Anakin walks back to where he saw the Vader painting and its different. In the painting Vader is now kneeling in front of a gravestone. He stands then turns to Anakin. He nods over to the entrance of the cave so Anakin listens. As he walks back through the forest to the school he stops to a strange sound. Might as well. Anakin thought. The sound was some kind of clicking. Once Anakin got close it stops.
"Hel-"
At Beacon It's been a couple hours since Anakin left. Team RWBY and JNPR are in the library. Lilly and Rex decided to go say hi so they are here too. RWBY have started playing some board game while JNPR is... well. Jaune is reading a comic book, Pyrrha is studying, Ren is reading a normal book, and Nora is sleeping.
Lilly and Rex walk up to see Team RWBY. "Hey Strawberry Monster." Lilly jokes. The nickname causes Rex to raise an eyebrow. He hadn't seen Ruby eat any Strawberries.
"Lilly!" Ruby jumped from her seat and tackled her in hug. "HELP US YANG IS WINING!" Lilly and Rex chuckle at her antics. She is way too innocent. Rex thought. I guess its a good thing though.
"Well I don't know how to play," Lilly admits. "Besides it looks like you have a full group." Yang gets up from her seat and crosses her arms while she gives Ruby a smirk. Rex looks to the other members of RWBY to see that Blake seems lost in thought, and Weiss is holding the manual to the game reading about how the game works. He decides to get Blake's attention by tapping her shoulder.
"Hey." Rex starts. She nearly jumps out of her skin in surprise.
"What? Oh, sorry Rex." She says. Everyone at the table is looking at her but she doesn't notice.
"Are you alright?" Rex asks, concern in his voice . "You seemed pretty spaced out."
"Yeah I'm fine, just, I have a lot on my mind."
"Well," Lilly jumps in "If somethings bothering you, your free to talk to us." She adds earning a 'Yeah' from Ruby
"Thanks, really, but I'm fine." She says. She then takes a look around. "Is Anakin with you?" Rex swears he saw Yang get a mischievous grin out of the corner of his eye. However this does bring him to think more about it. He didn't look all to happy when he left this morning, and he hasn't checked in. Training alone perhaps? Its possible.
"Now that you mention I we haven't seen him since this morning." Rex says. She is about to reply but Rex's scroll goes off. He grabs it to see that it's Crimson calling. He hoped Crimson wouldn't always be simply away only contacting when something happens. "Yeah?" Rex questions.
"Rex you may want take a look at the news when you get a second."
"Why what happened?"
"Trust me you'll understand the moment you see it." With that he hangs up, leaving Rex vary confused. But Rex trusts him so Rex uses his scroll to open up the news. Team RWBY and Lilly gather around as he dose.
"We have shocking news today as the military base here in Vale was attacked. The attacker killed a large amount of soldiers leaving a number of over fifty deaths, but what the Police and Military are questioning is the motive of the attack, and the aftermath of it. Local Police state that the attack was earlier this morning. The only thing the Attacker left behind were scorch marks and a message made of strange symbols."
The screen shows and image of the all too familiar language. Galactic Basic, and the words tell the last line of the Sith code.
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Once Rex read it he dropped his scroll, but that's when something happened. He heard it. That mechanized breathing. He blinks and the floor is no longer the library. He looks up to see Him. He walks up to Rex so Rex immediately draws his blaster. His heart was pumping and his blood was rushing. He seemed to back up when Rex drew his blaster.
"Rex!" There it was. The angelic sound of Lilly's voice, but where was it coming from. "Rex Snap Out Of It!" With those words Rex found himself back in the library, Blaster pointed at Jaune. His hands shaking and his breathing calming he hesitantly drops it. The entire library was looking at him. "Rex what happened." His breathing was still heavy and shaken but he manages to answer.
"A Sith... In Vale." RWBY, Lilly and now JNPR look at him expectantly. Rex found himself seeing it all flash before his eyes. The Clone Wars, Order 66, The Empire all of it.
"Rex?" Lilly asks shaking me out of my memories. "What were those symbols?"
He took a second before answering without thinking. "Galactic Basic." This seemed to confuse them all except Lilly. Rex had told Lilly about his home a little while back. He still wondered why she seemed to accept it so quickly.
"What did It say Rex?" Lilly asked.
"With Victory My Chains Are Broken"
In Vale Dooku was in the current hideout walking around ensuring everyone was doing what they were suppose to when two of the white fang members ran into him from their hurry. They stand and go to apologize only to freeze when they realize who they bumped into.
"What's your hurry?" Dooku questions with a grin.
"S-s-s-sorrry s-s-sir. S-s-s-something strange was G-going on, on the news.
"Strange?"
"Y-y-y-yes sir."
"Show me." They then lead the way to a massive group surrounding the Television. They move out of the way so Dooku could see.
"-the only thing the Attacker left behind were scorch marks and a message made of strange symbols." Once he saw the words, Dooku was confused. Another Sith, Here? He grabbed his handmade Holocomunicater, and walked into his quarters. Once there Dooku quickly contacted his Mistress.
"Count Dooku?" She asks. "What has brought you to contact me?"
"I Believe their is another Sith present aside from our allies."
"Indeed there is." She says. "Two to be precise, but one has become mine now, and he will be contacting you vary shortly." She says cryptically.
"What of the other?"
"I am uncertain. I know he exists yet I don't know who he is or where he is hiding." She explains. "But don't worry about that for now."
"Vary well, your grace" Dooku bows before ending the call. He then hears a knock on his door, so he opens it. A deer faunas White Fang member stood before Dooku.
"Sir Roman needs your assistance in the planning room." She said. Still cant believe he named it that. Dooku thought.
"Vary well, Take me to him." Dooku is lead to the room to see the door slightly open, and bent. Dooku decides to open it the rest of the way to see absolutely nothing. The room is pitch black. That's when he heard it. Unfamiliar Mechanical Breathing. Just then he is hit by it. The Cold. It was so powerful, he began to shiver. That was enough to place fear withing Dooku, but he hid it as best as he could. Dooku takes a step inside and the door closed behind him. The lights flickered dimly reveling the outline of a dark silhouette. Ive only ever felt a presence this strong once. Dooku thought.
Standing clad in black armor, seemed to be something more machine than man. However Dooku knew it was a person, or at least something living. It was Him. The Monster from the docks. At this revelation Dooku ignites his saber, and took a few steps back. The crimson light only served to make the figure look much more menacing. That's when the lights started to flicker on completely reveling Romen floating in the air grasping his throat for an invisible grasp.
"How did you get here, and what do you want, Skywalker?" Dooku asks keeping a somewhat calm tone.
"Skywalker is dead, I destroyed him." He states as he walks closer causing Dooku to step back. "And I am here to finish where you have started... for Her Eminence."
