Ventress watched as her ship came out of hyperdrive to the planet that she lived on for the first few months after Dooku betrayed her. She was suspicious that Mother Talzin had been helping Opress after he tried to kill her. Why wouldn't Talzin tell her he had been on the planet? She could have killed him before he started learning from a former sith lord. Ventress knew he was stronger, but he still lacked discipline. She planned on using that to her advantage when she found him.
Ventress landed her ship near the former nightsisters coven, and got out, trying to sense if there were any force users on the planet. She didn't sense any, but prepared herself anyway, especially if the nightbrothers were still around.
Ventress entered the caves which she called home for a short period of time. The dwellings looked like they had been ransacked, picked through. There were clothes, rotten food, and a few broken weapons on the ground. Ventress sighed, feeling responsible for the Nightsister's demise. If she had done her job properly, Dooku wouldn't have sent Grievous to slaughter them all. Anger, guilt, and failure built inside her. She wanted to make Dooku pay, for not only what he did to her, but what she had done to the closest thing that she had to a family, which wasn't much.
She sat down to meditate. She didn't know where Mother Talzin was and hoped that through her meditation, she would be able to locate her. Ventress closed her eyes and focused on her breathing.
Ventress only meditated for a few minutes before a voice said "Welcome home, child."
Ventress opened her eyes and watched as a ghostly figure stood before her.
"Mother, I am here to ask you about Opress," Ventress replied.
"Have you killed Dooku yet?" Mother Talzin asked.
"No, but other situations have arisen, and Opress must be dealt with first. I know you helped him find his brother, Darth Maul."
"I did. As I said before, he is a perfect male specimen, a strong warrior. I took an interest in him after he came back to Darthmor. He was strong enough to break free from your control. He needed to be tamed, molded into the perfect warrior. I told him that his brother still lives, and where to find him. After he located Maul, he brought him to me. Maul was broken and delusional. I healed Maul, making him stronger, and allowed them to leave the planet to find Kenobi. I want Opress to learn from Maul, for them to form a bond."
"Why?" Ventress asked
"Together, they will become unstoppable. They will raid, pillage, and kill. This will allow time for Maul to get adjusted to his new body and Opress time to learn from his brother. Then they will be ready."
"Ready for what?" Ventress asked.
"To be used as tools. They owe their lives to me and will serve me. I will use them to get revenge for eliminating my children. To destroy the Sith and the Jedi. To destroy the Separatists and the Republic. Then the reign of the Nightsisters will begin."
"You are a fool to think they will serve you," Ventress replied.
"You forget what they owe me. If they betray me, they will lose the gifts I have bestowed upon them. They will become trapped in their own minds. They will become a hollow version of themselves, hoping to die to end the madness. They will not refuse me." Mother Talzin said.
"Kenobi is hunting them. He believes they are too dangerous to be kept alive. What if he succeeds in his task?"
"Kenobi will fall at the hands of Maul. I have foreseen it." Mother Talzin replied, "If one of them falls, there are many other Nighbrothers who will serve me, given the proper time and training."
"Where does that leave me?"
"I will train you in the ways of the Nightsisters, and we will become more powerful than the Jedi or Sith. You will have a power that even you have never dreamed of. No one will ever abandon you again. You will be a Queen and reign over the entire galaxy. Together we can rebuild our race."
"What do I have to do if I choose to accept?"
"Help Maul and Opress with their plans. You will need to find Kenobi, earn his trust, and then offer him up as bait, then return home to me. Only through the destruction of Kenobi will Maul be able to focus on the big picture, to end the Sith and the Jedi.
"What will happen if I refuse?"
"You will continue your meaningless existence, wasting your talent on collecting bounties. It's a position beneath you, Asajj."
"It's a life of my own choosing. I don't know if I want to be a pawn in someone else's plan. I have done it too many times."
"I am offering you much more than just being a pawn. I am offering you a chance to save our people, and make the future how you see fit. Gone will be the corruption of the Republic and the Separatists. The galaxy will know peace and bend to our will. And we will do this together, as Mother and Child."
Ventress looked down for several moments, not speaking. She believed that Mother Talzin could control Opress, but Maul was another story. But if Mother could control him, how could she turn down the offer to save her people? The Nightsisters helped her, and she owed them their lives. Mother's allegiance was questionable, she could learn from her. Ventress knew with the knowledge that Mother possessed combined with her training as a Sith, she would become unstoppable. She could punish those who betray her, even Mother.
Then she remembered Mother's request to offer Kenobi up. Her recent experience with Kenobi, fighting the two brothers, had made her question why she wanted to kill him. Part of her still did, but she found she respected him as a warrior. Yes, she had led many people to their demise, through different schemes to gain power and favor with Dooku. She wasn't innocent in the matter, but to do the same to Kenobi felt wrong.
"I will have to meditate on it, Mother."
"Take your time, my child. I know you will come to the right conclusion." Mother Talzin said, putting her ghostly hand on Ventress's shoulder.
Ventress looked up and watched as Mother disappeared in thin air. She sat there for several moments, trying to regain her focus to meditate, but was having problems clearing her mind. Ventress got up, seeing no other reason to stay on the planet made for her ship. However, when she got there, she saw two Nightbrothers inspecting the ship.
"My my, what do we have here?" Ventress asked.
The brothers looked up at Ventress, with a confused look in their eyes, but said nothing. Ventress grabbed her lightsabers but didn't ignite them yet. She continued to walk towards the ship and was delighted at the sight of one brother starting to back up with a look of fear.
The other brother, who was covered in blue tattoos, didn't back up but had a look of defiance on his face.
"Don't waste your time, Go back to your little village," Ventress commanded while igniting her lightsabers with a nasty grin on her face. Clearly, the lightsabers had the desired effect, he looked around to his brother, and then back at Ventress, before he bravely said, "The Nightsisters were destroyed, I watched it."
"Maybe I need to remind you where your place is," Ventress said.
The other brother, who Ventress could see had orange stripes, whispered to his brother, "Kraz, let's go.
"Far too long did you and your fellow Nightsisters enslave us. You are the only one left now." Kraz replied while pulling a dagger out of his belt.
Ventress laughed coldly. "You are going to challenge me with that? I have better things to do." Ventress made it to get on her ship, but Kraz surged forward to block the ramp.
"Should have listened to your brother," Ventress said before bringing her lightsabers up. Kraz rushed at her, trying to stab her stomach. Ventress spun, causing Kraz to miss and stumble.
"It's a wonder you're still even alive, with skills like that." Ventress cooed.
Kraz became more enraged and let out a guttural yell and rushed towards Ventress again. He raised his dagger once again. Ventress swung her lightsabers up, hitting his outstretched arm above the elbow, slicing it off. The dagger fell towards the ground, along with the arm holding it. Ventress reached down and grabbed the dagger from the severed limb and walked over to where Kraz was on the ground cuddling his stump and whimpering. She took the dagger and touched the tip to his throat, piercing the skin. Kraz stopped whimpering and gave her a wide-eyed look.
Ventress smiled, and looked over towards the other brother, "You, take him back to your village. Tell them if they ever come back here, they will not be as lucky."
She stood up, dropped the knife next to Kraz's face, and strode off to her ship. She watched on the viewscreen as Kraz's brother came and picked up the knife and helped his brother get up and hobble off into the distance. She thought about going back outside and finishing the job, killing both of them. She placed a hand on her lightsaber but decided they weren't worth the effort.
Ventress programmed the navicomputer to Coruscant, knowing that is where she would find Kenobi.