Chapter 4

"Where are they?" Scourge sent blue lightning from his fingertips into the Chiss tied to the chair. The Chiss screamed in pain and struggled against his bindings trying to break himself free.

"This is a waste of time." Revan was lying on a nearby work bench staring at the ceiling. "You will never get him to tell you where they are hiding that way."

"He will talk. He just needs a little more incentive." Scourge sent another blast of lightning into the Chiss.

"Oh sure he'll talk," Revan mocked. "He will tell you a lot of stuff, but none of it will be true. This man is an imperial agent. He has been trained to resist torture by people like us." He turned his head and stared at Scourge letting his words sink in.

"Not my kind of torture." Scourge angrily sent another bolt into the Chiss.

Revan sat up and turning toward Scourge and the Chiss tied up in front of him. "As someone who has been tortured by far more frightening Sith then you, I can say for certain that there is nothing special about what you are doing."

"Then how do you suggest we go about it then?" Scourge stopped and turned to face Revan.

Revan swung his feet over the side of the counter and leapt to the floor. "By less bronze and more brains." he brushed past the Sith and toward over the bound agent.

Revan stood in front of the Chiss, his white uniform stained with his own blood. The chiss looked at Revan with his red eyes daring him to do his worst. Revan smiled at the Chiss. He already knew the information that they were trying to extract from the Chiss as it was Revan that had been helping the Imperial Agent in his illegal smuggling operation to supply arms to some of the outer systems of the empire, but the Chiss did not know that.

Revan placed his hand on the forehead of the Chiss and closed his eyes letting the force build inside him. He then made a show of his head snapping back as if his mind was being flooded with information. He broke contact pretending to be out of breath.

"There is a shipment tomorrow at docking bay 14A." Revan straitened himself and looked at Scourge. "We will be able to take all of them then." Unless they get tipped off by someone tonight. Revan thought to himself. He would be above suspicion since it was him that gave them the information in the first place. At least that was the thinking.

"How can we be sure that is accurate?" Scourge was still unconvinced, that or he just did not want to believe that he had been so decisively out done by Revan.

"As much as I dug around in his mind I could tell you his favorite color if I wanted to." Revan put his hand up to his mouth as if telling a secret and whispered. "Hint it is nether red or white but a combination there of."

Scourge did not look happy but he was content that there was nothing he could do about it. "Fine then we no longer need this pathetic excuse for an agent." Scourge reached out with the force.

"Don't!" Revan tried to stop him but was too late. With a flick of Scourges wrist the Chiss' neck snapped.

"Was that compassion that I heard in your voice there Eruta? Or are you just worried that your little trick didn't actually work?"

"No you moron. We have his conspirators but not the one supplying him with information. Like shipment inspections, guard rotation and other things that a simple agent like him could never have known without help. Now that he is dead there is no way of drawing his contact out especially once we take down all the others."

"What you didn't get that information from him when you were in his mind?" Scourge scowled.

"He didn't know it. They only communicated through messages no actual contact." This was not a lie. Revan had been very careful to make sure that none of his dealings could be linked back to himself incase the agent did get caught. It was by shear luck that the emperor had assigned Lord Nyriss to find the person responsible for supplying the raiders on the edge of their space with military grade weapons and that she had assigned Revan to be one of the people to track them down.

"It doesn't matter as long as we are able to stop this scum bag from giving weapons to our enemies." Scourge kicked the dead body with his foot.

"Doesn't matter?" Revan moved into Scourge's personal space. "The person giving them information has top clearance. That person is a traitor to the emperor and is a blight on all Sith. Who knows what else he is dealing in and what other secrets he is trading." a statement that was also true.

Scourge just scowled as he broke away from Revan and started to walk out side into the dark poring rain. "And you can be the one to tell Lord Nyriss that it is your fault that we may now never catch the guy." Revan called after him.

He was proud about how this had all turned out. He was saddened that he was unable to save the Chiss agent but he was not sad about his death. He was simply a profiteer trying to make money off other peoples suffering. But in the end he had proven himself a valuable tool to Revan, suspicion was directed away from himself as being the informant, and he had yet again proven his superiority over Scourge.

Be careful. He cautioned himself. Sith, when they are angry, can lash out in the most destructive of ways, and it is usually the innocent that suffer for it.

Revan walked outside into the stormy day of the world. It was depressing every time he saw it. Scourge was nearby on the com telling Sechel about their progress.

"No he died in the interrogation." Scourge said into his com unit. Though he had actually died after the interrogation. But Revan was not going to push the matter, at least not at this time. He might be inclined to use it against Scourge later however.

Scourge had not told them that he had actually killed him impulsively, Revan smiled at the thought as he scanned the crowed around him. They had just been using a nearby building in the market district not worried about who was around or who saw what they were doing. It served as a lesson to what happened to people who crossed the Sith. And was a demonstration of Sith power and rule where all could see.

A spot of red caught Revan's eye. He focused on it and saw that it was the mandible of a red Twi'lek. Suddenly a flash of memory hit Revan. He was talking to someone though the person's face was blurry and out of focuses but he wore a Jedi outfit and Revan seemed to trust him.

"When ever I need to disguise my self I like to use the guise of a red Twi'lek." the man had said. "they are common enough that seeing one would not raise suspicion but rare and memorable enough that if asked they would all clearly remember seeing a red Twi'lek and not me."

"Impossible." Revan mumbled to himself.

"What is?" Scourge asked having walked back towards Revan when he had finished his report.

"I could swear that there was a red Twi'lek over there." Revan pointed where he had seen the Twi'lek.

"They are rare and considered very attractive but what is so impossible about it?"

"I remember him from…" Revan had to catch himself. He had almost said from before I lost my memory but that would have caused him some real trouble, instead he said "From the Chiss' memory. He is somehow tied to the informant."

"Well all Twi'leks are slaves but It could be that he is the Informant's Slave. We have to find him and see what he knows." Scourge said.

Revan nodded looking around trying to come up with a plan. He looked at the sides of the buildings and the piping and windows that covered them and their nice flat roofs. That would work. "Scourge can you get up to the roofs and track him up there and give me information as he goes."

"Shouldn't strain my abilities to much." he was being resentful but he saw the logic in the plan so he complied. In less then ten seconds he was on the roof scouring the crowed for the Twi'lek. Revan took off in a brisk walk in the direction that he had last seen the Twi'lek, not wanting to raise suspicion that he was onto him by running after him.

What was he doing? Chasing after a Twi'lek that in no way could be the one from a brief flash of memories, a memory that he had no idea when it took place or even who he had been talking to at the time. But something told him that it was the Twi'lek and that Revan noticing him was not an accident.

"Eruta can you hear me?" Revan's ear buzzed as Scourge talked to him through the com.

"Yes I hear you." Revan put his finder to his ear not braking stride.

"Your Twi'lek is heading south down merchants way."

"Got it." Merchant's way that was a term used by the citizens of this district of the city, not the official name for the street. The only way that Scourge would know that was if he knew the people around here much like Revan did. There was more to Scourge then he had thought.

Revan turned the corner and was hit by a mob of people wondering about their business.

"it looks like he is about to make a left on Terrion." Scourge reported. "Doesn't look like he is much interested in shopping. Think he was here spying for his master to see if the Chiss would give us the information?"

"It is possible, and if that is the case then he probably knows that we learned about the shipment tomorrow and will tip them off." Revan decided that he would play into his lie as much as he could. He would use this to his advantage one way or another.

"I'm going to lose sight of him. I have to move to a different location do you got him?"

Revan could see the red of the Twi'lek's skin among the ocean of heads in front of him. "For the moment, does he look like he knows we are on to him?"

"His is defiantly in a hurry to get where he is going but he is showing no signs that he is being perused. He has yet to look behind him."

Good then maybe he had a chance of catching him. Assuming that Revan was simply not just chasing a ghost of his own forgotten memory and wasn't just running down some poor slave just trying to do his job for his master.

"He just turned right down the third alley. I lost sight of him but he is trapped, there is no way out of that alley."

"That is never a good thing when people turn into one way alleys." Revan commented.

"Yeah it ether means there is some secret there or thy are trying to lore you into a trap." Scourge said with a hint of amusement in his voice. Revan could guess which one Scourge was hoping for.

Revan reached for his lightsaber ready to draw it at a moments notice as he turned the corner into the dead end alley. To no surprise the Twi'lek was nowhere to be seen. "He's gone."

"I'll be there in a moment. Check the area. See if you can find any secret entrances. We might get lucky."

"Never was one to count on luck." Revan said more to himself.

The two searched the alley for almost an hour not finding any way that the Twi'lek could have escaped. While they did not really expect to find anything it was still a disappointment to them both. If they could have found some clue for them to go off of there would have been a chance that they could track him down.

"You know," Revan said as they were finishing up and getting ready to leave. "We worked well together back there. Neither of us trying to sabotage the other, both of us working toward the same goal helping each other out."

"What you saying we should be friends now?" Scourge almost spat at the thought, but didn't, that meant that he too had come to the same conclusion. Good that would make this easier.

"Of course not." Revan laughed. "But just maybe we could learn to trust each other. If we did maybe we both could benefit." Revan gave a shrug. "or we could spend the rest of our lives waiting for a chance to betray the other and be in a constant state of paranoia until one or both of us are dead." Revan started to head out of the ally ready to head back to his place. "It is your call." he left Scourge standing there mulling over what he had just said.

"Eruta" a voice called out to Revan. He followed it and saw the food vender Tallnus waving at him. It was then that Revan realized where exactly he was.

"Tallnus how is business?" Revan called back.

"Fine, saw you and you friend over there scouring the alley as if you are looking for something. Though I guess he is not your friend hu? After all everyone knows that you Sith types don't have friends."

"That is true. A friend is just someone who is that much closer to you to stab the blade in your back."

"Sounds like a very lonely life if you ask me." Tallnus said almost off handed.

"Ah that's what I got you around for." Revan smiled and walked away with a wave.

"My apologies Eruta, but I just don't like you in that way." the vender called after him.

Revan smiled despite himself. He knew better then to make friends with this street vender and he knew better then to show his affections with Scourge across the street, but he found that he could not help himself. Maybe Revan just needed someone to be himself around, or at the very least not be a Sith.

"Well don't let me keep you." Tallnus said. "You get back to your important work, keeping the Empire safe. Everyone here appreciates the work that you do. Honest."

The scary thought being that Revan did believe the man. "I'll go do that. I will be by later to pick up something." Revan gave a wave of his hand.

"Looking forward to it." The vender went back to his stand, and Revan soon left him behind.

"So how do you want to handle this?" Scourge asked when Revan returned. "I am in no hurry to tell Lord Nyriss that we lost a slave in the market who could have vital information for us."

"We will simply say that while we got the information we fear that the agent's informant my have learned of our plan to raid the shipment tomorrow." Revan said in a calm cool voice.

"That will still anger Nyriss."

"Yes but at least it won't look like we failed to catch a simple slave." Revan wrapped himself in his cloak and started to walk down the street Scourge keeping in step.

"How do you know I won't tell Nyriss that it was your fault that the Twi'lek got away and just blame everything on you?" Scourge asked.

"You very well could," Revan nodded in agreement. "Though can you guarantee that you will not be punished as well just for being there?" Revan slowed down and turned his head to look at Scourge. "I will be the one to start and trust that you will stick to the story so that we can better find this guy next time and bring him to justice. The next move is yours." Revan walked on.