Title: Destiny's New Path
Summary: A what if. What if it wasn't Revan on the Bridge when Malak fired on his Master's ship? Suddenly the Apprentice is betrayed by the Master, and Revan then infiltrates the ranks of the Jedi. The Dark Lords mission: turn Bastila to the Dark Side of the Force.
Disclaimer: George Lucas and Bioware own the basis of this FanFic. I am merely entertaining the idea that I am good at making Star Wars stories (stupid ideas).
Author's Note: Carth, Carth, Carth, why did you do it? He's going to regret it.
Chapter 14: Zora's Grief
For half an hour, Kayle, Komad and Bastila cut at the Krayt Dragons' rough hide, until finally they cut through. In just a few seconds, Komad had reached into the Dragons' gullet and pulled out a handful of shiny pearls.
"I thank you for your aid, human. You have earned a share of the victory, such as it is." The yellow Twi'lek said. Komad handed Kayle half the pearls, and then pocketed the rest. "Again, I thank you for your help here today, human. I shall see you again, I am sure."
With that, the Twi'lek jumped on his speeder and headed back to Anchorhead. Kayle, Bastila, and Canderous had one more thing to do before they could follow him. All three of them walked into the cave, each for a different reason. The first thing Bastila did was search each of the remains, looking for her father's Holocron. Canderous went to one side, where he hoped to find the armour of a Mandalorian general, Cassus Fett, buried beneath the sands. Kayle went to the back of the cave, and activated the Star Map.
It activated easily enough, and the tripod separated like a flower, just as the last two had, projecting a circle of green, blue and black lights.
"Anybody else get the feeling that finding this Star Map in the back of this Krayt Dragon's cave is more than just a coincidence?" Canderous asked, walking over from a box he'd uncovered, which no doubt held Cassus Fett's armour.
"The Star Map's are artifacts of the dark side." Bastila said, joining the two men with a small bag in her hand. "The Krayt Dragon may have been drawn here by its dark power, only to be consumed by it."
"Whatever the reason, I think it's time we left." Kayle said. Bastila and Canderous nodded in agreement, and they turned and left, heading toward the speeders parked outside the cave.
In one of the few well constructed houses in Anchorhead, Kyron Firemoon sat behind a desk of varnished wroshyr wood. One of the few things he'd been able to smuggle onto Taris since Revan had sent him here. Why the Dark Lord would want his best crime lord on this pit of a world, Kyron would never know.
The door opened. Kyron looked up to see a figure wearing a grey robe with the hood drawn up to hide their. Kyron also saw the cylindrical metal hilt hanging at the person's belt. "A Jedi? Come to visit little old me on Tatooine?" He stopped as the 'Jedi' ignited the lightsaber, a blood-red blade bursting from the end of the hilt. "Lord Rev-?" The lightsaber blade was driven through his chest, cutting off his speech.
Moments later, one of his slaves walked in to announce a visitor. The Twi'lek woman saw her master's body and screamed.
Zora heard the scream, and leapt over the front desk of the front office, igniting her emerald lightsaber when she heard the snap-hiss of two lightsabers from the inner-office. The blast doors were sealed shut before she reached them, so she spent precious moments cutting through them. On the other side were two Dark Jedi and two dead bodies; one of them was the graying-haired man whom she knew to be her father.
"Ah, another victim for us to…eliminate." The female Dark Jedi charged at Zora. The young woman was filled with anger; her father had been murdered, before she ever got to meet him. With all the anger built up in those few seconds, it wasn't hard for Zora to kill the first Dark Jedi. The second lost his lightsaber, Zora slicing it in half, before surrendering to the enraged Padawan.
Zora shook her head, clearing it of anger. She stunned the Dark Jedi with the Force, and then commed the others to come help her decide what to do with him. In the end, the put a Force suppression bubble around him, making it impossible for him to call upon the Force. He would break through it eventually, but not before reaching Coruscant and the Jedi Council.
With the Star Map found, Bastila's relationship with her mother mended, and Griff on the run from Kayle and the Exchange both, there was nothing left keeping them on Tatooine, and the Ebon Hawk's crew were happy to leave the desert world behind.
Kayle ignited his lightsaber, the emerald green filling the room with an eerie glow. He was in the Cargo Hold, moving through the different lightsaber forms against non-existent opponents. He swung, deflecting a non-existent blaster bolt, and struck, taking out the one with the blaster. He raised his lightsaber to block an attack, and was interrupted from his training by a sudden shout from the Port Dormitory's.
He deactivated his saber, and sprinted out of the Cargo Hold. He ran into Bastila and Juhani on the way, and the three of them came to the Port Dormitory just in time to see Carth slam into the wall, Zora standing on the other side of the room with a hurt look on her face.
"I can't believe you said that!" She said. She turned on her heel, not noticing any of the Jedi as she seemed to glide out of the Dormitory, heading in the direction of the Starboard section.
Kayle walked over and helped Carth to his feet. "What happened?" He asked.
"Well, I was comforting Zora, I mean, she'd just found out where her father was, and then suddenly, he's killed by Dark Jedi." Carth said. "And she said she loved me, and I meant to say it. I did, technically, I just…" He trailed off. Kayle probed his thoughts for a moment.
"Oh…" He said. "You said Morgana instead of Zora." He whispered. "Well, the girl did just lose her father, you can only expect her to be upset, and I suppose being called your wife's name didn't help. Not that you're at fault, Carth." Kayle added quickly. "Perhaps she just needs time."
They arrived at Yavin a couple of days later. Their first stop was a space station which belonged to a Rodian named Suvam Tam. He told them about the ruins on the surface of the planet, and they returned to the Ebon Hawk to travel to the planet's surface.
The crew split into two groups. Jolee, Seth, Carth, Zaalbar, and Mission and the droids were staying on board, Zora, Bastila, Juhani, Kayle and Erik would investigate the ruins. They went into the temple, and almost instantly, the five Jedi were all-but overwhelmed with the Dark Side. Seconds later, the blast door slammed shut behind them, trapping them in the temple.
A/N: Oks, not a very long chapter. Get over it, I'm having trouble writing. For those of you who never thought this chapter is short, there're free chips and juma juice and the world premiere of this fic...incoherent ranting continues. Reveiws always help the story along, only four chapters until you discover the identity of Revan. Just a little tidbit of information, the 'fake' revan will be killed.