(I don't remember if I gave the other ship a name.)
"We need to destroy that ship." Malak said.
"Yes, my lord." Said a nearby Sith officer as he ordered the Leviathan's and the Slayer's cannons to fire on the Hawk.
Malak began advancing towards the bridge but passed by the destroyed observation deck. He looked around and saw the debris, bodies and everything else. There seemed to be only one working console and that console was damaged and he continued on.
Malak got to the bridge and he saw Admiral Karath's dead body and other bodies but thought nothing of it. There was already an officer, on the bridge and technicians in the crew pits. Malak was looking out of the view port, where he saw a reddish brown vessel evading laser fire. The laser fire suddenly stopped completely.
"Sir. They are out of our range of fire." Said a Sith officer, who was leaning over a gunner to look at the console.
"Send out the fighters." Malak ordered, he didn't bother to turn away from the viewport. "And dispose of these bodies."
"Yes, my lord." Said the officer.
Alarms were going off inside the Leviathan's hangar as pilots were running on the catwalks towards their fighters. The pilots hopped into their fighters, turned them on, and piloted their fighters out of the hangar chasing the Hawk.
The Sith fighters eventually caught up to them and started firing at the smuggling ship.
...
Carth started the engines of the Hawk will being shot at by soldiers and droids. He got the ship out of the hangar with ease but he had to act immediately so he didn't crash into the other ship. Canderous took a barely conscious Bastila to the med bay, which was just a small room.
"Jolee. Take care of her and patch her up." Canderous said, gruffly.
"Can I ask what happened down there?" Jolee asked.
"Hell if I know." Canderous replied casually, as he walked out of the room, leaving Jolee to tend to the padawan.
The rest of the crew were in the main room trying to figure out what happened.
"Guys hang on!" Carth shouted as he avoided laser fire from the Leviathan and the Slayer. The Ebon Hawk unfortunately got hit with laser fire, and the crew didn't know how bad the damage was. "Hey T3, go check on what they hit."
The astromech droid plugged itself into a nearby panel and began working and Mission walked over to watch. Juhani was looking worried about everything that was going on.
Carth continue trying to avoid laser fire from behind. 'I guess Davik was right about the shields being impregnable.' He thought to himself. Shortly after, he noticed that they were not being shot at. "Alright, we are out of their range of fire." Carth announced.
He started typing in the coordinates to Manaan since he had no idea where they were or how long they were on the Leviathan. Moments later, Sith fighters began firing on the Hawk in an attempt to destroy it.
"Everyone, we have company. Mission and Canderous go use the turrets!" He ordered.
"On it." Said Canderous as he and Mission took a turret and began shooting back to the six or eight Sith fighters attacking them.
Mission began shooting the turret at each fighter and managed to destroy one. The fighters seemed to be using the flying away and coming back to attack tactic. Canderous was shooting at one fighter and managed to damage it.
After what seemed like forever, they managed to destroy all the fighters.
"Hey fly boy. The fighters are destroyed." Canderous said, as he climbed out of the turret chamber, with Mission following him. Carth immediately went into hyperspace once he got the message from Canderous.
"Good job, kid. You are definitely getting better." He said, turning the twi'lek next to him.
"Thanks. I'm glad you taught me how to use it." Mission said, happily as the two walked into the main cabin. Carth entered the room and then Jolee moments later.
"How is she?" Carth asked.
"Bastila is strong. She'll heal fast. All she needs to do is rest." Jolee said, looking around like he lost something.
"That's good." Carth remarked. His face suddenly darkened. "Everyone we need to have a talk."
...
"My Lord, they jumped into lightspeed." Said a Sith officer.
"Hm, what planets have they been to?" Malak asked still looking out the viewport.
The Sith officer looked at a datapad. "According to our spies they have been to Dantooine, Tatoonine, Kashyyyk, and lastly Korriban. So that leaves?"
"That leaves Manaan. That's their next destination. Put a bounty on their heads." Malak ordered.
"Yes, my Lord." Said the officer as he walked away to a console and began plugging in the bounties and sending them to every part of the galaxy.
"The new flag ship is the Slayer and you are the new admiral Camado Moagarb." Malak announced, as he turned to the officer that was sending bounties of the Ebon Hawk's crew.
"Thanks, my Lord." Said the officer kneeling and he rose again. "What about the unconscious female?"
"What about her!?"
"Well, a couple soldiers told me that she's still alive."
"Put her in the brig on the Slayer. I will deal with her later." Malak said, as he left the bridge. "Also, set a course to the Star Forge."
"Yes, my Lord." Said the officer, following Malak. He left a different officer in charge of the Leviathan.
Soldiers several decks down on the Leviathan were trying to figure out how to prepare the damage and 2 soldiers were standing over an unconscious Tana and just staring at her with a couple officers nearby.
One officer just looked at the two soldiers standing over the unconscious woman. "So should we do something about those two? Also, what do you think they would do to her?" Asked the female officer to the male.
He looked in the direction she was looking. "I don't think they will do anything until Lord Malak says otherwise, right? If Malak lets them, probably torture her or something." He asked. "I don't know what soldiers find so interesting in civilians."
"Probably, but I don't know." Just then she got a transmission from the new admiral. "Ok, we have to put her in the brig on the Slayer. I'll go with them." She told her friend.
"Ok. Hey you two. Take her in the shuttle to the Slayer's brig." He said.
"Oh all right." Said the female soldier as she and her friend began dragging Tana's unconscious body towards the shuttle with the female officer, Malak, the new admiral, and a couple soldiers. The shuttle took off and headed back to the Slayer and Tana was thrown into a prison cell with a couple soldiers to attend her.
...
The crew were just staring at Carth, waiting for him to continue. Jolee began looking around for someone. "Where's Tana? What happened on that ship?" Jolee asked.
"We ran into Malak. He would have killed us, but Tana sacrificed herself so we could get away." Carth said.
"You mean, she's...Tana's dead?" Mission asked, almost as if her breath had been taken out of her. "How can she be dead? She seemed quite strong." Zaalbar didn't know what to say so he kept silent. Canderous seemed to be chewing on the information. Juhani, well, no one can really read her face to see how she's feeling.
"I'm not sure what Malak would do but I'm afraid so. He has no use for Tana, right? But if he had captured Bastila, then that's a whole different story." Jolee said. "Malak won't kill Bastila. He'll turn her to the dark side and use her battle meditation against the Republic. The Sith will always be victorious."
"But we should go back for right? What if Tana isn't really dead?" Mission argued.
"Not so fast. We have a bigger issue to deal with." Carth announced and he ignored the questioning looks.
Bastila woke up in the small med bay and she was hearing the conversation in the main room. She slowly and painfully got off the small bed and leaned against the bulkhead as she walked into the room. "You should tell them Carth." She said, surprising everyone in the room.
"Feeling better?" Asked Carth.
Bastila winced when she irritated her wound when she bent down to try to sit herself in a seat. "Feeling better but at the same time, not good. It's really painful."
"Yeah, you'll ignore it once you get used to being shot at." Carth said. He turned his attention to the wounded Jedi. "They deserve to know the truth about her. So should I tell them what Malak said or should you?"
"Fine. I'll tell them." Bastila sighed shakily before answering, making everyone in the room worried about what she might say. "The truth is... Tana is Darth Revan." A heavy silence fell upon the rest of crew. Jolee was shocked but he looked like he knew something, Mission and Juhani couldn't keep the shock of their faces. Canderous wasn't really surprised or at least no one thought he was and the droids seemed to be processing something.
Mission was the first to break the eerie silence that had fallen on everyone. "Revan? What...what are you talking about? Is this some kind of sick joke?"
"No, it's no joke. The Jedi Council captured Revan and erased the Dark Lord's mind, programming in a new identity. Saul Karath told me on the Leviathan and Bastila confirmed it!" Carth said.
Mission looked at Bastila hoping that it wasn't true. "I'm sorry Mission, but this is the truth." Bastila just looked away as she confirmed the young twi'lek's fears.
Mission looked like her favorite pet died as she collapsed into a nearby chair. "How is Tana Darth Revan? This is big. But she's my friend and we can't leave her behind. Did she remember anything? If not, then we don't have a problem."
"No, Mission. We aren't going back for her, even if she is alive. She's still Darth Revan." Carth argued against the young twi'lek. "She's no longer a friend, a partner, or a Jedi. She betrayed us to Saul while we were captured. She told Saul all about our mission. The whole time we've been chasing after Malak we've had his old Sith Master right at our side; listening to our secrets; hearing our plans!"
"Carth, I'm pretty sure Malak had some good idea what we were searching for. He knew to stop us from Korriban to Manaan." Bastila said, worried about where this might go. Canderous was just leaning against the bulkhead enjoying the show with a smirk on his face.
"That doesn't matter. Tana is still a Sith Lord and she betrayed us. She deserves to die alongside Malak and the Sith." Carth said.
"Hey, its not Tana's fault for being Darth Revan. It isn't Tana's fault since she didn't know. I'm glad about what Bastila did. Because of her, I never would've met any of you." Mission exclaimed, smiling at Bastila and the brown haired Jedi returned the smile. "Besides Dark Lord or not, she's still one of us. We followed her for who she is not who she used to be."
[I agree with Mission. I swore a life debt to Tana for who she is; not who she used to be] roared Zaalbar.
"Me and Big Z will stick by her no matter who she is. We won't desert her or Bastila now. I mean Tana did bring us all together and she has been able to keep us from fighting each other."
Carth couldn't believe what he was hearing. They would side with Revan- a Dark Lord? "How can you say that, Mission? The Sith bombed my homeworld! Revan took away my family and destroyed my life!"
'How stupid can this guy be?' Canderous thought to himself as stepped in. "Everyone here knows that it was Malak who gave the order to attack your people, Carth. You can't blame Revan for that."
"It all makes sense now. I've watched her and I've seen her cruelty. She has given over to the dark side! We can't trust her." Carth said. We looked around at everyone. "Can any of you?"
He turned to Jolee. "What about me? I already knew who she was. It wasn't my place to tell her or any of you. I'm not here to judge her. I'll follow her and try to help her."
He looked at Bastila. "I trust her since we have his bond. Tana is my responsibility but I didn't want it to come out like this." Bastila said, looking at her lap, until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to Mission compassionately squeezing her shoulder so she just smiled at her.
He turned to Canderous. "She defeated the Mandalore Clans in the war. Revan, was the only one in the galaxy who could best us. We never met anyone like her, I'll trust and follow her anywhere. Whoever she fights, it will be worthy for me to fight. I'm her man until the end- however that plays out."
Carth reluctantly turned to the crimson assassin droid. "Commentary: I am...experiencing something unusual." The droid said.
"Why? What's happening?" Jolee asked.
"Answer: my programming is activating my deleted memory core. I believe it's a homing system that's activating it, masters." The crimson droid replied.
Immediately, Carth raised his blasters at the droid. "You make a move and I will destroy you!"
"Observation: that is unnecessary, you meatbag. My intent is not hostile. I am receiving no combat override commands." The droid replied My homing system is a function of my assassination protocol...that which I told you had been deactivated. This system was not. It seems that the homing system deliberately restores my deleted memory core upon..upon returning to my original master."
"Wait, you mean? Your original master was Revan?" Mission asked.
"Affirmation: correct. Sith protocol maintains that all droid knowledge be deleted before assassination missions, and restored upon return. I have returned to my master, but since she isn't here, she programmed a different master for me." The droid replied looking at Canderous. The Mandalorian just smirked to himself and the droid decided not to continue because he didn't want to be destroyed.
"That was really convenient." Juhani muttered. "HK was with Revan almost the whole time without even knowing."
"What are the chances of that happening?" Mission said, amazed.
"Remember, we are talking about the Force here. At this point, Malak himself could drop out of the sky and I wouldn't bat an eyelash." Canderous said.
"Oh. Good point." Mission replied.
Carth looked at the astromech droid. T3 made a series of beeps.
"I knew the little guy will come through for her - droids don't hold grudges." Mission said.
Everyone then looked at Carth to see what he will say. "What about you, Carth? Will you stand with Tana and us to defeat Malak?"
The look Carth gave them, looked horrified, as if he's been asked to shoot his family. "Well, I suppose that you trust Tana but I never will. I'm only doing this to stop the Sith. I suppose Malak is the real enemy here. I'll trust you guys for now. My loyalty is to the Republic! I guess we keep going to Manaan and find the final Star Map, locate the Star Forge and save the galaxy."
Carth picked up one of this blasters and just stared at it. "This is the blaster that I used to kill Saul and countless Sith. I won't hesitate to kill Tana or Malak." He said.
Everyone left the room except for Carth and Mission/Zaalbar who got into an argument about Tana's loyalty. Bastila sighed as you slowly got up, 'everything was so peaceful among us when Tana was here.' She thought. Bastila stopped short when she heard a loud smack and turned around.
Carth just looked angry and Mission ran away crying because Tana was her friend and Carth wanted to kill Tana. "Actually, I've changed my mind. The next time we see Tana, she dies. I kill her myself." Carth announced, before he walked back to the bridge.
Bastila shared a look with Juhani, who followed Mission to comfort her. 'Well, this just got a lot more difficult. The friendship between everyone is falling apart.' She thought.
"Tana. If you are alive. Please stay on the path of the Light and try not to give into temptation." Bastila whispered through the bond as went back to the med bay to rest.