Chapter 3
Revan had a hard time on Korriban. Playing Sith wasn't as easy at it sounds. Revan could feel the powerful call of the darkness in his heart, in grew every time he awoke in the Sith academy and when he walked on Korriban's surface. Even with Falcan and Canderous there to keep him sharp and alert, the constant struggle with his dark impulses had drained him considerably at least mentally.
Gaining prestige with Uthar Wynn, the master of the academy was no easy task. Revan had found himself reciting the Sith code to the Sith master, finding the sword of Ajunta Pall, disposing of a Sith assassin droid in the tomb of Marko Ragnos, finding students who had refused an order from Wynn. These were a few of the tasks he found himself performing.
Of course he found loopholes to complete his tasks. He disposed of a terentatek guarding the exit to the collection of caves to allow the renegade students to escape and lying about killing them. He reprogrammed the assassin droid, and then let it escape. However along the way he had eliminated most of his competition.
Shardaan was also seeking Ajunta Pull's sword, had challenged Revan in the Tomb. Of course Shardaan wasn't much trouble and was killed by Revan rather quickly. Lashowe had been more of a challenge. The two of them had worked together to defeat a Tuk'ata queen and steal the holocron it had eaten. After taking care of the animal, Lashowe had decided to take all the credit, and in the ensuing duel, Revan had killed her.
The holocron had in fact been Tulak Hord's holocron on lightsaber combat. Revan instead of giving it to Wynn, studied it himself. Preferring not to practice the form of Hord himself, Revan used it to enhance his already considerable skills in Djem So; Form V of lightsaber combat. The study proved very effective as he effortlessly defeated Jorak Uln, Uthar's former master in combat. In the process he convinced Mekel another Sith student to give up the Dark side.
Carth had also been called down to meet his son, whom Revan found in the academy. It took a great deal of persuasion to convince Dustil that the Sith were evil, but after a long affair, they succeeded in doing so. Revan had also befriended Yuthura, Wynn's female Twi'lik apprentice.
Revan after all of this had been found worthy to become a Sith and had thus been led to the tomb of Naga Sadow. He walked into the tomb with the two Sith masters behind him. He looked around.
"Very well we are ready for your final test then…" Uthar stated calmly. "You have performed very impressively" Yuthura looked at Revan with admiration.
"Indeed you have…" Uthar looked at his apprentice suspiciously.
"I dislike your tone Yuthura…" he growled, his already yellow eyes glowing slightly "what are you up to this time?"
"Nothing of course my master…" Yuthura replied almost innocently waving her right hand dismissively "I was simply agreeing with you…should we not get on with the test?"
Yes…yes of course" Uthar replied still rather suspicious "Now you must head deep into the tomb to find the statue of Naga Sadow…" Uthar said, "There you will find a lightsaber among other things…your initiation present" Uthar smiled evilly. "Once you have the lightsaber return to us…do you understand?"
"Perfectly…" Revan replied.
"Good…Yuthura and I will await your return…may the force serve you well…" Revan turned his back to the two Sith masters and walked through the large door.
Almost immediately Revan drew his lightsaber, it's blue glow enveloping the area around him as a wraid charged him. It was larger than the one's had encountered on Tatooine but fell all the same. Revan simply leapt over it and severed its head. Revan disposed of its friends just as easily, bisected the first one before cleaving the second's skull in two and deactivated his saber as the carcass fell to the ground.
Revan scoffed and moved down the corridor on his right, coming up to a large door. In front of the door was a skeleton of a dead Sith. Revan knelt down and looked over finding nothing useful. He looked over the area around him again finding nothing useful. His eyes narrowed as he sensed a malicious presence behind the door in front of him. No not one but two. Revan kept his inactive saber in his hand and moved through the door.
He emerged through the door looking round. He whipped back around when the door slammed and sealed shut. He slowly turned his head back round as the two creatures emerged from the shadows.
Terentateks, beasts created by Exar Kun, specifically to hunt Jedi. Revan had encountered two of these things before. The first on Kashyyyk and the second here on Korriban. The first had been challenging, in fact it had almost killed him, it had taken a month for him to fully recover from both the wound and the poison it had injected into his system.
Revan felt his anger begin to spike. It wasn't what they had done to him, but what the affect on Bastila had been when he was wounded. His lightsaber snarled to life as the first of the two monstrosities in the room took a swipe at him. He ducked and rolled away keeping his distance as the second beast charged at him. The first stood up and lunged at him from the other side. Revan waited patiently as they closed in.
At the last split second he slashed the first one's tusks and then back flipped away. The monster screeched and careened headlong into its companion. They both fell into a heap and roared at each other forgetting their prey for a few moments. Revan moved over to the switch near the other door in the room and pulled it causing the room to shake at little and the door to unlock.
Both creature's heads whirled on him and he snarled as the beast's readied an attack. Then suddenly something just snapped. He couldn't explain why or how but all of a sudden an inhuman amount of rage engulfed him. With a roar Revan raised his hand and incinerated the two Terentateks with a vicious barrage of force lightning. Both beasts howled in agony and then collapsed to the ground in a smouldering heap. Revan took a deep breath feeling the anger leave him as quickly as it had come. Then he realised where it had come from. The bond, something was changing, he couldn't put his finger on it but something was different.
Shaking his head to throw those thoughts from his mind, Revan walked into the next room and looked around finding two pillars. He examined them finding one named the pillar of fire; the other called the pillar of ice.
As he began to console the force for an option, he remembered a lesson he had always tried to teach Bastila: follow your heart. Looking between the pillars he moved to the pillar of ice and took a special ice grenade from the compartment within it. Revan left the room and saw a small glint of something from the skeleton in the corner. Approaching the bones he saw the shine of a sliver crystal. He picked it up and slight burning sensation caused his hand to tense. He wasn't sure what it was but it was a lightsaber crystal that much he could tell, but the amount of light energy emanating from it was incredible. He pocketed the crystal and exited the room.
For some reason his body turned to autopilot, suddenly he knew where to go and how to get there. He walked down the corridor to his right and came across a pool of acid. Not knowing exactly how strong it was, he picked up a pebble and chucked it into the pool. The pebble immediately ceased to be in existence as the acid ate through the stone in a heartbeat. Revan looked at the door over the acid pool, feeling the presence of the star map on the other side. Thinking of something he pulled the ice grenade from his belt and hurled into the pool. After a few seconds wait the pool froze over. He tentatively placed his foot on the ice and then waked across it, without it giving away.
Revan reached the star map and began listing down the co-ordinates from the map. After he did so it changed giving the routes to a new planet on the map. Listing it down Revan placed his datapad back in his belt and saw the lightsaber he was meant to bring back in the statue behind the star map. He approached the statue and pulled the lightsaber from its place. Looking it over disapprovingly he exited the room to find the two Sith masters waiting on the ice pool.
"Well done you have performed admirably and have proved yourself worthy of joining the Sith" Uthar stated.
"The force has served you well…" Yuthura added on. Uthar began speaking but Revan barely heard half of what he said. He could sense something through the bond but he couldn't make it out. It was light and dark at the same time, yet the dark was slowly taking control.
"Now in order to complete your induction you must defeat an opponent in combat" Uthar continued then a malicious glint "normally this would take place against a fellow student but I do believe my apprentice Yuthura will suffice" Yuthura looked shocked at the words.
"What?! You mean you planned to have him fight me during the test?!" she shouted.
"Indeed" Uthar replied in his usual calm voice "you have become too power hungry for your own Yuthura and I have no need of such an apprentice, you must die" Yuthura smirked.
"No master…it is you who is finished" Yuthura spat "And my young friend here will help me assure that"
"Really?" Uthar spoke as if Yuthura had just told him the republic was about to be destroyed, almost in pleasant surprise "You intend to join her in her foolish vendetta" Revan nodded.
"Sorry but I'm with Yuthura" Uthar smirked and then his golden eyes glowed dangerously.
"So the time has come has it? You wish to face the wrath of a Sith Lord?" His face contorted into a snarl "THEN SO BE IT!!!!!" his doubled lightsaber erupted from its hilt. Yuthura quickly drew her own red saber and the two began to clash in a fierce flurry of blows.
Revan threw the Sith saber away and drew his blue sader. He charged Uthar, who force pushed Ban away and quickly brought his blades to intercept Revan. Revan blocked the first blow and quickly battered a second strike away. Blue and red arcs formed in the air as the two circled and continued to barrage each other with blows. Yuthura quickly rejoined the fray and Uthar found himself hard-pressed to hold them back.
Uthar ducked a blow and kicked Yuthura away as Revan brought his blade down to sever Uthar's hilt. Uthar quickly discarded the left half and charged again. Revan parried, blocked and battered away Uthar's blows.
Left, right, up, down, upper right, upper left and lower right. The pattern was endless. Revan's anger began to spike anger and his eyes began to change to that sinister golden colour common to the Sith as he pushed Uthar back. Revan using the rage to empower his blows; knocked Uthar's blade away and then drove his saber into Uthar's chest.
Uthar's eyes widened and he looked at Revan. Suddenly he recognised the man, and for a brief moment his eyes were filled with respect for the former Sith Lord, before his body collapsed lifeless to the ground. Revan took a deep breath but Yuthura stood her saber still active.
"Though you have helped me in my goals, I do not wish to share my power" she said, but her voice was half-hearted and lacked conviction. "Forgive me…my friend… prepare yourself"
Revan snarled as he avoided a downward strike before he blocked a second blow. Revan growled as he shoved the Twi'lik back.
For a few minutes they duelled but Revan again felt his rage boil. Yuthura felt herself back away in fear as his eyes turned fully golden. Revan's jet-black hair fluttered slightly and he leapt forward. Revan's assault was too much for Yuthura to withstand. He was too powerful, too fast and far-beyond her in duelling skill. Revan using his Djem So and force-empowered strength sent a vicious upward strike towards. Yuthura's lightsaber flew from her grasp and he kicked her back, sending her to the ground. Revan spun his blade around his hand, and then brought it back over his shoulder and thrust the blade forward as the Twi'lik closed her eyes accepting her fate. But then a voice calling his programmed name caused all the rage to leave him and the light to return back to his soul while the darkness shimmered once again beneath it's surface.
Drake forgive me…Yuthura watched in terror as his blue blade was angled over his right shoulder towards her throat and she backed away slightly. She closed her eyes as the blade thrust forward waiting for the end. But it never came. Yuthura at first couldn't believe she was till breathing and dared herself to open her eyes. When she did she saw her opponent stood transfixed on the spot. His eyes were back to their normal cyan colour and they were wide with shock, his breathing coming in gulps as he stared at her. He took a couple of steps back and the saber he held clattered to the ground and deactivated. He slumped to ground.
Bastila. It had been Bastila. Something must have finally happened. Revan swallowed as he felt the bond at her end close entirely. She hadn't been able to hold out long enough. Revan looked up to see Yuthura getting to her feet, looking defeated.
"Kill me…my friend it's the only option you have," she said.
"No…I won't kill you" Revan replied "Go…get out of here…the second they find out what happened here they will try to kill you" Yuthura gazed at him.
"But where do I go? The Jedi will not take me back…and the Sith will reject me now" Revan got to his feet.
"The Jedi are more forgiving then you think…" he replied, "Seek them out while you still can go…leave this place and find that peace you have been seeking…" Yuthura for the first time smiled. A genuine smile and she bowed slightly.
"I was right about you my friend…you do not belong with the Sith you are destined for something greater" she turned limped away from him and he watched her leave.
His heart was heavy, something must have happened to Bastila, something bad. He raised his hand and called his lightsaber to him. Revan tapped his communicator
"Carth I have the coordinates…pick me up in the valley" he'd sent Falcan and Canderous back to the ship.
"Copy that…" Revan left the tomb to await the Ebon Hawk also leaving behind the corpse of Uthar Wynn. With him gone and Yuthura redeemed the Sith academy would fall into ruin.
As he boarded the Ebon Hawk, Revan found Falcan awaiting him. The bounty hunter looked him over and smiled.
"Well you were able to resist… it seems" Revan looked down and Falcan guessed the rest "She couldn't hold on could she?" Revan shook his head.
"It's my fault if I hadn't of been so…" Revan began.
"Revan…nothing could've been done…" Falcan replied as they entered the main hold.
"Malak's going to pay" Revan growled "I won't let him get away with this…" Falcan nodded.
"Well lucky for you…I know somewhere we could find something of use…" Revan looked at him confused "I got a message from an old friend of mine…well acquaintance actually but he's helped me through some tough spots…his name is Suvam Tan…he found out I was travelling with you and has requesting a meeting" Falcan finished. Revan frowned.
"We don't have time…" he started.
"We do…believe me…you going to want to see him…he told me he was something for you specifically" Falcan replied.
Revan sighed and smiled looking at his friend "Alright where is he?"
"Yavin …" Falcan replied "Don't worry this shouldn't take long" Revan and Falcan moved to the cockpit as the Ebon Hawk entered hyperspace heading for Yavin.
The Ebon Hawk soared gently into the Yavin Station hanger. Falcan and Revan walked down the ramp as it lowered. The station looked like it had seen better days, it was worn down and almost falling apart but looked in overall better condition than most space stations of it's age. Falcan led the former Sith lord through the corridor before they came to a door. Falcan stood to one side and looked at Revan.
"This is it…" he said "you go alone from here…" Revan nodded knowing Suvam only wanted to see him. As the door began to open Falcan spoke again "let me give you some advice: be honest about who you are" Revan nodded and walked through the first door.
He came to a second door just as quickly but it opened before he got there. Behind it stood a middle sized grey skinned rodian: Suvam Tan.
"Here so soon? I was not expecting you" Suvam spoke in basic, which surprised Revan.
"Falcan told me you wanted to see me" the former Jedi replied, "My name is Revan"
"Yes…I know…but no doubt that's Falcan's advice to tell me your identity" Revan nodded and Suvam smiled "Follow me I have two things for you" the entered a large workshop area. Revan saw a large array of weapons and items adorned the walls, enough weapons to start a small-scale war.
"Now then…this I found a while ago…on Yavin 4" Suvam pulled out a small box and opened it to reveal a small cyan crystal, the same colour as Drake's eyes. "The Mantle of the Force…this crystal alters the colour of the blade, but at the same time increases your force powers potency…go ahead take it…the workbench is there" Revan scooped up the crystal and moved to the workbench.
Unclipping his saber, he took out the blue crystal from the hilt, and carefully placed the Mantle of the force into the hilt. Making sure everything was in place Revan thumbed the ignition switch. A silvery cyan blade slid from the hilt with a snap-hiss. Revan felt the power pulsating from the blade flow into his arm, like it was an extension of his being.
"Incredible…" Revan muttered, "this is incredible" Suvam smiled as Revan de-powered the blade.
"I still have one last thing for you…" Revan turned to see the rodian bring up another small box but within it resided a lightsaber. It was beautifully crafted, looking almost regal in appearance, with golden lines running up the hilt.
"This lightsaber I designed myself…" Suvam said, as Revan looked at the lightsaber "this is the Heart of the Guardian…it is said to only appear in times of great need and only to those who are worthy" Revan looked at Suvam " this is a powerful crystal, amplifying a lightsaber's power greatly…" Revan picked the hilt up and examined it. It was an excellent hilt and he turned it in his hands. It felt like it was his and he looked at Suvam who nodded.
Revan held the blade out and pressed the ignition switch. Almost on command a brilliant dazzling light filled the room. The blade of the saber was a beautiful bronze colour and the power Revan could feel from the saber was astounding. Just like the Mantle of the force it felt like it was part of him. For the first time Revan found himself truly speechless.
"So it seems you were right once again my friend" Revan saw Falcan leaning against the wall "The Heart of the Guardian has found its wielder" Revan looked between him and Suvam.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"The Heart of the Guardian is unique crystal, it chooses it's owner, only those it chooses can ever wield it properly" Suvam answered "Now then…you have important business to take care of Revan" he smiled again and held it his hand "This is a personal gift from me to you to help you defeat Malak…good luck and may the force be with you" Revan smiled and shook the man's hand.
"Thank you Suvam and May the force be with you" Falcan and Revan turned to leave and Suvam watched the leave, satisfied he had played his part.
"Are you ready to save Bastila?" Falcan asked. Revan nodded.
"Yes…nothing will stop me from getting her back" Revan replied. As Falcan boarded the ship, Revan closed his eyes for moment.
Hold beloved I'm coming for youRevan opened his eyes, determination glowing within them as he boarded the Ebon Hawk and it left the Yavin Station behind as it headed for the new planet on it's map and for the final and most difficult Revan would ever face.
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