Taris Part 4
Mission grabbed Revan's hand and Revan saw a flashback from the Mandalorian Wars.
In the flashback, Revan was on Taris as a Jedi Knight, a few years before the Mandalorian Wars broke out.
Revan was sent alongside Padawan learner, Meetra Surik, to investigate slavery issues on Tatooine that had recently been brought to the attention of the Jedi Council on Coruscant.
Revan remembered clearly how a blue twi'lek had come to him, begging for Revan to rescue his little sister from the exchange.
Revan did so, rescuing the young twi'lek girl and taking her back to her brother. Meetra had stayed with the older twi'lek while Revan had gone into the Exchange base to rescue the young twi'lek.
In the chaos with all of the freed slaves escaping, Revan couldn't see Meetra.
Revan was holding the little girl's hand and trying to see over the crowd, when the girl pulled on Revan's hand.
Revan allowed the girl to pull him through the mass of people and she eventually led Revan right to Meetra and the nervous twi'lek.
Revan took the girl over to her brother and he let her go, but she didn't want to leave the presence of the Jedi Knight.
"Revan, I have reason to believe that this man sold his little sister to the Hutts" Revan whispered into Revan's ear.
"What makes you say that?" Revan whispered back.
"The local authorities said that they have no control over what happens to legally obtained slaves" Meetra told him, backing away, almost fearing a loud outburst from Revan.
Shockingly, Revan was able to hold his temper, only letting go of his restraint enough to glare at the older twi'lek.
"Who are you?" Revan asked.
"My name is Griff and this is Mission" the older twi'lek told him.
"You take good care of your sister, you hear me? I know all about your gambling problem and you shouldn't force an innocent little kid to deal with your mistakes, especially because Jedi won't always be around to solve your problems" Revan warned.
Griff hung his head and Revan knew that his message had been taken to heart.
Revan broke from his thoughts when he felt Mission stop in front of him. She led him down a ladder that went right into the sewers, Revan hot on her heels.
"I wonder where Griff is now" Revan pondered silently, following Mission through the sewers, searching through every door for Zaalbar.
Whenever they got into fights with a pack of rakghouls or a few gamorreans, Revan always engaged them with his sword while Mission covered his back with her sturdy blasters, causing Revan to comment on her incredible aim with her blaster. Between the two of them, they were able to defeat every single enemy that stood in their way to finding Zaalbar.
"Alright, Avner, this is it. This is the gamorrean base" Mission told him, taking a deep breath.
"What makes you say that, Mission?" Revan asked her. He was not able to sense anything different about this door from any of the other doors in the sewers.
"I can smell them, Avner. They are behind this door" Mission told him, almost questioning his intelligence and also his sense of smell.
Revan shrugged and proceeded to stand behind Mission while she performed a very advanced security slice on the door. Once Mission got the door open, Revan threw six frag grenades in the room and closed the door using the Force.
Once all of the grenades had exploded, Revan gestured for Mission to open the door.
She did so and she saw four smoking corpses on the ground. She walked up to the other door and set up a little device to it. After a few seconds, the door flew open and Zaalbar came running out, his fists up in front of his face, looking ready to fight until Mission calmed him down enough to have a conversation.
"Who's this?" Zaalbar asked.
"This is a friend of mine. Without him, I couldn't have possibly gotten you out of here" Mission told him.
"You have saved me from a debt of servitude. The most ancient of Wookiee traditions dictate that I must swear a life debt to you, friend" Zaalbar said in his native tongue.
Revan, being able to understand shyriiwook, was listening to the conversation and he choked on his water when he heard a life debt come into the conversation.
Once Revan was able to stop coughing, partly thanks to Mission pounding on his back, the former Sith Lord gestured up at Zaalbar.
"I don't think you want to do that, big guy. You have no idea who I am" Revan told him.
"What do you mean, Avner?" Mission asked.
"I would like to know as well" Zaalbar agreed.
Revan sighed in contemplation. What could he do? But deep down, Revan knew that there was only one thing he could do.
"I trust you are both familiar with when Darth Revan was killed by a Jedi strike team, correct?" Revan asked. When both of his companions nodded at him, Revan took another long deep breath.
"Revan wasn't killed, he was taken prisoner and you are talking to him right now" Revan explained, bracing himself for an explosion from either the Wookiee or the teenage twi'lek, but it never came. They were both shockingly calm, Zaalbar's face completely unreadable and Mission's face only slightly nervous.
"Revan, I swear a life debt to you" Zaalbar said strongly.
"What?" Mission exclaimed.
"No, no, I got this, Mission" Revan said, moving to her other side to stand right in front of Zaalbar.
"What?" Revan exclaimed, looking up at Zaalbar like he grew an extra arm.
"Revan, anybody could have let me get sold into slavery, and you could have just killed Mission for getting in your way, but you risked your life to save mine. It takes a special kind of person to do that, so because of that, I declare a life debt to you, Revan" Zaalbar told him.
"Are you sure about this, Big Z?" Mission asked, obviously worried about what was going on.
"Absolutely, Mission; even back home on Kashyyyk, Wookiees are being sold into slavery. Today, it was only because of Revan that you were able to find me and save me from a fate that I consider worse than death. I stand by my decision to declare a life debt to you, Revan" Zaalbar responded, leaving Revan in shock.
"Zaalbar, I would be honored to accept your vow" Revan said, bowing his head in respect to the Wookiee.
"Well, if Zaalbar is going to go with you then so am I. I'm not losing Big Z over anything, not even a life debt!" Mission said, standing up high next to Zaalbar, almost daring Revan to try and stop her.
"Glad to have you aboard, Mission. But there is one thing that both of you need to realize is that we need to kill people. Humans, twi'leks, Mandalorians, perhaps even Wookiees. You need to realize that. I hope you don't have any objections for this" Revan told her. When he didn't get a response from her, he pulled out his comlink and called to Carth.
"Carth, I got Zaalbar, about to move toward the Vulkar base. How's it going?" Revan asked.
"We're in the sewers, looking for Rukil's journals. I would love some help if you get the chance!" Carth called back.
"I'll see what I can do, but make sure you keep your ears open, Carth. Avner out" Revan returned before putting his comlink away and turning to look at Mission.
"Alright, Mission, I need to get into the Vulkar base, and I need you to take me to a rough location because I have another quest for you and Zaalbar" Revan told her.
"You're going into the Vulkar base alone? Are you crazy?" Mission shouted; it was as if she was trying to shake some sense into Revan.
"Hello, former Sith Lord here! I'll be fine, trust me" Revan told her.
"I guess I'm going to get used to following orders too" Mission muttered, sighing in an annoyed realization.
"You're getting it" Revan teased.
"Alright, after you go through the Vulkar force field, you should be able to find your way to the base on your own, Rev" Mission told him.
"Lead the way" Revan told her. The group of three fought their way to the blue shield that Mission had talked about without any sort of trouble.
"I picked the codes off of a Vulkar who had a little too much to drink in the cantina one night. The shield will be down in just a second" Mission told him.
"Alright, you two need to take my comlink and search the sewers for a journal about the Promised Land. Keep in contact with Carth and Melina. See you soon" Revan told them, giving Mission his comlink and climbing a ladder into the upper sewers before going down the hall looking for the Vulkar base.
Author's Note: alright, Revan is on his own into the Vulkar base. I am not going to write about what happened in the Vulkar base because everybody knows what happens in the base. The story will pick up right after the base. So please review!