Obi-Wan sat outside his hut on Tatooine, enjoying the weather. The planets twin suns were beginning to set, and the temperature was beginning to drop slightly. Obi-Wan enjoyed this time of day. It was very relaxing, and the sunsets were a sight to behold. The former Jedi sighed, content for the moment.

Suddenly, his senses enhanced by the Force, he heard the sound of a ship's engines. He glanced up to see the ship touch down a few feet from his residence. He stood and prepared to either greet the visitors, or prepare for a fight. He waited patiently as the ships ramp lowered, and a cloaked, hooded figure strode out onto the sand, and began to walk towards him.

Obi-Wan started to approach the being, but when he saw its face, he froze. The humanoids face was completely covered in red and black markings, as were its hands, and (he assumed) the rest of its body. They looked familiar. Obi-Wan began to have flashbacks of his fight with a certain Sith on Naboo many years ago, the death of his Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, and the defeat of his killer moments later.

No, it couldn't be him. He thought in disbelief. But then, as the alien drew nearer, he saw its eyes. They were yellow, with a dash of red. Obi-Wan found them striking, and strangely hypnotic at the same time. The intruder pulled back his hood, revealing horns atop its head. He began running towards the Jedi now, pulling something from his cloak and activating it. It was a lightsaber, double-bladed. Blood red.

"Kenobi. I have found you at last." The former Sith released a blood-curdling scream of pure, animalistic rage that chilled Obi-Wan to the bone, and viciously attacked his target. The Jedi barely had time to ignite his own weapon before he was fighting for his life. Maul swung his saber again and again, managing to score a few slashes to his enemy's cloak.

Obi-Wan blocked Maul's strikes and delivered a few of his own, all the while attempting to come up with an explanation to all of this. "You can't be alive. This must be a vision of some sort!" He decided, not being able to think of any other answer. He blocked another swing and kicked his opponent in the chest, sending him stumbling back a few steps.

Maul regained his balance and laughed, shaking his head. "You Jedi are all alike. Weak, and cowardly. You refuse to see what is directly in front of you. That is why your kind was slaughtered mercilessly, hunted like animals, and why your precious Temple now lies in ruins."

Obi-Wan shifted into a defensive stance. "As long as we live, the Order survives."

Maul growled, "Then it will not last much longer!" And attacked once more. Obi-Wan was beginning to become exhausted due to the power of the Zabrak's blows and his seemingly endless rage. He was caught off-guard when Maul head-butted him in the face, causing him to stumble and fall back onto the ground.

His tattooed foe held him down using both The Force and his body weight, slowly inching his lightsaber toward his face. Obi-Wan struggled briefly, but that only seemed to make his enemy angrier, and the pressure increased slightly. "You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Prepare to become one with the Force, Kenobi!" As he raised his lightsaber to strike, a voice called out, "No! Stop! I need him!" Distracted, Maul focused his attention on the owner of the voice. A boy ran up to them, putting himself between Obi-Wan and his soon-to-be killer.

The boy couldn't have been more than fifteen. Obi-Wan couldn't help but notice the unique lightsaber hilt that hung at his side. Maul attempted to wave the kid away. "Go back to the ship, Ezra! I'll be finished here soon." As he turned back to his prey, preparing to deliver the killing blow, his lightsaber suddenly flew out of his hands, surprising both Obi-Wan and Maul.

The weapon landed in Ezra's grasp. Maul seethed. "Ezra, return that to me this instant!" He demanded. "Not until you promise not to harm him!" Ezra pleaded desperately. Maul sighed, annoyed. "Ezra, I can't promise that. He has to pay for what he's done! I must have my revenge!" The young Jedi Apprentice deactivated the lightsaber. "We need him alive! The Holocrons said that he was the key to destroying the Sith!"

"FORGET THE SITH!" Maul shouted, losing his cool for a minute. "ALL THAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW IS KENOBI!" Taking a deep breath, he softened his tone and regained his composure. "Ezra, this is my destiny. I have no other choice. I'm doing this, with or without you!" Ezra ignited his lightsaber. "I won't let you kill him!" Maul reclaimed his own lightsaber and activated it. "I do not wish to hurt you, Ezra!"

"Well, you're going to have to! You're not killing him until you get through me!" Maul sighed. "If this is what it takes to get to Kenobi, so be it. But I must warn you, Ezra. You are not nearly as strong with the Force as I am. This will be over quickly." Ezra prepared himself. "We'll see." Maul swung…

A/N: Who's excited for the next Rebels episode? I'm super excited! I can't wait to see what who wins. Hopefully Maul survives. If he doesn't I will be extremely upset. Anyway, what did you think of this chapter? Did you like it? Let me know what you think.