Chapter 6

Meetra Surik cracked her back trying to relive the stiffness from sitting for so long.

"So you think you got it all figured out?" Atton punched in the corianders into the Nava Computer behind her.

Meetra leaned back in the copilot's chair and let her head rest on the headrest. "Well Revan was the one that figured it all out I just put the pieces together. It would seem like with his quest to find the star forge he had left clues behind the first time he and Malak had come here and all he had to do this time was follow them."

"And then we in turn follow the clues he left after finding the clues that he left. Simple." Atton came and sat down in the pilot chair and started prepping the Ebon Hawk for take off. "So where are we heading?"

"If I understand it right, a planet full of Sith."

"Oh really? To late to blow this thing and turn back?"

Meetra smiled still stretched out in the chair. "Far too late."

There was a bit of a lurch as the Ebon Hawk lifted off the ground and took off. The feeling of nothing that the planet gave soon gave way to the sound of the force again. Atton looked relieved and Meetra could tell that he had hated being on that planet.

Meetra wondered if it was that feeling that the Jedi council had felt when they had felt her for the first time in the council room the day of her Exile. Just the vast echo of nothing that she had become. And was still, despite her reconnection to the force.

"So are you going to tell me or am I just going to have to guess?" Atton broke Meetra's train of thought.

She sat up in her chair looking out the viewport. They had already jumped into hyperspace. She had been so lost in thought she hadn't even felt the transition. "It's usually more fun to hear your guesses." she teased. "What am I telling you?"

"This planet we are going to. What makes it so special?"

"From what I gathered in the records that I found, after the Sith lost they Grate Hyperspace wars the remaining Sith Empire was thrown into chaos. They knew that it was only a matter of time before the Republic sent their fleet to wipe them all out."

Meetra shifted in her seat. "The leader of the planet we were just on called a meeting of all the remaining Sith Lords. Telling them he had a plan to save them all. In their desperation they flocked to him, and then they willingly performed the ritual that killed them all."

"Wow." Atton whistled. "No wonder the Sith have such a hard time trusting anyone."

Meetra cracked a smile at his quib. "This Ritual sucked the force out of everything on the planet and into this one Sith. He then used his power to control the masses as he told them he had found the Ancient Sith home world, Dromund Kaas where they would be safe from the Republic. They then took their remaining ships and traveled there."

"And so that is were we are now heading?"

"That is correct."

"Yay." Atton's tone was not one of excitment. He turned in his seat and looked at Meetra. "I don't get it. Why would Revan go there? Why did he go there after the Mandalorian wars? And why has it taken so long for him to come back?"

"That last one I don't know" Meetra shrugged, "but as to why he went there... well all I have is supposition so I'll confirm it when we get there."

"Ah well lets just leave me in the dark then." Atton turned back to his consol and pretended to do some important pilot things. "It's late ship time you should really get some rest." he said breaking the momentary quiet.

"I'm not tiered."

Attom looked at her like a parent knowing their child is lying. "Yes you are, you're exhausted, and I don't need the force to be able to see that."

Meetra slouched in her seat. "Sleep just tires me out more."

Atton pursed his lips together. "You know if Disciple were here I am sure he would tell you that you have nothing to be ashamed of. That everything you have done up until this point has all made you who you are. That without you the Republic would have surly fallen to the Sith, the Jedi would have been eradicated. And that you are the most important person in his life and he would do anything to help and protect you."

"And what would Atton say if he were here?" Meetra smiled goading him on.

Atton shrugged dismissively. "Oh he would know what it is like doing terrible things in the past and trying to hide from them. He would know to keep his mouth shut and let you handle this on your own. That trying to fix it would only make it worse and when you are ready to talk about what it is that is bothering you so much, that you will tell him. Then he would remind you that until then he would be more then willing to play a game of Pazaak."

"Sounds like a wise man if there ever was one." Meetra rested her head on the back of the chair and closed her eyes.

Atton couldn't help but smile. "Well I always thought so."