HEY EVERYONE! SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS STORY. I TOOK IT DOWN BECAUSE SOMEONE POINTED OUT A LOT OF MISTAKES, AND WHEN I LOOKED BACK I SAW THE GREAT MISTAKES THAT WERE IN THE STORY SO FAR AND THE ONES THAT WOULD COME. A SECOND SAO WITH MANY PLOT HOLES IF YOU WILL. SO, I TOOK DOWN THE STORY, AND I AM CURRENTLY REVISING IT SO THAT WAS IT ISN'T AS HORRENDOUS AS BEFORE. SO, PLEASE ENJOY THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE REVISED Warriors of Legend!
Chapter 1: Artifacts
"Damn. You really do shoot to kill, don't you?" a person asked, seeing the person they were talking to take off the safely glasses. The other person looked at him, and smiled.
"If someone breaks into my place, or attacks me, why shouldn't I defend myself?" he said. He holstered his Mark 2 Type 9 energy pistol, and took the now depleted cells for the weapon.
"Good luck with the lecture tomorrow Damien!" they called out. In return, they got him waving his hand as a form of acknowledgement. Damien Tauno was twenty-two years of age, and had been going to the shooting range for four years now. He had jet black hair and red eyes, making him look more intimidating than he actually was. He currently had on a pitch black parka (think Han Solo's Hoth jacket) with a black shirt and black jeans on. He also had steel toed combat boots on, as he and his older brother had trained in fighting styles, and practiced against each other.
The day was still young, so he decided to do something he's been doing lately: exploring. And he had found a perfect spot to do so, as he had yet to map out the entire area, and he was planning on doing so. He stopped by the dorm rooms for his duffel bag, opening it up. He saw his inventory, which consisted of more than needed. There were multiple coils of rope, fragments of robotic technology he had found, a camera for proof of any kind of evidence, a military grade torch, and a few extra cells for his pistol. He looked at his phone, which he hadn't bothered in taking when he went to the gun range. He took it out and texted his roommate, letting him know that he would most likely be gone when he got back from class.
Walking out, he locked the door behind him, and headed back outside to find his modified hover bike. He opened the front part, as he had made the front part of the bike a storage area, and the back of the bike had all the mechanics. He got on, and turned the motor on, hearing a light hum, knowing it was warming up. He's yet to find a relatively cheap part to keep the motor from freezing, as all heat products were so expensive on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons that had been colonized. And with an artificial atmosphere, they were able to go outside without being killed from the lack of air.
He sped off once he knew the motor was working properly, heading to the outskirts of town. He saw the traffic above him was pretty hectic, and knew that it would be a good time to be closer to the ground. He continued until he found what he was looking for: a rather large part of a ship sticking out of the ground. There was already a large amount of damage done, leaving a giant hole in the ship. Instead of going through the large hole, he had found a smaller entry into the crash site, and proceeded that way. After a few feet, he came across some broken steps, which he had climbed before. He turned right once he was up the steps, and saw that the metal beam he had moved into the doorway to prevent it from closing was still there. He proceeded, and walked to the set of stairs before fishing out his torch. He knew it could get dark, and the more he proceeded into the ship, with many twists and turn, it kept getting darker. He passed a few caved in elevator shafts, not wanting to dig his way through more. It took a while, but he finally saw some light.
There was a hole in part of the ship, so he ran towards it, turning of the torch to save power. He looked to the sky, and saw Jupiter looming overhead in the sky, a beautiful sight to see. Smiling, he continued down the path, and eventually came across a bunch of landing platform, all covered in a thick layer of dust indicating that they haven't been used in a while. Running his fingers across the dust, he assumed that they weren't used for at least 5000 years. Damien shot his head up, looking around, having the feeling someone was watching him.
"Hello?" Damien called out, grabbing his pistol from the holster. "Anyone there? I Just want to know why you're here." There were a few minutes of silence before Damien sighed. "Must be my imagination."
Deciding that the outside wasn't as safe as the inside, he made his way back, seeing a partially opened door while backtracking. He saw that he could barely squeeze through if he were flat on the ground. He slid his bag under, and then wiggled his way under the door, seeing a room he had not yet seen. There was a hallway to his right with a red light, and under him as well. Taking his bag back, he slung it over his shoulder and dropped down, seeing two fuzzy holograms. He was able to tell what they were roughly though. One was a ship, and he assumed it was the ship he was in as well. The second looked like a four legged proxy with a triangular head. Moving away, he was able to explore more, seeing knocked over lockers, some opened, some closed. Continuing after he had seen enough of the eerie room, we traveled a bit longer, maybe ten minutes before he came across a unique room. He had seen some of the rooms before repeat, but this room was different. There were three doors, two leading to what looked like vents that were still working and the third one ran between the two, creating a hallway.
He walked down the middle, and the door opened to reveal an open area floor with rubble and knocked over beams and large containers haphazardly pushed to the side. It did however look like it could also be used for cover. On the far end, he saw an opening and a small hut looking building. But in the middle of the room were the most interesting features: three enormous vents. He thought something was off about the vents, since they were protected by energy gates, which were still operational.
"How are these things operational? I dated them back to the period just before human colonization. Let me get some photographs," Damien said to himself. He took out his camera, and when he looked back, he saw a humanoid figure walking around. Deciding not to figure out if it were friendly, he quietly dropped to his stomach, making sure not to cause a sound.
"Youkai to Base, do you copy?" they said, Damien wondering if the thing was theirs.
"I found remnants of an active Corpus sight. The Raptor factory on Naamah. I can't see anyone right now, but I did see a human male snooping around earlier," the figure known as Youkai informed the ones they were talking with.
'Human? Then they are extraterrestrials from outside the Origin System,' Damien thought. He wanted to get a picture, but knew that he would die from it. However, he did see a series of characters while he was panicking. He zoomed in, and took a picture, glad that he had a digital camera with him this time around. They looked like characters, but he couldn't read them.
'These look like they could have been the first characters of the human language. I'll ask around campus tomorrow. If I get out today,' Damien thought.
"No, the gravity conveyers are still active. They must have repaired it before going extinct," Youkai spoke, Damien seeing them looking into the gravity conveyer. "It looks like one got stuck inside."
"I hope he's not trying to revive them. But I'll look around tomorrow. I know what they look like. That black turtle neck is a dead giveaway," Youkai said, hearing footsteps. "I think our conversation wasn't private. I'll see you in a few Cerberus."
Damien had taken off as soon as he heard the black turtle neck, as he knew he was going to be hunted once the conversation was over. He figured a head start was what he needed. He doubled back into the vents, trying to hide from whatever was chasing him. And he was smart to do so. He saw the strange creature walking through the middle hallway, holding a bow and arrow. They kept looking into each vent room, Damien knowing that hiding there wasn't the best idea. But he knew that it was a lot better than trying to run. He was hiding behind a vent, doing his best to keep out of sight. He was able to grab a photo of the creature, and remain undetected. He stashed his camera away, and took out his pistol. He had a feeling it would do much against the creature, but he'd rather be safe than sorry. After a painful hour, Damien decided it was safe to proceed. He was very cautious, and was checking his corners before moving onto the next turn. After thirty minutes, he was back where he started, and moved to his bike, removing the snow cover. He placed it back inside the front compartment along with his bag, closing it fast. He was off faster than most would be when moving away from the crash site. He didn't see that a certain creature was watching him leave from the shadows higher up in the ship.
"I hope you know what you're doing Cobra. This is a huge gamble we're taking," Youkai said.
"I know, but it's better than killing the kid you saw in the vent room like Cerberus suggested," Cobra informed.
"Agreed. I'll report back to Phantom and get everyone to regroup at Naamah, Europa. Do you know where Alpha and Charlie are?" Youkai asked.
"Alpha are trying to figure out what is going on at the inner four planets, we were tasked with Phobos through Uranus, and Charlie got stuck with the rest," Cerberus reminded.
"Send a distress signal then. They won't be able to ignore that. Has either group found our dojo?" Youkai asked, putting the bow and arrow away once she could no longer see the boy.
"Not that they reported. Most dojos found were either in shambles or were scavenged for parts," Cerberus said, Youkai sighing.
"I'm returning to orbit now. I'll be docking at our temporary base in ten," Youkai finished, knowing that tracking the boy as she were would cause an uproar, especially since all traces of the Old War were wiped from history. The only thing that could possibly show people what was going on were the record kept on Earth's moon, which was densely populated with researchers, architects, and inventors who wanted to know how their supposed ancestors built such intricate and complex machines.
I AM AWARE THAT NOT MUCH WAS EXPLAINED, BUT MOSTLY EVERYTHING WILL BE EXPLAINED IN THE NEXT TWO CHAPTERS. ALSO, NEXT CHAPTER IS WHERE DAMIEN'S FRIENDS ARE INTRODUCED ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER, SO LOOK FORWARD TO IT! I HAVE SOME MORE WARFRAME TO PLAY TO FIGURE OUT THE EXACT LOADOUTS FOR CERTAIN CHARACTERS. AND FOR THOSE WONDERING, YOUKAI'S WARFRAME WILL BE REVEALED NEXT CHAPTER IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE HUGE REFERENCE TO THE CODE NAME OF HERS. AND YES, YOUKAI IS A FEMALE, WHILE COBRA AND CERBERUS ARE MALES. NO WARFRAMES BESIDES YOUKAI'S WILL BE REVEALED UNTIL CHAPTER 4 OR 5. UNTIL NEXT TIME EVERYONE!
