Obsession

Ghost of Christmas past

Hondo walked pass a sleeping Maul, this trip to Mandalore took longer as they had to avoid all Empire ships. Hondo stopped as he heard the Zabrak  mutter something. As he listened closer he could hear what Maul was saying.
"Kenobi." Hondo heard Maul mutter multiple times and he could tell that Maul wasn't having a pleasant dream from the Zabraks tossing and turning.
"He's been like that since you left to eat boss." A pirate commented walking over to Hondo.
"He's been repeating Kenobi and something like: far above, don't know where we'll fall and once was great is rendered small." The pirate continued crossing his arms as they watched Maul.
"Well you would be like this too if someone very close to to you had died in front of your own eyes." Hondo said looking at his man.
"Should we wake him up?" Another pirate asked walking over to them
"Are you crazy?" Hondo turned to him
"Would you rather deal with a sad Zabrak or a pissed off one that you woke up from a bad sleep?" Hondo asked and everyone agreed to let Maul sleep.

"Alright boss we got permission to land... barely." The pirate piloting said to Hondo and Hondo laughed.
"They will never refuse us if they here we have supplies! Mandalore may be independent, but they still depend on others to bring them certain supplies." Hondo said as they started their descent. He looked back at where Maul was sleeping to no longer see him there. He must have woke up as we made contact with Mandalore.
Maul stood in the refresher block, his eyes blood shot with the lack of a good sleep. He had stumbled into the refresher, he was stopped by some pirates and he blamed it on his faulty legs. But he was so pulled into his nightmare he could think about walking correctly, he just wanted to be alone... until he heard someone knocking on the door. He heard someone call in to him, but he just gazed into the mirror. He realized that his horns were growing out again, he would take care of them, but why should he? He had no one to truly impress anymore. He saw the bags under his tired eyes though he was thankful for the tattoos around his eyes so to the untrained eye they wouldn't notice it. Maul was thinking about what Obi-wan would say if he saw Maul like this until Maul heard Hondo banging on the door.
"Come on Maul! I know you're in there! We're on Mandalore let's go!" Hondo shouted into the refresher block. Maul sighed and opened the door walking out. Hondo took notice of the Zabrak's terrible posture and sad expression as they walked off of the ship. Other pirates were unloading supplies they had brought along for the Mandalorians.
"Come on now Maul, don't look so sad. We're going to get you new legs and maybe even later talk to the Duchess herself!" Hondo said nudging Maul, who straightened his posture and cleared his throat.
"I apologize Hondo, I just didn't sleep well." Maul said following Hondo.
"Da-da-da-da! Don't apologize! I would be the same way!" Hondo said slinging an arm around Maul. Maul snarled in his mind as Hondo kept his arm there, he didn't want to be touched. He allowed Hondo arm to stay there as they walked to the Sundari Royal Palace. Maul questioned why they were heading to the palace, but decided not to verbally ask.
They walked into the palace to see Duchess Satine sitting in her throne. She was talking to some men and once see was Hondo and Maul she stopped talking. She stood up her expression went from shocked to completely serious.
"Hondo Ohnaka." The Duchess did not seem like she was in a good mood as the group of Mandalorians she was talking to left the hall.
"Duchess Satine!" Hondo laughed happily as always.
"How dare you bring him here!" Satine snapped at Hondo pointing at Maul.
"He and his kind are not welcomed here! I thought you respected our peace treaty." Satine glared at Maul
"What are you talking about Duchess? My friend here is a bounty hunter! I've brought bounty hunters here with me before! What is so different?" Hondo asked completely confused and Maul silently snarled at the Duchess. What did she know about Maul? Did she know he was a Sith? Maul's hand twitched slightly, he wanted to quickly silence here, but that would definitely draw attention to the pacifist planet.
Satine opened her mouth to respond, but she just waved it off as she sat back down.
"What do you and your friend want here?" Satine questioned not taking her eyes off of Maul, who uneasily relaxed his muscles.
"My friend here is in need of new legs and your blacksmith owes me a favor." Hondo replied
"And please tell me, how did you two become friends?" Satine asked with a sly look on her face as if she would her something like 'I owe him a favor.'
"We were both friends of your Jedi... uuuhhh... friend.. Kenobi." Hondo got nervous when he remembered Obi-wan's feelings for the Duchess at the beginning of the Clone Wars.
"We all were friends of Kenobi!" Hondo quickly recovered his sentence. He got a quick and confused look from Maul. Satine hugged her arms with a slightly angry look.
"My Obi? Friends with that creature?" Satine laughed like she heard a joke and something in Maul snapped.
"Your Obi?" Maul growled than laughed back at her and Satine's face sunk not happy.
"Last time I checked, Kenobi was last seen in my bed calling my name. Not a name of some Duchess." Maul smirked and he could tell that his statement took her by surprise.
"Last time I checked Sith don't rape Jedi padawans!" Duchess Satine shouted back at him.
"A Sith?!" Hondo interrupted them shocked trying to put the pieces together.
"No. No. No. There is no way my friend here could be a Sith!" Hondo shouted as Maul couldn't help, but backup as he remember that night.
"And raping a Jedi padawan? How in the galaxy is that even possible? Who would stoop that low to even do that?" Hondo asked Satine than looked over that Maul who looked terrified. Maul shook his head not only did he remember that night through his eyes, but he also remembered it through Obi-wan's.
"No... no... no. I don't want to remember!" Maul shouted terrified holding his head.
"He... he forgave me..." Maul mumbled as he took another step back with his eyes shut tightly.
"Maul?" Satine asked with regret in her voice. She remembered a transmission she had gotten the day the Jedi were killed and she cursed her good hearted nature. She quickly walked over to the Sith, who looked like a lost animal in pain. He looked up at her and growled. Now that she was closer to him she saw the effects that mourning had on him. If Obi-wan truly had feelings for this creature, she understood why just by looking at him.
"Maul?" Hondo asked confused about this whole scene. Maul swung his head over to see Hondo. He felt trapped, he looked around for an exit. He was cornered. He needed to get out. He saw Satine slowly coming towards him and he felt the cold icy wall touch his back. He jumped away from the wall. He had to get out.
"No... no... don't come closer." Maul begged softly as Satine kept slowly taking steps to him and saw Hondo come slowly to him.
"Get back!" Maul roared and used the force to shove the two away from him. He quickly ran out of the hall. He had to find somewhere to hide. Somewhere he could hide from everyone.