(This might be one of the longer chapters)
Another Sith Interdictor ship came out of hyperspace right next to the Leviathan. Bastila and Carth just stared in horror at the other ship.
"It's time to go." Bastila announced as they dealt with the soldiers, who are now dead. The trio tried the bridge door again but it was locked due to the lockdown so they were forced to go through the airlock.
The trio slowly made their way out of the airlock and it didn't seem that the crew of the Bayonet noticed them, except for those operating the ship's massive guns, which followed their every move.
"Do you think that they are going to fire on us?"
"I certainly hope not."
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In the hangar, the rest of the group was prepping the Ebon Hawk for take off, after the guards have been taken care of. Canderous was guarding the entrance with Mission watching his back.
"Uh, guys. I think you might want to see this. I think we might have a problem." Mission said.
Eventually, the rest of the crew came, except the droids and stared through the hangar bay shield at the other ship.
"Darth Malak is on that ship. Let's hope Bastila, Carth, and Tana don't run into him." Jolee said.
They prepared to go back onto the Hawk when some alarm went off. And they saw a shuttle and boarding ships fly past the hangar.
Canderous prepared his heavy blaster, Jolee and Juhani had lightsabers in their hands. Mission just stood by the boarding ramp and Zaalbar was stood by, with his bowcaster in hand.
"Hey Twi'lek. Go get HK-47 out here and man the turrets."
"Ok." Mission said, as she brought out HK and went to the turrets.
"Are you sure she knows how to use it?" Juhani asked, tentatively.
"Well, I taught her how to use them when we were escaping Taris." Came the reply from the Mandalorian. "Now, get ready. I'll update the others and tell them of the situation."
The group then hid behind the boxes and waited for soldiers or anything.
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The trio was still on the outside of the Leviathan, getting closer to the airlock.
"I've got them in my sights. Should we fire?" Asked a Sith gunner.
"Negative. I'm sure Lord Malak will want to deal with them." Said a Sith commander. "Though if they do escape, open fire on their ship."
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The trio got inside the airlock and waited as the airlock did its thing and then they got into the bridge compartments. It seemed quiet except for the alarm and a occasional probe droid/maintenance droid.
Bastila tried to use the force to see whether anyone was waiting for them but it wouldn't work. She assumed it was because that they were on a dark side ship.
They walked down a deserted corridor, only to have 3 dark Jedi step into view and a group of 5 Sith soldiers stood behind them. They were surrounded.
One Sith soldier motioned for his fellow soldiers to do something, and they lowered their blasters like a firing squad.
"You can surrender and we can deliver you unharmed to Lord Malak or you can die and the galaxy will be controlled by the Sith empire." Said the lead dark Jedi, as he held his lightsaber in hand. "We will give you a few seconds to decide."
"Well, what if we kill you?" Bastila asked, wondering what he will say.
"If you do kill us, you will most likely be killed by Lord Malak." Came the reply.
Tana and Bastila ignited their lightsabers and the dark Jedi did the same as Carth took cover near a bulkhead and the Sith soldiers started open firing.
Bastila and Tana began fighting the dark Jedi and Tana grinned, behind the mask, as she did something and she closed her hand into a fist and she waved her hand in the air. Lucky for Tana, Bastila didn't seem to notice anything.
Carth looked up surprised when the Sith soldiers stopped firing. He then looked around the corner and was shocked at what was happening. The Sith soldiers had their hands at their throats, trying to pull off the invisible hands choking them. The soldiers died a few moments later, and only one was left standing. Carth didn't expect for the soldier to take out a blaster pistol and put the gun to his helmet and pull the trigger and he fell down dead.
Carth just stood there, completely shocked at what he saw since he didn't know what happened.
Shortly after, the dark Jedi have been dealt with, the trio continued on.
"Tana, did you do that?" Carth questioned, when Bastila was out of earshot.
Tana just turned her mask to face him. "I don't know what you are talking about." Came the robotic tone and they hurried to catch up with Bastila.
They were almost to the elevator when they encountered another Sith squad of about 5 soldiers, but Tana had another idea when she saw both sides ready their weapons.
"Stop them!" Shouted the Sith Captain, to his men as they raised their weapons.
Tana motioned for Bastila and Carth to stand down, which confused them. "You want to join our side." Tana muttered quietly, as she waved her hand in front of the soldiers.
The soldiers hesitated, before lowering their weapons and the Sith Captain walked towards them. "I guess my squad and I will join you." He said.
"Good. Follow me." Said Tana, leading the way to the elevator with the Sith soldiers following her.
Carth and Bastila shared a worried glance with each other but decided to continue on.
'I surely hope she's not becoming too powerful. If that's so, then I don't want to be the one to put her down.' Bastila thought to herself.
Tana and her group gathered into the elevator and Tana's commlink was blinking and she pressed it. "It's Canderous. We took care of the guards. We are at the Ebon Hawk and systems are go. I suggest you get here faster, or we will be overwhelmed with soldiers." Came the reply.
"We have to hurry!" Bastila exclaimed and Tana just nodded.
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(If you are confused, the Canderous' group made it to the Ebon Hawk, and prepared the ship for take off as Bastila's group dealt with Admiral Karath. The Sith started attacking the Ebon Hawk just as Bastila's group was in the elevator.
Mission was using the turret to destroy groups of the Sentinel droids and some Sith soldiers while Jolee and Juhani were fighting dark Jedi. Luckily for Mission, T3 lowered the effectiveness of the cannon so it didn't destroy everything.
The hangar had blaster marks everywhere and destroyed droids and dead bodies of Sith soldiers and dark Jedi and part of the hangar was on fire.
"That's the 2nd wave. I guess they are trying not to send too many people." Canderous shouted over the blaster fire, explosions, and screams.
The Sith soldiers and sentinel droids didn't seem to stop their assault. Mission then targeted the observation deck overlooking the hangar and she fired and a few seconds later, the deck was in flames.
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(The funny thing is in the game during the confrontation, everyone just stands around talking like life long friends)
The elevator stopped and open and the group walked forward. They soon heard faint sounds of shouting, gunfire, and screams. They continued running and they past a deserted room, which assumed it had been occupied by soldiers hence the Sith armor in the corner.
They past another room but there was a dark Jedi master with two apprentices. "Ah, look at this my apprentices. The Republic scum and traitors. It's time to kill them for Lord Malak. We will be removing the thorn in his side." He said as they equipped their lightsabers.
Tana and Bastila immediately begin fighting against the dark side master and his apprentice while Carth and Sith soldiers started shooting at the other apprentice, killing him shortly after. Bastila and Tana shortly after dispatched their attackers.
The group continued on until they were close to a room which overlooked the hangar that the Ebon Hawk is located in.
Soldiers, sentinel droids and Sith officers, or that's what they could see from where they were.
"Get out there and destroy them!" Shouted a Sith officer and immediately a squad went to the hangar.
The group then entered the room, and watched what was going on. It seemed to be pure chaos as Jolee's group didn't give up and Sith trying to figure out what to do since they assumed that Admiral Karath was dead.
"Kill them and the traitors!" Shouted a Sith officer, who suddenly noticed them. There were only Sith soldiers who had their weapons drawn and at least a few dark Jedi standing over by the window and a few sentinel droids, aimed weapons at them. As either side was prepared for a fight, a laser blast hit the structure, destroying it and the glass and everyone went flying. A door behind the observation deck window had been partly destroyed and it caught fire.
The group got up and made sure they were okay. Luckily enough they didn't lose anymore and they started to run across the destroyed deck, strewn with debris, bodies (alive or dead), weapons, parts of droids, and sparks flew out from control panels. They started down a ramp into a dark red corridor with blast doors ahead and beside them. The Sith soldiers looked behind them to see if anyone was chasing them. "We are in the clear from behind." Said the Sith captain.
'It is one thing to fight against a Sith soldier and another to fight with a brainwashed Sith soldier against the Sith empire. But this seems to be pretty cool.' Carth thought to himself.
Just as Tana was about to open the door, the door swooshed open, revealing a tall pale bald figure with red battle armor with a black cape hanging off one shoulder, a cybernetic jaw plate and tattoos on his head. He stood menacing before the group, lightsaber in hand.
"Darth Malak!" Bastila exclaimed, with a hint of hatred in her voice.
Carth immediately drew his pistols and started shooting at him. "Down you go!" He shouted. Darth Malak reflected the blaster shots and sent a force wave towards him, Carth and the Sith soldiers fell backwards on their backs and tried to recover quickly.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha." Came the robotic laugh. He looked around and saw the group of Sith soldiers with blaster rifles aimed towards him. "Hm, I didn't expect for you to turn my own men against me and causing all of this destruction." Several explosions rocked the hangar and observation deck, almost immediately after he said this.
His eyes then landed on Bastila, Tana, and Carth. "I hope you weren't thinking of leaving so soon, Bastila. I've spent far too much energy hunting down you and your companions to let you get away from me now." He then looked directly at Tana. "Besides, I had to see for myself if it is true. Even now, I can hardly believe my eyes... tell me, why did the Jedi spare you? Is it vengeance you seek at this reunion?"
Tana was confused at what he meant. "Reunion? What reunion? I never met you before in my life!" She exclaimed.
"What? Ha-ha-ha! You mean you don't know? Ha-ha-ha! All this time, and you still haven't figured it out? Ha-ha-ha!" Came the amused reply. "I wonder how long you would have stayed blind to the truth? Surely some of what you once were must have surfaced by now. Even the combined power of the Jedi Council couldn't keep your true identity buried forever, could it?"
Tana immediately went into a trance and had memories of clues from Bastila, Carth, Vrook, Zhar. The visions could've meant something and why she had visions of the star maps. She had a vision of standing up to Bastila shortly before being captured. She then had a vision of Revan on a temple, removing the mask, revealing Tana's face.
Bastila just stared shocked, Carth just glared at Tana and the Sith soldiers, they didn't seem to show any surprise.
"You cannot hide from what you once were, Revan! Recognize that you were once the Dark Lord - and know that I have taken your place!"
"I'm Darth Revan? How is that even remotely possible!?"
"You do not yet remember, Revan? The Jedi set a trap. They lured us into battle against a small Republic fleet. During the attack a team of Jedi knights boarded your ship. The Jedi strike team captured you and the Council used the Force to reprogram your mind; they wiped away your identity and turned you against your own followers."
"Why? Why didn't they kill me? It would've been easier would it?"
"The Jedi are fools; they do not believe in executing prisoners. Originally I had assumed that you had died in the battle. Imagine my surprise when I found out you were still alive Revan."
"How? How did they manage to capture me?"
"I helped them, Revan. I always knew that one day the title of Dark Lord would be mine! When the Jedi strike team boarded your vessel I saw my day had come! I ordered my own ships to fire on your bridge. I thought I could destroy all my enemies with a single glorious victory! I never dreamed that the Jedi would take you alive from the wreckage."
"Why did you betray your master?"
"You mean why did I betray you, Revan. You are the one who taught me the way of the Sith; the strongest must rule if we are to survive! You knew I would one day challenge you for supremacy, but you underestimated me. I acted sooner than you expected and seized the Sith throne with a single brilliant stroke!
Tana put away her lightsaber and gripped her heavy blaster pistol in her hand. "Bastila, is this true?" She said, with venom in her voice.
"It's true. I was part of the team to capture Revan...to capture you. When Malak fired on the ship, you were badly injured. We thought you were dead. Your mind was destroyed, but I used the Force to preserve the flicker of life in your body. I brought you to the Jedi Council. They were the ones who healed your damaged mind." Bastila admitted, looking anywhere but at Tana/Revan.
"But where are the memories coming from then?"
"The Jedi Council didn't restore your wounded mind, Revan! They merely programmed it with a new identity - one loyal to the Republic! They tried to make you their slave!" Carth noticed how he said Republic in distaste and he just scowled at the Dark Lord.
Tana/Revan immediately whirled around to face Bastila, pointing a heavy blaster pistol at her. "You've been lying to me this whole time, Bastila!" Tana exclaimed angrily. Darth Malak would've been grinning at the sight before him if he had his lower jaw but he just chuckled and Carth pointed his blasters at Tana/Revan. The Sith soldiers immediately drew their blasters against Carth since they didn't know if he was going to shoot Tana.
"I wanted to tell you, but the Council forbid it! They were afraid you might return to the dark side if you discovered your real identity!"
"But know you know the truth, Revan! The Council has failed in their attempt to make you their pawn! The will of a Sith Lord is not so easily manipulated!"
"But Bastila, why program me with a different identity?"
Bastila just stared past the blaster aimed at her face and looked at Tana. "We couldn't simply restore your true identity; Revan was too dangerous. But locked inside your mind was information the Republic needed: the secrets of the Star Forge! The Council created an identity for you: a soldier under my command. Your subconscious memories were supposed to lead me to the Star Forge; there was no other way to get the information."
"They made you their puppet, Revan - and Bastila was the handler pulling your strings!"
"You used me, Bastila! You are no better than the Sith!" Tana/Revanchist shouted as she brought out her second heavy blaster pistol and pointed it at Bastila.
"How can you say that?" Bastila exclaimed, defending herself. "Malak nearly killed you, but the Jedi Council gave you another chance to live! They gave you a chance to redeem yourself by defeating the Sith!"
"A rash and futile hope. The dark side is too strong, my power is too great! Even my old master is no longer a match for me! A small part of me has always regretted betraying you from afar. I always knew there were some who would think I acted out of fear, that I did not want to face you. But now fate has given me a second chance to prove myself. Once I defeat you in combat no one will question my claim to the Sith throne; my triumph will be complete!"
"Triumph, Malak? You seem to be forgetting that I'm still alive and I can take you!" Tana said, turning back to Malak and taking out her lightsabers.
"The Jedi Council were foolish to let you live. I won't make the same mistake. We shall finish this alone in the ancient Sith tradition; master versus apprentice, as it was meant to be!"
"Tana! Let us help you! You can't take him by yourself!"
Tana looked back at Bastila. "Why would I let you help me!? I've already had enough of you!" Malak raised his hand in the air and Carth and Bastila were frozen to the spot and the soldiers.
"I've been looking forward to this, Malak." Tana immediately activated her lightsabers and Malak activated his and their blades clashed together, making sparks. Malak was advancing on her so she blocked his saber and then began dodging his blade at it but the walls creating more sparks.
Tana got behind him and prepared to strike him in the back but he turned and blocked her saber. They continued slashing at each other, blades locking together until Malak used the force on Tana and she started spinning while Malak escaped.
The spinning stopped shortly after, and without taking a look back at the Jedi princess, she went around and disappeared from sight.
She opened the door, and Malak just stood in the room waiting for me. He activated his blade and taunted her. Tana activated her blades and immediately began slashing at him, only hitting the saber. They began fighting for a few moments before the two separated and they slashed at each. Somehow Malak ended up on the top, with Tana on the bottom, losing ground until a door swooshed open for a person and quickly closed again.
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With Malak distracted the stasis field worn off, around the group. Bastila, Carth, and the Sith soldiers got up quickly. "What do we do, madam?" Asked one of the soldiers.
"I'll try to hold off Malak, while you get Tana and escaped to the Ebon Hawk." Bastila said as she tried to open the door.
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The blast door swooshed open to reveal Bastila with her double-bladed lightsaber ignited and closed again, making the others have to go around. "This isn't over, Malak." Bastila said.
Tana used this distraction and somehow ended up in front of Malak before clashing sabers again. "Your friends do not give up easily, Revan, you always could inspire loyalty. But even 2 Jedi and 7 soldiers together cannot stand against my power!" Malak said while Tana looked from Malak to Bastila.
"For the Jedi!" Bastila shouted about to run forward until Tana threw a lightsaber at her and quickly drew a blaster.
Bastila quickly stopped the lightsaber but jumped when blaster shots rang out. Bastila didn't feel anything but she noticed that she got shot in the stomach, the chest and her leg. She dropped her lightsaber and fell to the ground, still shocked that her friend shot her.
Tana threw down the pistol and used the Force to retrieve her other lightsaber.
"I see that you are willing to shoot your own companion to get your personal revenge on me."
"I will do whatever it takes to kill you!" Tana said menacing while Malak just laughed. A few moments later, Tana lost a lightsaber and it went flying into a bulkhead with an audible thud. The two separated again, but Malak's lightsaber sliced straight across Tana's mask and Tana screamed in pain before Malak just flung her into a bulkhead, knocking her unconscious.
Carth and the soldiers heard blaster shots, several thuds and a scream. They entered the room and saw Malak standing in the center of the room, just looking around, Tana's unconscious body facing away from them, Tana's destroyed mask, a discarded blaster pistol and lightsabers, and Bastila, who looked injured.
"Go get them! We have to get out of here!" Carth ordered as he and the soldiers went to go get the two Jedi and to secure the quiet hangar.
"Come on. Get up." Said a soldier, as he tried to get Bastila up. He retrieved Bastila's lightsaber and put it on her belt and began carrying her to the hangar with Carth following them.
Malak began advancing on the two soldiers checking on Tana.
"Is she alive?" Asked the 1st soldier.
"I don't know. I think she's dead." The 2nd soldier said as he heard a lightsaber ignite and turned around to see Malak.
"Let's get out of here." Said the 2nd soldier. The two soldiers began backing up towards the hangar. Malak quickly strangled the two soldiers and continued to advance with soldiers, droids, and a couple dark Jedi marching behind him. "Go after them!" Ordered Malak and the soldiers, droids, and dark Jedi began rushing after them.
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"Everyone get inside the ship." Canderous ordered as he waited on the boarding ramp for Tana, Bastila, and Carth.
"What the hell? They've got some explaining to do." Canderous asked himself when he saw Bastila being carried by Carth and a Sith captain while 3 other soldiers were protecting them. "Anyone else seeing this?" He asked into the commlink.
"Yeah, it's really strange." Came back a reply from Jolee.
The soldiers were still shooting into the corridor where they came out of, trying to stop the advancing forces that are quickly advancing on them. "Sir, what about the other Jedi?" Asked the Sith captain to Carth.
"She's dead. You saw the destroyed mask and her body." Carth replied as they were close enough to the Ebon Hawk so they could see Canderous with a look of confusion on his face. "Canderous. Take her to the medical room." Carth said. Canderous took Bastila and carried her to the medical room and Carth started up the ramp before turning around to the Sith soldiers to ask something. "Come on!" Carth yelled at the Sith captain.
One Sith soldier was shot down by 2 sentinel droids, another was killed by a well timed grenade, and that left the Sith captain and one other soldier. They were close to the boarding ramp but the soldier started shooting at a dark Jedi but was killed since the laser bolt was reflected back at him.
The Sith captain started up the boarding ramp but was shot in the back and he was killed. Carth closed the boarding ramp, and went to the bridge of the Hawk, and flew out of the hangar as Malak entered.
"Send fighters to destroy that ship!" He ordered.
"Yes my Lord." Said a Sith officer.