For the next month Savage showed Talon around his home planet. He showed her where he had hunted, where the males practiced, where the Selection trials took place, and finally where the Nightsisters clan had lived before being annihilated. Talon walked around looking in amazement. She could still practically feel the pain, fear, and oddly enough honor, that had taken place here. She came upon a wall of drawings.

"What is this?" she asked. Savage came up beside her,

"Oh. This is where the Nightsisters scribbled their history." He wiped his hand across the end of the ink paint. It smeared. Savage noticed the ink on his hand. He look at the wall again, at the history he had smeared. It was the battle between the Separatist army and the Nightsisters.

"No Nightsisters survived the attack except Talzin and the one who took me…" Savage murmured. Talon looked at him,

"What?"

Savage looked back at her,

"Talzin is still active. We must be very cautious when we venture outside the village. I don't know how far from her village she has wondered. She is a mystery."

Savage and Talon walked out of the cave that had served as the Nightsisters home. They quickly tried to make their way through the forest back to the Nightbrother village. Savage was unsure of Talzin's intentions. But he tried not to worry about it seeing as she was alone. Once back inside the village Savage quickly looked around to see if Verun was around. He was disappointed when he could not find him. Talon was ahead of him. She had little Zabrak boys surrounding her. Savage walked closer to hear them,

"Who are you?"

"Are you a different type of Nightsister?"

"What's hanging from your head?"

"Do you have any more feathers?"

The boys were very curious about Talon. They had never seen another female besides the Nightsisters. Talon was totally something else to them. To them she was maybe a nightmare, a dream, or a mirage. Savage stood back and chuckled as he listened to the boys drill Talon. She laughed anxiously, she had no idea what to say to the boys. She looked back at Savage, he encouraged her with a small smile. Talon sighed,

"I'm Darth Talon. I'm sorry young ones I don't have any more trinkets for you. I'll save all the feathers I get though and disperse them to you. These," she lifted a lekku, "are called lekku. Twi'leks, like myself have them and other humanoid species have them. Now shouldn't you young ones get going back home?"

All the boys looked at each other and then back at Talon,

"Yes mistress!"

And they ran off. Savage walked up to her,

"You handled that nicely. You do know they aren't going home? They're going to play. Zabrak stubbornness."

Talon laughed,

"I know but they are children. They should spend all the time they can playing and then balance it out with training to be warriors."

She linked her in with Savage's,

"Where to now?"

Savage looked around,

"Let's see if the training grounds are empty, perhaps we can spar each other gently to hone our skills a bit."

Talon smiled, she had been itching to get some training in. It was a part of her daily regime, but with all that had been going on lately she hadn't had time.

They walked down to the training grounds and found only three warriors sparring among themselves. Savage led them to a secluded part of the grounds. Talon stopped and stood. Savage walked farther and turned. Talon ignited her saber first and then Savage ignited both ends of his. They circled each other and then Savage lunged at Talon. She stepped to side, but Savage had learned this and aimed his saber at her. She sensed this and blocked his attack. She turned to him and force pushed him away. He dragged his saber in the ground to stop her assault. He leapt towards her and started random slashes. She flipped in the air landing in different areas. She backed up and Savage ran at her. She turned her back on him and performed a black flip over his head. Talon landed behind him and forced him down.

"You yield?" she asked him. Savage turned his head and looked at her,

"Not yet!"

He force pushed her away and jumped up. Savage ran at her full speed. Talon looked up from where she had landed. She barely had enough time to ignite her saber over face to block his attack. Savage pushed down, but Talon held her own against him. He jumped back. Talon took the opportunity to jump up and Force jump away from the edge. She slashed at him and heard her saber skim his shirt. Savage looked at his shirt and roared. He lunged at her again. Talon gripped her hand into an almost fist and Savage stopped holding his throat. His saber clattered to the ground. Talon dropped him and quickly called his saber into her other hand. She activated it and brought her saber and his to his neck.

"Yield?" she asked him again.

"I yield." He surrendered. Talon stepped back. She examined his light saber. It was quite round around. 'Probably easier for him to hold onto' she thought. She handed it back to him,

"You're still too eager to strike first. It pays to be the patient one and wait for your opponent to attack first. We should also improve your force skills. Another thing, never let your lightsaber fall from your hand. It's your weapon and without it, you are left open."

Savage considered what she had said. Talon extended her hand to help him up, she smiled,

"You should also learn more than just one form of lightsaber combat. Your brother, as horrid as he is, obviously has mastered most of the forms. You try to learn too."

Savage looked up into the sky,

"I have no one to teach me."

Talon felt surprised. She could teach him. Why hadn't he asked her?

"So why not me? I'm well trained in the ways of the dark side. And maybe I can make up for my failed attempt at my last apprentice." She said. Savage looked down at her,

"I thought of asking you but… It'd be hard on you to teach me when you're pregnant and then when the baby is born it would be even harder because who would look after him/her?"

Talon stroked her lekku. She had not thought of that. She still had time before she had to take it easy on herself,

"I can still teach you for the next 2-3 months. And after that I can teach you patience. There's always ways to learn no matter what the situation."

Savage wrapped his arm around her,

"It's a date."

Brother Viscus had been watching them fight to observe Talon's combat skills to see if she COULD teach the Nightbrother warriors any new skills. Talon had sensed him standing up on the viewing platform. She turned to face him,

"Did I pass your test?"

Brother Viscus seemed surprised she had known he was there,

"Yes. You must possess a considerable amount of talent to beat Opress who was and still is a great warrior."

Talon and Savage turned and left to travel through the village back to their ship. They had only stepped out of the training grounds when Talon spotted an orange Zabrak.

"Verun! How lovely to see you again!" Talon called to him. Verun looked up from dragging in his kill. His eyes lit up when he saw them,

"Talon! Savage!"

Talon thought for a minute and realized she had never actually introduced herself to him,

"How did you know my name from a month ago? I never told you." She asked.

"I was there in the village when you and Savage arrived. I followed you to Viscus's building and listened in on your conversation." Verun answered.

"Ah that explains that." Talon said simply. Verun turned to Savage,

"Hello old friend! I am glad to see you are well. It's also a relief that you are home! We were all mournful to see you leave. But I am happy you are home!" Verun said. Savage smiled,

"It's a pleasure to be home! I had forgotten what was it was like to have a true home. I hope you have finally made it to be a tribal leader." Savage said to him.

Verun bowed his head slightly,

"Yes er… I took over your and Feral's tribe after he went missing…"

Savage frowned. He wanted his tribe back. He wanted some of his old life back,

"You take good care of them then. Need help with your kill?"

Verun shook his head,

"No I'm fine. How about in about an hour we can catch up?"

Savage stood tall,

"I'd like that."

Verun nodded to them and went back to dragging the dead across to the fire to be stripped and cooked. Talon headed off to the ship with Savage following her. Once inside she turned to him,

"So what was with the negative energy radiating off you?"

Savage turned to her,

"You noticed that?"

She laughed,

"I always notice. How many times do I have to prove how close I am to the Dark Side?"

Savage laughed quietly, "I was somewhat uncomfortable with the fact that Verun has taken over my former tribe… That was something I had planned to take back…"

Talon put a hand on his shoulder,

"I can understand that. But think of all the power you've acquired. And how feared you are now across the galaxy."

"What use is that fear when I have no comrades though?" Savage asked.

"I'm no expect but I believe I remember in my studies as a girl that in the Clone Wars the Sith had a rule that only two Sith could be present at all times. And coincidentally you've brother was only trained as an assassin and not a full fledged Sith Lord." Talon told him.

"So what does that make you?" Savage asked her.

"I'm much like Maul except I believe I am more powerful. I was trained as an assassin but since my master gave me an apprentice he believed I could pass on the teachings of the Sith. But back to you. If you truly believe it is your place to be a leader try to get your way through words, they can be more powerful than combat." Talon told him, "That is the true way of the Sith."

Savage looked at his saber. He remembered how when he was with Maul they had used both sides of the Sith way.

"I will try that… It is a little foreign to me but I will try it." Savage stated.

He hopped into the refresher to get rid of the sweat he had accumulated from his duel with Talon. When he stepped out he found Talon once again honing her skills with the deployer droids. 'She must really miss being an assassin if she's playing with droids' he thought. He realized it had been about an hour since he had talked to Verun. 'He should be done right about now.'

"Talon, I'm going to catch up with Verun. Will you be okay here?" he asked.

"Yes I'll be fine. I'll find something to do. Go have a lovely evening." She said. And with that Savage left. Talon looked around. She could clean up around the meeting bay that they were slowly turning into a training area. She peeked into the maidens quarters,

"Well I suppose I could start tearing this area apart. You'll be here before we know it won't you little one?" she said and patted her belly, "But first I need a cold shower."

Savage walked through the entrance of the village. He saw Verun had skinned the carcass and it was grilling. He looked around for his friend. 'Hmm…' he thought. Just as he was going to look at Verun's handiwork he heard his name called,

"Savage!"

Savage turned around. Verun had emerged from his home. A young Zabrak boy followed and then disappeared around the back of the building. Savage walked up to his friend and greeted him,

"Hello Verun! Looks like you've done a nice job on your tribe's meal. Let us go for a walk through the forest."

They walked past the entrance and past the ship. Savage saw that the ship's lights were on. 'Talon must be busy' he thought. Verun was the one to talk first,

"So how have you been since you left?"

"Honestly… I've learned a lot about myself. I learned that I had a 3rd brother besides Feral. I learned how much potiental I had. I learned what the true meaning of cruelty is. But I also learned that within the cruelty you can find someone to love." Savage said.

Verun looked at him,

"What did… what did the Nightsisters do to you? Or did you do something to them? How are you alive?"

"Obviously they enhanced my body physically. But other than that I don't know what they did to me. But I didn't mate with the woman who took me. They just handed me off to a Sith Lord named Count Dooku. He was my master for a while and then he betrayed me along with the woman who took me. I escaped them and then Mother Talzin sent me on a mission to find my long lost brother. No one knew of his existence. Eventually I found him and we followed his vision which consisted of taking over a powerful planet. Eventually we left because a dark presence was after us and then Talon showed up out of the skies. And one way or another here we are." Savage told him.

"What became of the dark presence?" Verun asked.

"I assume with my brother's and I's disappearance whoever it was saw the action stop and stopped searching for us. I haven't felt it since we left our conquered planet."