Chapter 01 – The Awakening
Author Note : I hope you enjoy the story. I have done research and planning based on this idea for a while now, and now decided to write it a bit. I might continue it in the future, but I don't expect this to be a long one.
Warning : Contains SPOILERS about Warframe and Undertale. Also foul language, violence and blood. You have been now warned.
Earth.
Several hundred years ago, it was a beautiful planet, bountiful of life.
Now, the planet has been mostly abandoned, all that remains are mutated jungles, roaming with Grineer forces, seeking to make the planet to their own. Whie nothing valuable should remain on the planet, in depths of the jungle, something would stir.
A group of Grineer soldiers would be wandering the jungle, exploring. The group would be composed of a four Lancers with a light blue battle armor and their commander, a soldier with similar grey armor and a long helmet. "...What are we exactly looking for Sir?" One of the Lancers would ask as they walk deeper to the jungle. "The tenno who escaped from Captain Vor earlier today. They cannot have gotten far", Commander would simply reply. "However, our orders are not to report to him but to straight to General Skuul". "To General Skuul?" Another lancer asks, tilting head in confusion. "Don't bother your head for a reason "why". Just focus on the mission", Commander then orders at the group continues their trek to deeper parts of the jungle.
After a hour of marching, Commander orders the group to stop. "What is it sir?" One of the lancers speak of, as Commander points forwards. Ahead of the group, there would be a remains of a Grineer lancer, covered in moss and with half of the body missing. "What in the Queen's name..." One of the lancers wonders, making his way closer to examine the corpse, brushing some moss away. "...He has been dead for quite some time now. Only bones remain, and cybernetics have rusted", he then states, looking at others. "Cause of death?" Commander asks. Lancer turns to face him. "Bladed object. Whatever it was had enough force to slash him clean in half-" Lancer says as something gleams behind him, in the distance.
In a next moment, a round, bladed and rapidly spinning blade would come visible, cutting deep into the Grineer Lancer and cleaving his body in half, leaving a bloody mess as the blade returns to where it came from. "Open fire!" Commander would call out as rest of the lancers, along with him, draw their weapons and start to shoot at the direction where the blade came from. "What the hell was that?!" Lancers ask, while Commander frowns. "Glaive of some kind... Seems that soldier got too close of something and was killed..." He then smirks underneath his mask. "Only Tenno wield weapon like that and could survive here." "Your orders sir?" A lancer would ask, while Commander motions forwards. "Ahead, of course. We found the Tenno we were looking for", he states as the group begins to make their way ahead, deeper to the jungle, past their deceased ally and the remains of the lancer.
Group would be at a edge as they move deeper to the forest. In every shadow, they could swear they see something moving there, but know that just opening fire would draw attention of their enemy. Yet, they felt like they were being watched. As half a hour have pass and the night falls, commander once more stops, looking surprised. "What is it sir?" One of the Lancers would whisper as commander points forward at something. At first, it would look like just a another rock or fallen tree covered in moss, but at closer inspection it would be a ship of some kind – ancient, and crashed. "Ship... And old one", lancer mutters, getting closer in order to examine it. "...Looks like Orokin origin, but it is not operational." Commander looks around. "...We must be getting close of something then", he speaks, as the glaive once more flies out of nowhere, severing head of the lancer before returning to the shadows. Once more, group opens fire at the shadows. "...It is playing with us, picking us one by one..." Lancers speak, looking around, getting paranoid, though Commanders resolve remains steeled. "Do not separate from the group again. It has so far only attacked when we have been away from the rest", he then orders. "R-roger", both of the remaining lancers speak at the same time, as they make their way deeper to the forest. On a tree branch, a humanoid figure would watch them as they move.
It would not take long until the group reach a cave. At first, it would not look too much different to ones they had seen before. But as they moved forwards, the stone walls would be soon replaced by a smooth white ones, and moss would give room for golden ornaments. "...Orokin designs. What is the meaning of this?" Commander wonders, as they head further inside.
Soon, the group finds themselves from secluded room, with pods, arranged so that they look like lotus flower, stuck at the middle of the room in water. "Seems we hit a jackpot... This is a Orokin chamber that somehow has gone unnoticed so far", one of the lancer speaks. "Indeed. With this, General Skuul's reputation is sure to reach even the Queens", commander agrees. As he takes a step forwards, he teleports to his right, just in time to avoid a round blade flying from behind the group. "I was prepared this time, Tenno", commander states, turning to face his attacker as the ring-blade returns.
Figure would grab the returning blade in air from a handle middle of the blade. It would be a feminine humanoid figure, with a sleek armor coloured in light red, different hues of pale and dark gray, and golden metallic ornaments visible, even if darkened by time. The shoulder-piece itself would be different design, more flower-like, curving towards the figures sleek helmet. "...A Warframe", Commander says, smirking. "And Orokin one top of that. This is much better price than I could had hoped for." Warframe would stay silent, not saying a word, as lancers and commander keep their aims at it. "Open fire!"
As Lancers open fire, warframe would jump high in air, throwing her glaive at one of the lancers, leaving a deep gash to his chest as the grineer falls lifeless to the ground. As this happen, Warframe itself would land right behind the other lancer. "I got you now!" Lancer calls out, aiming at Warframe. "Fool! Dodge!" Commander calls out, but too late. The returning glaive would cleave the last lancer in half, with blood spraying to the floors and coating the glaive with it. Commander frowns a bit. "I see. You don't have any guns with you, only that blade. Otherwise you would had shot us already", he then states, before aiming his rifle at the pods. Warframe turns her attention at the commander in a instant and hurls the glaive. Behind his mask, commander smirks.
In a next blink of an eye, commander would change places with the Warframe, causing the glaive slash the Warframe instead of hitting the Grineer, making it kneel down. Commander would make his way closer the pods, with cocky smirk on his face under his mask. "It's over now", he then states as he starts to force one the pods open. "This is what you are protecting, isn't it?" he asks. Warframe would not be moving, as the pod is forced open. Inside, would be a humanoid figure, a girl, wearing a green bodysuit. "...What is this?" Commander asks, looking confused for a moment. "THIS is what that thing was protecting, why?" He asks, before aiming his gun down. "No matter. It won't be needed-" Commander says, before his arm is severed by the throwing disk, making him roar in pain and turn to face his attacker.
The Warframe would be standing again, ignoring its injured arm as the disk returns to it. "You just don't know when to stay down do you?!" Commander snaps, picking his gun from the ground and aiming it straight at the warframe, who aims her palm at him. Before he can fire, a unknown force would throw him back, making him collide with the wall behind him and hitting ground. "Kh... What was... That? I didn't even see the attack..." He speaks, coughing up blood from his cracked mask as he reaches to his side, pulling out a pistol. As he aims it at the Warframe, his eyes widen for a moment.
To commanders surprise, Warframe would now be holding a gun as well, one he had not seen before. A pistol, ornamented with gold, with red markings on black and white background. Commander would now be furious, thinking that the Warframe was playing him for a fool, only using its blade. "Curse you!" Commander then swears as he pulls the trigger of his gun, firing two shots at once at the Warframe. Frame would however pull out its glaive and deflect bullets to the side, before aiming a pistol at the commander and pulling the trigger, firing a single energy shot at him – painting the white wall behind him with blood, before falling to knee and dropping the gun to the ground.
Silence would fill the hall as the Warframe stops moving, and the Grineer's blood would flow at the room. Then, the human from the pod begins to stir, before opening her red eyes. She stares at the roof for a moment, still bit dizzy after so sudden awakening, before closing them again. Not long after her eyes shoot wide open as she snaps completely awake, sitting up and looking around the room, with warframe and a corpses of the grineer. "...What in the... Where am I?" She asks, looking around, before trying to stand up, stumbling.
As she stumbles, Warframe would quickly make her way to her and catch her before she can fall to the ground. "...Thanks?" She thanks, looking at the figure who inclines her head. Chara tilts her head a bit, looking at the Warframe, who lowers her back to ground, sitting at the edge of water. Chara looks around the room, at the Grineer, and then at Warframe. "You killed them?" She asks, to which Warframe nods. "In order to protect me?" Warframe nods again. "Why?" She then asks. This makes Warframe go even more silent than it was already, not sure how to answer to the question. "Well, I guess ask that later", she says, scratching back of her head and sighs. "...I wonder how many years I have been sleeping", she then wonders, looking at the roof. Warframe would be just shaking her head to the question, unsure. "Well, I guess we find out that later", she says, shrugging it off, before offering her hand to the Warframe. "I'm Chara, by to way", she then introduces herself. Warframe looks around a moment, before using blood to write something to the ground, two words.
Banshee Umbra.
Chara would look at the letters, nodding. "Banshee... The Silent One, if my memory serves me right", she then says, smiling and offering her hand to the Warframe. "Let's try to get along!" Banshee just silently nods, shaking Chara's hand as two head movement from the entrance. "Wowie! I have never seen a place like this before, have you Sans?" voice calls out. "No, but stay on your guard Paps, just in case. The Grineer might be here", other voice says. Banshee would automatically assume a stance for combat and move front of Chara, the glaive and pistol ready. Chara looks at the glaive a bit. "Wait, that's the one the Dax used to wield, Orvius... But why it looks so familiar?" She wonders, as two figures become visible. Two cybernetic skeletons, a tall one wielding a staff and with orange scarf, and a shorter one with two floating sentinels, shaped like a dragon's skulls.
Awkward silence would fill the chamber, which is then abruptly broken by the taller skeleton. "Sans, look! Is that..." Sans nods. "Yep. A Warframe." "No, behind it!" Papyrus corrects. Sans looks again, now noticing Chara. "Oh. OH." Sans says, looking surprised by this. "Why there is a Tenno in here?" He asks, looking around. Chara narrows her eyes, standing up, staggering at first, but then stands tall while crossing her arms. "And how you know what I am?" She asks, trying to sound as imposing as she can – but fails as she nearly falls over, only to be caught by Banshee Umbra. "Simple. We have a lot books about the long-lost Orokin Civilization", Sans says. Frisk blinks a bit. "Uh... Long lost?" She asks, now confused. "Yep. Orokin Civilization, and the Tenno, vanished several hundred years ago", Sans states, catching Chara off-guard. She looks at the Frame next to her. "...She has been guarding me several hundred years, alone? Why?" She wonders, looking thoughtful, and at the same time surprised.
"...Anyhow, we should leave. There are several Grineer heading this way", Sans explains. "We got a landing craft nearby, we can use it." "Alright, but there you have to explain this!" Chara says. Papyrus smiles. "Allright!" He then calls out, picking Chara up and holding her on his arms. "Let's get going!" He announces before running away. Banshee stares a moment, before running after two, now seeming to panic. Sans chuckles as the Sentinels pick him up and fly after the group.
As the chamber has been left empty, a purple hologram of a robed figure appears at middle of the room, holding a staff, looking at empty pods. "...THE SLEEPER HAS AWOKEN... FIND THE CHILD OF THE VOID..." figure then speaks with a glitchy voice, before fading out again, leaving a silent chamber behind.
Notes : I had the Grineer Lancers and Commander speak fluent english to make understanding them easier. I hope you liked the chapter. Based on responses I get, I might continue the story, sooner or later.