Disclaimer – Don't own SW, thanks George
A/N ok now that the large time skips are over we can begin, and I had a typo in the last 3 chapters, Coruscant was misspelled; I have corrected this in all the other chapters. Also I had to fix a screw up in the last chapter, a minor one concerning Han's mother's name. Jaina Solo was her name, apparently Han named both a ship and his first born daughter for her. Also since its been a while I just wanted to reiterate that Bastila and Padme are the same person here.
"Spoken"
'Thought'
Spirit
Star Wars
Dark Lords of the Sith
Chapter 4
Reunion
Sith Interdictor Revenge
On route to Coruscant
The Ship the Exile had brought was frankly, junk. But that wasn't the point. It was his ship. No sooner had Revan walked into the bay, and his eyes fallen on the ship, had he ordered everyone out. Once all the techs and pilots were out and the doors sealed, Revan reached up and undid the fasteners on the straps holding his mask in place. As the mask slid off his features were finally revealed. Only in the presence of Malak and Kaira Strone, the Jedi Exile, would Revan remove it. He had once walked with the 2 around the ship with out the armor; none of the other Sith had recognized him.
He had long ago replaced the Durasteel armor he had made while he was on Tatooine with an exact replica of his old armor made of Mandalorian Iron. A now rare but desirable metal as it was naturally Lightsaber resistant and was more than able to take a few blaster shots before giving out. His features were rather unremarkable, ear length dark brown hair and green eyes with an average overall appearance. As he walked around the D shaped ship he reached up and ran his along the outer hull.
She was an old Dynamic-class freighter, her hull pockmarked with small holes and appeared to be in overall bad shape, but he had seen her take worse. The Exile watched from the hangar bay doors as Revan examined the ship. As he approached what amounted to the ships nose, which housed the cockpit, his eyes fell on a simple bit of lettering written in Galactic Basic. He himself had scrawled those two simple words of her name on her hull.
Ebon Hawk
Without a word he moved up the ramp and into the ship. It was a mess, anything not bolted down was thrown about but other than that she appeared to be in order. How Kaira had flown her back in this mess was something of a mystery. He quickly exited the ship and walked to where the Exile stood.
"Have the crews worked double teams; I want the Hawk ready by the time we reach Coruscant"
Kaira nodded.
"Will do, you're taking her down?"
Revan smiled as he re-dawned his mask and hood.
"She's my ship, besides I'm certain it will do Bastila good to see her"
Kaira followed Revan as he left the bay and the tech crews poured in and began work on the Hawk. Why Lord Revan would want an old ship like this restored they had no idea, but they had their orders and would carry them out to the letter.
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Courasaunt
1500 Republica
Senatorial Residence Block
12 hours later
Slipping past the guards stationed inside her residence building had been painfully easy, as had slipping the Ebon Hawk onto the roof. One would think that with the assassination attempt against her just a few hours ago the Senators guards would be more aware. Not that he meant her any harm mind you, quite the opposite; he had accelerated his own arrival because he wanted to be with her.
As he made his way into her room he silently slid the door shut. Her handmaiden had been in the sitting room lightly asleep, but with the force as his ally she may as well have been in a coma. Once the door was closed and firmly locked he removed his mask and attacked it to his belt before turning toward the bed, where she should have been, but wasn't. He gently extended his senses into the room but didn't get more than a meter before a blade made of yellow energy materialized before his eyes.
"Who are you, how did you get in here"
Her voice, heavy with a Talravinian accent, was all he needed to hear. He slowly raised his hands showing he meant no harm.
"You know you'll blind me with that thing that close"
The yellow blade immediately retracted as its owner gasped. She quickly moved to her desk near the corner of the room and activated the lamp which sat on it. Padme tried her best to stop the tears as her eyes finally took in his form. Revan stood before her, his mask removed, revealing his ear length, chestnut brown hair and emerald green eyes with a small goatee adorning his chin.
Revan smiled, this wasn't exactly what he had in mind, he had wanted to silently slip into bed next to her for her to wake up next to him the next morning, but this would do. He lowered his hands and then held them out to her.
"Do I pass?"
Before Revan could say anymore he was tackled to the flood by a crying Senator/Jedi Master. Padme clung to him for dear life, after 4000 years apart they had finally been reunited. She sat up a bit, neither affected by the fact she was straddling his waist a bit. Neither broke eye contact as Revan gently brought his hand up and caressed her cheek.
"Bastila"
"Revan"
The kiss that followed was long and deep. Eventually the pair untangled and made their way to the rooms single, king sized, bed. After removing his armor, equipment and outer robes, leaving himself in only a thin pair of trousers and an under tunic, Revan slid into bed next to her. Neither stayed clothed long, nor did they sleep much.
A sweet reunion indeed.
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Courasaunt
1500 Republica
Senatorial Residence Block
0600 the next morning
The pair stood inside of a cavernous room aboard the Star Forge. Before Revan stood Bastila clad in Dark Jedi robes, but the darkness that had been there with in her only moments before was gone.
"Revan"
He allowed his eyes to focus on her own, where only moments before they had the sickly yellow and red color of darkness, now which had returned to their normal gray blue he loved so much.
"I love you Bass"
She smiled and chuckled a bit.
"I love you too, with all my heart"
Revan couldn't resist a smirk.
"You aren't afraid to love anymore?"
Instead of the cutting remark he expected she simply raised and eyebrow.
"After this?"
Revan nodded and she smiled.
"No. Nothing could make me feel safer than to be loved by you."
She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him as deeply as she could.
Light streamed in through the partially closed windows and strait into Revan's eyes. He groaned a bit and turned his head away from the morning sun. He would have rolled all the way over if not for the body laying against his own, half on top of him with her legs tangled into his. He turned his gaze to the young woman next to him. Padme was soundly asleep; unfortunately if the chrono on her evening stand was right he had to wake her. He gently caressed her cheek and reached out to her through their force bond as he spoke.
"Bastila, its time to wake up"
Her eyes flickered open and a smile immediately found its way to her lips.
"So it wasn't a dream"
Revan smirked.
"Well then tell me if this is a dream"
Revan leaned down and kissed her deeply. The pair only parted for lack of air. Padme snuggled against Revan's chest again, finding complete comfort and safety in his arms.
"you saw it too didn't you"
Revan smiled and kissed the top of her head, nodding into her hair.
"Yes, when I rescued you aboard Star Forge"
he scooted back a bit and kissed her on the forehead before nuzzling his nose against her own.
"We should get up; we have to be at the Senate early today"
Bastila nodded as the pair untangled themselves and retrieved the cloths they had discarded the night before, Bastila her nightgown, and Revan his light shirt and pants.
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To say Dormé had been surprised when both Padme and the man she later introduced to her staff as Revan exited her room that morning was an understatement. Revan spent nearly half an hour describing, in excruciating detail, exactly how he managed to slip past security. As the pair left for the senate building and their meeting with Palpatine Revan pledged to dispatch one of the Sith aboard his Interdictor flagship to help close the security holes.
By 10 AM both Revan and Bastila found themselves walking though the senate halls toward the Supreme Chancellor's office. They had arrived via the Ebon Hawk which Bastila had shed a tear from seeing the ship again. As they moved through the senate building Revan had been stopped several times due to the armor and mask he wore attracting the attention of the senate guards, but Padme's vouching for him as her "Body Guard" quieted their objections. News of the assassination attempt against her spread far and many who stopped them agreed it was prudent of her to have a body guard.
While Revan wore his signature armor Padme was adorned in a simple cloak which concealed a simple pair of black trousers and blue tunic. Attached to her belt sat her Lightsaber which bore the same yellow crystal that it had 4000 years ago, a gift from the Council which Master Yoda had simply claimed as a return to its owner. Finally as the pair arrived at the reception area to the Chancellor's office and after accidentally scaring the poor Rodian reception clerk nearly to death, Padme smacked Revan on his unarmored shoulder.
"For goodness sake Revan take that blasted mask off"
Revan couldn't help but chuckle as he reached up and removed the mask, attaching it to his belt. She wasn't even bothering to hide her Talravinian accent now, and why would she. With Revan back in her life Padme was more than willing to accept the change. She knew it wouldn't be long before she was outted as a Jedi, and at that time she would retake the name Bastila. But she still saw of Ruwee and Jobal Naberrie as her parents and Sola Naberrie as her sister, she would discuss it with them first.
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Coruscant, 1500 Republica
Chancellor Palpatine's office
10:00 AM
Palpatine sighed and shook his head in exasperation. He was growing tired of the Jedi and their constant pandering. His current meeting with masters Windu, Yoda, and Ki-Adi-Mundi was not on his "to do" list. An even larger headache would come with his meeting with Darth Revan, who should have arrived at anytime.
"I don't know how much longer I can hold off the vote my friends, more and more star systems are joining the separatists"
They spoke, of course, of the budding separatist movement. Jedi Master Mace Windu sat back in his seat, the threat of the separatists weighed heavily on the Jedi council.
"If they do…"
He was unable to complete is sentence as Palpatine interrupted.
"I will not let this republic which has stood for a thousand years be split in two, my negotiations will not fail"
"But if they do, you must realize that their aren't enough Jedi to protect the republic, were keepers of the peace, not soldiers"
Palpatine sighed inwardly and then looked to Yoda.
"Master Yoda…"
He was interrupted when the Holo-Comm on his desk came to life.
"Chancellor, Senator Amidala has arrived early, she and her body guard request permission to enter"
Palpatine thought for a moment, body guard? This must be Revan. Seeing the reaction of the Jedi to the presence of a Dark Lord of the Sith, even if they most likely suspected he would show sooner or later, would be interesting and perhaps useful.
"Very well send them in"
Once the hologram faded he looked up to where the 3 Jedi Masters sat as he stood.
"We should discuss this matter later; I have an appointment to keep with Senator Amidala's "Body Guard"
Behind the Jedi the door leading into the reception area slid open. All three turned to regard Padme but their gazes instead fell upon her "body guard". Something about him unnerved them. his green eyes billed a vast intelligence and his brown hair and goatee weren't extra ordinary. Both Masters Windu and Mundi couldn't exactly place it…until their eyes fell upon the Lightsaber hilt hanging from his waist. Mace's hand immediately dropped to his own weapon and was a bout to draw it when Revan raised a gloved hand.
"Peace Master Jedi, if it will calm you I will hand my weapon over to the guard by the door until I leave"
Windu nodded.
"Yes please do so, then if you will please explain how you have a Lightsaber to begin with"
Revan nodded and turned to the two guards garbed head to toe in blue Duraplast armor by the door. He chose the one on the left, closest to him and removed his Lightsaber from its clip.
"I will be reclaiming this once I leave.
The guard simply nodded and accepted the weapon without moving any other part of his body. As Revan moved back to stand next to Bastila, and Windu was about to speak, Palpatine spoke up.
"Master Jedi, with the current situation as it is perhaps the senator should be placed…under the protection of your graces"
Revan narrowed his eyes; certainly a Jedi assisting in the guard of Bastila would be helpful in her safety, but also a massive hindrance to his plans.
"Do you think that's wise?"
His question had a double meaning and he could see that still only Bastila and Palpatine understood, good. Bastila chose that moment to speak up on her own behalf.
"Chancellor if I may I don't believe the situation…"
He cut her off in mid sentence.
"…that the situation is that serious. No but I do senator. I realize the extra security might be…disruptive…for the two of you. But, perhaps some one you're familiar with to ease things over. An old friend like, Master Kenobi"
After a moments thought Master Windu nodded.
"That's possible, he's just returned from a border dispute on Antion"
Palpatine nodded and then turned by to Padme.
"Do it for me my lady please, the thought of losing you, is unbearable"
Revan and Bastila both could easily read the double meaning behind the Chancellors words. If Bastila were to die Revan would unleash the Sith fleet on both the Republic and the Separatists until none from either faction survived. It was in Palpatine's best interest to insure her survival as she was all that was keeping Revan back, and while he was more powerful, Revan had more control. The 3 Jedi masters turned toward Padme as they were leaving and Windu spoke.
"I will have Obi-Wan report to you this evening my lady"
He then turned to Revan.
"And we shall continue this discussion at a later time"
The 3 were quiet until the Jedi departed at which point Palpatine gestured to his guard.
"Return his weapon and then leave us"
Revan re-dawned his mask as the Lightsaber was returned. Padme discarded her cloak into one of the chairs in front of the Chancellors desk and Palpatine then gestured for the two to follow him into the office study.
"Come, let us discuss this coming alliance, and the rebirth of the Sith Empire"
A/N sorry this took so long, but I just started collage last week so my time is kind of crunched. I'll update as I can but they will come faster once I've settled in to my new schedule. So this is where main body Episode 2 begins. So on to the next part. Anakin meets Revan.