Author's Notes: Sorry for the long wait, I've been very busy lately. This chapter is shorter, but there will be more to come. I have this and a start for the next one. Once again I'm sorry for the wait. Hope you enjoy it. CC

Chapter 2:

Taris

Revan woke up on a bed in an apartment of sorts. He sat up on the side of the bed and looked around. The apartment was of poor quality and looked like it was abandoned recently. Carth was sitting a chair across room of the bed and reading a datapad. He stopped to look up to his freshly awoken companion.

"It's good to see you up instead of thrashing around in your sleep." He said, discarding the datapad and standing up.

"How long have I been out?" Revan asked, also standing up.

"About a day. You passed out when we landed. We managed to pull you out off the pod and find this apartment before any Sith arrived." Carth explained.

"Thanks, where are Trask and Marlena?" Revan asked.

"They did a little scouting. I think they are stealing Sith uniforms so that we can pass through the guard guarding the Lowercity turbolift." Carth answered. Revan was silent for a few moments.

"Wait, Lowercity? As in Taris Lowercity?" He asked, hoping he was mistaken.

"Yes." Carth simply replied. Revan was fighting not to bang his head on the wall. Taris was the largest lair of corruption, slavery and racism in the galaxy from his point of view. He remembered a Cathar girl he saved from a cruel purple Twi'lek named Xor when he and a group of Jedi attacked a slave market. He used the girl as a shield so that nobody could shoot him while he was escaping. Revan managed to intercept him with the use of the Force and take the Cathar from him. The Twi'lek tried to convince him how unhuman beings were inferior and don't deserve the same rights as humans. Revan was furious. He cut Xor's thigh, making sure he wouldn't be able to fight or hurt slaves again. He discovered that the Cathar was Force sensitive, so he sent her to Dantooine for Jedi training. Revan was pulled out of his thought by the sound of the door sliding open. Trask and Marlena entered, carrying a couple of backpacks.

"Here." Trask said tiredly, dropping the his backpacks on the table and taking a seat. Marlena followed suite. Trask looked up to see Revan was up.

"Hey, good to see you up." He said.

"Thanks. Did you find out where Bastila is?" Revan asked.

"No." Marlena answered. "We're hoping to have better luck in the Lowercity."

"Can't you just sense her with the Force?"

"No, I tried, but I can't find her. All I know is that she's alive." Marlena replied.

"OK. Let's go and find her." Revan said, grabbing one of the backpacks and putting on the Sith uniform. Soon the others followed. They went through the Uppercity walkways and got to the turbolift to the Lowercity. When they arrived, they were just in time to see a small street gang battle. The winning gang seemingly didn't like the Sith since they attacked the group. The group was laying dead in a few moments.

"Let's not wear these here." Carth said, taking off the uniform. When everyone was in normal garments they moved on through the streets. They reached a cantina.

"Ah, the biggest source of info anywhere." Revan said, beholding the entrance for a few moments, then entering. When they entered they heard three blaster shots followed by some thuds. A small man with goggles and a blue cloak with brown leather shoulder pads and pockets silently passed by them. Revan moved ahead to the bar. There was a drunk gang member sitting by the bar. Revan motioned for the others to scatter and look for information. Carth looked at him grimly but complied. Revan approached the drunk gang member.

"Hey, how's it going?" Revan asked in a friendly tone.

"How do you think it's going?" The gang member retorted, his breath stinking with the smell of Tarisian ale.

"That bad?" Revan asked, his friendly tone still present.

"I was one of the closest Brejik's guards and he fired me!" The gang member said between hiccups. "Some budget cuts or something." He muttered.

"How would you like if I said you could help me to take something valuable from him?" Revan asked in a lowered voice so that only the gang member could hear.

"Go on." The gang member said, edging closer towards Revan.

"Would you know where he keeps a certain Republic officer?" Revan asked.

"Yeah. It's in his personal apartment. It's more of a fort." The gang member answered. Revan handed him a datapad.

"Could you point it out on the map?" Revan asked. The gang member didn't say anything. He entered something into the datapad and hand it over to Revan. Revan nodded.

"Thank you." Revan said gratefully, standing up. The gang member nodded and returned to his drink. Revan gathered with the rest of the group. When Marlena came, she brought a young blue Twi'lek and a Wookiee.

"Everyone, this is Mission Vao," Marlena said motioning her hand towards the Twi'lek "and her friend Zaalbar." She now motioned towards the Wookiee. "I think they prove useful guides." She finished.

"Glad to meet you Mission and Zaalbar." Revan said. "I'm Marek Gundark. These are Carth Onasi and Trask Ulgo." Revan said, pointing at each of the men as he spoke their names. "Now to business, I've found out where Bastila is held." Revan said, holding out his hand with the datapad with the coordinates. Everyone looked at the datapad.

"That's Brejik's estate!" Mission almost screamed out. "He's the Black Vulkar leader. That's a small fort out there."

"I know. We have to take our chances." Revan said calmly. "If you don't want to do it, I understand." He added.

"We'll stick with you." Mission said determinately.

"OK. There's no reason to wait. We go now." Revan said. The group nodded and followed him. They encountered a couple of small groups of Vulkars along the way to the estate. They arrived at a heavy durasteel door.

"Should we knock?" Revan asked.

"Here, knock with this." Trask said, handing him a thermal detonator. Revan couldn't suppress a grin. He planted the bomb and went for cover. The door blew up in a powerful explosion. Revan and the group moved quickly, dispatching any Vulkar or battle droid they encountered. They finally got to a small door. Mission hacked the lock and the door opened instantly. Bastila was in her brown form fitting robe, lying on a bed with a neural disruptor around her neck. Revan stood for a second and just watched her.

"These are the same robes she wore when we fought." He thought. Pushing his thoughts aside, he moved into the room and deactivated the neural disruptor. Bastila's eyes instantly opened and she gasped for air. She looked around frantically. She calmed down when she saw Revan along with Carth and Marlena behind him.

"Oh thank the Force." Bastila said, relieved.

"Don't thank anything yet. We have to keep moving. Are you able to run?" Revan asked. Bastila nodded and stood up.

"Wait, I lost my lightsaber." She said in a mixture of worry and shame.

"No time, come on!" Revan ordered. The group ran out of the estate. Suddenly Revan felt blinding pain in his back and collapsed...

...Revan woke to see himself leaning with his back against a wall, in front was a crashed speeder against which sat Bastila and by her side Marlena was standing and tiredly deflecting blaster bolts. On his left Carth was applying pressure on a scorch mark on his left shoulder and on his right was Trask, unconscious with a scorch mark on his left thigh. Revan looked back at Bastila who was clumsily shooting with Carth's blaster over the speeder. Mission was also unconscious, laying by Trask and Zaalbar was shooting his bowcaster over the speeder. Revan tried to stand up, but felt pain in his back and stopped. He turned suddenly when he heard Marlena scream in pain as a bolt hit her in her hand. The lightsaber fell deactivated to the ground while Marlena was rolling on the floor with pain. Bastila panicked and looked around, sending a few more shots over the speeder. She tried again, but the energy cell was depleted. Zaalbar's was too. She frantically looked around. Her gaze stopped on Revan.

"YOU HAVE TO GET UP!" He ordered himself mentally. He stood up.

"What are you doing, get down!" Bastila shouted in panic. Revan ignored her. He didn't have any choice. He used the Force to call Marlena's lightsaber to his hand and activated the azure blade. Bastila watched in utter horror.

"HE REMEMBERED!" She mentally exclaimed. Revan clenched his teeth and ignored the pain. Carth looked at him in shock. Marlena stopped rolling and had a tight grip on her injured hand with her good one and watched silently, trying to release the pain into the Force. Zaalbar watched curiously. Revan tightened his grip on Marlena's lightsaber and deflected the bolts coming over the speeder while his left was clenched in a fist, sparks coming from it. His clenched hand glowed more and more. Finally Revan extended his hand towards the Vulkars. Large bright arcs of lighting filled the whole street. Two swoop bikes behind the Vulkars exploded and all of them were electrocuted by the wast amount of electricity. Revan's grip on the lightsaber faltered and it fell deactivated from his hand and he himself fell to his knees. His head slowly turned to see Bastila's shocked features.

"I won't hurt you." He said with exhaustion. The pain took over him again and he fell once again unconscious...