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Answering questions:

Is Revan going to find Meetra Surik (Jedi Exile)? – Yes and no. They will work together but I don't know if Revan will 'find' her.

Does this mean Revan is going to go back and fight Vitiate? – Yes, he is.

Revan is becoming the Mandalore, right (confirm or deny)? – That is something you'll find out in the next few updates ;).

I don't think those would be spoilers (I hope not), but feel free to ask more questions if you want.

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Chapter 2

Revan was standing in front of the holoprojector for a few minutes already. After the meeting with the Admirals and the rest of his army's leaders, the Dark Lord remained in the Conference Room, waiting patiently to contact Onderon.

Checking on the Star Forge's status, he saw that they were approaching the Telti System what meant that they weren't far away from their destination. Only an hour or so of the hyperspace travel remained.

Soon, the regular beeping moved over and a blue hologram of none other than Queen Talia herself appeared. Revan smiled beneath his mask.

"Your Highness," he said in respect, bowing down in a formal obeisance. Revan straightened up and watched as Talia's expression changed into a surprised one.

"Revan?" she asked in disbelief.

"I'm glad that Your Majesty still remembers me."

"You are hard to forget, Revan" Talia replied. Reluctance was as clear as day in her voice. "What do you want? I've heard you were executed. Both the Republic and your Sith Empire assured the rest of the Galaxy of that."

"We hear a lot lately" Revan commented, pretending to not hear her tone. "But I can assure you that I'm as much alive as I used to be. Now, what do I want? I want to inform you, Your Highness, that I'll be coming to Onderon with a visit" he answered her question.

"Are you coming here to conquer us?" Talia queried suspiciously, lifting her eyebrow. Revan chuckled humorlessly at that.

"Why would I want to do it, Your Highness?"

"Oh, I don't know" Talia replied in a mocking tone that certainly didn't suit a royal person. "Maybe because you are a Sith?" she made a suggestion.

"Your Highness, may I remind you that we used to be allies once and even friends," Revan said, again pretending to not hear her remark. "And I'm coming to you as such. I'm not bringing the war to you, and neither am I going to conquer Onderon. I wish to speak with you in private. There is a matter we need to discuss. Oh, and I'd appreciate if you didn't tell the Republic about my arrival. Discretion is in my best interest. And trust me, Your Highness, I will know if you contact the Republic."

"Am I to take it as a threat, Lord Revan?" she asked, adopting a similar official tone he was using.

"More like a warning" he clarified. "Oh, one more thing. We'll arrive in an hour or so. Please do not freak out when we drop out from the hyperspace. My fleet is coming with me but, as I said, I'm not coming with war. We'll remain in your system for as little as we can and then we'll disappear."

"And why should I even agree to speak with you, Lord Revan?" she queried. Her eyebrows were furrowed in an angry scowl.

"Because you owe me more than one, Your Highness" Revan replied. "And I think it's a perfect opportunity to collect that debt. When I leave the hyperspace, I will arrive at Iziz. My soldiers will remain on the ships" he said.

"I'll tell the Captain of the Guard to not shot down your ship," Talia said. "But I warn you, Lord Revan, try to do something suspicious and I promise, it will be your shortest visit to Onderon you ever had." The Dark Lord chuckled slightly at that.

"It's sad you don't trust my word anymore, Your Highness" Revan replied. "But, as I said, I wish to talk to you. I already say that four of my men will come with me as my… personal escort" he added, pondering for a moment on how to call them. "Not because I don't trust you, of course, but I believe you understand why."

"I'll be waiting for you in the Throne Room in my palace," Talia said, signalizing that she considered their conversation for ended.

"Very well, Your Highness" Revan replied satisfied. "I'll arrive as soon as I drop from the hyperspace."

With that, the communication was ended. After turning off the holoprojector, Revan left the Conference Room. He walked through the narrow corridor that led him straight to the place where the Star Forge's staff was located. As he expected, he saw there Noma Sommos who was overseeing the work of the people responsible for keeping the Star Forge operating. Most of them were now focused on keeping the hyperspace jump going on in the desired direction.

The freshly appointed Grand Admiral looked up from the men working at the computer terminals when she heard the door opening with a characteristic hiss. She straightened up when she saw who it was who entered the Command Room.

"Attention on deck" she ordered, informing the men about Revan's presence.

"At ease" he replied. The staff returned to their work at the computer terminals while Noma walked up to Revan.

"What's our status?" he queried.

"We've passed the Telti System already" Grand Admiral replied. Her posture remained the official one – her back perfectly straight and her hands intertwined from behind. "We're approaching Onderon steadily. We should reach it within the next forty minutes or so" she reported. "I've also sent words to the Officers about your return, My Lord. The news about Malak's degradation will soon be spread amongst the common soldiers."

"Very well, Admiral. How is the Star Forge doing with the hyperspace travel?" he queried.

"Considering that the hyperdrive hasn't been used for centuries if not millenniums, surprisingly well. We've been monitoring the engines' status all the time and there is no reason to worry."

"I've told you so," Revan said smugly. "When we drop out from the hyperspace, I'll speak with Queen Talia on the surface. It shouldn't take me long, so have the Star Forge prepared for another jump."

"If I may ask, what's the reason to hurry?" Noma queried. "If we don't wage the war against the Republic anymore, there is no need to be on a constant run."

"We are too close to the Core Worlds, Admiral" Revan replied. "From this distance, the Jedi may be able to sense us. Our entire fleet is located here and it's almost like sending them the exact coordinates of our current location. We must head somewhere, where the Jedi won't be able to sense us. We have far too many things at our hands and most certainly we don't need a pointless encounter with the Order."

"What course should I set then?" Noma asked, waiting for the orders. Revan pondered for a while.

"Malachor" he answered after a while. "Set the course to Malachor V. It will be a perfect place for us to stay."

"Why Malachor, My Lord?" Noma asked. "That place… it makes me shiver. And most probably all of those who took part in the last battle of the Mandalorian Wars and survived."

"I know, Admiral and I wouldn't go there if it wasn't necessary. But that system is the perfect place for us to hide from the Jedi. What we did to that planet left a scar in the Force and no Jedi would dare to go there willingly. Besides, one of our Academies is located there. It's a perfect place for us."

"Of course, My Lord."

"Oh, Admiral, one more thing" Revan stopped her before she could return to her work. Noma turned around to face him again. "When I return, I want to have the entire crew of the Leviathan, people responsible for interrogating Atton Rand and those who led the torturing process of the Jedi Bastila Shan. Their names should be somewhere in the database."

"If I may ask, My Lord, what's the reason?"

"I need to clean this place from all the pests."

"Of course, My Lord."

With that, Revan left the Command Room, dismissing the Grand Admiral who returned to her previous work. Heading directly towards the elevator, he left the entire Command Center and made his way towards the Main Deck. Soldiers saluted him each time he passed a patrol. Revan was returning those salutes with a nod of his head.

Following the Force, he continued on towards the small computer room where he recreated his armor. As he expected, or as the Force told him, Fox and Wolfie were there, working around the terminals.

They lifted their heads when he entered the room. Neither of them bothered with formalities – they weren't necessary. Both Fox and Wolfie had their old armors on. Something they came up with during the Mandalorian Wars. In many ways, it resembled a Mandalorian armor. They acquired those during the campaign of reclaiming Taris a few years ago and since that time they improved those armors, modifying them. A few months ago, when they were captured alongside Revan, their armors were destroyed. Now, using the same technology as Revan did before his duel with Malak, they recreated them.

They were mostly white. They covered the whole body, leaving only blank spots on the joints. The plates were created in a way to cover each part of the body by overlapping. The armors also included helmets that had visors in a T-shape, resembling those the Mandalorians were using. Rex, Fox, and Wolfie also added the color patterns to their armors. Respectively, blue, red and grey. The two of his men who were still alive did the same thing now, using a paint to mark their armors. Revan didn't understand why they were doing it. In his eyes, it was an odd habit of the common soldiers.

"Reuniting with that old trash of yours?" Revan teased them.

"You did the same" Fox replied, fixing the white armor plates on his arms. "Why we shouldn't do it as well?" Revan shrugged.

"I don't know. Just don't take forever with those. I'll be needing you once we leave the hyperspace. You, Atton and HK will come with me to speak with Queen Talia. By the way, where are those two?"

"Atton said something about blowing off some steam by drinking and playing Pazaak" Wolfie replied. "And HK supposedly is still dealing with that body. Someone reported that he turned the ex-Grand Admiral into a piñata." Revan chuckled at that. Surely, that was something his droid would do.

"Contact Atton and tell him to not get wasted. Noma says that we'll drop out from the hyperspace in forty minutes or so, so get ready and head to the hangar. I'll go for HK and Atton and will join you in the ship." His soldiers nodded in obedience and left the computer room.

They reached Coruscant rather quickly. The ten ships that returned to Rakata Prime after being sent to the Core Worlds in order to pick up the Republic army dropped out from the hyperspace high above the Capital of the Republic.

Leaders of the fleet that participated in the battle in the Lehon System, as well as the Jedi Masters, were summoned by the Supreme Chancellor. The news about the recent events already reached his ears in form of the battle report.

The cruisers, accompanied by the escorting ships, entered Coruscant's atmosphere and proceeded towards the Republic Military Base. From there, the crew of the ships went separate ways. The common soldiers returned to barracks, and the Jedi Knights used the transport to make their way towards the Jedi Temple. Bastila, per Vandar's request, was sent to the Jedi Temple as well in order to be attended by the Jedi Healers. Cuffed and guarded by the soldiers who were watching her on the ship, she was sent to the place that used to be her home. Jolee and Mission remained by her side loyally all the time. The Admirals and the Jedi Masters headed straight towards the Senate building where the Supreme Chancellor convoked the meeting.

Except for those who took part in the battle of the Star Forge, Tol Cressa ordered Koa Delko – the Defense Minister to show up as well. He was already waiting in the chambers of the Supreme Chancellor when the Jedi Masters and the army leaders arrived. Cressa remained sitting in his usual seat while Delko was standing right next to him.

"I think we can begin now as we are all gathered here" the Supreme Chancellor began. It didn't escape Atris's mind that he didn't offer them a seat. "Now, what exactly happened out there?" he asked, referring to the battle of the Star Forge. Admiral Dodonna stepped forward.

"We received coordinates from a small team that was, apparently, sent by the Jedi Order to find the Star Forge. Everything was going relatively good for the better part of the battle. Small strike teams were able to board the space station. With their help from the inside, we managed to defeat the Sith fleet and almost take down the Star Forge."

"Almost" Toll Cressa commented. "So what happened that you failed?"

"Perhaps you should ask that question to the Grand Jedi Master, Chancellor" Dodonna replied. "They know something that might be interesting to hear."

Tol Cressa then turned to the said Jedi. Atris's face remained stoic as the Chancellor's eyes remained focused on her. She didn't say a word until she received a sign from the man to speak. Atris rolled her eyes.

"Simply, we were tricked by the Sith and the fleet has crashed against the planet below" she replied, pretending to not know what Dodonna meant. The Admiral huffed at that.

"Don't play stupid, Grand Master" Dodonna commented. "Go ahead, tell the Chancellor what you told me after the battle!"

"Watch your tone, Admiral" Atris warned her. Dodonna huffed at that.

"You can't intimidate me, Master Jedi. You're not a part of the Republic military and you're not above me. What this woman doesn't want to say, Chancellor" she said, addressing the man who was still sitting at the table. "is that Revan is still alive! He reclaimed the mantle of the Dark Lord of the Sith and now he is beyond their control."

Tol Cressa furrowed his brows and he shifted his gaze from Admiral to the Grand Master. Koa Delko's eyes widened in disbelief.

"You assured us that he was executed" the Defense Minister commented. He rested his hands on the table. "You assured the whole fucking Galaxy that he was dead!" he exclaimed angrily.

"Why isn't he dead?" Cressa asked, surprisingly calmly, ignoring the exclamation of the Defense Minister. His hands were intertwined in front of his face, supporting his head.

"It wasn't as simple as we thought it may be" Master Zez-Kai Ell replied instead of Atris.

"What the fuck are you talking about, Jedi?" Chancellor asked, slowly losing his temper. "There is nothing simpler in life than to put a bullet in between someone's eyes!" he commented, raising up from his seat. Just as the Defense Minister a few moments ago, Tol Cressa rested his hands on the table. "You told us to entrust Revan to your safekeeping. You assured us that he was executed. And now you're saying that he wasn't killed and that he is beyond your control?!" He received a silence as a confirmation. "You're even more incompetent than I thought you were during the Mandalorian Wars" he commented.

"Recently, we've sent two Jedi Masters after Revan to kill him" Atris replied in form of self-defense.

"What does it mean recently?" Tol asked.

"Around a week ago" Atris admitted.

"And we are talking now about the last day!" Chancellor countered. "Apparently, your Jedi Masters have failed at their task. Now" he continued, changing the topic. "In your report, you told something about the prisoner you captured during the battle," he said, addressing Admiral Dodonna. "Who is this prisoner?"

"Bastila Shan, Chancellor" Forn replied. Toll Cressa raised his brows.

"Is it that Jedi with the Battle Meditation?" he asked. He received a confirmative nod from Admiral Dodonna.

"Apparently, she betrayed us right before the battle of the Star Forge and aided Malak in fighting us. We don't know how she ended up surrendering to us voluntarily, but she arrived at our ship with Carth Onasi."

"Where is she now?" Chancellor asked.

"In the Temple" Atris replied. She ignored the daggers that were sent to her by the Supreme Chancellor in his gaze.

"She belongs to the Republic, not to you," Tol Cressa said through clenched teeth. "You have no authorization to keep her."

"She betrayed not only the Republic but the Jedi Order as well" Atris countered. "And she will be punished accordingly for her betrayal."

"Just as Revan was?" the Defense Minister asked, infuriated to no end. "You are going to let her go freely?"

"No, Defense Minister" Atris replied angrily. Rarely, someone talked her down. "She will be judged and punished." Vandar shook his head in disagreement but said nothing. Arguing in front of the Supreme Chancellor and other leaders of the Republic would be pointless. Tol Cressa let out a heavy sigh.

"I do not deny your part in this war, Master Jedi," he said, carefully selecting his words. "You had your flaws in the Mandalorian Wars, but for most of the Republic's existence, you proved yourselves trustworthy. Consider this your second and the last chance to improve your reputation. Officers, Jedi Masters, you are dismissed" he said, turning around. They left the office of the Supreme Chancellor.

Admiral Dodonna and other Officers didn't bother to speak to the Jedi Masters. They left the Senate building, not sparring them a second thought. The Jedi Masters took one of the planetary transports that would take them directly to the Temple.

None of the ten Masters spoke a word during the flight. And so their travel past in a complete silence.

They arrived at the Temple rather quickly. The ship stopped at the landing platform located roughly one hundred meters from the entrance. They were greeted by the Temple Guards and the Jedi Healers who were appointed to take care of Bastila.

"Grand Master" The female Healer acknowledged her. "Masters," she said to the other nine. "We examined Bastila carefully. She wasn't causing any troubles whatsoever and remains locked in the hospital wing per your request. Here are the exact results of what we found out" she said, handing Atris a small datapad. The Grand Master examined it accurately. Her eyebrows nearly disappeared behind her hair when she read the last part of the report.

"Are you one hundred percent sure about it?" she asked the Healer, pointing to a particular line in the report.

"Yes, Grand Master. We scanned her with all the medical equipment to make sure that our read-out was accurate. Additionally, we used the Force to make sure that no error in programming occurred. Still, the result remained the same."

"Bring Bastila to the Council Chambers" Atris ordered. "There are few things she must answer to."

Bastila was brought in front of the Council with her hands cuffed and the neural disruptor around her neck. Two Temple Guards were accompanying her, remaining on both of her sides. Jolee came as well. Mission wasn't allowed due to the fact that she wasn't a Jedi but the old Knight insisted on keeping Bastila company. The ten Jedi Masters were sitting in their usual seats. The two remained empty, though – a constant reminder of Vrook's and Kavar's failure.

Atris was sitting in the main seat, eyeing Bastila carefully as she was walking into the Council Chambers. She kept on looking downward at the floor. She was trembling visibly, probably out of fear. Atris didn't care, though.

"Do you know why you're here, Bastila?" the Grand Master asked in her usual harsh tone. The woman in front of her nodded her head hesitantly. She still wasn't looking at her.

"You have fallen to the Dark Side, child" Zez-Kai Ell said. "You betrayed your oath to the Jedi Order and to the Republic. And your treachery cost us thousands of lives in the battle of the Star Forge."

"Not only that" Atris added. "You were aware that Revan regained his memories and you did nothing to stop him. We entrusted him to your safekeeping, believing that you will be able to reach into his mind and get the information we wanted. Instead, you allowed him to move freely across the Galaxy and kill innocent people as he used to long ago."

Bastila looked up from the floor and looked around at the stone faces of the Jedi Masters. From all ten, only Vandar and Nomi Sunrider had the sympathetic looks. The rest were judging her.

"But that's not everything" Atris continued on, attracting Bastila's eyes to herself. "Apparently, you've broken one more of the Jedi rules. One that speaks about us falling in love."

Bastila paled at that. She didn't expect any of the Masters to know about that. After all, almost no one knew that she and Revan had an affair, and especially not someone who would report it to Atris. She trembled again, not being able to come up with any kind of response.

"And the medical tests revealed something else, Bastila. It appears that driven by Revan's influence and your passion, you conceived a child" Atris revealed to her. If Bastila was pale previously, now she was deadly white. Once again she turned her eyes to the floor.

"That's impossible" Bastila muttered to herself. She was still trembling.

"But that's what happened" one of the Masters commented. It was a Togruta female – Raana Tey. Her black eyes were piercing through her, almost as if trying to get through her posture to the life that was developing in her womb.

"You are fully aware that it's forbidden by the Jedi Code" Master Q'Anilia – a Miraluka female said, criticizing her. Even though her eyes were hidden behind the clothing, her face remained gravely serious. Bastila looked hesitantly at Master Vandar again. He was listening carefully to what other Masters were saying but so far, hasn't told a word. She hoped it would change, though. After all, Revan told her that he would support her.

"I hope you realize that we are highly disappointed in you, Bastila," Atris said, scrutinizing the young woman. "You were a promising student once. You could have become one of the greatest Jedi in the Order, perhaps even make it to the Jedi Council. But instead, you allowed your passion to take best of you. You gave yourself willingly to Revan and allowed his influence to corrupt you. If it wasn't for that, Malak wouldn't be able to turn you to the Dark Side. And now, your childishness caused thousands of the Republic soldiers to die in a single battle and Revan reclaimed his control over the Sith."

"I'm sure you understand that you must be punished accordingly for your mistakes," Raana said. "Normally, in that case, you would be exiled from the Order, but that would be if it was your only betrayal. But, considering how many rules of the Code you violated, the punishment must be much more serious" she finished. Atris clarified what the Togruta meant.

"First of all, you will remove the pregnancy."

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