A/N: Here is the second chapter...I hope you all like it! Please review! I need all the help I can get! More reviews equal faster updates!

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Chapter 2

Hayley found herself meditating outside on the beach, close enough to the water that she could feel the gentle refreshingness of it as she tried to center herself. She kept going through recent events in her head...trying to make sense of all of them. Also, while in the compartment she had realized that her attachment to Carth could be lethal to both of them. She was a risk to him. And as long as she stayed with him...he would be forever in danger.

The wind whipped around her softly while playing a gentle lullaby in the leaves of nearby trees. The birds softly chirped adding to the musical tone. Footsteps approached.

" Hello, Jolee. How are you?"

"Hayley, the council has requested an audience with you.They say it is very urgent. You know the council."

" I'll go at once. Tell them I'm on my way."

" Great! So now I'm a messenger boy." he grumbled to himself as he walked off.

Hayley casually got up and found herself face to face with Carth. Man, she must be really tired for her not to sense his presense.

" Hey, Beautiful..."

"Carth, not right now. I have to go see the Jedi Council. Sorry...we can talk later." She turned and walked passed him but he grabbed her and turned her to face him. His hold was gentle but strong.

"Hayley, Jolee told me that you were going to see the council. That's why I'm here. I need to tell you something. More of ask you something. I love you and..."

"Carth, I really can't...I have to..."she pleaded...even though she wanted no more then to tell him that she loved him too, and stay like this forever.

"No. Hear me out. I have been thinking and I've decided that you could come with me to Telos! We could make Dustil understand. I know it will be hard for him but I think he can come to terms with..."

"No."she interrupted simply.

"No? No what?" She could feel his nervousness.

"I...I have to go." He released his grip on her and she walked off to the council.

Every step became harder and harder to take. It was like walking away from something that you want...no need to survive. But she knew that she would have to eventually. Just not so soon.

Hayley walked up the ancient stone steps into the mighty Rakatan Temple. The temple held many memories...

(The top of the Rakatan Temple before the Star forge is destroyed)

"How could you betray us like this, Bastila?"

" I resisted at first. Enduring the tortures with the serenity of a true jedi, emptying my mind. But after a week of endless tortures Malak finally made me acknowledge me pain and anger. It made me even more powerful."

"Bastila, you could still return to the light!"

"No, Revan. You are nothing but a shell of what you once were. The council did this to you!"

" The council gave me a second chance to..."

" The council used you like a puppet, as they once did me. They wanted me to bow and call them Master and obey their every wish while the whole time they were exploiting my battle meditation. Malak was wrong, however, it would seem the darkside is not wholly lost to you after all..."

(present day)

"We have called you here today because we must still prove to the Galaxy that you are no longer Revan, and to also prove to ourselves. The Republic has demanded a debriefing for your entire crew. We have decided to give it to them. I'm sorry but we must make sure that you have surely forsaked the Darkside and are no longer the Dark Lord. You all will be escorted to Coruscant and detained seperately from the rest of your companions."

" This is ridiculous! It isn't enough that you programed me with a new mind, sent me on this mission, made us go on tour,and now you want us to..." She was cut off.

A republic officer walked in with four battle droids accompanying him. He bore many medals on his uniform. No doubt he was of high ranking standards.

" I'm General Rhin. If you refuse to comply with our wishes you will be taken by force."

Hayley was not about to put anyone in any physical danger so she took a deep breath and managed a slow nod. How was she going to explain this to the rest of the crew?

" You will be able to see and explain things to your crew then meet me here at 0800 hours. If you try to run we will fire upon your ship. Understand?

Hayley nodded.

" Good. I will see you then." and with that he turned and left.

How could they do this to us? After all we've been through! There is no emotion, there is peace.The phrase continued to float around in her head. Right now all she needed, though it was hard for her to admit...was Carth.

Carth paced nervously up and down in the sand, his footprints reappearing every time he stepped. The rest of the crew also waited outside the temple. Waiting for Hayley...waiting for, whenever it involved the council...bad news.

Juhani quitetly meditated trying to clear her mind...although it did no good. They were keeping her hero inside that damn temple and there wasn't a thing she could do to support her. Not that a Hero of the Republic could or would even want the help of a Cathar. That was the darkside talking again. Even through all this Juhani still had her frequent doubts about the jedi and herself. Part of her forgave Bastila when she turned to the darkside because it proved that even the strong can be tempted. The other part of her wanted to kill her for betraying them all.

Mission placed her card down and Zaalbar stood up and shouted an angry roar.

" Hey, I won. Fair is fair. Gimme the rest of those!" she said as she quickly grabbed the bag of food in the middle of the table. "You should have known better, Big Z. I always win! Ha ha ha...I get the food!"

Jolee was patiently sitting at a nearby bench, watching Carth pace up and down. The tension he felt from Carth was still building. The boy is like a lovesick puppy. I wonder how it's going between those two. Bah...I'm an old man, why do I care! Because I know you should take love where you can get it. He silently answered his own question.

Canderous was tinkering with his repeating rifle as he too anxiously waited for Hayley to come out of that temple. He let out a small curse as he slamed the rifle's small hatch on his finger. Blood dripped down his finger and onto the ground. The sand absorbed the odd color. Just like she accepted an old Mandalorian into her life.

The massive doors to the temple opened and she walked out. The color of her face was drained and her smile no where to be found. Her eyes held sympathy and fear. Would the Republic ever accept her as she is now? Carth ran up to her and put his arms around her. She didn't struggle to get free. Quite the opposite, she wanted him never to let go.

" The council...they said...I tried...but they just..." she stuttered.

"Whoa...slow down, beautiful. Tell us slowly what happened." Carth gently stroked her hair in a soothing manner.

" The council...said,well...that we all have to go to...debriefing. Seperately." Hayley was afraid to meet Carth's eyes.

"Debriefing! After all that they made us go through...now this!" Carth's anger showed quite clearly. His hands tensed as he continued to hold her.

"I know...I thought the same thing. But you know the council they..."

"Why?" He said it so simply and with such a touch of bitterness. It almost made Hayley shiver at his tone.

" The Republic don't quite trust me as I...well as I am now. They want to know all the details of what happened with me to prove to the galaxy that Revan, the Dark Lord of the Sith, is truly gone." Her tone held calm and certainty yet her palms were drenched in sweat. " The council has agreed to this...and has orders to put me under house arrest in a facility on Coruscant. You...I mean all the rest of you will be held in other quarters somewhere on..."

"You saved the galaxy and this is how they repay you? They lock you up like some...some sort of..."

" Animal." Juhani sneered.

"Well, they won't take me without a fight, I'll..." Canderous began.

" That's exactly the kind of response the Republic is counting on. Just a chance to kill "the might Lord Revan"! They're counting on resistance from us. An excuse to kill me...and maybe you too, Canderous. I won't let it come to that. We'll go peacefully..."she shot Carth a look that said" That means you don't kill one of them when they go to put 'cuffs on me".

"Don't look at me like that...I'm not gonna do anything stupid." Carth said with a confidence he didn't feel. I hope.

"OK...then it's settled. We'll show them. They'll expect resistance and when they get none..."

"They'll realize you are who you say you are." Juhani's Cathari accent flavoring her voice.

"Exactly. I have to go back now...I'll see you later."

As she left, she felt the tension increase more then when she had first come out. This was going to be difficult for her crew because she knew they all cared for her very much, would even die for her. This would be the most difficult for Carth. Carth... I'll make it up to you...somehow...