Wake him from the nightmare

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It was now dark outside when everyone was finished eating. Savage and Feral were out walking somewhere catching up with each other. Maul and Ahsoka were resting in their own room while Obi-wan was with Mother Talzin. The witch had made a potion for the Jedi in her son's body.
"Here Kenobi, drink this. It will help you sleep." Mother Talzin held out the potion she made without her magiks.
"Thank you Mother," Obi-wan said with a sigh.
"That being switched our bodies saying that it would help us understand each other, but when ever I try to talk to Maul about something, it just seems to make him angry." Obi-wan explained the situation more for her.
"The past is a difficult thing for Maul to let go. Sidious had twisted almost every thing he knew after he stole him from me. I had tried to get him back when he was younger. He had only been with Sidious for a complete moon cycle, when I found him he told me he didn't want to come home. He was beaten and broken. Sidious was already so far in his mind that Maul thought that I had given him to Sidious. He was my only born than and I only wanted him back home. My son was lost in a maze of lies. He only started to realize the lies after he met you, Kenobi." Mother Talzin explained
"After he met me? The only thing I've noticed after he met me was his want to take me away from my master and away from the Jedi, my life's work!" Obi-wan contered and before he could say any more a Nightsister calmly walked up to them.
"Mother Talzin, I must speak with you." The Nightsister bowed to Mother Talzin
"Sister, what is it?" Mother Talzin asked curiously
"Our patrols have spotted and stopped a ship full of clones just outside of the village." The Nightsister reported
"Clones?" Obi-wan echoed surprised "Why would Clones be here? Dathomir isn't part of the Republic."
"They said that they are here to speak to Jedi Master Kenobi and Padawan Tano." The Nightsister went on.
"Did the clones say their names?" Obi-wan asked realizing the Nightsister thought he was Maul.
"No they didn't." The Nightsister answered
"Retrieve Kenobi and Tano, but only with a Nightsister escort. Stay discrete, we don't want the Clones to get on guard thinking that we are going to attack them, or that we are forcing them to say anything. I do not want either of them to leave. If the Clones try to take them do what ever is nessasary, but do not kill them." Obi-wan ordered and the Nightsister looked at Mother Talzin for approval of the order of action. The Nightsister leader nodded and the Nightsister bowed and quickly left.
"I should have seen this coming, but I have been concerving my powers to change you and Maul back." Mother Talzin admitted
"It is fine Mother." Obi-wan said bringing a hand up to his chin thinking.
"If there are clones here there might be more coming or possibly Jedi. But did they know we would be here?" Obi-wan thought out loud.
"You should go with them but remain hidden in the trees. I do not want my son falling back into the hands of Sidious." Mother Talzin spoke with edge to her eerily calm voice.
"I would never let that happen Mother Talzin. After seeing some of Maul's memories I don't want him to even be near Sidious. He still seems to have some kind of hold on a part of Maul's mind." Obi-wan explained and he looked around seeing the Nightsister gathering others.
"I should wake him up so he's in a pleasing mood and not in a bad one." Obi-wan excused himself and walked to the place where Maul slept.

Fright raced through Maul as he looked around the all too familiar ship. He ran from room to room looking for something trying to avoid all the droid on the massive ship. He had just came out of the cockpit to find a room he hadn't sensed before. He walked into it and saw that it was his own room.
What is happening? Maul looked around unable to speak due to the flood of fear and adrenaline rushing through him. He saw a box and went over to it.
This must be what I'm looking for! He quickly open the box to figure out what was happening. Against his will he reached out for the comm and quickly called out for help with a young voice on the other side which he called Anakin.
No, not this. Not now! He tried to disconnect himself from the memory playing out before him.
This can't be happening. Maul thought to himself as he spoke to the boy until extra doses of adrenaline and fear were pumped into him as he sensed another presence on the ship.
"He's back!" He couldn't help but say terrified.
"Who's back?" The young voice asked completely clueless to the scene that's about to happen.
"The Sith! I have to go! Please bring help!" Maul begged as he hung up on the boy sparing him from hearing the inevitable. He quickly grabbed his lightsaber and turned around to see his younger self. He stumbled back frightened trying to get away from the memory he was part off. He heard the threatening growl directed to him. He watched his younger self wander in his thoughts as Maul was frozen in fear until he heard the door look. He went to stand up to ignite his lightsaber until he felt a hold around his throat and he felt his lightsaber yanked from his hand. He saw his younger self slowly walk over to him, almost stalking. His vision started to spot and blur out due to the lack of oxygen until he was thrown across the room. He gasped for air as he looked at the evil that swelled inside his younger self that hate that goaded him on. He saw one of the lightsabers ignited as His younger self stalked closer to him.
"Everything that I have done for you. To save you. To free you from your life and this is how you repay me? By calling for the Jedi?" His younger self ranted on and Maul couldn't help but feel confused.
Of course he didn't know what I was saying he was locked in here. Maul thought to himself as his younger self swung out his lightsaber barely missing his Jedi body.
"Please. Please I just want to go home." Maul cried out through the Jedi's body.
No! Don't beg! Youre making yourself look weak Kenobi! Stand up and fight! Maul thought to himself.
"Why should I let you go?" The young Sith questioned grabbing the collar the Jedi's robe and pulling him up.
"You're weak and pathetic." The young Sith put his lightsaber to the Jedi's face.
"You dare think calling for help is going to change anything?!" The Sith threw him to the other side of the room. The Sith's talon like nails got snagged in the tan fabric ripping it. His shoulders slammed into the wall first than he hit the cold hard floor. His head pounded after it made contact with the wall. Barely opening his eyes he felt an iron fist hit his face than being yanked up again by the arm.
"You won't even fight anymore. You're so dependent on your lightsaber that it's pathetic." The Sith snarled as bloody leaked out of the holes where his nails dug into the Jedi's arm.
Don't just stay still! Fight back! Run! Maul shouted in his mind but his body refused to do anything as his younger self tossed him around like a rag dog punching the Jedi body around leaving scratches without trying.
As he was being tossed around Maul knew that this was only the beginning. He knew that this would last for hours and he didn't know how much more he could take feeling the torture through Obi-wan's body and seeing the anger and hate filled eyes. Suddenly he was yanked up again, but he could breath and once he opened his eyes he saw his body looking at him. He gasped for air and looked into the Sith's eyes to see a surprised golden look to them.
"Maul?" The Sith body spoke with a softness to it
"Are you ok?" The Zabrak's hand reached out and Maul couldn't help, but flinch when the hand touched his shoulder realizing
Maul looked around to see a Dathomiri room and he calmed his breathing seeing the surprised Obi-wan in his Zabrak body.
"Maul?" The Jedi spoke again worried.
"I'm fine." Maul spoke sitting up and looked at his human hands. He took a few more deep breaths calming his new body down from the terror he was enraveled in.
"Are you sure? I've never seen you frightened before." Obi-wan sat closer to Maul, looking worried at him.
"I'll be fine Kenobi." Maul said leaning against the Zabrak body.
"Just stay like this for a bit." Maul said still feeling the adrenaline rush.
"Only for a bit longer, I came in here to wake you to say that clones have come to speak to Ahsoka and I, but they think you're me." Obi-wan said letting Maul calm down.
"You'll be with some Nightsisters and I'll be following close behind." Obi-wan continued to talk to receive a hum from Maul. The human was still against the Zabrak. They were silent for a moment than Obi-wan shifted when they heard a Nightsister approach.
"Kenobi, we have to," The Nightsister walked in with out warning and Obi-wan looked at her stopping her voice.
"Yes, he will be right out." Obi-wan said in a calm voice signaling her to wait outside. Obi-wan looked at the Sith whom started to fall back asleep.
"Come on Maul, time to get up." Obi-wan shook him and the Sith gave off a weak growl of protest wanting to stay peacefully in the moment.
"The clones will start to wonder where you are soon. Come on." Obi-wan started to stand up and Maul stood up with him.
"So, all I have to do is act like you. Should be easy enough." Maul starlight ended his robes.
"It means you have to hide the fact that you're you and not me. You have to be a Jedi." Obi-wan said walking out of the hut with Maul.
"I'm already on a no-kill policy with you. I'm practically a Jedi already." Maul smirked looking around.
"Are you sure you can do this Maul?" Ahsoka asked looking a bit worried.
"It's not hard to hide as a Jedi. Many Sith have proven that." Maul said and looked at Obi-wan
"Stay close Kenobi, I don't trust these clones." Maul said and looked at the Nightsisters.
"Alright let's go." Maul nodded and walked next to Ahsoka as the Nightsisters led them to the clones.

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