Taris Part 1
When the young man awoke, he was lying on a bed with a girl sitting over him. He looked around at his surroundings and noticed that he was in a run down apartment and there was a man walking toward him.
"Glad to see you up instead of thrashing about in your sleep. You must have been having one hell of a nightmare, I was wondering if you were ever going to wake up" Carth commented.
"I need a few things right now. First off, I need answers. I also need a kolto pack, because my head feels like it just got hit by the Leviathan" Revan said. Melina rolled her eyes but gave Revan the kolto pack and allowed him to apply it. When Revan was done with that, he nodded.
"What planet are we on, what supplies do we have, and where is Bastila?" Revan demanded, sitting up and looking at his two companions.
"We're in an abandoned apartment on Taris" Carth said, but was cut off when Revan groaned.
"Not Taris again, this isn't going to be fun" Revan said, looking to the gods asking what he did to deserve Taris again.
"You have been here before?" the girl asked.
"Yes, but now is not the time for stories, we need to get some money and we need to find Bastila. Where is she?" Revan asked.
"I was tracking her pod when we were coming down. I think it landed somewhere in the Undercity" Carth told him. Revan groaned again and moved to put on his gear, looking at a map of the area at the time.
"Well, then we need to go. I will go to the cantina and try to make some money. Carth, you go to the north apartments and snoop around a little bit. And you, I never got your name" Revan said.
"I am Melina, Jedi Knight of the Jedi Order" the woman told him.
"Alright Melina, you and I need to have a chat. Carth, you can go ahead and head off. The sooner we start looking for Bastila, the better" Revan ordered. Carth gave Revan a disdainful look but went off nonetheless.
"What did we need to talk about?" Melina asked.
"Do you know who I am?" Revan asked casually. When she hesitated, Revan interrupted.
"Don't lie to me" Revan warned menacingly. Melina gulped and whimpered.
"Your name is Avner" she told him.
"Wrong answer. I know what the Jedi Council did, and I know you know that I am Revan" Revan told her. When she reached for her lightsaber, Revan put her in a stasis hold that locked her body in place but still let her talk.
"Calm down, I am not angry at you, or Bastila. I am angry at the Jedi Council. For all their talks about not wanting to kill their prisoners, they sure don't back it up with their actions" Revan snapped.
"What did you expect them to do? You disobeyed their wishes and went to war" Melina argued.
"Yes, I did. But only because of this; if I didn't disobey them and go to war, the Republic would have fallen to the Mandalorians. And then when I came back to the Republic I did try to destroy it, because the Republic was a dying beast, so I came to put it out of its misery. In its place I was going to put an empire into place that actually had a shot at standing against the true threat that the Jedi Council foresaw, but without the Star Forge I have no shot at doing that" Revan told her.
"What is the threat that the council saw?" Melina asked.
"Now, now, you have to be patient, you will learn of that once you can shake your trust in the Jedi Council. Only then will you actually be willing to hear what I have to say" Revan told her.
"We really should be focusing on finding Bastila" Melina said. Revan snorted, knowing that this was just the Jedi Knight's way of postponing the inevitable, as he saw it. Despite that, Revan nodded and he released the Jedi from the stasis field and got up, grabbing his vibroblade and leading the nervous Jedi out of the apartment and toward the elevator.
When Revan and Melina got to the cantina, they found Carth seated at the bar waiting for them.
"Any luck finding information, Carth?" Melina asked.
"Yeah, Bastila is being offered as the prize in the swoop gang race" Carth answered casually.
"Well that's good, we know where she is" Melina said.
"What's the catch?" Revan asked calmly.
"In order to be entered into the race we would have to be part of a swoop gang, and since all the swoop gangs are located in the lower city, we need to get past the Sith guard stationed at the elevator" Carth explained.
"Would bribery work?" Melina asked.
"Perhaps, but to do that, we would need money, and we don't have any" Revan told her.
"I have already thought about that. We can either fight in the duel ring or play Pazaak" Carth said.
"I'll take the duel ring, Carth; you try your hand at Pazaak. Melina, make sure Carth stays out of trouble. I will go win the duel ring and I will meet you here once I am done. Good luck" Revan said before walking off into the duel ring.
He walked to the Hutt who was running the dueling ring and waited to be acknowledged.
Eventually, Revan was allowed to compete under the guise of The Mysterious Stranger.
"Are you ready to compete?" Ajurr asked.
"One more question before I compete if you don't mind, Ajurr. But what is the difference between this dueling ring and the Lower City dueling ring?" Revan asked, having heard some of the spectators talking about the other dueling ring.
"This dueling ring is considered the b level dueling ring. Competitors here are generally older and coming out of their prime or they are younger and are trying to come into their prime. There are energy suppressors to make sure nobody dies in this arena as well. On the other hand, the lower city dueling ring as better competitors, a higher payoff, and a risk for death. That is the A-level ring" Ajurr told him.
Revan smiled and walked into the arena, looking across to see Deadeye Duncan ready to go.
Seconds later, Revan was standing over a fallen Duncan, holding his vibroblade up high.
Revan dominated his way through the arena and became the champion within fifteen minutes. Sighing, Revan went to Ajurr and collected 1500 credits for his victories in the duels.
Revan walked back to meet Carth and Melina. When they saw Revan walk up, Carth finished the game and collected the credits.
"How much do you have?" Carth asked.
"15 hundred, you?" Revan asked.
"850" Carth answered.
"Good, let's get back to the apartment so we can figure out where we can go next" Revan said, following Melina and Carth up until he saw a lone woman drinking alone.
Revan told Carth and Melina that he would meet them back at the hideout after a while before he went up to talk to the woman.
"Can I buy you a drink?" Revan asked her, giving off a small, cocky smile.
"Sure, I have a little time before I have to get out of here" she agreed with a smile.
"I'm Avner" Revan told her.
"Sarna" she responded, blushing when Revan kissed her hand.
"So, Sarna, what do you do for a living?" Revan asked.
"I don't think you can bear to hear it" Sarna told him.
"I asked, didn't I?" Revan said, smiling slightly.
"Alright, well I am a junior officer in the Sith correction force" Sarna said, bracing herself for Revan's reaction.
"See, that wasn't so hard" Revan said, smiling slightly.
"So you aren't going to leave?" Sarna asked, obviously shocked that Revan hadn't left yet.
"And leave a beautiful girl alone at the bar? I think not" Revan said, a large smirk over his smooth features.
"You know, you are a lot nicer than the rest of the locals around here" Sarna commented, blushing at Revan's words.
"That might be because I am not a local. I am a smuggler who is just stuck here until the quarantine is lifted" Revan explained.
"You're an offworlder? I figured you would be even angrier, being stranded on a foreign world and all" Sarna told him.
"Sure, I hate not being able to fly and the locals aren't too nice, but I've been stranded in worse places" Revan explained.
"Exactly! It's all about attitude! I sure didn't ask to get postponed on this backwater planet but I have to make the most of it!" Sarna exclaimed.
"To positive attitude" Revan said, raising his glass. Sarna joined him and they downed their glasses, laughing at each other, when Sarna stood up all of a sudden.
"I need to get going. I've got a shift coming up at the military base. I would really love to see you again. Here's my com channel serial number" Sarna said, writing a long number on the piece of paper she handed Revan.
"One more thing before you run off. I need to get down to the duel ring tomorrow in the lower city. Are you working the elevator any time tomorrow?" Revan asked.
"I have a shift from 0600 until 1200 at elevator 17 so I will let you down if you come by" Sarna told him.
"Then I will see you tomorrow morning, my dear" Revan said, lightly kissing her hand. Sarna blushed and walked away, leaving Revan at the bar for a couple more seconds before he stood up to stroll back to the hideout where he knew a very angry republic captain who would be complaining to a very disappointed Jedi Knight.
Revan smirked and walked back to the hideout, ready for an explosion from his companions.
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Author's Note: Well here's the first chapter of Taris. I am hoping this story will be at least minor AU but it will follow the rough plot of the KOTOR storyline. I hope my readers will review and tell me what else they would like to read about later. That would be really helpful. Thank you for reading.