Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Shadows of the Force. Enjoy the 4000-word chapter. I don't own RWBY and Star Wars. Monty Oum, Lucas Films, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Venator Class Cruiser, Trailblazer, Remnant 3:40 PM November 14th.)
Blake felt the energy from her head down to the tips of her toes. She blinked as her ears folded and her body almost folded inwardly. He hadn't yet seemed to have gotten where he had wished it to have been. It made him laugh, too unsure of what had been brought forward. She tilted her head before. There were a few questions to have gotten for now. This seemed to have been the worst thing. Aura and the force coursed through them from his fingertips down to the soles of her feet. She questioned what was coursing through his head.
Such things made her look at Lerek, watching as the Arkanian slowly started to glance around the room. His eyes remained mostly closed at the moment. He rested his head against hers as her eyes started to glow purple and yellow, she gripped his hands tighter, digging her fingers into his so they didn't go flying. It almost made them feel as if they were floating. Her legs ached; her feet felt like she had dug them into ice. This was odd, but she didn't know what the force was like.
It felt cold, it felt like it cut through every single little life form around them. She felt it was so odd. So very odd, she didn't know what it had been. So many issues that had yet gotten there. There was a lot more to have completed.
She felt like she had been bathed in ice before it began to warm into the fire. Lerek blinked, his eyes surging with blue energy. He didn't know what the hell was going on, but he did know that something odd had been going on. This was such a problem. It hadn't yet seemed to have gotten where he wanted to have been. It had been a long day and he wanted to relax.
"Are you ok?" Blake questioned to which there was a nod from the Arkanian as he tilted his head, looking around as he did so. "Good, I need to stretch my legs soon… It might be odd, but I don't know how this could have been." Blake said as Lerek rolled his closed eyes.
"Gee. If I had known you'd be like this? Well, I'd have brought food." Lerek joked before he sighed, too unsure of what to do.
"Do you always joke like this when it comes to things like this?" Blake questioned as of the time being.
Lerek fell silent for a moment as he pondered the question. It was so odd, too unsure of what to have done, how this could have gone. She was simply too unsure, too weird, too odd, it boggled his mind to have her in such a state when all of it was said and done.
She rubbed at her chin before she tilted her head, glancing around the room as she did so. She took a moment to move her legs behind her. She seemed to take a deep breath before she pressed her feet back against Lerek's as she closed her eyes before taking a breath before the idea.
"Are you ok?" Blake questioned before something went took over her once more.
"Yeah," Lerek said before something took over his body.
Blake's body glowed purple and his glowed blue. Her aura flickered as she had yet gripped by such a thing.
"What… The hell." Blake seemed to hear from Lerek as he grunted in pain before their bodies went limp.
(Unknown realm)
Blake grunted as she looked around, her body glowed purple, sparkling and making her question such things as she tilted her head while she questioned it. She rubbed at her ears before she realized her clothing had changed.
Her black vest had been replaced with a white tailcoat, one with dark violet lining, and a black sleeveless crop top with a belt attached to the back of her shirt. She noticed a few diamond cutouts on her neckline before she looked down… There was a pair of white belts over black fitted pants with a black thigh-high heel had a belt around the left thigh. There were also several symbols including hers and an Arkanian-like one… She also noticed a black and purple scarf which had another symbol and a diagonal strap with a metallic on the back where Gambol Shroud lifted on her back. There was some sort of sash wrapped around the upper part of her stomach and what looked like a lightsaber on her thigh.
She looked up to Adam… Adam, who had Wilt and Blush raised towards Lerek who looked rather different. His hair looked shorter, spikier, a hooded tunic-like armor wrapped around him which was a dark blue and white, he held a second lightsaber, glowing white or a lighter color, his heavy boots coated in snow. She noticed a scar or cut across his right cheek. She tried to watch the blurry
Adam slashed at Lerek who had thrown himself backward before the man growled and rushed the Arkanian who met him. Blake watched the other Blake slide under his legs only for Adam to kick her down. Adam smashed both of his weapons and seemed to have sparks fly from them.
"This was going to be how it ends, General… With your death." Adam hissed before being pushed back with the force. "I will not lose to some worthless peacekeeper!" Adam stated with a roar which she seemed to ripple through the location.
"Stay away from her, Adam. This is between us! Just like you said back in Menagerie… And this isn't going to end like Vale." Lerek hissed, his blades raised as she glanced around.
"Blake," Lerek said as he slowly started to walk up to her while glancing at the two. "What the hell? What is… Is that me? What the hell am I doing that for?" Lerek questioned as he raised his eyebrow, looking up and into the sky.
He knew more than that something else was going on, something odd, but this was just throwing him off a lot more than she had thrown off before now.
Blake blinked and leaned on him. There were a lot of questions when this was all said and done. He glanced at her, raising his eyebrow as the two looked at their copies or whatever they were deemed as Lerek put a hand to his chin.
"Are they force visions? Some sort of power from your aura? I don't recognize the man with the mask." Lerek stated before he sighed to himself.
"That's Adam…" Blake stated to which Lerek hummed.
"That's Adam?" Lerek said before he questioned what he said something as he questioned what to do next. "Doesn't seem like the supreme commander of super White Fang soldiers. Huh. Why did you want to not tell me about him?" Lerek questioned before he tilted his head to the side.
He hadn't been prepared for now. This was a lot worse, a lot more. He had a lot more on his mind. He prepared for the worst as he looked up at the mind.
There was a lot more to question as the two watched Blake and Lerek lock blades with Adam. Sparks were shooting off them as she glanced at him, his mask seemed to glow as he was pushed back with the force from Lerek.
"We look a LOT different," Lerek stated before he started to drum his fingers on his arms and legs.
"Well, we do?" Blake questioned before she still sighed. "I have a LOT of questions. Where is RWBY? Where are my friends? And why does it look like the Republic and the White Fang all over before now…" Blake questioned before she tapped her finger on her lips.
She seemed to have gotten prepared for the worst. This seemed to have gotten off the ground.
This was a lot odder than she had questioned. This had been something else. She didn't make him know what the problems were. This was a lot odder than this had been before.
The vision seemed to have been slowly fading away as both glanced before there were a lot more problems. She seemed to look at him, drumming her fingers on her arm. There was a lot more than had yet gotten to such a state.
There were only so many problems when it came down to it. There was so much more he could have done when it was all over. Lerek didn't at all know what they were doing. He didn't know what was going on, all he did was know what it had been or would have been happening or what would have happened.
There were a lot more problems what to have gotten for now. They had more coming. A lot more to have done for now. It bothered him a lot worse things on his mind.
"So, that's Mr. Adam? Huh, he looks a lot like a Sith from what he looks like… All he's missing is the yellow eyes." Lerek said before Blake glared at him. "What? The Sith usually have golden eyes like yours… Doesn't make you evil. Well, maybe I don't know what you're like." Lerek joked as she elbowed him in the side.
"Does the force usually raise things like this?" Blake said as she gestured to the world around them.
"This? Sometimes. I thought it only happened to master Jedi. It feels… Strong, maybe you're helping me boost it or something like that. It would make sense as to why it's working the way it should have been." Lerek said while he tapped at his chin.
"Well, what's it like when it's all bouncing around inside your head?" Blake questioned to which Lerek hummed, tilting her head to the side as she did so.
"No, I don't know what it's going to be like what to have to handle it," Lerek said while he cracked his fingers, looking around as he did so. "Well, if this happened? I'm going to have to talk to Master Yoda and tell him about it. There are a lot more problems to deal with." Lerek said while he tilted his head.
"What's going to happen next anyway?" Lerek questioned before Blake hummed.
"Is this a problem the Jedi usually deal with?" Blake questioned to which Lerek as he clicked his jaws against them.
There were a lot more details he didn't exactly understand about this. Not that it bothered him as badly, but it had been something he felt he'd need to address to the other Jedi sooner or later.
He turned to Blake who had seemed a lot more thrown off by things than he had thought she'd be. It'd be odder, but he couldn't blame such a thing… It was only natural for such problems to take root the more and more time that came and went.
It had only made his mind feel more at odds the more he thought about it for now. He seemed to have gotten ready for this to end. It didn't at all seem to make him more and more curious about it.
The vision seemed to grow hazier, the sky turning a dark shade of red as it seemed to have been when it was all over.
"We're going to be leaving sooner or later, I guess," Lerek said while he sighed, looking around as he did so.
This just made him more and more tired as he went. It had been a boring little thing, a very boring little thing on the end of the road.
Lerek could only sigh as he clicked his fingers against the top of his chin. He didn't know if this was going to be ok. He hadn't a lot more on his own.
"Ok, the show is over… Blake?" Lerek said as he turned to her before he looked at her with amusement. "Can you teach me this technique? I think there might be more to this vision. We might need to come back to it sooner or later. The only problem is I don't know how well it might work when we come back to it." Lerek said while he sighed, too thrown off by such an idea for now.
He didn't know what would become of such a vision. It was fading fast before their eyes.
(1 minute later)
Lerek snapped from the vision so fast that he almost tossed himself backward and off his bed. He didn't even realize they had levitated a few meters off the ground. It had been so odd that he almost felt as if his brain was burning and melting more and more. Yes, such things had gotten out of his control. It was so odd for now.
"Damn it…" Lerek said before he tapped Blake on the shoulder to which she opened her eyes. "So, that ever happen when you meditate? Because it sure as the force doesn't happen when I do it." Lerek said before his comlink beeped.
"Make yourself comfy…" Lerek said before he sighed and grabbed his comlink. "General Lerek, who's calling, please?" Lerek questioned as he heard a chuckle.
"Ah, that's the general…" Lerek heard as he hummed. "General Ironwood wants to talk to you and Ms. Belladonna. There are a few things he said you should discuss, general to general. He also asked if you could bring the decrypted data so we can look over it." Lerek said while he rubbed at his nose.
He sighed and looked around his room before he leaned on the bed and mulled over his options. He knew something had to be done. That something might as well divide the planet into pieces.
Part of him respected Ironwood. The man cared about the planet and was still trying to take things nicely without them all fighting. On the other hand? They had the fact that he was after something.
He had more on his mind than this. They had more problems on their minds to focus upon.
"Tell him I'll meet him and Professor Ozpin at Beacon along with Master Kenobi and Yoda at Beacon," Lerek stated before he hummed. "Drifter? Get some sleep. I don't want you dropping dead of exhaustion. Message me when you're taking it…. If the Admiral needs something? Let him bother me directly. I don't have a thousand good Drifters who can handle this stuff." Lerek stated before he sighed to himself.
He was a lot more focused on such a thing, but it was making his head spin over and over and over. It hurt more and more when this was all over. He didn't know what would have happened to this. There was something else on his mind.
He hadn't yet to have questioned with this was a lot more to have gotten when this was all said and done. He was a lot more questioned before it seemed to have been a lot worse.
He hadn't yet questioned before he was all done and dusted. This wasn't over before he got over it. There was more to this. He had yet to question this. The problem hadn't yet seemed to surface.
Blake stretched out her legs, feeling the power surge down from her soles to the top of her ears. What kind of power had gone that far into her body? what power was that strong? She didn't know it… She didn't feel like she could have known it. Such a thing had been a lot more terrifying than it should have been and done and dusted. She cracked her fingers before she slowly leaned backward, stretching herself out like the house animal would have been in reality.
He had a lot more anger on his mind as he relaxed and started to have thought more and more and more as this went on. such problems had only served to cross his mind. It had been something that had been questioned.
It hurt a lot more, however. He didn't know what else could have been done before it was all over and before he got to relax. Such a problem hadn't yet presented itself.
He rubbed up at his nose, too unsure of what to do while Blake drummed her fingers on her legs. She seemed to have questioned what to have done before it seemed to have woken herself up. She watched as Lerek seemed to have prepared for the worst. It was something he couldn't have expected from the woman. Such things had yet to have pierced his mind. It hadn't yet gotten where he should have been.
"I'm assuming you're going to have gotten all prepared? I can give you my holodisk and we go from there." Lerek stated before he shook his head.
There was a lot more on the mind. He didn't know what to have done and dusted. He didn't seem to have gotten where it should have done. Something that hadn't yet gotten so far. It was odd… So very odd that it hurt. Such things had been something beyond what his talents were.
She kicked her legs back and forth, too unsure of what else this could have been. Such a thing was beyond what she had wished to have been.
"Would you like me to go? And why Beacon?" Lerek heard from Blake before she chuckled.
"Because it's time I finally focus on making allies. We've been so busy with little things that we haven't focused on Vale itself." Lerek stated before he pulled on his boots and looked at her.
"Plus? It's still your school, I kinda have to get there sooner or later. I'll be alright. I'd rather like you to be there sooner or later. Anyway? I'll be headed down there now. I'll keep a spare shuttle handy if you feel like going down there yourself. It's entirely your choice." Lerek said before he rubbed at his temples.
Such a problem had been something that had to be done and dusted. It was a choice he didn't relish, he found it to have been far more than he could have dealt with all of this hoopla more than he should have done with such a thing on his mind, it hurt, sure… But he could have thought of less painful ways if he wished.
The pain at least reminded him that he was alive and stable. He was properly able to have focused more and more on the mind. It wasn't something he wished; it wasn't something he had wanted… But it was what he had gotten. This problem was far beyond what he had wished, far beyond it if he had listened properly.
"Are you going to be, ok?" Lerek questioned to which Blake looked around.
"Can I… Have a minute to get my shoes and bow then if we go?" Blake asked as Lerek sighed and smirked before typing in the code to close the door behind him.
He had only a moment to laugh at this before he questioned what else had been prepared for now. He hadn't the proper idea as to how this would have gone.
"Master Obi-Wan?" Lerek questioned over his commlink before he seemed to have forgotten for a second what had been happening. "Can I be able to ask a small favor? We're going to be a few minutes. Can you end up asking about a certain force bond? I have some questions now. I need some answers and I don't know what will be happening next. I don't know what will be happening." Lerek said while he sighed and rubbed at his temples, he hadn't yet gotten where he could have done.
He didn't know what else it could have been. He didn't know how long this would have been. What he did know was just how much this was going to backfire on him the entire rest of the way. If anything? All he did was slightly slow down what would have happened if at all.
He hated the problematic aspect of plans like this. It was too bothersome to him. what they mostly served to have done was simple. He and Blake had a lot of lands to cover and yet? None of it was covered while they were still so young and incapable of it… Yes, he almost hated this sort of thing. It made his skin crawl to have imagined it.
(10 minutes later)
Lerek only paused to look at Blake who was still playing with a zipper on her boot. He only sighed and stopped to use the force to pull and adjust it properly. He honestly felt too amused by this to have gotten where he should have been. Anything like this was… Odd, yes, but not a few amusing quirks as to how this had damn well gone for now. Such problems only served to have gotten worse. He felt like he was swimming through his mind and every single point of it.
It hurt at times, but he was still sure of whatever the hell had been going on and on and on until he snapped like a paper Mache egg. It was all so odd, something before it came down to it. He was too tired before now. He was tired and bored before it came down to it.
There were a lot more problems with this, so many that it hurt and that it had been a problem. He had a lot worse before it came down to it.
He clicked his fingers before he finally seemed to have done. It was something he could deal with sooner or later.
"We're not going to let it all be a waste." Lerek heard as he sighed before he looked at Blake who had been tired. "General? Do I need to tell you something? General Ironwood walks to talk about the problems… Well, a problem he supposes you can help with." Lerek heard as he raised an eyebrow.
"Uh… Ok?" Lerek said before he sighed. "Why is it I can't just talk the way I want to? Oy… Blake? You can go in, I guess I'll talk to General Ironwood and all that." Lerek stated to which he rubbed at his temples.
He rubbed at his temples before he looked at the ceiling of the gunship, he clicked his tongue as he did so. This ended one of 2 ways when it was all said and done.
"Ok," Blake said before the gunship landed and they slowly exited. "I'll wait for you up in the tower, ok?" Blake questioned to which she seemed to walk towards the tower which had Winter next to her.
Lerek hummed as he walked up to Ironwood who had his hands folded behind him. The two Generals glanced at each other as Lerek hummed.
"General," Ironwood said as Lerek nodded.
"Hello, General Ironwood," Lerek said before he rubbed at his brow. "Anything you want to talk about we can't talk about inside? I'm very curious as to how this would have gone if you had announced your arrival at the last battle." Lerek said before he seemed to have been decided.
"I need your help. I don't know I can talk to the others would do if they heard." Ironwood said before Lerek went to speak. "The Republic's help more specific. There are certain things when it comes down to it that we're powerless about. This was a lot worse than I assumed before he questioned." Ironwood seemed to have stated before he turned to look before it came down.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will show more of Blake and Lerek and set up the tournament. Until then, Lighting Wolf out! Until the 900–6500-word chapter.