Darth Revan's warship floats in space, and the sight would be almost peaceful, were it not for the Republic cruisers honing in. The Sith fleet turns to face them, fighters start streaming from hangar bays.
The Republic Army has the upper hand, for now.
Under the cover of all this chaos, Padawan Bastila Shan leads a team through the halls of the ship, holding onto the thread of the Force, calming the minds of the Sith soldiers around them, letting the small group of Jedi slip through, like shadows.
Things are somewhat spiraling out of control, today.
She feels the Jedi approaching.
Darth Revan hides her own presence - more accurately, she plays a bit of a game of misdirection. The unobservant will think she remains on her bridge. Instead, she leaves the battle to the ship's captain, stalking through the halls to cut the Jedi off early.
A flicker, a change- but then Revan's presence stabilises. Bastila breathes a sigh of relief.
"She knows we're here. Prepare yourselves."
"Bastila, we cannot take on a Sith Lord, and all her followers," one of the Jedi says, sounding serious, but scared.
"Ailia, this is our only chance to end the Sith before they destroy the galaxy. We must continue."
She leads the way.
Revan knows these corridors better than them.
Knows the ideal place for an ambush, even.
She'll spin out into the middle of their formation, lightsaber flaring to life, if their caution slips but an iota.
Something...flickers, on the edge of Bastila's awareness, but as her mouth opens to warn the group-
Don't let your caution slip, little Jedi. A more dangerous opponent is closer.
Revan starts cutting them down.
Bastila doesn't scream, even as she feels them die.
She reaches out, singling into Revan's mind, fighting through it, pushing all of her power into it.
Revan knows who she is. She's stubborn, mind centered firmly. Hard to shake.
Still, Bastila now has her full attention.
It doesn't take much to keep the other two off her back. Standards are slipping, it seems. She cuts down one of the two.
Her mind's not presenting any cracks for Bastila to take advantage of.
No, it isn't.
But Revan can sense her forces heavily suffering. Malak's seem to be getting stronger, and isn't that the way of the Sith? The apprentice cuts down the Master?
She trusts Malak. They're friends, they have the same goals, she wouldn't have gone into this with her if she didn't know her conviction -
There's a creeping doubt, still. It throws her off a bit.
Not in the physical fight. She could do this in her sleep. But in the struggle with Bastila...
And she's got her- Bastila can feel her mind, and can sense her thoughts, her fear-
...she's gone too deep- there's an opening for Revan-
Revan lashes back, snarling, trying to get the same advantage over her enemy that her enemy has over her.
Bastila is spread too thin, trying to boost the Republic forces, hold back Revan's- she can't hold her back, she's-
Revan lashes out, but she's a bit distracted - still a deadly fighter, but it's getting harder to balance the physical fight with the mental -
...something's wrong, something's...too much...she can't tell where she begins and Revan ends...
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