Wakening and groaning, Obi-wan rubs his head and looks around. "Where am I?"
"Ah, you've awakened." The doctor droid spoke up walking over to him. "I shall go get my master now. Please remain here for our return."
Obi-wan groans and looks around. "I guess this is Maul's ship."
"Right you are, my Jedi." Maul spoke up entering the room, he deactivated the doctor droid once the door closed.
"What happened Maul?" Obi-wan started as Maul approached him. "Back on the planet."
"You were attacked and cornered by predators." Maul said and reached out to Obi-wan and touched his arm. Obi-wan winced as Maul's hand was placed near the wound. Maul's hand was quickly pulled away. "You only sustained that wound. Fury picked us up off of the planet. You had fainted due to blood loss."
"Where are we now? In space?" Obi-wan asked
Maul scratched his neck "Well we are on Dathomir."
"Dathomir, but why?"
"Mother wanted to talk to me and Fury about some lost brothers."
"Have you gone to see her?"
"Only Fury has. From what she tells me, Mother thinks you helping us would be to an advantage."
"Me? Helping you?" Obi-wan said shocked "I don't think so."
"Then why did you push me away from that creature back on that planet?" Maul questioned trying to remain calm
"Well I had to get someway out of there."
"You're lying, Jedi. You know it is not wise to lie to me." Maul growled
"My reasons for pushing you away are my own."
Maul growled deeper and angrily reached his hand out to grab Kenobi by his wounded arm or neck. Kenobi stayed in one place, but Maul could sense his fear.
Maul could only sense a very small bit of fear coming from Obi-wan, but it was enough that he pulled his hand back.
"It's nice to see you're using your self restrain son." A voice came from the entrance of the room.
"Mother! I, I was just" Maul tried to speak before Mother Talzin raised her hand.
"It is alright Maul, seeing you have self restraint pleases me." She spoke calmly in her echoing voice. "Although it escapes me on why you have brought along a Jedi and why he is the one keeping you from seeing me."
"Mother, I apologize for my inconvenience, I just wanted to learn somethings from him. I do not bring him here as an intrusion, Mother, but as a mate." Maul explained
"A mate?" Mother echoed
"I'm not your mate, Maul." Obi-wan interrupted
Mother Talzin laughs at Obi-wan. "Little Jedi I'll have you know, even if females are dominant on this world the males know when they find their mate. My son seems very determined that you are his." Mother Talzin explained
"Thank you for choosing his side Mother." Obi-wan said sarcastically
Mother Talzin laughed again at him. "Maul, please come inside with your mate and spend a night with us. With your brothers and sisters." Maul opened his mouth to talk but Mother Talzin cut him off "once we are done celebrating you finding a mate, we all will give you both some time alone. I can tell you've attempted your ritual." Mother commented and Obi-wan could feel Maul's slight embarrassment by Mother's word and he couldn't help but laugh in his head. Maul glared at him as if he heard laugh in his head.
"Even though it wasn't successful, it still was a success."
"Can we discus this another time Mother?" Maul asked with a slight growl.
"Of course we can, my son. Come, come to celebrate!" Mother Talzin said and led the way off of the ship. Fury followed and Maul helped Obi-wan off of the bed.
"She seems to of maintained her humor after all the times Dooku attacked." Obi-wan commented
"One more smart comment and I'm carrying you out of here, Kenobi and don't think I didn't here your laughter." Maul snapped
"One more threat like that and I won't let you place your hands on me Maul." Obi- wan rolled his eyes and held his arms up.
Maul smirked and lifted him up "I find it complimenting that you're being so cooperative, Kenobi. It isn't like you."
"Well, my legs don't exactly feel normal or up to walking." Obi-wan said truthfully as Maul walks quickly to catch up with the others.
"Your legs don't feel normal, hmm? Perhaps after tonight I'll give you a real reason not to be able to walk." Maul smirks
"Don't get your hopes up, Maul." Obi-wan warned "This is only temporary once my legs feel better, I'm walking on my own."
"Well I hope your legs feel better quickly. Because in a celebration of finding a mate, we gather every Nightbrother and sister in the village, have a drink, then once everyone is gathered we go out and hunt then we feast." Maul explained and held Obi-wan close to his body.
Obi-wan wiggled in his arms "Careful Maul, you're pushing my damaged arm against you."
Maul looks around the village as Mother Talzin announces the news then he sets Obi-wan down next to him as the Nightbrothers and sisters gather and sit down in the middle of the village.
"Maybe you shouldn't come on the hunt. Your arm is damaged and your legs aren't well. You can stay here with the Nightsisters." Maul suggested and watched as more Nightbrothers and sisters join the growing group.
"I'll be fine going on the hunt." Obi-wan said confidently
"Well, well, well, Kenobi, you certainly seem interested in being my mate when you don't want to be." Maul smirks at him
"I don't have much of a choice, do I? I am on your home world. I have no clue if they'll want to kill me if I reject you." Obi-wan explained quietly as more Zabrak
"Well it hardly happens and honestly I've only seen it happen once or twice and that was before I joined the dark side." Maul nearly whispers to Obi-wan. "Mother usually took us away from the older males. So I'm not so sure what happens." He pauses for a second and looks around "Drinks are being handed out now that everyone is almost here."
Obi-wan looked around at the small crowd of Zabraks "Wow there's of Zabraks here! Is this an average sized village?"
"Well it looks like there's a bit more then I last saw when I was here with Savage." Maul said still keeping his voice soft.
"I wonder what that mission Mother Talzin wanted us to go on." Obi-wan mentioned taking a drink from a Nightsister who is handing them out.
"I'll warn you if you're a light drinker you can take a sip from it and give it to me." Maul chuckles
"So is this one of your other reasons why you didn't want me to go out there? Afraid that I'll be drunk?" Obi-wan asked curious
"No, it would take your mind off of the pain of your arm, but as a warning, if you get drunk and are unable to hunt, I will drag you away from the group and have my own fun." Maul chuckles and smirks at Obi-wan.
"Careful Maul, I almost took your warning as a threat." Obi-wan teased Maul
"If it was a threat my hands would have been on you already." Maul hummed watching Obi-wan take a sip of the drink. "Do you think you can handle it?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine drinking half of it before I feel drunk." Obi-wan commented taking another sip of it as Maul was drinking it almost like any other drink.
Once everyone was gathered, Mother Talzin spoke in a loud voice announcing once again what was happening.
"We're about to start the hunt. Are you sure you can stand?" Maul asked with some worry.
"Let's make a deal Maul. Honestly, I'm not much of a drinker, but I'll drink this whole cup right now. If I end up drunk I'll stay here with the sisters. If not, I go on the hunt and if I start feeling the effects of it then, then you can kiss me." Obi-wan looked at Maul who had a smirk on his face.
"If you end up drunk, you stay. I'll make the first kill out of the group then I'm going to sneak away then I'll hunt you down and take you somewhere where no one will find us." Maul added
Sighing Obi-wan turned to Maul. "So is it a deal?"
"You're on Kenobi." Maul hummed and Obi-wan quickly drank the strong drink. Maul laughed when he noticed Obi-wan feel the effects of the drink right away. To Obi-wan's surprise all he could think to say was "Shit."
"It looks like I'll be seeing you sooner then expected my Obi-wan." Maul whispers and a purr-like sound rose in his chest.
Before he knew it, Maul kisses his cheek and left with the Nightbrothers. Fury and the other Nightsisters gathered around him and giggled. "Looks like he drank too quickly." "Maul has a light drinker on his hands." "Seems like he's not use to our kind of drinks yet." We're only a few of the comments he heard.
Obi-wan started talking to the Nightsisters trying to concentrate through the haze of the drink. Fury sat next to Obi-wan he whispered to her. "Hey, can you show me the way to the bathroom?" He stumbled over his words "I honestly don't think I can hold that drink down any longer." Fury excused her and Obi-wan from the group and helped Obi-wan up.
"Can you walk on your own?" She asked
"I don't even want to see if I can." Obi-wan said trying to concentrate on walking as Fury led him to the bathroom.
"Do you think you can handle yourself alone in there?" Fury teased and Obi-wan went to step forward and stumbled a bit.
He grabbed her wrist with a hologram comm on it. He took another step then let go of her wrist. "Yeah, I'll be fine." He leaned against the walls when he need support as he walked into the bathroom. He walked into the stall feeling his stomach start to twist. He opened his hand to show the hologram comm. He quickly set it to the right frequency and activated it to contact Ahsoka.
"Master Kenobi, are you ok?" Ahsoka asked worried and Obi-wan hushed her.
"I'm fine Ahsoka, I need you and Anakin to come and get me." Obi-wan stumbled over his words.
"Where are you? And are you drunk?" Ahsoka asked quietly
"Dathomir, and it was the only way I could get away from the group of Nightsisters." Obi-wan pause for a second feeling his stomach churn. "In fact, I'm sure Anakin and you would love to here the deal I had to make with Maul."
"What deal?" Ahsoka asked then there was a knock on the bathroom door.
"Obi-wan, you alright in there?" Fury spoke up cracking the door to the bathroom open.
"I," he stopped feeling his stomach churn even more "I regret drinking so quickly."
"Do you need anything?" She asked
"No I'm alright right now." Obi-wan spoke then looked at Ahsoka and whispered "The sooner you both get here the better."
"Are you sure you don't need Maul? I'm sure he won't mind coming back early from the hunt." Fury added and Obi-wan's stomach couldn't hold down the drink any longer.
He groaned, hanging his head down "Just give me a bit Fury." Then he wiped his mouth after hearing the door shut. He looked at Ahsoka "Listen, Maul has claimed me as his mate and his village has gone out on a hunt to prepare for a feast. Maul is out on the hunt and I got drunk so I could stay in the village. Please hurry Ahsoka. I've got to go." He quickly deactivated the hologram and shoved it into his pocket. Then he found himself emptying out the rest of his stomach again.
Once he was done he flushed the toilet and he leaned against the bathroom stall wall.
"Fury," He called out and he heard the door opening "can you please get me some water?"
She walked in over to him and rubbed his back "Sure thing, I'll get you some on the way back to the others."