Savage-Time Chapter 40 (Patreon)

[Mandalore, Sundari]

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Obi-Wan didn’t know what he was doing, sure he was planning to help but he didn’t know how to do so, not to mention that there were many people very concerned about how close he and Satine were as if he would ever break his vows (he would have done so before but too much time had passed now). Obi-Wan sat in the office Satine had given him and when he finally seemed to be making sense of the reports after deciphering what they were saying (why Mando'a wasn’t a part of the standard galactic translator was a mystery) a guard came running over to him.

“The duchess requires your assistance and has asked me to escort you to her as soon as possible” Obi-Wan moved as fast as he could aided by the Force and was at the door of his little office beside the guard in the blink of an eye.

The startled man needed only a second to hide his surprise before he began to lead Obi-Wan through the palace and to the office Satine shared with the rest of her government after the guards outside the room verified their identities Obi-Wan made his way inside where Satine and the captain of the guard were arguing.

“I told you duchess that having a Jedi here was a bad idea! Disaster follows them like everywhere they go” the Captain sneered in Obi-Wan’s direction even as he continued “isn’t that right Jedi? Tell me that this criminal that has been going around killing Mandalorians with a red lightsaber isn’t involved with you”

“Mar! That was out of line. I know that tensions are high but throwing around blame will not help us” Satine tried to give Obi-Wan a reassuring smile but he could sense the anxiety she really felt, the fear of what was happening in her world as well as her fierce desire to protect her people no matter the cost.

“Sadly duchess I think the captain is right, a red lightsaber can only mean a Sith” Obi-Wan said in a solemn tone.

“The ancient enemy of your people? I thought you had killed the last of them a thousand years ago” the captain was surprisingly knowledgeable and Obi-Wan nodded to answer his question.

“We discovered that the Sith had been hiding for more than a thousand years ever since the crisis of Naboo right now we have a rough estimate of their numbers as being less than ten but even a single Sith is dangerous enough as they corrupt everything they touch. I would think that the criminal is either a Zabrak, a Twi’lek or a human, correct?”

“Yes it’s a Twi’lek male who has been running around like a maniac killing people”

Obi-Wan reached into the force to try and make sense of what was happening why would one of the fallen younglings be here killing so many people since the last thing he heard was of their fight against Master Kota and Quinlan. The sudden sense of danger that filled his being told him enough, this was a trap.

Obi-Wan had brought this catastrophe to Mandalore.

“Obi-Wan..” Satine called out his name forcing Obi-Wan to look her in the eye.

“Satine,,,I’m sorry they have come here for me, I don’t know how the Sith found out about my visit but I know what I have to do. Is there a place where I can fight close by?”

“There are some vacant warehouses that we have no use for, ever since the duchess stopped the smuggling ring that had taken root at the docks they have been gathering dust”

Obi-Wan nodded at the man “That will be enough, I want to record a message and I want it to be spread throughout Mandalore”

“Do you think your enemies would willingly go to a place where you could set a trap?”

“Yes, pride has been the defining trait for the Sith ever since their conception, they won’t be able to ignore my challenge, I also have an idea of how to help with the Death Watch. I’ve been reading some stuff about the history of the Mandalorians and I know that Pre Vizsla will not ignore my challenge either if I get rid of him the leadership of the Death Watch will fall into infighting”

Obi-Wan’s path was set, he couldn’t sense if he would survive or not but he knew that as long as he did this Satine would live and that was enough for him.

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[Mandalore, Sundari]

Darth Maul

Maul was waiting for the next part of his plan to have an effect when suddenly every screen in the capital was projecting the face of Kenobi, unbidden his control over the Dark Side slipped and a wave of coldness was projected from his being into his surroundings making every person in his vicinity to feel dread and soon they were walking in a different direction.

“People of Mandalore, many of you may recognize me from my efforts as a negotiator for the Republic, many more will point at me as another of the attacks dogs of the Senate and a few will recognize what I’ve done as general for the Grand Army of the Republic but today I’m here to apologize to you. Sith, the ancient enemy of the Jedi have come to Sundari in an effort to draw me out, they want me angry and reactionary and already many mandalorians have suffered the consequences of crossing paths with one of their numbers but I want to make things right”

Obi-Wan was nowhere near close to Maul but even at this distance Maul could feel an echo of his power in the Force, Obi-Wan was daring him to show his face! Kenobi was challenging Maul to reveal himself and face him! The arrogance of Kenobi sent Maul into a fit of rage so big that he let go of his efforts to rein himself in.

Maul’s power was fully on display for the first time since he was reborn. A miasma of shadows came from inside his robes and the air became colder around him, Maul’s lightsaber called to him the crystal begging him to use it and unleash all his anger through the blade to cut everyone around him to pieces.

“Sith” Obi-Wan said the word with as much contempt as he could “I will be waiting for you on the Docks of the city, there is an empty warehouse where I will be waiting for you. Approach me if you dare”

Then the message started again but Maul could hardly hear it or what everyone was saying as his mind repeated the words.

Approach me if you dare.

Approach me if you dare!

Maul didn’t need to think about what he wanted to do, his body started moving before even he could process what was happening aided by the Force and augmenting himself to his limits Maul moved. Maul jumped straight from one building into the next ignoring the cries of the people below and not even bothering to look at those he was leaving behind as he ran.

Some even tried to shoot him but a quick application of the Force saw those few idiots that tried to stop him crashing into the buildings, Maul didn’t care if the whole self-defense force of Mandalore came upon his head for it but he needed to be the first one to reach Kenobi.

Maul was on the other side of the capital from the docks but that was an easy fix, in his next jump Maul landed atop a speeder in a swift move he leveraged his mechanical legs under the torso of the man driving and sent him flying before sitting on the speeder and accelerating.

“Master! Should we move towards Kenobi’s position?” Kalifa spoke in his ear and Maul was almost tempted to tell her off and that he could handle himself but he knew that Death Watch would try something.

“Yes, but only you, tell Jinx to move in towards the palace but I want him to be discreet. The prison of the city is nearby and there is someone there that Savage’s spies say has some important information he can go get him while you hang around to give me support if you see anyone with the Death Watch symbol kill them at this point I’m sure that we don’t need them anymore they have served their purpose and they’re a danger to our objective”

“I hear and obey Master” the connection cut, and just in time too as a group of armed guards (this time they had some proper weapons instead of the staffs they uses before) were catching up to him in two separate vehicles.

Maul dodged their attempts at shooting him down as he pushed the speeder to the limit of what it could do, to make it even more difficult for them Maul started throwing whatever he could at them with the Force boxes, cars, people even just Force Pushing the guards directly but they were relentless and for everyone that he killed three more seemed to pop out of nowhere.

“I will not be denied my vengeance!” Maul screamed out and with every last ounce of strength he could gather he started his grand plan to stop the madalorians from interrupting him. Maul drew upon his rage, on his pain and his shame, he used everything he had to gain the power he needed and then he unleashed it from his hands towards one of the buildings.

The windows exploded in a shower of glass that fell all around them but the important part was that the base of the building slanted towards one side and very soon it started to fall, the guards had to make a decision and in the end they chose what every law-abiding being would do, they started the rescue and evacuation of civilians and Maul was now free to face Kenobi.

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[Mandalore, Sundari]

Pre Vizsla

Pre had to admit it, despite not being a Mandalorian Kenobi was honorable, the message passing around Sundari was a show of force just as blatant as anything the Death Watch had ever done, to challenge a Sith to open combat was not something you see every day. Despite the attitude he showed Pre was very aware of the danger a Sith posed, Darth Revan, Darth Malak, Exar Kun. Darth Marr, Darth Viatiate, Darth Malgus. All of them had conquered his people, all of them had used them in their wars and all of them had fallen to treachery of some kind and now Pre would end another Sith today.

“Sir we have received a message from the palace?” Saxon sounded confused and so was Pre but he wouldn’t show it.

“Put it on the table I want to know what the esteemed Duchess wants with us today”

Instead of the face of Satine, Obi-Wan Kenobi popped out of the table making him furrow his brow, what in the hell did Kenobi want? He couldn’t possibly think that they would help him, did he?

“Pre Vizsla I hope you see this message, you see I have been reading upon the customs of your people and I found something interesting about that lightsaber you have, it concerns the rights of who should own it and by my account you should give it to me”

In the silence that followed Pre could have sword he could heart the beating heart of every Mandalorian in the room.

“I beat you on Concordia while you were using it but instead of accepting defeat you called upon your soldiers and even then I bested them while you ran, that’s not something Mand'alor should do, by your own rules I am now the rightful leader of your people, that is if you even hold an ounce of respect for your own traditions”

The nerve of this Jedi to cast doubt on his tittle! The sheer audacity of Kenobi was borderline suicidal! Pre would take his head and mount it on a wall!

“I will give you a chance to recover your honor, I think you know where to meet me” with that the recording ended, and Pre Vizsla was met with the expectant stares of his people.

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Author note: so i didn't notice that when i posted all other chapters i missed this one and saved it as a draft, i'm very sorry about that. i will have some free time tomorrow so you can expect a bunch of updates again in short order. As for the story, well, i was going to make a very convoluted plan but then i remembered that Obi-Wan would probably react if a Sith was going around murdering people and so this came about so next time will be the start of a great three way fight between Maul and Kalifa against Obi-Wan and Pre Vizsla and his mandalorians, fun stuff.