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Sometime after the experiment fiasco, the Jedi and Nairbix returned to their regular duties. As Natasha and Obi-Wan were in the archives, Nairbix came running in with a look of dread on his face.

"Nairbix, you do know that it's impolite to run in a library, don't you?" Obi-Wan teased.

"You guys need to come with me, the council has something the both of you need to see."

"What is it?" Natasha asked.

"The both of you received a message from an old friend of yours." Nairbix replied, "Darth Maul has sent his regards."

In one of the briefing chambers, Obi-Wan, Natasha, Nairbix, Yoda and Windu watched the footage that Maul sent them of him slaughtering innocent refugees on Raydonia. "There will be more innocent blood on your hands, Kenobi and Romanoff, unless you come here." Maul warned in anger over the screaming as he paced around a line of captives. "Face me. Come alone, and if you do not, this world…will burn." he said as he decapitated the captives' heads with one swing of his lightsaber.

"We have to go." Obi-Wan said through his sadness over the loss of life.

"Not alone, you're not." Windu argued, "We'll send a task force with you."

"Bad call," Natasha retorted, "You see what he's capable of. He's a broken, unbalanced monster. We've dealt with him before. We can do it again."

"I disagree. This is clearly a trap." said Windu.

"Against my better judgement, agree with Master Romanoff, I do." Yoda replied, "Finish what they started long ago, they must."

"Aw, no fair!" Nairbix whined, "You two got to fight him last time."

"Shut up." growled Natasha, "We're off to Raydonia." she informed as she and Obi-Wan left the room.

"Master Yoda, if this is indeed Darth Maul, his capture is far too important to leave it to Obi-Wan and Natasha alone." Windu reasoned.

"Hmm, not alone will Kenobi and Romanoff be." Yoda corrected, "An unexpected ally they may have. Trust in the Force we must."

"Hopefully, that'll be enough for those two this time around." Nairbix remarked gaining the two Jedi's attention, "Let's not forget that the last time Maul was causing trouble, we lost a Jedi because of him."

As their ship zoomed through space to their destination, Obi-Wan and Natasha readied themselves for their upcoming confrontation. Once they landed and walked through the carnage, they came to face someone they hoped never to see again, Maul.

He hadn't changed that much from the waist up, but from the waist down, he had two mechanical legs replacing the ones he lost courtesy of them. "Jedi! I have been waiting for you."

"He seems more talkative this time around." Natasha pointed out.

"We're not sure we've made your acquaintance." Obi-Wan said to the former Sith.

"I am surprised you could have forgotten me so easily after I killed your master and you left me for dead on Naboo." Maul said through his gritting teeth.

"I wanna say…Gary?" Natasha mocked.

"You may have forgotten me, but I will never forget either of you. You cannot imagine the depths I had to go to to stay alive, fueled by my singular hatred for you."

"You need to get a hobby, pal, or at least some therapy." mocked Natasha once again.

"That may be so, but we defeated you before, and we can defeat you again." Obi-Wan declared as they activated their lightsabers only to hear Maul chuckle.

"Don't be so certain." he warned as Savage jumped down behind them ready to strike.

"Oh, shit." Natasha cursed as Savage swung his lightsaber at them. The two brothers quickly rendered them unconscious. After dragging them back to their ship, Maul began to vent his anger by beating and tossing the two Jedi around the cargo hold.

"Still as weak as ever." Maul spat as he slapped them before Savage threw them across the room. "And they call the two of you 'Masters.'"

"Really, I don't see how you can call us weak seeing as we kicked your ass all those years ago." Natasha retorted through her pain. Maul then jumped over to her and picked her up by the throat. "Wait, wait- I'm sorry!" she pleaded earning a grin from Maul.

"That was wrong of me to say," Natasha admitted before smirking back at the Sith, "We didn't kick your ass, we cut it off instead."

Angrier than before, Maul slammed the redheaded Jedi's body onto the floor causing her to gasp in pain. "Natasha," Obi-Wan pleaded, "Don't hog all of the fun."

"Are you kidding? I've got ten years' worth of material to use on this guy." she joked.

"You know?" Obi-Wan asked Maul, "When we cut you in half, we should've aimed for your neck." This of course caused Savage and Maul to throw them against the floor again.

"Anything else you'd like to say?" hissed Maul.

"I like your new legs. They make you look taller." Obi-Wan replied earning a pain filled laugh from Natasha.

"He beat by like two seconds, I swear."

Using the Force, Maul pinned them against the wall as he activated his lightsaber and held it close to their necks before speaking. "I will make sure you stay awake long enough to feel every single cut. Your deaths will be beyond excruciating. You will suffer as I have suffered."

"Obi-Wan, I'm starting to think we pissed him off." Natasha choked.

"What a surprise." a voice called out that surprisingly belonged to Ventress, "My former servant, still an animal. And you have a friend now." she said noticing Maul.

"My brother." Savage corrected.

"A brother?" Ventress asked faking interest, "Looks like he's half the man you are, Savage."

"Oh, I got to remember that one." Natasha snickered.

"How unfortunate. I was looking for a challenge, not some wretched castoffs from the Nightbrothers clan. What a disappointment." Ventress teased as she laughed and faded into the shadows.

"Who is this, brother?" Maul asked.

"A Dathomir witch. She betrayed me."

"She knows too much. Destroy her." Maul ordered. They then left the room giving Ventress the chance to help the two Jedi.

"Kenobi, don't tell me someone's finally knocked the fight out of you. Wake up!" she demanded as she slapped Obi-Wan awake. Just before she did the same to Natasha, she quickly grabbed her arm without so much as opening her eyes.

"Bitch, you slap me, and you lose the arm." Natasha warned as she got up and healed herself and Obi-Wan. "What are you doing here, Ventress?"

"It looks like I'm here to rescue you."

"When did you become the good guy?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Don't insult me."

"What a lovely sight to wake up to." Obi-Wan said sarcastically.

"Don't flatter yourself, Kenobi. You've never been much to look at, especially now." Ventress shot back.

"The Jedi and the witch." Savage growled from above.

"Here for our taking." growled Maul from behind. Seeing as he had no weapon, Ventress gave Obi-Wan one of her lightsabers as Natasha summoned her own via magic.

"I want that back." Ventress informed.

"That's fine. Red's not my color."

"You two ready?" Natasha asked as they brothers came closer to them.

"Do you even need to ask?" Ventress retorted. The fight seemed to be one sided as the two Sith brothers used their rage to back each of them into a corner.

"We're outmatched." Obi-Wan stated after getting his ass kicked by Maul.

"You want to run?" Ventress asked.

"We learned from watching you." Natasha remarked.

"Funny." said Ventress sarcastically, "The cockpit?" she asked as Maul jumped down to attack.

"Now!" Obi-Wan cried. As they fought off the brothers and made their way to the cockpit, Maul and Savage attacked them like wild animals as they tried to cut open the door.

"Hurry, Kenobi!" Ventress ordered.

"Working on it." he replied.

"Now would be a good time, Obi-Wan!" Natasha urged.

"Got it!" he yelled as he detached the cockpit as an escape pod.

"That was cutting it a little too close." Ventress growled.

"You do know it's not over." Natasha reminded.

"I know."

"They'll be after all three of us now." Obi-Wan sated grimly.

After dropping Ventress off at Tatooine, the two Jedi returned to the temple to give their report; Nairbix snickered the whole time as he heard how both of his friends had their asses handed to them. Several days later, they gained word of a new lead on Maul and Savage in the Sertar Sector.

"There's the cargo ship." Natasha alerted as she and Obi-Wan reached the planet of Florum.

"It seems Maul and Savage have picked up a pirate escort."

"Oh, goodie, maybe we'll see Hando again." Natasha said sarcastically.

"Now, now," Obi-Wan jokingly soothed, "He's not that bad. The man's a business man."

"An annoying business man that chained us up to Dooku for a whole day." she reminded as Obi-Wan contacted the pirate.

"Greetings, Hando." said Obi-Wan.

"Greetings?" Hando asked, "What kind of menace have you brought to my planet now? First, you lose this system and Grievous comes in and destroys my entire stronghold, leaving me here to just rummage through the leftovers of my once great empire. And now these two horned men show up. Who are these maniacs? They don't seem like normal Jedi."

"Not Jedi, Hando, Sith." Natasha informed, "We've tracked them here."

"They just threatened to attack with a group of my men- my own men!" Hando shouted.

"Yes, we are looking at them right now, a cargo vessel and three of your starships. They are heading towards you, Hando."

"Ah, ah, ah, more to the point, are you two going to help me when you get here?"

"There's nothing we can do about your men, but we can certainly do something about the Sith." Natasha replied.

"Good. I'll deal with my men. You deal with those tattooed crazies. And maybe, Romanoff," Hando began smirking at Natasha, "After we win this fight, you could entertain me and my actual loyal followers with your lovely voice again?"

"Sorry, I'm a one-hit-wonder." Natasha said flatly as she ended the transmission.

Once they landed on the planet and saw the pirates fighting each other, Savage and Maul came up from behind ready to strike once again. "Throwing in with pirates now?" Obi-Wan asked, "Oh, how the mighty Sith have fallen."

And thus, the fight resumed. Given that each of them had their own skills, things seemed evenly matched as Natasha fought Maul and Obi-Wan fought Savage.

"You seem a bit angry. What's the matter, legs rusting?" Natasha teased.

"No, I have plans, Romanoff, and you will not stand in my way this time." Maul growled as they continued to fight.

"Kenobi, Romanoff, this way!" Hando called out from the ruins of his stronghold. The two Jedi then jumped away using the Force and made their escape.

"Where are the rest of your men?" Natasha asked Hando.

"They are setting up an ambush. We can use your help."

"We shall draw the brothers away. Once that's done, blast the passageway closed." Obi-Wan ordered.

"And leave you two to deal with those crazies?" Hando asked, "Well, okay."

"Do not let them escape!" Maul cried as the Jedi and pirates split up. As they ran down the hall, they found themselves trapped at a dead end. "Surrender." Maul demanded.

"Where's the fun in that?" Natasha asked.

"You are no match for us both."

"Ditto." Natasha replied coolly before they resumed.

Filled with rage and hatred, the two Siths' attacks were even more powerful than before, but they were still no match against Natasha and Obi-Wan. Even though they were both pressed against a wall with lightsabers coming closer and closer to their throats, they still gained the upper hand.

Obi-Wan threw of Maul's weapon as Natasha did the same to Savage with an added bonus of breaking his left knee and cutting off his left arm. Out of concern for his brother, Maul sent the two Jedi away with a powerful Force blast causing the hall to cave in before helping Savage escape.

As they tried to leave, they were attacked by the remaining pirates and Maul lost one of his new legs in the process. Even as they made it their ship it was blasted out of the sky; unfortunately, they managed to escape in the ship's escape pod.

"Well, from the looks of things, your two friends have been vaporized, Kenobi." Hando observed as they watched the ship crash.

"I'm not so sure, we cut one of them in half once and he still managed to survive." Obi-Wan argued.

Back on Coruscant in the Chancellor's office, Palpatine gave his final words on the matter after hearing of the events from the two Jedi with Anakin, Windu, Yoda and Nairbix in the room. "I think we have closure on this matter, Master Kenobi."

"I disagree, Chancellor. Everything we've learned from this is that the Sith are persistent. They will not die easily." Natasha argued.

"I understand your reservations, Master Romanoff, but I am afraid we can no longer allow this personal matter of yours to be a concern of the Republic. It does not appear that this Darth Maul is a direct threat to the Republic. We need to redirect your efforts to the cause at hand: stopping Count Dooku and thus ending the Clone Wars." Palpatine informed.

"Maul was trying to build an army of pirates." Obi-Wan reminded.

"So let him." Palpatine waved off, "Let him play with the rabble. They're just petty crooks. It is no relevance to the Senate compared to the Separatist threat. Good day." dismissed Palpatine as he exited the room.

"Obviously, something is stirring in the underworld." Nairbix pointed out, "Crime lords have had too much free reign since the Jedi became distracted by the Clone Wars. Seems like a fertile place for Maul to flourish, if he has indeed survived."

"Hmm, right you may be, Nairbix," Yoda agreed, "But heed the words of the Chancellor we must. A personal matter for you two this is." he said to Obi-Wan and Natasha, "Clouded your judgement may be. In time, if he lives, reveal himself again Maul will. And then act swiftly we will."

"That plan sounds like it will end in disaster if you ask me." Nairbix thought.

Weeks went by and no word of Maul came up, what did come up was that the Mandalorian terrorist group known as Death Watch had managed to take over Mandalore and had Satine as their prisoner. Despite Satine having friends amongst both the Senate and Jedi, they were unable to do anything on the matter because of Mandalore's neutrality.

That being said, it didn't stop Obi-Wan and Nairbix from going all the way to Mandalore to save Satine. Now you may be wondering why Nairbix decided to tag along; well, as he put it, "Natasha got to have all the fun with you against Maul and Savage-it's my turn, damn it!"

After sneaking into the city and into the prison where Satine was held, they managed to find her. Obi-Wan was wearing a suit of red Death Watch armor while Nairbix made himself invisible. "Come to do more of your master's bidding?" Satine asked with her back turned.

"We do our own bidding, thank you very much." Obi-Wan playfully retorted as he took off his helmet.

"Obi-Wan!" Satine cried as she threw her arms around him, "Are you alone?"

"Not quite." he replied as Nairbix briefly made himself visible.

"Hey there, Satine." he greeted.

"He's all I could spare, however, the Jedi Council and Galactic Senate will be of no help to us here." Obi-Wan informed.

"I trust you have an escape plan then?" Satine asked as they left the cell.

"As always, my dear." Obi-Wan replied. As he did, the elevator door opened to reveal a member of Death Watch as they stepped inside.

"There's no record of a prisoner transfer here." he pointed out.

"The orders came from upstairs." Obi-Wan replied.

"What's the authorization code?" the grunt asked only to have his neck snapped by Nairbix.

"Nairbix." Obi-Wan sighed.

"He saw too much! He was gonna rat on us!" he said humorously.

"And just what exactly are we going to do with the body?" Obi-Wan asked as the doors opened to the speeder platform. A moment later, the body was thrown over into the abyss.

"Out of sight, out of mind." Nairbix aloofly said.

"He was the only one you could have brought along?" Satine deadpanned.

"Unfortunately." Obi-Wan said smirking behind his helmet.

"…You two can't tell, but I'm actually giving you both the finger right now." Nairbix informed bluntly. Before they could get away, another grunt came and spotted them before alerting the others. Once they reached their ship, other members of Death Watch fired missiles at it preventing them from taking off. As this happened, Maul (now dressed in black robes with new legs) and Savage (with his new arm) came in on a speeder.

"No, it can't be." Obi-Wan denied as Maul pulled him into his grip.

"We meet again, Kenobi." Maul greeted, "Welcome to my world. Take them back to the palace." he ordered his men. Little did they know, Nairbix was knocked unconscious while still being invisible; it wasn't until hours later after night fell that he came to and found Obi-Wan making his escape with rebelling members of Death Watch.

He then made himself visible and joined his friend in fending off Maul's minions as they boarded a ship. "What took you so long?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Shut up, I received more of the blast than you did." Nairbix retorted as they got onboard and took off for Coruscant. "Where's Satine?"

"…Satine's dead," Obi-Wan answered in sorrow, "Maul killed her right in front of my eyes as he had me on my knees before him."

Nairbix bowed his head in silence before placing a sympathetic hand on his friend's shoulder. "I'm sorry, Obi-Wan." he said sincerely as Obi-Wan gladly took his hand before making the jump to hyperspace.

After they did, another ship came out of hyperspace and made its way to the surface of Mandalore. It soon docked at the loading bay before two guards; as the hangar opened, only one person came out, slowly walking with his hood up wearing dark robes. As he approached the guards, he waved his hand and held them up in the air by their throats using the Force, not even batting an eye as he pressed on.

In his throne room, Maul began to feel a disturbance in the Force. "Hmm, I sense a presence. A presence I haven't felt since…Master!" he gasped. After spoke, two of his men guarding the doors met the same fate as the two before them. Once they were dead, the doors opened and revealed Darth Maul's old master; Darth Sidious.

Seeing the Sith Lord before him, Maul quickly rose from his throne and kneeled; Savage, however, remained standing not knowing who this man was. "Master." Maul addressed humbly.

"I am most impressed to see you have survived your injuries." Sidious informed.

"I used your training, Master. And I have built all this in hopes of returning to your side." Maul said as humbly as before. But Sidious had a different understanding of the matter.

"Hmm. How unfortunate that you are planning to deceive me." he said as he turned his back to his former apprentice and Savage.

"Master?" Maul asked.

"You have become a rival!" Sidious shouted as he threw the two brothers high against the wall, laughing at their pain. Seeing as the Sith lord was now their enemy, Maul and Savage ignited their lightsabers, ready to attack.

From his sleeves, Sidious revealed two of his own lightsabers and ignited them, laughing at the naivety of the two brothers as he easily held his own against their attacks. Moments later, they carried their fight out of the throne room. As Sidious clashed with Maul, Savage charged at him and knocked him off the platform they were on.

However, Sidious spun himself around to face the brothers and pulled them down with him before landing perfectly on the ground stories below. Once they continued, Sidious kicked Savage away as he pushed his brother a great distance into a stone wall. As Maul rose to his feet, he watched as his former master impaled Savage with his lightsabers and tossed him aside over the ledge they were on.

He then rushed down to be with his kin as he died; as he did, Mother Talzin's magic seeped from his body, slowly returning him to his original body. "Brother," he said to Maul, "I am an unworthy apprentice. I'm not like you…I never was."

Maul said nothing as Savage died, but Sidious most certainly did after giving more sinister laughter. "Remember, the first and only reality of the Sith: there can only be two. And you are no longer my apprentice. You have been replaced."

As Sidious jumped down with his weapons ready, Maul activated his own along with the black lightsaber that belonged to the deceased former leader of Death Watch. They charged at each other, slamming blade against blade as their hatred and anger gave them strength, but Sidious was far too skilled and experienced.

When it appeared that Maul had the upper hand, Sidious towered over him and used the Force to strangle him, slam him high against the wall, and send him crashing onto the floor.

"Have mercy." Maul begged, "Please. Please!"

"There is no mercy." Sidious replied as he used Force Lightning to torture Maul. "Do not worry, I'm not going to kill you. I have other uses for you." he informed darkly through his chuckles as he continued to torture his former apprentice.

And thus, the tyrannical comeback of Darth Maul came to an end; and yet, no one ever discovered the reason why.