I'm back. I was debating whether or not to post this chapter sooner, because Ezra's training will start in the next chapter, but I decided to brainstorm this idea for a little bit and wait until I got the Wrath of Darth Maul in the event I wanted to start Ezra's training. However, while the training won't start until the next chapter, I did make a sort of reference/homage to Wrath of Darth Maul. In the first or second chapter it stated how when Maul did something "wrong", Maul would be punished and his punishment would serve as a lesson. Towards the end of the chapter Maul has designed his own form of punishment. What he gives Ezra is to act as a punishment and a lesson. It will give Ezra a punishment in the hopes of teaching Ezra a lesson.
Ezra's electric blue eyes widened in horror. He only had experienced that name and the planet associated with it once before, and there was no turning back now.
"Mustafar," Ezra named, "like 'where Jedi go to die?' That Mustafar?"
"The very same." Maul confirmed, still guiding the teen. "That mission statement, couldn't be any truer, and how it brings back memories. But don't worry Ezra, You won't die. The Jedi that will die will not be a physical one, but it the Jedi within you."
"But won't the Empire know we're here? This isn't exactly a place they completely ignore."
"True, but we are near an area that the Empire doesn't frequent. Quite frankly, they don't come here at all."
Maul gave Ezra a brief history of the fortress while they made it there. He explained how it once belonged to a crime syndicate known as the Black Sun, up until he got a group allies to take it over, and eventually serving his syndicate known as the Shadow Collective. However, Maul left out any names or references of any of the Mandalorians involved, especially considering one of Ezra's own allies and friends was one.
He couldn't take pride in is feat for much longer, the planet's heat and atmosphere was not good to be exposed to for too long, which was doubly so with Ezra's thin physique. Maul forced Ezra into the fortress, quickly slamming the door behind them. The first thing Maul demanded was that Ezra would not leave the fortress unsupervised, least he wanted to die.
Maul started to give the boy a tour of the fortress, showing him what he needed to be familiar with.
"And this is where you will be accommodated." Maul stated, showing Ezra the door to the boy's room.
"You actually trust that I won't leave you while you're sleeping?" Ezra sarcastically replied.
"Of course not, which is why the door will be locked from the outside every night. That and I've elected to take the room next to yours. And even if you did manage to get out, I would more than likely sense it. Now come here."
One hand grabbed the underside of Ezra's head and forced it to look up, while the other roughly adjusted a metallic device around Ezra's neck.
"There we go." Maul stated, releasing the boys head and neck.
"What is this?" Ezra asked, pinching at it with his thumb and pointer finger. "And why is it around my neck?"
"It's a lesson. And there are a few reasons that I latched the device onto you. For one, it will help with increasing your resistance to pain. I do want you to learn how to withstand pain, and while you may not be able to get on the same level of pain resistance as a Zabrak such as myself, it would benefit you in the long run to have a heightened resistance to pain. I also like to think of it as a way of owning you, or at least that's what it makes it look like. But the more important reason is that it gives me control. You were correct to question my trust in you. So until I can trust you and until I can conform you to my will, I will use this device to punish you. If you try to run from me or ignore or refuse my demands, I will not hesitate to use it, and electrocute every fiber in your body. The day is coming to the end, even though it may not show it, so rest up. Tomorrow I will begin your training."
Again training will start in the next chapter. My plan for now in regards to it will be divided into three different parts. Strength training, Force training, and finally lightsaber training. Combat will be worked in to the Force and lightsaber portions and heightened pain resistance will be progress through all three. And if I am incorrect in saying how Zabrak's have a high pain resistance let me know. I jsu feel like I've either read somewhere or heard someone online say that Zabrak's (Dathomirian Zabrak's or Zabrak's as a whole I can't remember) have a high pain tolerance.