Finally,, we continue - hope you like this chapter :D
Savage watched as his brother walked towards Mother Talzin. Maul was completely gone and shattered. He was simply not himself - he wasn't well built anymore, muscles thin and his body worn out from the food Morley had been bringing him. That creature fooled other beings and they followed him to Maul's hideout where who killed these and Morley could keep the rest.
Savage laughed at that - his brother maybe was not himself right now but even in this condition he had power above others and was nonetheless dangerous.
The Sith looked purely wild and dangerous with his long, sharp horns, the claws and the aggressive but uncontrolled movements. But even a pathetic Jedi would be able to see that this was not the real Maul but a weak shape of what he was.
Talzin walked before them and stopped at a certain part outside of the bunker – which was actually not a real bunker but a cave-like hideout. There was a tunnel system down here, where the former owners of the bar lived or hid things. It was the only possible way to survive on this planet with its acid rain and poisoned environment.
She spoke in a language only known to the night sisters and green mist revealed an altar, marked with runes.
"Maul, my child. Come and lie down - there will be no harm done to you." The night sister said with a soft but ordering voice and like as if in trance, Maul stalked to the altar, his many legs squeaking and shaking.
"Good Maul, very good." She hushed. "Now tell me - do you want to stay here or would you like to come back to whom you have been and bring wrath above your tormentors. About Kenobi and his fellowship - the Jedi?"
"KENOBI!" He groaned with a hoarse voice and pure hate like flicking flames burning in his red trimmed eyes. "I want revenge on him. I- I- can't. I can't leave this- this place. It's dark, it is … I don't know where I am. all I can think of is pain. Pain. Pure pain. My body is in unbearable pain. The force. The force helped me once and sometimes it comes back to me. But I can't … I can't grasp it. I feel empty … I cannot … I cannot. No sleep. No sleep at all. All I can think of is… REVENGE - YES I need to take revenge. Kenobi! That name - the name! I-" He broke off, eyes unfocused and hectic.
"Maul - you will be in no pain after this. You finally can sleep and rest. No pain no more. You will seek revenge. You will get it. You will be Darth Maul again! But now - one last time you need to endure pain but it will help you gain strength and power altogether! Now. Look." The Zabrak just nodded, already worn out from his outburst and simply tired due to his bodies' condition. Talzin shot him a caring smile as Maul looked up to her, grasping the last string of hope to flee his hell. She whirled her hands and a glowing, green ball of light danced before his face and floated around, while Maul went after it, gazing into its bright light.
"Savage. Stay away and stay silent. This will hurt him. The body of his - it constantly hurts his body and fills his body with poison. I can feel it - it is slowly killing him, it sucks his life out of his bones, his flesh and mind. Yessss. It slowly kills. The dark side does not help. It does not obey - no one. It grants you to use it but you cannot own this power. No one can. Even for users of the dark side, this planet is poison. It is of another side of darkness, deadly for its own inhabitants and ground. Maul would have lived no longer - even now his body is all worn out and broken. When Darth Maul fell - he used the dark side, not knowing what he was doing. The dark side does not help - so it just followed his grasp. Your brother grabbed the life and so his body was saved. Owning legs - yes - and no bleeding to death but not better than death at all."
Talzin said, while she walked towards Maul, who gazed at the glowing ball infant of him, which stood still in the air.
"Maul, look close. You have seen enough. Now – sleep." She whispered and touched the middle of his forehead with her index finger. Maul stumbled backward where the altar made out of polished stone stood and fell on his back.
The green light grew and exploded in many small lights that whirled around his head. When he fell, the many legs of his wriggled and twitched. With a loud squeaking sound of metal scratching on metal, they fell off along the rest of the metallic parts.
Meanwhile, Mother Talzin had walked behind the lying form of Maul and bent over him, forming the green lights with her hands, while she was singing in an ancient voice and whispered words and sentences, Savage believed to have heard somewhere in nightly whispers deep in the dathomirian forests. He shivered while Talzin sang her mantra and the force felt weird - even if she wasn't using it… she borrowed small bits from it.
Talzin's eyes shone in the dim light and she looked purely malicious. With her long, slender fingers she formed circles around Maul's head, never even touching his long horns that stood off his head like enormous, sharp spikes.
The green swirls moved faster and faster and suddenly, Talzin grabbed into them and pulled something black out of Maul's head. Savage felt pure darkness and venomousness radiating off this black fog she was pulling out. She spoke faster and stronger and pulled it out completely and the Sith cried out in pain, while Talzin removed more and more out of his head until Maul's facial expression became calmer.
She raised her arms while speaking and Maul floated above the altar, his upper body half exposed. His bones were clearly visible under the withered muscles and his skin was a faded red - not bright and strong as Savage knew it to be.
Different objects and mechanic parts around them began to float and flew to Mother Talzin who was still singing, eyes closed and focused. The parts wandered to Maul's body and arranged themselves in a certain order and meanwhile, wires wriggled like snakes over the ground and floated to the parts and tangled around each other and combined the parts into a pair of long limbs. The body of the red Zabrak twitched and wanted to resist but the wires were too strong and finally wrapped around his torso, unremovable.
Completely lost in singing, Talzin sang louder and roughly, she moved her arms in swirl-like movements even faster than before.
The green light buzzed and wrapped the whole body in light. Hot and cold at the same time, the air whirled around them and Maul's body twitched even more when the limbs began to glow and move. The green light made the legs shine like green fire and the whole body was vibrating.
Talzin moved her hands even faster and the light manifested itself around the metallic constructions and melted them together as far as Savage could observe.
With one last scream, Talzin raised her arms and the complete form of the Sith shone green and then the light began to vibrate. The long, outgrown horns fell off Maul's head to reveal new ones, sharp and dangerous. Muscles were returning to their former strength and the whole body was pulsing with strength itself. The facial expression turned into a controlled and calmer one while the limbs were revealed. Not longer metallic constructs, strong, mighty robotic legs were created out of these old, broke droid parts. Long, sharp claws were at their ends, ready to climb, grab, jump or running.
Mother Talzin was a witch in all but name and Savage once again swore himself to never mess with that being.
Talzin ended her song and his brother floated down and lay back on the altar. She shot him a knowing grin as if she had heard his thoughts. Savage just stared at the Sith lying before him, now looking strong, clean and powerful.
"Darth Maul. Mighty Sith - master of the dark side and powerful, more than the most of us – claimed by darkness and hate – suffered for ten whole years in agony – a night brother! He returned today! Out of the deepest darkness – back to life, ready to live and seek revenge upon his sufferers. Now, my night brother Maul – wake!" Mother Talzin spoke with a powerful voice and with her index finger, she touched the Zabrak's forehead again and Darth Maul open-end his eyes.
Savage looked into his brother's eyes. Red with a shine of gold in them.
"Brother." He said.
"Savage."
"My night brothers. Come to Dathomir and rest. I will wait for you." Said Talzin's voice but she was no longer there.
Savage eyed Maul and back to the spot where Talzin had stood a few seconds ago. "And now brother? What do you want to do?"
Maul turned to him. "Savage. That Jedi scum has put me in such a shameful state - Kenobi dishonored me in the worst way. I.. rot away on this.. What is this? A junk planet? Kenobi waited ten years for me without knowing it – he may wait a few days more. A few more days he can live his little happy life with that Skywalker brat. Haha! Ah... Skywalker... Quite close to Kenobi it seems? I bet after me slicing his former master he took care of that brat. I already have some ideas but we have to prepare to see if they even work. I will not kill Kenobi... That.. would be way too merciful." Maul crossed his arms and nodded. "Brother let us go back to Dathomir and off this shameful planet. I kinda miss that planet and its darkness. Now come." He added and ran.
Savage nodded and followed him quickly.