Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, this is a work of fiction, based on the game and is not meant to raise money or take away from the copyright holders of the game, only to express my fanatical devotion to that wonderful game that has taken up so... very much of my time.

Destiny's Knight

Surprise, Brin is Force Sensitive! I have to admit I am inspire by other people's writings I've read, Revan's Second Chance had a great influence on my writing and I definitely suggest you check that out, it is listed in my favorites.

Chapter 12 is set on Taris during the Sith Base infiltration as well as Davik's base.

Chapter 12: Garbage Cans Shooting Sparks

"Canderous Ordo?"

Revan asked in genuine confusion and annoyance at the indigestion he received from the Tarisian food. Looking for acknowledgment from Carth, Carth scowled and said quietly to Revan.

"Canderous Ordo is a Mandalorian working for Davik Kang, a local crime lord from the Exchange."

Revan frowned. Damned Exchange are about as bad as the Sith and Czerka Corps. Revan eyed the Twilek messenger warily and nodded.

"Alright, I'll meet him in the Cantina."

Ignoring the anger he felt from Carth Revan waited until the messenger was out of earshot.

"We don't have anything else, and he may know how we can get off world."

Carth reluctantly agreed and after dropping a sample of Rakgoul serum off at a local medical facility, Revan and Carth spoke with Canderous. After their conversation Revan and Carth stood silently outside the droid shop, eyeing the astrometric droid they had just purchased.

"You know, to me Droids are just garbage cans that shoot sparks."

The droid beeped angrily as Carth snickered.

"Translation: The Sparks keep me warm."

Revan said with a smile as he commed the other members of his party. Bastila sat quietly exchanging Jedi philosophy with Brin when her comm beeped.

"Yes?"

Bastila said, not identifying herself or whoever she was talking to.

"This is Wedge, we may have found a solution to our vacation problems, the hairless Wookie and I are going to see if- Owe! Dammit- We're going to go check the travel brochure."

Bastila smiled and shut the link off, scanning the room for Mission. Mission used the device she built to scan for any eavesdroppers, the scan showed that the Sith had hacked into their comm frequency but failed to track it.

"Thank you Mission."

Bastila said with an uncharacteristic warm smile, Mission grinned.

"No problem!"

Mission went back to check the jammer she built as she spoke quietly to Zalbaar.

Revan sighed and palmed his lightsaber as the Twilek secretary walked past him, after a gentle suggestion she had decided to leave the Sith base instead of sounding the alarm. Revan noticed Carth following the Twilek as she exited the room.

"Don't worry Carth, I used a little Force persuasion, she's going to the bar for a drink then home for a nice long nap!"

Carth stiffened slightly and cracked a smile as he shook his head.

"Do me a favor, don't try any of that mind trick stuff on me."

Revan laughed and looked over the security console, hacking into the base computer he shot down the defenses and battle droids.

"Alright Carth, we're clear."

After freeing a Duros that Carth insisted had helped him, Revan made his way through a doorway that had a nasty battle droid behind it, pushing Carth out of the way Revan unleashed an energy wave that fragmented the droid where it stood.

"I wish I could do that..."

Carth said in genuine amazement as he followed Revan into the elevator.

"How dare you disturb my training- wait, a Force sensitive here? Who would have thought this backwater world would harbor a Force sensitive? My Master will be most pleased when I destroy you, perhaps he will grant me my own lightsaber."

"You don't even have a lightsaber?"

Revan said between laughs at the pathetic Force user before him. Revan pulled his red saber and tossed it to the wannabe Dark Jedi, who eyed it with glee, looking up he caught a blue blur and felt a stinging before seeing a blue blade extinguish and felt the saber pried from his hands as the smell of burning flesh reached his nose.

"Weak fool."

Revan hissed as the Sith took his dying breath and collapsed in two separate pieces. Revan searched the pouch on the Sith Governor's armor and retrieved the launch codes, eyeing a strongbox in the corner Revan shrugged and took his saber to the lock, exposing a healthy sum of Credit chips. Thank you Mission...

"You never know?"

Revan said with a shrug as he gathered the credits and followed Carth out of the Sith base without event. Walking along the walkways Carth stopped Revan and eyes an Ithorian that was being stoned by a group of small children.

"We should do something about that..."

He said, turning to Revan who shrugged and used the Force to implant the image of a Rancor in the children's minds. The children screamed and ran away as Revan offered assistance to the injured Ithorian. After dropping the Ithorian off at Zelka's medical facility Revan caught Carth eyeing him with suspicion.

"What?"

"What did you do to those kids?"

Revan laughed and shook his head.

"I just made sure every time they taunt an innocent Alien they get the mental picture of a Rancor chasing them!"

Revan earned a smile and a shake of Carth head as they made their way to the Undercity. In the Cantina after a small argument between Canderous and Carth, Revan resigned and agreed to work with Canderous, putting his personal feelings of Mandalorians aside.

"Fine Canderous, we'll work together, I'll meet you at your speeder in about a half hour, I have some things I need to take care of first."

"Fair enough, I'll meet you then."

Canderous stalked away, under the constant glare of Carth.

"I can't believe we're working with that Mandalorian beast!"

He commented as Revan shook his head. Revan entered some information onto a datapad and handed it to Carth.

"Go get Mission, I think I am going to need her skills to-"

Revan's thoughts were cut short by a vision from the Force, it was a familiar site to a Sith Lord, btu it was unsettling. Revan watched in slight disgust as the Sith fleet leveled Taris from orbit. Cowards. He hissed inwardly as he seethed at the sight of all his work to do good for these people evaporating. Pulling himself from the oppressing vision Revan turned to Carth.

"We better make this quick, make sure everyone is ready to leave in a hurry, I got a bad feeling about this..."

Carth agreed and within twenty minutes Revan was greeted by a much to cheery Mission.

"That new droid is great Wedge!"

Revan nodded absently as he led the young woman to where he was supposed to meet Canderous.

"Yea, useful little trash can, tell me what has you in such a good mood?"

Mission smiled knowingly and shrugged.

"Thats a surprise."

Revan inwardly winced. I need to get her as far away from this place as I can...

"Stay close Mission, this is going to be dangerous and if you're coming with me, I want you to be in one piece."

Mission frowned slightly, fighting what she wanted to feel until she shrugged and nodded.

"Sure Rev, it'll be interesting to get out and see the galaxy you know? Hey you don't mind if we swing by my place first do you? I need to pick up a few things."

Revan glanced at his wrist chrono and shrugged.

"Better make it quick, I don't think Candy is going to appreciate us being late."

After a brief sprint through the undercity and a close call with some Rakgouls Revan arrived just in time to see Canderous climb out of his speeder.

"Good, lets move it, I'm getting a bad feeling about staying here much longer."

Revan nodded and motioned for Mission, who had paled slightly at the sight of Canderous to enter the speeder. Canderous noticed the reaction and cast a sadistic grin towards her.

"I agree, the longer we stay here, the more likely they will change the codes."

In the hideout Bastila did not escape sensing the vision the Force granted Revan and she uneasily paced the room, glancing over to Brin who was actively attempting to avoid an argument with Carth. Bastila began gathering the party's belongings into a pack and waited as she nervously tapped her wrist communicator.

After an annoyingly civil conversation with Calo Nord and Davik Kang, Revan found himself leading Mission and Canderous towards a torture cell. Entering the cell, Revan made quick work of the torture droids and freed the pilot from the torture cell. The obviously traumatized man took off after giving Revan the access codes to the Ebon Hawk and was gone. Revan glanced around the hallways before seeing a gap in the guard patrols. Taking advantage the former Dark Lord led Mission and Canderous to the control room for the hangar.

"Well this is fun eh?"

Mission commented quietly as she sliced into the database, unlocking the doors to the hanger. Revan felt the Force scream a warning in his mind and listened to distant thuds that reverberated through the metal structure around them.

"What the-"
Canderous began as they entered the hangar, cautiously looking at the ceiling as through it would cave in.

"It's the Sith, they're bombing the planet to make sure Bastila doesn't escape. If we can't have her, no one can, get it?"

Revan noticed how pale Mission was at the statement and did not need the Force to see how frightened she war.

"Damn those Sith, they'll bring this whole hangar down around our ears, I always knew they'd turn on us sooner or- Well, what do we have here? Thieves in the hangar."

"I'll take care of them Davik, I've been looking forward to this for a long time..."

Revan pulled his lightsaber and activated it, surprising Davik. Calo pulled his Mandalorian blasters and fired a volley towards Revan. Blocking the shots with ease and sending the shots back, Revan moved the protect Mission as Canderous downed Davik. Seeing his boss fall Calo tossed one of his blasters and pulled a thermal detonator.

"If I'm going down, I'm taking all of you with me!"

He shouted as a blast penetrated the hangar, cutting through a walkway suspended above, narrowly missing the bounty hunter.

"Damn those Sith, they'll bring this whole hangar down- Arghhh!"

Calo was buried beneath the debris of the collapsing walkway as blaster fire pierced the hangar. Revan ran to the Ebon Hawk and entered the code, unlocking the ship.

"Let's move it."
He shouted as Canderous ran up the ramp, Revan turned and saw Mission slumped on the ground. Has she been hit? Revan raced to her side and lifted her, carrying the girl onto the Hawk. Revan set her down in the lounge area and made his way to the cockpit as Canderous started the engines and pulled the Hawk away from the hangar.

"We've got to get my friends, land near the Cantina, the walkway by the apartments!"

Canderous nodded as Revan called into his wrist comm.

"Bastila, get to the walkway, we've got the ship now lets get out of here."

"On our way."

Carth's voice answered. Revan suddenly felt very sick, looking out the viewport of the cockpit he saw the red blaster bolts of the Sith fleet's turboblasters raining down on the Tarisian cityscape. Seeing the near empty walkway Canderous landed near a small group of people and lowered the ramp, immediately running back to the engine room to check the hyperdrive after a shot grazed the Hawk. Revan rushed down the ramp and noticed the disturbed expressions of his companions as they ran to the Hawk, Bastila was near the front and was very pale, Revan rushed to her side and helped her on board, sealing the ramp as Carth lifted the Hawk from the ground.

"Can you feel it? The Force is shattering with the deaths of all those people..."

Bastila said softly as she gazed out the viewport of the Ebon Hawk's cockpit, regaining control she turned to Carth.

"Plot a course for Dantooine, there's a Jedi Enclave there where we can find refuge."

Carth nodded agreement before sending a steady stream of curses out.

"We've got company, someone get to the gun turrets."

Revan rushed to the gun turrets and expertly shot down the small group of Sith fighters tailing them before the Hawk jumped into hyperspace. Revan could feel the sheer weight of the Force crashing down around him, the pain and agony of all those dying to dead on Taris, he found it difficult to walk and collapsed before he made it to the cockpit.

Waking several hours later Revan took in his surroundings, Mission was sitting on a chair nearby resting her head on her hand and breathing lightly and Bastila was nearby on another Medical bed unconscious. Revan pulled himself up and rubbed his eyes.

"Welcome back."

Brin's voice called from nearby.

"Maybe you can tell me what the hell just happened?"

She asked curiously as Revan stood and walked to Bastila's side.

"The deaths of all those people, we could sense it through the Force, we weren't prepared for it..."

Revan's thoughts drifted to the countless lives he had taken in the Sith and Mandalorian wars under similar circumstances and it shocked him that he had never felt this before, only a surge of power. Brin shrugged and was about to leave before Revan called out.

"You may have sensed it, voices crying for help or the sound or image of a child crying, it would have been very faint since you are not used to your connection to the Force but surely you felt something?"

Revan looked from Bastila to Brin and noticed how pale Brin had become as she slowly nodded.

"I thought it was just my imagination..."

She said in a shaky voice, Revan shook his head and tried to collect himself.

"We should stay on Dantooine for a while, that place is calming and perhaps..."

Revan looked as though he was examining Brin as a doctor and she didn't like it.

"... perhaps we can speak to the Jedi Council about your new found sensitivity to the Force."

Brin frowned.

"I don't know if I want to be a Jedi, no offense but isn't there something about not being allowed to fall in love or have emotions."

"Only since Exar Kun..."

There was a hint of sadness and bitterness in Revan's voice and Brin decided to drop the subject and leave him be, she found herself in the lounge area joining an argument as to the morality of the Mandalorians between Carth and Canderous. Revan returned his attention to Bastila who was stirring lightly, placing his hand on hers he waited till her eyes fluttered open.

"Re- Revan?"

She said softly before her eyes widened and she stumbled to see if anyone else was around, she sighed with relief when she only noticed Mission unconscious nearby and the small droid Revan had acquired on Taris.

"You sensed it? The dark side is growing stronger... and the Force has deliberately thrown Brin in our path, it seems our fates are not connected, did you sense the bond between Brin and yourself?"

"Childhood fantasies, we should see what the Council has to say before jumping to any conclusions."

"Right, I am going to go find a more comfortable bed, how long until we reach Dantooine?"

Revan looked over to Mission's sleeping form, she was stirring slightly from what was likely a nightmare.

"Nine hours..."

Bastila nodded and made her way to one of the crew quarters of the Ebon Hawk. Revan knelt near Mission and placed a hand on her, her eyes shot open and she nearly fell from her seat, she looked up with eyes that seemed to want to release tears but had no more to give. Revan embraced the girl and spoke softly.

"Its alright, you're safe now..."

Revan could hear Zalbaar growling, likely at Carth for standing too close to him and the argument seemed to be heating up, half carrying Mission Revan led her to the quarters Bastila was occupying.

"Here, try to rest."

"You're not going to leave me are you?"

Mission looked to Revan with pleading eyes and her headtails straightened in a sign of trust, Revan nodded as she lay down in the bed and fell into a shallow sleep. Looking over his shoulder Revan caught a small smile on Bastila as she rested.

"Not one word."

Revan noticed the smile grow lightly before turning back and watching Mission's restless sleep.