Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars, even though I am an avid fan of it. Star Wars and KOTOR II belong to George Lucas and OBSIDIAN. I am using a Galaxy Map that I found on for the locations for some of the planets, however those in the Unknown Regions are either original names or inspired by other planets on the website.
Chapter I: Saying GoodbyeKeyan Toban, the greatest of the Jedi Weapons Masters, stood in the cockpit of the Ebon Hawk at the edge of known space.
His reflection starred back at him in the cockpit's main viewport, his trimmed black hair and short black goatee, while warm blue eyes danced with the dim light from the cockpit.
Besides him the cockpit had four other occupants, Atton Rand the quick-talking Jedi Sentinel, Brianna Kae the former Handmaiden turned Jedi Guardian, Bao-Dur the technologically-minded Jedi Guardian, and Visas Marr the Miralukan Jedi Sentinel and former apprentice to Darth Nihilus.
Keyan reached out and fell more life in other places in the ship, T3-M4 the silver utility droid was rolling around the ship making repairs on the constantly stressed ship, HK-47 the copper plated assassin droid and Canderous Ordo, or better known as Mandalore and the leader of the Mandalorian Clans, were talking to each other about their past battles in the garage. While Mira the once bounty hunter now Jedi Consular slept in the medical bay trying to come to grips with her guilt after leaving Hanharr to die on Malachor V.
On either side of the Ebon Hawk hovered two ships, a Mandalorian shuttle and a Republic transport, both waiting to take part of the Ebon Hawk's crew on their own paths, their own journeys.
Mandalore and HK-47 were going to take the Mandalorian shuttle and continue onward to find the rest of the Mandalorian Clans that had scattered after the Mandalorian Wars.
Bao-Dur and Mira were going to Telos to help the already battered planet recover from the damage it received from Darth Nihilus' attack.
Keyan smiled to the Zabrak Jedi and pulled him into a hug, "Farewell Bao-Dur I hope you and Mira are successful on Telos and that you two can heal the injuries that planet has taken. May the Force be with you."
Bao-Dur returned Keyan's hug and patted the human on his shoulder, "Thank you General I will miss you, but now I know that the Force will always bind us together and after Mira and I have finished with our work on Telos we will find you to help you battle whatever you find in the Unknown Regions."
Keyan nodded as Bao-Dur stepped back and bowed deeply, the Zabrak Jedi's unique gray robes, with the left arm removed to accommodate his glowing artificial arm, falling around him "May the Force be with you, Master."
With a solemn nodded to the others in the cockpit the Zabrak Jedi turned and walked out to meet with Mira before they left the Ebon Hawk.
Keyan's heart cried out as the crew broke up; he already had had to deal with the loss of Kreia, his teacher and mentor, on Malachor V. He imagined Bao-Dur felt the same way about the loss of his Remote, who had perished along with GO-TO when Malachor V was destroyed.
The Jedi Weapons Master turned to face the remaining Jedi with him, "You all should go with them, where I am going is dangerous and I may not return. I can't ask any of you to come with me."
Visas was the first to speak, "My life, for yours. You killed my old Master, thus freeing me from his grasp forever, and because I am bonded to you; your life is my life and my life is your life. I will never leave your side, nor will any harm come to you while I still live."
Brianna looked deeply into his eyes, "You have shown me the ways of the Force and the Jedi as my mother would have wanted, you saved me from my own darkness that nearly overtook me when Kreia had told me you were dead. You saved me when Atris would have killed me and now I will return your trust by staying with you till the end of this journey." The white haired Jedi gulped slightly, "I now renew my vow to guard you and protect you until I die, no matter what the cost."
Keyan looked to Atton, who cracked a mischievous smile, "Well I don't think I can put things in terms as eloquent as they did, but I can tell you this: I have never felt as calm or at peace with myself since I began traveling you. Being at your side has made me see the errors of my past and I feel I need to atone for my past crimes and what better way to do it then to fight against the very source of all the pain and evil the Sith have caused?" He adjusted his brown robe that he had replaced his old jacket with, then rested both hands on Keyan's shoulders, "I'm your man until the end, whatever or wherever that may be."
Keyan grinned solemnly at them, "Thank you, all of you. You have no idea how much I appreciate that you all will stay by me, undertaking this journey doesn't seem nearly as menacing now that I know we'll face the coming challenges together."
Keyan nodded to all three of them and left the cockpit to go to the garage and speak with Mandalore and HK-47.
Both battle-hardened warriors looked to him when Keyan entered the room. Mandalore approached him, "I wanted to thank you Jedi Toban, traveling with you has reminded me of the true spirit of the Mandalorians." The leader of the Mandalorian Clans handed Keyan a heavily modified call beacon, "If you ever need help, no matter where you are the Mandalorian Clans will always be ready to fight at your side." Keyan and Mandalore shook hands, griping each other's forearms, in the way of Mandalorian warriors.
Then HK-47 stepped up, "Statement: I to want to thank you Jedi, if not for you my ingenious design would have been lost forever and that would have been a blight unto the galaxy. I also thank you for allowing Mandalore to become my Master; I feel that we will make a great team, not that I would not happily serve you as well. However, I believe that my new Master and I are more compatible than you and I are."
Keyan chuckled, "I think I feel the same way HK. I just wanted to thank you both, you two were essential to the defeat of the Sith plans in the Republic, the galaxy owes you a great debt. May the Force be with you."
Mandalore chuckled and nodded before leading HK-47 out of the garage and to the airlock where he waited for the shuttle to pick him up.
Keyan smiled and walked over to the medical room where Bao-Dur was talking to Mira as he checked a few bandages covering some of the physical wounds that the Jedi Consular had taken in her fight with Hanharr.
Both Jedi looked up from their conversation when Keyan walked in. Bao-Dur merely smiled, but Mira gave Keyan a little bit of a glare. Keyan held up his hands, "Sorry was I interrupting?"
Bao-Dur shook his head, "Not at all, we were just discussing what we would do when we reached Telos." The Zabrak Jedi tapped his chin and sighed, "I guess I'll go and contact our transport and tell them we're ready to leave."
Mira nodded to him as he walked out and then returned to glaring at Keyan.
The elder Jedi arched an eyebrow at her, "Ok, what did I do now?"
Mira sighed and blew air out her lips in annoyance, "It's just that everyone is breaking up; you're going off to fight who-knows what, Bao-Dur and I are off to try and heal a planet, and Mandalore and HK-47 are off to reunite the Mandalorian Clans. Everything became so much more complicated when you taught me the Force; sometimes I just wish we'd never met."
Keyan sighed and sat on the medical bed next to her, "But if we hadn't met I'd be some trophy or servant for Goto and you'd still be on Nar Shaddaa working as a bounty hunter. Now you'll be helping people rebuild their home and you won't have to face the risks you did before or be placed in the position where you might have to kill."
Mira sighted, "I guess so."
Keyan slid off the bed and grabbed both of her shoulders, "Oh come on Mira, I know these last few weeks have been trying on everyone, but we need you, Bao-Dur will need your help, and the people of Telos will need you."
The red haired woman looked at Keyan through tired eyes, "You really mean that, don't you?"
Keyan gave her a grin and patted her shoulders, "Do you even have to ask that Mira? I mean think about it, think about everything we've been through and look and see what that Force can reveal to you and how can you honestly ask me that?"
Mira slid off the bed and suddenly enveloped Keyan in a hug, "Thank you so much Keyan."
Keyan let his arms enfold her and smiled, "Your welcome Mira." Their arms relaxed from each other and Keyan rubbed her shoulders slightly before letting them drop to his sides, "May the Force be with you."
Mira smiled, "And may the Force be with you, Master."
With their goodbyes said they both left the medical room and joined everyone else by the airlock where everyone was shaking hands and giving hugs before everyone left.
As Keyan and Mira walked up Keyan felt the Force surrounding the crew of the Ebon Hawk sparking with love and caring towards each other. The past few months had formed the crew into a solid group, a group that would support each other no matter what.
Mandalore and HK-47's shuttle docked first and with a few final good-byes they boarded their shuttle and detached, off to do whatever the Force wanted for them.
Next the Republic transport docked and both Bao-Dur and Mira stepped on. Keyan smiled at both of them, "Remember to watch out for each other and trust the Force."
Both younger Jedi smiled at each other then nodded to those staying on the ship before the airlock finally closed behind them.
Keyan turned and looked over those who would be traveling with him into the Unknown Regions, to search for Revan and the real Sith Empire.
He gave a final sigh, then nodded slightly to himself, "Alright lets get to it, everybody to your stations."
The remaining crew of the Ebon Hawk broke up to take there stations, Atton to the pilot seat, Visas to the Navigation Room, Brianna to the topside turbolaser turret, and Keyan to the copilot seat.
As they scattered about Keyan grabbed Visas gently by the arm, "Visas are you sure you can find Revan?"
Visas nodded, "Yes, I once felt him before when I first boarded the Ravager someone as powerful as Revan leaves his presence on places like his ship, even if his Force presence has since then I am sure I can find him if I focus through my meditations enough once we find a planet where Revan has visited in his travels in he Unknown Regions."
Keyan nodded and released her arm, "Thank you Visas, I hope you are successful in your search."
Visas nodded and took her seat in the Navigation Room while Keyan continued to the cockpit where Atton was preparing to make the jump into hyperspace.
As he slid into the copilot chair Atton chuckled, "Well, where to Captain?"
Keyan looked over the Navigation Computer, "Well we only know a few planets in the Unknown Regions,"
Atton snorted, "That would be where the 'Unknown' comes from."
Keyan paused to give him a slight glare, "As I was saying, we can only jump to a few planets, but the closest planet we could go to would be Adumar, near the edge of the Mid Rim. From there we can update our Navigation Computer and continue into the Unknown Regions until Visas can detect Revan's presence."
Atton shook his head, "So we really are going after Revan?"
Keyan nodded, "We really are. He went to try and defeat the true Sith out there and something happened to keep him there or the fight was bigger than he thought and I mean to help him win that fight."
Atton nodded and silently keyed in the coordinates for Adumar, where their journey would begin.
ADUMAR, THE KATORRS SYSTEMThe Ebon Hawk exited hyperspace and entered into orbit around Adumar as the blue and green globe of the system's primary planet slowly rotated beyond the cockpit. Keyan smiled, he had visited Adumar long ago as a new Jedi Knight and its beauty had imprinted itself on his memory, he was glad to see that it hadn't changed.
He looked at Atton, "Well Atton set a vector to land in the Adu'min Spaceport."
Atton nodded, fully involved in flying the ship around Adumar's largest moon.
Keyan rose from his seat and entered the garage where T3-M4 was making repairs after the ship's rough landing on Malachor V. When Keyan entered the utility droid beeped happily and rolled over to him, still beeping and warbling with increased urgency.
Keyan frowned at the little droid as he tried to understand what he was saying; when he finally understood he needed T3 to repeat himself to make sure he hadn't misunderstood him.
If T3 was correct this was the same place Revan had stopped at before continuing onto the Unknown Regions and the Sith. What was even more impressive was that T3 said that Revan had left a message on the planet for him to use to unlock the deepest memory banks of the Navigation Computer and reveal many of the star systems in the Unknown Regions. Apparently Revan had somehow known that Keyan or someone would try and follow him after T3 returned and he had left the message to allow that person to find him. Curiously T3 had been programmed to reveal this only if he and this person returned to Adumar.
Keyan nodded gratefully to the droid, "Thank you T3, I'm sure Revan will be proud of you when we find him. Now do you know where he hid the message?"
T3 warbled sadly, No, my Master did not permit me to join him when he left the ship the last time we were here.
Keyan sighed, "Its ok T3, I'm sure we'll find it. Thank you for speaking up, your input is always helpful."
With that the silver utility droid rolled off to continue his repairs while Keyan grabbed some supplies from the men's dormitories on the starboard side of the freighter to supplement his two cyan lightsabers that hung from his belt on either side. He grabbed his carefully crafted Elite Watchman Blaster, which he had modified with loving precision throughout his travels. After sliding the blaster into its holster on his right thigh Keyan equipped his standard equipment for a mission, ranging from some Medpacs to a special belt made by the Jal Shey that helped him increased his resistance to Force attacks while also helping him focus his own Force powers. Lastly Keyan strapped on several pieces of light brown armor plating on his chest, back, and arms that blended in with the tunic he wore before pulling the darker brown robe that hung loosely over his form.
Thus suitably geared he returned to the cockpit where Atton was just finishing the landing in the Adu'min Spaceport. With a slight thump the freighter set down in the Spaceport that served Adumar's capital.
Atton turned and stood up, "Well now what?"
Keyan breathed deeply and closed his eyes, reaching out shortly for any remainder of Revan's presence here, there was a faint sense coming from the southwest and the Adumar ruins there.
Keyan opened his eyes, "Revan has been here Atton and he left a message here that will unlock the memory banks of the Navigation Computer. That will give us all the data we need to search the Unknown Regions for him."
Atton looked a little skeptical, but rose anyway, "Than I guess I'll come with you."
Keyan shook his head, resting a hand on the younger man's shoulder, "No Atton, this is something that I need to do myself. I want you and the rest of the crew to stay here and wait for me."
The brown haired Jedi starred at Keyan for a few minutes before nodding, "If you say so Keyan."
The elder Jedi patted Atton's shoulder and walked out of the cockpit.
As Keyan approached the Ebon Hawk's boarding ramp he wasn't at all surprised to find Brianna and Visas there waiting for him, both geared up and ready to travel.
He sighed and approached them, ready to repeat what he said to Atton, but Brianna beat him to it, "You've already made up your mind, it doesn't matter what we say, you're going alone aren't you?"
Keyan chuckled, he hadn't been aware he was broadcasting his thoughts so clearly, but nodded, "I feel that whatever Revan left behind here is for me alone to find, I wish both of your could come with me."
Visas nodded in a quiet acceptance, "I know you do, but it is the will of the Force that you and you only find what Revan left here; we will be waiting when you return." With that both women stood aside, giving each other a venomous look; a rivalry of sorts had developed between Brianna and Visas ever since Visas first joined them and the past few months had not made it any better.
With one final sigh the Jedi Weapons Master walked down the boarding ramp and into the moist Adumarian air.
A thin layer of sweat instantly appeared on his skin as Keyan neared the entrance to the Spaceport's main terminal. A few travelers moved around the large domed building, going to and from the many hangars that connected to the terminal in a large ring.
As Keyan stepped into the terminal a human in a uniform sporting the Spaceport's color scheme approached him.
The shorter human had his bright red hair slicked back and a thin mustache of the same color gracing his upper lip, his slightly bulbous appearance spoke of the ease of his job, which also gave him a pair of extra chins. Those extra chins wobbled slightly as the man spoke, "Greeting the Adu'min Spaceport Traveler, I am Terrance Brin, Manager for Hangars 23 through 32. I am pleased that you have chosen to dock in Hangar 27 and I will be pleased to allow you ship to stay there as long as you need and offer the Spaceport's resources, after a 100 credit payment of course." The plump manager opened his hands greedily, awaiting the payment.
Keyan sighed and dug a 100-credit chip out of his pocket and handed it to Terrance.
The manager smiled and bowed slightly, "Thank you sir, now if you have any questions about the city or the services that are now at your disposal I will answer them now."
Keyan nodded, "Tell me, how would one obtain passage to the Adumar ruins?"
Terrance frowned, "I'm sorry sir, but there is no commercial transport to the Adumar ruins, they are still under exploration by the Adumar Archeological Science Teams and there is no set date to when it will become open to the public. We do, however, many other points of interest other than the ruins…"
Before he could begin Keyan spoke up, "Where could I find those in charge of those Archeological Teams?"
The manager thought for a moment, then pointed to a nearby computer terminal, "If you are interested in the ruins I would recommend that you seek out the local Archeological Science Headquarters, they will be able to answer you're questions better than I can."
Keyan nodded his thanks to the plump manage and walked past him swiftly toward the computer terminal.
After logging in Keyan ran a search for the Archeological Science Headquarters and discovered that the Adumar Archeological Science, or the AAS, was located nearby so that it personnel could easily access their ships here to return to the may sites they studied around Adumar.
Further searching revealed that the AAS had been reporting difficulties exploring the ruins that Keyan was interested in, apparently deadly traps and obstacles had been having a high toll and slowing the exploration to a halt.
Keyan knew without even being at the ruins that the traps must have something to do with what Revan left behind, whether or not Revan set the traps up originally, he would have used them as a perfect defense for the hiding place he'd found for the sensitive information stored there.
Logging out of the computer Keyan exited the Spaceport and after a quick walk arrived at the AAS Headquarters.
A cheery secretary greeted him, "Welcome to the Adumar Archeological Headquarters what can I do for you sir?"
Keyan smiled, "I was hoping to meet with whoever is in charge here about the possibility of working on the ruins to the southwest."
The secretary smiled and nodded, "Of course, I will be happy to; Dr. Gerance Icron doesn't have any appointments, so please go right in."
Keyan nodded his thanks to the woman and walked down a long hallway that ended with a pair of double doors with the AAS's symbol carved into each, a pickax and a brush crossed over a picture of Adumar.
Keyan opened the doors and walked in where Dr. Gerance was seated behind a large, yet simple desk. When Keyan entered Dr. Gerance, a tall well-built man whose clean-shaven head and face revealed a number of scars, rose and stepped out from behind his desk, his hand extended toward Keyan, "Welcome, I am Doctor Gerance Icron, the Head Archeologist here at the AAS and who might you be?"
Keyan shook Gerance's offered hand and smiled, "My name is Keyan Toban Dr. Icron, thank you for seeing me."
Dr. Gerance smiled, "Oh it is no trouble, now tell me what brings to the AAS? We don't serve tourists so I assume that you are interested in some work or visiting one of the ruins we are currently studying, correct?"
Keyan nodded, "Yes, you see I am interested in the ruins to the southwest, but I was told that I could only reach them through the AAS."
Dr. Gerance nodded, "That is correct, but that still doesn't explain why you are so interested in the ruins, most of what we found would only interest someone like myself."
Keyan nodded, "Well, to be perfectly honest Doctor, I wasn't really planning on working for you as an archeologist. You see as I understand it you have been loosing men and resources because of a number of traps and obstacles that are still working; I am willing to help you clear those traps and obstacles."
Dr. Icron looked and Keyan questioningly, "Why would you be willing to do that? If you are expecting me to pay you I am sorry, but the AAS has a very tight budget and we can't afford to hire someone to do that or we would have done it already."
Keyan shook his head, "Dr. Icron I believe that there may be some information that I need in those ruins, I am willing to clear the traps for your men as long as you allow me to explore that ruins alone to find what I am looking for."
Dr. Gerance stared and Keyan for a few moments, "And what if you don't find what you are looking for?"
Keyan crossed his arms, "If I don't find it then consider my efforts an act of charity, to help ensure that the exploration of Adumar continues safely and end the loss of life."
Dr. Icron smiled, "Well, if that's all you need Mr. Toban, I'll have you on a transport for the ruins immediately."
Keyan smiled, "Thank you Doctor."
Gerance smiled and shook his head, "No thanks needed, you just take care of those traps and get my men into the ruins safely and we'll call it even."
Keyan shook hands with Gerance again as the Doctor spoke again, "Just go to Hangar 14 and tell the captain your name, I'll tell him ahead of time that you're coming."
The Keyan nodded, "I'll be there."
As soon as Keyan had left his office Gerance returned to his desk and sat down, activating the comlink built into the desk.
He spoke quickly in hushed tones with the person on the other end, by the time he had finished speaking Keyan had already left the AAS Headquarters and was heading for the hangar.
HANGAR 14, ADU'MIN SPACEPORTAs Keyan entered Hangar 14 he was instantly greeted by the smell of engine oil and the sound of an engine in bad repair trying to star. When the interior hangar door opened Keyan was not surprised to find the transport he was to ride in was not in very good condition. The transport's hull was dented and scratched, if it had ever had a coat of paint, the wear of time had removed it completely; Keyan wouldn't have even been surprised if the transport wasn't even airtight.
The transport's captain and pilot walked down the boarding ramp as the transport's ancient engines coughed to life with a loud roar and a cloud of black smoke.
The greasy man wiped both hands on his filthy overalls in a vain attempt to clean his hands before extending his hand to Keyan, "You must be Keyan Toban, I'm Padin Vade, captain of the AAS Transport Exploration. I guess we'll be your ride to the southwest ruins, so come aboard."
Padin must have noticed Keyan's dubious look toward the battered transport, "Don't worry, I know she looks beat up, but she has made this run hundreds of times and through worst weather than we'll be flying in today. But, if it puts your mind at easy you can sit in the cockpit with Jer, my copilot, and me."
Keyan nodded, "Well then let's get going."
Padin nodded and walked up the boarding ramp, already yelling to Jer to lift off.
With an unsettling groan the transport took off, her hull shaking as she increased her speed.
Jer turned out to be an elderly woman with graying hair and wrinkled skin that had that was bronze from a lifetime in the sun. She was a sharp contrast to Padin's youthful pale skin, but the two seemed to get along very well and from the way they spoke to each other it seemed that Padin was much older than he seemed.
The uninhabited area of Adumar flashed below the transport as in cruised through the planet's lower atmosphere. After about an hour Keyan noticed a faint whistling sound and after following it to it source he found that his earlier comment had been correct, the Exploration wasn't airtight at all.
Returning to his seat Keyan watched as the Adumar ruins came into view. The ruins were on the top of a low rise that overlooked the surrounding plains; toppled pillars create the illusion of rays of sun radiating out from the main buildings. From what Keyan had read during the flight that these ruins most likely had been a fortress; the ruins had been, and they still looked, awe inspiring, even after decades of disrepair. A tall tower rose from the center, its tip worn away and broken from the elements, while several small buildings spread out from the tower in a seemingly random pattern, and finally the buildings themselves were surrounded by a broken down wall that obviously had been much higher when it had been kept up, since it could only have been two meters high as it was.
On the north side of the ruins an opening that had been the gate into the ruins still remained, only being held up by the rusted metal gates themselves. Further north was the AAS base camp, nearly two-dozen tents stood in an orderly fashion with automated defense turrets forming a perimeter around the camp itself. A clearing inside the defense ring, yet some distance from the rest of the tents, showed the wear from ships landing, which marked it as the landing zone.
As Padin and Jer piloted their transport toward the landing zone their communication system crackled to life, "This is AAS Camp SW-0105 to the AAS Transport Exploration. What are you two doing here? Dr. Icron said you wouldn't be here for another three days."
Jer answered the call; Padin was busy finalizing their approach, "We have some special cargo that is going to help you finish up in those ruins."
The voice on the other end laughed coldly, "And what's that? Did Doc somehow manage to get his hands enough money to hire a professional or did he get tired of explaining how come one in every three personal station at these safe ruins is dying every week and decide to pull us out of here?"
Jer responded just as coolly, "Something like that, but you see in just a few minutes, Exploration out."
The transport's hull shook even more as Padin landed the vessel, causing Keyan's teeth to chatter from the vibrations. When they finally landed the ship seemed to sigh as her engines powered down with a cough; Keyan was sure he could hear pieces of the ship rattling into place after being shifted during the flight.
Padin and Jer turned in their pilots chairs to face Keyan; Padin gave their passenger a full smile, "Well, I'd say that went pretty good. I hope you enjoyed your flight, good luck in clearing out those ruins, if you ever need a ride back to the Adu'min Spaceport do not hesitate to call us."
Keyan returned the smile, "Thank you, both of you, the flight was fine and I do appreciate your hospitality." Rising from his seat Keyan adjusted his robes and left the cockpit and the Exploration's two pilots, while he headed for the transport's boarding ramp.
Pausing at the top of the ramp Keyan reached out and felt Revan's presence, stronger this time, clearly coming from the ruins. Calmly preparing himself for what he had to do Keyan reached over and hit the button that lowered the ramp letting the moist Adumar air enter the transport.
With one final calming breath Keyan strode down the ramp confidently, his eyes immediately picking out two humans in AAS uniforms waiting for him.
Keyan smiled as he approached them, the first was a man probably in his mid-fifties with graying black hair and a pointed beard, the other was a younger woman with jet black hair flowing freely over her shoulders; as Keyan looked at them he realized that they looked similar enough to be father and daughter.
The man extended his hand to Keyan, "Hello, you must be the help that Dr. Icron promised, welcome to AAS Camp SW-0105; I am Doctor Ian Terack, the head researcher here, and this is my niece and assistant, Sherry." Ian's niece nodded to Keyan as he responded.
Keyan smiled and shook Ian's hand, "Thank you Dr. Terack, I am Keyan Toban."
Ian smiled back, "Thank you for coming Keyan and you can just call me Ian, this place is too informal for a bunch of titles and nonsense." Ian smiled when Keyan nodded his understanding, "I can't tell you how good it is to see that that Icron finally managed to send some help here, and we've been losing people constantly ever since we first ran into the traps in the ruins' catacombs."
When Ian paused to take a breathe Sherry spoke up, "If you'll excuse me Uncle, but I still have work to do, I'll leave you to bring our guest up to speed on the situation."
Ian nodded as Sherry walked off. Once she was out of earshot he spoke again, "Poor girl, her mother, my daughter, and father were working in the catacombs when the traps first became active, both were dead with minutes leaving poor Sherry without any family besides myself."
Ian sighed, "But, never mind that for now. If you'll please follow me to my tent I will show what we know about the catacombs that we need you to clear out."
Keyan nodded and followed Ian from the landing zone to the largest of the tents, which was only the size of a small apartment. Just inside the doorway Keyan paused and looked at the imposing ruins that waited for him.
Keyan sighed grimly, So starts another journey, yet who can know what mysteries were hiding in the darkness that Revan has gone into.
