Obi-wan was quick to block all of Maul's attack towards Satine giving her enough time to flee the room. Maul put all of his strength into the blows as he tried to just wear down his Master so he could get on with his hunt after Satine.
Obi-wan quickly disarmed his apprentice of the purple lightsaber. Maul stumbled backwards as Obi-wan tried to put the most distance between Maul and the door Satine fled through. Maul glared at his master.
"Come on now master. Don't you want us to be together? Why are you choosing her over me?!" Maul circled Obi-wan
"I didn't choose her over you Maul because I can choose no one. I can't be with Satine and I can't be with you. Can't we work things out with the bond we already have?" Obi-wan deactivated his lightsaber hoping Maul's persona would shift.
"What's the use if we feel more for each other Master?" Maul shouted at Obi-wan. "Satine is unneeded she has served her purpose to us."
Obi-wan could sense other Jedi landing on the planet and he knew they would be easily able to find them if Maul didn't hide his anger and rage. He had to get himself and Maul off planet as quickly as possible. He could feel their presence growing quickly.
"Than let's leave Maul. There's nothing else for us here. Let's leave and we can decide what we'll do in the ship, okay?" Obi-wan hid his panic if he gave into Maul it could be dangerous, but the easiest way to leave Mandalore quickly without anyone getting harmed.
"Satine must be dealt with once and for all. Or else she could take you from me." Maul said summoning the purple lightsaber. Obi-wan begged in his mind for Maul to shift already. He could send out his Force and make another persona take control, but he feared the other Maul's would see him as another Plagueis.
"Obi-wan!" An all too familiar voice called out to the new Knight. Obi-wan felt Maul shift, but it wasn't to the persona Obi-wan wished for. There was still anger, but instead of for Satine it was for the Jedi that barged into the hanger. It was the Maul that had took him from the Temple and had healed him. Obi-wan liked this Maul, than again, he liked most of the ones he's met.
"Qui-gon." Obi-wan said turning around to see his old master, Master Eeth Koth, Master Ki-adi Mundi and grand master Yoda.
"Master Yoda." Obi-wan was shocked that Yoda came, the entire council must have agreed upon something about Obi-wan and Maul.
"Obi-wan, please, come back to the temple with us." Qui-gon said with a hint of worry in his voice as he noticed that Maul's and Obi-wan's clothes were wet. The old master could only look in wonder of what the two had been doing.
"I'm not going back if everyone there his going to try to take Maul away from me." Obi-wan gripped his lightsaber and the Jedi noticed Maul stalking up and around Obi-wan as if he was guarding him.
"Kenobi, please we will not harm him." Master Koth responded
"Bantha shit! The moment we are separated you'll keep my Master away with all of your power!" Maul snarled
"Master..?" The blood in Qui-gon's face drained.
"Come with us, you will not. Force you, we must." Yoda ordered and the three Masters drawn and ignited their lightsabers. Hesitation filled Qui-gon as he stared at his former padawan before he drawn and ignited his own lightsaber.
"Maul." Obi-wan spoke with harsh tone.
"Yes Master." Maul spoke knowing full well that they were cornered even with the ship prepared for them. Maul drawn Windu's lightsaber and ignited it with his master following suit. Obi-wan looked at Maul through the corner of his eyes and repeated Maul's name and whispered.
"If you really want this to work. If you truly want... us to work. Do not lose this fight. If we lose they will sever the bond we already have." Obi-wan than turned his head to look at Maul. "Do you understand?"
Before Maul could respond Yoda quickly leapt over the other Masters and tried to force push Maul and Obi-wan apart to make it easier, but Maul canceled it with his own. Maul and Yoda clashed blades while the two Jedi Master's and Qui-gon fought to separate the two fights. Obi-wan fought against the three older Jedi and he looked over and saw that even Maul was failing in his fight against Yoda and Obi-San could tell that Maul was truly trying to get the upper hand.
"Maul!" Obi-wan shouts and he sees Maul quickly look over at him as he kept fighting the old Jedi Master. "You have to shift!" Obi-wan'd voice was laced with panic as he jumped back from the three Jedi.
"But master!" Maul's voice was also laced in panic
"You have to do it Maul!" Obi-wan demanded
"I can't! I don't know how!" Maul was able to slip a Force push in catching Yoda in a moment of distraction. The old Jedi master landed perfectly as if he planned to be pushed. Maul swiftly jumps over to Obi-wan with fear in his eyes, he had shifted to his 'normal' self.
"You must!" Obi-wan didn't like yelling at Maul, but they both would be in trouble if they got caught. If they were caught their bond would be forcefully severed and it would inflict more pain to them than any torture device could.
"I don't know how!" Maul said barely pushing the Masters and knight back.
"Fine, guard me Maul!" Obi-wan said and jumped away from the fight to sit down in a meditative position leaving Maul to fend for himself against the 4 Jedi.
"Master?" Maul said as he clashed blades with the Jedi quickly. He stumbled back when he felt Obi-wan in his head. It made him feel dizzy. Than suddenly panicked.
"Master. What are you doing?" Maul's body shook as he fought against the Jedi as they pressed forward. They had Maul in the defensive and retreating.
"Give up already Obi-wan!" Qui-gon begged to his old padawan.
It's going to be fine Maul. You need to let the darker side of you take control. Obi-wan spoke in Maul's mind. The one that tried to hurt Satine.
But he tried to hurt you as well Master! Maul begged in his mind
I am your master Maul and we are losing this fight. If we lose there will be no us! We will never be together than! As Obi-wan shouted in Maul's mind it angered the Darkness in Maul. I will make him go away when we're done with this fight, but we need him! His power. If we get captured they will hurt me Maul! After Obi-wan said that Maul quickly shifted it was all he needed to hear. He didn't think Jedi would hurt one of their own. He could deal with being hurt. He could deal with being tortured if Obi-wan was safe and unharmed.
As Maul shifted, Obi-wan could feel Maul start to use that technique where Maul could thicken the air. Obi-wan reminded himself to ask Knowledge about how Maul does it later. Obi-wan was quickly distracted when he heard a loud banging and shaking noise along with screaming come from the cage in Maul's mind. The darkest part of Maul's mind was trying to escape from its mental prison.
Obi-wan didn't know wether he should stay in Maul's mind to make sure this evilest form of Maul didn't escape or if he should leave Maul's mind to help him fight against the older Jedi. Obi-wan quickly thought as he was in Maul's mind until it felt like the mental floor in Maul's mind was shaking as the screaming continued. Obi-wan could only guess two things could be possible at this point:
Maul was losing control completely of himself,
Or
Plagueis was near.
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FanfictionWhat if Qui-gon and Obi-wan encountered Darth Sidious and Maul on Naboo? What if Sidious was the only one that died that day? A requested Obi-wan and Maul story.