"Brother what has kept you on Florrum for so long? Surely it does not take a week for you to find a suitable new bounty hunter?!" Savage asked his brother rather irritably.

"Have patience Savage. If I want missions done my way I need to take my time not to mention Hondo has been giving me everything I've asked of him. I'll see you when I see you." Maul replied. And that was the end of the conversation. Savage was bored with Tatooine. He had been left here alone for a week. There was always Shakanah, but she rarely made an appearance. And Savage didn't care, she wasn't much company anyway. Savage sighed. He had to learn patience and contentment with himself. He walked out of the communications room and wandered aimlessly around the home.

He was not sure where he was going but he ended up back in the garden. He looked around and sighed. It was so peaceful and quiet here. It was almost like he was on a different planet. He looked down and saw the flower again. He sat down under the tree it was planted under and decided to try meditating. Just close my eyes, relax, and drown everything out. Focus my mind on something, Savage thought to himself. He thought of how thrown around his life had been before he brought his brother back from insanity, how confusing it had been for him when the duo took over Mandalore and become allies with Death Watch. Then he thought of the night aboard the ship and how stunned he had been with the arrival of Talon. She's quite the lady. A fireball actually. But she was so… intriguing. She was scared and strong at the same time. Willing to benefit others, but afraid to benefit herself. Being on her own scares her…. She doesn't have to be alone… I'm here…

I'm here…

Talon heard it, but she didn't know where that voice had come from. She looked around, she couldn't see anyone attempting to talk to her. Talon shrugged her shoulders and kept walking to the SpacePort Center. She needed to get off Naboo before someone suspected someone. She might've not been known, but she could sense weak dark presences around and with her tattoos she was easily noticeable. She didn't want to be noticed quite yet.

She saw an employee of the Center,

"Excuse me what are the next available rides out to Nar Shaddaa?" she asked him.

"Huh. Just your just all beauty and no brains. Go check at the office." The employee replied.

"Perhaps I didn't make myself CLEAR," she said, "I'm wondering what are the next available flights out. And see… I'm not a waiting in line type of girl. And I suggest if you wanna keep living," She wrapped her hand around his throat, "That you had better learn to treat a lady better and give her what she wants WHEN she wants." Talon told him with a dangerous tone. The employee gulped,

"Uh..umm.. The next flights are… the closest one is a week and a half away." Talon smiled.

"Thank you darling that's all I wanted to know." And she walked by, but as she walked by she whispered to him,

"Looks can be deceiving."

Talon kept walking and laughed,

"I guess no one's noticed you yet." She said as she traced a finger along her belly.

Her plan for going to Nar Shaddaa was to look for another bigger apartment to rent and look for Sith connections there, plus it was a good planet to hide out on with all the illegal trading going on, she'd fit right in. She looked around, she'd miss peaceful Naboo, but she couldn't blend in. She went to a park and laid herself out in the sun. She liked the feeling of not having to go on any dangerous missions or having to train all the time. She loved having her own free time. She felt a little lost, but once she made it to Nar Shaddaa she'd figure it out.

I'm here…

Talon sat straight up. There was that voice again. She listened to it whisper in her ears. She concentrated on it.

"Savage…" she whispered. She could feel it burning in her heart. He was thinking of her.

"But I can't go back. I've gone over this. I left for reasons. And I can't go back." She said to herself. She laid back down in the sun, tracing her hand across her belly feeling her baby's heartbeat.

Savage felt the tug of his last thought. It wasn't a physical tug. It was more of a mental tug. I wonder how she's doing by herself. Or maybe she's found someone new to occupy her… I wonder how our baby is doing…if it's happy…

It was odd for him to think of himself as a father. Back on Dathomir he had prepared for it, but now as a free Zabrak he had never even thought about it, but now with the opportunity, it was a tempting thought for him.

"I wish I could bring her back, but she's already in Maul's line of sight," Savaged sighed, "Speaking of he and I need to have a serious talk about that!" Although I have a feeling it won't be just a talk… blades would come to cross that he was sure of.

"When is my damned brother coming back?" Savaged said to himself.

"Sooner than you think." A silvery voice answered.

"Great it's you. The ghost woman." Savage snorted.

"Just found you sitting by my flower." Shakanah answered.

"Your flower?"

"Indeed, it's one of my connections to this planet. It is how I help to maintain balance." Shakanah explain.

"Ya okay you crazy ghost. I'm gone." Savage said rudely. He wasn't in the mood to deal with her predictions and riddles.

Savage went to the communications room. He still had no idea what planet Talon had landed on. He punched them in to the coordinator system.

"Hmm Naboo… Never been there."

He felt better knowing at least what planet she was on and not lost to the galaxy. He hacked into the planet's security footage system and looked for any trace of her. He found her at the SpacePort Center. He couldn't make what she was saying, but he laughed when he saw her threaten the employee. After she was done intimidating him Savage watched the boy point to a HoloBoard.

"Nar…Shaddaa…" Savage whispered. Then Talon disappeared. Savage moved to the next camera and caught her in time to watch her stroke her belly. He paused it. He could barely see the bump of the baby. He felt his heart go out. Then he shook himself. He exited out of the footage and deleted his searches from the data base to keep Maul from finding her.

As Savage left the room he felt quite happy to know where she was and possibly where she was going. Then he stopped himself. Why was he happy he knew that? Why was he trying to figure out where she was going next? Most importantly, why was he still bothering with her?

"Because that's my child damn it!" He told himself, You know deep down it's more than that. You just don't want to admit it, his mind told him. Savage knew he just didn't want to admit it to himself. He was suppose to be heartless, cold, angry, and a warrior. A monster. But she had awakened something within him that been dormant for a while.

His comlink beeped,

"Hello Savage?" Maul crackled through.

"Brother." Savage replied

"I am on my way back. Things are settled with the Ohnaka Gang, we are priviledged free passage whenever we want and I have supplies for us and a new ship." Maul informed him.

"Great going brother. See you when you get back." Savage said.

Savage slowly walked. In a way he dreaded this conversation with Maul, but he knew it had to be done. Savage stopped in at the living room. He didn't care if it was someone elses alcohol, he needed a drink. He found a bottle of bourbon and helped himself to a glass. He turned and sipped his glass enjoying the burn down his throat. He stopped short at her room. He turned into it. He couldn't find anything of her's that she had left. He searched around the room. He walked into the refresher and found her robe. He set his glass down on the counter and picked up the robe. It still smelled like her. Savage sat down on the edge of the bath. What was he doing? She was on his mind more than she had been in the past 3 months. He tried to tell himself it was because she was a lady and no matter a lady is a lady or it was because she was carrying a part of him too… his baby. But he knew it was none of those.
"I am inlove with her…"

Talon felt like a weight had been dropped on her chest. She sat heaving by the canal.

"What the…"

"I am inlove with her…"

It was Savage again! Talon knew it. It took her a minute to process what he had said. When she got it she almost broke down in tears. She was shocked that anyone could love her. She got up and just ran. I can run from my thoughts. I can run from my thoughts. But she knew she was only denying herself the truth. She stumbled up the stairs to her apartment and bolted her door shut. Talon collapsed on the couch and cried.

"I… I... I know he does…But I made…I made my decision.. I can't go back. He won't take me back. It's better this way. It's better." She tried to convince herself of it.

"All of this was a mistake." She tried to say…. But she knew it wasn't. She was heartbroken that after all he had done for her she had deserted him.

"I love you too Savage."