A/N: Here is another good chapter! My favorite so far! And so the angst continues...

Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars.

Chapter 8

The small explosion blinded Bastila for a couple of seconds. Moon 4 was down...and so was Moon 5. Her team was being ripped apart. She hadn't expected this kind of resistance from them. She underestimated them...again.

"All fighters return to the hangar immediately!"Bastila demanded.

Bastila turned her fighter around and headed back into the hangar. Her interceptor was severely damaged and needed immediate repairs. As she almost reached the hangar bay she sensed a disturbance in the Force. All of a sudden a light blue aura emmanated from the front of the bay. It was almost unnoticable...it hit her!

"All fighters do not return to the hang..." Explosions started to erupt from all over the entrances to the hangars.

Juhani and Jolee had obviously put up some sort of Force Barrier. How long could they keep it up, though? Bastila started to use her Battle Meditation to assist the surviving ships away from the hangar. They were completely cut off from the capital ship. There was no other way to enter it. Suddenly, a thought struck Bastila. It was risky, but it could be done.

Bastila piloted her fighter to the hull of the ship and slowly, carefully landed on it. She summoned the Force and took a deep breath. The interceptors hatch opened, allowing the vaccum of space to suck the atmosphere out of the cockpit. Bastila hastily jumped out and used the Force to sustain her against the hull. She then made her way to the emergency hatch and opened it, lowered herself in, and activated the lock sequence.

Air spilled into the room, as Bastila breathed a sigh of relief. She ran into the hallway with her lightsaber glowing red. Her black robe clinging to her as she headed towards the termination room. Soldiers lay dead and dying all over the ship. She quickened her pace.

Hayley awoke with a start...her breathing was labored, and her musceles ached. She tried to move but couldn't summon the will to do it. She was hurt, bad. Her wounds were severe, and her stomach felt like it was going to be ripped apart. Dried blood stained her brown Jedi robe. She managed to look down and see the hole where Bastila had stabbed her. She felt sick.

Guards entered the room, each carrying a Gamorrean War Axe. They didn't look too friendly. She tried to talk, but her mouth was dry, and no words came out. The guards roughly grabbed her and dragged her off. She thought she sensed a presence, but when she looked up...no one was there. Her imagination was playing tricks with her.

Who would come to rescue me? They all think I'm dead. Who would care if I died now anyway? Carth would...but if I wasn't in the picture anymore, he wouldn't have to keep that stupid promise to protect me... and get hurt in the process. She stuggled weakly against the guards at first, but when that realization hit her she stopped struggling. She would let it come. The death that had hounded her from the beginning. The death Hayley...no Revan, deserved. At least no one will ever be harmed by me, Revan, ever again.

She was thrown up against another stone slab, as the guards began to strap her down. So this is it? This is how the 'mighty lord Revan' is going to die? Hmmmm...kinda ironic? This is probably where many of Revan's,or my, prisoners met there end. Suddenly shots were fired and the guards who had been restraining her fell to the ground. She could hear familiar voices but couldn't place them. She began slipping into the darkness...

Carth burst through the doors and quickly ended the lives of the two guards. There she was. She looked terrible. Her hair was a mess and she had cuts all over her. Bruises marked her face and skin. Then he noticed the large hole in her robe.

"Hayley!" Carth ran over to her and released her from her restraints," Hayley, stay with me! I can't lose you! Not like this! I promised to protect you! You can't die! I love you!"

Tears streamed down Carth's face. Canderous rushed over and treated her with a couple of med pacs. It did no good. Her condition was getting worse and worse. Jolee suddenly entered the room.

"Carth, we need to get her out of here! Get ready for some company! The force field is down! Juhani and I couldn't hold it any longer...she's at the ship now, prepping it for launch! Bastila's on her way...right now! I also sense another dark presence here...we must leave now." Jolee yelled as he helped Carth to his feet.

Carth held Hayley's limp body close to his. She felt so fragile and frail in his arms as they ran to the ship. Jolee had enveloped them all in some sort of sheild. They finally reached the Ebon Hawk when Bastila appeared from out of nowhere. Her lightsaber glowing with an opaque red. A smile of success on her face. Carth pulled Hayley closer to him. She walked toward them. Carth looked from the ship to Bastila...he highly doubted that they would make it.

"Don't even think about it, Carth. If I had wanted you dead, you would be dead." She walked closer.

" I won't let you harm her!" Carth looked at her with disgust.

"Too late..." she was now close enough to attack them. They were defenseless. Canderous stepped in front of the group and drew his blade out." Ha! You think you can defeat me?"

"No...but I can distract you long enough to buy them some time." Canderous grinned." I'll die honorably, unlike you.

Bastila had been too disracted with Canderous to notice Carth and the rest run towards the ship. They were safely inside now. Once inside, Carth gently laid Hayley down in the Medbay, then he rushed back to the cockpit. He arrived just in time to see Bastila deliver the final blow to Canderous, and Canderous collapsed to the ground. Carth fired up the engine and blasted out into space. Once cleared of the Leviathan, Carth entered hyperspace...

Hayley laid in the Medbay. Jolee was doing the best he could but it wasn't helping. Hayley remained in critical condition. Carth entered the room and sat next to Hayley. His eyes were full of fear. He looked to Jolee.

"Is she...going to make it?" Carth asked quietly.

"Carth...she's dying. I've done all I can...but nothing is working. It's almost like her body has built an immune system to medicines and antibiotics." Jolee looked down at her small body.

"There has to be something you can do! Canderous sacrificed his life for us...for her! We can't let him down now." Carth said sadly.

"Carth, I know this is hard but...she doesn't want to live. That is why the medicines aren't working. She is fighting them. I'm sorry, Carth." Jolee left the room.

Carth leaned closer to Hayley and grabbed her hand. He held it in his own hands. It was cold, and limp. He sat there with her for hours, whispering comforting things in her ear. He wasn't going to let her do this to herself.

"I love you, beautiful. C'mon, you can pull through this. Don't fight the medicines, you can't win this fight alone. Don't die, if not for you...then don't die for me. I need you , Hayley. I don't know what I'd do without you. I thought I lost you once, I won't let it happen again." Carth brushed her hair out of her face gently.

The monitor showing Hayley's vital signs started to beep in a warning alarm. She was dying...and there wasn't anything he could do...but watch.

Meanwhile, Hayley was fighting her own emotional demons...

She was standing at the top of the Rakata temple. All her friends were standing around her, staring at her menacingly. Jolee spoke up.

"The Jedi Council was foolish in thinking that you could be saved from your own desructive path! You should have died on that ship! The council only prolonged your death, Revan!" Jolee snarled at her.

"No, I'm not Revan. I'm Hayley! Don't call me that!"

"Revan, you are nothing... but a betrayer! You saved me for what? So that you could betray and kill me later? I hate you, Revan!" Juhani spat at her.

"What do you mean? I would never hurt you guys! You're like my family!"

"Purposely hurt us...no. But it doesn't matter...whatever you do hurts us, Revan!" Mission yelled at her.

"Stop it! I didn't do anything!" Hayley begged.

"Exactly! By not doing anything, you doomed us, Revan! You're no warrior...you're a coward!" Canderous said angerily.

"I...I don't know what you're talking about! Please...stop! I'm sorry if I hurt you!" Tears rolled off of her cheeks and onto the ground.

Bastila walked towards her," You killed me, Revan! You killed us all! We trusted you and you betrayed us! You deserve death!"

Hayley fell to the ground, the pain of guilt overwhelming her. A hand reached down and helped her up. It was Carth. He wiped the last of her tears away.

"Revan, why did you betray us like this? I loved you...and you killed me!"

Hayley looked shock," No, Carth! I would never do anything to hurt you, I love you!"

"Then why did you kill me? Now we can never be together! That is what you wanted, right!" Carth screamed at her.

" I love you, Carth! I would never do anything to seperate us! I would do anything for you!" Hayley said through grief and tears.

Carth thought for a moment before answering," Wait! We can be together!" He drew out the Echani blade she had given to him," If you die, we can finally be together! Always! If you want to be with me...this is the only way!"

Hayley took the blade and looked at it. It shined faintly and felt ice cold to the touch. The blade felt so smooth in her hand...so right.

"You could end all the pain now, Revan. All the suffering you have ever caused will end. Everything will go back to the way it was." Carth said," I can finally be with you." he smiled.

"I understand. I love you, Carth. Now we'll finally be together." She angled the blade towards her heart.

"Kill yoursef, Revan. Do it now!" Carth urged.

A voice from nowhere said"don't die, if not for you...don't die for me."

"What are you waiting for? Hurry!" Carth yelled.

"I love you, Beautiful. Let us help you, you can't fight this alone!"

"I-I can't." she moaned.

"Why? You want to be with me right?"

"Yes, but..."

"Then surrender, Revan. Die...for you, for me, for the galaxy!"

Hayley grabbed the blade and lodged it into her chest. She surprisingly felt no pain...just silence. Then she was falling...falling...falling into the darkness. Into the deafening silence of the dark...

A/N: Sorry to leave you hanging! Another update coming soon! Please review! All is not what it seems...