Revan entered the Enclave, and saw a bruised Alek walking towards the exit. She asked, "What happened to you, Baldy?"

"One of Matele's droids spotted me and opened fire. By the time I destroyed it, I'd taken a few hits."

"That's from a few hits? Shouldn't you be full of holes?"

"It was using a stun blaster."

"You lucked out. Is the droid here?"

"Yeah, Matele's war droid wanted me to take it back to his estate, but I didn't. That's why it shot at me."

"Well, sorry for getting you shot, Alek."

"It wasn't a problem." he said, while Revan watched Bastila quietly walk away.

She turned to him, and said, "Sorry, what did you say?"

"I said it wasn't a problem."

"Right. Well, I should get going to my quarters. It's pretty late." She was about to walk there, when she remembered Vandar's punishment for her. So, she walked out again, but instead of going to the small village of cabins went to the ancient grove. While walking there, she thought, 'It's a gorgeous planet. Meetra probably wouldn't be surprised that I've already gotten in trouble. I wonder what Kreia would say if she knew that I'd already got punished for insubordination. Probably tell me to learn when to keep my mouth shut.' she shivered, and thought, 'This place gets cold fast once the sun goes down. Suppose this is why people usually try to avoid having to stay out here once it gets late.'

When she finally reached the grove, and assumed her meditative trance, the air was frigid, and while the trance helped her ignore it, her body still shook from the cold. Once it was finished, and she was about to leave, she mumbled, "Aedificatores in capiendis consiliis. Mox agere possumus, aut quasi nos surrexerunt alii fecerunt. Debemus festinare et explicandam plaga." then in a different tone of voice said, "Sed non opus est, domine. Nos non sumus temptatae eam. Si non sciemus in virtute concidit currunt nexu elit."

Then, she firmly whispered, "Oportet nos tendo. Exspecta, ego aliquid audire venientes. Consequitur dissipandum. Currere!"

She said, "What is going on? Why is it that this place seems to keep controlling my tongue? I should get going back. Maybe Master Vandar will know something."

-=0=-

The next morning, Revan quickly sprinted to the Enclave. Inside, she saw Alek and Bastila were waiting for her. She asked, "Why are you both waiting here?"

"We figured you'd want our help to find something." Alek said.

"I might want to go out looking out on the plains later, but I've got something I need to take care of first." she replied, walking past them. Once she had reached the circular council chambers, she asked, "Master Vandar, do you know of any reason that someone would start spouting gibberish in the ancient grove?"

The ancient sage said, "This is not unheard of. Many important events have taken place in that grove. Some may be so great that they have the ability to control those strong Force. With your incredible command of the Force, it is entirely possible that you were put into a state where your body was not yours to control, but rather for those who were there for those actions. I would not worry about it, Knight."

"Thank you for the information, Master Vandar."

"It was not an issue. Do you remember what it was you said?"

"I am afraid I do not, Master."

"Very well." he said.

When she was about to walk away, Master Dorak said, "Revan, could we have a word in private?"

"Of course, Master."

Once they were in private, he asked, "How are you acclimatizing?"

"Fairly well. Is there something I have done wrong?"

"No, I was just curious. You've just been spending a lot of time out on the plains."

"There is much knowledge to be gained on the plains, Master. And I was looking for the crystal cave."

"I heard about that. You'll be lucky if Master Quatra does not find out you took her Padawan in there against her wishes. You should know that Vrook was furious when he saw what had happened to Alek when he brought that droid here."

"I thought that he would be one who did not feel anger." Revan said.

"He is a man who is protective of Padawans, and does not want them to be put into any danger. But, Revan, why did you tell him to resist the Matale war droids if they asked for the protocol droid?"

"The protocol droid was damaged by Ahlan Matale's orders, and put on Sandral property. I figured that if the droid were returned damaged, he would use it as an excuse to escalate the feud into a small-scale war with the Sandral family. I didn't want to risk that so I had Padawan Alek make sure that it arrived here. I figured that if it were to be repaired before Ahlan got his hands on it, we'd prevent a long and bloody conflict between the two houses."

"A wise decision." Dorak said, "But, I have kept you long enough, Revan."

"Actually, Master, there's one other thing I'd like to ask you about."

"What is it, Revan?"

"Do you have any knowledge of a former Jedi by the name of Jolee Bindo?"

"Jolee Bindo? No, why?"

"A long time ago, before I joined the Order, I met a former Jedi named Jolee Bindo. I'm curious about him. And no one on Coruscant was willing to talk about him."

"I do not know off the top of my head, Revan, but I will look into it."

"Thank you, Master." Revan said, bowing before heading over to the work bench and starting to work on her lightsaber. After an hour, she finished putting it back together, and ignited it. Or at least she tried to. Instead of a clean circular blade of energy extending from the weapon, it didn't light up at all, and then the front half exploded, sending Revan flying backwards into one of the padded walls.

A few minutes later, thirty Jedi had run into the room to find out the source of the explosion. What they saw shocked them. Leaning on a wall was Revan, laughing like a maniac. Vrook asked, a look of cold rage upon his face, "What were you doing, Knight?"

"I was just changing the color crystal of my blade, Master. Apparently I messed up the alignment when putting the hilt back together. At least the crystal's still in good shape." she said.

"Well, you should build a new hilt for it. And try not to blow your weapon up this time."

"It will not happen again, Master." Revan said, bowing before going back over to the workbench and pulling out the various necessary supplies to build a new lightsaber from the multitude of drawers in the bench.

After three hours, she grabbed the pair of hilts she had made, and ignited both lightsabers. A standard-length violet blade came out of the one in her right hand, and a shorter-than-normal sapphire blade extended from her second hilt. She grinned, and left the training area, putting the weapons on her belt.

Once she was in the main lobby, Alek asked, "Did you cause the explosion?"

"Yeah. Messed up the alignment of the new crystal for my lightsaber when reconstructing it. You should have seen the look on Vrook's face. It looked like he was about to literally explode because of it."

Neither responded, then Revan said, "Anyways, I've got to go and do some meditating in the grove. I'll be back in a couple of hours."

"I think I'll tag along." Alek said.

"Alright, but if you try anything, I'll have carved you like a turkey before you can say hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian."
"Is that even a word?" He asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

"Yeah. It pretty much means of, or pertaining to, extremely long words." Revan said.

"Where did you find out about it?"

"That's a secret. If I told you I'd have to kill you." Revan said.

"Really?"

"No, but the truth is boring."

"Right. What is the truth?"

"I was bored one day on Coruscant and the only thing I had to read was a dictionary." Revan said, running to the glade. Once they were there, she sat on the ground crosslegged. A few minutes later, the two Jedi were hovering above the ground.

After a while, Alek asked, "Why don't you stick as strictly to the Code as the other Jedi Knights?"

"What makes you think that I don't stick to it like they do?"

"No one who follows it as much as they do would threaten to kill someone like you did yesterday."

'He might be someone who could learn to think for himself on morality.. But, he could also be too whipped by the Council to be anything more than a puppet of their way.' Then, she said, "I follow the Jedi Code as closely as any other Jedi Knight. I just follow a better version of it. Before fear took control of the Council, the Order followed a code that was drastically different. Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet the Force." Revan said.

"I don't recall that in any of my classes."

"It's old. I do not know of any Master who teaches it anymore." Revan said, extending her legs so her feet touched the ground. She walked away, leaving Alek to his thoughts. She jogged back to her cabin in silence, thinking 'I wonder what will happen now. Will Alek and Bastila inform the Council, or will they keep quiet. It's a shame that the Council has forgotten how to think beyond one man's interpretation of the Jedi Code. Maybe I'll be able to get the next Council to let the Order think for itself.' Inside, she was greeted by Urz pouncing on her and licking her face. She pushed him off and started laughing. "Happy to see me boy?" she asked.

The kath hound just wagged its tail in response, 'I must have accidentally tamed it more than I thought.' before opening the fridge and grabbing a chunk of meat. She tossed it to the animal, who dragged it into a corner and started eating it.

Then, she heard someone knock on the door. She opened it, and was greeted by a nervous looking Bastila. "Come on in." Revan said, "But I thought you said you didn't know where Knights stayed."

"Thanks." the Padawan said, before quickly stepping over the threshhold, she continued, "I always thought this was just an old attempted colony until last night when you left the Enclave to get some sleep."

"I suppose that makes sense. Is there something wrong? You look distressed."

"I-I just saw something terrible. And, I don't know of anyone else who wouldn't just say that I'm losing my mind."

"What? And how did you know to find this place?"

" I saw, well I'm not sure what it was, but it was something of incredible dark power."

"Where? What was it doing?"

"It was just floating around on the plains near one of the burial mounds, then suddenly a dozen strange creatures formed around it, and spread out among the plains. I didn't know what was going on, so I followed the smallest one. After a while, it found a Jedi. And it killed him with ease."

"Can you describe the creatures?"

"They're big. Almost twice as tall as an ordinary person. They've got spikes growing along their backs, dozens of razor-sharp teeth in their mouths, and two tusks that come out of the side of their head. They also move on two legs, and have arms with sharp claws on the end."

Revan was quiet for a while, then whispered, terentatek."

"What?"

"Terentatek. They first appeared during the Great Hyperspace War with the disappeared shortly afterwards, and only reappeared during the war with Exar Kun. Still, I thought that they were eliminated during the Great Hunt."

"I saw them... created by that thing." Bastila said.

Revan placed a hand on Bastila's shoulder, and said, "It'll be fine. Terentatek are powerful, but they're also cowardly creatures. If they face something that is stronger than them, they will quickly flee. You have to show me where it killed a Jedi."

"Wouldn't it be safer to stay here?"

"Yes, but I need to see with my own eyes where this murder happened. That way I can better know what we're facing here on Dantooine."

Bastila still just stood there, looking terrified. Revan gently smiled at the Padawan, and said, "Don't worry, Bastila. I swear they won't hurt you."

"How can you be sure that they won't?"

"I'll not let them get close to you. You do trust me to keep you safe, don't you?"

Bastila was quiet for a while, then said, "Yes."

Revan smiled and said, "Thanks. But, we need to get going fast. We need as much information as possible before bringing this up with the Council."
Bastila nodded, and opened the door. The two women sprinted through the plains, and a few minutes later, Bastila stopped and said, "It-it happened right here."

Revan looked at the grass, and saw that much of the blood had been absorbed by the soil. After a few moments, she said, "We need to move quickly. It's on its way back. Take me to the place you saw the thing with great dark power."

Bastila tensely nodded, and ran off in one direction. Revan quickly followed, and a little while later, Bastila had slowed. She whispered, "It's just around the corner."

"You're right. Whatever it is, is incredibly powerful." Revan said, as she carefully peared around the corner. Floating in the center of a group of stones was a cloud of dark black energy. Before it were two terentatek, carrying dead bodies. They offered it up to the cloud. And, the bodies were absorbed into it, and it seemed to gain a vague shape.

Now, instead of a single cloud, the thing was shaped vaguely like a six-foot tall biped. Below the neck it looked like an ordinary human shape, but above was a tall head with a pair of stalks coming out of the sides a few inches above where it connected with the neck. The terentatek left, and Revan said, "Follow me." before sprinting towards the Enclave. When they reached it, Alek was banging on the door. He turned to Revan and said, "You've got to convince them to open the door!"

"Why aren't they?"

"Something about creatures being spotted nearby, and that it is too dangerous to open the gates."

Revan nodded, and hit the communicator on the door. A small picture of Vrook appeared on the screen, and the Master said, "Knight Revan, how fare you?"
"I'm fine for now, Master. But you have to open the door so we can get in."

"I wish we could open them Revan, but it is too dangerous. We cannot allow the terentatek to enter the Enclave."

"If you don't let us in, there's a chance that they'll kill us and offer us to a spirit of the Dark Side!" Revan said.

"What makes you say that is what they are doing. Terentatek are hunters, and Jedi are their prey." Vandar replied.

"I saw them do it! The bodies of two Jedi were offered up to a cloud of Dark Side energy. When it absorbed their corpses, the thing became more defined. It took the shape of some alien that is in no galactic records. It had a head the size of a Cerean, but some sort of stalks coming out of the sides a few inches above where the head and neck meet."

Vandar said, "This is interesting. Do you have any idea of this Dark Spirit's power levels?"

"It's easily as strong as the entire Council here on Dantooine. We need to get in here now!"

"I cannot let you in. The risk is too great. Revan, I know that this is a dangerous task I ask of you, but will you go about killing the terentatek?"
"That's madness! The only backup I have is a pair of Padawans! They're not bad, but I can't keep both of them safe from terentatek. Just let them in, and I'll handle it on my own, Master Vandar."

"Your confidence in your abilities are re-assuring, Revan, but it is best that you have some support." Vandar said.

"I'm not going to put their lives in danger." Revan growled, "They're not good enough to be fighting terentatek yet."

Vrook stepped into the field of view for the screen, and said, "You will have to trust them enough to fight the terentatek if you are going to survive while they are prowling Dantooine."

Revan shook her head, and said, "Masters, I will not put them against those things. I need more powerful Jedi to help me to handle this."

"We cannot give you any aid other than those who are alread y with you, Revan." Dorak said from outside the screen.

Revan just shook her head and walked away from the Enclave. Alek and Bastila followed, and they were soon in Revan's cabin. She walked over to the back of the room, and a few moments later the windows were covered with durasteel plates. She walked to the exit, and said, "You two should stay here. It'll be fairly safe."

"The Council said that we were supposed to help you kill those things." Alek said.

"You two aren't ready to fight them." Revan said.

"Why?"

"Just trust me."

"Give me a good reason why I should just be hiding in here like a coward?"

"There's a difference between cowardice, and doing what you have to in order to survive." Revan said.

"Won't you die if you go after them alone?"

"I'll be fine. I know how to hunt them."

Bastila said, "They managed to take down other Jedi with ease. What makes you think that you're any better than they were?"

"I don't think I'm better than they were. I just know what I'm up against."

"Those things are huge! How do you hope to kill them alone?"

"I'll find a way." she replied, walking out the door. Once it closed, she stabbed the control panel with her blue lightsaber, and walked away.

-=0=-

Bastila said, "Well, I suppose we're stuck in here." while she petted Urz.

Alek replied, "Yeah. I hope that those things don't find us here."

"They probably won't be able to get in even if they do find us."

Alek nodded, and sat quietly in the far corner of the room.

Bastila thought, 'Why's Revan so adamant against having us help her with those things. Maybe she thinks we're useless because we're just Padawans.'

Alek then asked, "Do you have any idea why Revan is hunting those things alone, when the Council said she was supposed to have us help her?"
"I have no idea. Why would you even ask me?"

"Since you're supposed to be her guide, you've had to spend almost all of the time around her for a couple of days. I figured you might have heard her say something that would explain it."

"No, she never mentioned anything that would explain her behavior."

Alek nodded, and walked over to Urz. The kath hound stood on its feet and growled at him. "Looks like he doesn't like you." Bastila said, checking the fridge. "We've got enough supplies for about two days in here. If Revan doesn't come back by then, we'll have to cut our way out of here."

"She's probably going to get killed." Alek said, "Those things are huge."

"Well aren't you optimistic." Bastila dryly replied.

-=0=-

Revan stared at the track for a while. 'This thing is big, even for a terentatek. I'll have to take it out first, that way there's only smaller ones.' She followed the marks for a while, but they soon disappeared amongs a dozen other sets of tracks. Revan shook her head and sighed. 'Well, there goes any chance of finding the damn thing quickly.'

She closed her eyes, and sat down on the ground. She felt the flow of the Force all around her. She felt it call to her, beg her to seize it. Then, she felt the ground begin to tremble around her.

She opened her eyes, and saw a pack of horn kath hounds charging her way. As they charged at her, Revan calmly stood her ground. The numerous animals continued their charge, and the human stood still as a statue.

The creatures drew ever closer, and Revan did not move. The thud of their feet grew louder and louder while they approached. She silently watched them approach, her heart rate and breathing slowing as she let the Force engulf her.

Then, just as the beasts were about to trample her, she leapt twenty feet into the air, and used the Force to raise a nearby rock and place it under her feet. While the kath hounds ran beneath her, Revan stared into the horizon, and saw that an enormous storm was approaching. Once the kath hounds were gone, Revan was once again alone on the plains. She hopped off of the rock, and let it fall behind her. Before walking in the direction the kath hounds had been running from.

-=0=-

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