A/N: Continuing on with Revan's story and the imminent Sith threat. Enjoy!
The Fallen Knight
Unexpected Arrivals
One month later
Revan held Bastila's hair back while she sat in front of the toilet puking for the fifth time in two days. It was quite odd her getting sick so quickly and Revan not catching it. But what puzzled him were the mood swings she was having. It seemed like Bastila was becoming a very hormonal woman at the wrong time.
The High Council split a week after Draay's insurrection. All Masters went their separate ways save for Vima. She continued to run the broken Order and she felt sorrowful for the fact the Jedi were declining at an accelerating rate. Many more Jedi left the Order after the insurrection leaving only fourteen Knights and less than eighty Padawans. All the while no one thought to try to find out why most left. It was because Revan sent them to one of his secret Jedi academies. In the end result the Jedi were as strong as they were before Revan attacked, but no one knew that. The Republic was beginning to collapse as well as many systems crumbled in the wake of the unsettling economic decline and the falling of the Jedi. It was only a matter of time before the Republic would get desperate and that is what Revan wanted.
But there was someone he was always watching. Someone who could lead him to the location of the last piece of the puzzle. Someone he needed to seek out soon enough. But first he needed to make sure Bastila was safe. She was excelling in her training but recently due to her oddness she has been training less and less. Revan was determined to make her stronger before he left her, even though he had HK on constant sleep mode.
"Do you have anything in your stomach left to puke out?" Revan asked looking down at his wife.
"Oh shut up." She emptied what was left in her stomach. Revan rolled his eyes and looked away. "I hate this." She muttered.
Revan frowned. "As do I. When do you think you picked this up?" Revan asked. He had his hand behind his back beginning to glow bright white. He would heal her illness and rid her of this. He had the Force analyze her body and she never noticed the aura around her began to glow.
"How am I supposed to know? This just started happening I don't know when I got it." She said standing up slowly. Revan released her hair and let her wash her face. Revan's eyes widened when he found no trace of a virus. The glow in his hand dissipated and he took a step to Bastila.
"Bas, have you gained weight?" He was shocked by a smack to his cheek as she slapped him, hard. Revan took a step back and rubbed his sore cheek. "What was that for?"
Bastila glared at him and folded her arms. "How dare you ask me that! Don't you have any sort of respect for me?" Revan stared at her blankly as she turned to the side and began to cry. "All I do is love you and here you go insulting me like you always do. Isn't it enough for you yet?" Revan blinked several times. Bastila looked back at him with hate in her eyes. "But no, you always just have to have a good laugh at whatever there is. Do you know what it feels like to have to deal with your thoughts?" Revan opened his mouth but he was thrown into the other room by Bastila.
As he started getting up she ran in and helped him up. He was surprised to see that she was crying again. "I am sorry Revan I know I am a horrible person. Please don't be mad at me." Revan held his hand over her mouth trying to get her to stop.
"Breathe, slowly." Bastila looked into his eyes and nodded. He released his hand and she kept her mouth shut. "I only asked that because there may be the possibility that you may in fact be pregnant." Her mouth hung open hearing this.
"What did you say?"
Revan held a hand up to her stomach. "One moment." He closed his eyes and concentrated. He found a very small life force inside of Bastila. The reason he could not feel it before was that it was small and Bastila was hiding it with her great power. Revan opened his eyes and looked at Bastila. "You are pregnant. Two months pregnant actually."
Bastila's eyes widened. It was like her entire world was flipped upside down. Words couldn't describe the feelings she had welling inside her. How could she be a mother? She was too young to have a child and why now when another threat is looming in the distance. Her knees buckled and she collapsed.
Luckily, she had Revan and he caught her with one arm and held her close. Revan lifted her chin up to him as he smiled down to her. "Relax Bastila, it will be alright." He assured her.
Bastila could not help but to tear up. "How could you say that? I am only twenty years old and I am not fit to be a mother. Not to mention the fact that we are Jedi."
Revan shook his head. "Oh Bastila, you are just making excuses because you think you are not ready for this." He gently leaned down and kissed her softly. "Our child will grow up with the greatest mother in the galaxy and I will be here with the both of you. It doesn't matter who we are but how we handle this. And always remember that love is the strongest force in the universe." He leaned forward with his forehead on hers. "Especially our love."
Bastila couldn't help the small giggle that escaped her mouth. "You always know what to say don't you?"
"I just simply tell the truth my love."
4 months later
Revan walked with Vima through the empty halls of the temple. Through the past months Revan and Vima had secretly moved the entire Order to various academy's in the galaxy. All the while the temple on Coruscant shrunk until only three were left. Vima, Revan, and pregnant Bastila. The old Masters on the council had each gone into hiding and dispersed throughout the galaxy. But Revan made sure to keep track of a certain five Masters making sure that he always knew where they were.
As the students and Masters shrunk to nothing, Vima grew considerably depressed. Revan could not blame her, as history will temporarily remember her as the one to dissolve the Jedi Order. The Grand Master and Jedi Knight walked through the echoing halls on Vima's last day at the temple.
"I still do not understand why I have to go into hiding now." Vima said turning to look at the tall Knight. Revan almost always wore his black armor now, after all he was untouchable with it on.
"If you want to keep leading the Jedi in secret then faking your own disappearance is totally necessary. Especially with this growing threat." Revan said uneasily.
Vima looked back forward and nodded. The shorter Grand Master had a bad feeling with this hidden threat arising. "What of the reports of this powerful Sith Lord who consumes lives?" Vima asked.
Revan smiled inwardly thinking about the man, or thing, he has heard rumors about. 'If I get the chance it will indeed be a great way to test my new abilities.' Revan thought. "It is nothing to worry about. All these new Sith will die and fade from memory in a matter of years. The real threat is just beyond the horizon though. The Sith Emperor will not waste any time in attacking a weak Republic and we must be ready for that."
They stopped outside the Jedi Archives. Vima sighed and looked back at Revan. "Do you think we really stand a chance to defeating him and his armies?"
Revan turned his head and looked her in the eyes. "His armies will be the easy part. The Sith Emperor himself is another story. If I cannot kill him then all this will be pointless. It is difficult to say if even with my new powers if I can beat him."
"You're joking right?"
Revan chuckled and nodded. "Yes, I just have to learn to control all this power, which is not easy. I am confident though that I will kill him, one way or another."
Vima smiled. "You never did tell me what you are going to do or Bastila for that matter."
"I didn't? Well let me end your curiosity. Bastila will stay on planet but I will be moving her to a more secretive location. Basically she will blend in with the people. As for me, I will be following the next war very closely. I will simply disappear but I will be there to make sure the balance tips in the Republic's favor. I will be the galaxy's guardian until it needs a hero."
Vima shook her head. "You always have things under control Revan."
"If I didn't then who would?" They both looked out into the empty temple before proceeding to the exit. "Your transport is on standby. You should leave at night." Revan said as they walked.
"Yes, so everything is set up?"
"Of course. You left the temple to defeat the Sith threat lurking in the shadows but you never return. Some people will hold hope you return but ultimately you never do until it is time."
"Revan you are impossible. The greatest strategist of history, the most powerful Jedi in history, a calculating mind, and not to mention good looks. But I have to ask, is there anything you can't do?"
Revan smirked. "Die."
They stopped outside of the temple and they stared at it. Vima looked at it solemnly and sighed. "I can't believe I am saying goodbye to this place. It will be completely empty with no signs that the Jedi ever existed."
"That's how it will be on Dantooine as well. I told Jolee to move his students to one of the hidden academies and Vandar has gone into hiding as well. I know it is hard to walk away but I promise you will be back."
Vima nodded and looked at Revan hopefully. "I trust you Revan. I will miss all of this but hopefully we can end the Sith threat once and for all."
"That is what I am hoping." Revan turned to her and bowed respectfully. "Until we meet again Grand Master Sunrider." Vima smiled and lowered her head before turning and walking out into the darkness. Revan stood back up straight and looked back at the temple. The final pieces of the puzzle were starting to fall into place. With the Jedi temple on Coruscant empty people will think the Jedi are gone, and that is what Revan wanted. Soon he will be gone from memory too and then the one who has been gone from the galaxy, his friend, will return to save the Republic and restore order. Until then it was just a matter of hiding and waiting.
3 months later
Revan did his best not to let his hands shake as he held the most delicate thing in the galaxy in his arms. Wrapped in a small white blanket was his son. HIS son, something he thought he would never have, a child. Revan held his newborn child close as the infant was fast asleep. Revan was inside Bastila's room after she had given birth and they had made sure the baby and mother were one hundred percent healthy. Revan slowly walked over and sat down next to his wife who was lying down. Bastila looked over at the two and smiled.
"What shall we name him?" Revan asked not taking his eyes off the delicate infant in his arms.
Bastila thought for a moment before answering. "Vaner? I was thinking Nevar but I think you would just laugh every time you called him by name."
Revan chuckled softly. "Why are you obsessed with rearranging my name into a name for my son?"
Bastila frowned and looked at him. "You don't like it?"
"No I do, I do. But I don't know if he will." Revan leaned closer to his son and whispered. "What do you think Vaner?" The baby ever so slightly moved while still sleeping. Revan leaned back and looked at Bastila. "I think he likes it." Bastila returned her smile before holding out her arms. Revan gently handed her their son and then looked at the two. He sat there and took in the image, the image of his son and wife, something he thought would have never happened.
Just a year ago he was the Dark Lord of the Sith with no prayers of ever seeing Bastila again. And now he was redeemed, married, and now a father. He married the most beautiful woman in all the galaxy and she loved him with all her heart, that was something he still had trouble believing. Now he was a father of a son who would probably grow up to take his father's place as the most powerful Jedi ever. After all he was the son of Revan and Bastila.
Revan smirked and decided to search how powerful his son was already. He closed his eyes and searched him out. Revan opened his eyes and frowned. He didn't sense a thing. Revan stood up and placed a gentle hand on his son's head. Bastila looked at him questioningly as he did this. Revan searched the child over and over but found no trace of any Force within the child. It was as if the child didn't exist in the Force. Revan lowered his hand and looked at Bastila concerned.
"What is it Revan?"
"The boy, he is not Force sensitive." Revan said dropping his gaze to Vaner. Bastila's eyes widened and she looked at her son.
"How is that possible?"
Revan thought for a moment as he returned to his chair next to Bastila. "I don't know. It is rather odd that our son has no Force potential but to make matters worse he does not feel the Force at all."
"What do you mean?"
Revan looked at her as he explained. "A Jedi has a high Force sensitivity while a normal person has a low Force sensitivity. They are not strong enough in the Force to control it but they are still a part of it as all things are connected to the Force." Revan's gaze dropped to the infant Vaner. "But our child is completely cut off from the Force. He is dead to those that can sense through the Force."
Bastila looked at her child and whispered. "But how did this happen?"
Revan leaned forward and brought a hand to his chin as he thought aloud. "Well when two strong in the Force have a child history has shown us that their child is even stronger in the Force, such as our dear friend Miss Vima Sunrider. But somehow, our child is completely cut off from the Force. Somehow our child had so much Force potential that it deafened him, blinded him."
Bastila smiled sadly as Vaner cooed while he slept. She let out a sigh and adjusted herself to get more comfortable. "It does not matter he is still our son."
Revan nodded and dropped his hand. "Yes, he is." Revan shifted his gaze over to Bastila who was immediately asleep. He smiled and walked over and pulled the blanket up and took his son so that she could sleep soundly. He looked down at Vaner and smiled. It didn't matter if his son was deaf to the Force, he was still his son.
Vaner started to wiggle and his eyes slowly blinked open but immediately shut from the bright light. He started to get upset and Revan's eyes grew wide. He looked at Bastila then the door and he quickly walked out. Revan walked out of the medical center and outside where it was night. Vaner stopped crying from the bright lights and he opened his eyes and looked at Revan. Revan tilted his head at the boy and Vaner copied his father and tilted his head as well.
Revan laughed a little. "I hope you don't grow up to be too much like me." He said. Vaner just stared at his father. Revan looked at his eyes and smiled. "I see you have your mother's eyes." Vaner had deep blue eyes the same as Bastila. Revan smirked. "Or like mine." In a flash Revan's right eye turned blue. Vaner couldn't see colors so he just kept staring at his father oddly. Revan laughed and looked up at the stars. "One day you will get tired of hearing the epic love story of your mother and me." Revan's smiled slowly faded. He looked down at his son who fell back into a peaceful sleep. "I hope I am wrong and I hope I can end the Sith threat before you are old enough to get caught up in it." Revan's eyes turned back up to the stars. "Because I honestly don't know how long this war will last."
Dromund Kaas
Lord Scourge walked tall with six Sith Masters around him. The Dark Lord was one of the Emperor's most loyal servants and well respected in the Sith. He was one of the chief generals in the massive Sith armies and was highly respected and feared. But he still answered obediently to his Sith Master.
Lord Scourge and the other Sith stood before the Sith Emperor's throne and knelt before him. "Lord Scourge, I trust you have something to report."
"Yes my lord, our spies have reported that Malak was defeated by Revan. After that Revan destroyed the Star Forge then he disappeared. Since then the Jedi have been systematically slain by a group of renegade Sith on Malachor V. They are each… different and very powerful. None are as strong as most of us save for one, his power is unreadable sir and I suggest serious caution when dealing with that one. But by our estimates these three will kill all the Jedi and seriously cripple the Republic for us then we can easily take the galaxy." Lord Scourge reported.
The Sith Emperor folded his hands and took all this in. "Where has Revan gone to?"
"We don't know sir. We think he may have just died off as it has been a year."
"Possible, but highly unlikely. Continue monitoring the galaxy and see if he pops back up but send word for all or forces to begin final construction on my armies. War is soon."
Lord Scourge let this weigh heavily on him. 'Why is this Revan so important?' He thought. Scourge was there the day Revan and Malak came to Dromund Kaas. He was there when they faced the Emperor and he felt something odd about the one called Revan. Like he had not even fallen but he was merely masked by darkness. Since then Scourge followed this Knight called Revan closely. He watched as Revan betrayed the Sith Emperor and attempted to unite the galaxy only to fall to his own apprentice. The Jedi Revan fascinated Scourge, not only for his power but his incredible mind that was built for warfare. Revan was born to end wars and lives it was simple as that.
Scourge bowed his head. "Of course my lord." Scourge rose and left with the Sith behind him. The Sith Emperor had said it: war is soon. The galaxy will burn in the name of the Sith Emperor and all will die or serve him. It was only a matter of time now, soon the grand war will begin. Not even Revan will be able to stop the Emperor and his armies. But one thing troubled this great Sith.
Why did he not like the idea of the Emperor conquering the galaxy?
Fin.
A/N: So… Lord Scourge is starting to have doubts. And Revan is too, but he is doubting his plan after seeing his son. And yes I kept to canon in having his son named Vaner and him being not Force-sensitive. But I took it an extra step to say that Vaner is totally invisible to the Force. I don't have to explain what that means right? What will happen next? Oh and if you are wondering the year it is 3,955 BBY. KotoR 2 happened in 3,951 BBY but now that everything is different it will happen sooner than expected. What do I mean? You will see. Please review.
