Alright, here we go, the arc I've been waiting to do.
Cold. That's all he could feel right now. Tyron, Maul and Savage were drifting in that escape pod they were in. It had been some time since the fight on Florrum. But now, the ship lost power and they were dying. Tyron didn't want it to end like this. Just then a ship flew above them. Tyron heard the door being cut open, but couldn't move from his spot, nor open his eyes, but he could listen.
"What are you?" A male voice said.
"Should we rub 'em out?" A female voice asked.
"No, I want to hear their story. If they're an enemy of the Jedi, then they're a friend of mine. Load 'em up." The male voice ordered.
They were brought to a planet that Tyron didn't know about, but he started to see more clearly, but he was still too weak to move so he shut his eyes and fell unconscious. He woke up shortly after, he was being treated by medical droids, though he didn't need much healing. Maul was being tended to, getting new pairs of legs that suit him better. He also had his Sith robes on him making him almost look like he did in the Battle of Naboo. He had begun to stir.
"Master." Tyron said, getting his attention.
"Apprentice. Where are we?" Maul asked.
"I don't know. I don't even know who came for us." Tyron said. Maul saw Savage hadn't woken up yet, but he was getting a replacement as well, a crude mechanical arm.
"Savage?" Maul said trying to get up but was too weak and settled back down. Just then a bald man and a red-haired woman in Mandalorian armor showed up.
"You're not Jedi. So what are you?" The man asked. Maul, went to stand up but the woman pointed her gun at Savage with a smirk on her face. Maul settled back down.
"We are Sith." Maul said.
"Do you serve Count Dooku?" The man asked.
"I serve no one!" Maul said.
"That old fool can rot for all I care!" Tyron added. "He is no true Sith!"
"I thought there could only be two Sith. A Master and an Apprentice." The man pointed out.
"He is my brother." Maul pointed to Savage. "He is with me because he is family. The boy and I are the true Lords of the Sith." Tyron felt pride at that.
"What happened to your ship?" The man asked.
"Destroyed by Jedi." Maul answered.
"Do you know which Jedi?" The man asked.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi." Tyron growled. The man smiled at that.
"And what do you seek now Sith?" He asked.
"Fortune and power." Maul answered.
"A little revenge here and there doesn't hurt as well." Tyron added.
"Tend to the boy, repair this one's legs, and do what you can for the other." The man said leaving the tent. Later on, Maul and Tyron were called in to meet with the man. They had an armed escort however, so for now they were prisoners.
"Go on! Get moving!" One of their guards said shoving them forward. They entered the tent to find other Mandalorian warriors there.
"In time for tea. Come join me." The leader from earlier said. Maul and Tyron sat down at the table. "Made with the florets of a Cassius tree. It's good for your health." He offered them two cups. Maul and Tyron sipped their cups respectively. Maul then noticed some markings on his helmet.
"Your mark?" Maul asked.
"The sign of Clan Vizsla. I am Pre Vizsla. We are the Death Watch, descendants of the true warrior faith all Mandalorians once knew. Now my people are living in exile because we will not abandon our heritage. Our people were warriors, strong, feared. Now, they're ruled by the new Mandalorians who think being a pacifist is a good thing. They've given away our honor and tradition for peace. Duchess Satine and her corrupt leadership are crushing our souls, destroying our identity. That is our struggle." Vizsla explained. While he was speaking, Tyron looked at his men, they were capable enough, but exiles wouldn't do well against their real enemy.
"If they are weak, why do you wait?" Maul asked.
"The duchess has powerful allies. Including your Jedi friend Kenobi." Vizsla said. This made Maul and Tyron twitch in anger. "He is also responsible for our exile. Perhaps fortune brought us together." Maul stood up, Tyron as well.
"It is the will of the Force." Maul said. "We can help you reclaim Mandalore."
"And punish Kenobi for his trespasses." Vizsla added. Just then, the woman, Bo Katan, stepped forward.
"We allied ourselves with Sith before. Count Dooku? He betrayed us, Sith are no better than Jedi." That didn't sit well with both Tyron and Maul. "They claim to be powerful, but we put these three together after the Jedi gutted them." Bo said before being lifted in the air grasping at her throat. Tyron had done that.
"Doubt will only lead to failure." Tyron said. The Mandalorians raised their weapons.
"Hold!" Vizsla commanded.
"Our combined strength will be rewarded, Mandalore will be yours, and Kenobi, this Sith pretender Dooku and all our enemies will fall." Maul proclaimed. Tyron let Bo go at that point.
"Check on your brother. We'll put it to a vote." Vizsla said.
When they got back to the tent, they saw Savage was tearing apart the medical droids.
"Rest easy my friend. We're safe now." Tyron said. Savage sat back down looking at his new arm.
"Our crash was discovered by enemies of the Jedi, and we are in their care." Maul said.
"Are we prisoners?" Savage asked.
"No, allies. They have much to offer including their planet. They are strong and unlike pirates, they possess honor." Maul explained.
"Another weakness." Savage noted.
"To some. But there are other kinds of honor, even our cause can be considered honor." Tyron added.
"Yes, it could be. They know nothing of our intentions. Those revelations will come too late." Maul said. Just then, Vizsla and Bo entered the room.
"I see you have your strength back." Vizsla commented. Savage got up and Tyron realized now, that with the new legs, Maul was at his true height and Tyron was close to being as tall as him. Savage made them look small in comparison. "I never got your names."
"I am Maul, this is Savage, and this is Tyron." Maul introduced them.
"Our brothers are in favor of an alliance to liberate Mandalore." Vizsla said.
"This duchess of yours will soon discover the true burden of peace." Maul said.
Later on they got themselves well acquainted with the Death Watch. Savage was speaking with Bo Katan while Tyron wanted to stay by Maul's side learning from his master.
"Well done my apprentice. You have been learning quite a bit." Maul said.
"Thank you my Master." Tyron said. "I have learned much more from you than I would have Dooku." He added.
"Yes, I have. That is because I was born in the darkness itself. I was almost slipping when you found me, it was a darkness I never wish to endure again. But now I have survived to train you. I believe that's why I was defeated, to train the next generation of Sith. When I die, Savage will be your apprentice, we will continue the work I started with my master. And so much more. We will have our revenge my apprentice, this I promise you." Maul said.
"And I promise you I will be at your side, always." Tyron pledged. Vizsla came to check on their progress. They walked the camp a bit to get their bearings.
"Your people are strong and skilled, but you need an army to free Mandalore." Maul said.
"There are more on Mandalore who will join us." Vizsla said.
"Their help would come too late. We can assemble an army beginning with the Black Sun." Maul said.
"They're a crime syndicate. Hardly a force to rally with." Vizsla argued.
"They can provide us with the resources we need to sustain a war without the scrutiny of the Republic." Maul argued.
Before long they traveled to Mustafar where the Black Sun base was. They landed and proceeded forward. The other Mandalorians flew on their jetpacks, some landed on the ground, probably to make them seem intimidating.
"A battalion brother." Savage said to Maul.
"They will serve us well." Maul said. One of the Black Sun representatives came forward to meet them. "We request an audience with your leaders."
"It'll be your funeral." The representative scoffed. He led them to the Black Sun leaders gathered at a table.
"Why do you come here?" The leader said.
"We seek an army." Maul said.
"You will gain many riches with us." Tyron added.
"Fools. We are not mercenaries. Dispose of them. Keep their ships and weapons." The leader ordered.
"Give me that one's sword." One of them said pointing to Vizsla's Darksaber. Vizsla pointed his weapons at the guards, while Savage broke the neck of another and tossed him on the table.
"This is your last opportunity to join us." Maul warned.
"Quiet! We are the Black Sun!" The leader said standing up. The others joined him in standing. Tyron smirked at that.
"Oh, very well." Maul said. Tyron simply shrugged to Savage who activated his double blade. Maul and Tyron ducked and allowed Savage to throw it at the leader and in a swift motion all the Black Sun leaders heads were removed. The representative was shocked when he saw what happened. "It would seem the decision to join us is now yours."
"After careful consideration, we will join you." The now leader of the Black Sun said.
"Show us your supplies." Maul said. Later on they were loading up all the Black Suns equipment onto their ships. Savage was talking to the leader now, who dressed himself in the robes of his leaders. Maul and Tyron were overseeing the men. Vizsla approached them.
"We have our army now. I have a plan to undermine Satine." Vizsla said placing his hand on Maul's shoulder. Maul swatted the hand away, clearly angry.
"The army is weak." Maul said. "We are not ready for the duchess." Tyron knew why Maul wasn't ready yet. This wasn't an army to contend with Satine. In fact, Death Watch was ready, this army was for their true enemy.
"With my plan we won't need a bigger force." Vizsla said.
"There is only one plan. One vision." Maul said.
"And it belongs to Death Watch." Vizsla countered.
"Your vision lacks clarity. Without us, you have no army and no reason to replace the duchess." Maul explained. Tyron saw that Vizsla was confused.
"I can see this plan has not yet come to your mind. You will watch us and learn." Tyron said. Maul smiled at his apprentice.
They got back to the Death Watch base, preparing for the next move. Maul was going over the next plans with Vizsla and Bo, Tyron was stood by his side. Then some more ships appeared.
"More criminals." Bo said.
"Spice dealers connected to all the crime families of Coruscant." Vizsla said.
"The Pykes. They will be the next to join us." Maul said. Tyron wouldn't say this in front of Maul, but he didn't like the Pykes that much. He thought they were weak. The fishlike aliens stepped forward.
"We know you've been forming an army." Their leader said.
"Were you expecting us?" Maul asked.
"Underworld's a small community. I have no desire to oppose you. We come to join you." The Pyke leader said.
"Very good. Then ready our troops. We leave for Nal Hutta immediately." Vizsla said.
Now they were on the Hutt planet. Yet again, Tyron wouldn't say this out loud to Maul but he hated the Hutts. He never understood how they could get power so easily; they were giant slugs. He knew they had a bunch of money and connections but seriously? He couldn't understand it. They requested a meeting with some of the Hutts, only three were actually there, the leader Jabba the Hutt was on a hologram. Jabba was speaking to them in Huttese.
"There are many things the Hutts influence and possess that would be useful to us." Maul explained. Jabba asked another question. "We have no credits." Maul said. Another Hutt spoke up. "Your lives. In exchange for Hutt space and everything in its borders." Maul said.
This caused the others to laugh. Jabba said another thing, and several bounty hunters appeared, and they looked to be hostile. Jabba said what appeared to be orders. One of the bounty hunters threw a knife at Maul but it was caught by Savage. Maul used the Force to fling it back at the table. Jabba yelled in terror. Maul, Tyron, and Savage then ignited their blades and started deflecting blaster bolts from the bounty hunters. Some of Jabba's regular henchmen came in the room. To flank them. Savage, Tyron, and Maul each used one of the henchmen and threw them at the bounty hunters. Vizsla went in front of them and shot out his flamethrower before all four of them left for the landing platform. They were starting to get surrounded when rockets blasted some of those in front of them. It was Bo who had saved them. She was laughing at their situation.
"I see negotiations have gone as planned." Bo said.
"Secure this platform!" Vizsla ordered. Bo and some of the other Mandalorians used their rockets to dispose of some of the soldiers.
"Retreat! Retreat!" One of the bounty hunters shouted. "Back inside!"
They then began to retreat. All four of them entered back into the base where they now engaged in hand-to-hand fighting. Maul was fighting a Zabrak woman, Savage was fighting a man with a round hat that doubled as a shield that was both offensive and defensive while Tyron was fighting a young boy about his age. The boy was good, it was clear he was taught well, by whoever taught him. It didn't seem like this was the work of these other bounty hunters, this style of fighting seemed more refined. Almost like Tyron had seen this fighting from a certain other bounty hunter he had worked for. Tyron decided to end the fight quickly, so he Force choked the boy and threw him across the room. He could see around him that everyone else was finished facing their respective foes. Just then two ball appeared to form a smoke screen. All the other bounty hunters got away. Vizsla was about to go after them before he was stopped by Maul.
"Let them go, they're only bounty hunters. They have no allegiance." Maul said. They then went back to the room where the Mandalorians got one Hutt captive.
"Sir, the Hutts have escaped. Except this one." A Mandalorian soldier reported.
"Where are the others?" Maul demanded. The Hutt screamed out an answer, if Tyron had to guess it was mercy. "Kill him." Maul said. Savage then ignited his blade and held it at the Hutt's throat. It responded again in fear, maybe this time it was ready to talk. "Give me a location." Maul said.
"Tatooine, Tatooine." The Hutt said.
"Jabba's Palace." Vizsla confirmed.
"So the only thing you can tell me is that I will find Jabba, at Jabba's Palace?" Maul mockingly asked. Even Tyron was amusingly befuddled. Maul nodded his head to Savage who then sliced off the Hutt's head.
They made a quick jump to lightspeed and arrived at Tatooine, at Jabba's Palace. Needles to say the defenses fell quickly. Maul, Tyron, Savage, and Vizsla made their way to the throne room dispatching some guards along the way. Jabba was talking to them in Huttese, most likely trying to sound intimidating.
"Give up Jabba, you're the only ones left!" Vizsla shouted.
"Submit or suffer." Maul warned. Jabba turned to his friend who had a smile before he turned back to the four of them
"The mighty Jabba and the Hutt families have decided to join you." The translator droid said. Now satisfied, Maul walked with Tyron and Vizsla around the palace.
"Between the Hutts, Black Sun and the Pykes we'll have a large reserve of muscle and supplies." Vizsla said.
"Yes." Maul said.
"Then Mandalore and Kenobi are still our priority?" Vizsla asked.
"They are vital." Maul said.
"I'm curious to hear the rest of your plan." Vizsla said. Maul thought for a moment.
"The vision has expanded. You will still rule Mandalore and under your protection, I will command a new galactic underworld." Maul said. Tyron noted that Vizsla paused and formed a fist.
"Mandalore influences a league of two thousand neutral systems. It gives you a great deal of options for our enterprise." Vizsla said.
"You have learned from your previous oversights with their combined forces the Republic and the Separatists will be irrelevant." Maul said.
"Then are we ready?" Vizsla asked.
"Mobilize the army. Send an advanced guard to the capital. I want a list of targets vital to Mandalore's security. Choose wisely. There will be no second chances." Maul said. He and Tyron left Vizsla to plan.
"So, after we win Mandalore back he will betray us. That's when we fight back and take over this Death Watch by killing him." Tyron said when they got out of earshot of Vizsla. Maul smiled at that.
"You have learned well, my apprentice. Death Watch, Dooku, Kenobi and our true enemy will be no match for you now." Maul said with pride.
Ahhhh! This is only gonna get better, I hope for everyone. Also there was a cameo in this episode, I'll let you all guess who that was. Next episode will be shorter, but awesome.