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AN: This is the finale part of what I had written so far. It also contains what I had plan for the rest of the story. Enjoy!
REPUBLIC VESSEL SOJOURN, MID RIM...
The Republic Hammerhead-class cruiser Sojourn was once under the command of Admiral Forn Dodonna, who led the Republic's force into victory after the Battle of the Star Forge. Dodonna eventually was relieved of her duties when she retired and gave the ship to Carth Onasi, who was promoted to admiral for heroics during the Jedi Civil War. For the next few years or so, Carth Onasi commanded the Republic fleet with the Sojourn as its head, which especially helped during Darth Nihilus' attack on Telos IV a few months ago.
At the moment, Carth was inside of his private quarters on board the ship, still wearing his uniform. His quarters was similar to his private home on Citadel Station; small-yet comfy-with some furniture on one end, while there was a bed on the other. He sat on a couch, finally relaxing after a long day's work with a cup of caffa in his hands. Carth did like the peace and quiet, but he was also anxious to get back to work. He recently received word that there were new recruits into the Republic military and the admiral wanted to prepare them for what was out there in the Unknown Regions.
Carth's time alone in his quarters was cut short when he heard the familiar chime of his comm unit placed across from where he sat. Carth let out a sigh as he placed his cup of caffa on the small table in front of him before he walked over to the unit and answered the call. "Admiral Onasi here, what is it?"
Static filled with the screen of the comm unit before it was replaced with the image of a Republic trooper. "Sir, we're receiving a transmission from Jedi Master Bastila Shan," he reported. "She's requesting to speak with you in private."
Hearing Bastila's name, Carth immediately replied, "Put her through."
The image of the trooper was soon replaced with Bastila's face, who greeted him, "Hello Carth. I'm sorry for troubling you like this."
"It's no problem, Bastila," he smiled at the Jedi Master. "You need something?"
The Republic admiral noticed Bastila's face was expressionless, but he knew that the Jedi Grandmaster was hiding something. Carth recognized it all too well from his time traveling with her and Revan. Bastilla only had that face on, to cover her concern over something that had gone wrong, or an important issue arose within the Jedi Order. This time, Carth was not sure, so he decided to let Bastila answer. "I'm wondering if the Exile is with you," Bastila requested. "I need to speak with her."
"Sorry Bastila, but she's not," Carth answered. "What do you need her for?"
This time, Bastila's emotionless mask fell, revealing her face to be filled with concern. Carth saw Bastila's hesitation in answering his question, so the answer automatically came to him. "It's about Revan," Carth stated, his tone same level as Bastila's. When ever the Prodigal Knight was mention in any of their conversations, Bastilla would have a similar expression on her face.
"Yes," Bastila nodded. "He contacted me through the Force."
That answer took Carth by surprise as his eyes widen and he found himself quickly asking, "When did this happen?"
"A few days ago," was Bastila's response. "He told me something, or someone, was coming. I discussed it with the other Jedi Masters and we assumed it was from the Unknown Regions."
"That means Revan found what he was looking for," Carth quickly assumed, his voice filled with anxiety.
Bastila's face, on the other, did not carry Carth's anxiety, but cautiousness. "Possibly," she said, her tone the same as her facial expression. "I've been trying to contact the Exile, but I've had no luck. I thought I would contact you to see where she was."
Remembering the Exile, Carth answered, "You missed her by a day. I had her meet me on Telos, so I could give her that lead we found a week ago. Sorry Bastila."
The Jedi Master let out a sigh of disappointed. "It's alright, Carth," she said before the admiral noticed Bastila turned head away from the screen to look at someone. Bringing her head back to Carth, Bastila said, "I should get going. The students are getting impatient."
Carth nodded in understandably. Rebuilding the Jedi Order was no easy task, and dealing with multiple student certainly took a lot of time. "Take care, Bastila."
"You too, Carth," were her last words.
Saying their goodbyes, the screen went blank, ending the call between the two war heroes of the Jedi Civil War. Carth turned his attention back to the couch he previously sat in before Bastila's call, yet the back of his mind remained wondered on the Jedi Exile's whereabout. He knew that he gave the Exile the information, but he was not completely sure his lead would take the Exile directly to Revan. Obviously, there would be obstacles and dead-ends,
Carth shook his head of those thoughts and focused on his task at hand of drinking his caffa as he went over to pick it up. Much to Carth's dismay, it went cold when he was talking with Bastila, which meant it lost its good taste that he was too acquainted to. The admiral simply sighed. "I really need to stop asking the mess hall for a cup of caffa," he muttered as he left his quarters to get a new cup.
NAR SHADDAA...
Nar Shaddaa was the largest moon of Nal Hutta, the home planet of the slug-like sentient beings called Hutts. Since the moon was well known for its criminal activity and metropolitan setting, it was given multiple names, such as "The Smuggler's Moon," "the Vertical City," and "Little Corusant." It was populated, and filled with dozens of skyscrapers and tall buildings. The Jedi Exile once came to this moon before, in search of Jedi Master Zez-Kai Ell, and eventually encountered the bounty hunter, Mira, who would join her group.
The Exile exited the Ebon Hawk that was placed on the familiar landing pad her ship landed the last time it came to Nar Shaddaa. The last time the Hawk was on the pad, a group of Trandoshans tried to take the ship as a hostage, which resulted in the Exile and her companions killing them. Though the Exile was able to defend her ship, she did not want to experience the same thing again, especially since she came here with only T3 and HK. She ordered the two droids to stay on the ship to protect it from anymore thieves. It was dangerous for the Jedi Exile to be on Nar Shaddaa, but it was also necessary for her to find any information on Revan's whereabouts.
Though Carth did provide her with a lead, the Exile was not going to head towards the Unknown Regions, at least not without some information that might be useful. It was a well known fact that many smugglers and pirates used the Unknown Regions as secret route for smuggling spice, so they could avoid any Republic ships. There would have to be someone on the Smuggler's Moon who went into the Unknown Regions, and the Exile believed that would be useful in finding Revan.
She walked through the familiar systems of cat walks and grilled floors that made up the ground of the Refugee Sector. The Exile did not wear her old Jedi robes, for she knew that she would be drawing too much attention towards herself. Though the bounty on Jedi was removed, there was still a chance that someone may want to attack a Jedi for fame, and the Exile did not want to risk that. That was why she wore a simply out that was comprised of a brown jacket over her white shirt and black pants with her lightsaber hanging from her belt. Fortunately for her, the jacket was long enough to conceal her lightsaber from anyone's eyes.
The Exile continued walking pass through the refugees who just arrived on Nar Shaddaa as well, using the Force to sense an oncoming attack. She continued to cautiously stroll through the area until she reached the entrance of Refugee's Landing pad cantina. It was filled with a diverse number of sentient species and included humans, unlike Jekk'Jekk Tar, which was filled with non-human sentient beings. She also remembered this place because it was where Atton was attacked by the Twin Suns, those twin Twi'lek assassins hired by the Exchange.
Looking up at the entrance of the cantina, the Exile said. "Well, I guess I can start here," she thought aloud.
When she entered the cantina, the Exile noticed the place was filled with dozens of beings before she headed towards the bartender's counter. The bartender noticed the Exile approaching the counter so he asked politely, "What will it be?"
"Give me some Corellian Brandy," she replied, placing some credits on the counter.
The bartender slid the credits off the table before he went to get the Exile's drink ready for her. As she waited, the Exile casually looked around the cantina to see it was like the way it was when she came to Nar Shaddaa before. That time, she was in search of Zez-Kai Ell, and now she was looking for smugglers and pirates who traveled around the Unknown Regions. Fortunately for the Exile, there were plenty of smugglers hanging around the tables, playing pazaak and drinking their alcoholic beverages.
Out of the corner of her eye, the Exile noticed a man in the corner of the cantina, sitting quietly at his table. The man wore a black cloak that covered his entire body, save for his hands and feet that seemed to be covered by his respective black gloves and boots. Also, the figure had a hood over his head and it concealed his facial features, save for the lower portion of his tanned face that had nearly trimmed, black beard.
After that quick glance, the Exile moved her eyes away from the figure and back to the bartender, who had her drink ready. As the Exile took a sip of her beverage, she tried to sense the figure through the Force, but found nothing; only a veil that concealed him, much like his cloak. Whoever this figure was, the Exile decided to keep an eye on him, but she still needed to get some information and it was obvious that would take some time.
KHOONDA, DANTOOINE...
The prairie world of Dantooine once housed the famous Jedi Enclave that trained dozens of Jedi, though it was not that many in comparison with the Jedi Temple on Corusant. However, the destruction of the Enclave during the Jedi Civil War caused the Republic to abandon the planet, leaving the settlers to fend for themselves. Thus, the settlers formed their own government that was named Khoonda, lead by Administrator Terena Adare. The building that acted as Adare's residence once was a private estate of the Matale family, who were all killed off in the bombardment. The estate was rebuilt and Khoonda governed over the settlers, but it suffered from economic and military problems. Fortunately, the arrival of the Jedi Exile allowed Dantooine to thrive without having to worry about mercenaries or salvagers interfering with daily life.
To thank the Jedi Exile for her work, Administrator Adare allowed the Jedi to reestablish their Enclave and Jedi gladly came to the Enclave to train, but not everyone was welcomed the idea. Many of the settlers resented the idea of Jedi returning to Dantooine for fear of their being under attack by the Sith. Adare did her best to assuage the situation, but her multiple attempts to calm her people failed, resulting in tensions between the Jedi and settlers. It was the reason that Jedi Knight Yuthura Ban came to Adare's office and stood before Khoonda's leader as a representative of the Jedi.
The Twi'lek Jedi and former Sith, Yuthura Ban, stood before Administrator Adare, wearing the typical brown robes of the Jedi Knights. Yuthura's face carried small scratches and barely visible scars from when she hid from the Sith Triumvirate's assassins. However, the scars did not diminish her skill as Yuthura, along with Juhani, were able to rebuilt the Jedi Enclave and teach more Jedi on Dantooine.
"Administrator Adare, I implore you to let your people know they are in no danger," Yuthura pushed. "The Jedi will protect the people, as they have in the past."
"I only wish that were true," Adare frowned. "I've tried to tell my people, but they won't listen. The wounds of Malak's attack are still fresh."
Yuthura sighed in defeat, knowing that this discussion had gone on for far too long and that Adare's argument was sound. Malak's attack on Dantooine caused the settlers to dislike Jedi, for they believed the Jedi were responsible for Malak's atrocities on them. Yuthura also acknowledged the fact that without the Jedi, Khoonda would not be capable of establishing relations with the Republic nor would it have protection. While some of the settlers accepted the Jedi, the rest remained undeffered in their decision and it seemed like they were not going to change at all.
"I will return to the Enclave," Yuthura said before she turned around and left Adare's office.
Yuthura did not look back as she walked past Lieutenant Zherron, the head of Khoonda's soldiers, and entered the hall outside of Adare's office to find Juhani. The Cathar Jedi wore the same robes as Yuthura, her lightsaber hanging from her belt. A few of the Khoonda soldiers who looked at Juhani noticed her sharp teeth, which made them simply rush pass the Cathar. Juhani, much like Yuthura, remained in hiding during the Sith Triumvirate's attempt to wipe out the Jedi, and she returned to Dantooine once the threat was eliminated by the Jedi Exile and her companions.
Walking up to Yuthura, Juhani used the Twi'lek facial expression to assess what happened. "I believe it did not go well, then," Juhani deduced.
"No, it didn't." Yuthura shook her head before looking at her fellow Jedi. "I don't see why you don't go in. You know more about the Enclave then I do."
"I'm afraid my... tendencies would not make me such a good negotiator," Juhani said, choosing her words carefully, since she was within the boundaries of Khoonda instead of the Jedi Enclave.
The conversation between to the two Jedi was cut short when suddenly the ground beneath their feet feet shook, causing them to lose their balance and stumble a bit. They were not the only ones for Khoonda soldiers and settlers within the complex found themselves falling onto the ground, or hitting against the wall. After the two Jedi were able to regain their balance, Juhani and Yuthura looked at each other before they ran out of Administrator Adare's estate and into the open.
The two Jedi saw the Khoonda soldiers running to their post as fast as they could, while the settlers tried to find some place for shelter. However, what took them by surprise the most was the unidentified, wedge-shaped star ships in the sky of Dantooine. "By the Force!" Yuthura exclaimed.
Turning to her head to the Twi'lek Jedi, Juhani said, "Return to the Enclave! Contact Admiral Onasi and let him know whats happened!"
Yuthura nodded before she used the Force to speed towards the Jedi Enclave, while Juhani turned her attention back to the star ships, gripping her lightsaber in her hand. "May the Force be with us," Juhani whispered.
BRIDGE OF THE SOJOURN...
The alarms blared loudly as Carth found the halls of the Sojourn to be covered in an infrared light, and he immediately ran as fast as he could towards the bridge to find it in the same color as the rest of the ship. The Republic troopers on the bridge were at the controls, trying to check on the source of the alarm. "What's going on?" Carth demanded as he entered the bridge.
One of the troopers turned her head from the control panel she worked at and replied, "Admiral, we're getting reports that Dantooine is under attack!"
Carth's head whipped towards the trooper with surprise on his face. "What?"
"Reports state that unidentified ships have dropped out of hyperspace and begun attacking the Jedi Enclave," the female Republic trooper explained.
"It's not just there!" another trooper, this one a human male, shouted over the deafening alarms. "Planets from all over the Outer Rim are under attack! Nar Shaadaa, Onderon, and even Kashykk! The ships attacking them all have the same design!"
Carth stood there, shocked at the news, but he regained his composure and gave out his orders. "Have all nearby ships head towards those planets! Rescue any civilians and Republic personnel they can find and bring them back to the Mid Rim!"
The troopers on the bridge complied with Carth's command as they began to send transmissions to the star ships. As the troopers carried out their orders, Carth tried to keep a level head in the situation, but he could not shake off the feeling that this was just the beginning.
NAR SHADDAA...
The Exile placed her empty glass of Corellian Brandy on the counter and sighed, the smell of alcohol escaping from her mouth and entering the air of the cantina. For the past few hours, she tried to find anyone, ranging from smugglers to bounty hunters, who traveled to the Unknown Regions only to come up empty handed. The Exile could not find a single person who had the information she was looking for. When the last smuggler left her, the Exile rested her elbow on the counter before placing her face onto her palm.
When she removed her hand from her glass, the Exile heard a sudden high-pitched chime, which made her eye turned towards her glass to see it was vibrating. That was not the only thing for everything within the cantina began to shake, causing some of the customers to lose their balance. "What the..." the Exile began, but was cut off when she heard the sound of an explosion.
At the sound of the explosion, the customers immediately ran out of the cantina, while the bartender hid behind the counter. The Exile followed the crowd outside of the cantina, and was shocked to see star ships of unknown design in the dark skies of Nar Shaddaa. Turbolaser fire came from the unknown starships and struck many buildings, causing innocent bystanders to run for their lives to avoid being killed. The Exile continued to stand there until a turbolaser struck one of the buildings nearby the cantina, causing debris to fall on the innocent bystanders. She looked up to see a large piece of debris heading straight towards her, but the Exile rolled out of the way in time for the debris to hit the floor.
Instead of allowing herself to be killed, the Exile decided to head towards her ship. Running through the crowds, the Exile used the Force and some adrenaline to quicken her pace. She did not stop for one second, her instincts telling her to get to the Ebon Hawk quickly, and hopefully, escape Nar Shaddaa to warn the Republic of this eminent danger. She grabbed her comlink and activated, before shouting, "T3, get the Hawk ready! We're leaving!"
Putting away her comlink, the Exile continued rushing through the docking bays and entered the Refugee Sector of Nar Shaddaa. Like the other places on Nar Shadda, the Refugee Sector was under attack by a few of the strange ships, firing on some of the nearby buildings. Large amounts of debris fell from the building and onto the the refugees, who were trying to flee for the lives.
A turbolaser struck one of the building causing another large piece of debris to fall, but it was about to fall on a refugee woman and her young son. They both looked up to see the debris about to fall on them, so the mother embraced her son and ready to shield him. Halting her escape, the Exile outstretched her hand, reaching out with the Force to stop the debris where it was before it could crush the bodies of the two refugees. The woman and young boy were surprised at the debris floating in mid-air before looking at the Exile, who was preventing it from crushing them. "Get out of here!" the Exile shouted to them.
The woman nodded before she picked up her son before heading towards the nearest shelter. Seeing the pair out of danger, the Exile swung her arm to the side, using the Force to send the debris flying, before she returned to heading towards the Ebon Hawk. Unfortunately, she noticed more debris falling, and she removed her lightsaber hilt from her belt. "Oh Force!" she swore.
The Exile activated her cyan blade in time to slice another large piece of debris in half before she ran towards the Refugee Landing Pad, where the Ebon Hawk was. When the Ebon Hawk came into view, the Exile ran faster, using her lightsaber to slice away at any rubble falling on her. Unfortunately, she had to stop when another piece of debris struck the floor in front of her. The Exile's surprise stalled her, which made her not noticed more rubble about to fall on her.
The sound of another lightsaber activating made the Exile look up to see a black blur leaping over her and a green lightsaber slicing through the rubble into small pieces. The blur landed, allowing the Exile to recognize it was the black-cloaked man she saw at the cantina earlier. The man's green lightsaber made the Exile wonder the identity of this stranger, but she noticed the man was no longer concealing his presence. When the man looked at the Exile, his face came into her view, allowing her to recognize him.
"Revan?" the Exile breathed.
It was indeed her old commanding officer from the Mandalorian Wars that took place about a decade ago. Revan still had his tanned skin as well as short, black hair, but he grown some facial hair over the years, which was readily evident with his trimmed beard. His eyes were green, much like how the Exile remembered it before Revan became a Dark Lord of the Sith. Revan's black cloak hung from his shoulder and swung open, revealing he was wearing his old robes and armor he wore when he was a Sith in the Jedi Civil War. While his green lightsaber was in his hands, another hung from his belt.
"C'mon!" Revan shouted to her.
The Exile was brought back to reality in time to see Revan heading towards the Hawk, and she soon followed him to the freighter. Avoiding the rubble, the two Jedi ran up the ramp and entered the hull of the Ebon Hawk. "T3, get us out of here!" the Exile shouted.
The sound of T3's beeps and whirls echoed from the cockpit before both Revan and the Exile felt the Hawk leaving the landing pad. Revan stood there as the Exile ran through the main hold of the ships before heading towards the cockpit to see T3 hooked up to the Ebon Hawk's controls. From the cockpit, she could see the view of Nar Shaddaa's metropolitan landscape turning into the blackness of space.
The Exile took notice of other star ships and freighters in Nar Shaddaa's orbit that were being gunned down by the mysterious ships. However, she had no time to mourn for the innocent people being killed as she turned to T3. "Take us into hyperspace!" the Exile ordered.
The droid let out a series of beeps of acknowledgment and it did not take long as the stars became long white streaks and soon, the Ebon Hawk entered the blue vortex of hyperspace. Seeing that they were safe, the Exile let out a sigh of relief before she remembered that Revan was on the ship. Turning around, the Exile left T3 alone, making the droid let out a curious whistle at her.
The Exile entered the main hold of the Ebon Hawk to see Revan standing near the large, circular console that served for navigation and communication. HK-47 was no where in sight at the moment, so she did not have to worry about that assassin droid for the moment. She turned her attention towards Revan, who noticed her entering the main hold. No words were spoken between the two Jedi until the Exile finally said, "Revan."
"Exile," Revan spoke, his tone neutral.
Both of them could sense each other's uneasiness and it was not hard to figure why. The two had not seen each other for about a decade, not since the end of the Mandalorian Wars and so much happened after the final battle of Malachor V. They each went through their own personal trials. when Revan first went into the Unknown Regions of space. The Exile served under Revan durin it cost her connection to the Force
The Exile walked up to Revan, who was taken by surprise as he felt the Exile's gloved fist crashing into his face, making him fall on his back. She stood there and looked down at her former commanding officer. Revan was surprised at the Exile's actions, but he knew her reasons as he wiped away a small trickle of blood coming from his lip. "I'm assuming that was for Malachor V," he said, standing up. When Revan spoke the name of that devastated planet, the Exile took hint of regret in his tone.
"And for my exile," the Exile added, "among other things."
Revan hung his head a little low, muttering, "I did deserve that," before looking back up at the Exile. "I guess you're wondering what I'm doing here." It was not a question.
The Exile did know what Revan was talking about. "You found what was out in the Unknown Regions, didn't you?" the Exile spoke. "The Sith are back and those ships that attacked Nar Shaddaa is apart of their fleet."
Again, Revan was surprised by his general's deduction, but it was not too hard to guess as how she came know that information. "So Kreia told you, huh?" Revan said, receiving a nod from the Exile. "Yeah, the Sith Empire is back, and they're beginning their assault."
The Exile opened her mouth to question Revan, but he spoke before she could. "Listen, I know you have a lot questions and I'll answer them, but now isn't the time. The Sith are beginning their attack on the Republic. We need to inform the Jedi about this," Revan stated. "I know you, but will you work with me, one last time?"
Revan's old general just crossed her arms over her chest, her eyes glaring at Revan. "I trusted you before and we both know how that ended," the Exile said, her tone stern. However, she smirked and answered, "I guess I'm dumb enough to trust you again."
Smiling, Revan turned around towards the cockpit. "Alright, then. First stop is the Jedi Temple. We need to let them know about the Sith!"
PLOT:
The Exile and Revan go meet the Council and discuss to gather the remaining Jedi. Revan and Bastila have some time alone and its revealed that Bastila had twins, Satele and Kane.
Revan and the Exile heads for Dxun to meet up with Canderous/Mandalore, while Bastila and Jolee head to Dantooine to rescue the Jedi who are captured by the Sith. On Dxun, the two Jedi meet with Scourge, who agrees to help them. Meanwhile, Bastila and Jolee infiltrate the Sith and fight off Baras and Nox to rescue Juhani, Yuthura, and the other Jedi. Atton, Mical, and Mira head for Kashykk to save Mission and Zalbaar, while Visas and Brianna leave for Telos with Atris to secure the secret Jedi Enclave there.
After dealing with their respective tasks, they all head back to Corusant to face off the Sith fleet there. The combined forces of the Jedi drive away the Sith fleet, which is left of only a few dozen starships and the Emperor. The Sith retreat to Dromund Kaas with Revan, the Exile, and their companions following them.
They infiltrate Dromund Kaas' capital and enter the palace. They face off with Augustine, and Revan sacrifices himself to kill the Emperor.
A/N: And that's it! Please leave your comments in the reviews, and if you have any criticism, please let it be constructive! Now, this story is NOT up for adoption. Thank you.
Raika out!