Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Shadows of the Force. Enjoy the 4800-word chapter. I don't own RWBY and Star Wars. Monty Oum, Lucas Films, and Rooster Teeth do.

(Venator Class Cruiser, Trailblazer, Enroute to Coruscant 2:20 PM November 13th.)

Lerek yawned before he slowly rolled out of bed. It was very odd to deal with this. It was clear to the Arkanian who wasn't going to question things before he crossed his arms as he started to recall his objects to him.

The Arkanian wasn't to have to relax when push came to shove. Lerek yawned and looked at Blake who seemed to have to question what to do next she looked at him.

"You are, ok?" Lerek asked as he slowly walked back to the bed before looking at Blake.

Lerek seemed to question what to tell the woman who had been tired, entirely thrown off for now. it was clear over and over with such problems are to have to do next.

"Are you going to be, ok?" Blake questioned before he nodded as well. "I heard you said Coruscant is going to be different, a lot more different than Remnant, right? Then what's going to happen next at the moment?" Blake questioned as she nodded to her.

Lerek yawned to himself before he tilted his head and nodded before he looked up at the roof as he questioned now what the next best move was.

Lerek wasn't an Arkanian who had found to be more and more bored, he prepared as best he could as would any of his people. It was all too much for most people… He wasn't going to let it be too much for him.

Lerek yawned once more and then looked around the room before crossing his arms across his chest. It wasn't going to end anytime soon. It was before he looked down at her, unsure of how it'd go for now and how it was to come as to how it would end… Perhaps such issues weren't to end properly.

Lerek wasn't to let it go up and done for now. Lerek couldn't let it rest anytime soon as he sighed and ran a hand over his temples.

"We're going to need to get to the planet properly… I don't know what the force is going to happen, Blake." Lerek said while he sighed and placed his saber on his belt.

It wasn't going to matter much in his book. Blake looked at the Arkanian who had been tired and deep in thought. It was clear to her just what had gone on, yes, there was a chance of this all going according to her plan.

"Are you going to let this go or make sure to fret over it until we get there?" Lerek heard before Blake as he chuckled and then looked to the side.

"Don't know. I've got a lot on my mind, Blake. A far more of a problem than it should have been. I'm going to need to make some calls sooner or later, a lot worse things are going to come if we don't fix it and fix it properly. That's what I'll tell you." Lerek said as he sighed to himself.

It was a very long and tense moment. Blake stretched out her feet before she looked at the holoprojector as Lerek hummed and changed to the next image.

"Coruscant is the heart of the Republic and a home for the Jedi. They want to keep it safe for now." Lerek said to which the planet appeared on the holoprojector. "Coruscant might be a nice planet, but we don't know what to do next in the war with the CIS… And with Remnant? It's going to be a weird little problem at the end of the day." Lerek said as he sighed and rubbed his temples.

It was clear Lerek seemed to be in an odd little problem, it wasn't going to end for now. Lerek clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth as he sighed before slowly starting to think anew.

The arrival at Coruscant would not be easy for them, nor would it be without its own set of problems. People judged, they hated themselves to hell and back. Lerek wasn't going to pretend it was perfect as she questioned before it ended more and more to them for now when it came down to it.

Lerek was a problem, his friend was a problem as well. The blasted planet was all too much of a horrible error.

There was also the war on Remnant. Lerek could guess even if the droids didn't give them the answers. It was clear they'd be assaulting Vale sooner or later, all that would change happened to be the time.

"I'm going to the bridge for a few minutes, I'll be right back… There's something I have to talk about with the admiral." Lerek stated as he sighed and then turned towards her before preparing his mind mentally as of now.

(Separatist Base, Mistral)

It was clear the battle next would be important to the droid army. Ventress, however? Well, she had a better solution on her mind and it was clear these sorts of things weren't to be rushed.

She had sent dozens of droids across the planet as she seemed to think of what to do for her master. Ventress wasn't going to be moving forward with her designs as she knew that Count Dooku as of now.

She seemed to need it to end a certain way. Dooku would make a plan to take the planet over as Ventress pondered what else could go wrong.

Still? This problem would not end anytime soon as she sighed and looked over the Dust Crystal in her hand before it came down to it as she tilted her head. It was then she found it all to be more and more of an issue than possible.

Perhaps it had been a problem and perhaps all it did was make him more and more tired, all too much, it had yet to drive him up a wall… But it would, it always did and it always felt like it would rip apart into a thousand little pieces.

"Whatever else comes? We're going to conquer the galaxy. First the Jedi, then their little pets. We're going to be able to see it all come to an end." Ventress stated before she seemed to sigh and leave, letting the rows part as she moved to prepare things for the reinforcements coming.

(Trailblazer)

Lerek felt some sort of anger wash over him as he sighed, it was clear to him that at the end of the day Coruscant would not be the last planet he and Blake visited. The Arkanian wasn't stupid, all of these locations had a tactical purpose.

Coruscant: Jedi Knowledge and refueling along with reinforcements, perhaps a chance to regain his tactical knowledge.

It was as this was going on that the holoprojector fired up and Winter appeared on it. Lerek blinked as he turned to it with interest, crystal blue light spilling from it for a few moments as he did so.

"Ah, yes. It seems this frequency was correct, good." Winter said before blinking. "General, it's good to see you, I've recently arranged and managed to meet with General… Skywalker, I believe? The man is not what I expected as a military officer." Winter stated to which Lerek hummed.

"Jedi aren't exactly generals, Ms. Schnee. Anyway? I'm glad you worked out a holodisk, they're very common in our galaxy and I'm surprised Remnant doesn't own any." Lerek said before rubbing his eyes. "Anyway? Anakin is a very skilled warrior and general. If he and you are working together on this? It should be easy to overcome… I'm assuming you've already met his Padawan?" Lerek questioned to which Winter went to raise an eye.

"His apprentice. Most Jedi Knights have one. Their military commanders for the republic, they usually learn a lot from their Jedi knight." Lerek stated before he sighed.

"Ah, the woman who isn't from Remnant, yes. She was in the hologram as well. I can see why there are so many riddles and rumors from the stars." Lerek heard from the woman. "My men have set up a base close to the White Fang camp. We're not going to make a move for a while, it'd be all too much." Lerek seemed to state before he sighed to himself.

It was clear a lot of customs and traditions had been different between the people of Remnant and the Jedi, Republic and otherwise as of now.

Lerek was all too much of an interested party to let it come down to it while crossing his arms. They had to end it or just make sure it'd all come to a head. If this came down to them or the other side? Well? He wasn't going to be able to relax and take it easy.

"General? Coruscant is going to be within shuttle range in 8 hours." Lerek heard from one of the clones as he nodded.

"Double check, please. Remnant can't be that close to Coruscant." Lerek said as he sighed. "I'd urge you to simply get the mission on the road, Winter. We will be gone a few days and I can't promise we're going to be back anytime soon… Is there anything that had to be reported? Please do so, I'll keep busy with reports and see what I'm able to remember." Lerek stated before he frowned to himself as he looked around the room.

Winter nodded before a clone pushed a button and the transmission faded out. Lerek sighed, his plans fully and utterly at odds with her and whatever she had to do next. It was clear beyond all shadow of a doubt this wasn't going to be a simple assault.

"Should I make the hourly report to general Yoda, sir?" The clone asked to which Lerek nodded.

"Thank you, Matchstick," Lerek said before he frowned to himself. "If the admiral needs me? I'll be with Ms. Belladonna. We need to be ready for the next mission and yet? My head is all off kilter…" Lerek said before he shook his head.

There was all too much as he slowly started to walk down towards Blake's quarters, it was clear more and more this wasn't going to be easy for now, so easy that it should have been decided for now.

Lerek could only sigh before he slowly started to walk toward Blake's room. It wasn't going to be easy and it wasn't going to be easy for now.

"Oy. I need a damn vacation. A real one." Lerek stated before he slowly trudged towards the turbo lift at the moment.

Lerek hummed to himself as he rubbed his temples once more. It wasn't going to be easy, but I'd all come tumbling down and the Arkanian wasn't sure of what to do next.

This terrified him, it terrified him deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole. There was so much that could go wrong as Lerek slowly started to walk down the room.

It was clear more and more the force guided him down a path he wasn't ready for at the moment as of the moment and it bothered him. it bothered him greatly more and more the more he tried to consider it. The force dominated his life and yet? He didn't question what was to come before now, it was destiny which was a concept he didn't at all make matter.

Blake was all too easily drawn in by the force as well. She didn't see it like a Jedi, but it had its hooks in her as of now or such. Perhaps the message was more subtle and well-defined for now. it was going to fall deep into the edges of despair, Blake was a very odd woman and yet she had to walk the same path he had.

It wasn't going to be something that he pondered for long. The Arkanian was a warrior and he had been in control before now. Blake was constantly going to be a factor he could not at all think about for now.

He put a hand to his temples and pondered what to tell the rest of his men when they arrived. Drifter and the others were loyal and yet they didn't grasp the force if at all. It was clear he wouldn't be able to relax constantly telling them what would need to be done to fix it.

(With Blake)

Blake started to look through the holobooks as they appeared to be called. The concept was something that she didn't know but all it did was remind the Faunus that the republic was FAR beyond Remnant when it came to technology if anything. She was able to find more and more proof Remnant and the Republic might either be good friends or the worst of enemies. Not the sort of thing a woman like her should find interesting at all.

Perhaps if anything it'd draw her attention as she opened one which showed drawings and holograms of another planet which reminded him just how odd it was. there were a few moments of silence as she continued to skim through the book, interested in what would happen next and how well to try and tame it.

There was a knock on the door, drawing her attention back to her reality. She looked at the door, all too curious as to how well this all needed to go for it to work properly. She punched in the code from before which caused the object to slide to the side.

"Still getting used to the door?" Lerek asked before he crossed his arms and then looked up at Blake, curious for now. "There's a lot I think we need to talk about. I don't even know what to do after the call I got." Lerek stated to which Blake hummed before she walked away.

"Do you know what this is?" Blake asked to which Lerek looked at it with interest.

"That's a holo book," Lerek stated before he crossed his arms. "All the knowledge is inside of the holograms. They're supposed to be lazy more than anything. I don't know what they do at times but I don't always read them, they distract you from written books. There's a lot of things I don't want to have to tell you guys about, but I will." Lerek said as he sighed.

"Then they're just books?" Blake asked as Lerek shrugged.

"Yes, why? That's what the books are supposed to be saying." Lerek said before he shook his head.

There was all too much upon his mind to question it for now. All too much for him and everyone else for now as of now. it was clear for now such problems were going to now.

It was clear their problems weren't going to just at Coruscant which meant he had to yet to end it for now. if anything? All this did was push their problems to the forefront.

"I'm starting to think you had something happen that's bothering you. you seem pretty thrown off." Blake stated as she turned and looked down at the ground.

Lerek sighed to himself and looked around, all too amused for now, and yet? It was odd, so odd more and more… Their problems weren't going to end anytime soon.

"Are you going to be, ok?" Lerek asked before he rubbed at his temples. "The others just told me more and more about the mission and they're going to be fighting sometime soon. The mission will be going down sometime soon while we're busy so I don't know how long we're going to have to dork around there." Lerek stated before he sighed and leaned against the back of the bed.

If anything? All he knew for a fact was simple, another war would come to Remnant. All their actions did was invite more and more conflict, a bigger war that not even the Republic and Jedi would be ready for. All it did to him was bothering him more and more with certain issues, problems for now, and solutions for later.

Perhaps it was something else and he could not afford to tell the answer at all, all of this made his brain hurt.

"The White Fang won't surrender, not even when they're outgunned and outmatched," Blake stated before she sighed to herself. "There's a lot to say and do next when we get back. I need to find out where he is before something else happens, trust me… It's the last thing Remnant wants." Blake said to which Lerek fell silent, looking around the room.

"Pretty sure the idea of a bunch of violent revolutionaries is already terrifying to be around and you know that, right?" Lerek asked before she nodded. "What do you feel like doing? We need to get ready to move sooner or later." Lerek said before she fell silent.

Lerek was all too terrified of what needed to be said and done to say something. It was all too much for the Jedi General to just forget and forgive. It was a lot to need to think about for now and yet the Jedi Knight didn't at all flinch, didn't back down nor even for a few seconds.

Lerek sighed and then looked at her. Blake questioned what was going to happen if he didn't at all back down.

"Are we going to be at Coruscant soon?" Blake asked to which he smiled and then fell silent.

"Yes, we will be, maybe another day or so, but we're going to be there will be time to talk when we reach the planet," Lerek said before he frowned to himself.

He didn't at all know what to do with this much control and power with such issues. It would be worth it perhaps at the end of the day, but it'd probably be worth it at the end of this day and beyond. Lerek just didn't know when or how it'd end sometime soon. All of it was so amusing to the Arkanian in vastly different ways. It'd be so far beyond them before now.

Now it was something that had to be properly contested for now. All of it was going down the drain anyway. There was a measure of peace and prosperity as to now as the Arkanian continued to look around and settled on the holodisk.

Lerek hummed and pondered what was on Blake's mind as he questioned what to say or do next.

Perhaps it'd all float down the damn river as Lerek sighed before he questioned what to do next. Honestly? Lerek did not see it as the way of the force but also as an issue internally that had to be solved. An equation that multiplied again and again.

"Can you show me one of the books?" Blake asked while cracking her fingers.

"Sure, but none of these books are galactic encyclopedias since obviously, people don't understand how well it'd need to go," Lerek stated as he slowly withdrew one of the books towards him with the force.

Blake watched as Lerek kicked off his boots and sat downwards on the bed before she sighed to herself and sat down next to him. The Arkanian looked up at her with interest before he sighed to himself over and over again until the end of time.

Lerek found it to be distracting and yet interesting all at the same time. There were so many questions on my mind. There was a lot more to need to focus upon other little issues for now.

Lerek would have found this nice to relax as of now. Their position was something that needed to change faster and faster than now. Lerek hummed before he shook his head and flipped the book open before slowly starting to click his tongue against the roof of his mouth and flipping the book open.

Lerek sighed to himself as he looked up into the sky. There were other factors to consider and it boggled the mind. Lerek crossed his arms as he used the force to flip open the book.

"I don't know what you want to learn, for now, the books don't exactly come with instruction manuals," Lerek stated with a hum as he sighed and closed his eyes.

Lerek didn't at all understand for now. The problem was such an issue and yet he was tired from everything that had gone on.

Today would be not just an issue for them but all of the galaxy. The Arkanian would need a moment of rest, for now, to catch his breath and see it to the end of the road at the moment. So much to see and do at the moment that it seemed to be going on for now.

Lerek was all too ready to sleep and go back to a regular lifestyle… Well, regular enough in the case of a Jedi or such. It told him enough that he was able to be dealing with such an issue.

Lerek was silent and yet not at all willing to get his answers for now. Blake almost kicked him in the side only for him to catch her foot and almost throw her to the side. Blake rolled her eyes as the Arkanian and Jedi relaxed and both fell silent.

"Are you going to Menagerie when your mission is over with?" Blake asked to which Lerek nodded and looked down at the ground, too interested in what was to come than anything else.

Lerek nodded and raised his eyebrow at the Faunus who had fallen silent, waiting for an answer as to it. Lerek was unsure of how to respond for now and what to say and do, it was not an easy question to answer and yet he was more than capable of answering given a second to try and speak.

He cleared his throat, speaking with the air of a Jedi who needed to be blunt and to the point.

"Yes, if the Faunus would have me, Blake," Lerek stated before he sighed. "I want to see what Remnant has to offer, war or not. Every species I encounter seem worth investing in and I want to learn more about every single one I can try and find. I don't want to spend the rest of my life not at all knowing what might exist… So yes. Menagerie will be something I want to see with my own eyes." Lerek stated as Blake blushed and looked down at the Durasteel plating.

Blake didn't at all sense any disloyalty from the Arkanian nor did she see any reason he may or may not lie. Menagerie was something she had not seen in months and months. She remembered how disturbed Adam's crimes were, her parents being utterly terrified as to how things may or may not have gone as they were the leader of such a thing. It was all too clear they had more and more to need to sus out as well.

Still? it was clear beyond all shadow of a doubt there were plenty of problems to try and fix and yet she did not. Blake did not want to face what might become if they were made at her as little a chance that might be, it was still terrifying to her for the time being. Blake sighed and looked at Lerek who might be in a trance as he did not at all notice her for a few moments before he found himself staring at a wall behind her rather than something else. Perhaps it was a Jedi thing and perhaps it was not but it was amusing and concerning at the same time at the end of the day for now.

"Faunus don't all live with people in the kingdoms, it's not something they like talking about. People aren't as big a fan of us as they are of themselves." Blake stated as Lerek hummed.

"It's not much better in our galaxy, Blake. Some species get it better than others but it's part of life. My people look down on others for genetics and constantly act like we're above them." Lerek said as he leaned on the bed.

"I'm aware plenty of people are better off than others," Blake stated as she rested her hands behind the back of her head.

"The senate runs the Republic, Blake. It's why I'm not interested in politics like Master Kenobi is. I don't have the heart for a thing to be said and focused upon." Lerek stated before he closed his eyes.

The dialogue between them pattered off as if neither could say or do much for now and it was a lot weirder than should have been possible for now. Their silence would only confirm the fact that such a problem existed as of now and yet it helped more and more with their state of mind. Perhaps it needed to end a certain way and yet it was not all too real for now.

Lerek hummed as Blake looked up at the holographic projector that needed to be adjusted before she fell silent, tapping on her legs which felt like weights were attached. Lerek sighed and clenched his four-fingered hands as of now. The silence between them was all too easily fixated upon what awaited them on Coruscant.

Blake almost kicked up at the sky, too curious and too unwilling to try and break the silence as he pondered what to do next.

"We need to try and get another vision. The sooner we manage to get one? The sooner we can try and find out what needs to be done." Blake stated as Lerek nodded before he looked down at the ground and signed to himself before he scratched at the nape of his neck.

Lerek was all too easily focused on the future and their problems after the vision. Coruscant awaited with more and more problems that seemed to need to end before he looked around before he tilted his head and looked at her with the interest and respect that he had given her before.

Lerek tapped his clawed fingers on his legs, all too interested in their next encounter. It was worth it simply to see problems boil down and away, there were a lot of measures to need to take. It was worth it simply to see it all come to a head before now and yet Blake and he walked the same path.

So many problems and so little in the way of solutions. It would be worth it simply to get a certain reaction from her at the second as he clicked his tongue and then sat up, clenching his fists and sighing to himself.

Blake seemed to question now as he seemed to have to focus upon now. Blake crossed her arms and then yawned, watching as Lerek slowly started to type something on his datapad before she sighed and rubbed at her arms before looking up into the sky as she questioned what to do next.

Blake was going to be amused for now as he tilted his head before yawning for now. She watched as Lerek set it downwards before he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth and placed the datapad on the bed next to him.

Blake hummed and then seemed to grab the holodisk, slipping from the bed, and then slowly started to walk towards it. Lerek rubbed at his temples before looking at her. Blake looked over the holodisk as Lerek yawned and then got up for a few seconds.

"Why does the republic own so much fancy hard light stuff?" Blake asked as Lerek shrugged to himself.

"Don't know, ask the senate," Lerek stated before flipping the page and then seemed to start to read. "Are you going to be able to read? I'm going to try and talk to Drifter and the Admiral sooner or later." Lerek said before rubbing his eyes.

It was a lot more interesting problem for now as the Arkanian started to type in commands in his datapad before yawning to himself and leaning backward on the bed once more. Lerek smirked to himself as he slowly started to type in a few commands.

Author Notes

Phew! Another chapter is done! I want to point out next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will be 900-6500 words and will show the arrival at Coruscant and more about Anakin and Dooku. Until then, Lighting Wolf is out!