and walked away. Anakin then turned to the other three Jedi. "Do we have any leads?" he asked.

Ki-Adi-Mundi shook his head. "None right now… however, I feel we should be ready for anything. If this was an attack by the Separatists, then I fear there may be more trouble ahead," he said.

Obi-Wan shook his head. "I don't know… something tells me this wasn't the work of Count Dooku or any of his inner circle," he said. "This intruder had a number of well-known Senators and even the Chancellor himself in the palm of her hand. If this intruder really was hired by or in league with the Separatists, why didn't she try to attack anyone? In fact, the explosion didn't even cause any serious injuries. No, I feel we are dealing with a third party here, with their own motives."

"Well reasoned, Master Kenobi," said Mace with a nod. "However, that doesn't mean we can let our guard down until this attacker is caught. We can discuss these things at length once we've dealt with the matter at hand."

Anakin's robotic hand clenched. "I'll find this intruder and put an end to this. She's too dangerous to be left at large," he said with a hint of anger.

"Not to sound like a malfunctioning vocabulator, but don't let your emotions cloud your judgment, my apprentice," Obi-Wan cautioned.

"Your master is right, Skywalker," Mace said, his face and voice as hard as stone. "This is not the time for rash actions. The attacker was armed with a pair of lightsabers, and there was a tremendous disturbance in the Force before she appeared, as I'm sure you and many other Jedi have felt, and she was able to fly away from the scene of the crime without any apparent means of flight. Taken together, we have to assume that this attacker has some form of training in the Jedi arts, or worse, the Sith arts."

"I concur with your assessment, Master Windu. I feel that until we know more about this attacker, we should have all Jedi remain in pairs of two," said Adi-Mundi.

"Understood, Master," said Obi-Wan while Anakin nodded in agreement. "Anakin and I will search the area around the Senate Building where our masked friend was last seen. We'll contact you if we find anything."

"Good luck," said Adi-Mundi. "May the Force be with you."

With that, Obi-Wan and Anakin left the Chancellor's office. Once the office doors closed behind them, Anakin turned to his master. "Hey, Master, I'll meet you at the hangar bay, I need to check on something real quick."

Obi-Wan turned to look at Anakin, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Alright," the Jedi Master said. "But, don't be too long Anakin. This investigation is our top priority."

"I know, Master, I'll be right behind you," Anakin said reassuringly.

Obi-Wan nodded and walked away as a small smile crossed his bearded face. Anakin wasn't as good at hiding his thoughts as he thought he was. In fact, the entire Jedi Council knew about Anakin's "secret" marriage to Senator Padmè, and had, much to Master Windu's irritation, adopted a "don't ask, don't tell" stance on the matter, as Anakin clearly didn't let his attachment to Padmè get in the way of his duties as a Jedi. Obi-Wan, for his part, couldn't help but hope that one day he would be allowed to train Anakin's children, never mind the fact that they might be even more frustrating to train than Anakin himself had been… although a part of him, as well as some of the Council, were concerned that the Sith could use Padmè as a tool or a bargaining chip to seduce Anakin to the Dark Side.

Obi-Wan looked back at Anakin without moving his head. The future was ever-shifting, that much was for certain. But, he knew that whatever happened, he would have Anakin's back.

No matter what.

Meanwhile…

Once he was sure his master was out of sight, Anakin ducked into an empty hallway. Checking to make sure no one was around, Anakin pulled out his holo-communicator and typed in a sequence, causing a small hologram of Padmè Amidala to appear in his hand.

Anakin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at the sight of his beautiful wife, and the fact that she only had a few small bandages on her forehead and hands.

"Padmè! I'm so glad to see you… are you okay? When I heard about the attack, I-" Anakin said.

"I'm fine, Annie. Just a few scrapes, that's all. Although, I am a little annoyed that my security team won't let me go back to the Senate Building," said Padmè with a hint of irritation.

Anakin couldn't help but smile. "Not even a terrorist attack can keep you down," he said.

"But, enough about me. How's the investigation? Is everyone else alright?" asked Padmè.

Anakin nodded. "Everyone else is fine. No one had any worse injuries than you did. But, the attacker is still out there. Obi-Wan and I are about to go looking for her now."

Padmè let out a sigh of relief. "Okay, that's good to hear. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. Please be safe out there, Annie… I've never seen four Jedi Masters get outplayed like that," she said.

"Don't worry about me," said Anakin. "You need to lay low and rest until this terrorist is caught. And I promise, I will find them, and they will regret trying to hurt you."

"I'm sure you will, Annie," Padmè said with a smile. "Now, you should get going, I'm sure Obi-Wan is waiting. I love you."

Anakin smiled. "I know. Love you too," he said as the hologram of Padmè disappeared, and Anakin put his holocommunicator back in his pocket and made his way to the hangar bay.

Jedi Temple-Near The Front Entrance

Revan, now clad in the customary robes of the Jedi Knights with only a single lightsaber hilt at her side, stood gazing up at the front entrance of the Jedi Temple, her absent mask revealing her to be a young woman with short ashy-black hair, fair skin, and gray eyes, her brown cloak blowing about in the wind as the storm raged on overhead, her mind racing a thousand miles an hour.

Shortly after escaping from the Jedi Masters after her explosive entrance into what seemed to be a high-ranking politician's office, Revan had quickly come to the conclusion that this was not the Coruscant she had known, although it was still thankfully under the control of the Republic, and, as she could confirm from a "generous donation" from a random schmuck following a simple Mind Trick, it still used the same credits. Regardless, the fact remained that she could sense that this place was not the Coruscant she had known, as when she tried to search for her best friend, Bastila Shan, through the Force Bond the two of them had shared, there was nothing, and the same went for the Force Bond that had begun to develop between her and her stepson, Dustil Onasi. Additionally, there was the fact that the date currently said that the year was 1,012 PDA, whatever that meant.

In short, Revan was left with a small mountain's worth of questions that needed answering immediately, and in the end, Revan knew that there was only one place on Coruscant if not the entire galaxy that contained the answers to those questions. And that place was the building that the former Dark Lord of the Sith and Supreme Commander of the Republic military was currently standing in front of.

Well, no use standing out here in the rain, thought Revan as she made her way towards the security checkpoint that had been set up at the front entrance of the temple.

Getting past the Temple Guards stationed outside the front entrance proved to be a simple matter, as all it took was a little bit of her power to break through their mental defenses and make them see only what Revan wanted them to see, and sure enough, the Guards had cleared Revan for entrance, and were none the wiser to the fact that she was actually an intruder.

As she entered the Jedi Temple, Revan felt something from the old structure within the Force that caused her to smile softly. It felt as though an old friend was welcoming her home, and the feeling brought comfort to Revan's heart.

Lowering her hood, Revan made her way towards where she last remembered the Jedi Archives to be located within the Coruscant Temple. As she made her way through, Revan knew she needed to make sure she kept her thoughts well-concealed, as while the Jedi she had known were too proud and perhaps arrogant to a certain degree in their belief that no disciple of the Dark Side, be they perceived or genuine, would be foolish enough to invade a Jedi Temple, Enclave, or Academy, and challenge the Jedi at their home, she couldn't afford to take the risk of foolishly believing these Jedi had that same arrogance.

It wasn't long before Revan stood before the doors that led to the Jedi Archives. Pushing them open, Revan's jaw dropped in surprise when she saw what was on the other side of them.

The Jedi Archives were massive. Far, far bigger than they had been when she had last been to the Coruscant Temple, further reinforcing the fact that this was not the Coruscant she had known. However, Revan was quick to pull herself out of her surprised state. She couldn't allow herself to get caught now.

Spotting an open terminal nestled in the back of the Archives clearly intended for a place of quiet study, Revan made her way towards it and took a seat. Her first order of business was to figure out what exactly the "PDA" in today's date stood for. After she typed a few commands in on the digital keyboard in front of her, a nearby security panel opened, revealing a mechanism that could only be accessed by the Force, seemingly to ensure that only a Jedi could access the information stored in the archives.

How clever, thought Revan before she moved her hand over the mechanism and tried a few patterns with the Force. After a few failed attempts, Revan was able to access the Archives. Hmm… I suppose too many students get it wrong, so there is no alarm for getting it wrong too many times, mused Revan before she began typing on the digital keyboard.

After a few moments, Revan discovered that it meant "Post Dark Age." Digging a little further, Revan discovered that the era before 0 PDA was known as the Dark Age, and from the looks of it, it was during this so-called Dark Age that the Mandalorian Crusades and the "Republic-Sith Empire Wars," had taken place.

Reven froze with her eyes wide in shock as the implication of what exactly this meant began to sink in. Whatever that crystal she'd dreamed about and had ultimately found really was… it had sent her thousands of years into the future, into an era where everyone she had ever known or cared about, from Mission Vao, the street-smart kid from Taris, to Meetra Surik, her best friend prior to becoming a Sith Lord, was dead, buried, and one with the Force. Just as her old friend and apprentice, Darth Malak, had told her, she would forever stand alone, adrift in time… unless of course she either found new allies to stand beside her, or if she could beat the odds and figure out a way to return to her proper place in time.

Revan was overcome by a powerful, irresistible urge to find out what had become of her old companions, save for T3-M4 and HK-47, as she knew history would not remember the droids that stood and fought beside her, but rather the organic people that had, and quickly typed in her name.

Her face fell when the screen showed RESTRICTED: COUNCIL APPROVAL REQUIRED.

Revan sat back and chuckled humorlessly. Even after nearly four thousand years, the Jedi haven't changed a bit, she thought bitterly. Yes, let us hide our dirty laundry where none may find them so the younglings and students who have our undying loyalty and trust cannot be led astray while we indoctrinate them.

Revan scoffed at the thought as a scowl formed on her face. Yeah, like that's gonna stop them from turning on you when and if they finally do find out they've been lied to for so long and just how much has been hidden from them, assuming they find out before they've been completely brainwashed, she thought.

Revan bent over the terminal and continued to search names, dates, locations, battles, anything even remotely relevant to her past, only to be continually denied access again and again and again, much to her increasing frustration.

"Rrrgh, dammit!" Revan finally growled as she slumped back in her chair and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Looks like coming here was a waste of time… I suppose I should have expected this, given my past relationship with the Jedi and the Republic… of course they'd sweep me and anyone or anything associated with me under the rug, dismiss me and everything to do with me as nothing more than a myth or a legend, like I never truly existed… wonder who else got this treatment…"

"May I help you find something my dear?" an elderly female voice said from nearby.

Revan turned her head to find that an elderly female Jedi was standing nearby, a friendly smile on her face. Revan felt a smile of her own form as she properly turned to face the unsuspecting Jedi.

"Why, yes… there is something you can help me with…"

Meanwhile…

Ahsoka Tano and her best friend, Barriss Offee, were currently making their way through the Jedi Archives, having been assigned to do archiving duty and helping the archivist, Jedi Master Jocasta Nu, with some organization projects that she had put off for some time, after the pair of them had disobeyed orders during a conflict with the Seperatist droid armies. The intent of the small punishment was to reinforce the importance of patience to the two Padawans, something about how a clear mind did get caught up in the moment.

Unfortunately, all it was teaching Ahsoka and Barriss was that the Jedi Archives were a labyrinth of information, data entries, ancient knowledge, and a horribly outdated filing system that no one had seen fit to update in a century at the very least. Moreover, it was proving very difficult to keep a clear mind after not only hearing the Senate Building had been attacked, but that the terrorist responsible had outplayed four members of the Jedi Council, including Yoda himself, and escaped. Ahsoka, for her part, hoped Senator Amidala was okay, as she was something like a big sister to Ahsoka… and there was the fact that she constantly saw her Master make goo-goo eyes at the Senator, never mind the fact that Jedi weren't supposed to form attachments.

On top of this, Barriss mentioned that there had been an unprecedented disturbance that had the Force going absolutely crazy, causing multiple accidents among those who were being trained in its use, as well as scaring virtually every single youngling in the temple into a tizzy, and the effects were still being felt not only by Barriss, but by virtually every Jedi that the two of them had seen entering the Archives. Except, for some reason, Ahsoka didn't feel any sort of disturbance, which struck Barriss as odd.

In short, it was next to impossible for the two Padawans to keep their focus on their assignment.

"Ugh, I hate this assignment," groaned Ahsoka in frustration as she typed on her datapad.

"Well, it's good to know that I'm not the only one who thinks this is some form of sadistic torture. There are entries here from millenia ago that look like they haven't been sorted at all," said Barriss as she moved to a nearby terminal and started typing in commands. "But, I can't say it's not all bad. For example, did you know that during the Dark Age, Jedi were able to use the Force to disable or even destroy droids?"

"Really?" said Ahsoka as she looked over at Barriss. "Why aren't we still using that, especially now? I mean, it'd certainly help against the Separatists' battle droids."

"Apparently using that power looked a little too similar to that lightning thing Count Dooku does, so its use was discontinued," Barriss said simply. "That aside, you know what I think the worst part of this punishment is? The hypocrisy. I mean, the Masters always choose reckless battle strategies and disobey orders all the time, and they're the ones we're supposed to be learning from. But, then when we Padawans do something similar, we get punished simply because we don't have enough rank to fight it," Barriss said before heaving a sigh. " I mean, take your Master for example. I can't even imagine all the rules Master Skywalker teaches you to break. He's infamous for disobeying orders."

"I know, right?!" exclaimed Ahsoka before she heaved a sigh. "And yet, for whatever reason, as long as he keeps winning battles, the Council is happy to keep giving him free passes. It's like he's their poster boy or something." Ahsoka let out an aggravated groan. "Look, I know this punishment is pretty mild, and I am grateful for all the things that Skyguy has taught me, but I just don't understand the inconsistencies. It's-"

Ahsoka stopped short as something pinged on her Jedi senses and her legs suddenly decided to give out, causing Barriss to run over to her in concern. "Ahsoka! Are you okay?" she asked.

After a moment, Ahsoka spoke as the feeling she had had passed. "I'm fine but… something's wrong. I think someone really dangerous is in the Jedi Temple," she said.

Barriss' eyes widened. "Can you sense where they are?" she asked.

Ahsoka closed her eyes again, only to open them again just as swiftly. "This way… they're close. I think they might be in the Archives," she said.

Barriss reached into her pocket and pulled out her comlink. "We should report this to the Council," she said.

"No, not yet," said Ahsoka, grabbing Barriss' hand. "The whole temple is on alert because of the Senate Building attack, and if I'm wrong, we'll get into a lot of trouble. We need to confirm this first. Plus, I doubt I'm the only Jedi who sensed this."

Barriss looked at Ahsoka in uncertainty, then glanced in the direction of the possible intruder, then back again. Finally, Barriss put away her comlink and drew her lightsaber. "All right. Lead the way, I've got your back," she said.

Ahsoka gave Barriss a grateful smile before drawing her twin sabers and beginning to move silently in the direction of the intruder. As the two Padawan made their way past towering stacks of information with bated breath, neither of them could help but feel their hearts begin to race as their grips on their lightsabers tightened. Nonetheless, they steeled themselves for whatever or whomever they might face.

As the two Padawans rounded one corner, Ahsoka saw what appeared to be someone in a Jedi robe standing over a terminal, however, Ahsoka's instincts told her that this person was not a Jedi, but rather an impostor. A moment later, Ahsoka saw that the impostor had hooked up a datapad to the terminal, and was downloading a large amount of data onto it. Lying near the intruder was something that caused a surge of anger to run through Ahsoka.

It was Master Jocasta Nu, apparently unconscious with her hand on a security terminal next to the terminal that the intruder was downloading information from. Ahsoka looked back at Barriss to see a face full of resolve that matched her own. Now, if ever, was the time to contact the masters and alert the Jedi more capable of dealing with this intruder. However, before Barriss could even reach for her communicator, a voice rang out from nearby.

"You two do know that I can sense you creeping about the Archives, yes?"

Ahsoka froze in place. There was something familiar about that voice, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it…

The intruder turned away from the terminal to face the two Padawan, revealing themselves to be a human woman that, if Ahsoka had to guess, was around her Master's age, as the two Padawan emerged from hiding to openly confront the intruder.

"If the two of you are worried about the archivist, don't be. She is merely asleep, and to be honest, she looked like she could use some rest," the intruder said as she began to walk towards the two Padawans.

"Who are you? What do you want?" demanded Barriss as her grip tightened on her lightsaber.

The intruder adopted an expression that suggested the solution was obvious. "My name is Revan. I am a Jedi, and I came here seeking information. Is it not obvious?" she said simply.

Ahsoka narrowed her eyes. "Except you're not actually a Jedi, are you?" she said. "You're the one who attacked the Senate Building, aren't you?"

Revan smiled. "Your instincts serve you well, Padawan. In truth, the Senate Building was an accident. It was not my intention to cause anyone any harm, and trust me when I say that if I really wanted to hurt anyone, there wouldn't be anyone left alive in that building," Revan said, leaving the Padawans little doubt that she meant it. "As for whether or not I am a Jedi… well, that would depend on who you asked… assuming they would even acknowledge my existence in the first place. However, I really did come here seeking information and answers to some questions I had, and I knew that I could find the information I sought and the answers to those questions here," she explained.

"We cannot allow you to escape with that information!" said Barriss as she and Ahsoka activated their lightsabers.

Revan sighed as she pulled the lightsaber hilt from her side. "You two really want to do this? Very well, I suppose I can entertain you. After all, there's still a little bit of time before the download finishes. Let's see what passes for a Padawan's lightsaber skills in this era," she said as she flipped the switch on her lightsaber, causing a violet blade to emerge from the hilt.

The three combatants stood still for a few moments, each side waiting for the other to make a move. Finally, Barriss darted toward the intruder and struck first, her attack blocked almost effortlessly by Revan.

And with that, the duel began.

Jedi Temple-Security Center

Masters Yoda and Shaak Ti stood on opposite ends of a series of large displays showing the various teams of Jedi and their status as they searched through the Legislative District for the Senate Building bomber, but so far, they had turned up nothing.

"We've been searching for hours, and yet we have no sign of our mystery woman," said Shaak Ti. "I fear that the attacker may have already slipped through our net, perhaps even managed to get off-world before we could even get the blockade in place."

Yoda closed his eyes. "Escaped, the attacker has not. Closer than we realize, she is," the Jedi Master said.

Shaak Ti looked at the far older, wiser, and more powerful master. "You sense something, Master Yoda?"

Yoda nodded slowly, taking a deep breath and turning towards Shaak Ti. "Descended over the temple, a dark cloud has. In grave danger, Master Nu and Padawans Tano and Offee are," he said.

Master Ti quickly turned to a nearby clone officer. "Put the Temple on high alert, get a security team down to the Archives, and lock down all entrances and exits into the Temple. No one leaves until a member of the Council gives the all clear," she ordered.

"Right away, ma'am!" the clone said before he immediately turned to carry out his orders.

Jedi Temple-Hangar Bay

Anakin pulled his speeder into the hanger bay, a look of clear frustration on his face, while Obi-Wan, who was similarly frustrated, had an exhausted look on his face.

"I told you asking around the Legislative District was a waste of time," Anakin said as he switched the speeder off. "If no one even knew the bomber was there until that massive disturbance in the Force or the bomb going off, then I doubt anyone saw anyone or anything suspicious in the area. While we've been running around like kath hounds being led with a bone, she's probably been holed up in a hideout somewhere planning her next attack."

"I understand your frustration, Anakin, but we mustn't rush to conclusions," said Obi-Wan as he and his former apprentice exited the speeder. "Perhaps one of the other teams has found someth-"

"Hold that thought, Master," Anakin said abruptly, holding up his robotic arm, a concerned look on his face as his eyes darted back and forth.

Obi-Wan frowned. "What is it?" he asked before he sensed the same thing Anakin had no doubt sensed.

"It's Ahsoka, she's fighting someone really powerful… and really dangerous!" Anakin said.

"I sense it too!" exclaimed Obi-Wan before the two men took off running, the Force augmenting their speed.

Back In The Archives…

As she clashed lightsabers with her, Revan had to admit that this Togruta girl was very intriguing, on a number of levels.

While the Mirialan Padawan had been rendered out of action after Revan had knocked her lightsaber out of her hands and put her to sleep with the Force, she could sense there was something more to this Togruta girl. For one thing, if anything about how she fought was anything to go by, whoever her master or masters were, they were rather unorthodox in their teaching methods, and they weren't above fighting dirty when the occasion called for it, but that wasn't what intrigued Revan.

It was as if her life force belonged to a being who was the Light Side of the Force incarnate, which should have meant that she was stronger than most when it came to using Force abilities aligned with the Light Side and perhaps even powers aligned with neither the light nor the dark. And yet, Revan could feel the Dark Side trying to tempt her into using its power. Although this could be dismissed as the biology of a teenager or perhaps not having been given sufficient training to control her emotions, Revan sensed there was something more to it. Upon closer, subtle, probing, it seemed as though she had been literally poisoned by the Dark Side itself… something that Revan had experience with herself. Although, in the case of this Togruta girl, the poisoning seemed much more potent.

Locking blades with the Togruta teen, Revan asked, "Tell me… do the names 'Vitiate' or 'Tenebrae,' mean anything to you?"

A confused look appeared on the Togruta teen's face. "Who?" she asked.

Revan sighed. "I'll take that as a no… which means you were poisoned by someone or something else…" she muttered.

"What are you talking about?" the teenager said as she broke the blade lock and slashed at Revan, who easily blocked her attacks. "You attacked the Senate Building and were caught stealing data from the Jedi Archives! Why?"

"First off, the Senate Building was an accident, but I suppose all the HoloNet has told you is that a terrorist attacked," said Revan as she struck at the Togruta teen, who blocked her attacks. "Like I said before, if I wanted to harm anyone, there wouldn't be any survivors. Moreover, the bomb would be much more destructive, and that's if I didn't decide to do something more grand and deadly instead, shock and awe, as they say. As for your accusation of stealing data from the Archives, one cannot steal something that already belongs to them. Speaking of which…" Revan said as the download timer on the terminal and the datapad finished, and the ex-Sith Lord started to sense more Jedi on the way. "...it seems that playtime has concluded."

Revan called upon the Force to send the Togruta girl flying through the air, causing her to hit her back in such a way that she dropped her lightsabers, which deactivated as they slipped from her hands before they, along with Barriss' lightsaber, Master Nu's lightsaber, and the datapad that was hooked up to the terminal flew into Revan's open hands, while Master Nu and Barriss themselves were lifted into the air and moved a fair distance away from the terminal the datapad had been hooked up to.

"Now then, before we part ways for the time being, as I sense we will be seeing more of each other in the near future, allow me to impart some, for all intents and purposes, ancient wisdom upon you," said Revan as she approached the downed Togruta teen and crouched down to be face to face with her.

"Be careful what you believe in, and who you listen to. Nothing and no one is perfect or infallible, not your masters, and certainly not the Jedi Council. Even they have made more mistakes than they will ever admit. And even the wisest of men and the greatest of heroes can make unintelligent decisions and fall to darkness."

Judging from the look on her face, Revan knew that the Togruta could sense the double meaning of what she'd said and the fact that her words had come from somewhere deeper. That is, before Revan waved her hand in front of the Togruta's face and put her to sleep before placing the four lightsabers beside her.

Revan stood up and returned to the terminal she had been downloading information from, and used the Force to cause the terminal to begin to overload, ensuring there would be no trace of the inquiries on the data she had been searching for.

A Few Moments Later…

Anakin burst into the Jedi Archives, lightsaber hilt in his hand, ready for a fight, with Obi-Wan and a number of Temple Guards, clones, and other Jedi right behind him, only to find that the intruder was nowhere in sight. Anakin quickly ran towards where he sensed his Padawan's presence and slid on his knees to stop in front of Ahsoka.

"Ahsoka, Ahsoka, are you all right?" asked Anakin, worry and fear evident in his voice.

Ahsoka groggily opened her eyes. "Master…?" she said weakly before falling once more into slumber.

Anakin was just about to shout at those present to get a medical team immediately when a small explosion went off nearby, causing a few of those present to jump in surprise and cause a few clones to fire a couple of blaster bolts in that direction, only to realize that the explosion had come from a terminal nearby that seemed to have been rigged to blow.

Anakin's cybernetic hand clenched as anger broiled in him. Whoever this…woman… was, she was slowly pissing him off more and more. First, she hurt his wife Padmè, then she hurts his fellow Jedi, one of them being his Padawan.

The Council would no doubt want this terrorist brought in alive. But, if Anakin caught up to her first, and it was just the two of them, then as far as he was concerned, the Council could make do with her head.

Meanwhile…

Chancellor Palpatine placed his hand on a hidden scanner that revealed a keypad, into which he punched in a memorized sequence that opened a concealed door into a dark chamber that had deep red lighting. Within this chamber were a number of things, such as materials for Sith Alchemy and a datapad containing notes of said alchemical experiments, a terminal that had the insignia of the ancient Sith Empire, a workbench that had a pair of mechanisms designed to be worn under the sleeves of his attire that were designed to deploy his lightsabers, a large holocommunicator built into the center of the room, and a hanger that had a dark robe on it.

As Palpatine approached the robe, his eyes turned a sinister shade of gold and red and his appearance began to turn more decrepit and withered. Once he had reached and put on the robe, the transformation was complete. Once again, Sheev Palpatine, beloved Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, good man, and honest politician, had once again shed his skin like the snake he was and become the enigmatic and nefarious Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Sidious.

Sidious typed in a command on a terminal near his holocommunicator and stepped onto the device. After a moment, the life-sized hologram of an old gentleman appeared before him, kneeling.

"What is thy bidding, Master?" the hologram of Count Dooku, aka Darth Tyranus, asked.

"Rise, Lord Tyranus," said Sidious. "There has been a great disturbance in the Force. I trust you have felt it?"

"Yes, Lord Sidious… I haven't felt anything like it, even during my time as a Jedi," Dooku replied. "Do we know what caused it?"

"To be honest, I have never felt a disturbance this intense before myself," revealed Sidious. "However, it is not what caused it, but rather, who caused it. Moments after this disturbance, a masked woman appeared in my office rather… violently. I have every reason to believe that she is the cause of this disturbance, and I want you to find out everything you can about her. Where she comes from, and what she wants, I do not know. But, I very much intend to find out."

Sidious typed on the console out of Dooku's view. "I am sending you all the information I currently have on this woman. Any other information the Republic uncovers on this woman will be quietly sent to you. I want you to do as much research as possible on her. Cross-reference everything we have with my personal archives. There is something familiar about her, and I want to know what it is. This is your highest priority. See to nothing else until this is done."

"As you command, my master," said Dooku. "However, in the meantime, what of the war?"

Sidious paused and thought for a moment. "Have Grievous and Ventress take over any operations for the Separatists that you were to oversee for the time being. I trust they won't try to kill each other for long enough for you to complete this task," Sidious said. "The war will continue as planned for the time being. I will inform you of any adjustments that need to be made if any at all."

"As you wish, Master. I will report back when I have found something of note," said Dooku as his hologram vanished.

Sidious sat in the darkness of his private chambers. He knew his old master, Darth Plagueis, had experienced backlash from the Force during his own experiments to create life using the Force among other things. He could easily recall how panicked his master had been when he'd caught wind of Skywalker and the Jedi mumbo-jumbo about him destroying the Sith and bringing balance to the Force. Could the sudden appearance of this masked woman be something similar?

Sidious shook his head. No, he had come too far with his plans, spent too much time poisoning the Republic and crafting his little Jedi trap, for all of it to be all for naught. He would learn all he could about this woman, and if she posed a significant threat to his plans, she would meet the same fate as all the other threats to his plans that had cropped up over the years.

Sidious smiled as shadows swirled around him. There was nothing a no one that could prevent him from destroying the diseased corpse of the Republic and building his Empire.

Once more the Sith would rule the galaxy… and then the galaxy would have the peace it so desperately craved.

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