Obi-wan studied the still Sith. He could swear he was hardly breathing, the Zabrak looked like statue, not even moving a millimeter. Before Obi-wan began asking questions he used the Force to feel around the Zabrak's mind. It started with resistance, but he noticed the Zabrak flinch and the block to his mind was quickly down. Obi-wan took note of the flinch and also the small spike of fear that was quickly covered with calmness. Confused, Obi-wan left the Zabrak's mind, but stayed near it to see how the Zabrak would respond. He was further confused at how the Sith didn't scramble to recover his mind barriers. The Sith left them down. Obi-wan looked over at Qui-gon silently and he signaled him to try and get into the Zabrak's mind. Although as soon as Qui-gon use his Force near the Zabrak's mind, the Sith quickly recovered his barriers. The Jedi expected the Sith to send out a threatening hum through the Force, but there was nothing except his calmness.
"Alright than. What is your name, Sith?" Obi-wan asked the Zabrak wanting to start with the basics.
"My former master named me Darth Maul." The Zabrak answered quickly.
"Do you have any other names?" Obi-wan asked a bit confused
"No." Maul answered
"Your former master, what was his name?" Obi-wan asked studying Maul's movement, if any happened.
"Do you want all of his names, master?" Maul looked up at Obi-wan with only his eyes.
"If he had more than one, than yes." Obi-wan responded ignoring when Maul called him 'master'.
"He always made me call him master. To his allies, they called him Darth Sidious. The Republic knew him as Senator Sheev Palpatine." Maul eyes went back down as he answered.
"Your master was Senator Palpatine?!" Obi-wan asked surprised
"Yes, master." Maul replied and Obi-wan noticed that Maul's muscles tensed when Obi-wan raised his voice.
"And you're not lying to me?" Obi-wan questioned and nearly jumped back when he saw Maul jump lift his head with wide eyes. His face spelled out pure terror.
"No! I would never lie to you master!" Maul quickly spoke looking directly into Obi-wan's eyes. Qui-gon placed a hand on Obi-wan's shoulder.
"That's enough for now Obi-wan." Qui-gin whispered into Obi-wan's ear.
"Alright than Maul. I believe you. Calm yourself, you have nothing to fear from me, for now." Obi-wan quickly snuck the 'for now' in at the end. Maul was still a Sith, even if Obi-wan wished no harm on a surrendered enemy, Maul still had his lightsaber and possibly other weapons.
"But, master," Maul started before Obi-wan cut him off
"And stop with calling me 'master'. I don't like it." Obi-wan calmly said and noted how Maul's muscles tensed and his head lowered.
"Than... what should I call you, sir?" Maul asked calmly, but Obi-wan could sense his confusion.
"Just call me Kenobi for now, or Obi-wan which ever you want to call me." Obi-wan said shrugging his shoulders.
"Sir?" Maul was confused as he looked up at Obi-wan. He was given a choice to call his new master? He was always given only one choice. One demand. Here he was given a choice? But why, Maul thought.
"You can call me Kenobi or Obi-wan. Now which will it be?" Obi-wan asked calmly and after a moment Maul finally answered.
"K-Kenobi, sir." Maul went with the name he heard first acting like he didn't have a choice in what to call his new master. His voice stumbled as he said his new masters name and he tensed up again waiting for a punishment that didn't come. He heard the door to the room open and he saw more Jedi enter the room, one had a medic pack. Was he to be punished by other Jedi? As failure to protect his old master? Or for saying his new master's name wrong? Maul quickly calmed himself as the Jedi looked upon him. He straightened himself, but kept his eyes to the ground.
"Who is this?" A Jedi master asked
"Maul. He was the apprentice to the Sith that my padawan killed, Master Windu." Qui-gon answered as a padawan applied bacta to the deep cut on Qui-gon's arm.
"And apparently, he's claimed me as his new master." Obi-wan added
"New master, why?" Windu asked curiously
"He says since I killed his old master, he pledges himself to me. He says it's from the Sith Code." Obi-wan answered
"The Sith Code? Well we hardly know anything from the Sith Code. He could be trying to deceive us." Another Jedi added
"My exact thoughts Master Mundi." Windu commented
"We can not trust this Sith. We must take him back and question him." Master Mundi said
"Alright Sith, give us your lightsaber and any other weapons you have." Windu demanded and Maul sat there as if he didn't hear Master Windu.
"Sith!" Windu repeated but Maul still just sat there.
"Pardon me, Master Windu, but I think he will only listen to me." Obi-wan said calmly and Windu huffed agitated
"Fine. Tell him to hand over his weapons and to come with us." Windu told Obi-wan, who turned to face Maul.
"Stand up Maul." Obi-wan started and without hesitation, Maul stood.
"Now give me all of your weapons." Obi-wan demanded and without a word, Maul gave Obi-wan his dual lightsaber, a blaster that was hidden in his robes and a smaller blaster that he had tucked into his boot.
"Is that everything?" Obi-wan raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, Kenobi, sir." Maul said keeping his eyes to the ground. He was silent for a second before raising his voice again to ask a question.
"Would you like my comm links as well sir?" Maul asked softly not knowing if he was out of place to ask. This had to be some kind of test he had to do for his new master. He wanted to show him that he could do anything he demanded with out any kind of help. Obi-wan looked at Master Windu, who nodded at him.
"Yes, your comm links too." Obi-wan added nodding at Maul, who took off his wrist comm and took out an old fashioned comm link than handed them over to Obi-wan.
"Is that everything? No more comm links or weapons?" Obi-wan asked again.
"That is everything I have on me beside a few ration bars, Kenobi, sir." Maul answered
"We'll have to check him, before we go anywhere and have him change clothes once we get onto the ship." Windu added
"Change clothes?" Obi-wan asked
"They could be laced with micro-explosives." Windu explained to Obi-wan.
"We must check you to make sure you are not hiding any weapons or comm links." Obi-wan told Maul.
"But master, I already handed everything over." Maul defended himself quietly looking only at Obi-wan lowering his head and slightly moved a foot back as if he was preparing himself for something.
"I know, but we must make sure." Obi-wan replied calmly as the padawan that had applied the bacta to Qui-gon's arm approached Maul. She went to start patting him down until Maul's body jumped when her hands first touched him. Master Windu and Mundi reflexively grabbed their lightsabers.
"It's alright Maul!" Obi-wan quickly said before the masters ignited their weapons. The Zabrak looked at Obi-wan in fear.
"Calm yourself. She's not going to hurt you. We're not going to hurt you." Obi-wan added and Maul slowly nodded taking a deep breath, straightening his body and closed his eyes.
"Are you ready?" Obi-wan asked with only a nod from Maul. Obi-wan gave the other padawan the okay to continue. Once she was done she confirmed that all Maul had left on him were three ration bars.
"Alright than, now Maul follow us to the ship." Obi-wan said and Master Mundi and Qui-fin were the first to leave the room. Master Windu pushed Maul to start walking.
"In front of us Sith." Master Windu demanded getting a growl and glare from Maul.
"Come now Maul." Obi-wan said calmly and Maul started walking right behind Obi-wan with Master Windu and the other padawan behind Maul.
Once they reached the ship, Maul stopped as soon at Obi-wan did. Master Windu watched Maul and Obi-wan not liking the space between the two of them. He could tell that Obi-wan was a bit uncomfortable with it as well. Master Windu placed a hand on Obi-wan's shoulder and whispered into his ear.
"Alright Maul, once we get onto the ship, we want you to take off your clothes and get into a set that we give you." Obi-wan said looking at Maul. "Do you understand?"
"You want me to get changed in front of everyone?" Maul asked looking aside.
"We must make sure you don't try to do anything to your new clothes, or sabotage the ship." Master Windu cut in. "So, yes. You must change your clothes in front of us."
"We're not going to hurt or touch you in anyway Maul." Obi-wan added and it seemed to of made Maul relax a bit.
"Alright get onto the ship Maul." Obi-wan said after Qui-gon and Master Mundi got onto the ship. Maul looked T Obi-wan and hesitantly stepped onto the ship. Maul watched as Obi-wan got onto the ship. Once the door to the ship closed, the padawan went to a small closet on the ship and got the clothes out. She set the down on a bench than she turned her back to Maul. Maul just stood there looking at Obi-wan, until Obi-wan nodded his head giving him the okay to start.
As Maul got undressed Obi-wan couldn't help, but admire the thick, black tattoos all over Maul's body. He had never seen anything so symmetrical on anyone or any creature. Usually there would be some kind of slight mistake in the marks, but everything lined up perfectly on Maul's body. Obi-wan noticed that his tattoos were everywhere on Maul's body. He began to wonder if the tattoos were even tattoos at all. They seem to cover every crease and bump on Maul's body. Even the places were it usually hurt a lot. Once Maul was done, he looked back at Obi-wan waiting for further commands.
Obi-wan told him to sit down as the ship started up and Maul just sat on the floor.
"No, Maul." Obi-wan huffed pinching the bridge of his nose. "Sit down next to me." Maul slowly got off of the floor and sat down next to Obi-wan. Maul couldn't help, but feel like his new master was one of forgiveness, but if he made too many mistakes his new master would give him one big terrible punishment. One worse than just the embarrassment of getting changed in front of a bunch of Jedi. The way to wherever they were going was silent as the Jedi masters never took their eyes off of Maul.