Chapter 15: Answers.
"Where did you take that?" Carth asked.
"Revan gave it to me. He said if neither of you believed me, maybe that robe would convince you otherwise." Kraig said.
"I believe him." Bastila said.
"What? Are you really going to believe in the words of this Sith?" Carth asked surprised.
"Yes, if Revan trusted in this man to risk his own life and came here, then yes, I believe him." Bastila answered.
"You got to be kidding me." Carth said under his breath, then he took a deep breath. "Okay, so we need to examine the navigational computer to know where he came from." He said.
"No." Kraig answered shaking his head. "Sith ships have a special device that erases the navigational computer every time the ship arrives to docking bay." He said.
"So, what else we can do?" Carth asked.
"Look for the holocrons." Bastila answered.
Vrook entered in the Council room, he was assumed by the other masters. "You wanted to see me?" Vrook asked.
"Yes master Vrook." Master Kavar said. "We are glad to inform you that the Council has already made a decision."
"Good, what is it?" Vrook said.
"The Council has agreed to go to this planet Kreia talked about; we are hoping to learn about the old traditions of the Jedi before the Order allied with the Republic." Master Zhar said.
"Good, when do we go?" Vrook asked.
"Tomorrow." Master Atris said. Vrook thanked the Council and bowed, he exited the room. Finally, those fools will never know what to expect. Vrook said to himself.
Atton woke up alone in the bed, he knew that last night Meetra and he had fallen asleep in each other's arms, but now Meetra was gone, he got up and dressed up and went to the living room.
"Hey guys, has anyone seen Meetra?" He asked at his companions who were already awake.
"I think she went to the prison block." Mission answered.
"Why?" Atton asked confused.
"I don't know, but I heard that the officers arrested someone who maybe knows where Rev is." Mission answered.
"Okay, thanks Mish." Atton said and left the apartment, he made his way to the prison block to meet Meetra once she left the block.
Revan felt dizzy, all he could see was blurred images of people around him, he felt drugged. The officers who were guarding him were checking his condition after the slug was introduced in his body. Twenty minutes later, Sion entered in the room.
"Is he ready?" He asked.
"Yes, my Lord. He's ready." One of the officers answered. Sion smirked and approached to the table where Revan was tied up. Revan only move his head when he heard someone walking towards him, but he couldn't see him.
"So Revan." Sion said. "Are you ready to answer my questions?" He asked.
Revan only nodded with his head, the slug was already attached to his brain stem. "Good, now that you want to cooperate, I'm going to ask you, where are the holocrons?" Sion asked.
"Malachor." Revan whispered. "The-they….are…in….Malachor." He said again.
"Malachor, huh?" Sion asked. "Where to be precise?" He asked.
Revan could feel how his conscience was telling him not to say anything, but the toxins in his body were stronger than his own conscience. "T…T…Trayus Academy, they are hid in there." He answered.
Sion smirked, he obtain the most valuable information he could obtain. "Release him and return him to his cell. I'm going to tell Darth Nihilus that our patience has been rewarded." He said and left the room.
The officers released Revan and returned him to his cell, once they opened the door, they throw Revan inside. The officers were about to leave but Revan called them.
"Hey! Where you think you're going?" Revan asked trying to get up. The officers turned around and chuckled.
"After two weeks of been tortured, you still have guts to defy us?" One of them asked. "What is it? A joke?" The two officers laughed.
"No." Revan answered defying.
The two officers went serious. "You're a fool Revan. You have been beaten, whipped and electrocuted. And now you have a slug inside your body. You should stop before end up dead." The other officer said.
"I've defeat the Mandalorians, the Dark Lord and the Sith more times that you can count, you're not match for me." Revan said.
"I think he wants us to teach him a lesson." One of the Officers said. The two chuckled and looked at Revan.
"Bring it on." Revan said. One of the officers hit Revan in the face, making him to lose his balance and fell on the ground when Revan stood up, his blood was running down his nose, the other officer grabbed Revan for the arms and held him while the other hit him. Revan fell on the ground again and the second officer took the opportunity to kick him in the chest; Revan only felt how his ribs broke with the blow, while Revan was clutching his left side, the other Sith officer took his blaster riffle and hit Revan's hand broking his fingers, Revan groaned in pain, the Sith laughed and left the cell, leaving Revan alone. After a while, Revan sat on the floor and leaned back on the wall, he looked at his broken fingers and looked around for something to make an improvised splint. He saw a rock and took it, "Okay, this is going to hurt." He whispered, he placed the rock below his fingers and straightened them. Revan did his best for not to cry in pain, then he tore off the hemline of his pants and wrapped it around his fingers.
Atton waited outside the prison block, when he saw Meetra coming out, he smiled and rushed to her side.
"Hey babe." He said.
"Hi Atton." She answered smiling at him. "How did you find me?" She asked seconds later.
"Mission told me you came here because they caught a Sith who claims to know information about Revan." He answered.
Meetra sighed, "Yes it's true, Bastila called me fifteen minutes after I woke up and told me that a man had information about Revan, so I decided to come." She said.
"And?"
"His name is Kraig and told us that Revan was his cellmate back at the planet where Revan was taken. He said Revan is being torture so we need to rescue him."
Atton stayed silent, "So, what now?" He asked moments later.
"Unfortunately, he never heard the name of the planet where he was imprisoned:" Meetra answered.
"You mean we still need to go to Malachor, right?" Atton asked worried.
Meetra only shook his head. "Don't worry; I'll help you once we arrived there." Atton said hugging Meetra. "I know." She whispered.
"C'mon, I need to know how the repairs of the Hawk are." Meetra said after a while, she and Atton walked to the hangars to talk with Bao about the condition of the ship.
After talking with Bao, Meetra and Atton returned to the apartment. When they entered they found Kraig talking with the group, Meetra asked what had happened, Bastila explained to them that after arguing with Carth about freeing Kraig, she convinced him to release Kraig and then returned to the apartment to make a plan to find Revan.
"How are going the repairs of the Hawk?" Jolee asked.
Meetra sighed and said, "Bao said he's working as fast as he can, the Hawk is going to be ready in three days."
"Well, we still need to make a plan." Kraig said.
Revan couldn't sleep; the toxins caused by the slug inside his body make him to suffer hallucinations and terrible nightmares. He woke up in fear, sweating and breathing heavily, when he sat up in his bed, the pain of his broken ribs travel through his body made him to bend of pain, he lay back down slowly trying to relax, after the pain vanished, he stared at the ceiling of his cell wondering when he would be rescued.
Nihilus was in the bridge of the Ravager, he was looking at the planet below when Sion came in.
"Have you had any news?" Nihilus asked.
"I'm glad to say yes, my Lord, the slug was successful, Revan has finally revealed the location of the holocrons." Sion said with satisfaction.
"Good, where are they?" Nihilus asked.
"They are in Malachor, Trayus Academy to be more specific." Sion answered.
"Good, go to Malachor and recover the holocrons." Nihilus said.
Sion nodded, "Have you heard that the Council finally made a decision?" He asked.
"Yes, those fools have fallen in our trap, as soon as they are dead; the Jedi Order will be lost." Nihilus said. "Come, I want to show you something."
Sion and Nihilus walked through the ship until they reached to the hangar, there; various ships were being boarded by Dark Jedis disguised as Jedis.
"What are you planning Nihilus?" Sion asked.
"I'm not taking any risks, Sion. I want to have all the bases covered, the Dark Jedis are going to infiltrate in other enclaves to destroy the rest of the Order from the inside." Nihilus answered.
Sion smiled, "Good plan, I'm going to prepare myself, I'll be back in two days." Sion said and returned to his shuttle. The shuttle descended to the planet below, it was raining on the planet, but when Sion entered on the Academy, he could hear Revan crying in pain. Sion smiled and found Kryat standing next to the table where Revan was.
"How is he?" Sion asked.
"Suffering, the slug is growing inside his body and it's releasing more toxins everyday." Kryat answered smiling.
Sion approached to Revan, he was sweating and was telling incoherencies, his face was losing his fair color and was getting pale; around his mouth were appearing like green circles and a path of dry blood ran down from his nostrils.
"How long he had been out of his cell?" Sion asked returning his attention to Kryat. "Ten hours since yesterday." Kryat answered. "He is still strong, even with a parasitic animal inside his body; he was capable of defying two of our officers."
"So they give him a lesson." Sion said with a smirk on his gray face. "Kryat, you'll be in charge of Revan while I'm going to recover the holocrons. Don't kill him; he is going to be the last Jedi to die after the Order has fallen." He said walking to the main hall of the Academy.
"As you wish master." Kryat said. He turned his attention to Revan. "Take him to his cell and left him alone."
"When are you arriving?" Traya asked through the communicator.
"In a day." Vrook answered. "I'm ready to show those fools that my new power is not match for them. I knew that accepting Revan again in the Order was a mistake, but they never listened." He said feeling his dark energy increasing.
"Patience Vrook, remember to control your dark energy. "Traya said.
Vrook took a deep breath and calmed himself a bit. "I'm going to create a new Order where every violation to the Code is going to bring terrible consequences."
Traya smirked, "The Padawans you brought, have become apprentices of the Dark Side very fast, they're full of hate, anger and fear." She said through the communicator.
"Good, soon the Council is going to fall to our feet." Vrook said, then he heard a knock in his door. "I need to go."
"We'll see us in a day." Traya said, Vrook nodded his head and turn off his communicator. When Traya turned off her communicator, she turned to the apprentices, who were practicing with their lightsaber.
Hours later, Sion's ship arrived at Malachor, when he descended, he was greeted by Traya.
"Master." He said bowing in front of Traya.
"You may raise apprentice." She said covering his head with her hood.
Sion got up, "It's good to see you after what happened in Peragus, master." He said.
"Yes, it's true. I see you bring Dark Jedis with you." Traya said when she saw the Dark Jedis descending from the ship.
"That's right, the slug was a great success, Revan has given us the location of the holocrons, they are here." Sion answered.
Traya smiled, "I've heard you have an apprentice." She said moments later. "That's right, his name is Kryat, he is full of hate and anger, he's good." Sion said. Traya and Sion walked to Trayus Academy where the new apprentices were training. Traya told Sion that the Council was on his way to Malachor, Sion smiled and said that he would help to take down the Council with the help of his Dark Jedi, Traya nodded and the two walked through Trayus Academy looking for the holocrons.
A day later, the ship of the Council descended on the desolated planet of Malachor, when the ramp went down, The Council came out.
"Are you sure this is the place Vrook?" Kavar asked.
"I'm sure Kavar." Vrook said. "We must head this way." He said pointing to a strange structure at the distance.
"Something is not right." Zhar whispered.
"What do you mean?" Atris asked in a low voice.
"I can feel dark energy emanating from this place." Zhar answered.
"Yes, I feel it too Zhar. I believe we are on a Sith planet." Atris answered.
"Both are right." Vandar said. "But, not only in an ordinary Sith world we are, we are on Malachor."