An Admiral's Tale - Chapter Ten
Sacrifices
The sarcastic clapping finally stopped. I heard a soft chuckle and a lightsabre being turned on, I held my hands up in surrender and turned around. Revan. It was too late. I was on death's door and I was knocking on it. Her hand passed over her face and cloak as it slid off her with the force, it revealed her to be in Dark Jedi robes. I stared at her for a while. Her tightly curled auborn hair fell gently over her shoulders and her eyes were void of all colour. Her face was pale but full of interweaving black veins, the dark side had corrupted her in more ways than one. I tried to remember what Revan looked like before the events of the Star Forge, but like my wife her face fell from my mind. It was so empty in my head.
Revan twirled her lightsabre effortlessly in her hand before speaking. "You must pay for your betrayal." She told me. I cocked my head to the side. I knew this was it.
"Their's something you must know, Revan." I told her, it was too late. She ran towards me gracefully, her fighting style was all but common. I dodged her swipe and heard the sparks fly from the lightsabre as it hit the ground. "I won't fight you, Revan." I told her. She gave me a steely look and threw her lightsabre towards me.
I jumped to the left and rolled as I hit the ground, the lightsabre hit the wall and made another vicious noise. I knew the blade of light would be coming back to Revan, I heard it coming towards me and I rolled to the right missing the lightsabre by mere inches. She was not herself. Her fighting style ached of something and I couldn't decide what.
"Strike me down, Revan!" I all but begged her. We both knew I wouldn't last long if she really tried to kill me, at the moment she was merely toying with me. She stood there, staring at me on the floor. "I'll make it easier for you." I got up on my knees and opened my arms wide, inviting her to take me out of my misery. Still her firm grip on her lightsabre remained. She stood with her legs apart and was poised in her fighting stance.
She stayed silent, glaring at me with those cold, heartless eyes. She raised her hand and beckoned me to come towards her. "You want me to fight you, Revan?" She nodded and I laughed. Revan walked towards me and stood infront of me trying to intimidate me, I got up to my feet. We were face to face. I stared into her eyes. They were colourless bottomless pits, they offered me no solace. I felt the heat of the lightsabre eminating but a few feet from my neck. She pulled a face of disgust and made a move to decapitate me, in a rush of fear I grabbed her hand and stopped the lightsabre in mid-motion.
I grappled with her hand and she tried to outmatch my strength without the use of the force, I realised now. She wasn't fighting with anger.
She was fighting with pain..
I'd hurt her more than I could have imagined, but it was for her own good. We both wouldn't have lived *this* long if I didn't agree to Bastila's idea. Because of Revan refusing to use the force to increase her strength I got the upper hand, I managed to kick the lightsabre out of her hand and I threw it over the open balcony sending it crashing into the Sea. She was disarmed.
This was my *incredibly* lucky day..
Now that she was disarmed she had no option but to listen to me. "Revan, now please listen.." I told her, she walked towards me and stared at me once more. She force pushed me to the edge of the balcony. I got up onto my feet.
Her hand reached out for my throat as I began to choke. I coughed and spluttered as I felt the air being squeezed away from my throat, "Revan.. Revan" I said in between coughs. "Before you *Cough* Kill me.." I spluttered violently. Revan stopped choking me and I fell backwards in surprise. She grabbed hold of my shirt, the only life line holding me between the balcony and the Sea.
"What?" She asked me.
"Bastila wants to kill you! I did it because I could prove her betrayal.. I did it because you love me and if you didn't hate me you would feel mercy when they came to kill me and sacrifice yourself.." I told her, I swore the Sith Lord blushed.
"What rubbish.." She stated to me, she shrugged.
"You and I both know it isn't rubbish Revan. I saw you spare that officers life! They knew you were weak.. Were changing." She shook her head in disbelief as she kept a firm grip on my body, she looked behind her and nodded in Canderous' direction.
"What about him?" She asked.
"He was in it too." I replied, my body still dangling precariously over the edge. She snorted and rolled her eyes in disgust. Canderous groaned and sat up.
"It's true Revan." He said, I was shocked. "That little minx had you set up hook, line and sinker as far as Carth was involved." She turned to face Canderous, then turned to face me and looked straight in my eyes. I felt her tug me back onto the balcony so I could stand safely on my own, her hand however still had a tight grip on my shirt.
"I must kill her." She said to me.
"I'm not coming with you." I smiled softly at her, one of her eyebrows arched at me.
"I've betrayed you..."
"I've wronged you..."
"I love you and you'll never believe me..."
"Just let me die in peace..."
I softly ripped her hand from my shirt, throwing my arms out to the side as I dived backwards off the balcony.
As I plumetted to my doom I felt the soft wind whistle and brush through the fingers on my palms. I closed my eyes and the wind buffeted my hair.
I felt serene.
I hit the water with devestating force...
I was finally at peace.
Sacrifices
The sarcastic clapping finally stopped. I heard a soft chuckle and a lightsabre being turned on, I held my hands up in surrender and turned around. Revan. It was too late. I was on death's door and I was knocking on it. Her hand passed over her face and cloak as it slid off her with the force, it revealed her to be in Dark Jedi robes. I stared at her for a while. Her tightly curled auborn hair fell gently over her shoulders and her eyes were void of all colour. Her face was pale but full of interweaving black veins, the dark side had corrupted her in more ways than one. I tried to remember what Revan looked like before the events of the Star Forge, but like my wife her face fell from my mind. It was so empty in my head.
Revan twirled her lightsabre effortlessly in her hand before speaking. "You must pay for your betrayal." She told me. I cocked my head to the side. I knew this was it.
"Their's something you must know, Revan." I told her, it was too late. She ran towards me gracefully, her fighting style was all but common. I dodged her swipe and heard the sparks fly from the lightsabre as it hit the ground. "I won't fight you, Revan." I told her. She gave me a steely look and threw her lightsabre towards me.
I jumped to the left and rolled as I hit the ground, the lightsabre hit the wall and made another vicious noise. I knew the blade of light would be coming back to Revan, I heard it coming towards me and I rolled to the right missing the lightsabre by mere inches. She was not herself. Her fighting style ached of something and I couldn't decide what.
"Strike me down, Revan!" I all but begged her. We both knew I wouldn't last long if she really tried to kill me, at the moment she was merely toying with me. She stood there, staring at me on the floor. "I'll make it easier for you." I got up on my knees and opened my arms wide, inviting her to take me out of my misery. Still her firm grip on her lightsabre remained. She stood with her legs apart and was poised in her fighting stance.
She stayed silent, glaring at me with those cold, heartless eyes. She raised her hand and beckoned me to come towards her. "You want me to fight you, Revan?" She nodded and I laughed. Revan walked towards me and stood infront of me trying to intimidate me, I got up to my feet. We were face to face. I stared into her eyes. They were colourless bottomless pits, they offered me no solace. I felt the heat of the lightsabre eminating but a few feet from my neck. She pulled a face of disgust and made a move to decapitate me, in a rush of fear I grabbed her hand and stopped the lightsabre in mid-motion.
I grappled with her hand and she tried to outmatch my strength without the use of the force, I realised now. She wasn't fighting with anger.
She was fighting with pain..
I'd hurt her more than I could have imagined, but it was for her own good. We both wouldn't have lived *this* long if I didn't agree to Bastila's idea. Because of Revan refusing to use the force to increase her strength I got the upper hand, I managed to kick the lightsabre out of her hand and I threw it over the open balcony sending it crashing into the Sea. She was disarmed.
This was my *incredibly* lucky day..
Now that she was disarmed she had no option but to listen to me. "Revan, now please listen.." I told her, she walked towards me and stared at me once more. She force pushed me to the edge of the balcony. I got up onto my feet.
Her hand reached out for my throat as I began to choke. I coughed and spluttered as I felt the air being squeezed away from my throat, "Revan.. Revan" I said in between coughs. "Before you *Cough* Kill me.." I spluttered violently. Revan stopped choking me and I fell backwards in surprise. She grabbed hold of my shirt, the only life line holding me between the balcony and the Sea.
"What?" She asked me.
"Bastila wants to kill you! I did it because I could prove her betrayal.. I did it because you love me and if you didn't hate me you would feel mercy when they came to kill me and sacrifice yourself.." I told her, I swore the Sith Lord blushed.
"What rubbish.." She stated to me, she shrugged.
"You and I both know it isn't rubbish Revan. I saw you spare that officers life! They knew you were weak.. Were changing." She shook her head in disbelief as she kept a firm grip on my body, she looked behind her and nodded in Canderous' direction.
"What about him?" She asked.
"He was in it too." I replied, my body still dangling precariously over the edge. She snorted and rolled her eyes in disgust. Canderous groaned and sat up.
"It's true Revan." He said, I was shocked. "That little minx had you set up hook, line and sinker as far as Carth was involved." She turned to face Canderous, then turned to face me and looked straight in my eyes. I felt her tug me back onto the balcony so I could stand safely on my own, her hand however still had a tight grip on my shirt.
"I must kill her." She said to me.
"I'm not coming with you." I smiled softly at her, one of her eyebrows arched at me.
"I've betrayed you..."
"I've wronged you..."
"I love you and you'll never believe me..."
"Just let me die in peace..."
I softly ripped her hand from my shirt, throwing my arms out to the side as I dived backwards off the balcony.
As I plumetted to my doom I felt the soft wind whistle and brush through the fingers on my palms. I closed my eyes and the wind buffeted my hair.
I felt serene.
I hit the water with devestating force...
I was finally at peace.