Chapter 19

Plans of Revival

"There are dark places in the Galaxy where few tread. Ancient centers of learning, of knowledge. But I did not walk alone. To be united by hatred is a fragile alliance at best. But my will was not law. There were disagreements, ambition… and hunger for power. There are techniques within the Force against which there is no defense. I was cast down, stripped of my power, exiled. I suffered indignities, and fell into darkness."

Darth Traya, Sith Lord of Betrayal

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The beeping of her communications unit spurred Robyn's eyes open, she sat up in her bed and slipping into a set of robes to hide her undergarments walked over to the comm. and hit a few buttons on the device. A holographic image of a human male appeared in front of her, his face was old and weathered with long, silvery-grey hair, leathery skin and sharp dark blue eyes.

"Inquisitor Vallace" he said, nodding formerly to the young woman.

"Inquisitor Silvermaine" Vallace replied bowing formerly to the much older Inquisitor, Silvermaine was one of the oldest known Inquisitors in the Inquisition, no one knew his real age but many Inquisitors of the Resurrectionists thought of him to be perhaps thousands of years old.

"What news do you have for me Inquisitor" the old man asked "It better be important!"

"It is Inquisitor" Robyn replied "As you know I have been assigned by the Lord Inquisitor to be the liaison between the Imperium and the GA to survey their technologies and define their uses to the survival of humanity"

"I am aware Inquisitor" the old man said "What have you found out on their technology"

"The Alliances medical technology is impressive however there is one thing that stands out, a healing liquid known as Bacta which has the ability to heal the most serious wounds and cure the worst illnesses"

"You aren't serious?" Silvermaine asked in slight disbelief.

"I am very serious Inquisitor" Robyn replied patiently "And in the proper quantities I believe that this fluid can restore the Emperor to what he was before the Horus Heresy, he will require full submersion in the liquid but I have run tests and the results are conclusive" she took out a datachip, inserted it into the communications console and pushed several runes "I am now sending the data to you"

Silvermaine was silent for several moments as the data arrived at his location and he scanned over the results "Well done my old apprentice, I will send word of this to our allies on Terra"

"There is one problem with the Bacta" Robyn managed "It is made from fairly rare synthetic chemicals including gelatinous, translucent red alazhi and kavam bacterial particles mixed within a colorless, viscous liquid called ambori, I have done many tests on these materials and found that although it can be duplicated there are probably only a hand full of worlds, if any at all who can supply it"

"It would probably take decades to find the materials that are needed for this liquid" Silvermaine said in annoyance as he scanned the list of ingredients.

"The Alliance ships have a massive supply of Bacta" Robyn ventured "I think we can negotiate with them to give us a large enough supply of Bacta to heal the Emperor"

"Do you think they will just give us the Bacta" Silvermaine asked skeptically, obviously thinking of taking it by force.

"I have already agreed to an exchange" Robyn said, smiling triumphantly at thinking a step ahead of her old mentor "The bacta for our own teleportation technology"

"That is one of our most vital technologies" Silvermaine warned.

"So is the Bacta to the Alliance" Robyn countered mildly "They wouldn't agree to anything less"

"Very well" the older Inquisitor conceded hesitantly "I will make contact with our allies On Terra, they will inform the honored Lord Inquisitor of the High Lords"

"You'd best be quick" Robyn said softly "The Magi is sending the same message to the Fabricator General"

"We must tread carefully on this one Robyn" Silvermaine said after a few moments of thought "There are powerful people on Holly Terra who would rather keep the Emperor incapacitated on the Golden Throne than have him walk among his people again"

"I know of the risks but I think the end result will be worth the danger, besides" Robyn said as her smile turned venomous "If these individuals do send their agents we are more than capable of defending ourselves"

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Gabriel was still getting over the idea that there was a legendary, four thousand year old Jedi, or Sith sitting across the table from him, Revan wore more or less the same black robes and mask that he was known for wearing, standing behind him was his daughter, her hazel eyes in a state of alertness, sitting next to Gabriel at the other side of the circular table was Captain Mynn who was as surprised by the old warrior as Gabriel was and finally Alana who was asked to be here by Revan himself.

"The first question you will be asking would be how I am here?" Revan asked calmly as he leaned against the chair.

"Yes sir" Gabriel said, his tone showing nothing but respect, although history on the Old Republic eras was limited thanks to Palpatine he knew enough about Revan that he left the Order as a Jedi Knight.

"After the Jedi Civil War I left for the unknown regions with a small force of my most trusted fellows to find the 'True Sith' and stop them from invading the galaxy" Revan began "When my fleet found them we fought them and chased them through a worm hole, but sadly they took us with them and we ended up in this galaxy. Once through my fleet was within the most nightmarish place ever imagined, a place I thought was the Chaos region of the netherworld, it was only later that I learned its true name…the Eye of Terror"

"You can't be serious human" Ishta said as she walked into the briefing room, still wearing her psycho-plastic armored suit, the bacta rap just visible around her wounded shoulder, she walked to the Alliances side of the table and sat down "No one has ever entered the Eye of Terror and escaped alive"

"But I have young Eldar" Revan retorted softly, the pain evident in his voice "I lost my entire fleet in that living hell, only my ship escaped and that was only by a hairsbreadth. I saw many horrific things, daemons appearing all over my ship, tearing my troops apart and burning them alive, even my fellow Jedi Knights started to fall to their never-ending numbers. After our costly escape we came across Cadia and asked the Imperium for help, we were repelled and only just escaped because of our hyperdrive, and we went into hiding after that"

"It does make some sense" Gabriel conceded "But how are you still alive, even sentient beings powerful in the force could only live for so long"

"While we were in hiding myself and the few surviving Jedi remained on Galenor and began relearning the ways of the force" Revan replied "Our run in with the warp and the forces of Chaos made us drastically rethink our views, we submerged ourselves in the force and spent many years relearning what we thought we knew. We were patient and so unlocked many interesting abilities, an example of this would be the ability to stop ones self from aging"

"Amazing" Gabriel breathed "I knew that the force had the ability to heal someone and rejuvenate lost strength but this is on a different level"

"You have brought us here for a reason" Alana said seriously "I can sense it"

"Perceptive" Sonya said, Gabriel noticed it was the first word she had said since arriving on the Firestorm.

"You are right my dear" Revan replied "And one of the main reasons is because of you"

"Me?" Alana asked, the young girl slightly taken aback "Why me"

"Because my dear of this" Revan said as he opened up a small pocket in his armored trousers and took out a crystal, it was small, about 3cm long and shaped like a long diamond, it seemed to shine with a violet light that colored the entire crystal "According to the most ancient records of the Jedi Order this is known as a Tython Crystal, very rare, can only be found on the planet Tython in the deep core of our galaxy, it is said that these crystals were used as a sort of imprisonment chamber"

"Tython" Gabriel thought out loud "That is the planet where according to ancient texts the Jedi Order originated"

"Correct" Revan said.

"How did you get this?" Gabriel asked "Tython Crystals haven't been seen in almost ten thousand years"

"Just before the Jedi Civil War when I was still Darth Revan I ordered a mass excavation of the Sith tomb-world of Korriban to search for ancient relics, weapons and training holocrons, one of the excavators found this, stupid fool nearly shattered it too, however when his pick-axe hit the crystal the tool shattered instead. I spent several years studying it but couldn't find a way to activate it; eventually I just began carrying it around as a good luck charm"

"So why bring it now?" Gabriel asked.

"It activated about two months ago but I didn't know about it at first until I heard a force call, very feint, but constant, when I went searching for the source it lead me to the crystal, it had changed color from the dull grey that I remember to the shinning violet you know see, I believe that its activation has something to do with your apprentice here" Revan explained, motioning towards Alana.

The immortal rose from his chair and walked around the table to the young girl before handed her the small crystal "Can you see anything child?"

Alana face furrowed as she scanned the diamond, the violet light seemed to originate from within the crystal, like a mist "I don't see anything" she finally said, Revan sighed wearily before moving to take the crystal back.

"Wait a minute" Alana said after a moment, the violet mist within the crystal began to clear and Alana began to vaguely make out a feminine humanoid form within, the persons arms were rapped around her knees in a fetal position "I see a person inside it, a woman, I think"

Revan and Gabriel were with her in a moment, both peering past Alana's shoulders into the recently cleared crystal. A few moments later and the crystal was completely cleared showing an alien woman, her form was human in appearance but at the base of her skull was a pair of head-tails that fell down past her slender, curled up form.

"A Twi'lek?" both Revan and Gabriel said in unison, as they spoke the little form began to move, Alana gasped as the Twi'lek opened her eyes, crimson red orbs glanced curiously out at them and a great warmth seemed to flow out into the surrounding force making everyone in the room feel at peace.

Cracks began to form on the crystal that expanded across the smooth surface like veins until they covered the entire surface, the crystal shattered making Alana almost fall out of her chair, a near blinding light formed just above the table and slowly the form of a being began to materialize making everyone jump away from the table in sudden surprise and shock. Slowly the naked form of the same alien woman appeared and floated over the table, her skin was a rich violet, her eyes were closed and her beautiful, fragile looking features were relaxed signifying that she appeared to be sleeping. As she slowly descended on top of the table Gabriel took off his robes and threw it over her naked form before checking her vital signs.

As he did so everyone else hesitantly approached the Twi'lek, unsure as to whether this person was really here or not "Is she alive" Revan asked.

"Yes" Gabriel replied "But she seems to be in a comatose state and she is seriously dehydrated. I think we need to get her to medical-bay for observation"

Everyone nodded in agreement before Mynn thumbed on her comlink to call th healers in the ships infirmary.

"Well done young one" Revan said to Alana "My hunch was correct"

"What do you mean?" Mynn asked, still a little taken aback by the sudden appearance of the Twi'lek woman.

"He was guided by whoever this woman is to me" Alana explained, unsure of how she knew this "She communicated with him through the force when she was awakened and asked him to find me"

"Good insight young one" Revan said "And I sense that you are more than just a powerful force-sensitive, however I do not know much else…it would appear that only she can answer all of our questions"

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At the fringe of the system, onboard a ship that appeared to be made of shadow, a shadowy figure stood watching the stars, the darkness of his haven made him close to invisible with only the outline of his figure just barely visible, the area behind him erupted with red fire and several Chaos daemons appeared on either side of him, communicating with a series of hacking growls.

Ignoring them he continued looked out the view-screen and a pair of glowing blood red eyes starred out in the direction of the congregation of ships hovering in the death worlds orbit, he sensed a powerful presence suddenly appear on one of those vessels, whose warm light seemed to stretch across the system, flowing through his ship like a tidal wave and unnerving the daemons around him who backed away in fear.

He growled and like a feral predator fell into a rigid battle position, a pair of black feathered wings unwrapped themselves from his form and stretched out protectively as a snarl escaped his mouth. The strength of this signature, its purity made him feel an ancient, primal fear that he had only felt twice in his long lifetime.

"We are too late" he growled angrily, his clawed hands glowing red from discharging warp fire, in a move too fast for a mortals eye to see he fired of a ball of warped energy from his right hand, the ball of red death colliding with a Chaos daemon and tore the creature apart in a combination of warp energy and gore, the creatures remains convulsed before, in a flash of red mist returned to the warp "They have released one of the Immortals!!!"

He remembered those warriors when he fought them almost twenty-five thousand years ago, and how they and their armies had killed so many of his kind, before the Horus Heresy when the Dark Gods wanted a new galaxy to play with, he and his army of mutants and traitors were sent through a worm hole they had created to a world known as Tython in another galaxy, it was there that they meet those Immortal warriors and their armies of gifted psykers. The war was intense and devastating, annihilating his entire army, but it had cost them as well, he had called for reinforcements, more of his kind had arrived and together they defeated these warriors and trapped them in their own imprisonment devices, but they had underestimated their enemy's followers, who amassed against them and threw them back to the warp.

He forced himself to calm down, if he attacked now he would be defeated, a small group of warriors were on that ship, including the one known as Revan, he would send word back to the Eye of Terror, the Dark Gods of Chaos would know what to do. The Infidel-class Escort he was on suddenly turned away, as if the ship psychically knew what he was thinking, obeying its master's thoughts and vanishing into the evil energies of the warp.

How was that? Do you like it, don't like it, hate it, love it, let me know. Who is this mysterious woman and what is her connection with Alana and Revan? Who are these Fallen Daemons from the warp? And what will be in store for Robyn and her allies? Wait and see.

Question: Space Marines do have the ability to teleport but would they need a tagged soldier on the ground?