Chapter 7 is here, along with part 2 of the Mortis arc. And two important things happen to Revan.
MYSTERY ON MORTIS!
SENT TO DISCOVER THE ORIGIN OF A MYSTERIOUS DISTRESS CALL, OBI-WAN KENOBI, REVAN, ANAKIN SKYWALKER, AND HIS PADAWAN AHSOKA TANO ARE STRANDED ON A DISTANT PLANET.
THERE, THEY DISCOVER THREE BEINGS MORE POWERFUL WITH THE FORCE THAN ANY JEDI HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
THE FATHER KEEPS A FRAGILE BALANCE BETWEEN HIS DAUGHTER, WHO ALLIES WITH THE LIGHT SIDE, AND THE SON, WHO DRIFTS EVER CLOSER TO THE DARK.
WITH HIS STRENGTH FAILING, THE FATHER ASKS ANAKIN TO STAY AND TAKE HIS PLACE, PRESERVING THE BALANCE BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK.
BUT AFTER PASSING A PERILOUS TEST, SKYWALKER REFUSES...
It was night when Obi-Wan flew the shuttle while the two youngest Jedi went to the back of it to check on something as Anakin slept on the one of the beds. The older Knight suddenly awoke while panting and holding a hand to his face. "Were you having a nightmare?" Ahsoka asked him as they turned to him. "Something like that." he replied before standing up just as the shuttle shook. "If your done napping, I could use a little help here." Obi-Wan said. "I'm coming." he replied, when the two Knights suddenly heard Ahsoka struggling and turned around. The Son had his arms wrapped around her shoulders as he smirked coldly at the Knights before the cockpit door closed, cutting them off from Obi-Wan.
"Leaving so soon?" he asked before turning Ahsoka around to face him and grip her neck and start choking her. "Not without this, you won't." he said. "Let her go!" Revan growled demandingly before the floor hatch opened and the Son jumped out with Ahsoka as she yelled. "Ahsoka!" the Knights cried out as they watched their friend fall. The two ran back into the cockpit before Revan sat down in one of the back seats and Anakin took the co-pilot seat. "What's going on?" Obi-Wan asked, noticing their distress. "The Son took Ahsoka." Anakin said quickly, pressing a few buttons above and beside him.
"What the blazes are you talking about?" Obi-Wan asked. "Move. Let me fly!" the older Knight said, pulling his steering control to the side and making the ship turn around. Anakin soon caught up with the Son as they started to fly through a canyon with some large stone spires. The older Knight managed to swerve around a few of them and as he was now directly behind the Son, the gargoyle shot off faster with a burst of speed and into some dense fog. Anakin pushed the shuttle to go into it before they suddenly came upon a giant glowing green orb on a tower. "Look out!" Obi-Wan warned him before using his controls to serve around it. Anakin took control back, but it was too late. A few warning beeps went off before they suddenly crashed into the ground and slid at least 30 feet away from where they crashed before coming to a stop.
The two Knights clutched their heads with one of their hands in pain as Obi-Wan's chest and head lay on his side on the dash as the consoles around them sparked from being broken. "I didn't think you saw it." the Master said, getting up from his seat as the other two did as well. "It was a giant tower! Of course I saw it!" Anakin defended himself exasperatedly before they walked down the ramp. "Any sign of him?" the older Knight asked them as he looked around before stepping off the ramp. "No. But I think it's obvious where he's taken her." Obi-Wan said as they took a few steps forward and looked at the tower they'd almost crashed into.
"We must hurry." Anakin said as he attempted to start walking before Obi-Wan suddenly walked in front of him to stop him before placing his hands on his first padawan's shoulders for a moment. "Anakin, this wasn't a mistake. He brought us here for a reason. We must not get involved. Any conflict here could have dramatic repercussions for the universe at large." the Master warned him before Anakin pushed past him. "I don't care. He's too powerful for Ahsoka. I won't leave her alone." the older Knight replied. "Me neither." Revan said, walking up to him and earning a nod as they kept walking before Obi-Wan placed a hand on both their shoulders and turned them around.
"We are in the middle of something we don't truly understand. We'd be wise to confer with the Father first." the Master argued. "There's no time." Anakin rejected the idea. "This is what he wants. To divide us." Obi-Wan tried to reason. "It's my fault he took her!" the other man snapped before Obi-Wan placed a hand on his shoulder. "You must feel how strong this part of the planet is with the Dark Side. The Father will know what to do." Obi-Wan assured, patting him on the shoulder before turning back to the ship. "He can't help us." Anakin replied as he and Revan started walking towards the tower.
The two Knights were still walking when Revan suddenly stopped and looked towards a small cave at least 10 feet to their left. Anakin noticed him stop and turned partway around. "What are you doing? If we don't hurry, he might kill Ahsoka!" he reminded urgently. Revan replied without looking at him. "You go ahead. I need to do something…" the teen said as he walked towards the cave entrance "Fine. But try not to take too long." Revan walked through the cave tunnel before coming upon a small area with an empty pedestal in the middle. 'The Force is very strong here.' the Knight walked to it slowly before placing his mechno on it. Revan's back arched as a look of intense pain crossed his face before suddenly blacking out...
You have allowed this Dark Lord to twist your mind, until now… until now, you have become the very thing you swore to destroy.
Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan! I see through the lies of the Jedi! I do not fear the Dark Side as you do! I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire!
Your new Empire?
Don't make me kill you.
Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic! To democracy!
If you're not with me, then you're my enemy!
Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must.
You will try.
You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!
I hate you!
You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you...
Revan awoke with a startle and pushed himself onto his hands and knees as he looked at the ground in horror and disbelief. 'Anakin… my best friend, will become Darth Vader… The things he'll do… At least I know his son will bring him back to the light in the end and that he'll fulfil his destiny by killing Sidious. I know I should tell someone, but… I just can't. Besides, it'll all work out in the end anyway.' Revan used the pedestal to pull himself up before noticing something, two crossguard lightsaber hilts were hovering above the pedestal. 'The hell? These weren't here before.' he reached out with his mechno and grabbed the silver hilt before inspecting it.
'How do you-' his thoughts were interrupted when he accidentally channeled the Force through it, causing it to ignite a light-blue sparkling blade, as his eyes to widened. 'A permafrost crystal?! This is one the rarest saber crystals in the galaxy!' he sheathed it and clipped it onto his belt after moving his purple one to the back of his belt. The Knight reached out with his off-hand and grabbed the black crossguard hilt before igniting it the same way as the other, causing an orange blade that looked like a river of lava to appear. 'A lava crystal?! Another rare crystal!' the teen sheathed it and clipped it onto the other side of his belt before making his way out of the cave.
The Knight managed to climb over the wall and drop into the tower's courtyard just in time to see Anakin walking to Ahsoka, who was kneeling in front of a tree with her back to them. Revan's posture became guarded. 'Something's wrong with her.' he sensed, rushing up to Anakin before the two walked forward. "Ahsoka. Ahsoka, it's us. You're safe now. Let's go." he urged her. "Are you proud of me, Master?" she suddenly asked. "What? Of course, Snips. Course i'm proud of you. Now, let's get out of here." he urged again. "He's right, right about everything. You must join him." she said, standing up and facing them.
Revan's eyes widened in horror at her appearance, her orange skin was darker and lots of her blood veins were black. And worst of all, her eyes were no longer blue… They were yellow. 'There's no way she follows the Dark Side voluntarily. That son of a bitch did something to her!', "He only wants what's best for the universe." she said in a false-concerned, mock-gentle tone and look. 'Oookay… the way she said that creeped me out little.', "Hey, what's wrong with you?" her master asked concerned. Ahsoka rolled her eyes as a glare appeared on her face.
"Always with the criticism, Master. Never really believing in me, trusting me. Well, I don't need you anymore." she said, turning her back to them. "Ahsoka. Ahsoka listen to me. He has done something to you. Snap out of it. This isn't you, Ahsoka!" Anakin said, trying to get through to her. "Isn't it? I feel more like myself than I ever have!" she exclaimed throwing her arms out in what appeared to be joy. "He asked me to give you a message. He said if you don't join him, he will kill me." she said with a small chuckle. "I won't let him." he swore. "Then you will be forced to kill me!" she replied, turning to them with a glare and summoning her saber and activating it before lunging into the air and bringing her saber down on her master.
Anakin blocked it and started to dodge her two-handed slashes, only blocking the ones he needed to. The master and apprentice continued to block and slash while Revan watched from a few feet away, refusing to get involved. "I don't want to fight you, Ahsoka." the older Knight said, blocking another slash. Ahsoka backflipped, kicking him in the jaw and knocking him onto his front as his lightsaber rolled away. Ahsoka landed on the ground crouched down before standing back up and reactivating her saber. "And now the student will kill the master!" she declared. Anakin summoned his saber from behind her as she jumped into the air, bringing her saber down again just as he reclaimed his and stood back up in time to block her blow.
"Getting ahead of yourself aren't you, Snips?" he asked, taunting her a bit. "Don't call me that! I hate it when you call me that!" she snapped, breaking the saberlock and trading a few more blows before he twisted their saber and disarming her as it flew upward. Ahsoka jumped onto his chest and used him to jump forward and onto the edge of the small elevated area with the tree before raising her hand and catching her saber. Ahsoka turned around with a dark grin before activating both her sabers as Obi-Wan came up beside Anakin with his ready. "Two Jedi. Finally a challenge." she said before leaping at them. Anakin jumped over her slashes before both Jedi each blocked one of her attacks.
Revan continued to watch.. 'I know I should help them, but… I just can't bear the thought of ever fighting her… I could never forgive myself if I accidentally hurt her…' the two Jedi blocked a few more blows before she flipped over Obi-Wan who managed to turn around quickly and trade slashes. Anakin returned to fighting and used tried to use the Force to push her away, Ahsoka however stabbed her sabers into the ground to keep from getting pushed back too far. "Any suggestions?" Anakin asked his former master, turning his head to him. "Yes. We cut her free." Obi-Wan said, grabbing something from his belt as it formed into a dagger. "What is that?" Anakin asked in surprise as Ahsoka pulled her blades out of the ground. "It can kill the Son." the Master answered. "Where did you get that!? Give it to me!" she demanded as her voice sounded like the Son and hers together before she charged at them. Anakin blocked the lunge and the three resumed their fight when suddenly, the towers glass window broke and the Son and Daughter came flying out before landing in the spot the three Jedi had just leapt out of the away from.
The Son recovered first and stood to face the Father as he landed on the small elevated edge. "So glad you could make it to our little party, father." the Son said before shooting red lightning at the older man. The Father held both hands up and started blocking it. "You will stop this." the old man commanded as he kept blocking while the Jedi stood back up before the Son started using both hands. "You are too weak for me, old man. You mean nothing to me anymore." he snarled. A few seconds later the Father couldn't hold it back anymore and was blasted back before landing on the ground.
The Son jumped onto the elevated area and walked up to his father as the older man sat up before electrocuting more. "Anakin! Now!" Obi-Wan called out, tossing him the dagger. Unfortunately Ahsoka grabbed it mid-air and ran to the Son before giving them a dark triumphant smirk as she held it up tauntingly. The Son let up his attack and turned round to face her. "Everything has transpired exactly as I planned." he said with a triumphant smirk. "You showed them the Altar?" the Father asked his daughter, seeing the dagger as he managed to stand.
"I'm sorry, father. I didn't know how else to stop him." she apologized as Obi-Wan helped her stand and walk a few steps forward. "Give it to me, child." the Son ordered Ahsoka as he held his hand out. Ahsoka turned her head to the others with the same dark smirk. "Ahsoka, no!" Anakin pleaded as he took a few steps forward. Revan's heart sped up in fear as he felt something bad was going to happen. Ahsoka looked at the dagger before looking up at the Son and handing it to him before he swung it around a bit. "Thank you. Your usefulness has come to an end." he said before touching her head with two fingers. Ahsoka dropped to the ground and her lightsaber rolled out of her hand…
A look of horror and anguish formed onto Revan's face as he felt her life force vanish. 'She's… dead…' the teen stood frozen from what had just happened. " No!" Anakin cried out in horror as he attempted to run to her. The Son Force-pushed him back a few feet before turing to the Father. "The Jedi have brought me the dagger, and you have brought yourself. Now, father. You will die." he declared, holding the blade up. "Father!" the Daughter cried out as she rushed towards them. The Son brought it down just as she jumped in between them, causing him to impale her in the back.
The Son pulled away from her quickly with a look of horror on his face at what he'd done, just as her ethereal glow disappeared. The Father grabbed her to keep her from falling as his son looked at his hands in horror. "Why!?" he yelled in anguish before leaping into the air and flying off in gargoyle form. Revan finally snapped out of it and whipped his hood back so fast it almost ripped before taking his mask off and tossing it away as he rushed to Ahsoka's side before kneeling down and gently wrapping his flesh arm around her shoulders and placing his mecho on her waist.
Revan gently cradled her lifeless body in his arms. "Ahsoka… please come back to me... I'm begging you…" he pleaded softly as tears rolled down his face. Anakin came up quickly and kneeled beside him before looking at his other friend pleadingly. Revan closed his eyes and slowly shook his head as the Father took the dagger out of his daughter and tossed it away before laying her gently on the ground. "My daughter. What have I done." he questioned himself as she coughed a bit before placing a comforting hand in his. "Do not hate him, father. It is his nature." she replied.
"No. All is lost. The balance has been broken. I thought by bringing you here, I would…" he trailed off and shook his head slowly as the sky boomed with thunder and lightning. "But I have destroyed everything." he said, caressing his daughters cheek gently. "Can you help her?" Anakin asked him, referring to Ahsoka. "There is no light. The evil has been unleashed, and the Dark Side shall consume her." he answered. "You must help her!" the older Knight pleaded. "I cannot undo what is done. There is no hope." the old man said. "Yes, there is! There's always hope!" Anakin replied, not giving up.
The Father said nothing as he closed his eyes before the Daughter got his attention and pointed at Ahsoka. The Father stood up and walked a few steps away from their heads before gesturing Anakin to kneel in front of him. The older Knight did so and closed his eyes as he moved his arms the same way the Father was. "Then let my daughter's last act be to breathe life into your friend." he said as Anakin placed his middle fingers onto each of their heads before the Daughter glowed brightly again as it moved onto Ahsoka for a moment. Anakin stopped a second later and the Daughter was no longer glowing.
Ahsoka's skin returned to its normal orange and the black veins disappeared but her eyes remained closed. Revan cupped her cheek softly with his mechno hand and rested his forehead on hers before closing his eyes. "Ahsoka… please wake up… I… I love you…" he whispered softly. A moment later a hand cupped his cheek and soft lips pressed against his in a gentle kiss. The two broke away and smiled softly at one another. "I love you too…" she whispered before he closed the distance and they shared another love-filled kiss. After they broke apart he helped her sit up and moved back a bit. "Hey, Snips." Anakin greeted with a soft chuckle and smile after hugging her. "What's going on?" she asked them in a groggy voice, before looking at Obi-Wan questioningly for a second.
"Not much. It's good to see you." Anakin said before he and Revan helped her up and Obi-Wan handed her saber back to her. "As the balance in this world crumbles, so shall war escalate in your galaxy. As my son has descended into the Dark Side, so have the Sith gained strength." the Father said, kneeling beside his daughter. "We will stop your son." Anakin promised. "No. You must go now. He needs your ship to leave the planet. You must eave before he can take it." the old man warned. "What about you?" Obi-Wan asked. "I shall mourn all that i've done. And all that is yet to be." he replied before they hopped of the small ledge. Revan summoned his mask with the Force and clipped it onto his belt before lacing the fingers of his mechno-arm with Ahsoka's and sharing a loving smile with her as the four Jedi exited the tower and started walking back towards the shuttle...
Chapter 7 is done and Episode III is halfway over. It's taken awhile but Revan and Ahsoka are finally together.