This chapter takes place 5 months from the previous chapter
Ezra has been training with Maul for months
Maul put him through hard physical training and it paid of
Ezra was really resistant the first month and hated Maul's guts
But he had come to respect his new master and even admired him
The two had grown even closer and now shared a real master/apprentice bond
Usually teachers of the dark side would be harsh on their apprentices
But Maul was not a sith anymore
Maul was evil but would still threat Ezra like a person and not a object
His former master 'Darth Sidious' , would never care about him and abandoned him when he was cut in half
Ezra and Maul had both lost people close to them through the actions of the sith
This made it easier for them to understand each others emotions
However , Ezra hadn't forgotten Kanan , he never would
Maul would tell him war stories every night as they sat around a camp fire
Ezra would always listen with close attention
Ezra had changed physically and emotionally
He had yellow eyes now and learned to rely on his anger and hatred towards his enemies
Ezra had also become 16 years old in the meantime
Maul and Ezra celebrated his birthday by training even harder than normal
Ezra had also grown a inch or two , still below average height for his age but this didn't matter to Maul
Ezra had also gained weight through the power training Maul put him through
Maul and Ezra would hunt to survive everyday and moved to a new location everyday
Todays training was deflecting blaster bolts in a difficult way
Maul activated a probe that fired blaster shots at Ezra
Nothing difficult but Maul was using the force to unbalance Ezra through the process
Ezra still managed and deflected every shot
"Your getting better , everyday" Maul complimented Ezra
"I think that it is time , we will open the holocron tonight"
"Yes , master" Ezra answered
Ezra felt something , like he was being watched
"Do you feel that?" Ezra asked Maul
"Yes , i do , we are being watched" Maul said
Than out of nowhere 2 jedi appeared
A girl around Ezra's age and a middle aged Togruta
"Darth Maul !" Shaak Ti yelled
"The sith , they have found us" The girl said panicked
"Do not worry , Sue" I have been training you for this
Ezra and Maul were both confused
"One chance" Maul said
"Run away or die !"
"Wait , your not here to kill us?" Sue asked
"We didn't even know you were here" Ezra said
"We have been here for several months"
"Well , we have been here for years" Shaak Ti said
"You are not with the empire?" Sue asked
"No" Ezra answered
"We are out for ourselves" He said
"I do not want you 2 sith scum here" Shaak Ti said
"Leave this planet , immediately"
"But , we are not ..." Ezra than stopped talking
"You were warned !" Maul yelled
He force leaped towards Shaak Ti and engaged in a fight with her
Sue didn't know what to do
She looked panicked and terrified at Ezra
But Ezra would not let his master down and ignited his dark saber and attacked Sue
The fight was going on for like a minute
Shaak Ti dodged one of Mauls attacks but left herself open in the process
Maul force pushed her towards a tree and than grabbed her through use of the force
He than force pulled her towards him and stabbed her through the torso
"Master ti !" Sue yelled
Sue was in tears
The only person that had ever cared for her had just died
Ezra hesitated but eventually came to his senses
Sue had forgotten Ezra was even there , she was in to much pain
"Bad move" Ezra said as he stabbed her through the back
Ezra was now a agent of the dark side , fully embracing its power
"I am proud of you , Ezra" Maul said
As he put his hand on Ezra's shoulder
Take their lightsabers , you can use some of their parts to later build your own
"We are leaving this planet tomorrow" Maul said
"Your training here is complete"
Night started to fall and as promised Maul took the holocron
Maul opened the holocron and a female voice started speaking
"Hello , Ezra Bridger , it has been a long time"
"Who is this?" The voice asked
"My master" Ezra answered
"So , child , you have finally embraced the power of the dark side?"
"Yes" Ezra answered
"Good"
"Now , what must i teach you?"
"Teach us the ability of force lightning" Maul said
"Force lightning , what is that?" Ezra asked
"It is a ability only dark side users can use , it is an ability where you blast lightning out of your finger tips"
"Even the weakest form of it , can kill in a second" Maul said
"I will teach you than" The woman said
They had been training the whole night
Maul had managed to figure it out
Maul already had some understanding of force lightning and was able to produce it within a few hours of training
Ezra on the other hand didn't really have a natural talent for the ability
"Do not worry , apprentice" Maul said
"You will pick it up in no time"
"You can't expect to learn such an ability in a simple night of training"
"But you managed" Ezra said
"I'm 50 and your 16" Maul said
"You will manage" Maul said
"You have been doing really good and i promised you something before we started training"
"You can see your friends before we continue our training"
"But how are we supposed to know where they are?" Ezra asked
"They might still be at your old base , we will start there"