Chapter 2

"Welcome to the beautiful planet, Korriban." Revan said sarcastically, standing from his seat with a smirk.

"You know, you should really consider letting me pilot this ship from now on. Oh, unless you enjoy plunging to your death of course." Maicah slowly stood from her seat, legs slightly shaking.

Revan laughed, his brown eyes sparkling and Maicah watched him, though she seemed less amused. Maicah had always admired Revan, even when he was a less than honorable man and did things many people, including Maicah and later Revan himself, despised. Despite all this, however, there were things people could never deny. Revan was brilliant; able to think on his toes and make plans that no one else would ever think of. He was also an amazing leader; those who followed him truly believed in his causes, for the better or worst, and were willing to sacrifice their own lives to save his. He stood very tall, his build muscular enough that it alone could strike fear into anyone who opposed him.

Maicah, on the other hand, may not have struck fear into her enemies with her appearance, but being underestimated was something that payed off in her favor more than once. She stood at about five feet and five inches, making her look like an adorable, dark skinned peanut next to Revan. Her hair, dark and long, hung well past her shoulders when it was down. However, she almost always wore it in an exotic-looking bun, held in place by two sharp, metallic sticks. Also unlike Revan, who wore the traditional Jedi robes, she wore her own take on them due to her belief that the loose and excess fabric weighed her down too much; her own was a more form fitting and flexible top and bottom. The pants were a light brown, as well as the undershirt. A dark brown utility belt that her lightsaber attached to visually seperated the pieces, a small piece of dark cloth hanging from each side of it, as well as a larger piece hanging from the center to about her knees. Her boots and a sleeveless zip-up vest that ended a few inches below her chest were also a dark brown. This material provided just a small amount more protection from weaponry and the like.

"We should be going now." Revan said once he had stopped chuckling to himself, rubbing at the facial hair on his chin and lower lip. "The less time we spend on this planet, the better." He turned and left the cockpit, Maicah following shortly after. As the two exited the ship, they both glanced around at the familiar scenery, though Revan was a little surprised by the chaotic state the planet was left in.

Maicah glanced to him as he eyed the falling statues and half destroyed tomb entrances, making sure they both watched their steps in the process. "I wasn't kidding when I said they nearly destroyed their own planet."

"That cavern right there?" Revan pointed to a cavern on their right as they turned to walk up a winding hill, sand and dust particles surrounding them as they kicked up what hadn't been walked on for a long while. "I found a few Sith students who ran away from the academy because they realized how evil they are. They didn't want to be like that."

"Oh?" Maicah said, glancing to the entrance for a brief moment as memories flooded her of her own experience in the cavern. Memories of having to face her past and even a former, dark Revan. "That's interesting."

Revan frowned at her, knowing she most likely had something of her own to say, though he wasn't sure why he even bothered since she wouldn't speak it. She hardly said more than what was needed, something that puzzled him. If he remembered right, this Exile that he had appointed a general was more charismatic, more passionate. Now, she just seemed to be here or there, wherever they happened to be, consumed in her own thoughts as if she were fighting a constant battle within herself. He knew something had happened to her between then and now, though he wasn't exactly sure what. "Maicah?"

The girl glanced to him with her typical, jaded expression, waiting for his question.

"Nevermind, I'll ask you later." They were approaching the back entrance of the academy and he knew they should both be fully aware of their surroundings, just incase there were booby traps or the like set anywhere in the building.

Revan muttered to himself while Maicah stared at the screen in front of her, both trying to recover information from nearby terminals in the academy on Korriban.

"Have you found anything yet?" Maicah asked, glancing up from her own screen.

"No, of course not." Revan grumbled in reply and stepped away from his terminal, feelings of frustration arising in him. "I'm going to look around a bit, I remember there being some more terminals here." He knew it was best to remove himself at the moment to keep his feelings at bay, always aware and keeping the Jedi Code in the back of his mind.

Maicah looked back to her screen as Revan walked away and sighed. Their battle against the true Sith had stopped shortly after Maicah joined Revan. There were a few skirmishes occasionally, but those they fought were indeed not the true Sith and neither were willing to give up any information they may have had on the whereabouts of the race. That is what brought them back to Korriban, back to known and charted space. Information is what they needed and the once thriving, but now deserted Sith Academy on Korriban was the perfect place to start.

Revan, on the other hand, was quietly muttering the Jedi Code to himself as he wandered through random halls. "There is no emotion, there is peace." He turned down another hall he came across, keeping an eye out for any working terminals. "There is no ignorance, there is knowledge...there is no passion, there is serenity." As his lips finished forming the word "serenity", his mind wandered to Bastila Shan. How he missed her, her scent, the way it felt to just hold her. It was one of the hardest things he ever did, leaving her behind to come on a journey he didn't even have an exact lead on. It had been years since they last spoke and he wasn't sure where she was now, or if she was even alive. The very thought of her being in pain or worse was too much for him to handle, so he tried not to think of too many negatives. Instead, he wondered if she was waiting for him or if she had found another. At least if she was with another, the pain of losing her would be accompanied by the joy of her being happy.

"Revan?" Maicah's voice echoed through the halls until it reached Revan's ears, making him spin around.

"Over here." He hurried towards where her voice came from, nearly colliding into his friend as he turned the hall.

"Whoa, easy there." She said as she held up her hands, lightly pushing him back with the gentlest of a force push, simply to keep the two from knocking each other over.

He chuckled as his body involuntarily took a few steps back, hoping to hear good news from her.

She frowned and gave a shake of her head, knowing exactly why he had hurried to meet her. "I didn't find anything...I was hoping you did."

Revan let out a sigh, something he had grown so accustomed to doing, and gave his own shake. "No...these other terminals are dead or too damaged to even operate."

Maicah glanced around, not sure what else this place could hold for them other than bad memories and the lost chance of finding some helpful information. "Shall we be leaving, then?"

Revan reluctantly nodded his head and began on his way for the exit towards the ship, knowing Maicah would follow suit. The two walked in silence, both in their own thoughts as they felt their mission coming to an end; a failed end, at that.