Chapter 1 : Reunion with a friend
Ryuunosuke sat before the navigation console in his ship. Suddenly, the ships's NPC, Ordis said," The Lotus wishes for an audience with you, operator."
" Ok then, put her on the holographic console."
" Very well."
Ordis did as he asked and The Lotus's face appeared before Ryuunusuke. However, instead of exchanging greetings, he asked," Lotus, have you found the co-ordinate of another Tenno?"
"Yes Tenno, I believe that I have found the co-ordinate of another Tenno." replied the Lotus, rather calmly despite the seriousness of the statement.
"What! Who is it, Lotus?" asked Ryuunosuke excitedy.
" It is Ken Alexander, the user of the Rhino Warframe."
" What is the situation?" asked Ryuunosuke rather tensely.
"He is currently imprisoned in a Grineer prison facility in Approllodus, Mercury."
Ryyunosuke jumped up from the chair and ordered Ordis," Ordis, take the ship to Approllodus and prepare my weapons and my Warframe."
" As you wish operator."
Suddenly, the Lotus said," Tenno, you cannot go there."
" And why is that?" his tone was suddenly as cold as ice.
" Because the enemy levels and the security are too high. If you barge in there with your current set of weapons, you have no hope of surviving this, let alone complete the mission."
" So what are you telling me to do? Just sit here and wait as my comrade dies or is tortured or experimented on?"Ryuunosuke's face was twisted with rage but his tone was still cold and calm.
" Yes, Tenno."
"Lotus, I am sorry to say this, but you are not human. So you probably can't understand this, but we humans, or more specifically, we tenno cannot just leave our friends and comrades to die."
"But I cannot let another Tenno die in vain-"
" That's why I won't die in vain, I will both complete the mission and survive." said Ryuunosuke with a smile.
"Very well, Tenno, but you must survive at any cost. If I see any threat to your life, then I will instantly teleport you to the ship and abort the mission. That is my only condition." said The Lotus.
"I accept these conditions." replied Ryu (Since his name is so long, we will shorten it and call him Ryu.)
30 minutes later...
Ryu landed hard on the floor of the prison facility. Since it has been almost 20 years( according to the Lotus) since the Tenno were active and the Grineer believe that the Tenno are obliterated, the Security will be lax. But, if the alarm is triggered, the grineer will instantly know that someone has infiltrated the facility and an execution system will be instantly triggered. Which means that there will be a time limit if the alarms are triggered and if Ryu doesn't manage to free Ken by then, Ken will be executed. So if the alarms are triggered, then Ken will most probably die and even if by chance Ryu does manages to save him, they will have to face hordes of enemies on the way. That's why The Lotus has strictly told Ryu that his approach must be stealthy and he must avoid triggering the alarms at all costs. This is the second condition of the mission.
"These really are tough odds", thought Ryu. Suddenly, Ryu heard footsteps approaching his way. He instantly unsheathed the Skana and waited for the Grineer marine to reach him. When the Grineer marine entered the room, it was really shocked and was going to ring the alarms. But Ryu didn't give it the chance, he closed the distance between them with a dash in the fraction of a second and cut off its head with the Skana. It was so fast that Grineer couldn't even lift its arms to defend itself. After killing the Grineer, Ryu started to move. He looked at the map and found a route that would directly lead to the prison blocks and with the least marines stationed. However, before he could make another move, he heard a very loud crashing noise. It came from the prison blocks. Ryu immediately became worried because that was his inital destination. He changed his mind and took the shortest route there. As he got closer, he heard increasingly loud noises of gunfire and hitting noises.
'This is not looking good.' thought Ryu. Suddenly, something whizzed past him and hit the wall next to him with tremendous force, intsantly creating a large crater next to him. Looking at it closely, he saw that it was the body of Grineer marine. Altough this almost confirmed his worst fears, as if to confirm it, he looked in the direction where the body came from. And... it was confirmed. A man with very long and flaming red hair and beard in prisoner's clothes was fighting against a battalion of marines. And behind him was a large hole through which the interior of a prison cell cold be seen. Even though his face was almost completely covered by his beard, Ryu could still recognize those green eyes and that fighting stance. This man was their target, the user of the Rhino warframe, Ken Alexander.
However, before Ryuu could call him or even comprehend the situation, three Butchers* charged towards Ken and attacked him simultaneously. But, before their blades could even graze him, Ken dashed backwards with amazing speed and thus dodging their attacks. And before they could recover, he closed the distance instantly and took the closest one out with a single right hook. It was no oridinary hook, however. As the other two beside it were also caught in its trajectory and all three were blown away and hit the opposite wall, instantly creating a hole in it (the wall). And then Ken immediately looked at Ryuu's direction and said," So you have came, Ryu?"
"You knew that I was coming!?" asked a dumbfounded Ryu.
" Well, yeah at least the Lotus told me that you would." said Ken.
"You know the Lotus ?!" asked Ryu with an even more dumbfounded look.
" Yes. She's the one who told me to break out of the prison today. Well, anyway, we must hurry. We don't have much time."
" But-" Ryuu began, but was cut off by Ken," I know that you have a lot of questions. And I will answer all of them. But not now."
"Okay. But you must explain everything to me when we reach the Liset." said Ryuu
"Very well." replied Ken. Then he started to dash towards the Engine room and Ryuu followed close after.
