Dantooine Part 3
Revan walked out and went back to the Jedi Enclave, searching for the woman who was less than receptive to him when he first arrived.
When he found her, Revan shrugged and walked over to her, knowing exactly how he was going to approach talking to her.
"Hey, Belaya, can I talk to you for a second?" Revan called out, walking up to the distracted Jedi.
"Yes, what do you need me to help you with?" Belaya asked. It seemed like she was perfectly willing to help Revan out despite her original distrust for the man who she thought was a Padawan Learner.
"Well, I just noticed that you were a little bit distracted by something last time we talked, so I am just wondering what it was" Revan told her casually, sensing that there was something resting below the surface, waiting to explode up.
"Oh, well, my one of my fellow Jedi Padawans has fallen to the dark side, and she is in the plains, corrupting the kath hounds. The Council was going to do something about it, but for some reason, they are not in their regular chambers" Belaya replied, causing Revan to have to fight back a smile, knowing that there was something more than just an alliance between Belaya and her friend.
"I will have somebody look into that, but is there anything else that the Council keeps saying they will look into?" Revan asked.
"Actually, yes. There are some Mandalorian Raiders terrorizing the local farmers, as well as a feud between the two most influential families on Dantooine" Belaya told him, obviously confused as to why Revan was asking about things that were bothering the people of Dantooine.
"I will see what I can do, thank you, Belaya" Revan said, nodding his head before slowly moving back toward the Ebon Hawk, where he knew there would be people wanting to get off the ship so they could catch a breath of fresh air.
He went into the main room and called everybody out to him, while everybody came quickly to see what he needed.
"Alright, I have tasks for everybody. Melina and Bastila are going to go and rescue some dark side practitioner from their fate before the Council decides to kill him or her. Carth and Canderous are going to go and kill some Mandalorians who have been busy attacking the local farmers. Mission and Zaalbar are going to go to the supply shop and get us some provisions for the trip. After you are done with that, then come back; I hope to be off this damn planet as soon as possible" Revan ordered, glancing to everybody to see if there were any objections about doing any of that.
Nobody had a significant problem with what they were told to do, so they all left the ship. Once Revan knew that they were all out of hearing range, and that they weren't coming back, he turned toward to walk into the cargo hold.
"I know you are in here. Come out and I wont have to hurt you" Revan called out, calmly waiting for the intruder to come out of their hiding place. Revan didn't know how long the intruder had been hiding there, so he knew it would be good to be careful, but when he saw who it was, Revan couldn't help but give the intruder a look of complete shock.
Melina and Bastila were walking out to the plains, looking for the dark presence, when Melina broke the silence.
"Hey, Bastila, you know what I find odd?" Melina asked, looking at the younger Jedi intently.
"What is that, Melina?" Bastila returned.
"Well, I just noticed that Revan is having all of us do the work while he is probably relaxing on the ship" Melina told her, laughing quietly.
"Revan always had a way of inspiring loyalty into others" Bastila told the other Jedi.
"Well, yes, but I also noticed that I have learned more in this short time with Revan than I have in all my years of training to be a Jedi. I mean, look at us now, we are walking through the plains just because Revan told us to" Melina told her, obviously amused by their loyalty to Revan.
"Revan always was a man who could be followed anywhere" Bastila said, though slightly quieter.
"He's also really hot" Melina continued. Bastila stopped and stared in awe at Melina, her cheeks turning red at the comment.
"I knew it, you do have a thing for Revan" Melina teased, smiling in triumph at the flabbergasted look on Bastila's face.
"What? I do not! I am a Jedi, and I am above emotions such as that" Bastila told her, though her voice had become more monotone.
"Come on, Bastila. We both know that you are lying through your teeth here" Melina told her, looking at Bastila with a disapproving look.
"I don't know what you are talking about" Bastila replied, though it seemed that her resolve had been weakened, at least partially.
"Anyways, we should probably just neutralize this threat and get done with it before Revan goes and gets into another fight with the Jedi Council" Melina said, though she still gave Bastila a disapproving look.
"Yes, you are right; I know that we need to focus on the task at hand before anything else. Between the two of us, we should be able to neutralize this threat without too much of a problem" Bastila told the Jedi Knight, ignoring the disapproving look.
"And even if not and we get into trouble I'm sure the legendary Revanchist will swoop in and save both me and our little Jedi princess from our distress" Melina joked, causing Bastila to cross her arms and walk a little faster out of the conversation.
At that, Melina knew that she won the psychological battle with the younger Jedi this time around.
Revan was staring at their stowaway and realized that she had been on the ship since they had escaped from Taris.
"What are you doing here, Sarna?" Revan asked, his normal go with the flow attitude leaving him.
"I was desperate to get off of Taris. I overheard you and the Mandalorian talking in the cantina before you broke into the military base, so I went to Davik and charmed him into letting me stay in his mansion as a slave" Sarna replied.
"How did you get onto the Ebon Hawk?" Revan asked.
"As a slave, we signed up for duties, and I chose to clean the Ebon Hawk on the day that you came to steal it. Seeing my opportunity, I stowed away in the cargo hold and was able to get off planet with you and your friends" Sarna told him calmly, knowing that Revan wasn't going to do anything to harm her.
Revan looked at Sarna with a disbelieving look, until Sarna pulled her hair back to reveal a slave collar, much like the one that Bastila had been forced to wear when the later was prisoner to Brejik and the Black Vulkars.
Getting a closer look, Revan realized that it was indeed one of Davik Kang's slave collars, identical to the one that Bastila had to wear when Revan was going through the background check.
Revan nodded before backing up to look down at the stowaway, knowing that it was his choice about what to do to her.
Sarna looked from Revan to the floor of the Ebon Hawk and back again before taking a deep breath to calm her nerves.
"Well, where are you going to go now?" Sarna asked. Revan paused, wondering how much to reveal, but then shrugged.
"Are you sure you want to know, Sarna? Because I am sure you will not like the answer" Revan warned her.
"I can take it, you can tell me, Avner. Where are you going to go?" Sarna asked, glaring at Revan.
"Alright, well, I am about to go on a suicide mission across the galaxy to find an ancient weapon that used to be controlled by Revan himself" Revan told her.
When Revan said that, he saw Sarna's eyes bulge open, but not even Revan knew what the woman in front of him was thinking, but it was pretty obvious that he would know very shortly.
Author's Note: And you all will know what she will say on our next update. I know, I am an evil person, but truthfully, if I write too much more, then this chapter will end up being too long and I didn't want that, so I just picked a good place to stop, and this was probably it. Well, if you want to know what will happen, then you know that you will have to wait until next Friday, and please do continue to review, and I will keep updating and writing this story as best I can.
So thanks again for reading and I will see you guys before long!