A/N: Thank you to those that reviewed please keep doing so, so that I know I am doing a good job! Now more on the declining/growing Jedi and more on Revan's grand plan. But will one break his plan before it has time to start?
The Fallen Knight
Another Jedi Civil War
Three months later
At Revan's request Vima had created another, larger, academy on the ancient Jedi fortress world of Ossus. It was quickly growing and it had remained a secret to all those save a few on Coruscant. Revan was very careful this time around. He only told his plans to one and she only told parts of it to the ones Revan deemed trustworthy. At the same time the Jedi were secretly growing they were also shrinking, fast.
Many Jedi had disappeared and others simply left the Order. A few Masters had gone off to do their own thing such as Vrook who stepped down on the High Council after Revan would not leave. Revan followed the old Master and discovered him to be aiding the small academy on Dantooine. Revan did not press the issue any further and let him be. Shortly after Revan had Master Vandar transferred to the secret academy on Ossus. Revan needed Jedi he could trust and that list shrunk every day.
While the Jedi shrunk Revan made preparations to make the Republic seem weaker as well. He triggered key events to make nonimportant worlds leave the Republic as well as using his assassin droid to remove targets that were in the way of his invincible Republic. In truth the Republic would be at a pinnacle in five short years while it appeared to be all but crushed. Revan managed to make small amounts of forces disappear overnight until one fifth of the Republics military was seemingly gone. In reality they were hidden from the galaxy as they served the redeemed Knight and awaited his command. It was the greatest illusion ever conjured and everything was about to fall in place.
Revan had one final snag before his much quieter war began. The growing pain in the side of his Grand Master proved to be far worse than he first thought. Lucien Draay had seemed to amass a rebellion overnight and they were waiting his command. Revan pleaded with Vima to let him cut off the head of the snake but she refused. Revan was forced to follow the head of the Jedi Order… for now. But if her life, and more importantly his plan, were in jeopardy he would intervene. And that time was near. He could feel the growing shadow of conflict get bigger each day. The evident battle was growing closer.
Revan sat in the council chambers with what was left of the council. Atris was gone once more to Force knows where and there was only five Jedi and Revan in the room. Bastila was somewhere in the temple training as Revan still made her do. Even though she was quite a bit more powerful that didn't stop Revan from being her informal teacher and making her gain more knowledge. It was what made him stronger and he knew it would make her stronger too.
"The Council needs to reconsider the option of dispersing and forming small sects. The growing shadow has taken us down to only a few Masters and only sixty Knights. While the number of teachers fades the number of students grows daily." Kavar said.
"Leaving Coruscant would likely provoke civil unrest in the Republic but it will definitely bring out this hidden threat." Lonna Vash added.
"Leaving Coruscant would be the worst thing that the Jedi would ever do. You all are clearly blind if you do not see the true threat. It is within the council itself, as we are missing one Master this day and I do not see any of you addressing that." Revan said boldly as he sat causally in his chair. All eyes turned to the former Sith.
"And what do you know Revan? You hardly ever speak up as is and know you think you know best?" Zez-Kai Ell challenged him.
"I know a lot more than all you that's for sure. This is why I nearly defeated all of you. You are all so blind to the impending threat and you instead look towards the night as the sun has not even set yet. If you fail to take care of the internal threat then how can you face the external? A fortress with damaged walls will collapse within before the invading army even comes." Revan said as his patience grew thin.
Vima put a hand up. "Revan is out of line but he is right. We cannot ignore the fact that Master Draay has all but rebelled against us. He needs to be stopped before he splits the Order in half."
All the Masters sat silent as if pondering her statement. Revan rolled his eyes seeing how dense they were. If they didn't do anything quickly then his vision would surely come true. He rubbed his eyes trying to come up with something to convince them as a disturbance through the Force hit him.
It happened in less than a second. Revan saw it before it happened and he reacted faster than it hit him. A wave of the Force flew straight at Vima as it tried to send her out the window and falling a great distance below. Revan jumped in front and didn't have time to block it as he was sent to the window. He hit the triple reinforced glass and broke it. He was flying out the window straight across and not falling downward yet. He flipped himself and used the Force to push himself back and seemingly jump back into the council chambers. His hand was outstretched and his Jedi blade answered his call and flew from his belt to his hand shining a brilliant blue streak.
He landed on his feet in front of the Grand Master and blocked the attack aimed at her. Lucien Draay stood with his weapon drawn staring at Vima who was behind Revan. Blue met blue as the sabers were interlocked and a wind flew from the contact of the power making everything disperse. Revan narrowed his eyes at the traitorous Jedi.
Lucien Draay had powered up a wave through the Force and blew the door off and aimed it right at Vima when Revan jumped in the way. Draay saw this and lunged with his blade when Revan came back in and blocked it. That is where they stood now. All the other Masters were shocked from this. Five Knights came in behind Draay with lightsabers active.
"Grand Master Sunrider, you are hereby removed from your position and expelled from the Order. Make your tool stand down and leave quietly if you wish to avoid conflict." Draay said confidently.
Revan pushed back the attacker's blade and glared at him. "Draay you are way out of line. If you want your head to stay attached to your shoulders I suggest you leave for good." Revan said.
Draay laughed at him. "Or what?" Revan's eyes widened as he heard the activation of more lightsabers. He turned to see Kavar, Vash, Zez-Kai Ell, and Zhar standing with their lightsabers drawn. "The Sith who recently turned a Jedi will cut down a Jedi Master?"
Revan's left hand crept up to his red blade seeing that Draay had spread the rebellion far more than he anticipated. His eyes drifted to Vima who was utterly shocked by the betrayal of all the Jedi. Revan followed her gaze to see half of the Knights left on Coruscant behind Draay. 'How could he have spread his seed into so many minds?' Revan thought.
Revan's left hand tightened into a fist. "Enough of this." He extended his hand and every single Jedi in the room, save Vima, was frozen in their current position in stasis. "You may have been able to trick all these weak minded fools but you are nothing more than a speck in the wind compared to me."
"Stop Revan." Revan turned to see that Vima had regained her composure. Revan deactivated his lightsaber and looked at the Jedi Grand Master. "This is not necessary. If Master Draay wishes to go against the Jedi and more specifically me, then let him do so." Vima stood up and walked over to the Master who was still frozen in stasis. "You will see that I face my own battles traitor." Vima gave a nod to Revan.
The Knight stood amazed by the forwardness and bravery she was showing. She actually was willing to challenge Draay to single combat over the entire conflict. Revan reluctantly let down the stasis and released the hold he had over the betrayers. Immediately six Jedi Knights attacked him. They were all jumping in midair with their weapons raised ready to slice Revan. Faster than the speed of light all of their expressions changed from a look of anguish to a look of sheer pain. Revan still stood in the same spot but his lightsaber was now activated and humming lightly. The sounds of slashing and cutting echoed a second later and they all fell dead.
Revan moved quicker than the speed of light and he killed each one. All stood in complete awe of his power as the Knight pressed the button on his hilt. "Now I suggest we do this more civilized from here on in." Revan said.
Vima looked back at Lucien Draay. She held her hand out and her teal blade went to it and activated. "Lucien Draay, you are the traitorous one here. You are willing to cripple the Jedi further just to achieve what you think is right."
Draay smirked as he activated his blue blade once more. "Who is right does not matter. What matters is after this I will lead the Jedi into a golden age because I am not as fragile as you Sunrider."
Revan could only watch this battle. It was Vima's wish to face the threat to the Jedi by herself and he would let her. Revan was thankful that both agreed to this single duel as that more Jedi didn't have to die but all in the council chambers currently had already been deemed expendable by Revan. Though it amazed him how all the current Masters had aligned themselves with Lucien Draay. It did not matter in the end result. They already had a fated end in Revan's mind.
Vima and Draay clashed sabers in between each other. The sound echoed in the council chambers as the battle began. All backed away from the two except for Revan who stood only twelve feet away with his arms folded across his chest. He narrowed his eyes and watched the duel. The two both exchanged blows that were light on each other. It was the beginning warm-up of the duel as the two powerful Jedi prepared for a long battle.
Revan had measured each of their Force ability and power and found that Vima was half as strong as Revan was when he used only the lightside of the Force, which meant that she was probably one of the most powerful Jedi in the history of the Order. But unfortunately Revan found that Draay had let the anger get the best of him and he was just barely stronger than the Grand Master. However, Revan knew it was not power alone that decided the victor but more of who could make the fewest mistakes.
Vima blocked a blow to her middle by holding the lightsaber vertical with the hilt near her face. Draay pushed his blade against hers trying to beat her in a battle of pure strength. Vima pushed with all her might and moved both blades to the other side of her body. Now her blade was the one doing the pushing and his body was left unguarded by this. She slashed across and cut his robes. He recoiled backwards and Vima lunged at him striking furiously. Draay blocked each attack but his footwork was faltering as he walked backwards from each powerful blow. Vima sliced towards his head and he blocked it but his eyes widened as he felt her free hand on his chest. Vima placed her hand on him and a shockwave occurred blasting the Jedi Master through the broken doors of the council chambers. Vima used the Force to accelerate towards her flying opponent.
All the Jedi looked around and turned to Revan. He followed the Grand Master as did the rest of the spectators. Dray landed outside of the library with Vima standing over him. Many more Jedi were there and now looked on this growing battle. One of which was Bastila. She looked worriedly over to her husband who walked into the area.
'Revan what is going on?'
'Draay has turned the Order against Vima. She is challenging him to a single duel for who will control the Jedi. Please stay back my love.'
Bastila nodded and made her way behind Revan. Revan looked on wearily at the fateful duel he wished would have never happened.
Vima pointed the tip on her blade at the traitor. "Yield and I will spare your life." She warned him.
Draay looked up at her and laughed. He struggled to lean up on his elbows. "I don't know what's more pathetic. You or your feigned attempts to act like a perfect Jedi." His lightsaber made its way toward the Jedi Grand Master and the sickening sound of the blade meeting flesh echoed. Vima took a step back and gripped her left shoulder as it was sliced by the quick attack. Draay stood back up and grabbed his saber out of the air.
He gave her no respite as he charged and swung downward at her head. Vima was barely able enough to hold her lightsaber up to block it let alone stop him from pushing down on her with the interlocked weapons. Vima did her best but the burning blades were coming towards her face. She powered up the Force in her injured left arm using almost all the latent Force power she had. She unleashed a storm of Electric Judgment also known as Jedi Lightning. It is the same as Sith Lightning but not as damaging but it is a major distraction on any opponent.
Draay smirked as he grabbed her left hand as she shot out the wave of lightning. He pulled her arm to the side making the lightning hit harmlessly towards the ceiling. Vima gasped as Draay forced his knee into her gut. She staggered backwards and then hit the wall from a Force push by Draay.
Her body shook a little as her eyes opened slowly. Her eyes quickly shot open seeing that Draay was holding a ball of Sith Lightning. He smirked again and threw it at her. She quickly held up her blade and blocked the ball which exploded on contact creating a massive explosion of lightning. She felt it course through her body and winced at the pain. She panted several times then looked past her teal blade to her opponent. 'I will not be defeated, not like this.' She thought defiantly. She yelled as her body took in more power from the Force. The wall that was behind her cracked from the pure pressure of her power. In a flash her image was gone. Draay was surprised by this but he turned his head to the side then held up his blade blocking an attack from the Grand Master who appeared behind him.
Vima clenched her teeth and her image disappeared once more. Draay turned and blocked another attack from her. He was walking backwards once more as the Grand Master used her power to keep him from attacking. Her offensive was furious but mostly lacking an actual tactical plan. He used this to exploit her opening when she sliced at his neck. He blocked it easily then grabbed her through the Force, throwing her across the room. Vima hit the ground and groaned from the blow. She looked up to see him jumping at her. She saw that he was defenseless and she quickly thrusted her hand forward sending a giant wave of the Force at him. He flew through the ceiling and was in the air. She called upon the Force to jump great lengths and she was above him in the air. She tightened her right hand to a fist and combined that with the Force. She hit him square in the jaw sending him like a rocket back towards the temple.
He flew back through the hole and hit the floor causing a massive shockwave. A crater was around his body as he lay face down on the ground. Vima landed back on the ground on one knee panting. She had gained the upper hand but she was exhausting too much of her power too soon. She slowly rose to her feet and walked calmly over to her opponent. She looked down at the fallen Master with pity. Pity that this whole situation could not be avoided. Blood was seeping down her left arm from her wound as she gripped her hilt tightly in it. The stream of blood flowed down and stained her pure silver hilt. She activated her teal blade again and grabbed it with both hands.
The room was quiet as no one dared interfere. Not because it was a sense of honor but because Revan would not allow anyone to interfere with this battle. He watched with much anticipation for her to end this before something else happened.
Lucien Draay lay on his stomach and did not move as Vima Sunrider looked down on him holding her weapon in both hands. The sound of rubble moving echoed in the dead silent room as he slowly rose up. "I didn't know you had so much surprises Vima." He got back on his feet. He was cut next to his right eye and blood seeped down his face. His robe was cut on his right side revealing his bare arm which was bleeding as well from the impact. "But so am I." He raised his left hand and an orange beam shot out at the Grand Master.
She gasped and quickly dodged the beam only to be hit by a storm of Sith lightning. She cried out in pain and fell to her knees. When it stopped she jumped back on her feet to block several powerful attacks from him. She was losing ground and fast. A powerful attack across the side of her defenses made her recoil and drop her guard. Her right hand held her lightsaber and she lowered it as her eyes shut from the force of the powerful attack. Draay whipped around and sliced once more at the unguarded Grand Master. Vima fell down, completely beaten.
Draay looked down and smirked at his victory. Vima still shook from the utter shock of the blow. She clutched her gut as the wound started to bleed. He stood over her and raised up his blade. As he swung downwards his lightsaber completely disassembled and fell to the ground in pieces. All eyes turned to Revan who had his hand extended.
"That is enough. You have beaten her so now let her live, it is the Jedi way." Revan said. Even though he was a Jedi that didn't stop him from wearing his black armor. For it was in all sense a living thing and Revan felt safer with it on even though he was already invincible as is. Vima choked back blood and looked up at him.
"Well if you are correct then I am the new Grand Master." Revan gave the Master a slight nod. Draay extended his hand. "Then my first order is to get rid of the traitorous Sith who came groveling back to the Jedi." Revan let out a small laugh as he found himself surrounded by twenty Jedi.
"You can try." Revan quickly made Bastila invisible to all eyes as he grabbed both his hilts. He activated both red and blue and crossed them in front of his face. "If you truly wish to preserve the Jedi then I suggest you step down and avoid conflict all together!" Revan called out.
The Jedi were not taking any chances this time. They all extended their hands and waves of Electric Judgment were all sent towards the Knight. Revan grinned sadistically as he let go of his weapons and they began to spin around him in a vibrant flow of blue and red. He outstretched his hands to the side as the lightning hit him. A giant circle of electric volts came around him and he laughed at the Jedi. Then the circle grew smaller until it formed into a small ball in his hand he held out in front of him. He clasped the ball and it surged through his body. "Thanks for the unneeded power." The Jedi stood perplexed by this.
Revan reached out in front of him and grabbed both his blades and turned them off. He placed them both on his belt and leaped at two Jedi. He grabbed them both by the face and slammed them to the ground. He turned to a third and threw a powerful punch breaking the Jedi's nose. A Jedi behind him lunged at him but Revan turned around and grabbed the burning blade with his gloved hand. He pulled the Jedi to him from the lightsaber and he thrust his fist deep into his gut. The Jedi collapsed and the rest stood in awe.
Bastila had grabbed her lightsaber and was about to help but Revan glanced at her.
'No Bas, you are hidden to them. Let me handle this.'
Bastila wanted to protest but she knew better. She nodded once again and stayed still. She did not want to intervene in Revan's plan even if she had no idea what was going on. She trusted him with all her heart but she wished he would tell her his plan sometimes.
Revan turned to four more Jedi lunging at him weapons drawn. All the other Jedi gasped as the four stopped, frozen in stasis. Revan didn't even move this time to freeze them. Kavar and Vash lunged at him and the former Sith Lord grabbed his Sith blade and blocked their attacks. They volleyed a number of combos on him but Revan did not move as he simply shrugged off each attack. A clear wave of the Force exploded from him sending the two Masters on their backs. Ten Jedi formed together and thought their combined force would stop him.
They were wrong. Revan outstretched his left hand and the very lightning attack they unleashed upon him was launched back at them. The ten fell down and cried in pain. Revan rolled his eyes. "Calm down, it wasn't that powerful, wimps." He scoffed as he twirled his blade in his hand and turned to the remaining Jedi. "Who's next?"
Revan was, for the first time in a while, taken by surprise when Draay took his Jedi blade off his belt. Revan turned in time to see Draay's hand before the Jedi Master grabbed his face and threw him on the ground. Revan looked up to see he was about to stab him. Revan held up his right hand and blocked the attempt. "You surprised me Draay. We could have been great allies but you had to go crazy and all."
Draay clenched his teeth seeing that Revan was pushing back the lightsaber with his bare hand. He was thrown back by a push through the Force but landed on his feet. Revan's lightsaber was suddenly taken out of his hand and the former Dark Lord grabbed the hilt and had both his sabers pointed down at the ground eyeing the Master. "You cannot win Draay, give up."
Lucien Draay had one final card to throw down. "You would seek to destroy the Jedi Revan and I am all that stands in your way!" Draay extended his hand and a lightsaber came to it and activated. "I will not let you destroy us." Draay threw the saber in the last spot he saw Bastila before Revan made her disappear.
Bastila was about to jump out of the way but she found that she was in stasis. She looked behind her to see two Masters had somehow found her and bound her to the spot. 'How… how did they know I was here?' She wondered hopelessly.
The sound of the lightsaber hitting flesh echoed once again. Bastila looked up to see that Revan had once again saved her. In his right shoulder was the blade that was meant to kill her. "Because they sensed your fear. The fear you had for my life." Revan said. Bastila's eyes went wide as he ripped the blade out of him. Instantaneously his armor repaired and his wound was healed. Revan raised his hand and the two Jedi behind her were thrown back. Revan turned to Draay and eyed him as he crushed the lightsaber in his hand.
"This was your last mistake Draay." Revan said. Bastila was done playing innocent bystander. She walked next to Revan and activated both sides of her yellow lightsaber. Revan glanced over at her but didn't say a word.
"You think that I am just some helpless damsel in distress? Well then let's see you fight me!" Bastila said. She extended her free hand and the ground in front of her was broken like a cut as the force went right at Draay. He crossed his arms in front of his face as he slid back a few feet from her attack.
Revan turned off his blades and lowered his guard. "In truth Bastila could have defeated you all but I haven't had a bit of fun in months. But now I will let you see how she could handle herself." Revan said proudly.
Bastila smirked as she walked slowly towards Draay. The Jedi Master flinched but stood his ground and took another saber from an incapacitated Jedi. He held it up defensively as he glared at Revan's wife.
Before the battle could begin the sound of another lightsaber activating and it piercing flesh caught everyone, but Revan, by surprise. Draay looked down to see a teal blade rammed in his chest. Vima leaned in his ear and whispered. "You expected me to just give up?" She pulled the blade out of him and let him fall to the ground dead.
Revan smiled with victory at the Grand Master and she smiled back. But then her body gave way from the pain she endured and she fell forward. Before she could hit the ground Revan caught her and held her up while he knelt down. "You did well Grand Master Sunrider. Now let me fix you up." Vima smiled and closed her eyes. Revan held his hand over her and a white glow came all around her as her wounds were healed. The slash on her stomach was gone as was the cut on her shoulder. The cuts and bruises vanished as well. When she opened her eyes she felt a hundred percent again.
Revan helped her up to her feet and grabbed her lightsaber she dropped. He took a step back and knelt before her holding the lightsaber up to her. "This is yours, Grand Master of the Jedi." Vima Sunrider took the lightsaber and activated it pointing it at all the Jedi Revan had wounded.
"If anyone else thinks they can lead the Jedi better then take it up with me now." She said commandingly. All the Jedi looked at her for a moment, thinking. They all nodded and bowed before her. Vima smiled with satisfaction and deactivated her lightsaber. She pushed a few stray strands of her hair back before looking at Revan. "Thank you Revan, for believing in me."
Revan stood back up and bowed his head. "I always did Master Sunrider."
"So you have been quiet." Revan said. He and Bastila were back at their home sitting on the couch. Revan was leaning back with Bastila in his lap as he gently stroked her shoulder.
"Well it was a long day." She said quietly.
"Actually it was quite fun. The first time I had an actual fight in months, it felt good." Revan said grinning. His grin went away as Bastila sighed. "What's wrong?"
"I am tired of being useless Revan. I am tired of being the one you constantly have to keep from danger. I want to be strong enough to protect myself and not have to worry about you sacrificing yourself for me." Revan looked at the back of her head questioningly.
"You want to be stronger?" She nodded slowly. Revan smiled. "Well then, I think we should go back to having you learn directly under me." Bastila turned her head and looked at him. "You will master everything the Jedi has to offer and you will become the strongest Jedi in the Order, if that is what you wish my dear?"
Bastila smiled slightly. "Yes, if what you say is true and there will be more battles to come then I want you to not have to worry about me."
Revan chuckled softly. "Oh Bastila, I will always worry about you. I will always be there to protect you and I will always be there to keep you from danger. But if you want the power to defend yourself from very powerful enemies then I will gladly teach you. There is no need for you to think of yourself as weak and useless for you are already almost as strong as I was when I left for the war. And from what I have seen you are far more powerful than all the Jedi Masters left. Except for the Grand Master but that is understandable."
Bastila smirked. "Yes, understandable. But tell me, why have you not offered to train me harder yet?"
"You did not ask." Bastila frowned at him.
"Really? All I had to do was ask?" She turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck. Revan raised an eyebrow at her movements. "So tell me Revan what do you want to ask me? Because the whole time we were talking your mind was drifting elsewhere…"
Revan smirked and tilted towards her. "I let you see what I was thinking Bastila." He pressed his lips tightly against hers, relishing her taste. Bastila could not help but to roll her eyes.
Revan always knew what he was doing.
Malachor V
Darth Traya sat meditating in the center of the Trayus Academy. She felt the many echoes across the galaxy but there was one that was troubling her. Her former student, Revan. His echo was very loud and abnormal at first then it grew weaker and weaker until finally it disappeared entirely one day. The next week Malak was killed and the Jedi Civil War was ended. Since then she desperately sought out for Revan but could never find him. Either he was dead or worse, he was dead to the Force.
She had set aside feelings for her student and she began her preparations for dealing with the Jedi. First she reestablished the academy on Malachor V with herself as the proclaimed Dark Lord of the Sith. Then she gained powerful allies. First the man who forged himself out of sheer will and hatred. Lord Sion was indeed a powerful ally but he could not be trusted. As was her next ally, the one who formed incredible power out of hunger in the Force. Darth Nihilus. He was no longer a man but a being that embodied death and power. With him Darth Traya knew no Jedi could stop them. They had begun rather quickly at destroying the Jedi. Singling and killing them one by one took time but somehow they were succeeding in this faster than she first thought.
Darth Traya opened her eyes and stood up. "I did not summon you Lord Sion." She said as her apprentice came to the center of the room.
"Have you not felt it Master, or are you too busy looking in dark caves, seeking out what isn't there?" Sion said standing before her.
"You can save your pity insults and just inform me what it is I seemed to miss." Darth Traya said with little patience.
"The Jedi have weakened themselves. There was a split in the Order that left several Jedi dead and many more to question the Order. I am certain that the temple on Coruscant will be a house with no occupants in a few short months." Darth Sion said in his bone-chilling voice.
Darth Traya pondered this for a moment then turned her back to him. "It is strange. I have foreseen the collapse of the Jedi but I thought it would be much more… drawn out." She sighed and turned back around. "I am curious as to why we are so successful in destroying many Jedi at a time while there was another rift, thus weakening the Jedi even further. It seems that the Force is willing the Jedi to die out much quicker than I anticipated."
"And what does this all mean?" Sion said.
"It means… I must meditate more. Go Sion, go kill more. For there are always stragglers, but the one I am searching for has yet to be found."
"Revan?"
Darth Traya eyed her student before turning back away from him. "No Sion. The Exile. She is the key to make sure the Jedi will die a quiet death. But we have spoken enough, leave me."
Darth Sion glared at her hatefully then turned away and walked out of the Trayus Core. Darth Traya sighed and sat down once more. "It is odd that not only the Jedi have gotten weaker but the Republic is crumbling as well." She looked out in the distance pondering this once more. "If I didn't know any better I would say that someone, not something, is trying to speed this process up for some unknown reason."
Fin.
A/N: I don't know about you but Sion's voice makes me shiver but it is kickass. Anyway Traya is starting to suspect something is amiss but what is it? Does Revan really know what he is doing? And now that Vima has absolute control over the Jedi Order, what will happen now? Please review and let me know what you think!