CHAPTER 1: Cull The Meek
IVARA P.O.V.
My indoctrination mission, the one that would test my abilities and my will to become a part of the clan. I breathed a heavy breath and gripped my cernos tightly. A rescue mission on Saturn, twisted metal and grineer machinery entered my eyes as Rhino broke the fan off its hinge, exposing an entry point to the grineer asteroid base, the cold metal fused with rock. I stepped down onto the rafter, hearing three thuds behind Next came Nova, timid and shy, with a short and light frame. Nezha came next, one of the four leaders of the clan, and one of the supervisors of this mission, a short and skinny frame, with various rings all over his body, with a large ring on his back. The people at the clan call him an asshole at first, but a good leader and a even greater friend, along with being the self proclaimed master of speed.
Lastly was Harrow. Harrow was incredibly tall, easily the tallest frame I've ever seen, holding his scourge staff. He spoke little to no words unless absolutely necessary, and was one of the four leaders of the clan. He looked at me for what seemed like an eternity before pointing to a far off control console about 200 meters away.
"One of our members is captured here, that console over there is for the controls for the prison vault above us." Nehza said. "Just kill the grineer and dont look down!" he said with a slap to my back, seemingly grinning widely behind his helmet. I turn and nod at him, which came with a nod and a gesture towards the console. I shot a zipline arrow to the rock face above it and hop on, walking daintly and lightly, looking up to see a large vault like hatch, then down to see an endless black hole of an abyss below me. I gulped and kept walking, praying on the void that the tightrope does not break. Me and Nova reached the area above the console. A large group of Grineer marines stood watch at all sides, guns raised and ready, unaware of the doom above them as my gaze met Nova's. She nodded and pulled out a pair of viper pistols and jumped off the rope, gracefully falling and decimating a bombard with a hail of bullets, I quickly knocked an arrow and let it fly, the arrow impaling a grineer lancer into the floor, a hiss of oxygen and a mix of blood filling his throat filled the room as the grineer scattered, putting up blunts and taking cover behind them. Nova straightened herself and a huge amount of energy focused itself on her right hand, slamming it into the floor on impact, a large field expanding from her, coating the grineer around her in volatile antimatter. Rhino took this as an invitation, Jumping all the way across the pit, reaching the height of his jump, and stomping on the floor behind Nova, knocking her down and slamming down with so much force that the cold metal beneath him cracked and snapped, causing shards to rain all around him, detonating the antimatter coating the grineer, causing a firework display of viscera and blood. A quick glance of his work around him, flicking bits of guts off of his shoulder and turning around to pick up Nova.
"Whoa. that was much more fun than I thought." Rhino said. "Good job there Nova." He said, picking her up bridal style
Nova squirmed out of his grasp quickly and backed away from him, a blush almost showing behind her helmet. "I told you to call me Cynthia." She whispered looking to the floor.
Rhino gave a hearty laugh "I'm sorry, I keep forgetting." He said, placing a hand on Nova's shoulder. he looked to me "I'd say you did pretty well there Jasmine." he states giving me a thumbs up. "But only Nehza and Harrow can say whether or not you will join our little family." he said pulling Nova into a side hug. I laugh a bit as Nehza slammed onto the floor behind me, shaking the ground behind me. Harrow simply walked behind us to the console seemingly out of nowhere, a mettalic thud was heard every time his scourge staff collided with the cold metal, looking at me as he passed by. Punching a code into the console, he watched the large vault door above the chasm open as a large metal box descends on a cable hook towards us. Nehza walked up next to him and looked up. The box was large, 10 feet by 10 feet, carbon black and thick steel plating adorning all sides, with a solid blast door keeping it shut. The box landed between all of us, making a noticable clang of metal on metal, Nehza and Harrow walked to the blast door, Harrow grabbed the wheel of the door and spun it, catching it and pulling the heavy door open. The dark interior was barely illuminated by the lights outside, as I stood behind Harrow, I saw a thin, small figure ducked into the corner, face in her knees as she layed on the floor, a stench of blood and sweat filling my nostrils. Harrow walked in and the person sat up and pushed itself into the corner, obviously in fear and worry. Harrow put a clawed hand out towards her.
"Be still." He said walking slowly to her. She began to relax a bit, recognizing his voice. The dainty frame raised her hand to him, which he took and pulled her up into a shoulder carry, walking out of the cage into the light.
She was a Titania warframe, her slim and dainty figure slooped over Harrow's large back. Her armor was cracked and chipped off over her body, exposing deep lashes into her body all over, she was limp and not moving, but obviously breathing, the razorflies on her body struggling to fly and keep close to her, and her wings almost completely cleaved off.
"What happened to her?" I asked worried for the girls safety
"She was sent to this base to investigate a suspicious mining operation. With her ability to shrink down and engage enemies without being seen, it seemed to be an easy mission for her, but she prefers to work alone, and that's what caused her to be captured. The Grineer are ruthless against us, so void only knows what they did to her." Nehza said in a low voice, examining the cuts with his fingers lightly.
"I should have gone with her." Harrow said under his breath. "This would have never happened if I went with her."
"You would have been captured too." Nehza replied.
"Lets get her to the ship." Harrow said carrying her limp body.
Nehza sighed and pressed the side of his helmet. "Cordelon, were ready, uploading extraction point now."
Harrow looked to me. "Mission successful. I think you have proven yourself worthy." He said as he thrust his clawed hand forward. "Welcome to the Knights Of Grand Steel
This story was based on one I did earlier called the chains of harrow, but I wanted to rewrite it due to the fact that I thought i could do much better, if you want to be self inserted into a frame dm me but Hydroid, Nezha, Titania, Volt, Loki and Valkyr are already taken. anyway thank you for reading
