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Revan couldn't believe her luck. The interrogation of the Knight had gone better than she could ever had imagined. Jaq had not only managed to learn valuable information but had also turned the Knight to her cause. Revan had learned that a small number of Republic ships would be in the Aduba system in two weeks time. The system was fairly small with only six planets, the largest being the planet of Aduba III. Aduba III had a small shipyard but that wasn't the main thing that interested Revan. The Knight had told her that Bastila Shan was stationed on one of the Capital Ships that would be in orbit around Aduba III. With so few Republic ships around, it was likely that Revan's fleet could easily overpower them in spite of Bastila's battle meditation. Then she would convince Bastila to join her.
Bastila Shan nervously paced in her quarters on the Endar Spire. The scout ship they had sent out had not returned. Luckily, the two Jedi on board knew nothing about the Council's plans. She and six other Jedi were the only ones other than the masters that knew the real plan. A few of the high ranking officers knew of the trap but they merely assumed the trap would be to kill Revan or Malak or both.
"It's probably better this way," she thought. "They would not be happy if they knew of the council's intentions."
A knock sounded at her door.
"Come in," Bastila called.
A soldier of about thirty with light blond (almost white) hair walked in and saluted.
"At ease, Trask," Bastila said smiling. "May I help you with something?"
"I'm sorry to disturb you, ma'am but we've received a report from an Atton Rand that the scout ship was captured by Darth Revan," Trask informed her.
Bastila frowned. "This is not good. Not good at all," she thought.
"Are you sure about this, Revan?" Malak asked for the third time. "It just doesn't feel right."
"Of course I'm sure," Revan snapped. "Think about it! Bastila will be there with less than fifty ships to help defend her. There's no way they could defeat us even with the brat's Battle Meditation. Once she's turned, the Republic won't stand a chance."
"What if the information is inaccurate?" Malak argued. "After all, you can't trust anything a Jedi says."
"He would have no reason to lie," Revan responded.
"What if he made something up just so you wouldn't kill him?" Malak asked.
"He only told us after he turned. Isn't that right, Jaq?" Revan replied, finally acknowledging the other person in the room.
"Huh...what?" Jaq said, rather distractedly.
Revan frowned. He'd been acting strange since he interrogated the female padawan earlier that day. She knew he got upset every time he couldn't turn someone but this was a little extreme, even for him.
"Never mind," she sighed. "For the last time Malak, I am positive about this. Go inform the officers of my plan and tell them to set a course for the Aduba system."
Carth Onasi was angry. No, he was beyond angry - he was pissed. He had just received new orders from Admiral Dodonna. Who did those Jedi think they were, anyway? He had worked hard for twenty years to finally get command of his own ship only to have it taken away by that arrogant Jedi, Bastila.
"I guess it isn't all her fault," he thought. "After all, the Republic pretty much depends on her. That must be a lot of pressure. Maybe I shouldn't be so hard on her. I still don't trust her though."
He couldn't say he was all together unhappy with this new assignment. The Jedi would board Revan's flagship to kill him while the rest of the fleet would hide behind the second sun in the system. They would then attack Malak's flagship as it came around Aduba III. Even better for him, Saul was serving on Malak's flagship. His three least favorite people would die on the same day.
"Too bad it would be the same day as Morgana and Dustil's deaths," he thought. "The bastards don't deserve that honor."
"There is no emotion, there is peace."
Juhani's hands shook as she desperately searched her master's wrist for a pulse and repeated the first line of the Jedi code to herself over and over.
She wasn't sure what had happened exactly. One minute she was sparring and talking with her Master and the next thing she knew, she was staring down at her master's crumpled form. She couldn't have done this, it just wasn't possible. Sure, she might have gotten a little worked up while talking to her master but there was no way she could have killed her.
Tears rolled down Juhani's cheeks as her worst fear was confirmed. She had killed her master.
Juhani stood up quickly and ran out of the enclave before anyone could notice what she had done.
Author's notes:
Zini - Thanks! I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Please review and tell me what you think if you've read this. I haven't written fan fiction in about 8 years so any and all suggestions are welcome, I love constructive criticism.