Chapter 2: Revelations

He seems to have trouble with finding the needed parts for his saber. I can't wait for him forever, so I'll have to go check up on him in a couple of minutes. Within seconds I head towards the entrance of the enormous temple. Thinking of what Master Skywalker's words were about my young apprentice. Thinking of what it could take for a clan to exile one of their own, even more so if the clan was his family. To that extreme, to that level of dissatisfaction towards their own son, brother, nephew, and grandson is unfathomable. Thinking of what decisions could lead him to the dark side, the problem ensuing his very mind and body throughout life. I could never understand such a force, but I still have to help him in order to save him. He is my apprentice, my responsibility as my mentor once was to me. I figure the best way to communicate to him is through the force, but he does not even know how to do that.

Meanwhile Kyle Katarn and his young apprentice are looking around the perimeter of the great temple. As he and his apprentice begin to feel around through the force, a small deep voice comes from his new apprentice. The small furry creature looks around as to investigate the area more, but Kyle just chuckles at the white and black furry swirl colored creature. As he runs after to see where the small furry animal went, he hears a crackle from behind him. As he turns around, he hears a hum of light, that sounds like it is coming from a saber. Within seconds as of looking down to see what it is, he feels someone coming towards his side. Within seconds he reaches for his metallic handle on the side of his belt, to emit a calm blue light. It clashes with a violent red light and soon sees what appears to be air, but it is quite the opposite. It is a man, an aura of a man, a man who seems to be dead. The saber is just as alive as Katarn, but this man is able to hold the saber, as if he can feel it. Feeling it because there is no death when one is the force, the force is all around those who wield sabers, and to be the force allows him to hold this saber just like any normal man.

"What the hell are you?" The blue aura begins to smirk and somewhat laugh at him, as the brunette grizzly man can barely keep the defense up. As the two sabers move back towards the living person, he brings himself to push his enemy forward through what encompasses him. Within seconds the small furry creature comes back to see his master in such a struggle that he cannot help him. He looks around to see if there is something he can do to lure the aura away from his teacher, but there is nothing. Soon he decides it is better to help his master out than to let him die, die like no person deserves. He throws a rock at the aura and it just runs through him. He turns to his side and clenches his teeth with a sound that sounds as if it is breaking glass. He starts to head towards the small furry creature as he turns off the violent red light and rushes towards the midget.

"Die you little furball."

"Oh no you don't." He brings the aura closer to him with what the man encompasses and sends him up to the air. He rushes over towards the small creature and looks down at him with a grave look, as though danger is about to befall both of them. Within seconds the two are running at extreme speed towards the temple, the one place where he feels that they will be safe. As the two rush towards there, I see them in quite a quick speed. A speed I have never seen my master run at and I look at him with the most peculiar look I have ever given anyone.

"Kyle, what's..."

"Jaden get inside now."

"But Lisko's still out there. What's going on?" He soon grabs me for not listening to him and as the door to the academy opens we enter there and are inside the audience chamber. He looks down at me as he throws me over towards the side. Once his apprentice enters, I look up at him with an odd look and he says nothing. As he stands before me, he looks exhausted, as though there has been something beyond his control, something too dangerous to feel. I can tell he is scared, I can tell there is much fear in him, and his apprentice agrees with a small nod and word of his species' language.

"Nub, gette tooui tia."

"Yes Ichi, I believe that was what attacked Jaden's apprentice earlier too. Although I don't know how he could hold a light saber."

"What are you talking about Kyle, I want some answers."

"Look, something attacked us Jaden, and I don't know what it was." He looks at me coldly and begins to calm down and starts again in such a calm mood, "In fact, I don't even know who it was. I was able to save him us, so right now all we need to do is contact Luke about this."

"We, why am I involved now?"

"Because he told me, if things got too hard for me and Ichi, then you and your apprentice would help us. Right now Ichi needs to go construct his light saber, because I think he found all the parts he needed." Ichi shows a sign of agreement and begins to head towards the saber building room is, right next to the apprentice quarters. I start heading towards where Luke's chamber is as Kyle follows me in order to inform him what has happened to Kyle and Ichi. As I head there, I realize how odd this is, considering I have not even seen Lisko at all since Kyle has told me about this disturbance. I get the feeling that this was the disturbance we felt when we came to get the students and round them together.

"Kyle, when this being came towards you, was it the same disturbance that we encountered when we first rounded up the students?" We stop in the middle of the hallway facing each other and he soon looks back to where he just came from as though there is something wrong about what I just stated. He soon looks back at me and gives a shake of his head, and we both run towards the front door of the academy. As we pass by students, knights, and masters left and right, we shout at the top of our lungs to get everyone to move away from the front door of the academy. As we begin to try and seal it from the command console to the side of the door, Kyle begins to shed some light on the subject.

"This is just great, now we don't even know who could have made up that second dark aura. Who could have made that aura big enough to muster for us to feel it that powerfully. It felt a little weaker, but not by much Jaden. I think there seems to be a problem with the..." As soon as he looks at the control panel, I can feel my apprentice coming towards the door. I motion Kyle not to close it quite yet and soon the door opens. He comes in through the door with nothing but a silver handle in his hand.

"Master you'll never guess what I found. A saber was just lying in the middle of the..."

"That was the same saber that was used against me and Ichi today." Kyle explodes in rage as though he is about to kill Lisko. Soon I grab a hold of Kyle's arms before he can even reach for his saber. I have never seen him so angry before, maybe this was the dark side he talked about feeling once. The dormant side of him that has not come out in a long time, the emotion he has often told Rosh and I that we do not want to feed. This is what he meant, and the saber I believe he feels as though is really Lisko's.

"Someone lock down the front door to the academy."

"But, Master Korr, it is the only way for some of the padawans to get in or out of this academy." Many people who are around me started telling me things such as this and I just tell them to do it for their own sake. One man eventually does as I say, and he reaches down towards the control panel and begins to hot-wire the cables at to lock down the door manually.

"Kyle, he found the saber. He did not attack you with it, I sent him out to go get parts for his saber. Maybe he plans on using that saber and changing the color crystal inside to his own, one he wants." Kyle begins to stop struggling for me to let go and soon gives him a calmer look. A more apologetic look and extends his arm towards his. He looks down at the young brown dog like creature as though he is looking for the understanding of his mistake and his acceptance of the apology.

"I'm sorry Lisko, my anger got the better of me."

"Apology accepted Master Katarn."

"Just call me Kyle." My young apprentice extends his arm towards his and their hands begin to shake in agreement. Soon Kyle turns around and walks away to notice that the door has been locked down.

"So, you wanted me to come and see Master Skywalker with you."

"That's right, Luke will probably want to see you when I go see him about this case."

"Understood, Lisko, did you find all the parts necessary to construct your saber?"

"Yes I did, Jaden."

"Good, then give me that saber. I'm going to take it to Master Skywalker to show him what has occurred to Kyle and Ichi." He nods his head and hands me metallic silver handle and I leave for Luke's chamber with Kyle. As soon as we head out, the brown Bothan starts to head towards the apprentice quarters. Doing so, he looks at all of the Jedi doing different things on their own. Thinking about what it means to be part of this new tribe, called the Jedi, this clan, he would not want to be an exile again. Knowing how it feels to be an exile of another place, he would not want to feel the same thing here. The same hatred towards him just for some actions they do not agree with. As he heads enters the quarters, he notices the swirl colored Ewok with his shorter saber.

"Nice saber you have there, what color is it?"

"Tola pan kothci."

"So it's a light green. That's fitting, especially with someone who has great potential."

"Nub nib?"

"Well there was a small green jedi master not too long ago. His name was Yoda, and he was one of the greatest masters of all time, from what I heard. However, he died not too long ago. That's why I see you befitting to have your saber color be green, since you are about the same height as him, and have just as much potential as he does." After he finishes speaking, a young girl comes towards the two of them. She seems to be giving her goodbye to her teacher for a little while, as heads over towards one of the couches and begins to lie down on it in order for some comfort.

"So what are you two standing there for? Where's Kyle and Jaden?" The two of them look at each other realizing now that we are the masters of the two padawans. They welcome each other with a shake of the hand and begin to discuss on the two of us as though they are commenting on our teaching style. Almost to see if we teach the same as the other, or differently based upon the fact I was Kyle's student.

Meanwhile as we wait outside of Luke's chamber's we notice my friend walking out from the chamber door. He looks at the two of us with a surprised expression and aims to give the two of us a hug. Kyle gets him to back up from hugging him, but I warmly accept his hug as to show my friendship to him is without discomfort of hugs. He soon backs up from the hug looking at Kyle and me with a puzzled look on his face. He soon asks the two of us, "What are you two going to discuss with Luke?"

"Oh, you didn't hear? My new apprentice and I were investigating the area. He decided to get parts for constructing his saber just to knock out two things at once. I figured it'd be a great idea up until we were attacked by something."

"What was the something?"

"I don't know what it was, and neither does Ichi. We're just going to have to talk to Luke about it. So what did you come to see Luke about?"

"Oh, well I thought that I might be ready to gain the title of Jedi Master, but he said it will come eventually. Not right now, but it will come. I also came to talk about Durii taking the trials."

"I thought that she just constructed her saber yesterday?"

"No Jaden. I did it so that she would not start flirting with you, after all, she does like you Jaden. You know one of the tenants of the Jedi is to not have attachments. Anyway, he thought that it would be fine considering she's been showing excellent promise." I nod as he says this and he begins to walk down the corridor towards the padawan quarters. My old master and I wave goodbye to him and he does the same. He begins to head down the corridor and we walk through the door and see the great Jedi standing in front of the window of his chamber.

"I felt your presences, Master Katarn and Master Korr." He turns around and soon sits down on his small red mat that is more of a cushion. He looks at the two of us with a look as though he already knows why we are here, but he gives the illusion as though he has no idea why we are here. He continues with, "Why have you come to speak with me in my chamber?" This chamber of his is nothing special, just a small mat at the far back end of the room, his bed sits to the front left side of the room, and a drawer across from that.

"I came with Jaden because I remember what you said about if my apprentice and I need help on this investigation we would have Jaden and Lisko help us."

"Yes I did, and what problem have you come across?"

"Well, this is what brought us to lock down the academy as you have already sensed. There were two dark side auras when we came to gather the students, one of the dark side aura's attacked me and my apprentice when investigating the area. However, this dark side aura was dead, and he was not only able to hold up a light saber, but the only thing that seems to affect him is the force."

"I see, then why is Master Korr here then?"

"Well, I figured you might want to speak with the two of us on this issue. Now knowing what attacked his apprentice earlier, we need to know more about this figure." Luke begins to stand in order to walk closer to the two of us and motions for us to follow him. As he begins his walk down the corridor, I notice that this sort of investigation calls for the library. As we know what kind of being this is, we just need to know who we are dealing with. I have often heard of an ancient Sith Lord dying here on Yavin IV, but I have never thought them to be true. Maybe this is the man who attacked Kyle and Ichi.

"Almost four thousand years ago, rumors say there was an ancient Sith lord who died here. He brought about a war that somewhat crippled the Republic. He turned many of the greatest Jedi to the dark side. I believe that this could be the same man who attacked you earlier, but we are heading to the archives just to make sure."

Later that night, after we discovered what attacked Kyle was indeed Exar Kun, and after Lisko had constructed his saber, it is about time for us to go to sleep. Night is passing over the academy and Lisko is passing the saber back and forth in his brown furry hands. He continues to do so, thinking about what honor he could bring to his family and his clan by becoming a Jedi. By showing them that he is noble, that he is courageous and true. Showing them that there is nothing wrong by being a Jedi. Soon he hears something, possibly a whisper, but no one is there.

Your master is holding you back Lisko. Your stronger, and more responsible than he thinks you are.

"Who is this?"He starts to say in a quiet voice. The voice starts again, in order to try and pervert his mind even more.

You know who I am. You lied about how you got that saber. You know who I am, you know exactly who I am. This is why you came, this is the reason you came. You destroyed your village because they thought coming here for this reason was wrong. I am the reason you came Lisko.

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Soon as he barked this out, everyone in the academy woke up. Once hearing this I head down towards the padawan quarters as quickly as I can from my own chamber. As I notice he is sitting upright, breathing extremely fast with his saber in his right brown hand, I grab onto his shoulders.

"What just happened Lisko?"

"I don't know, all I heard was a voice. Do you know who it was master?" Once he says this, I feel my old master's presence behind me and I look over towards my young apprentice. I begin to console him in a way that makes him out to be a child, but I do not want him to worry about the situation just yet.

"Everyone go back to bed, it was just bad past memories." They all do as I say, and Kyle and I head out of the padawan quarters. We stand outside of the door and discuss about what just happened to my young apprentice and he realizes who this was. As Lisko hears what I am saying he can tell I know who this man is and he begins to look at his saber in disgust.

"You were right."

Of course I was right. The Jedi are wrong and will hinder your training. You do not need them.

"No, they are my family now, I cannot leave them. Besides Ichi and Durii seem nice."

Do not show pity to them, if they were your master in the same situation they would do the same. You are naive.

"No, just because one Jedi is holding me back Kun, does not mean the others are. You're pathetic."

Have it your way, but when you see the truth about them, you will come crawling to me. Once he says this the brown furry Bothan knows that the truth is grey and can be either at this point. However he realizes if this man is right, then he will be doing as he says. He will be crawling to him, to teach him the ways of the Sith.