Prologue
"Alright, listen up Guardian." Cayde-6's words came through the comms clearly thanks to Shimmer, Cyron's Ghost. "You remember Oryx? Of course you do, you just killed him. Good job on that, by the way. Well, Ikora's Hidden found something. It appears that Crota gained one of his father's abilities, being his sword-skills. Here's the thing, Crota wasn't his only child. We've found another one, and he's worse than Crota. His name is Nilix, and it appears as though he got Oryx's ability to Take enemies. However, it's on a smaller scale. He can't take an army, more like one or two an hour. Eris gave a guardian, Paimta-92, a special incantation to prevent him from being Taken. Thing is, he's gone. It's believed that his being an Exo and all made it wear off faster. Since you're a human, it should work fine. You need to get on the Dreadnaught and take him out, and see what happened to Delix. You in?"
"Well, you ready to take on another one of his sons?", asked Shimmer nervously.
"Why of course."
"Alright, go get 'em Guardian", as Cayde said his farewell to the Guardian. The last he would give to him for quite some time.
2 Hours Later
"Alright Cy, we're entering the breach now, last chance to back down."
"No way, we're doing this now. What's the gameplan?"
"Well, we go to the mausoleum, and activate the Rupture. We'll have to fight off any leftover Taken from Oryx, along with any Cabal from the nearby ship. If we survive that, which we usually do, we'll enter. This should take us to where we ended Oryx. We need to be careful there, anything without this incantation in that area will be Taken instantaneously. Sounds like a normal day on the job, right?"
"Sounds about right. Drop me out Shim."
"Understood…" At his request, Shim dropped his Guardian out. Since he was a Nightstalker, Cy was able to go invisible almost instantly. Using this, he ran through the Cabal and Hive battleground, only to find a war of sorts going on in the mausoleum. "Cayde, we have a problem at the Rupture. Now would be a good time for that joke you made when we were raiding your stash."
"All I said was… No, they couldn't have gotten in there. Get me telemetry of your position now. I'm getting the other Vanguards." Near the Rupture were the Taken and Hive, and from their ship poured Cabal. The problem? Coming from what appeared to be the area behind the Rupture was a Fallen Skiff, and releasing from it were only Reaver Captains and Vandals.
"They must have gotten a scout in their through the Dantalion, but even then, how did Oryx not make a fail-safe for instances like this?", questioned Shim, who knew that this had made their hard job near impossible. 'On the off chance the Cabal don't shoot us in the back and the Hive don't destroy our charge into them, we can't fight four sides at once."
"So why fight both sides? We have Crota's essence, the Taken and Hive likely won't shoot us if we don't shoot them. We can go invisible and get by the Cabal. That just leaves the Fallen… What house?" Cy was a good soldier yes, but at heart, he was a tactician.
"It appears to be from somewhere outside the system, They appear to have white markings, though they are highly similar to that of the House of Exile in style, perhaps this is where the first Exiles came from."
"See if you can figure out their name, then link that name to these guys."
"On it, checking… Skolas hasn't said anything... Cabal have no information in this system… World's Grave… Got it! They appear to be the House of Andros. Their colours have been stated to be black, white, and gray depending on their rank."
"What's white designate?" After a long silence, Cy spoke again. "What rank does white mean?"
"It means personal guard, to the Kell. The Andros will do whatever it takes to take the Dreadnaught and its treasures for themselves. Also, they seem to be trying to enter the Rupture. What should we try to do?"
"We do my plan to the Rupture, you said it takes a minute, right? If I can activate it and then hold down that walkway, I can get in no problem. If I lure some Taken on there, it'll help to defend me from the Kell's Guard."
"Understood, let's go". They moved quickly to the Rupture, making it with time to spare thanks to Lockdown, an ability the Ghost can grant to Nightstalkers."Rupture's opening, I'll tell you when you can go in!" The first Shadow Thralls appeared, then came the Tortured Wizard.
"Come on Fallen, get up here…" Then as if they understood the command, some of the Captains jumped up, and were immediately ambushed by the Shadows. They fought as Cy stood there, waiting for the opportunity. "
Understand Guardian, this is going to hurt your brain quite a bit at first, but then it should steady out. Once we're in, be prepared for anything."
"I know, is it ready?"
"That it is, go in when you feel prepared". And with that, Cy jumped in head first, eager to see what had happened to Paimta, and if it had anything to do with Delix.