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Ghren stood at his desk in TSF Command, his eyes focused on the special guest who arrived at the beginning of the attack. Revan stood on the other side of the desk, his masked face staring at the control panels on it. The subordinate officers tried their best to focus on relaying messages and not to give any stares at the former Dark Lord of the Sith.
As he stood there, the lieutenant tried his best to take in the information Revan had just told him. Ghren heard tales of the Sith race, but only as bedtime stories that parents would their children to make them go to sleep at night. Knowing that the Sith were alive and trying to exact vengeance for the Great Hyperspace War was a hard pill to swallow.
Yet, Ghren had no time to worry about as he, along with everyone else, felt the floor lightly tremble against the pounding of fire from the turrets of the Sith fighters and ships. News of Sith boarding parties reached his and Revan's ears within the past minutes, and it seemed like things were getting worse. That was until a TSF officer announced, "Sir, another ship has dropped out of hyperspace! It's a Republic military shuttle! The pilot's asking to head to one of the docking bays!"
A small flicker of hope ignited in Ghren, but he was confused as to why it was here. "What's it doing here?" he thought aloud.
Revan, too, had been curious about the occupants inside the newly arrival shuttle, but the Force allowed him to sense no hostility. "Give them access. We'll need the help we can get," he ordered.
The order was not carried out as Revan planned as the TSF soldier's eyes stared at the Jedi before shifting towards his superior. Ghren nodded at his subordinate. "Do as he says. Have a few starfighters escort it to the one of the docking bays."
Nodding at his commanding officer, the soldier relayed the order to the Citadel station's line of defense. Ghren returned his attention to the Jedi Knight standing before him, and noticed Revan's masked face simply staring at the durasteel walls of TSF Command. The lieutenant thought he could see the green eyes staring through the black visor, almost as if he was contemplating something.
Ghren was right as Revan's mind had been trying to anticipate the next move of the invading Sith fleet. The hero of the Republic tried to use the Force to detect the Sith's motivations through the dense battle raging at Citadel Station. Revan once applied the same method during his time as a general in the Mandalorian Wars and a Sith Lord in the Jedi Civil War, helping him win the battles. Yet, Revan felt there was something off with the battle, an unknown factor which continued to plague his mind.
While Ghren felt it be awkward to ask Revan, he did anyway. "Everything alright?"
The question brought the Jedi's attention the Telosian lieutenant as he turned to face Ghren. "Have any of the Sith ships turned their attention to the Jedi Academy?" he inquired.
Revan's words momentarily made Ghren stare at him with confusion before giving his reply. "No," he answered. "None of the ships have made an attempt."
The answer made Revan only more curious as his mind returned to the battle. "And there's only a handful of Jedi on the surface," Revan muttered to himself.
The dense battle in orbit of Telos was too busy for him to keep track of every little thing, yet Revan could feel that there was something off. Just as Ghren said, the assault had mainly been on the Citadel Station and not one ship attempted to fire on the Jedi Academy on the surface. The current Sith Emperor had been hellbent on accomplishing his ancestors' goal for avenging the Sith and destroying the Jedi.
"Something's not right," Revan muttered. "The emperor wants to destroy the Jedi. Unless, there was something he wanted…"
Under the Mandalorian mask, his green eyes widen at the memory of certain artifacts within the Academy. Whirling to Ghren, Revan ordered, "Lieutenant, keep me informed on the battle above! I'm heading back to the Academy!"
"The Academy? Why?" Ghren asked, taken aback by Revan's command.
"If I'm right, the Academy will expect some trouble," came from the Jedi Knight.
With that, Revan dashed away from TSF command and towards the long corridors of Citadel Station, Ghren's eyes focused on the black robes flapping as the Jedi left. Ghren hoped that whatever Revan was doing would help them against the Sith. For now, Ghren focused his attention on commanding his troops, hoping the Exile was having a better time than he was.
AN: And that's rough draft of what I have planned for chapter 6. Please leave your thoughts in the reviews and thank you.
Raika out!