14 Somebodys Watching Me (2/2)

Meanwhile on the planet of Coruscant Darth Plagueis was in the Corusca branch of the InterGalactic Banking Clan's building, in a private room. In front of him was a hologram of Darth Maul.

The world was lively as always, decorated in sky scrapers which stood high above the lower undercity and mediocre settings.

”My Apprentice, I've found a partial trace,” He stated to the Sith Warrior with a grim expression on his face. ”The individual known Valad Katsure is on Naboo, apparently he lead an unsanctioned two man team against Borvo's camp and eliminated him and his smuggling and weapon dealing ring.” The Dark Lord of the Sith still couldn't understand why this boy had given him a tip about his master. Apparently Darth Tenebrous had transferred his conscious into his body and began infecting his midi-chlorians, transforming them into Maxi-chlorians. He found this out after studying his own blood to find out the truth, but soon found out that his master had long since left his body.

He could only snicker at the thought of his master finding his way out of his body and back to his dead corpse. ”I want you to investigate him. Do not engage him unless he finds you, we do not want to reveal ourselves just yet…” Plagueis stated as the figure of Maul knelt before him.

”Yes, My Master…” With Palpatine gone, much of Maul's background had also changed. The mindless slaughter wasn't necessarily part of his missions unless it was completely deemed necessary.

Places such as Orsis Academy still stood, he hadn't been ordered to slaughter the people of the Academy. He was forgo from using any force powers other than his heightened senses. Director knew not to cross the Dark Lord and unlike Palpatine, Plagueis didn't go out of his way to bring the Deathwatch Member back to the Academy.

Much of the events that happened at the Academy however were very similar to the known timeline's, except during his break he was training with a more prideful Plagueis the Wise.

There were two ways someone would react to not being praised. They would either push themselves further to prove themselves or they will begin lacking in motivation. Plagueis knew Maul had expected praise and deprived him of it, finding that he worked harder to prove himself to his master. Though it was possible that praise and reward was an even more powerful weapon?

He allowed Kilindi Matako and Daleen to live, despite them befriending his Sith Apprentice and instead used them as incentive to instill loyalty into Maul. Essentially making them his hostages which would always be around Maul.

Using the force to bind their lives to himself, should Plagueis ever die, the women who cherished Maul would perish along with him. This meant Maul had no choice to follow his orders, even though he would even follow the order to slaughter them both. This acted as an award, Maul only wanted recognition and Plagueis was giving an inch at a time.

Though he was also being cautious, he was running low on time and he didn't want to start all over again like the time he lost the young Sheev Palpatine to a Hyperdrive Malfunction.

Was the Magister of the InterGalactic Banking Clan becoming soft?

…

Darth Maul was seated in his Scimilar, the Star Courier which had been gifted to him by Darth Plagueis himself. Apparently it was supposed to be the only one of its kind. The ship was in the middle of a hyperspace jump towards the planet of Naboo.

He was meditating as the ship itself was on auto-pilot. His eyes were closed and his head was tilted downward. Unlike Plagueis, he didn't have a clear view of the future or greater senses of foresight. He was an assassin, a warrior.

Sleeping in the holds below, were his two companions. Daleen a supposed Princess who was now a graduate of Orsis Academy, as well as Kilindi a former slave who had been brought to the Academy after slaughtering her slave family. It seems they had grown quite attached. They were the only ones who didn't fear him, at least not from his expressions or his demeanor.

It seemed like hours since they had left the system of Coruscant. In only moments, the ship would emerge from hyperspace. While the initial vector had been detected, his cloaking system allowed him to hide from being found.

The ship slowly crept through the Security net which surrounded the planet and narrowly avoided clashing with the flat flooded plains below the cliff which the Palace was situated on.

That was when his on board computer chirped lightly, a notification, a signature similar to their own ship was nearby. This made Maul's eye brow raise in confusion. There was a ship similar to theirs within scanning range?

Maneuvering his ship, he rose the Scimitar to be level with the open hangar of the Naboo Royal Palace and glared forward seeing a near exact replica of the Scimitar. The only difference was that the exterior had been plated with a black chromium finish with sapphire blue viewports instead of red. It was clear it had been modified even further than his own aesthetically.

This confusion turned into rage however, angry that someone else had something similar to his ship which was supposed to be a singularity amongst personal transports.

Since he was hiding his presence, he made sure he wasn't being sensed by those around the area. Though it wasn't the presence of Maul that was sensed by Valad, but the energy source of his very ship.

Valad had the ability known as Mechu-Deru which allowed him to exert his influence over machines, both simple and computerized. It also allowed him to have intuitive knowledge of machinery. However he also had knowledge of the ability to electronic manipulation which required the capability to manipulate and sense energy within machines.

Due to the transports energy output, Valad was able to find out who had just arrived at the scene as he was finishing learning from the Holocron with Ventress in his lap. He had been using Ventress as a key to access the Holocron's deeper secrets meant for only Jedi to access.

Darth Maul would move his ship to a clearing deep into the forests of Naboo and released his probe droids. It was time for some reconnaissance.