The next morning Talon got up early and quietly left the ship. She wrote a note for Savage "Gone out. Will be back in a few hours." Talon had dreamt of a way to spread the Sith teachings. She walked around until she found an empty building. She broke inside the building and made her way to the biggest room. Once she had found it Talon settled herself on the floor and started to meditate. She sent out the feeling of the dark side as best and far away as she could. She figured with all the crime and violence here it would be good grounds to start the Sith teachings.

Talon focused on the dark side… all the power it could give… all the insight and lessons one learned from it. She opened her eyes and heard a small movement. She looked around. At the end of the room stood two small boys and a boy Twi'lek. She ignited her lightsaber. They sank back from the power it possessived. She lowered it,

"No need to fear little ones. I am here to teach you the way of the dark side."

They came forward more eagerly now. Talon pointed her lightsaber to the first boy and rested the blade just above the boy's shoulder,

"What is your name?" Talon asked.

"My name is Malxk." The boy answered.

"What has driven you here Malxk?" Talon inquired.

"I was driven by the anger that I felt." Malxk told her.

"What has caused this anger?" Talon asked him.

"The anger of watching my mother throw all our life to a man who is using us!" Malxk exclaimed.

Talon turned to the next boy, the Twi'lek, and proceeded with her lightsaber,

"And what is your name little one?" she asked.

"It's Qaje." The boy answered.

"Why are you here?" Talon asked him.

"I'm here because I lost my beloved sister because of slavery…" The boy answered quietly, "I don't know where she is or what became of her! My mother and father didn't even try to help her! They just stood by and let her go!"

Just as Talon was about to respond the 3rd boy spoke up,

"Ya well look at you. Obviously you didn't even try to be the hero either."

Qaje turned to him,

"Shut up Jorax!"

The 3rd boy, Jorax, crumpled to the ground holding his throat gasping for air. Talon put her hand on Qaje's shoulder,

"Good. You have embraced your feelings. Let him go. Perhaps one day you will get the chance to vanquish him."

That seem to satisfy Qaje for now. His mind let Jorax free. Talon proceeded to Jorax,

"Jorax why are you here? Why did you choose to follow the path of dark side?"

"I came here because I have been beaten down and left to die all my life! I was abandoned and left for dead!" Jorax croaked out.

Talon stood up,

"All three of you have exhibited signs of the dark side: betrayal, attachment, and abandonment. In order to hone the dark side you need to embrace and accept these feelings. Unlike the Jedi" the boys all scuffed at the name, "we embrace our instincts, thoughts and feelings. We let them consume us and fuel our desires. We look out for those we truly care about and search for our own desires. We don't sacrifice ourselves for the well being of others." Talon disignited her lightsaber and clipped it to her hilt, "I sense the Force is strong in all of you. It has guided you to where you belong. Accept the path is has set for you and then you will become truly great." She walked in a circle around the boys and felt their spirits become in-tune and one with the Force.

"Does accepting the path it has set for you include running from your death?!" a voice called out of the shadows. Talon quickly turned. The boys backed into each other, ready to defend themselves. Talon searched the darkness, she knew that voice. She ignited her lightsaber, still searching. She heard the clanking of the metal human feet hitting the ground.

Out of the darkness Darth Maul appeared,

"I believe it also means not running from your enemies."

"If it involves certain death, I will choose to run to preserve my own life."

"What a coward."

Talon snorted,

"Hardly. I've faced worse foes than you."

Maul lunged forward and tried to gut his saber into her belly. Talon quickly avoided this tactic. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the boys running for the doors. She drew her attention back to Maul. She flipped into the air and kicked him in the chest. He fell backwards, but before he hit the ground he performed a backflip and landed to face her again. They clashed lightsabers and Maul tried to put pressure against hers, but she was equally as strong as he was due to all her Sith training. She lifted a hand and projected Force lightning at Maul he caught this with his lightsaber and absorbed it. Maul flipped over her to catch her in an attack, but before he could come down Talon grabbed him with the Force and flung him against a support pillar. Maul roared and lunged at her in a series of attacks. Talon parried against all this attacks, but in her mind she was sending a plea to the galaxy to help her in some way.

Back at the ship Savage had seen Talon's note and assumed she was fulfilling her assignment the best she could. The weapon system had been shipped overnight and Savage had been busy installing it into the ship. Savage felt a strong twinge fly through his body. He didn't know what it was, but he felt the need to follow his instincts on it. He left the lower decks of the ship and popped into the cockpit. He fired the engines and piloted the ship out of the hangar and towards an abandoned building. Inside he saw two faint red glows,

"Oh no. Please don't let it be Talon!" Savage pleaded with himself. In his heart though he knew it was. He blasted at the wall of the building until it came crumbling down. Inside he saw it was Talon and… Maul! Savage couldn't believe his eyes. Savage watched Talon battle his brother for a moment. He couldn't believe how quickly she was countering all his attacks perfectly. Just as he was admiring her Maul kicked her leg out from under her. Savage watched her crumple to the ground. Maul brought his hand up into a fist. Talon elevated off the ground holding her throat. Her eyes slid to the hovering ship. Savage felt her eyes pierce his and stare into his soul,

I'm sorry… I tried… She told him.

Savage roared and blasted the guns at his brother,

"Why must you follow me everywhere?! Let me go! Let me have my own domain!"

Savage watched Talon fall to the ground, but Maul was nowhere in sight. Savage stopped firing. Suddenly he saw the ground beneath Talon was crumbling. He hit the hovering signal and rushed to the ramp of the ship. Before the ground gave way he leapt from the ship into the building. He picked Talon up in his arms and was about to jump to the ship before Talon whispered,

"My saber…"

She feebly pointed to it. Savage leapt back to the ship and with lifted a hand to call her saber to him. It flew to his hand, He then proceeded inside the ship and quickly walked to the medical bay of the ship. He placed her on the table. He looked her over. She seemed fine,

"How are you Talon? Talon! Wake up!" Savage said frantically. Talon opened her eyes,

"I'm… I'm fine… How… How did he… find us?"

"I don't know… Dooku must have spies here… or someone gave us away. I don't know. But we're leaving. Rest up a bit. I'll take you to our room." Savage said to her. Talon closed her eyes and passed out. Before Savage left the medical bay he grabbed a cantine full of water. He placed her in their bedroom and left the water on a stand for her. He quickly made it to the cockpit and disengaged the hovering signal. He steered the ship out of the moon and into the space. He coordinated it for dead space for the time being.

He sat there. He didn't know where he was going to take them. He could not think of any place that Dooku or Maul could track them to…

"Except…" He said quietly. He punched in the coordinates and walked back to check on Talon. She was still asleep. He went and settled himself back in the cockpit. They had a long trip ahead of them.