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Maul worked silently in a room he had his half lightsaber on the table along with enough pieces to be able to make a completely new lightsaber. Piece by piece he careful uses them to restore his dual-bladed lightsaber. After many hours of working he was finished and ignited both ends of his lightsaber successfully.
"Well done Darth Maul. I must admit I never seen one build a double lightsaber by hand and not the Force." Count Dooku praised him
"One must learn how not to be completely dependent on the Force." Maul remarked
"Now that you are done Lord Sidious wishes to see you." Dooku said walking to the door and Maul followed behind him

They walked into the Sith Lord's room and Maul couldn't help but feel a feeling of wrongness through the bond.
Calm Kenobi. Do not worry we will be together soon and the Sith will no longer be a threat. Maul though sending a calming wave through the bond. It was the most he could do to soothe the Jedi's pain of being separated from him.
"Ah, Lord Maul." Darth Sidious greeted Maul
"My Lord" Maul greeted Sidious with a bow as he always use to.
"It is excellent to have you back Lord Maul, your skills are exactly what we need to win this war once and for all." Sidious said
"This War shall be over before you know it sire." Maul said with pride
"It is wonderful to have you back my old apprentice as our new assassin. No one shall be able to defeat us now!"

Obi-wan saw the Jedi temple and he couldn't help but feel as empty as he did when he first return those 10 years ago.
"Kenobi." Savage said placing a hand on the Jedi's shoulder. "This is only temporary, I know it's farther from my brother, but we will return him to us."
"Savage, Maul is a Sith again, the Jedi could use you and your knowledge of Maul to help save lives. We could use all the help we can get." Obi-wan said looking up from the pilots seat at Savage.
"My brother is confused, but I do not doubt that he has a plan." Savage said and paused for a moment. "I will only help to keep you safe Kenobi."
"Thank you, Savage." Obi-wan said standing up
"I don't know what my brother would do to me if I didn't protect you, even from him." Savage signed and Obi-wan hugged him. "Uh Kenobi?"
"Sorry Savage." Obi-wan said letting him go. "It's just those words, they reminded me of my old master. After what Maul did those years ago." Obi-wan rubbed his scar. "My master wanted to protect me even after he found out Maul's intention."
"Kenobi, you must put the past behind you and focus in the present. What Maul did then is done." Savage said picking up his old magik staff he was given to my Mother Talzin.
"You are right, Savage. The past is what led us here." Obi-wan said and walked to the docking bay. "Let's go."
They both got off the ship and the clones pointed their weapons at Savage.
"No! It's ok" Obi-wan said stoping the clones. "He's here to help."
"A beast like this wants to help us? How?" A clone asked
"We both bring information about the Sith and we must see the council right away." Obi-wan said and looked sound at the clones.
One of the clones lowered his weapon. "Fine. You two." He pointed at two other clones. "Come with me, we'll lead them to the council members." You three," He looked at the other clones "Stay here and keep guard."
The clones surrounded Obi-wan and Savage as they walked through the halls. Savage calmly walked beside Obi-wan.
"I'm not so sure your plan will work Kenobi." Savage said looking down at him.
"Don't worry Savage, I'll keep you safe here. Some Jedi may not understand, but they will with time." Obi-wan said
As they were walking, they were nearly to the council room when Ahsoka passed them.
"Master Kenobi?!" Ahsoka said shocked and Obi-wan hushed her. She ran to Anakin's room.
"Skyguy, you have to come with me!" Ahsoka said and Anakin looked at her from mediating.
"What is it Ahsoka?" He stood up walking over to her.
"It's Master Kenobi, he's back!" Ahsoka told him
"What where is he?" Anakin asked
"I saw him with Savage being led to the council room by a group of clones." Ahsoka replied with a bit worry
"That beast is here?! What is Obi-wan thinking?!" Anakin said rushing off to the council room.

THAT AFTERNOON

Anakin was pacing in the room as Padmé sat with Obi-wan and Ahsoka. Padmé and Ahsoka couldn't help but feel awkward with Savage behind Obi-wan. Savage had his arms crossed as he watched Anakin pace.
"So let me get this straight. That beast, is joining the Jedi because Maul, the one who kidnapped you, Obi-wan, returned to the Sith and he is here to protect you." Anakin stopped pacing and looked at them. "But this all started because Maul is jealous of Savage's connection with you. Is any of that right?"
"If you see it that way, almost." Savage commented
"Listen Anakin. I know this a lot to take in, but everything between started between Maul and I is because there is a connection between him and I and Maul thinks it's because we are mates." Obi-wan started
"In our species, it is rare to find a mate and unknown to my brother he just did what he did the best: take and own." Savage explained interrupting Obi-wan.
"Not long after Anakin and Ahsoka broke the chase Maul decided to land and find an inn to rest in." Obi-wan went further
"We needed supplies and a new ship." Savage interrupted again
"As Maul was gone, Savage and I were talking and I must admit I said some things I regret." Obi-wan tried to continue
"Unknowing to Kenobi, my brother had heard part of what he said. He heard Kenobi say that I would be a better mate for him than my brother." Savage said
"Maul didn't take that well and he left us on the planet with hardly any credits and food." Obi-wan said looking down and rubbed his chest trying to relieve the pain. "We had heard that Maul was killing Jedi and that Count Dooku tempted him back to the Dark Side."
"If he joined them than my brother would get revenge on me thinking I took Kenobi from him and he gets to capture Kenobi and keep him." Savage said summing up the deal.
"We knew I would be safer here in the temple and with our knowledge we could help predict Maul's moves." Obi-wan said
"Wait so what Maul did to you all those years ago was-" Padmé started
"It was him trying to... Express himself" Obi-wan said scratching the back of his head.
"Express himself?! Obi-wan you were hardly recognizable! You didn't talk to anyone, but Qui-Gon for weeks!" Anakin shouted
"I know how I was Anakin!" Obi-wan stood up and marched over to him. "I still remember it like it was yesterday! And trust me it hurts like hell! I tried forgetting and forgiving but thanks to me not forgiving him he's back with the  Sith." Obi-wan's shouts started slowly faded as tears came to his eyes. "And you do not understand how much I just wanted him to stay dead, but he's not and it hurts. This pain in my chest, it gets worse every moment I'm away from him and it squeezes my chest to the point I can't breath and it gets worse every step I take away from him." The tears fell from his eyes and Anakin was in pure shock at Obi-wan's outbreak along with Padmé and Ahsoka. "Don't you talk about Maul so badly, he had changed, but I... I just had to say those words..."
Savage walked over to Obi-wan and pulled him back away from Anakin to give the other Jedi space. Obi-wan turned and just cried into Savage's chest.
"I just want Maul back. I want this pain to stop." Obi-wan cried and Savage rubbed his back not knowing what else to do.
Padmé stood up and walked over to Savage and Obi-wan. "Come Savage I'll show you to Obi-wan's room." She walked to the door and Savage slowly followed with Obi-wan. Ahsoka looked at Anakin, who was still was absorbing the shock of the outbreak.
"I've only seen Obi-wan lash out like that once before and that was when Qui-Gon got wounded by Maul in their first battle." Anakin said quietly trying to think of what to do.
"Master Kenobi really cares about Maul. As much as you do about Padmé, Master." Ahsoka said as Anakin sat down.
He signed running a hand over his face. "This is going to be bad if it gets out."
"We will need Master Obi-wan to stop Maul." Ahsoka commented
"We will need more than Obi-wan and Maul's brother to stop him Ahsoka." Anakin said trying to think.
"Didn't you and Master Kenobi go to Maul's home world some time ago? Maybe if we go back there we could get some help or information to help stop Maul." Ahsoka suggested
"Maybe." Anakin said "but I doubt those warrior-like men will help us and those witches would probably want to make a deal of some sort."
"You never know Master." Ahsoka said as Padmé came back into the room.
"How's Obi-wan?" Anakin asked looking at Padmé.
"He's calmed down, I offered to stay and help calm Obi-wan down more, but Savage was persistent that Obi-wan was fine and just needed sleep." Padmé sat down next to Anakin. "He's never cried that hard before not even after what happened 10 years ago."
"We were talking about going to Dathomir for help in stopping Maul. Mother Talzin-" Anakin started before Savage cut him off.
"Mother will be able to help us. Do not worry about Kenobi, he's asleep and will be for a while." Savage walked into the room. "Our mother will know exactly what to do in stopping my brother."
"'Our' mother?" Ahsoka asked confused.
"Mother Talzin is Maul's and mine's true mother. If there was any way to stop my brother or change his mind, Mother will know." Savage explained
"Good than we'll go there." Ahsoka said
"Only when Obi-wan wakes up. Mother Talzin will sense the direness of the situation knowing Maul is with the Sith and will be motivated further to take immediate action with Obi-wan near. And maybe she knows a way to help with Obi-wan's separation from Maul more easier on him." Anakin stood back up. "We'll leave in the morning Ahsoka. Savage make sure Obi-wan is ready to leave than."
Savage scoffed pretending to listen to the order. He felt Obi-wan stir through the Force and left the room.
"Maybe she knows a way to break this 'mate' thing between Master Obi-wan and Maul once and for all." Anakin commented after he made sure Savage was out of ear shot.
"Anakin!" Padmé scoffed looking at him judgingly
"What? You saw how he was, Maul is not good for Obi-wan. He is slowly breaking Obi-wan apart and soon enough Obi-wan will leave all of us for Maul. And looking at Maul's past the dark side certainly has a good grip on him. What if Obi-wan goes dark side for Maul?" Anakin said pacing a bit
Padmé glared at him "Well wouldn't you get angry and do anything to get me back if you thought I loved someone else, wouldn't you?"
"Well yes, but that's different. Maul is a Sith and Obi-wan is a Jedi. How in the Force is that remotely possible?" Anakin asked "If this goes on any further we could lose Obi-wan for good."