Obsession

An Army part 3: The Battle

It was nearly time. Maul took a deep breath in as he looked at both lightsabers in his hands.
'You can easily win this battle. Strike Vizsla down and the army will be yours.' A dark voice whispered from his duel lightsaber.
'No one deserves to die. Vizsla is a good solider and will be needed in future battles. You still have family. Don't put them in danger by killing one person.' A lighter and soft voice spoke from Obi-wan's lightsaber. Maul set them down on the bed and walked away from them, prepared to go into battle with just his hands. He knew he could win that way. With all of his training he knew he would win.
'Vizsla will always have his own followers. He will try to over power you. Kill him now and gain his power. Satine can do nothing if you kill Vizsla, she will still need a leader for her army and she will have to choose you.' The voice from his lightsaber spoke as if whispering in his ear.
'Killing is not the way! If you kill Vizsla, his soldiers will join the Empire. Make them stronger. They will go after Mother and Feral.' The voice from Obi-wan's lightsaber whispered along side the one from his.
Maul turned to the lightsabers that rested on the bed. He walked back to them looking and studying them carefully. He picked up his and ignited it. It gave off a dark and deep hum as he ignited only the one side and did some practice swings with it. He deactivated it and set it back on the bed. He moved his hand and picked up Obi-wan's. It was light-weight compared to his, almost as if it wasn't there. As he ignited it, a soft hum came from it. Almost completely non-threatening. Maul studied the feeling of it. He had only used it once before in his last battle with his old master. As he swung the saber around, he could feel a soft connection to the crystal that powered it. He knew that Kyber crystals could make connections with the force wielder it called to. He knew he would never be able to have a strong connection with the crystal, but as he held the lightsaber he felt his mind clear. He felt lighter somehow, his feelings of hate, anger and revenge were gone as he held the lightsaber. Swinging it around a few more times, he decided that it was his choice of weapon for this battle. He deactivated the peace weapon and placed it on his belt. He grabbed his lightsaber and place it on his belt next to Obi-wan's than he left his room to the hall.
He silently walked through the hall, ignoring the whispers of the lightsabers. He already knew his battle plan and he didn't want to be swayed any other way.  He only saw Satine and some guards in the hall at the time.
Good, being here before Vizsla may give me an upper hand. Maul thought out as he laid out his plan. He walked up the stairs next to the throne. He thought if he started the battle hear and let Vizsla run towards him, he could use this slightly higher ground to his advantage. He could lung or jump attacking Vizsla which Maul would think  would catch Vizsla off guard. The Mandalorian would probably expect him to run into the battle as well.
"So are you ready Maul?" He hears Satine ask him as she sat on her throne.
"There is no way Vizsla can defeat me. There is no worry Duchess, your army will be exactly how you imagined it." Maul said calmly standing next to her.
"I hope so Maul. I also hope you listen to me." She said to him seeing Vizsla enter the hall.
"I have my own plan Duchess, as I said before there is no need to worry." Maul hummed and Vizsla held his darksaber in his hand.
"The sun is at it's highest, Maul. I will peacefully accept if you decide to back out of this duel now." Vizsla said walking to the middle of the hall.
"Funny, Vizsla, I was going to say the same thing." Maul said calmly and rocked on his heels.
"Than there's only one thing we can do now." Vizsla said and ignited his darksaber, Maul took Obi-wan's saver from his belt and ignited it.
"That's funny to see. A Sith with a Jedi lightsaber. What did you do kill the Jedi for it?" Vizsla attempted to anger Maul to throw his opponent off. Maul kept calm and stayed where he was wanting to keep this slightly higher ground. He knew that since he was jumping and that Vizsla had a form of lightsaber that he would have to keep his defenses up during the jump. Vizsla could stab him or throw the saber to kill Maul and end the battle before it began.
"For Mandalore!" Vizsla shouted and charged at Maul. Just as planned Maul thought and jumped over to his unexpecting opponent. They quickly swung their blades attacking and blocking each attack the other sent.  Their sabers clashed together and Vizsla elbows Maul in the face who returns with a head butt. Causing Vizsla to stumble back a bit. Vizsla jumped to Maul, but Maul kicked him away. Vizsla turned on his jet pack before it had the chance of being destroyed against the ground. Deactivating the darksaber, Vizsla shot blaster bullets from twin pistols and he turned the get farther away from Maul, but the Zabrak quickly ricocheted a blaster bullet back at Vizsla hitting the Mandalorian's jet pack. Vizsla fell to the ground and quickly took off his jet pack. Vizsla quickly turned to Maul and shot blades at him. Which sliced into Maul cheek just below his left eye and scratched the area above his eye. Maul hissed touching the bleeding areas. Two blades had cut his cheek. Vizsla quickly acts in igniting a flame thrower on his wrist which Maul quickly dodges. Than Maul jumps to the ground dodging the bombs that Vizsla threw at him. The shocks sent Maul rolling to the another side of the hall.
Satine stood up looking at Maul scared, Vizsla was trying to kill him!
"You're not worthy to be wielding such a powerful weapon Maul, let alone be leading a Mandalorian army!" Vizsla said watching Maul as the Zabrak growled as he got back up. Satine watched as Maul dodged every attack Vizsla sent with an occasional block. What was Maul doing? He wasn't fighting back! Vizsla shot a cord out from his opposite wrist than the flame thrower and it tangled around Maul's legs. Maul quickly cut the cord with the blue lightsaber, but Vizsla shot the saber from Maul's hand and shot at the Zabrak's belt. He shot both lightsabers away from Maul. Maul quickly got into a defensive stance ready to make the battle even as Vizsla charged at him. Maul quickly grabbed the arm Vizsla held the darksaber in to quickly. Wing punches in the face by Vizsla. Maul uppercutted Vizsla and quickly turned around still holding Vizsla's one arm. He slammed the arm against his shoulder, but Vizsla wouldn't let go of the saber. The next time he slammed Vizsla arm down so hard on his shoulder everyone heard bone cracking. Vizsla shouts in pain and the saber drops from his hand. Maul flips Vizsla over him slamming his broken shoulder into the floor causing Vizsla to cry out in pain again. Vizsla tried pushing himself away from Maul as the Zabrak towered over him. Maul kicked Vizsla as he was on the ground. He than used the force to pick Vizsla up and Maul kicked him in the face as he fell. Satine swore she saw teeth flying from Vizsla's mouth.
"Maul!" She shouted trying to bring an end to the fight. She was sure if she didn't stop the fight one of them was going to die.
Vizsla got back up in a daze, but Maul kicked him back down.
"That is enough!" Satine shouted rushing over to them and Maul ceased his attack on Vizsla, but not before summoning the darksaber to his hand with the force. He ignited the saber and pointed it at Vizsla's face.
"Next time. Satine won't be here to save you." Maul hissed at Vizsla and turned to the crowd of Mandalorians that were watching the battle.
"I claim this sword, and my rightful place as leader of Death Watch, and the leader of the Mandalorian Army!" Maul shouts as Satine walks next to Maul. Some of the Death Watch warriors immediately bow to Maul. A brown hair Mandalorian woman glowered at Maul and looked at Vizsla, who nodded at her. She hesitantly bowed down causing the rest to bow as well. She glared at the warriors who bowed first.
"Traitors." She hissed under her breath.