I awoke not to the quiet sound of birds but instead to the moans and creaks of metal, it took me only a moment to remember where I was.
„The Matredome," I mumbled.
The ship was not the finest I had ever travelled in but it had that antique kind of feeling that gave it a special charm that and it had cannons, really big ones.
The room I had been given was quaint and was in far better a condition than I one I used to live in at the Zorne family barracks, it even had a working mirror. Peering into the glass I could see my face was mostly fine, good thing too cleaning these Warframes is an utter nightmare, I then went on to run preliminary checks
Transference holding.
Optics check
Armour integrity check
Blood storage refilling
No shields are currently installed we advise you speak with your nearest Warframe Technician.
„Yes we get it I have no shields no need to rub it in every time I run a test," I said annoyed with myself.
Just as I finished making all the necessary recalibrations and checks a knock sounded on the door.
„The..uh,Doctor Relus..would like to speak with you," An unsure voice sounded from the other side.
I opened it to reveal a Grineer armed with what appeared to be a large butcher's knife. We stared at each other for a second not knowing what to do until the Grineer finally broke the silence.
„R-right this way," He said turning on his heel and walking off at a fast pace.
The Grineer led me through the many Bronze coloured corridors until we reached a door simply marked as „R&D,", after which he nodded slightly and left in a hurry.
Well, it's not the worst I've been treated.
I stepped inside the spacious room to see many tables lined with equipment on the other side was a shooting range, probably to test the latest developments and to the right a small aclove littered with notes and several active Relus was tinkering with what appeared to be a rifle on one of the many tables when I approached him.
„Good morning my dear I take it you rested well," he greeted without raising his head.
„You wanted to see me?"
„Yes take a seat please," he said gesturing towards a chair.
I did as instructed and looked on as he grabbed a bag from behind the table that seemed to be filled with various different instruments.
„As well as being a Technician and researcher I am also the ships leading physician, if you ever feel like you need repairs then I will more then happily aid you," the doctor said with a kind smile.
„Thank you for the offer Doctor Relus but all my systems are running at their optimum settings right now,"
„If that's the case...could I maybe bother you for a blood sample?" he asked eagerly.
I extended my hand and opened one of the many outer holes of my warframe allowing my blood to flow out to the tip of my fingers. The doctor quickly grabbed a clean container and gathered the thin stream of blood that was still floating in the air.
„It's not much much it should be enough," I replied slightly tired once more.
The doctor obviously noticed my change in health and set the container to the side.
„If it's blood you're lacking we have more than enough reserves to get you back on your feet," he offered but I merely raised a hand in the dispute.
„Introducing foreign blood into my systems may cause an instant shutdown, I'll be fine I just need to wait for my tanks to refill,"
„I see until then I recommend you let one of my assistants accompany you just in case,"
I not being used to this amount of kindness and acceptance awkwardly accepted the offer as to not be rude.
„Doctor does all Grineer really hate the Tenno?," I asked now curious.
„Oh yes, with a passion we are quite the Xenophobic bunch,"
„Then...why..,"
„Because I am old and can see past a petty grudge, just because the majority of your kin wish to destroy us does not mean that you all are," he interrupted as the door to the room opened to reveal a Grineer woman wearing heavy armour and wielding what appeared to be a large machine gun.
„You called old man," she said in a gritty tone that reflected her heavily augmented body.
„Good, Grell I want you to look after Lunas she is suffering from a lack of blood and I don't want her falling over and getting a concussion," the doctor said as he took the sample of blood over to a microscope.
Grell stoically looked at me, then the doctor before finally shrugging and beckoning me over to the door.
I got to my feet and fell in line as the hulking woman walked back into the corridor. I left the room after her not forgetting to thank Doctor Relus as I left.
What followed was a very simple tour of the many floors of the ship. Grell was not a talkative person like Vor or Relus and instead opted to using as little speech as possible coupled with various hand gestures.
She sounds sick maybe that's why she doesn't like to talk.
It wasn't clear in her posture but my senses were screaming at me that Grell was suffering from something serious, more than likely this Genetic deterioration Vor was talking about earlier. I decided not to ask her about it.
The ship was split into 4 floor's, floor 1 was where everything was stored including all of the ships Munitions, this is also where the cargo and launching bays were found, the 2nd floor consisted mostly of living quarters and canteen's where the soldiers who weren't on duty relaxed, my room was also on this floor tucked far away in a corner.
Much like back at Earth but at least the people here don't hate my guts out.
The R&D lab along with various foundry's, for the upkeep and production of new weapons and munitions, were all found on the third , all of the important linguistics and comm centres along with the controls for the ship's defences and the main command bridge were all cramped onto the 4th floor.
As the tour came to an end Grell received a transmission on her comms and led me back to the Bridge before opening the door for me before silently leaving.I took this to mean that I was expected and entered the Bridge.
The Room was lit with hundreds of monitors all lined up along the walls and almost reaching the ceiling In the middle stood a single chair,more than likely the pilot seat, with another smaller console in front of it. Vor was sat in the chair staring out through the ships window at what was undoubtedly known as one of the smallest planets in the system,Mercury.
„I used to be in charge of this sector, this whole planet along with it's every facility once belonged to the Grineer, now it's been infested by the Tenno and their allies," Vor said, almost mourning the loss.
„You intend to take it back?," I asked.
„No, we don't have the men or the resources for that, we've come here today to eliminate the Tenno that now controls this sector and claim back the technology it stole from us,"
„What did it steal?"
„An ancient Orokin drop ship that we had been repurposing to become a Grineer special ops stealth fighter, we were almost done removing everything to all that was left was to get rid of the annoying ship cephalon but it put up much more of a fight then we thought it would, we were going to just outright erase it from the system when...,"
„The Tenno escaped and took the ship for itself," I finished.
„Yes," Vor replied curling his hand into a fist.
„What do you know about the Tenno? anything will help,"
„It wielded black magic as if it could control the very matter that makes up the universe,"
A Mag then, damn I always hated them their streamlined warframes and expert control over gravity made them almost impossible to take down from afar.
„That won't be a problem I hope," Vor said interrupting my thoughts.
„It'll be an interesting fight, Mags are good at crushing their opponents from afar but their close quarters skills are usually much lower and they have far less armour or shielding than other Tenno, as long as I can get in close and make her waste her energy trying to keep me away then she will eventually have nothing left and be easy to pick off,"
Vor nodded clearly pleased before bringing up a projection of the facility we would be heading to.
„That Tenno, Mag as you called her, has cut off most of the facility's entrances and the only one's left are being heavily defended by colonists who are attempting to dig out the precious ores and more than likely either sell them to the Corpus or give them to the Lotus to further her useless cause,"
He pointed towards a distant corridor marked on the digital map as „work in progress"
„We have repurposed a mining drone, which was onboard the ship for repairs before the incident occurred, to be able to carve a hole big enough in the outer wall of the facility's upcoming expansion, the walls in that area are much weaker and the lockdown mechanisms have yet to be installed so it's a clear shot from there to the main staging area, the Tenno is more than likely watching over the project from there," he finished.
The image switched to show the repurposed mining drone as the final tests were being finished.
„We can only fit a single man inside so you will have to go in alone, you are free however to take any armament you wish from the R&D labs, Doctor Relus is expecting you,"
I thanked him and left quickly making my way back down to the Lab.
I entered to see that the tables were no longer lined with rows upon rows of weapons instead only a select few remained.
„Ah good you've arrived, come over and have a look I'm sure you will find something you like," The Doctor called from the other side of the room.
Most of the weapons lined up were large and clunky no surprise there, of course, the Grineer are rather large and clunky themselves it only makes sense that their weapons would be a representation of their ruggedness, There were, however, a few smaller handguns that adorned the table.
I thought back to how useful the Lex I had during the Orokin massacre was and immediately began testing each pistol in my hand, they felt much heavier then they appeared and I couldn't decide on which would be best.
„The Firing range is just over there if you wish to test any of them," The Doctor pointed out as he continued to work on the blood sample I had given him earlier.
Taking his advice I entered the firing range and tested each pistol, despite their heavy weight they all performed well recoil wise but I noticed that there was one very large problem.
Judging by the force the gun was giving off as I shot it I could instantly tell that this kind of weapon wouldn't be able to pierce a Tenno's armour and shields quick enough to be effective.
No wonder the Grineer are having such problems with the Tenno their weapons just don't pack enough punch to make it a fair fight.
I walked back into the room empty handed.
„Not your thing?, I'm sure there's something else in here for you," the doctor said enthusiastically.
„Doctor Relus, the guns are well made there's no contesting that but...they won't be optimal for this kind of quick assassination," I replied trying to be as nice as possible.
„Hmm I had a feeling this might happen," he sighed
„The Tenno have been bombarding our foundry's and weapon storages for years, I'm ashamed to say it but those are more then likely some of the best guns you can find around the empire for the moment,"
Doctor Relus removed his medical from his face and slumped back into his chair.
„I can make it with just my blade but I would need to have a full tank of blood before going out," I said trying to cheer him up.
„How long does it take for your tanks to refill?"
„It depends on the state of the operator and of the Warframe itself, I've been asleep for god know's how long so my wounds have long since healed and my Energy is practically overflowing I may be able to use the excess to double the production of Red blood cells in the system and fully recover within 24 hours,"
„Very well I will alert the captain and we will further discuss the plan of action, meanwhile I recommend you get as much rest as possible,"
I gave the kind doctor a courteous bow and secluded myself in my room for the next 24 hours, meditating as to keep my Transference going strong and to double check to make sure all systems were truly running optimally.
As the predicted 24 hour period came to an end I heard the distant ring of my systems telling me that the refilling process was complete and awoke from my meditative a quick check to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything I made my way back to the Bridge for debriefing.
Space is such a cold vacuum.
The drone just as Vor said had been specifically hollowed out just enough for me to fit in and I was now slowly but surely making my way towards the facility. Among the drones many modifications the Foundry specialises had also grafted rocks into its outer hull as to make it appear as nothing more than a simple rock floating in space, so far it had worked none of the facility's orbital defences had so much as noticed me.
„Lunas do you copy?" I could hear coming out from my comms
„I can hear you clear captain," I replied.
„Good I want you to meet someone she will be guiding you through this mission," Vor said as
I heard a slight scratching as if he was moving a microphone.
„My name is Kathlik and I will be guiding you throughout your mission," Came the new much softer female voice.
„So like an intel officer or mission control?," I asked.
„Yes much like that,"
It felt oddly relaxing to not have to go through this completely alone as I have learnt a good Intel Officer can be the difference between life or death.
I could feel the compartment I was seated in heat up as the drone began to enter Mercury's atmosphere.
„I would hold on tightly it may be a rough landing," Kathlik advised.
I took her advice to the good word as I looked out the window to see us hurtling at a rather precarious speed towards Mercury's surface and the roof of the Facility I was supposed to infiltrate. Just before I could meet my doom the drone's thrusters kicked into action just in time for a rough but safe landing. The drone then proceeded to deploy it's mining laser and cut a good sized hole into the facility's outer wall.
„Are you sure they didn't hear that," I asked unsurely.
„This area is in the early stages of construction and as such they more than likely did not hear the landing or the laser over the noise of their equipment,"
The bottom of the drone opened up to reveal the hole that it had cut, I dropped down making sure to land lightly into what appeared to be a locker room.
„Right now the colonists are all at work on the construction of the expansion, just go through the door to the right and go down the hall until you reach the staging area," Kathlik said as she highlighted said door on my sensors.
I crept along the wall to the door being careful not to make a sound just in case and disengaged the lock to reveal a long run down the corridor which was bathed in a sickly looking yellow tone. Deeming it safe enough I got up from my knee's but still walked silently as I kept an eye out.
It's at this moment that the shutter's on the left side of the corridor opened to reveal a large chamber practically beaming with light and full to the brim with various workers and equipment, I was thankfully already underneath but it was clear that they knew something was wrong.
„Oy what are you doing, we have a job to finish," I heard a voice call out from the other side of the glass.
„Emile said something tripped his motion plate in the locker room,"
They must have installed it into the floor otherwise, I would have noticed it but how did some humans get their hand's on such high-tech,unless... the Lotus gave it to them.
„Lunas report in you seem to have stopped in the hallway leading to the staging area, is there some sort of blockage?"
„They already know I'm here, they didn't leave it as unsecured as you thought they did," I replied as I put one hand on my blade as the colonist workers gathered at the window.
„hmm I don't see anything in there,you?" one said.
„Nah but then again Emile never did tell us if he installed them properly for all we know it could have just been a system malfunction,"
„Well yeah that's true but...wait what's that..,"
I didn't hesitate to find out what the man had discovered and thrust my hand against the metal wall ejecting large blood spikes out through to the other side killing several of them instantly.
„Jesus!" one of them shouted as they all began to brandish their various tools as weapons.
I got up and darted down the hallway as fast as I could, humans are good builders it's true but without the aid of technology hitting a Tenno running as fast as I was right now, with building tools like cutting lasers nonetheless, was simply too far out from their organic capabilities. The few projectiles that did magically end up in my path were blocked by my blade which I had now unsheathed.
„Your targets straight through that door in the loading bay!"
I threw a blood spike directly into the console that controlled the door causing it to go haywire and fling itself open. It's at this point that the alarms in the main facility began to ring.
„Fuck!," I shouted to myself as I continued to sprint into the large staging area and up the stairs into the loading bay.
„Target located!"
I managed to duck my head just in time as a huge storage container flew mere inches over me. I looked over to the other side of the loading bay and saw my target, the Mag in charge of this facility, it flexed it's hand slightly out towards me almost as if offering me mercy.
„So that thing already told you about me I guess," I asked as I took up my two handed sword stance.
The Mag merely nodded in reply as it through several more obscenely heavy objects in my direction I dodged most of them and sliced through those that I couldn't until eventually all that was left was a floor covered in shredded metal. If a warframe could smile then the Mag would be grinning like a clown right now. It raised it's hands and every piece of metal in the room began to thrum with energy.
Parlour tricks like that won't work one me!
I erected a shield of blood around me as the Mag threw every scrap of metal that coated the floor at lightning speed towards me. Just as with bullets my shield spat them all out as a crumpled useless mess.
It's stance changed from superior to royally pissed as it pointed towards me menacingly seemingly infuriated that I had not taken it's pathetic attempt at Mercy or died from its creative trick.
„Thinking yourself superior and then having a tantrum when you aren't," I said as the orb of blood surrounding me opened to reveal my face.
„You remind me of Amelia," I continued as a slight sadistic glint entered my eyes and the Mag took a step back.
Bloody appendages took form from the outer shell of the shield and shot towards the first one came barreling towards her at full speed, she tried to control it with her power's over gravity just as she could anything else but was startled as it merely continued along its path puncturing a hole in her leg before she managed to get others now considerably faster than the Mag herself went to work piercing
„Forgetting your training already? No matter how many times you manage to outsmart your enemy there will always be another who is smarter than you!," I screamed as I pulled free of the bubble and began to close the distance.
The Mag now incapable of running decided to hold it's ground and throw as many obstacles in my path as it could, I simply hacked my way through as I had before barely breaking a sweat. It then decided to try and influence me directly with its powers in an attempt to throw me away.
Surprise, surprise.
It waved it's hand, swatting at me with a wall of energy but just before it could land and send me flying in the opposite direction thousands of small holes opened in my Warframe releasing a concentrated spray of blood in front of me, the pulse of energy collided with the small blood drops that floated in the air and was absorbed into it and therefore having no effect on me.
The Mag drew her blade from her belt and blocked the blood spike that I sent her way. The blood hissed and steamed as it came into contact with the blade and splashed across the Mag's visor blinding her. I took this opportunity to get in nice and close and deliver a vicious kick to the side of her head further disorientating her.
In a mad attempt to get the blood off of her visor and keep me away the Mag shot another wave an energy much faster this time which managed to knock me off my feet and into a nearby console, the console broke also deactivating the alarms but it was already too late as armed Colonists began to swarm the room.
Before I could pick myself up from the ground the Mag grabbed me by the throat and raised me up into the air giving the Colonists below a clear line of fire. Before they could begin however the facility's defences began to open fire upon them.
„Now is your chance...what the hell," I could hear the mic being taken away
„Lunas don't forget the Ascaris!," I heard Relus call out.
„Get out old man this is a military operation!"
That's right Vor said the Ascaris on the tenno was falsely installed and that's why it didn't work, it couldn't begin drilling.
But what if we just overloaded it
Distracted by what was happening the Mag failed to stop me from gripping by the head, I squeezed hard and heard a crack as a part of her helmet broke open.
Holding on for dear life I injected a small portion of blood into the it could finally manage to pry my fingers from its head and threw me to the ground.
Before she could finish me off, however, she began to hold her head in pain.
„And I really hated Amelia," I finished as the Mag finally made a sound.
She screamed in agony.
And then her head burst in a mess of robotics and flesh.
Blood coated the floor and now I didn't even know who it belonged to.
„I can't keep them distracted forever you need to find the ship they stole from us and get out, now!"
I got to my feet and vaulted over the railing not forgetting to retrieve my sword as I did.
The colonists who were still too busy trying to disable their own defences took no notice of me as I rushed past them and down the indicated route on my hud, there was minimal resistance and those that did try to block my path were either swiftly cut in two or impaled to the wall by bloody spikes.
Coming to the end of the marked route I ended up a hanger bay and thankfully right in front of an already open Tenno dropship.
Oh, it's actually pretty nice looking this must of been one of the personal drop ships that the elder Tenno used, wait what the hell am I talking about I'm still getting shot at!
Colonists weren't the best shots in the galaxy but some of their bullets were getting far too close for comfort.
I rushed inside the dropship hoping to god that the defence systems were inactive and activated the security locks before too much damage could be dealt with the interior.
„Welcome, Operator it's good to se..w-wait your not the opera...IDENTIFY YOURSELF SCOUNDREL," came a robotic voice from the ship's onboard communicators.
Code deterioration? clearly this ship cephelon wasn't built to last, split personality is already beginning to slip in why did that Mag let it continue to live like this.
„Lunas Zorne, Vimparis serial number 229842, Orokin-S.A.C.R.I.F.I.C.E division 42nd regiment Assassination specialist, so you better change that tone of yours,"
Let's see if it can't be saved.
„Ordis Apologizes Operator Lunas but what are you doing here? Indicators suggest enemies are in the area shouldn't you be-DESTROYING THEM?
I frowned slightly at this sad display, I have been in contact with many Cephalons in my day and seeing one that is begining to slip this far into core corruption was saddening.
The entire ship began to suddenly rock violently as half broken warning sirens began to shriek out in dismay.
„Hull integrity at 90% at dropping I suggest we-GET OUT NOW!"
Ignoring the glitched Cephalon I ran to the main cockpit, The drive core, however, refused to start more than likely due to the Cephalons instability.
„Kathlik are you there?," I said trying to raise her on the comms.
„Yes you haven't moved from your current position for a few minuites now, I don't think I need to tell you of the dangers you are currently in," she replied
„I might be stuck here the ship Cephalon is clearly broken beyond repair and is incapable of starting the drive core"
„This isn't good at all,we won't be able to send in a team...what did I just tell you Old Man I'll have you sent to the Brig if you don't stay out!"
„We were already in...would you let me go, woman, it's a matter of life and death...the process of uploading a new ship Cephalon that we found in Orokin ruins on Earth all you need to do is activate it," Relus said through the comms.
„How do I do that?"
„The A.I controls should be next to the Core configurations under the panel of the Dashboard just input the command #Coreredation and it should begin automatically, be warned however we never got to test this Cephalon so we do not know what kind of reaction it will have towards you,"
„It's my only option so I'll take that risk," I answered, prying the metal panels from the floor just under the dashboard revealed the controls just as Relus had described them.
„Operator? Ordis is curious as to-WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"
My fingers zipped across the small keypad as I input the code and began the Cephalon transfer.
„Wait for Operator are you activating a transfer? But why? What did Ordis do wrong-YOU ARE JUST LIKE THOSE SCUM...,"
Ordis stopped his rant abruptly.
„Man oh man is it good to be alive again I thought I'd be offline forever damn," Came a new voice
„You-OR-DIS DE-MA-ND-S YOU -GET -OUT -NOW!," Ordis screeched his code obviously in the process of breaking down entirely
From the ship status monitor I could see that he was attempted to deactivate all of the ships defence measures one by one.
„Ababa turning off the defences is a no go, buddy, can't have you killing this fine Operator now can I." The other voice interrupted.
The slow and steady step by step process of my demise was immediately halted as the entire monitor lit up light blue before turning off and back on to a new Orange colour.
„STOP-YOU-R MEDEL—LING," Ordis shouted out just as corrupted before as the engines began to turn on.
„Tsk tsk nope you don't get any engines either pal you clearly aren't fit for flying,"
„I A-M OR-D-IS!," Ordis replied in a static-filled mess
„And unsurprisingly that doesn't interest me whatsoever so if you don't mind I'll be getting the little lady out of here, be a good boy and get deleted,"
All the lights in the ship flickered madly as Ordis's harrowing screams filled the speakers..and then nothing, no lights, no sound. For a second, I feared that in some mad attempt to regain control Ordis had completly wiped both of them from the system but I was quickly ailed as the lights slowly began to flicker back on this time orange.
„Jeez that little ball of psycho didn't know when to give up but enough of him, Ship Cephalon Haythrune at your service Operator," He announced.
„Get us out now!," I shouted as the banging in the back began to get too loud for comfort.
„As the lady commands, let's see if I still got this,"
The ship's engines roared to live at full intensity, on the ship monitors I could see the Colonists being blown and scorched by the engines as the ship rose.
„Ohoho yes I've got this in the bag,"
I fell to the ground as the ship slid to the side beginning to tumble towards the wall
„Okkkk maybe I don't have this,"
Before the ship could collide with the wall it crashed into a maintenance truck and righted it's course.
„Nah I got it after all, now how to go forward with this thing?," Haythrune asked himself
I threw myself into the manual ship controls causing the ship to begin barreling full speed towards the exit just as the „Colonists Cavalry" began to storm the Hanger.
„Jesus, Mary and Joseph on a bike, so that's how it works,"
We only just managed to get away as the Hanger doors went into lockdown.
„Oh thank god," I sighed collapsing to the ground in exhaust and relieve
„ This is going to take some getting used to..," Haythrune mumbled to himself as he began testing the ships various features.
I didn't know how Haythrune would fair as ship Cephalon or if the Colonists would pursue us but I didn't care enough anymore I just wanted to rest..
„I don't mean to disturb the little lady's rest but we are about to land at the target destination,"
„Huh how I didn't even give you the Coordinates," I replied, still half asleep as I got to my feet.
„Well whatever Comms network your Warframe is patched into is easier to crack than V-E+F=2, you might want to get that looked into by the way but as I was saying I just broke in and asked them,"
I stared dead ahead as half of what he rambled flew into one of my ears and out the other.
„The lady who answered was kind of a bitc..your not listening are you, Operator,"
I shook my head slightly as staying awake was proving to be far harder than I had expected.
There was a light bump as the ship settled carefully into the Matredomes hanger.
Ah finally I'm exhausted, I really need to learn to be more efficient with my powers.
„Watch your feet on the way out there's a right nasty bump on the ramp,"
And this Cephalon is even stronger than the last,At least it's sane, though.
Vor's POV
Alright, we've thought this through be warm, be welcoming, just like we are to any other Grineer.
The loading bay to the Tenno ship opened itself to reveal Lunas holding her sword with one hand and rubbing her eye with the other
„Welcome back Lunas I trust you are well,"
„Tired but I'll live," she replied obviously not quite there yet.
„Well you've more than earned yourself a rest, there won't be much for you to do for the next few days as we will be making our way back to the Palace,"
She quirked her robotic eyebrows slightly at my statement.
„The Twin Queen's, the leaders of our people, have heard about the discovery and „destruction" of thousands of Tenno which was led by me and have finally accepted my request to have an audience with them,"
„For what?" she asked curiously as ever.
„Permission and enough resources to reclaim the Mercury Sector," I replied
„Do you think that's going to work?" she asked skeptically
That's where I smiled for I did indeed think it was going to work because I had quite the lynchpin to use against the Queen's
A loyal Tenno
Why would I try to use them against the Queen's? To be honest, I no longer believe in them as I used to, I was disgraced, left to die just for having an idea, one that didn't work with their ideologies Now, however, it's the opposite they will need me and Lunus if they want to have any hope of winning this war.
What if we just left?
What? no..
„I'll take that as a yes then," Lunas said as she walked past me.
„Ah...right yes," I replied not quite sure what had just happened.
„If you need me you know where I'll be, I might not answer immediately though I'm a heavy sleeper," She called back childishly.
„Of course, I'll make sure you are not disturbed by any of our more curious recruits," I said regaining my posture.
She merely waved back before disappearing from view.
„Maybe I need a rest too, I haven't slept since..I can't even remember ," I said to myself.
„Now whilst I'm sure that would do you some good Captain I'm afraid something has popped up,"
„Relus what is it?"
„It's best if you saw it yourself Vor," the old man replied
Vor? He never uses my first name unless.
I gestured for him to lead the way and he obliged
If it's what I think it is then this will change everything.
Clearly the old man was thinking the same thing as he took us down to the lab.
We entered the lab to find it mostly empty aside from Relus's desk which was an ordered mess just like always.
„Look at this," he instructed, signaling towards a microscope mounted on his desk.
What I saw shocked me to the core.
„It really is possible...,"
