Chapter 7: The Holocron.
The next day, Revan and the group went with the group of Jedis that were sent by the Jedi Council, Master Dorak and Mical were with the group.
"Good morning Master, Mical." Revan said bowing in front of Dorak and Mical.
"Good morning Revan; I'm pleased to say that Mical had discovered something about the holocrons." Master Dorak said.
"What did you find Mical?" Revan asked.
"I found an energy signal below the ruins of the Jedi Enclave, this signal is weak, but consists with the signals that a holocron could emit." Mical answered.
"Good, we should go there, did you found another kind of energy emitting below the ruins?" Revan asked.
Mical shook his head "No."
"Good." Revan answered. He and the group left the small Enclave that was there and headed to the ruins of the Enclave. When they arrived, Revan spoke: "Okay guys, we will get inside in these ruins, we will split in three groups; one group is going to go with Jolee, the second group is going to go with Bastila and the rest of you are coming with me." Revan said. "Mical?" asked.
"I have sync your datapads with the signal of the holocron, so everyone could find it." Mical said.
"Okay, if anyone founds the holocron alert the others, clear?" Revan asked. All the Jedis nodded and entered in the old Enclave.
The sunlight hit on Meetra's face, she opened her eyes and felt an arm around her, she turned around and saw Atton sleeping. Although they slept in separate sleeping bags, they decided to put the sleeping bags side-by-side. Meetra smiled.
"Atton, wake up." She said.
Atton didn't opened his eyes but he spoke in a sleepy voice; "Five more minutes, babe."
"C'mon Atton, we must go to the cave." Meetra said getting up.
"Okay, okay. I'm awake." Atton said rubbing his eyes.
Ten minutes later, Atton and Meetra had picked up the camp, and were walking to the entrance of the cave.
"Here we are, the crystals are deep inside the cave, just be careful with the kinraths." Meetra said.
Atton nodded and the two went inside the cave, Meetra lit a flashlight to see clearly the path they needed to follow. They walked for fifteen minutes until they reached to the very inside of the cave.
"Whoa! This place is cool, look at these crystals." Atton said.
"Yeah I know." Meetra answered. "Okay, what color is your favorite?" She asked.
Atton thought for a moment. "I have always liked yellow." He answered.
"Okay, you will be trained as a Jedi Sentinel. Go for you crystal." Meetra said.
"And you?" Atton asked picking his crystal.
"Green has always been my favorite color, so it will be green." Meetra said. Suddenly Meetra saw a kinrath behind Atton. "Atton, don't move." She said.
"Why?" He asked confused.
"Where's your blaster pistol?" She asked.
"Here in my backpack." Atton said pointing his backpack.
"Give me the backpack carefully." Meetra said.
Atton give Meetra the backpack, she opened it and searched for the blaster pistol, she took it and put the backpack on the ground. "Atton, turn around slowly, and walk to me." She said.
Atton turned and saw a kinrath which was waiting to attack them, Atton walked backwards trying not to look away the kinrath. When he was walking, he fell down with a rock and the kinrath attack them, fortunately Meetra shoot at the kinrath killing it.
"You're fine?" She asked helping Atton standing up.
"Yeah, I'm fine. What the hell was that?" He asked shaking the dust from his clothes.
"A kinrath, these things live in caves, they are poisonous." Meetra answered. "C'mon we should get out of here." She said.
The two left the cave and returned to the Hawk.
Revan's group was walking in the dark hallways of the sublevels of the Enclave, Mical was checking his datapad to look for the signal of the holocron. They arrived in front of a big stone door.
"The holocron is inside." Mical said.
"Are you sure?" Revan asked.
Mical nodded. Revan examined the door and found a way to open it. Solving a puzzle of a figure was the answer. When Revan solved the puzzle, the door opened and the group went inside.
"Where?" Revan asked.
"There." Mical said pointing to a crypt-like made of stone. Revan asked for help to remove the big and heavy stone that covered the crypt. When the stone was removed, Revan looked inside and saw a small object inside the crypt.
"Here is it." He said picking up the holocron. "Okay, let's go." He said. He called the other groups and informed them that his group had found the holocron, and that they will meet in the small Enclave back at Khoonda.
When they returned at the small Enclave, Revan thanked Mical for his help and asked him if he wanted to go with the group to help them to found other holocrons. He accepted and said that he would be ready in the morning.
Later, that night The Hawk was in complete silence except for one room. Meetra and Atton spent the rest of the day training and after the day they had in the cave, they were exhausted, Mission and Jolee were also exhausted, T3 was checking the systems of the ship and HK was outside guarding the ship, the only ones who were awake were Revan and Bastila. They were lying on bed, it was one of those warm nights on Dantooine, so he was only using a pair of gray pants and was shirtless and she was using a blue short and a blue night shirt.
"Have you seen the holocron yet?" Bastila asked.
"No, I haven't." Revan answered.
"Do you remember that day when the Terentatek injured and you fell in bed for the poison?" She asked.
"How could I forget?" He said smiling.
"Well, when you were unconscious by the poison of the Terentatek, I realized that I loved you." She answered.
Revan chuckled. "That had to happen, for you to realize your true feelings for me." He said teasing her.
"I was afraid; I didn't want to accept that I was in love with the former Dark Lord." She said.
"That's why you treated me so coldly when we met?" He asked sitting up on the bed.
"Yes, but when I saw how kind and gentle you were, somehow I knew that was the real you, not the person I met on that bridge." She answered, also sitting up.
Revan smiled. "You know, after this, we should be away from the Order for a time, just to live a normal life and have time to raise our children if you want to have them." He said.
"I would like to." She answered.
Revan smiled. He leaned against the pillows, "Come here." He said, Bastila smiled and lay next to him resting her head on Revan's chest and snuggled closer to him, and he wrapped an arm around her.
"Can I tell you something?" She asked.
"Sure." He answered.
"I really love your new look."
"What new look? I only let grow my balbo beard again."
"I know, but I like how you look with bangs and beard." She said. He smiled and they stayed in silence for a while until Bastila broke the silence, "This is nice."
"I know."
"I can see us in a few years."
"Really?"
"Yes. You. Me. Living in a nice house here on Dantooine, you and I will be looking at the sunset at the back of our house and maybe, with a little baby crawled in my arms looking at his first sunset."
"His?"
"Or her, don't worry."
"Well, boy or girl, I know our kids will be beautiful." He said looking down at her, she smiled and leaned up to him and kissed him while he pressed her body against his, after breaking apart she rested her head again on his chest, finally they fell asleep in complete peace.
Kreia was in the Jedi Archives when she saw Master Vrook walking around the Archives.
"Master Vrook, good morning." She said.
"Good morning Kreia" He said coldly. "What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Remembering good times." She answered.
"Before you took that rebellious padawan under your wing?" He asked more coldly than ever.
"Revan?" She asked confused.
"Yes, Revan. That Padawan has defied us in many times, first with joining to the Mandalorian Wars and now with his relationship with Shan. I can't believe that the Council allowed them to be together." Vrook said darkly. He shook his head and took a deep breath. "What happened with the old traditions and the old bows the Jedi did?" He asked.
"Well, let me tell you Vrook, that I have found a planet where the Force is strong, maybe if you talk with the Council, all of you could go there and reconnect with the old traditions of the Order." Kreia said.
"Thank you Kreia, I will talk with the Council." Vrook said.
Vrook left the Archives; Kreia went to one of the loneliest parts of the Archives. She took a holocommunicator out of her robe
"What take you so long?" Darth Sion asked upset.
"Sorry for the waiting Sion." Kreia answered.
"Do you have any news?" He asked.
"I have found the information you were looking for, and I heard that Revan has found the first holocron in Dantooine." She said.
"That's good to hear, we can now set the tramp for Revan." He said darkly. "What else you know?" He asked.
"He and his group are going to Korriban." She answered.
"Good, we can send Sith Assassins to Korriban, they will ambushed the groups and take Revan prisoner. They will bring him to him." He said.
"Another thing Sion, I have convinced the Council to go to Malachor, there we can strike down the Council and the Jedi Order will be lost." Kreia said.
"Good, we will see us again, Master." Sion said.
Kreia nodded and turned off his holo-communicator.
It was around midnight and Revan couldn't sleep, he was stirring in his sleep, he woke up feeling scared, he was sweating. He sat on the bed, after a while he got up from the bed trying not to wake up Bastila; he put on a sweatshirt and left the room. He descended the ramp of the ship only to find HK.
"Query: Has someone disturbed your process of sleeping-mode, master?" HK said.
"What?" Revan asked confused. "No, HK, I just had a bad dream, that's all" He answered. "Keep guarding the ship, I'm going to take a walk."
"Answer: As you wish master." HK said.
Revan walked off from the hangar where the Hawk was, he walked across the plains of Dantooine, it was silent, and the only thing could be heard was the sound of the crickets. After a few minutes walking, he decided to stop on the top of a hill; he stared at the landscape lost in his thoughts about the dream.
"Revan?" A voice behind him asked.
He turned around and saw Bastila staring at him with a worried look. Her presence was like a warm sun that relaxed him. For him she was perfect, no doubt why he had asked her to marry him, this woman was an essential part of his life as well as he was an essential part of hers. Even in his darkest moments, she was the light that helped him to recover his track. She was standing no more than five feet away from him, her long dark brown hair was falling in front of her left shoulder. She had a light blanket around her shoulders, probably the first thing she grabbed when she got up to follow Revan.
"Hi sweetheart, I didn't mean to wake you." He said.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I just have a nightmare, I needed fresh air." He answered looking at the moons.
Bastila made her way to him, she took his hand in hers and placed her free hand on Revan's cheek and started to caress with her thumb.
"What did you saw?" She asked looking at his eyes. He placed his hand over hers.
"A monster that cradled in my head, that thing was creepy, it was as if it was inside me, just torturing me with horrible images." He answered softly. "You were far away, I couldn't reach you." He said looking at her bluish-gray eyes he loved.
She embraced him, resting her head on his chest. "Don't worry, it was just a dream." She said. He drew a faint smiled across his face. The two stayed in each other's arms for minutes with him stroking her long brown hair and kissing her at the top of the head.
A soft breeze passed through the two Jedis, Revan felt Bastila shivering. "Come, let's return to the Hawk."
An hour later, Revan was staring at the ceiling of the ship, he couldn't sleep, he turned to see the holoclock and realized it was 1:30 am. He turned around and saw Bastila sleeping peacefully next to him; he smiled and sat up on the edge of the bed. He stayed in silence for a while until he felt a soft hand on his back; when he turned around, Bastila was staring at him. He smiled faintly at her and lay back down on bed.
"Hey." He said softly.
She placed her hand on his cheek and looked him directly in his eyes. "Is everything alright?" She asked worried.
He looked away and laid flat on his back, "I don't know." He answered looking at the ceiling.
She lifted herself up and kissed him softly on the lips. "Try to sleep, okay?" She said and rested her head on his shoulder and snuggled closer to him.
He wrapped an arm around her and kissed her on the forehead. "I will." He answered; finally Revan fell asleep in a warm embrace.
The next morning, Revan found with Master Dorak and Mical. After saying goodbye to Dorak, Mical and Revan returned to the ship, from there he spoke to the other groups about their next destination: Korriban.
"Okay Atton, set course for Korriban." Revan said.
"As you command Revan." Atton answered.
The Hawk took off from Khoonda settlement, after the ship exited Dantooine's orbit, the Hawk entered in hyperspace.
"Okay, we will arrive to Korriban in three days." Atton said.
"Thanks Atton." Revan answered.
Atton nodded and left the cockpit, in the main hold, Atton met with Mical. He had blond hair and blue eyes, Atton felt a little jealous about Mical, he had met Meetra in his younger years and surely had developed feelings for her.
"So, you must be Mical, The Discipline no?" Atton asked.
"Yes that's right, and you must be Atton, nice to meet you." Mical answered extending his hand. Atton shook hands with Mical.
"Hey guys." Meetra said.
"Hi Meetra, can I talk you for a moment?" Atton asked.
"Sure." Meetra said. The two left the main hold and went to Atton's room.
"What do you want to talk about?" She asked.
"Where did you meet Mical?" He asked crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"In the Enclave of Dantooine." Meetra answered confused. "Wait, are you jealous of him?" She asked.
"What?" Atton asked "No" He lied.
"C'mon Atton." Meetra said.
"Okay, maybe a little." He said.
"Don't worry Atton, Mical and I met when we where teens, and although he developed feelings for me, I was never interested in him." She said.
"And now?" He asked.
"Well, I met this handsome guy, he likes pazaak, he is about this height." She said showing the height of Atton. "He has the most beautiful hazel eyes I've seen, and has dark brown hair."
"Do I know him?" Atton asked.
"Yes, in fact, he is traveling with us." Meetra answered smiling; she kissed Atton lightly in the lips. "Don't worry." She said and returned to the main hold.
Revan had in his hand the holocron, he took a deep breath and turned it on, an image of him appeared, he was like 18 or 19 years.
"I know the Council is not going to accept these recordings, but I want the people know what is happening, why the Jedis have done nothing. My name is Revan, I am the youngest Jedi to be knighted. We are in the middle of a war against the Mandalorians." The hologram of Revan said.
"Six months ago, the Republic asked for help to the Jedi Order and they didn't do anything, they said it wasn't our war. It's supposed that the Jedi helps the needed and they say it isn't our war? Well, screw that, I have talked with my friend Alek and with my sister Meetra, they agree with me, we are going to join with the Republic to defeat the Mandalorians, we don't care about the Order anymore."
After the recording ended, Revan stayed silent and replayed it again and again. Three days passed and the crew felt worried by Revan, he hadn't left the training room for any reason. He had barely slept and ate.
"Revan?" Bastila asked entering in the room. Revan was so concentrated in the recording that he never saw her sitting in front of him.
"When was the last time you eat?" She asked.
"Yesterday." He answered.
"My love, you need to rest." She said.
"I will rest when this is over." He answered, when the recording ended, Bastila took away the holocron so they could talk without distractions.
"Revan, look me in the eyes." She said and he lifted his head meeting her bluish-gray eyes. "What's the problem?" She asked.
"The holocrons, they are the problem; I can't imagine what is going to happen if the Sith finds them." He said gazing at the floor. "What would be the future for us…for our family? I can't…" But she placed her finger on his lips.
"Revan, don't talk like that." She said seriously. "We are going to find those holocrons, and we will fight against the Sith if we need to." Revan drew a faint smile on his face.
"C'mon, you need to get out of here." She said dragging him out from the training room. "And also you need to eat something and rest a little."
"What would I do without you?" He asked.
"Maybe you would lose your head." She said sarcastically.
After eating something and taking a shower, Revan rested a little before the Hawk arrived at Korriban.