Thanks for the reviews and follows! Thanks to: Slim A Lou Prime, razer666L, and 2 guests for reviewing. On top of that, huge thanks to everyone who followed the story. My last story didn't go so well, but I've aimed to improve it for this. Thanks again, for the reviews and follows. A slightly shorter chapter, but aiming for one thousand words each chapter, but want to leave a slight surprise for each chapter start or finish. Also, I DID reformat the last chapter, but not sure if some of it came through on the reader end. Thanks again!

CRASH CRASH BANG!

Suddenly alert, I looked around, checking every direction. The noise had come from further ahead, and I felt the compulsion to investigate.

That's when they came from the underbrush. My radar light up with hostile markers. Deciding to switch to the Heliocor, I shouldered Dread and unfolded the mighty hammer. The creatures looked like wild Kubrows, but larger and on hind legs. One jumped towards me, as the others ran behind it. Side stepping, I swung the hammer down. This action highlighted the enemy blue, signifying a completed scan. It also crushed the creature's head. Moving on to the next target, I began one of the combos Crushing Ruin allowed me to perform the spinning attack. Seven more scans complete, and the creatures were now marked simply as 'Grimm'. The others charged forward, much like the Infested, to their deaths. Not by the Heliocor, however, as I'd switched to my trusty sidearm.

Marelok.

Eight shots rang out from the weapon, dropping a target each and damaging at least one target behind them. Four enemies remained, roaring as they charged, Channelling the energy through my frame. I summoned the Artemis Bow. Charging the bow, I fired a horizontal volley at these Grimm. The last of the enemies dropping to the ground, fading away to darkness.

"AHHHHH!" A scream pierced the shroud of darkness that permiated the leaf covered ceiling of the woods. Not one to leave someone in danger, I charge towards the sound.
As I enter the clearing, a giant scorpian like creature, as Ordis called it, was moving forward. I barely noticed the red blur charging the creature. The red blur stopped suddenly, caught by the scorpion. Loosing an arrow into the being, it's armour crumbled into nothingness as the corrosion ate it away. A second arrow sent the creature screaming as it dissolved into nothingness.

As what was the red blur got up a giant bird swooped out down, loosing a volley of feathers. Forcing my frame forward, it took the arrows it could before crumpling to the ground. Shields and health depleted. My consciousness moving away from the frame, I momentarily dropped out of transference.

"Ordis, is there any way to recall my frame directly to the Orbiter?"

#I'm afraid not, Operator. You'll need to repower her, or recover her with another frame.

Well shit.

I slip back into the Transference stream. Bringing my attention to the frame and slowly powering her up, I take in the current situation. Six of the eight had slipped into a defensive staff. Each of wore a colour and were using different weapons.

Red, the one I'd saved, was further away next to the second thing. A red scythe sat next to her. White, sitting next to the Red one. Perhaps giving medical aid? A rapier on her hip.

Black, standing around my frame. It held a whip-like weapon connected to a sword and pistol. Clever design. Yellow, also standing around Ivara. Had gauntlets on its hands, and standing next to the previous bipedal being. Friends? Family? Comrades?

Standing at the foot of my frame was a second group.

A second Red, but labelling it as Copper due to the colour of its armour and weapons. It held a shield and sword, whilst standing next to another Yellow; or White I guess. Calling it Yite, due to the yellow hair and white armour, it had too had a shield and sword but of different design to its comrades.

Green stood with Pink, and had two Sarpa-like weapons, whilst Pink held in its hands a giant hammer.

Slowly rising from the ground, the bi-pedal's hunker down and Yellow speaks.

"Who are you?" it shouts aggressively, whilst checking the sky once in awhile. Probably cautious of the bird-thing. Standing tall now, I activated Ivara's Prowl, turning invisible. Rolling between them, they turn their attentions to the skies. Hopefully they'd dismiss me as a hallucination.

-Ordis, bring the ship in, but keep it stealthed; okay?

#Of course Operator, beginning retrieval now.

Ivara's optics lit up a highlight of the ship and extraction zone. Disengaging Prowl, I sped the frame up to sprint whilst bullet jumping along to get even more speed.

#Operator, something moving fa-. Damn. Operator, I'm afraid we cannot return to orbit currently.

-why not, Ordis? What happened?

#Something crashed into the ship. Small, but managed to damage the engines. I'll try to land the ship.

-alright Ordis, as long as you're okay.

#Don't worry Operator, I live to serve.

Not able to move any faster, I continue my speedy retreat to the Liset.

Back on the Liset, I'd put Ivara into storage and exchanged her for one of my favoured frames, Inaros, and explored the innards of the ship in an attempt to aid Ordis with repairs of the ship.

#Operator, I've retrieved and put Ivara back into the Arsenal. What do you want to do next?

"First, let's start these repairs... Ordis?" I asked through my frame, at the same time tightening a bolt on a coolant pipe.

#You need to tighten it a little more, Operator. And what can I do for you Operator?

"Can you make some cameras? I want to set up a perimeter."

#Hmmm. Oh, I know! I can play with some of those Remote Observers you got a while ago, and make them into Cameras! I'll have those ready in a moment Operator.

"Thanks Ordis." I said, continuing my way down the small passage in search of loose bolts.

"For now, I'm going to look at the Codex, see what I can about these new beings."

Loading in the Codex, I look up the new additions.

##Grimm.##

Described as "creatures of destruction" and lack a soul. Drawn to feelings of negativity.

#Variants of Grimm.#

Beowulf, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****.

Beowulf. Attacks: Lunges, Claws, Fangs. Description: Black fur, bonelike spines along its body.

##Humans.##

Organic beings. Emotional, and logical.

Power to create and destroy.

Creative beings.