The scout rose, confident that what he was trying to achieve through the bond was finally working. The bond that he had created when he reached into Revan's soul. Oh, you are a hard one to break. You fight me at every turn. But my new methods are starting to work.

Initially he had tried to shatter all her good memories and flood her with darkness. He even believed it was working as he escaped the ship, since he could sense her conflict and the touch of darkness growing within her. But then she had simply shut herself off. Blocked him from her completely and he was left to believe that she had broken the bond. Resigning himself to wait for the implant to finish what he was trying to escalate.

But then he had felt it again, days later, he felt the connection with her come back and realized his mistake. Even without completely understanding what was happening to her, Revan had defensively shut herself off from the force. And judging the evasiveness and outburst from her Jedi friend when he had spoken to her, Revan had even shut herself off from them too.

After that it was time to use a more subtle approach. He took his time trying to understand what was important to this new Revan. He searched back to when he had first pulled the memories from her, recalling that not much more than slight amusement had crossed his mind when he discovered her love for the pilot. Instead, the two children, the discovery of her children, had completely absorbed him. I underestimated the power of her feelings for this Commodore Onasi. I should have taken more time to observe them.

His initial response was to execute the Commodore and he even started to put that plan in motion. But then a new idea formed in his mind and he saw a way for the Commodore to play the biggest role in Revan's fall.

Itis those feelings,your love for Onasi, that I have to twist. He had to make their love turn to hatred, having those feelings escalate her fall. Once she felt Onasi was lost to her, that he loathed who she had been and who she would become, she would no longer be able to pull strength from him or those feelings. Their strong passion for one another gives me the perfect opportunity.

Malak, how pleased you would be to discover that my new puppet is a Republic hero.

He was still refining the technique, seeing how far he could push Revan before her defenses fought back, before Onasi would interfere.

In her dreams he could push her a bit more but again, whenever he went too far Revan would shut him out, relying on her love for the children and Onasi to keep her strong. He knew this left her drained and an emotional wreck. I will find a way to also use that to further my plans. But for now, I will rely on guiding you to search for your lost memories, convince you they are the way to find the children, coupled with a few pulses of darkness and a slight twist to your passion. Yes, that seems to be working. But it has to be ever so slight, so you won't suspect anything. It will take more time than I want, but for now it is the only way.The Commodore and his reactions to you will do the rest. And if it doesn't work, I can always just kill him.

Rising fully now, he turned to gaze at the cylinders. They were emitting a blue spark every few seconds. It would dance around their ankles and wrists letting him know that everything was under control. Another, larger spark would follow, trailing down from the top of the cage to the bottom. He was mesmerized as he watched the still bodies of the children and the dance of the sparks, so engrossed he never heard the door slide open and the footsteps that stopped when they reached him.

"Ah, excuse me sir. We just received a transmission that I believe you will be interested in."

The scout turned, narrowing his eyes as he waited for him to continue. "It is a security vid sent from our agent on Triatean'k. He removed it from their database and transmitted it to us. It appears Revan was there."

Dracosk grinned, "I am most definitely interested. Lead the way."

The scouts arms were crossed, resting against his chest as he stood watching the footage sent by their spy. An evil laugh escaped his lips the moment he saw the lightning fly from Revan's fingers. Yes, use the force Revan, intensify the power of the implant. He watched the cloud fall over her eyes and the other, subtle changes as the sense of power flowed through her. "Is that all?" He voiced when the footage cut off.

"Sorry Sir. It seems the cameras were short circuited after the third wave of lightning."

"Do we have any word of what happened afterwards?" Dracosk inquired.

"She spoke with an Okalisk merchant but the details of that encounter are unkown."

"FIND OUT!' he roared.

"Sir, we tried. The merchant is dead. His body was found near his kiosk shortly afterwards" came the nervous reply.

"Play it again." Dracosk watched, analyzing every detail as the minutes passed into hours.