What if?: One Death

Tests

Once they landed, Maul realized they were at the Jedi Temple. He's never been this close to it. They only went through a couple hallways before getting onto an elevator. Maul looked at his wrists, the Jedi had cuffed him even though his master had protested against it. The cuffs made his hearts race. They brought so many memories of being punished. His new master said he didn't want to hurt him though. As they were in the elevator Maul was in the middle with Windu in front of him, Qui-him and his master at his sides with Mundi and the padawan behind him. He didn't like it not at all.
Obi-wan looked over at Maul and saw that he was shaking. He placed a hand on Maul's bare arm and the Zabrak instead of jumping leaned into the touch. His new master had a completely different Force read than his old master. He needed his master's touch. His mind felt so empty with his old master dead. He couldn't use his new master's Force to comfort himself. It was the only thing his old master gave him. When Mundi and Windu looked back at Maul, Maul put on a stone look as if nothing bothered him. Obi-wan couldn't help, but leave his hand there. The whole time on the ship and in the elevator Masters Windu and Mundi tried getting into Maul mind, but Maul kept his barrier up not for a second letting it down.
When they got off of the elevator Obi-wan and the other padawan were in awe. They had never been down this far in the Temple. It was the dungeon part. The Jedi rarely used it within recent years since it was only used for holding Sith and attackers on the Temple. As they walked, Obi-wan had kept his hand on Maul's arm acting as if he was leading the Sith apprentice through the Temple.
They had walked into a room with a medical table in the middle with healers and doctors setting up some medical equipment.
"Alright, Sith, get onto the table." Windu commanded. Maul looked Obi-wan and waited for him to say something. Agitated Windu crossed his arms and sighed. "Padawan Kenobi,"
Obi-wan snapped out of his thoughts and he removed his hand from Maul.
"Alright Maul, we are just going to be doing some tests on you, get on the table and I want you to answer all the questions everyone has for you. Do you understand?" Obi-wan told Maul who stood there and listened to his every word.
"Yes Kenobi, sir." Maul quietly sat on the examination table.
"Now Maul they are going to be hooking you up to a few machines. They will have to touch you to do so. Are you alright with that?" Obi-wan explained to only get a confused look from Maul.
"Do... they have to?" Maul asked quietly to Obi-wan completely confused.
"Yes they have to. Now let them work." Master Windu's patience was running thin.
"Yes, Maul, they have to. So please stay still." Obi-wan said to only receive a confused nod from Maul. With that said Master Windu started questioning Maul.
"Alright, now Sith, how long have you been trained?" Windu asked
"Since I was an young child." Maul answered not looking at Master Windu.
"Do you have any memories of before you were trained?"
"No."
"What did people call your dead master?"
"Darth Sidious and Sheev Palpatine."
Master Windu and everyone else went pppp for a moment. Maul had felt Windu's Force trying to get into his mind and Maul growled darkly at them.
"Maul!" Obi-wan snapped and Maul jumped and quickly went silent. Windu still tried getting into Maul's mind but without success than he returned to asking questions.
"Have you had any other master?" Windu asked and Maul was quiet
"Maul?" Obi-wan spoke up and Maul just looked at him.
"Answer Master Windu." Obi-wan commanded.
"Yes." Maul answered quietly
"Who?"
"I am... not sure. My old master often just left me with them when I was a youngling and told me to do what ever they wanted me to do." Maul's answer was still quiet.
"Things other than killing people?" Master Qui-gon asked curiously
"Yes." Maul kept quiet
"What were those things?" Qui-gon asked with no demanding edge to his voice like Master Windu. Maul didn't answer the question, but he look around at everyone in front of him. Master Windu was going to repeat it but Obi-wan spoke before the Master.
"You don't have to answer that Maul, it obviously wasn't anything you liked." Obi-wan said and Maul let out a breath of relief that he didn't know he was holding.
"Alright than, why do you claim Padawan Kenobi here as your new master?" Master Mundi questioned
"He killed my old master. He was strong and anyone who can defeat my old master in battle is worthy of serving." Maul kept his answers simple not wanting to upset the Jedi.
"Where is your old master?" Mace asked curious since they didn't see the other Sith on their way in the room on Naboo.
"He fell off the path after Kenobi sir killed him." Maul tensed as he remember the look on his old master's face as he fell. The emptiness in he head made him feel alone, but he knew he was with his new master now.
"Maul, are you alright?" Obi-wan asked and Maul nodded his head, he looked into Obi-wan's eye knowing that it would be a change. Maul was so use to his old master's yellow eyes now he felt as if his new master's eyes were a whole new space. His new master was a whole different person and that calmed yet scared him.
A new Jedi in the room caught Maul's attention and he heard Master Windu speak amongst the other Jedi and doctors.
"So have you figured out what species he is yet?" Master Windu asked he doctors.
"He looks like a Zabrak to me." Obi-wan commented
"Yes, but he does not look like any Zabrak I have encountered on Iridonia. His tattoos are too thick to be Iridonian and are too dark to be apart of any Zabrak subspecies I know of." The Zabrak Jedi spoke and Maul looked at him in awe. He never had a chance to see another Zabrak up close before.
"Well Maul? Maul?" Was all he heard from his new master and he jumped knowing he did something bad. He had ignored his master. His head quickly turned to Obi-wan and fear quickly left Maul's body and all of the Jedi could see and sense it.
"It is alright, Maul, no one is going to hurt you here." Qui-gon spoke
Maul's quickly looked around him. He was surrounded by Jedi. His old master told him that Jedi were the enemy. Jedi acted too late when it came to dangerous situations. Sidious' voice swirled in Maul's head. How was it happening his old master is dead! Maul looked around he could see his new master's mouth moving, but he couldn't hear anything. He covered his ears shaking his head, he couldn't get his old master's voice out of his head. Sidious' voice kept talking in his head: Jedi are never to be trusted. They may seem harmless at first, but all they want to do is kill anyone who has more power than they do. You must kill all of the Jedi.
Before anyone in the room knew it, Maul ripped everything that connected him to the machines off of his body and he ran for the other side of the room.
"Maul!" Obi-wan shouted trying to get the panicking Zabrak's attention. The group of Jedi masters cornered Maul and they had noticed that Maul had ripped a needle out of his arm that was causing him to bleed quickly.
"Maul! Calm down now!" Obi-wan shouted at the red Zabrak who was completely over taken by his fear. Maul around at the Jedi Masters, but it felt like he saw them through a tunnel, they all at a distance yet he felt the wall at his back. He saw Master Windu take a step to him and he quickly attacked. Maul needed to get out of the room, somewhere where he couldn't hear his old master's voice. After attacking Windu, Maul used the force to push the others away and he quickly ran out of the room.
"Maul! Wait!" Obi-wan stumbled to his feet and ran after him.
"Obi-wan!" Qui-gon shouted going to stop his padawan, until he heard Master Windu shout into his comm link:
"Lock down the lowest level of the Temple! The Sith Apprentice is loose!"