It had been 3 months since Talon had left the Zabrak brothers on Tatooine. She still felt horrible about it. She couldn't figure out why she still felt that way. It's obvious Maul didn't particularly care for me so therefore I don't give a damn about him. Savage though…What do I think of him? How do I feel about him? Talon thought to herself. Sure I feel something for him but only because I'm stuck with his blasted offspring…Although he was always nice to me and never treated me with the cold shoulder… And he… He treated me with tenderness… Talon shook herself out of her fantasy. There was no way she could ever think about that. Savage and Maul were probably more than happy to have her off their hands.

Talon sighed to herself,

"It's too late Talon. Deal with what you've got."

She went to take a shower and when she passed the holomirror she noticed the beginning bulge of the baby. A slight smile came to her face.

Maul was pacing back and forth in Begani's office. Maul had claimed it for himself with the Senator away. He was constantly checking his Holo Com for any message from Buskin. It had been 3 months since Maul had sent him for the Separatist communication addresses. If Maul had been the one to go on this mission it would've already been done. Maybe he should start doing his own missions… No he couldn't. Savage still wasn't ready to execute plans quietly and he needed to stay low to avoid the eye of the Jedi. No he needed a scummy bounty hunter to do his work, but he might need to hire one who was faster than his old accomplice.

Maul settled himself into a desk and pulled up a Holo Computer. He pulled up the bounty hunter list.

"Wow… this could take a while. There are more hunters than I thought. I'll just have to narrow it down to the richest of the hunters. It appears they usually do the best. Or maybe I should just pay that pirate Hondo a visit… Much easier than searching my way through this junk."

Maul got up out of the chair, It wouldn't do any harm to go ask him… Well even if he refuses…I have my ways of convincing him. Maul thought to himself.

He walked out to the lobby of the mansion, he sensed his brother was brooding on the roof. Maul let himself out into the courtyard and launched himself onto the roof of the place.

"Hello brother. What do you require of me?"

Maul frowned,

"Why do you think I require anything from you?"

Savage stayed silent. He was not the type to lead against his brother especially since he had already beaten Savage down.

"Whatever Savage. I'm going to the planet Florrum." Maul told him.

"Why are you going there? Last time we were there it cost you a leg and me an arm. I would think after that you would not want to go back and meddle in again." Savage replied.

"It honestly doesn't matter to me what you think. As long as you follow my orders I don't care what you think." Maul retorted back. Savage laughed on the inside, It is true my brother only ever wants something from me.

Savage looked around, Maul had disappeared.

Savage growled. He was tired of always being someone's puppet. First Ventress's, then Dooku's, and now his own brother.

"Maul would still be that crazed deranged monster on Minor Lotho if Mother Talzin had not sent me to find him. I'm suppose to be learning power from him and all I've learned so far is if I want something I have to be aggressive to get it." Savage stood up,

"Aaaaaargh!" He ignited lightsaber and jumped off the roof. He landed in the mansion's garden. He sliced a tree in half and ripped a tree up with the force and threw it at another tree.

"I can't stand it anymore. This is ridiculous! I've done everything everyone's ever asked of me and I get the underdog positions!" he said loudly. He ignited the other end of his saber and swung it around forcefully. He was fighting an invisible opponent.

After about half an hour, Savage had blown his steam off. He felt better, had his confidence up. He was a fearsome Zabrak. Tall, strong, gifted with dark magics, and a warrior with promising potential. He sighed. He walked back to mansion through the garden. It was dark out. The shadows reminded him of his home, Dathomir. It was so dark there, but peaceful in a way. Something red caught his eye. He pulled himself out of his dazed.

A beautiful red flower had bloomed in his path. It looked beautiful in the dusk. He stopped to look at it. His mind ran back to memories of her. This was the first time since she had left that he had thought of her. It had been painful for him to think of her so he had blocked her out and tried to cut the connection he felt with her. But before he could shut her out again all the pain and despair came flooding back. He thought about the way her beautiful green eyes had shone when he made love to her at the hotel. He thought about how he had been amazed when she showed him her combat moves. Savage sighed. He hadn't ever missed a person this much.

Wham! Savage looked up stunned. Oh, he had run into the grand doors of the mansion. He let himself in. The doorbell rang loudly.

"Wonder who that could be." Savage wondered.

He walked to the door and pulled it open. The person who stood before him was his brother's accomplice.

"Ah Buskin. Maul is not here at the moment." Savage greeted him.

"Ah well if you see him tell him he knows how to contact me." Buskin replied.

"Why don't you just leave what he requested here? He'll be back soon." Savage asked.

"Because he specifically instructed me not to give his items to anyone except him. And for the price he pays me, it's worth it to lug his crap around." Buskin said.

"Oh well I'm his brother so I think it's fine if you leave his "crap" with me." Savage replied.

"Ya well see, I don't care what you think. I wasn't hired and paid by you so therefore your opinion doesn't matter to me." Buskin retorted. Savage growled, he felt his anger boiling again. He pulled his saber out and saw Buskin's head roll. Savage bent down and grabbed the bag off of the bounty hunter's shoulders.

"That's what you get you scummy thieve."

Savage walked into the office that Maul had claimed as his own. Just as he was leaving it occurred to him that he had no idea what his brother had been up to since they left Mandalore. That dark presence that was coming to kill them was still there, but Savage still had no idea who it was. But because Maul was keeping him in the dark on his whole plan he decided to snoop through the files that were spread across the desk.

He found notes about the ships and commanders of the Republic army, especially Kenobi. He kept looking through, he found Maul's list of bankers he especially wanted to strike a deal with. He found a paper of notes and lists about what Maul wanted from Dooku… credits, droid army, ships, secrecy, equipment, Maul's lists went on and on. Savage had no idea how much Dooku possessed but Savage knew first hand he was a very important figure in the Separatists cause. Just as Savage was putting the papers back and the bag down he spotted a paper with Talon's name on it. That's strange. Maul never even liked her and yet here he is with her name on the paper. Maybe it's a list with all the uses she could have provided us with, Savage thought. He picked the paper and looked at it, he saw that Maul had written strange things all over, Saber duel – MUST be cautious quite the opponent, sending bounty hunter to assassinate, quiet plan to kill. Farther down the paper Savage saw Maul had circled something, Quiet plan – send flowers(no return location) she smells them thinking from Savage DIES. PROBLEM SOLVED.

Savage stepped back stunned. He couldn't believe his brother wanted to kill her. He looked at the paper again. He saw numbers he hadn't seen before. They were the coordinates to where the ship she stole had landed. He memorized them devising a plan in his mind. He looked inside the stolen bag and found the documents of the banking leaders and mega-grow seeds of a flower. Savage looked at the flower name. He knew these flowers. They grew on Dathomir, they were deadly to smell and even deadlier mixed with poison. Savage stomped the seeds out and stormed out of the office. He prepared for Maul's return.