Obsession

The Beginning of the End part 2

As soon as Obi-wan saw Maul, he ran up and hugged the Sith tightly. He was so afraid that Maul had been hurt. His chest was heavy with the death of his fellow Jedi.
"Kenobi, are you hurt?" Were the first words out of Maul's mouth.
"No. No, Maul, I'm just fine." Obi-wan softly laughed until he heard someone clear their throat. He looked around than saw Yoda and he quickly released Maul from his hug.
"Master Yoda!" Obi-wan said surprised and scared and took a few steps back.
"Worry not, Master Kenobi. Help save Jedi, Maul did. Friend, he is. Foe, no longer." Yoda said and he could feel a wave of relief and relax be released from Obi-wan.
"In each other's body you are?" Yoda asked for an explanation
"That's a bit of a long story to be saved for another day, Master Yoda, but we do have a solution." Obi-wan answered than looked at Maul, who turned towards Yoda and started to give an explanation. Obi-wan looked at Savage and took the vail Mother Talzin gave him out of a little bag, he put it in to keep it safe. He gave it to Savage as Maul continued his explanation.
"After Maul and I return to our own bodies give this back to me and do not let Maul know that you or I have it." Obi-wan whispered to Savage, who nodded in return after pocketing the vial.
"Hmmm, I see." Yoda said after listening to Maul's quick explanation leaving in the most important parts like crashing on the planet, their encounter with the being, the being switching their bodies, and the need to get new parts for their ship.
"Wait a second." Obi-wan cut Maul off before he could go into too many details.
"Ahsoka was with you when you left, where is she?" Obi-wan asked looking at the three of them. Maul sighed as he knew he was the only one there with some kind of answer.
"After we landed on Corusant, Sidious and Anakin had us arrested. Master Windu helped us get out. He told her to gather as many younglings as she could and get off of the planet." Maul answered leaving out the part about the younglings being dead. Yoda looked at Maul judgingly as Obi-wan sighed.
"I hope she and the younglings are alright." Obi-wan was relieved that Ahsoka was most likely safe.
"Well Maul, Mother Talzin is ready to change us back whenever we are." Obi-wan informed Maul, who nodded.
"Guard you and Maul, we will." Yoda said and Savage immediately knew that he was included in the 'we' that Yoda had mentioned.
"Well, Maul, are you ready?" Obi-wan asked
"Are you nervous, Kenobi?" Maul teased with a smirk on his face which lightened Obi-wan tense nerves. Obi-wan took out his comm link and switched the frequency on it.
"Alright Mother Talzin, Maul and I are ready." Obi-wan spoke and he and Maul sat down facing each other.
"Good now relax. This shouldn't take long." Mother Talzin's voice came through the device than Obi-wan placed it back down. Hardly a second later they felt their bodies become numb, a green mist surrounded their bodies. They couldn't feel a single thing and soon after that they couldn't see or hear anything. They felt that way for a moment as the green mist enveloped them. Soon they began to hear, see and feel things again. When they opened their eyes, the mist began to settle quickly. They blinked for a moment, their eye sights adjusting. Obi-wan lift and looked at his hand laughing.
"It worked!" The Jedi said happily and he hugged Maul happy to be back in his own body. Maul hugged his Jedi back not caring about where he was, only that Obi-wan was safe beside him.
Yoda cleared his throat and Obi-wan broke from the hug looking at the old master.
"Yes Master Yoda? What is it?" Obi-wan asked as he watched Yoda walk over to the security panel.
"Know something, you must." Yoda said and Obi-wan got up and walked over to him.
"What is it? Can't you just tell me?" Obi-wan asked confused
"You wouldn't believe us if we told you Kenobi." Maul said standing up and walking over next to Obi-wan. Yoda's and Maul's tone got him worried. What were they about to show him? Yoda turned on the recordings and went back to the moment Maul had watched.
"It can't be... it can't be..." Obi-wan said as he watched the recording and he quickly reached over and turned it off.
"I can't watch any more." Obi-wan's voice was obviously shakened. After all this time defending Anakin, Maul had been right. His old apprentice and friend had turned to the dark side.m
"Destroy the Sith we must." Yoda said pulling Obi-wan out of his thoughts.
"Send me to kill Sidious." Obi-wan demanded walking over to Yoda.
"Kenobi!" Maul said shocked it was a death wish for someone to fight his old master alone.
"I will not kill Anakin." Obi-wan said looking Yoda pleading.
"To fight this Lord Sidious, strong enough, you are not." Yoda said to Kenobi.
"He is like my brother!" Obi-wan protested
"Twisted by the dark side, young Skywalker has become." Yoda said turning to his side.
"The boy you and Qui-gon trained, gone he is, consumed by Darth Vader." Yoda took a few steps.
"I do not know where Sidious has sent him." Obi-wan hoped that his lack of knowledge would keep him from fighting Anakin.
"Use your feelings Obi-wan and you'll know where to look." Yoda said walking to the door than looks at Maul.
"A word with you, may I have?" Yoda asked the former Sith. Maul sighs nodded, but pulls Obi-wan into a hug and whispers to him.
"I know this is a lot, if you are unable to do this, just tell me and I'll do this for you." Maul said as the Jedi rested his head on Maul's chest listening to the double heart beat.
"Please... don't move, Maul." Obi-wan held tight onto Maul as his mind moved back to the potion that Mother Talzin gave him. Maul sighed as he kept Obi-wan in his hold a lIttle bit longer before unraveling his arms.
"I must go and speak with Yoda." Maul said before his head was pulled to Obi-wan's, without any warning Obi-wan kissed Maul. After the kiss Maul was stunned for a few seconds.
"Well Kenobi, if that's all." Maul said loud enough for Yoda to hear, although he wouldn't doubt that the old Jedi was spying on them somehow.
"Don't be afraid, Kenobi. We'll do this together." Maul whispered to Obi-wan and gave him a quick kiss before leaving the room.
Obi-wan stood in the same spot not moving, his body shook as he kept himself from crying. He wasn't scared or afraid. He was sad for what he knew he had to do.
"Savage." Obi-wan spoke steadying his voice.
"Give me the potion." Obi-wan demanded and Savage took a step back.
"I don't think you really want it Kenobi." Savage said watching his brother's mate carefully.
"I said give me it Savage. Or I will tell Maul that Mother Talzin gave it to you to give to me." Obi-wan held a shaky hand out to the bigger Zabrak. Savage stood there watching the human.
"What ever you decide to do Kenobi, please do the right thing." Savage handed him the vial.
"There's only one thing to do, Savage. The only question now is when." Obi-wan took a deep breath steadying himself as he looked at the vial.
"I don't know what's in that vial, but I hope whatever it is, doesn't lead you down a path that will hurt my brother." Savage sighed
"I was told that it would save me from a fate far worse than this." Obi-wan chuckled softly keeping his gaze on the vial than back at Savage.
"If anything does happen to me, Savage, don't let Maul kill Anakin and I pray that the both of you will walk away unharmed." Obi-wan said as he opened the vial.
"Kenobi, please rethink this! Don't do this to yourself." Savage begged and they heard clones walking around in the communication room. He closed the vial and put it back in his pocket right before Yoda walked to the doorway and spoke.
"Savage, a word?" Yoda spoke and Savage nodded a watched Yoda disappear behind the door again.
"Please Kenobi, what ever that is don't take it." Savage said with a hand on Obi-wan's shoulder than he left the room.
Obi-wan watched him leave the room than he walked into the communications room. He opened one of the holocrons and started recording a message. As he spoke the message, he heard clone footsteps approach the room and enter. Once he was done with the message he turned it off and opened the vial and drank the contents of it. Obi-wan attempted to leave the room quietly.
Yoda, Maul and Savage ended their talk, Maul looked more unhappy than when he left the room. Confused, the red Zabrak looked around the empty room for the Jedi they left.
"Kenobi?" Maul called out than they heard clones shouting in the next room.
"There's a Jedi! Get him!"
Maul heart dropped when he heard blaster bolts and the swinging of a lightsaber. He and the others ran into the room. There were about 7 clones in the room firing at Obi-wan.
"Look out!" Obi-wan shouted as he pushed Yoda and the Zabrak brothers out of the way from clones that were sneaking up behind the small group. As Obi-wan pulled the group out of danger, Obi-wan was hit multiple times with blaster bolts.
"Kenobi!" Maul shouted and used his lighting to kill both groups of clones. The Zabrak ran over to Obi-wan and the Jedi could hard breath after being shot in the chest.
"Kenobi... no Kenobi you can't die. Not here. Not now." Maul picked the Jedi up and Yoda spoke.
"Move quickly, we must. Retreat, you must with your brother and Obi-wan, Maul. A ship waiting in the atmosphere, with medical supplies they have." Yoda said and Maul ran out of the room. Savage used the force to pick up the vial on the ground hoping the old Jedi master wouldn't see before he ran off following his brother. Yoda walked on through the room to find his enemy, Darth Sidious.

Maul sat Obi-wan down in the copilot seat and left the planet as soon as he head Savage get into the small ship. Maul quickly piloted the ship onto a carrier ship. Savage went to quickly pick Obi-wan up to take him to the medical bay, but Maul growled at him and carried Obi-wan off.
Savage slowly walked off of the small ship and pulled the vial out of his pocket. It was empty. Savage didn't see any liquids spilled onto the floor in the room so he guess that Obi-wan must have drank it. Whether Obi-wan took it after he left the room or when he went into the communication room, Savage didn't know. He walked to the medical bay and saw Maul standing next to Obi-wan, who laid on medical bed barely breathing. They were talking, but Savage couldn't make out the words. On the other side of Obi-wan a medical droid was working on healing the critically wounded Jedi. Savage guessed that the droid needed Maul to keep him awake or else the droid would have pushed him out of the room.
A few senators passed by Savage and he could feel their immediate worried and fear as they whispered and quickly passed him. Savage watched the senators pass by him sometimes multiple times until he heard his brother's cries from inside the room.
"No, Kenobi! You have to stay awake! You can't go to sleep, not now! Kenobi! Kenobi, please wake up! This isn't funny Kenobi. I... I know you can hear me Kenobi. You've taken worse beatings than this! Wake up!" Savage heard his brother's voice clearly and watched him shake Kenobi's catatonic body.
"Why won't you wake up Kenobi? Please! Open your eyes Kenobi!" Maul begged the still Jedi, tears gathering in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, but he is dead." The medical droid said in its monotones voice.
"No. No! He can't be! He just can't be dead!" Maul shouts attacking the medical droid.
"Your programming must have a malfunction because my mate is not dead!" Maul growled at the droid as his tears threaten to fall. There was a tight and painful grip on his chest, screaming at him and it made him just want to cry. The droid was silent for a second than spoke.
"No. There seems to be nothing-" the droid's report was cut short as Maul tore the droid apart.
"Brother." Savage said as he went into the room. Once the door opened it felt like a shock wave of an overwhelming shock, pain and sadness. Savage pulled Maul up away from the scrap pile that was a droid. Maul turned against Savage and punched him hard in the face. Savage grunted as he hit the wall, he got up and leaned against the wall looking at his older brother. He felt in the force his pain of losing his mate into anger and rage, and Savage didn't blame him for anything. It was the only he was taught as a child. If anything hurts turn it into anger and use it against everyone who stands in your way.
"Brother," Savage started taking slow and cautious step to Maul.
"I know you're sad and you losing Kenobi hurts." Savage went on until Maul growled darkly.
"He's not dead!" Maul snapped and walked to Obi-wan's bedside.
"He's just resting, we can take him to the Nightsisters, they can heal him." Maul place a hand on Obi-wan's icy cheek and he froze feeling how cold he was and seeing how pale his skin was. It was too much for him to handle, he pulled his hand away from the Jedi's cheek. Feeling how cold he was just made it too real for him. Before he knew it the tears were racing down his cheeks.
"It's my fault... if I only stayed in the room with him he wouldn't have been alone and caught off guard." Maul said as he stared at Obi-wan's body.
"It's not your fault brother." Savage boldly placed a hand on his brother's shoulder.
"Skywalker." Maul hissed balling his hands up.
"Brother?" Savage was confused why was the traitor part of this?
"It's Skywalker's fault. If he didn't turn to Sidious this would have never happened." Maul snarled and left the room heading to the ship they came in on.
"Brother?" Savage quickly followed Maul afraid of what he would do.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Savage followed Maul as he quickly walked through the halls and entered the ship.
"I'm going to kill Skywalker." Maul hissed stopping only when he was at the control panel and typing things in. Savage was afraid for his brother and his promise he made Obi-wan to keep Anakin alive, little did Obi-wan knew that promise was broken when he died, Maul was hurt and was most likely scarred forever. Savage knew his brother would never let something like this go so easily. Savage sat in the seat next to Maul as they set out to find where the new Sith apprentice went.