On the unknown world...
With something resembling a squeal, the last Rakata went down, a smoking hole in it's head. Carth Onasi gripped his blasters tightly, expecting more Rakata to come. When they didn't, Carth stepped over the bodies of the Rakata that had just tried to kill him, and sat down a few meters away from the nearest body.
He shook his head, and then surveyed the cuts on his armour, his arms, on his clothes, and on his hands. Then, he bowed his head in sorrow, remembering he'd been betrayed again. He and Revan had been through a lot, and Carth had thought he'd turned to the Light. But, he blocked the light out with darkness, and he took Bastilla with him to the Dark Side, or at least, that's what he thought happened.
He then noticed blood dripping onto the floor. He felt his face, and realised his left cheek had a deep cut, just up to his beard. Using a medical pack, he stopped the bleeding, and covered the cut. It probably wouldn't heal, and he really didn't care. "But what made him turn so... evil so fast?" he asked himself.
He then noticed a Rakata trying to sit up, and with a spurt of rage, Carth aimed at it, and fired off a shot. It drilled through the Rakata's body, and the Rakata collapsed back onto the floor, twitching once, and then lying still. Carth sat there for a few minutes, and then remembered something: Mission Vao.
She'd defied Revan and Bastilla, but she didn't run. "Brave girl," he thought to himself. "Braver than I was...I should have stayed. Maybe, just maybe, I could have defeated Revan..." he thought, but then shrugged. Everyone in the Party allied themselves to Revan, so it would have been six to two. "I wonder, is she still alive?" Carth wondered.
Now with some hope, he got up and walked around the Rakata bodies and down the path to the Southern Beach. Another Rakata tried to get up behind Carth, but Carth saw it out of the back of his eye. With another spurt of rage because of his recent betrayal, he turned and fired off ten rapid shots. Most of them hit, and the Rakata squealed and collapsed, the holes in it's body smoking. Carth turned again, and went down the path to the southern beach.
Immediately as he set foot onto the beach, Carth nearly collapsed. There was Mission, next to where the Ebon Hawk would have been. She was lying flat on the ground, cuts all over her fragile Twi'lekk body, blue blood slowly flowing into the sand. Carth ran over to Mission and knelt down next to her. "Mission!" he whispered loudly. He tried this a few times.
With a groan, Mission's eye's opened, and her head turned to Carth. "C-C- Carth?" she said in pain. Carth smiled. "It's me Mission.
"W-what happened here?" he asked gently.
Mission coughed. "I didn't think he'd do it Carth. I really didn't..." she said, again coughing.
Carth thought he felt the same way. "Yes, I was surprised when Revan betrayed us..." he started to say, but Mission coughed loudly.
"No... Zaalbar, I didn't think he'd do it," she said, and tears started to well in her eyes, "I didn't think he'd go and join Revan. But... Carth," she started, coughing weakly, "Revan told Zaalbar to kill me. I didn't think he'd do it. After all we'd been through..." she said, and started to cry, "He did this Carth... Zaalbar did this to me. I-I, don't understand, he betrayed me... but he did it willingly... he did this without a second thought..." she said, and her coughing started to get more uncontrollable.
Carth was shocked to say the least. "She was betrayed as well! Revan, you are the bitterest person I have ever met!" He thought. He went closer to her, and stroked her face.
"I'm sorry Mission. I'm sorry I didn't stay and help, I'm sorry I didn't see this coming. And I'm sorry for Zaalbar. But, betrayal can come from the closest of friends..." he said, and then thought back to Admiral Saul, his once good friend and mentor, who'd wiped most of his people off the face of his home world, including his wife, without even hesitating.
Tears started to streak across Mission's face, and she started to cough violently. "It's-It's not your fault Carth..." she said, "You did what you could. You're a good man Carth, and I'm sorry that... that..." she started to cough a lot; "I'm sorry that you were... betrayed by Revan..." she finished. She coughed a few more times, and then her face went pale, and blood started to pool in her mouth...
Carth fought back the anger in his voice, and stroked Mission's blank face. "I'm so sorry Mission... I'm so sorry that you were betrayed. I'm sorry that... I let Revan escape..." he said as apologetically as he could, but the anger was starting to penetrate into his voice. He then stood up, "I'm sorry... for everything..." he said as quietly as possible, but then he couldn't contain his anger any longer. And in his head, he became dark and felt very bitter. "Revan, you will pay dammit, you will pay for all those you've killed, and all those you've betrayed! I will seek you out, I will find you, and when I do, I will destroy you!" he shouted...
With something resembling a squeal, the last Rakata went down, a smoking hole in it's head. Carth Onasi gripped his blasters tightly, expecting more Rakata to come. When they didn't, Carth stepped over the bodies of the Rakata that had just tried to kill him, and sat down a few meters away from the nearest body.
He shook his head, and then surveyed the cuts on his armour, his arms, on his clothes, and on his hands. Then, he bowed his head in sorrow, remembering he'd been betrayed again. He and Revan had been through a lot, and Carth had thought he'd turned to the Light. But, he blocked the light out with darkness, and he took Bastilla with him to the Dark Side, or at least, that's what he thought happened.
He then noticed blood dripping onto the floor. He felt his face, and realised his left cheek had a deep cut, just up to his beard. Using a medical pack, he stopped the bleeding, and covered the cut. It probably wouldn't heal, and he really didn't care. "But what made him turn so... evil so fast?" he asked himself.
He then noticed a Rakata trying to sit up, and with a spurt of rage, Carth aimed at it, and fired off a shot. It drilled through the Rakata's body, and the Rakata collapsed back onto the floor, twitching once, and then lying still. Carth sat there for a few minutes, and then remembered something: Mission Vao.
She'd defied Revan and Bastilla, but she didn't run. "Brave girl," he thought to himself. "Braver than I was...I should have stayed. Maybe, just maybe, I could have defeated Revan..." he thought, but then shrugged. Everyone in the Party allied themselves to Revan, so it would have been six to two. "I wonder, is she still alive?" Carth wondered.
Now with some hope, he got up and walked around the Rakata bodies and down the path to the Southern Beach. Another Rakata tried to get up behind Carth, but Carth saw it out of the back of his eye. With another spurt of rage because of his recent betrayal, he turned and fired off ten rapid shots. Most of them hit, and the Rakata squealed and collapsed, the holes in it's body smoking. Carth turned again, and went down the path to the southern beach.
Immediately as he set foot onto the beach, Carth nearly collapsed. There was Mission, next to where the Ebon Hawk would have been. She was lying flat on the ground, cuts all over her fragile Twi'lekk body, blue blood slowly flowing into the sand. Carth ran over to Mission and knelt down next to her. "Mission!" he whispered loudly. He tried this a few times.
With a groan, Mission's eye's opened, and her head turned to Carth. "C-C- Carth?" she said in pain. Carth smiled. "It's me Mission.
"W-what happened here?" he asked gently.
Mission coughed. "I didn't think he'd do it Carth. I really didn't..." she said, again coughing.
Carth thought he felt the same way. "Yes, I was surprised when Revan betrayed us..." he started to say, but Mission coughed loudly.
"No... Zaalbar, I didn't think he'd do it," she said, and tears started to well in her eyes, "I didn't think he'd go and join Revan. But... Carth," she started, coughing weakly, "Revan told Zaalbar to kill me. I didn't think he'd do it. After all we'd been through..." she said, and started to cry, "He did this Carth... Zaalbar did this to me. I-I, don't understand, he betrayed me... but he did it willingly... he did this without a second thought..." she said, and her coughing started to get more uncontrollable.
Carth was shocked to say the least. "She was betrayed as well! Revan, you are the bitterest person I have ever met!" He thought. He went closer to her, and stroked her face.
"I'm sorry Mission. I'm sorry I didn't stay and help, I'm sorry I didn't see this coming. And I'm sorry for Zaalbar. But, betrayal can come from the closest of friends..." he said, and then thought back to Admiral Saul, his once good friend and mentor, who'd wiped most of his people off the face of his home world, including his wife, without even hesitating.
Tears started to streak across Mission's face, and she started to cough violently. "It's-It's not your fault Carth..." she said, "You did what you could. You're a good man Carth, and I'm sorry that... that..." she started to cough a lot; "I'm sorry that you were... betrayed by Revan..." she finished. She coughed a few more times, and then her face went pale, and blood started to pool in her mouth...
Carth fought back the anger in his voice, and stroked Mission's blank face. "I'm so sorry Mission... I'm so sorry that you were betrayed. I'm sorry that... I let Revan escape..." he said as apologetically as he could, but the anger was starting to penetrate into his voice. He then stood up, "I'm sorry... for everything..." he said as quietly as possible, but then he couldn't contain his anger any longer. And in his head, he became dark and felt very bitter. "Revan, you will pay dammit, you will pay for all those you've killed, and all those you've betrayed! I will seek you out, I will find you, and when I do, I will destroy you!" he shouted...