Episode 1.01: Homecoming
A KotOR Virtual Series by CarthsLostPadawan
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars nor KotOR. I wish... but that damn George Lucas used his Force Powers and copied the ideas from my mind. Before I could stop him, he had already marketed it... bastard.
A/N: Okay, here' s the first chapter of the first episode of my KotOR Virtual Series: Redemption. Tell me what you think... just think of it... only 21 more installations to go. O.o;
The newly christened, Admiral Carth Onasi... so beautiful. Truely he was and Revan couldn't help but feel a tear or two force their way through with her pride. And he's all mine. She thought to herself as she smiled and gripped tightly to his old orange pilot's jacket. Normally they would have required him return it to the Republic for another recruit, but after a bit of a protest and a little persuasion -thank Force- Revan had convinced Admiral Dodonna to let him keep the jacket. It wasn't really so much as her obsession with the color orange, granted she had spent some time searching the galaxy for an orange lightsaber crystal, but it was the principal of the thing. She'd met Carth when he was wearing the jacket and she was going to be damned if she was going to let some Republic official take her memories away from her. She'd already let the Jedi Council do that to her once.
Carth finally finished shaking hands with all the big wigs and taking some pictures with them and Lieutenant Dol Grenn of the TSF, and snuck through to the back of the TSF audience room to Revan who was laying low in back. Alright, not so much laying as she was using the Force to cloak her presence. She was still a Jedi and she being seen attatched to Carth's hip could not only endanger her role with the Jedi Order, but cost Carth his job. Relationships were fine for Admirals in the Galactic Republic Navy, but not so much with Jedi Knights that were once Dark Lord of the Sith. People tended to frown on that sort of thing; as if was a sin to have been the Dark Lord of the Sith and killed thousands of Jedi and converted thousands more. Pfffffft. As if. Revan tried to lighten her mood as he reached her and embraced her.
"They're going out to the Cantina after this is over. How about it, Gorgeous?" He questioned leaning in to whisper the last half in her ear. She shivered from the closeness, his warm breath tickling her outer ear. She should go... spend time with him... be like a real couple. Real couple my ass.
"It's not really my scene, love. I think I'm going to head back to the Module. I've got a bit of a headache from cloaking my presence and we probably shouldn't be seen too awfully much together." She lied, closing her eyes and trying to feel the Force within him. In her time as a Jedi, her various masters had trained her to do many things, but Arren Kae had been a different one. She'd trained her the the Force was like a fingerprint and it touched everyone differently. It mapped different patterns through their very souls and you could pick up on them if you allowed the Force that was within you to mingle with theirs. Carth's patterns were like the autumn waves on Manaan with underneath the full moons. Calm, yet raging. She tried to burrow herself deeper, lose herself within it's flow. In ways, it was like a non-verbal/non-contact form of fornication, as if it was done a certain way, both people could reach a certain nirvana through it.
"Are you sure?" Carth asked, suddenly feeling electrified towards Revan. He let his hands trail from her bare shoulders and down her slinder arms and back up, looking as if he was in dire need. It had just washed over him so sudden, his honey brown eyes darkening with lust as well as his voice becoming as scruff as his whiskers. He hadn't ever felt it this strong before. And as soon as it began, it just stopped and he oddly felt cold and somewhat alone.
"Positive, lovey." She withdrawed from his Force completely and kissed his cheek. The hair there tickled her lips some and as she hugged him, it lightly touched her ear. I need to get out of here before we give the Republic a nice soft core -- She was distracted by Admiral Dodonna coming their way. Revan quickly Force Cloaked herself and slipped off even without Carth really noticing as he turned to face his senior officer.
The journey back to the Module was uneventful, Revan vouching for the longer walk than a quick transport between ports. She found, although she'd only really been here a week, that she missed the stars. Being inside Citadel Station every day and night, all day and night, was taking it's toll on her. Maybe it was just her fake memory, but from what she could remember, the stars had always been a part of her. She'd sneak out of the Enclave at times with Malak when they were both just younglings and lay out on the prairie gazing up at the stars. They'd talk for hours, just staring up at the black void, wondering what all was out there. What secrets awaited their impressionable minds once they became Knights.
"So what do you think is out there, Revan? Do you think that there are monsters?" Malak wondered aloud as a meteor graced the sky. There was a pause where he heard a sharp intake of breath. Looking over to his friend, he found her eyes shut tight and her cheeks puffy with the air within. After a few moments, she released the air within and blinked her navy eyes a few times to allow them to focus.
"I don't know really, but once we get our sabers, you and I are going to find out." She turned to him finally, smiling. There was an odd look in her eyes, contimplative maybe. "Promise me. If you get your lightsaber before me and you finish your trials, you'll wait for me and we'll go explore the Galaxy together."
Malak thought on this some, his dark eyes seeming to glisten as he imagined what life would be beyond the Enclave and the walls of Dantooine. "Alright. But, you have to do the same for me. If you get through first, you have to wait for me. No matter what." When Revan saw the seriousness in his eyes, she sat up on her left elbow to examine him better. Was that... was there fear there in his eyes? "You're just... you're so far ahead of me in our studies and you learn so fast! You're bound to grow up to be better than me! You'll probably make master before you're 13!"
"Don't worry about it, man. We'll get out of here together and together, we'll rule the Galaxy! We'll be the best Jedi ever and we'll get rid of all the evil. They'll remember our names forever." She got up now, extending a hand to him to help him up. A cool breeze soared by, pushing her auburn hair and magenta front patch back behind her.
"How can you be so sure?" He asked as he took her hand and stood as well. The wind whipped through his short tawny blonde Padawan cut, the tail braid moving some. She looked up into the sky where the shooting star had just been moments earlier.
"Cause I made a wish on the Force." She smiled and began to race for the Enclave. "Race you back! Loser is Master's pet to Vrook!" She laughed as she hurried back, taking full advantage of her head start.
"Not fair! Get back here! Let's start over!" He called hurring to catch up."
Revan reached the door to their apartment, waving a hand before it to will it open. The hydrolics hissed within it and it slid open easily, hissing once again as it shut soundly behind her. Sorrow now overcame her as she walked over to the bed and did all but fell down onto it. She lay for a moment on her side, just gazing at the bare grey wall in front of her, sighing. Life had been so uncomplicated when she was a youngling... And back then I knew who I was and my home... now there's nowhere for me. I'm nothing more than a drifter.
Of course, back then, Malak had been right. Revan had been the first of them to gain her lightsaber and rank of knight. But true to her promise... and my heart... she had stayed behind to wait for him, helping the Masters with the younglings and such. And just about the time Malak had gotten the title of Knight... the Mandalorian Wars started.
A/N: Okay, Chapter One of Episode 1.01. I hope you like it so far. This is all really unplanned... I know the theme of the story, but not how I'm getting there. So, if you review, I know I've done something right. ;-)