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Chapter 6:
Revan didn't know what was going on, he didn't know where he was. His eye's opened slowly looking around slowly. Where were they? In front of him were two humans standing in mandalorian like armor, arms folded across their chests. They didn't wear helmets however, revealing them to be identical twins. They looked clean and groomed, their blond hair coming down straight to the near of the bottom of their necks. Blaster pistols and other wepons clipped onto their belts and backs. Smug and confident smirks appeared on their faces, staring at the two fallen masters.
Revan tried to pull his hands to his belt but realized he was laser cuffed to the bar on a pipe above and behind him.
"Drendan," Revan shouted. He kept his eyes on the two men infront of him. He glanced breifely behind him to see the unconcious Exile slumping down with his head tilted to the side. "Drendan! Wake up!"
Drendan began to stir and finally and opened his eyes to see the situation they were end and to find he was also cuffed.
"What's going on here?" Revan questioned the two motionless men.
One of them gave a low laugh without moving, seemingly amused. Suddenly a blank communication screen that Revan hadn't noticed before activated and changed from a blank black screen to showing the face of a human. The man had a small goatee, no hair but a black and odd marking on his head where his hair should've been.
"Now Jedi," The man began in a low and evil voice. "I know you must be wondering what's happening, and where you are. You are on board a Sith Navy Ship. MY Sith Navy Ship. You have been imprisoned by my troopers."
"I've been imprisoned too many times for one day.." Drendan muttered.
"Now the fact that you interfered in Sith buisness and attacked us is enough to sentance you to death. But I would rather torture and interrogate you." The Sith gave a sadistic laugh.
"Who are you?" Revan said with a look of disgust on his face.
"Who am I? Well well Revan, your mighty full of questions. I am Darth Taushy Veck."
"What! How do you know my name!"
"I know my victims very well you could say. You and that Exile, Drendan Kline. I heard you defeated Malak, Revan. Not as impressive as Drendan's accomplishment of Nihilius, Sion, and Traya. Three Sith Lords in one hour, hmmm. Versus one measly little ammature Sith who you taught yourself? Pathetic."
"Shut up you slum bag!" Revan shouted.
"It doesn't matter how many anybody killed!" Drendan shouted.
"Traveling from planet to planet getting locals help to find useless maps, versus traveling from planet to planet finding the Jedi council." The Sith lord continued.
"It doesn't matter!" Revan seemed incredibly angry, though Drendan couldn't tell if it was at the fact that he was being buried with Drendan's accomplishments, or just the situation that they were in.
"Destroying a whole space station while you couldn't even realize your true identity."
"Get out of my face you piece of bantha fodder!"
"You need power Revan, true power, the power of a Sith. The True Sith."
"I've got all the power I need!"
"No you don't, Drendan has the power, he will destroy you after you destroy all of his threats. Drendan is a warrior."
"Revan!" Drendan shouted. "He's trying to turn you against me, he's trying to convert you to the Sith!"
"No I'm not trying to turn him into a Sith," The mysterious man said. "I'm offering to give him immortal power, the power of a Sith."
"Immortal power? Of a Sith?" Revan's eyes began to lighten up a small bit.
The Sith's face seemed to light up with the possible breakthrough
"Yes immortal power, it has caused great Sith to live. It has brought them life after death, and even the power to posses any living being that they wanted, turning it into a dark holder of their spirits."
"What would I have to do to get this... Unlimmited power?"
"Revan, no!" Drendan shouted.
"It's quite simple you see," Veck began. "Just come with me and I will let you see the power, come Revan, become my apprentice and we shall conquer together as the only true Sith!"
"Yes.. Yes real power! I know what you speak of, this power I can feel it running through me, waiting to be unleashed!"
Brcrshh!
"What is this!" Veck exclaimed. The ship rocked back and forth and Drendan bumped his head on the long wide pipe.
"Could it..." Drendan began then smiled smugly and realized what they must've done."Heh heh. The Kancrodians are back it seems. You should of thought twice before leaving them and there partially damaged ship back on the island you fool!"
"Silence! I will not have this! I am going to get to safety, now Revan, will you join me!"
"Yes master, I will join you!" Revan spouted out.
"Very good." The Sith lord began.
Drendan stared in disbeileif. He couldn't believe his ears. Drendan felt something cold and wet on his ankles and slowly looked down at his feet.
Water!
"You mentally challenged power controll freak!" Drendan insulted. "Your ships going to sink!"
"Revan," The man ignored Drendan's outburst. "I will have my top bounty hunters take you to my secret lair onboard the ship, safe from this possible sink.
"Yes master." Revan obidiently agreed.
The two men in armor before him walked close to revan and unlocked his cuffs. They're facial expressions never changed. The two men lead Revan down a hall and around the corner, locking the door.
Drendan couldn't believe it. Revan did seem a little bit too willing to join however. Perhaps there was hope.Noone had ever been turned to the Sith so easily and quickly before that Drendan had seen.But now he couldn't wait and debate with himself. The water slowly began to ruse to Drendan's ankles, and he was still cuffed.
"Shutta!" Drendan cursed as he tried to break free of the restraints. His wrists would just get burned when he tried to break the cuffs. It wasn't made to burn, but the friction against his wrists were burning. Drendan had to find a way to get out of here.
"Now what in the world did all that Jedi training mean if you couldn't even break simple cuffs... But they're not simple cuffs, they would of bursted into energy bolts scattering everywhere if they were. But no, these were diffrent. Most likely made especially to resist force powers from Jedi or other force sensatives..." Drendan's thoughts flowed out of his mouth. He had heard something about these, giving there power to each cuff through the link that held them together. However if Drendan had pulled the cuffs out of the small bar above him it would of just tightened around his wrists untill they bursted off from the pressure. Drendan began to worry when the water began to reach just above his knees.
"C'mon, c'mon... There must've been some flaw in this damn ship! Come on, something!" Drendan was letting his anger show not the least bit worried about controlling his emotions at all. The water began to rise quickly and more crashes and blaster bolts were heard. Drendan heard a large cannon and began to open his eyes wider as the ship tiled from side to side multiple times. The water began to rise above his waist and with the shakes the ship made, every once in a while water would splash up into his eyes, stinging a bit. Everything that could go wrong was going wrong.
"Great, great, just great... The famous Exile who killed three sith lords in one hour, the one who defied the Jedi council and stepped up to contradict there teachings, the legend. Killed because he was cuffed to a small bar drilled into a pipe and the water rose a bit too high. This is just absolutely- Argh! What the- Ouch, jeez!" Drendan had poked his ankle on something sharp and pointy near the bottom of the floor. A small ammount of blood sprayed out into the high water nearing Drendan's sternum. Drendan spat out only to realize he'd be swimming with his spit. Drendan was furious.
"Oh great... I'm cut, bleeding, cuffed, and now I'm going to drown in a pool of-" Then he realized it. Drendan's mouth dropped wide open and he stared down at the water beneath him, trying to see through the small ammount of red blood. Drendan could see it clearly now, the small bar sticking out a few inches towards him and then the two sharp pointy spikes going to the ground and towards the air. Just sharp enough to break the link between his cuffs!
Drendan pulled on the cuffs again and looked at them to find a way to break the small bar that the cuff link was warpped around. Drendan looked more closely at the bar. It was bolted into the large and wide pipe running through both ends of the wall. Drendan could see clearly now, if he could just break the bolt he could bust the bar off and escape. Drendan focused.
Staring slowly at the small little bolt Drendan squinted, summoning the Force around the room. If he could just bost the bolt... Slowly loosen it... The bolt began to spin around to the left slowly... Slowly. There! Drendan busted the first bolt. But water began to spray rappidly out through it, only helping to fill the room. The water was already at Drendan's neck and he had to repedidly jump to keep from being drowned.
Just one more bolt... One more bolt and that was it... The bolt loosened but apparently some sort of sticky material was slowing down the process. The material kept the bolt close to the bars. But it was moving... Just not fast enough.The water covered up to his chin. It was only a quarter of a way through. He was using all of his energy on this last bolt. The water reached to the middle of his closed lips. The bolt began to slowly come to the half way mark. The water kept rising slowly, the bolt moving even slowlier. Drendan squinted his eyes more and shut them tight. The water reached his upperlip and Drendan was almost completely in the water. Drendan tilted his head back but the water came quicker. Drendan focused... And he pushed the bolt even harder, making it to the 'one quarter left mark". He was half way through the end, only one eighth left. Then the water slammed up. Drendan completely became part of the water, falling as low as the cuffs would let him, water filling his mouth and nose. Drendan lost control of the bolt and it began shaking wildly. Drendan pushed up to grab a bit of air gasping and choking. The bolt flew off and hit the wall, it bounced off and hit him in the eye.
"Son of a-!" Suddenly the bar came lose as more water came out. The bar hit Drendan in the stomache.
"Schutta!" Drendan screached as the bar slammed into him. Then he saw it, he was nearly free! Drendan gasped for air and waited a minute, going into a corner so he could get a small bit of air in. Drendan's eyes stung madly but he had to go on. The water pressure began to push against him, crushing slowly. Drendan gasped for air once more, taking in as much as he could before diving back down to the point that had poked him. Drendan searched frantically for the point but found that he couldn't find it. Drendan looked around, eye lids barely parted, but failed to find anything. Drendan looked towards a small thick spot full of dark water. Blood. Drendan knew it was there that he could break his cuffs and get out of this hell. But he was losing his air, lungs screaming for air, water pushing and pressuring his lungs as well. Drendan decided to make a break for it. But midway, realized there was no chance he could take it. Drendan pushed back up diagnoally trying to get air.
Drendan opened his mouth too soon and got a mouth full of water. As Drendan broke to the surface he spit out the horrible tasting water. He managed to grab some more air and catch his breath once again tiringly. Drendan pushed straight back down. At first he couldn't find the spot, but then he saw the darkness again. He moved towards it, the darkness disappearing a bit as he got closer. Drendan found the spike easily and got to work.
Drendan pressed the link of the cuffs onto the pointy part and began to scrape away, cutting shortly before he had to go back up for air again. Drendan cried out for breath and finally got enough. Drendan bursted down knowing more or less where the spike was. Finally he found it and scraped the link again. Drendan moved his wrists back and forth, shifting the positon side to side. He got alot farther this time before going for air then rushing back, knowing exactly where to get to. Drendan scraped and scraped across the point untill he was nearly done when the unthinkable horror happened.
The point broke.
The pointy end broke at the very top, being lost into the endless flood. What was left of the point wasn't enough to shatter the cuff link. Drendan was doomed. Drendan leaped up to the surface to breathe once again. This time Drendan stayed up for quite a few moments thinking of any and everything. There was no more options. There was no more pointy ends to cut through this link. Drendan could only try one thing. Use the Force.
Drendan began to focus on the cuffs, shutting off his body. Drendan was oblivious to any physical punishment his body would take as the water rushed up his nose and ears. Drendan focused uncontrollably untill he caught the cuffs, just at the time where it flickered its energy. The cuffs blasted off of him, shattering like glass. Drendan sighed a huge sigh of reilief. Now he had to get out of the area.
Drendan swam towards the door and kicked it, even though locked. Drendan knew the water had weakened it, and Drendan could simply knock it around for a moment. Shortly after his first kick, the door began to fall back revealing the whole other ship was flooding.
Wherever they were holding Revan, Drendan had to get there. Drendan swam, water dripping down from his black thick hair. Drendan could sense the unharmed area nearby. The Sith lord must of thought Drendan would of been killed in the water flooding therefor he must've put the area close by.
Drendan could reach it he was sure. Drendan flew up to quite a few flights of steps and found that that the water only reached ankles up on the higher levels. Drendan ran down halls and corridors quickly but ended up finding more then an entrance. He opened a door that lead to the outside. He was on the highest level, with noone outside on that level however. It was a small 20x20 area. Drendan could see a couple of levers on the wall near the door outside and Drendan wondered what it could be to.
Drendan looked down out across the area. Besides the hectic blaster fire near by, he saw something interesting. A large grey dome like area that seemed to be right above a level he hadn't ran across. Drendan looked back to the levers and smiled pressing down the lever. The grey opening shot open slowly. Drendan jumped and ran realizing it must be where Revan was being kept since it wasn't full of water. Drendan hopped onto another large piece before flipping in the air, straight through the glass dome.
Drendan flipped multiple times backwards in the air. Drendan couldn't believe what he was doing himself. Drendan looked to the armored men who had escorted out Revan. They were standing behind Taushy Veck, arms crossed in front of their chests. Drendan immidietly spotted his lightsaber hilt on one of their belts. Drendan brought it to his hand with ease and landed with it activated, pointed at the ground.
"Well," Drendan cashually replied. "What's a party without some good ol' Tarisian ale ey? "
"You fool!" Taushy shouted. "You'll pay for your actions! Revan! Attack!" Taushy turned to the left at a confidently, and clearly untouched Revan.
Revan brought his saber to his hand off one of the twin's belts and activated the blood red blade. Drendan and Revan stared eachother down. Revan raised his wepon high and Drendan looked in stunning awe. Suddenly Revan turned and leaped to the armored men and sliced through their necks without hesitation.
"Revan, what have you done! You will pay for your treachory!" Veck reached to his waist and activated a double-bladed red lightsaber. Drendan and Revan rushed at Veck. Drendan swooped to the right high, and Revan swooped to the left low. Veck moved his wepon diagnoally and blocked both his attacks. Taushy moved towards Revan's end and pushed back, but at the same time swung his leg straight across at Drendan's exoposed head. Drendan ducked low and Revan moved his neck back to avoid the shot. Taushy ended up with his back to the duo. The two brought their sabers down with force onto Taushy's back but he backflipped before the two could nail a shot. Drendan and Revan tried to kick straight behind them, but Taushy jumped back again.
Drendan drove straight to him when he regained balance. Drendan sliced towards the foot on Drendan's right side. Veck used Drendan's own energy against him and clashed hsi saber against Drendan's. Drendan flew behind him immidietly, sliding out of control into a wall hardly. Revan then charged out at the man and swung his light saber to the left in a diagnol thrust. Taushy countered and then moved his bottom left end for an attack. Revan countered that one and swung his leg like Taushy had. Taushy simply swung his top end towards Revan's leg and came a few centimeters from it. Revan shifted his weight and rotated around Taushy's head with the help of the Force, landing a few yards behind Taushy. Revan charged straight foward for a stab. Taushy dodged it by backflipping and trying the same move on Revan. Revan was far enough to bend backwords and put his hands on the ground.
"Wha?" Taushy was confused.
Revan brought his legs to the right of the blade and wrapped his ankles around Taushy's neck. Taushy tried to fight but began to lose energy due to the tightness of the hold. Revan swung himself around to the side and moved his legs to either bring Taushy down, smashing his head into the rock hard ground, or break his neck. Taushy no doubt went with the first option. Revan saw blood pouring down in small thin lines amongst Taushy's face. Taushy rushed at Revan and Revan easily countered.
Suddenly Drendan thrusted through the air, trying to slice at the back of Taushy. Taushy barely leaped back in time. The two men countered and attacked every attack Taushy could throw at them. Drendan went for a high slice at Taushy's neck. Revan went for a knee strike but just at the right moment moved his attack and sliced at the sternum of Taushy. Taushy couldn't strike quick enough to block the attack and felt the burning pain as blood rushed out. Drendan used the oppertunity to slice across the left hand of the man, making him drop the saber.
"I surrander! I surrander!" Taushy Veck quickly said as he backed into the corner. Revan pushed his boot into Taushy's neck.
"Answer our questions." Revan demanded.
"Yes anything, I give up!"
"You said you are Malak's apprentice, how is that? Shouldn't you be the Sith Lord if he is dead?"
"No, no, no Jedi! Malak is still living through his spirit! He settled into the body of another Force sensative and murged powers, becoming even more powerful then ever! He's going to bring back all of his old forces, and strike once again!"
Drendan and Revan looked at eachother worried. They would have to discuss this another time. The two turned and walked away, leaving the dark Jedi to die.
"Oh, Jedi!" The man called them back. They both turned around and looked at him. "Heh he he, have a good day Jedi." The man smiled and summoned the Force quickly. His double bladed light saber came rushing to the heads of the men who bested him. They turned and saw it coming. Their faces had a look of horror on them as they ducked just in time. The double-bladed lightsaber spun and jamed straight into Taushy Veck's face, right in the corner of the large room.
