Obsession

The faded memory

Sidious walks into the room and sees dead Nightbrothers and General Grievous dead. Darth Vader walked up behind him.
"Well this is most unfortunate. It seems like Maul must have made his way back from the forbidden planet." Vader commented as he looked around the room.
"It would be most impressive. For him to of made a come back already. Less than a day on a planet I taught him to fear. I wonder if he just ran like a coward or if he fought them and won." Sidious spoke looking at Grievous.
"I thought you said no one could escape from that planet Master." Vader commented and Sidious glared back over at Vader.
"Reactivate the droid and have them sent to Dathomir." Sidious ordered
"Yes my master." Vader went off to do just that.
"There must have been something important to Maul with him on that planet to make him leave so quickly. He must be on Dathomir now. These Nightbrothers must have reinforced the Mandalorians and brought Maul here." Sidious thought out loud
"Hmmmm what could possibly be promoting Maul to get things done quickly and quietly? Certainly not Mother Talzin. That old witch announced and claimed everything she planned. Who could this possibly be with the Jedi Obi-wan dead?"

Maul watched Feral being operated on from the doorway. Mother Talzin walked over to Maul placing her hand on his shoulder.
"We can't lose Feral. Not after all that we lost Mother." Maul said not looking away from his younger brother
"Do not worry, Feral is a strong willed as you are. He will not give up so easily." Mother Talzin spoke occasionally turning her head to look into the room.
"So he will live?" Maul looked at her
"Grievous nearly broke some of his vertebrae. Lucky Feral is known in the village for his flexibility. He was able to shift his spine enough to prevent him from dying, but we are unsure of the damage the pressure and his shifting did to his body." Mother Talzin said to Maul who looked back into the room. Brother Viscus saw the two in the door way and walked over to them.
"Feral is a strong warrior Maul, he'll survive this. A few days in rest and he'll be completely back to full health." Brother Viscus said and Maul turned to him with a glare.
"I had paired you and Feral to do that mission because I trusted that you wouldn't let him get hurt." Maul snarled and Brother Viscus kept a straight face.
"If Feral has anything wrong with him after this operation, I will hold you accountable Brother Viscus." Maul said to the clan leader. Viscus looked over at the also unhappy Mother Talzin. Viscus had feared her more than her son.
"Your suppose to protect your men in battle and you failed." Maul added
"It was battle every man knew they could die." Brother Viscus snapped back
"And you know to protect my sons above the other Brother Viscus. Do not forget I made you leader of the Nightbrother clan. I can easily have the Nightsisters strip that position from you and put you on a Imperial planet." Mother Talzin joined Maul's defense
"You of all of the Nightbrothers know that the Empire will not give you a swift and honorable death Brother Viscus." Maul added
"You think you are a slave to the Nightsisters now? The Empire will show you what true slavery is like." Mother Talzin kept her voice calm. "Now leave us."
Brother Viscus left trying to keep his body to appear calm, but even he knew that when Mother Talzin made a threat she lived up to it. It was why she was leader of the Nightsisters, why she was called the Great Mother Talzin. She was able to make the toughest of men on her planet shaking under their skin at her. He worked too hard to get at the position he was at. He just hoped this one mistake wasn't going to be the death of him. One mistake in all of his life would be the one to tell if he kept his position or get thrown to the Empire as spoils of war.
Mother Talzin looked back at Maul when he shifted to look back into the room.
"Come my dear son. You must be tired." Mother Talzin's tone did not change, but her body seemed more relaxed.
"I will not leave Feral." Maul said and Motjer Talzin smiled at him. He was so loyal and protective over everyone he held close to him. She noticed it to be stronger ever since Savage's and Obi-wan's death.
"You must regain your strength my son, I sense Sidious knows where you are. You must be prepared for the upcoming battle." Mother Talzin said and Maul sighed and gave up.
"Alright Mother. Do not worry I will kill Sidious and we will have our revenge and peace from him and this Empire." Maul said to her and she gave him a soft smile than led him off. As they walked Mother Talzin pulled a vial out of her pocket.
"Here. Take this, my son." She held out the vial to him. Maul looked confused at the vial as he took it from her. Something about this vial seemed oddly familiar. Like he seen it before, but he couldn't put the pieces together in his mind.
"Do not drink it now. Drink it only when you think your life is at the lowest point and it will bring happiness back into your life." Mother Talzin said as Maul looked back to her.
"But how Mother? What kind of happiness?" Maul asked her confused
"You will find out my son. Now let's eat something. We must be prepared for our battle." Mother Talzin said and it confused Maul even more their battle? But Maul thought it would be only him fighting Sidious. Maybe she wanted to share the glory in their old enemy finally being dead.